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Future of Food

Posted: 17 February, 2011 • Category: News • Tags: Food • Comments(0)

New BBC documentary series: The Future of Food explores the growing global food crisis that could impact the world in coming years.  TV journalist, George Alagiah, travels the world to discover the truth behind growing concerns that the global population is increasing so rapidly that in years to come we will not be able to produce enough food to feed everyone. Read Full Article: BBC

Peak Oil=Peak Food=Peak People

Posted: 17 February, 2011 • Category: News • Tags: Energy, Food, Peak Oil • Comments(0)

It should be reasonable to most people to understand that energy is an analog for food. If you look at a chart of oil production and compare it to population, it seems obvious that food and fuel are the same thing under a different cloak. Energy is food is population. That creates a giant problem. Peak oil means peak food means peak population. The revolution in Tunisia first; now Egypt and soon in Serbia are not about religion or dictators or police states. ...

Climate Change Causing ‘Massive’ Food Disruptions

Posted: 17 February, 2011 • Category: News • Tags: Climate Change, Food • Comments(0)

The change in climate around the world is already starting to have a huge effect on global food supplies. Adverse weather conditions, like the flooding in Australia and the droughts in Russia, have ruined harvests, causing massive food disruptions.   Food prices have already become too high for some developing countries to buy the agricultural products they need. Read Full Article: Bloomberg

The end of the line – movie documentary on global fish extinction by 2050

Posted: 2 September, 2010 • Category: News • Tags: Culture/Education, Food • Comments(1)

Imagine an ocean without fish - The End of the Line premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2009 and is a feature documentary film revealing the alarming impact of overfishing on our oceans. It outlines the possibility of an imminent extinction of seafood by 2050 unless we intervene in widespread use of poor fishing practices.