According to Mexican press accounts, the deadly swine-flu outbreak now spreading into the U.S. is linked to large-scale hog operations in Mexico run by industrial-meat giant Smithfield Foods.
the re-launched website for the European Society for Rural Sociology (ESRS). Founded in 1957, the ESRS is the leading European association for researchers, policy makers and scientists interested in the study of rural issues
"Radical Homemakers uncovers a hidden revolution quietly taking hold across the United States. It is the story of pioneering men and women who are redefining feminism and the good life by adhering to simple principles of ecological sustainability, social
"Perussa uutena argumenttina uusiutuvien energioiden puolesta on nostettu maataloustuotteiden vienti. Peru pyrkii elintarvikealan suurmaaksi, ja suuret kauppaketjut kuten Walmart vaativat jo tuojilta matalaa hiilijalanjälkeä, mikä osaltaan voi vahvistaa v
Can we feed ten billion people? Posed this way, the question presupposes that industrialized society keeps on as it does now. It keeps us searching for technological fixes to a problem caused by technology. For 150 years people have made farms more and more factory-like: improving machinery, developing high-yield hybrids, and finally GMOs. We have long assumed that by industrializing the production and processing of food we had found the secret to progress. This book examines the history of industrialized farming and fishing to raise broader questions about industrial society:
What are the costs to the environment and human health of genetic engineering?
Why are economists trapped in prescribing endless growth as a social goal?
Can democratic politics break out of the quest for jobs and prosperity?
According to Mexican press accounts, the deadly swine-flu outbreak now spreading into the U.S. is linked to large-scale hog operations in Mexico run by industrial-meat giant Smithfield Foods.
The writer presents why, according to him, agriculture was not a good idea, and humanity threaded quantity for quality
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