Nsyght - Last Bookmarks tagged with "agriculture"

Norway Directory, Norway Business, Real Estate, Travel

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:28:43 GMT

DirectoryNorway.com is a Norwegian directory providing information about Norwegian business & economy, travel & tourism, culture, history, organization, education, employment, real estate, investment.
Submited by thang 22, September 2008

Jack's Farm, 1370 W. Schuylkill Rd. Pottstown, PA 19465 ("local, polyculture, boutique farm")

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:03 GMT

Submited by nbr 21, November 2008

Italia Directory - Italian Business, Italy Travel Guide

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:12:44 GMT

ItalianPage.com provides links to Italian web sites business & economy, arts & entertainment, education, health, real estate, science & environment, society & culture, travel & tourism in Italy.
Submited by thang 16, September 2008

Science Directory, Agriculture, Biology, Social Sciences

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:25:21 GMT

PortalScience.com offers links to science, biotechnology, physics, astronomy, chemistry, environment, ecology, technology, science resources, social sciences, mechanical engineering, earth sciences, astrophysics, nuclear, molecular.
Submited by thang 10, September 2008

The Tracing Paper

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:03:20 GMT

Submited by millette 20, November 2008

Watch your back, the "seed police" are on patrol

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:44:14 GMT

On Monsanto's private security force and its anti-farmer tactics.
Submited by nbr 21, November 2008

Supply Directory, Supplier Information, Automotive, Jewelry, Electronics Supplies

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:47:39 GMT

SupplyBulk.com offers information and resources of supply, wholesale, manufacturer including jewelry supplies, furniture supplies, arts and crafts supplies, electronics, automotive, apparel wholesaler, wholesaler directories and more.
Submited by louis23186 11, July 2008

Business Directory, Small Business, Travel and Recreation

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:26:25 GMT

SearchCandle.com is a business directory providing links to business, trade, industry, telecommunication, onlie shopping, automotive, computers, real estate, construction, transportation, travel & tourism, financial services & careers.
Submited by louis23186 10, July 2008

Small Business Directory, The online resource for business.

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:02:19 GMT

SmallBizGateway.com is a business website directory related to small business, business services, software, ecommerce, law, B2B, investment, business opportunities, financial services, insurance, accounting, banks, franchise, real estate, consulting, employment, marketing, advertising, shopping, and more
Submited by louis23186 02, July 2008

Science Web Directory, Technology, Chemistry, Biotechnology and Environment

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:36:16 GMT

Science6.com offers links to science, biotechnology, physics and astronomy, chemistry, environment ,ecology, technology, science resources, social sciences, mechanical engineering, earth sciences, materials, astrophysics, nuclear, software, molecular and much more.
Submited by louis23186 30, June 2008

Business Directory - Economics, Import and Export, Investment

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:06:58 GMT

AllBrowse.com is a comprehensive business directory providing numerous links to browse for business information, trade, export, import, investment, franchise oppotunities, companies, industrial products, manufacturing, real estate, telecommunication.
Submited by louis23186 24, June 2008

Chinese Business Directory, Chinese Industrial Products, China Importers & Exporters, China Travel

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:42:57 GMT

A288.com provides links to browse for Chinese business, real estate, manufacturers, suppliers, products, apparel, footwear, finance, health, travel & tourism and much more.China, Chinese, business, industrial, import, export, tours, travel, economic, sale, Shanghai, tourism, Asia, association, news, finance, bank, sports, entertainment, photographic, materials, jewellery, HongKong, energy, Wuhan, Shenzhen, agriculture, apparel, footwear, automotive, building, decorating, chemicals, consulting, environment, health, importers, exporters, machinery, metal, real estate, education, directory, information, resources, link, links, website, guides
Submited by louis23186 23, June 2008

Trade directory, business and economy, business brokers, investment, shopping, manufacturers, retail trade

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:38:18 GMT

Directorytrade.com is a directory of trading and business with numerous links to international business and economy, business brokers, employment, import and export, industrial goods and services, investment, business suppliers, manufacturers, telecommunication, retail trade, wholesale trade, shopping at Europe, North America, South America, Oceania countries and others.
Submited by louis23186 23, June 2008

Web2ForDev: Home

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:58:22 GMT

Submited by millette 20, November 2008

Reasons you should buy regular goods - The Denver Post

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:53:33 GMT

[Disconnection from the farmland] makes the general public highly susceptible to rumors and myths about food, and vulnerable to misleading marketing tactics designed not to improve the safety of the food supply, but to increase retail profits.
Submited by meryn 20, November 2008

Milk: Let the Buyer (the Environment and the Cow) Beware

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:53:33 GMT

Organic milk requires 80 percent more land per gallon of milk produced, generates 20 percent more carbon dioxide [...] and produces almost double the amount of other byproducts that can lead to acidification of soil and pollution of water.
Submited by meryn 20, November 2008

Change We Can Stomach - New York Times

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:53:27 GMT

With the price of oil at more than $120 a barrel (up from less than $30 for most of the last 50 years), small and midsize nonpolluting farms, the ones growing the healthiest and best-tasting food, are gaining a competitive advantage.
Submited by meryn 20, November 2008

WorldChanging: International Agricultural Assessment: We Need a Paradigm Shift

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:53:14 GMT

A commission of international agriculture experts unveiled a series of reports on Wednesday calling for an end to "business-as-usual" farming practices to avoid widespread environmental degradation and increasing food scarcity.
Submited by meryn 20, November 2008

