NO Longer is it enough to talk about growing intelligently or using technology to meet long-term problems. Instead, scarcity politics seeks to slow and even reverse material progress through what President Obama's science adviser, John Holdren, calls … [Read more...] about De-Development and Australian Agriculture
Food & Farming
Coal4Breakfast: Update from Geoff Hewitt
LAST year Queensland farmers were informed that the Government had granted Tarong Energy a mineral development licence over the Haystack Road coal deposit on prime agricultural farmland. The farmers are running a campaign against it. Here’s the … [Read more...] about Coal4Breakfast: Update from Geoff Hewitt
New Jungles
By one estimate, for every acre of rain forest cut down each year, more than 50 acres of new forest are growing in the tropics on land that was once farmed, logged or ravaged by natural disaster. Read more here in the New York Times. This good … [Read more...] about New Jungles
Pesticide Ban to ‘Wipe Out’ Carrot Crop
DESPITE intense opposition from farmer groups and scientists, the European Parliament voted last week to approve new regulations that could ultimately outlaw up to one-quarter of the pesticides on the European market. Read more here. [Subscription … [Read more...] about Pesticide Ban to ‘Wipe Out’ Carrot Crop
Barack Obama’s Inaugural Speech
"To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds. And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer … [Read more...] about Barack Obama’s Inaugural Speech
Eating Reindeer
Around 70 per cent of Swedish reindeer slaughtered are calves, which means they die without seeing snow, claims the animal welfare group Viva!. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Eating Reindeer
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
