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POPSSurvey shows rise in U.S. honey bee deaths From a selfish (human-centred) point of view, here's another reason why food prices will continue to rise at an accelerating rate. From the point of view of the bees, it must be even worse.
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POPSFood Riots Erupt Worldwide The real culprits are the economic ideologies of free trade and interest driven growth which, masquerading as science, drive disastrous policy decisions.
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POPSLet them eat spuds: the world's new staple Anybody can grow them in their garden. They are much prettier than grass and the loosen up the soil for the next crop. And with 5,000 varieties, they should be out of reach of the biotech industry. Indeed, they are the perfect recession / depression crop. Also, once you start growing potatoes, you start growing other food, too.
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POPSIn Lean Times, Biotech Grains Are Less Taboo See how the media misguide. Biotechnology reduces yields, it does not increase them. Go to yesterday's clip on the subject which proves that the biotech companies have no case when it comes to increasing agricultural productivity. The only case is for increasing their profits. Go to - http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/C8609958-71E0-45E0-BCDA-4F38C4B70305/
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POPSExposed: the great GM crops myth There you are! A real hard-headed reason to dis-invest in GM technology, rather than unproven fears that it will cause some kind of unforeseen environmental catastrophe.
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POPSThe U.S Is Heading Towards Water Crisis Yesterday, I clipped an article which said that companies are now racing to build a new generation of nuclear power plants which run hotter than the current plants and presumably need more water cooling. See http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/5B26C257-ADD3-4612-B223-68AD4FAF8A8A/
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POPSThe Return of the Bread Riot The poor always starve first. The Chinese are liable to find out the you cannot eat dollars. Do governments have rationing plans ready?