How Much Does U.S. Livestock Production Contribute to Greenhouse Gas Emissions?

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

A round of applause for Washington Post reporter Ezra Klein for pointing out last week the undeniable fact that meat production is a major contributor to global warming, and that consumers can make a difference by cutting out their meat consumption just one day a week. How big a difference in greenhouse gases reduction it [...]

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Farming must change to feed the world

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

The world’s farmers must quickly switch to more sustainable and productive farming systems to grow the food needed by a swelling world population and respond to climate change, FAO’s top crops expert told an international farm congress in New Delhi today. 
In a keynote speech to 1,000 participants at the IVth World Congress on Conservation Agriculture [...]

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