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:: In a new report the UN’s special reporter on the right to food says that agriculture is at a crossroads and suggests that the way forward to increase yields depends not on industrial-scale farming but on sound ecological farming.

Olivier de Schutter argues that farming and food production are in need of a revolution on the scale of the 19th Century Industrial Revolution if food production is to be increased and food prices are to be kept under control.

But increasing food production to meet future need will not be enough without also making progress in improving the income levels for the poorest, particularly small-scale farmers, as well as making progress on reducing malnutrition. Read the rest of this entry »

On any given day, you likely cannot watch the television, listen to the radio or log onto the Internet and World Wide Web without encountering some sort of discussion about alternative fuels. In order for you to fully understand the debate and the progress that is (and in some instances is not) being made in regard to alternative fuels, it is important for you to have some basic facts and information in regard to alternative fuels and energy development.

First of all, you may be wondering how many alternative fuels vehicles are being manufactured for consumer use in the United States currently.

The last year that the most complete set of statistics are available is 2005. In that year, nearly 900,000 vehicles designed to utilize alternative fuels were manufactured. Read the rest of this entry »