February 2012
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Fed Up! Movie (2002) Summary Review
This was a fantastic movie revealing (some of) the truth bbehind GMOs and agriculture. Aesthetically, it is a little outdated, but the information is spot on. Enjoy.
* desertification, soil erosion, soil compaction, destruction of Biodiveristy, loss of natural enemies of pests
Marc Lappe (Center for Ethics and Toxins)
Norman Borlaug- Began Selective Breeding
- Rockefeller and The World Bank...
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What The Global Food Supply Will Look Like In 2021
Depending on circumstances, we could be headed for either an amazing future where we’re printing food or a disaster where people are barely scraping by growing a few vegetables on their roofs. Here are four different scenarios about how we will be eating in a decade.
Your food consumption might look quite a bit different a decade from now. Colony collapse disorder, foodborne disease outbreaks,...
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Eat Some Bugs; "Eco Protein"
For Most People, Eating Bugs Is Only Natural
Sharon Guynup and Nicolas Ruggia National Geographic Channel
July 15, 2004
If you think eating insects is gross, you may be in the cultural minority. Throughout history, people have relished insects as food. Today, many cultures still do.
Ten thousand years ago hunters and gatherers ate bugs to survive. They probably learned what was edible from...
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Real Time Farms
Wow. I am so impressed with these crowd-source-type startups that are able to reach larger audiences. Real Time Farms will help you map out your food’s route from farm to Farmer’s Market or restaurant. One of the best things about this site is that it maps food that is local. So, if you are as curious as I am about where food comes from- this website is for you.
Here is a list of...
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Omnivore's Dilemma on Polyphenols
“Healthier? Perhaps. A study by the University of California-Davis in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry in 2003 found that identical varieties of corn, strawberries, and blackberries grown in neighboring plots using different methods (organic versus conventional) showed that organic methods produced significantly higher levels of ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) and a wide range of...
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WatchThis is my spilt schedule between Info 2 and Thesis 2 for the spring semester. Info 2 will focus more on theory, interaction and system design while Thesis 2 will focus on construction and execution.
Food industry opposes EPA limits on dioxins
The food and chemical industries are lobbying hard against what is expected to be a tough report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The report will set an upper limit for safe consumption of dioxins.
Most Americans consume dioxins at levels higher than this standard, mostly from food.
About 90% of dioxins come from foods, particularly high-fat animal foods.
Dioxins mainly enter...
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FoodPairing
http://www.foodpairing.com/en/home
Odd ingredients for the adventurous chef.
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January 2012
37 posts
WatchThis is an interesting “diet” app. It doesn’t directly relate to my thesis, however there is a link that should be noted: nutritious food.
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Algae Farm: Ecocity, Sweden
EcoLogicStudio designed an ecocity in Sweden that revolves around the algae industry
Above: the new symbiotic algae and seafood/fish farms generated in Crane Greenhouses.
Amidst society’s hopes for a green future, the power of working with nature is still not sufficiently understood or exploited. Too many visions remain divorced from the end user. Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto, the...
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Algae energy- H.O.R.T.U.S Installation.
In some ways, H.O.R.T.U.S. feels like any other greenhouse. It has the usual phalanx of wide-spectrum light strips overhead and sunlight pouring into the windows and fresh oxygen pumping through in the air. It’s just missing one thing: actual plants.
Instead, 325 transparent “photobioreactor” bags—enclosed vessels for producing biomass—dangle off the ceiling and incubate nine...
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WatchUrbanflow Aims To Turn Cities Into Playgrounds For Interactive Infographics
INFOGRAPHIC OF THE DAY URBANSCALE COLLABORATED WITH NORDKAPP ON AN EXPERIMENTAL “OPERATING SYSTEM FOR CITIES.”
This is an excellent idea to make complex systems transparent. I hope to achieve a simple video like this one for my first assignment in my After-Effects Class.
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McDonald's Twitter Promotion goes Terribly Wrong.
A twitter campaign by McDonald’s backfired when people started sharing the wrong kind of #McDStories (via @bored2tears).
McDonald’s kicked things off on Thursday with the hashtag #MeetTheFarmers, in a campaign meant to draw attention to the brand’s guarantee of fresh produce.
Later in the day, however, the burger company used a dangerously vague hashtag: “When u make...
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Composting
From http://charlottedieckmann.de/en/parasite-farm/ :
“Today 88% of Germany’s population lives in cities and only 5.8% of the country’s cultivated land is farmed ecologically. While most fruits and vegetables have become available all year round we are loosing touch with how it was grown, harvested and transported. But how could we counter these alienation of our basis of life?
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Pushing for a waste-free Economy!
In domestic relationships, one of the quickest ways to butter up your partner is by taking out the trash. In business, removing festering piles of waste also makes you the sort of person who’s gets missed when you’re not around.
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FUEL, Documentary Review
***Less than 5% of the the worlds population lives in the United States and we are consuming 25% of the world’s resources. ***
Josh Tickell
- 80% of the world’s oil reserves are in the hands of OPEC countries
- EPA in Louisiana gets 90% of it’s funding from permits issues to oil companies. The agency protecting the people is funded by the very thing that is dangerous to the...
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Agree/Disagree: The Farm Bill is a Public Health...
For those of you who agree, give yourself a pat on the back! For those of you who do not believe that the Farm Bill is a Public Health bill, read on, and we just might convince you.
As Roni Neff, PhD, Research and Policy Director for the Center for a Livable Future, explains, the Farm Bill affects the health of the American public in at least five important ways:
It impacts what we eat
It has...
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WatchPhilips.Live Habitat 2020
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CoExist, Agribusiness Needs to Change
As Farming Gets More Efficient, We Need It To Do The Opposite
It’s not because large-scale farms are evil, per se, but the lack of crop diversity and farming knowledge that comes from massive farms of just a few crops could result in disastrous consequences.
Researchers argue agriculture needs to remember its primitive roots. Today’s agriculture’s most important metric is yield: how many...