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The ocean off Peru boasts the world's richest fishing grounds, but Taurino Querevalu is returning to port empty again after a hunt for Peruvian anchovy, cursing his empty nets and an increasingly stingy sea. Via Mariaschnee Delete the scoop?
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Synthetic fertilizer operations have a huge appetite for fracked natural gas.
In a recent Nation piece, the wonderful Elizabeth Royte teased out the direct links between hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and the food supply. In short, extracting natural gas from rock formations by bombarding them with chemical-spiked fluid leaves behind fouled water—and that fouled water can make it into the crops and animals we eat. Delete the scoop?
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The Icelandic government announces a unilateral lowering of its mackerel fishing quota for 2013 by 15%. Delete the scoop?
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UNESCO could pull reef's World Heritage status if proposed coal facilities come through. Delete the scoop?
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Brazil is expected to surpass the United States as the world's biggest soy producer by the end of 2013. Though soy production no longer threatens the Amazon rainforest, environmentalists see cause for concern. Delete the scoop?
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The radical project that involves planting millions of trees to keep the desert at bay. Delete the scoop?
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Study shows Lake Ontario is the most stressed of the five Great Lakes.
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We cleanup as in Lake Erie. They poolute. We clean up. They pollute. etc. Delete the scoop?
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Our supermarket choices are being limited by the fact that just 20 companies produce most of the food eaten by Americans (yes, even organic brands).(Read more...)Categories: Food Crusaders Health Industrial Food Nutrition Political Voice Real Food... Delete the scoop?
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One out of every four dollars Americans spend on groceries goes to Walmart. Get more scary facts about Walmart and food. Delete the scoop?
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After a year spent traveling the nation, this farmer and author of a new farming guidebook understands what it takes to beat the odds. Delete the scoop?
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Growing numbers of farmers are using agroforestry -- integrating tree crops and grazing animals -- to create more resilient soil, a diverse range of foods, and even fight climate change. Via Mariaschnee Delete the scoop?
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The first month of 2013 is already a disaster for many farmers. Last week, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack declared 507 counties in 14 states natural disasters due to the ongoing drought. -> Delete the scoop?
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The European Parliament votes on ending fish discards and new rules to allow fish stocks to recover. Delete the scoop?
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Here's what happens when frogs get directly sprayed with farm pesticides.
... modern industrial agriculture doesn't have much use for them. It leans on chemistry, not biology, to control pests—and in doing so, it's probably contributing to the catastrophic global decline of amphibians, a natural ally to farmers for millennia. The irony is stark: In industrial agriculture's zeal to wipe out pests, it is helping to wipe out those pests' natural predators. The latest evidence: a new study showing that exposure to common pesticides at levels used in farm fields can kill frogs rapidly. Delete the scoop?
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Number of tags for Grise Fiord hunters to rise to 50 from 20A new narwhal management plan for Canada's eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut has the approval of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board. . Via Mariaschnee 
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New England fishery management officials say the only way to save the centuries-old cod fishing industry is to sharply limit it.
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Drone-like helicopters and field robots that can automatically detect weeds are only a couple of years away, say researchers.
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Billions of us rely on artificial fertilisers to provide our food, but it comes at an environmental cost. So how do we feed the world and sustain the planet? Delete the scoop?
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Thanks to a new collaborative programme and its open source ethics, young farmers in the US are working together to share sustainable and innovative farming technologies, ensuring the longevity of their livelihoods... Delete the scoop?
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After more than two decades of trying to give the wood bison a renewed foothold in the Last Frontier, the day when a herd of the one-ton beasts roams Interior Alaska is quickly approaching. On Thursday, the U.S. Delete the scoop?
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Agroforestry, a broad term to describe ways in which forests and forest management are combined with agriculture, is key in understanding Mark Shepard’s New Forest Farm. Delete the scoop?
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Seventy scientists spent two years putting together a complete picture of mercury in the ocean and in seafood. Will the results convince the U.S. to control emissions? Delete the scoop?
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Nobel laureate Joseph E Stiglitz is impressed by the organic farming practices in Bihar's Nalanda district, terming its practitioners "better than scientists" and calling for their experiences to be researched so that these can be replicated... Delete the scoop?
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