You Are What You Grow - New York Times

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:53:15 GMT

One of these years, the eaters of America are going to demand a place at the table, and we will have the political debate over food policy we need and deserve.
Submited by meryn 20, November 2008

Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler - New York Times

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:38 GMT

If Americans were to reduce meat consumption by just 20 percent it would be as if we all switched from a standard sedan — a Camry, say — to the ultra-efficient Prius.
Submited by meryn 20, November 2008

The Oil Drum | The Fallacy of Reversibility

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:36 GMT

Industrial agriculture is likely to be stronger and more profitable when oil prices are high, not weaker. So the reversalist future of local food production on smaller farms with higher labor input will not come to pass as a result of peak oil.
Submited by meryn 20, November 2008

Cover story: 'The real GM food scandal' by Dick Taverne | Prospect Magazine November 2007 issue 140

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:36 GMT

GM foods are safe, healthy and essential if we ever want to achieve decent living standards for the world's growing population. Misplaced moralising about them in the west is costing millions of lives in poor countries
Submited by meryn 20, November 2008

"The oil we eat: Following the food chain back to Iraq" by Richard Manning (Harper's Magazine)

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:36 GMT

Submited by meryn 20, November 2008

Ending Famine, Simply by Ignoring the Experts

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:36 GMT

The secret of Malawi’s success: heavy subsidies for fertilizer, farmers say. The World Bank had pressed for their elimination
Submited by meryn 20, November 2008

Global food crisis looms as climate change and fuel shortages bite | Environment | The Guardian

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:36 GMT

Soaring prices for basic foods are beginning to lead to political instability, with governments being forced to step in to artificially control the cost of bread, maize, rice and dairy products.
Submited by meryn 20, November 2008

Technology Review: Green Revolutionary

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:36 GMT

Four decades ago, Norman E. Borlaug developed a wheat variety that fed the world. Now he's battling a pathogen whose spread could cause starvation.
Submited by meryn 20, November 2008

A New, Global Oil Quandary: Costly Fuel Means Costly Calories

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:37 GMT

From India to Indiana, shortages and soaring prices for palm oil, soybean oil and many other types of vegetable oils are the latest, most striking example of a developing global problem: costly food.
Submited by meryn 20, November 2008

Weed It and Reap

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:35 GMT

We would not need all these nutrition programs if the commodity title didn’t do such a good job making junk food and fast food so ubiquitous and cheap.
Submited by meryn 20, November 2008

Wired 11.04: The Green Wall Of China

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:29 GMT

Chinese officials predicted that the effort will "terminate expansion of new desertification caused by human factors" within a decade. By 2050, they claim, much of the arid land can be restored to a productive and sustainable state.
Submited by meryn 20, November 2008

Biofuels Are Bad for Feeding People and Combating Climate Change: Scientific American

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:26 GMT

The studies do find some benefit from biofuels but only when planted on agricultural land too dry or degraded for food production or significant tree or plant growth and only when derived from native plants. [...] Or such fuels can be made from waste.
Submited by meryn 20, November 2008

Policies key as ethanol 'revolution' links agriculture, energy sectors

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:12 GMT

The prices of corn and crude oil, which prior to 2007 fluctuated almost independent of one another, have become more closely linked thanks to the use of massive quantities of corn to make ethanol.
Submited by meryn 20, November 2008

The Impact of Cell Phones on Grain Markets in Africa's Niger

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:12 GMT

Cell phones reduce grain price dispersion across markets [...] and reduce intra-annual price variation [...]. Cell phones have a greater impact on price dispersion for market pairs that are farther away, and for those with low quality.
Submited by meryn 20, November 2008

Breakthrough: Rethinking Deforestation: Macro Drivers Plow over the Amazon

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:00 GMT

Until Brazil's vast socio-economic challenges, as well as its aspirations to economic greatness, are dealt with, more of the same can unfortunately be expected.
Submited by meryn 20, November 2008

Why Eating a Big Mac is Cheaper than Eating a Salad » Celsias

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:50:40 GMT

Almost 75% of U.S. government subsidies go into meat and dairy production, but less than half a per cent goes into fruit and vegetable production. Talk about an upside down world!
Submited by meryn 20, November 2008

Pasona O2, Tokyo's underground farm

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:41:12 GMT

In a vault underneath a major Tokyo office building, there is a 1000-sq.m. organic rice and vegetable farm, utilizing LED lighting, computer-controlled temperatures, and hydroponics. Intended to give jobless young people some agricultural experience.
Submited by nbr 21, November 2008

School-lunch beef supplier found violating health regs

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:41:15 GMT

Nasty news about the U.S. beef business. Animal rights activists find employees of a major California operation forcing "downer" cows into the slaughterhouse, sometimes using a forklift to transport cows too sick to walk. 143 million pounds of meat are re
Submited by nbr 21, November 2008

Malawi averts famine by dropping free-market policies

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:41:30 GMT

Interesting story. After being pushed for years to adhere to strict free-market policies with regard to agriculture (i.e., abandon subsidies, encourage the cultivation of cash drops, and use foreign exchange to import food), Malawi finally decided to igno
Submited by nbr 21, November 2008

FAOSTAT

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:58:29 GMT

Submited by Axel 21, November 2008