Key Issue Ignored by Presidential Candidates: Food
‘Presidential candidates should seize the opportunity to improve the nation’s food and farm system for the benefit of us all’
“Why don’t candidates talk about food?”
That’s a question asked by the Des Moines Register‘s editorial board this weekend, who also pointed out that the “first-in-the nation caucuses are held in one of the world’s great agricultural centers.”
It should be a major issue for presidential candidates, the Register says, because
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http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/01/31/key-issue-ignored-presidential-candidates-food
Solar panel costs set to fall 10% a year
‘It’s Gonna Be Messy, It’s Gonna Be Slow’:
The Way to a Circular Economy
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pro-journo/its-gonna-be-messy-its-go_b_8945242.html?utm_hp_ref=tw
LA uses plastic balls, Japan uses solar panels. Japan is building the World’s largest floating solar power plant
http://www.solarcrunch.org/2016/01/japan-is-building-worlds-largest.html?m=1
There’s Rage-Inducing New Data On The Amount Of Plastic In The Ocean
Scientists: Up to 37 times more floating microplastics than previously estimated.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/amount-plastic-ocean_568ee104e4b0a2b6fb6f696e?utm_hp_ref=tw
The solution for the melting polar ice caps may be hiding in the rainforest Dr Paul Salaman
Venezuela’s Food Revolution Has Fought Off Big Agribusiness and Promoted Agroecology
Paris climate goals mean emissions need to drop below zero
The great climate robbery: How the food system drives climate change and what we can do about it
https://www.grain.org/article/entries/5354-the-great-climate-robbery
BizNGO – Chemical Footprint 2015
The Global Risks Report 2016
http://reports.weforum.org/global-risks-2016/
and
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/Media/GRR16_ExecutiveSummary_ENG.pdf
IMF Paper Calls for Carbon Tax on Aviation, Shipping
Paris climate deal’s omission of these sectors’ carbon emissions ‘scandalous, but sadly predictable’
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/sdn/2016/sdn1601.pdf
The Soil Pioneers: Local farmers dig for climate change solutions
http://sonomasun.com/2016/01/08/the-soil-pioneers-local-farmers-dig-for-climate-change-solutions/
IKEA PLANS TO BECOME CIRCULAR ECONOMY RETAILER
http://www.rebnews.com/news/retail/ikea_plans_become_circular_economy_retailer.html
Walmart Canada Will Start Charging for Plastic Bags
http://fortune.com/2016/01/25/walmart-canada-plastic-bag/?iid=rightrail-more
Josh Fox on His New Doc “How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change” (includes 13 minute video)
http://www.democracynow.org/2016/1/26/josh_fox_on_his_new_doc
Bronco nears ‘zero waste’ facility goal
http://www.turlockjournal.com/section/12/article/31068/
These are the Pioneers of the Circular Economy
http://fortune.com/2016/01/16/these-are-the-pioneers-of-the-circular-economy/?xid=gn_editorspicks
The Circular Economy on the Blue Planet
http://waste360.com/generators/circular-economy-blue-planet
NYC Freegans Fight Food Waste
One Dumpster-Dive at a Time
http://citylimits.org/2016/01/12/nycs-freegans-attack-food-waste-one-dumpster-dive-at-a-time/
Are smart cities green?
http://www.thehindu.com/features/homes-and-gardens/are-smart-cities-green/article8167912.ece
6 Easy Ways to Live a More Zero-Waste Life
http://www.motherearthnews.com/green-homes/6-easy-ways-to-live-a-more-zero-waste-life-zbcz1601.aspx
Arroyo Grande, Morro Bay vote for Styrofoam bans
https://calcoastnews.com/2016/01/arroyo-grande-morro-bay-vote-for-styrofoam-bans/
CIRCULAR ECONOMY OFFERS CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION OPPORTUNITIES
http://resource.co/article/circular-economy-offers-climate-change-mitigation-opportunities-10769
Queen of recycling who uses cocoa powder for blusher and moss for toilet paper reveals the tricks of living a ‘zero waste lifestyle’
Novelis, Unilever, Forum Co-Develop Tools to Help Ease Shift to Circular Products, Business Models
http://www.sustainablebrands.com/news_and_views/products_design/sustainable_brands
Birds stop migrating as rubbish dumps provide winter feeding grounds
For some birds, feeding at waste sites seems preferable to long migrations to warmer climates, but researchers warn of risks to ecosystems and health
Greenland’s Melting Ice Problem May Be Far Worse Than We Realized
A new study shows climate change can undercut nature’s way of protecting the ice.
Ocean Acidification Is Bad, and It’s Getting Worse
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pierce-nahigyan/ocean-acidification-is-ba_b_8952240.html?utm_hp_ref=tw
Grenada Is Developing Climate-Smart Agriculture
10 Farmer Training Programs Helping Veterans Heal
http://foodtank.com/news/2016/01/ten-farmer-training-programs-helping-veterans-heal
Techniques for storing water in the soil for the dry days ahead
STERLING COLLEGE LAUNCHES ‘SCHOOL OF THE NEW AMERICAN FARMSTEAD’
https://vtdigger.org/2016/01/20/sterling-college-launches-school-of-the-new-american-farmstead/
GM 2.0? ‘Gene-editing’ produces GMOs that must be regulated as GMOs
http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis.html
Investment at German site allows production of packaging made of 100% recyclate
Meeting rising regional demand for PET and rPET
https://www.plasteurope.com/news/LINPAC_t233084/
Virgin PET, recycled pellet market narrows
http://www.icis.com/resources/news/2016/01/14/9960749/virgin-pet-recycled-pellet-market-narrows/
Seventh Generation introduces recyclable, flexible SUP
The new pouch is a multilayer PE structure that provides functional and aesthetic advantages comparable to a mixed-material structure, but solves the recycling challenge.
Four things to know before you get your new Minneapolis organics bin
Local author to speak on organics vs. GMOs Sunday
http://dcourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=74&SubSectionID=114&ArticleID=154151
How to grow plants and raise fish simultaneously
http://mytoba.ca/life/how-to-grow-plants-and-raise-fish-simultaneously/
New London restaurant uses only wonky veg, first zero-waste restaurant Tiny Leaf is using only misshapen out-of-date fruit and veg donated by organic retailers
http://www.fruitnet.com/fpj/article/167682/new-london-restaurant-uses-only-wonky-veg
and
http://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Venues/London-s-first-zero-waste-restaurant-opening-in-Notting-Hill
Combatting Food Waste
http://www.permaculture.co.uk/news/1401166884/combatting-food-waste
Organic and non-GMO: Competition or counterparts in the healthy foods movement?
USDA whistleblower launches new bee research effort
Do this cleaning product’s eco-claims actually mean anything?
http://grist.org/living/do-this-cleaning-products-eco-claims-actually-mean-anything/
Packaged Facts: As Non-GMO Market Grows, an “Organic” Tug of War Ensues
Organic foods are non-GMO, but not all non-GMO foods are organic, say natural food trade groups
http://news.sys-con.com/node/3652814