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Four Meals from Anarchy: Rising Food Prices Could Spark Famine, War, and Revolution in 2022
From TheAltWorld’s Newsletter: https://ergobalance.blogspot.com/2022/04/four-meals-from-anarchy-we-must-grow.html
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UK food production to shrink as input inflation hits 24%
From the Farmer’s Weekly: https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/markets-and-trends/input-prices/uk-food-production-to-shrink-as-input-inflation-hits-24 Double-digit cost inflation is hitting every single enterprise of British agriculture, casting doubt on the sector’s ability to maintain food supplies in the year ahead.
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Why your fish and chips may cost a lot more
An example of what has become a discretionary market at today’s prices. A market that was essential in the post-WW2 era. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-60762921
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These foods could soon be in short supply due to the war in Ukraine
From the Climate & Economy website: https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/03/15/these-foods-could-soon-be-in-short-supply-due-to-the-war-in-ukraine
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Transforming Food Systems to Transform the Future | Jason Bradford
https://www.planetcritical.com/p/transforming-food-systems-to-transform?
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Evolution and Climate Change Through the Lens of Power
Evolution and Climate Change Through the Lens of Power Richard Heinberg October 25, 2021 This essay is based on, and partly extracted from, the book POWER: LIMITS AND PROSPECTS FOR HUMAN SURVIVAL. During the last century, evolutionary biologists developed the idea … Continue reading
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REPORT IDENTIFIES POOR SOIL HEALTH AS NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT
News release from the Food & Global Security Network Wednesday 20th October 2021 REPORT LAUNCH – WATCH RECORDING HERE A report, Soil health: a national security profile, launched today by the Food & Global Security Network, calls on ministers to formally … Continue reading
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Gas Crisis Hits Food as Giant Dutch Greenhouses Go Dark
https://www.bloombergquint.com/onweb/your-tomatoes-may-cost-more-as-gas-prices-hit-dutch-greenhouses
The big food redesign study
The Ellen Macarthur Foundation has published what may turn out to be seen as a “ground-breaking” study about a transition of the food system to a circular economy The circular economy is increasingly recognised as a solutions framework to address … Continue reading
Lambas Scones
Paul Mobb’s lifestyle may provide a hint of things to come. He sees life from the bottom up, in amazing detail. He writes: One of the reasons I got into nutrition in my teens was that I did a lot … Continue reading