The perfect is often the enemy of the good

The above is a quote from this long, thorough and extremely well researched article on Mother Jones about the world’s food crisis and what to do about it. The article details the problems facing food production in this century. It looks at the alternative farming methods that are not quite organic: After decades as an [...]

So so sad and so so frightening

Monday, 2 February 2009, 13:51 | Category : England, food, health
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Just read in yesterday’s Times about the plight of the (bumble)bee. I’ve read about the trouble of the bee population diminishing rapidly before, but this article, in such a conservative paper, really spells it out so there’s no misunderstanding it: If nothing is done – and maybe even if something IS done – the bee [...]