Green Options » food for thought http://greenoptions.com/tag/food-for-thought Posts tagged 'food for thought' Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:39:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Food for Thought http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2008/10/06/food-for-thought-4/ http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2008/10/06/food-for-thought-4/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:39:23 +0000 Beth Bader http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2008/10/06/food-for-thought-4/ Food Crisis Quote of the Week
“The essential purpose of food, which is to nourish people, has been subordinated to the economic aims of a handful of multinational corporations that monopolize all aspects of food production, from seeds to major distribution chains, and they have been the prime beneficiaries of the world crisis,” H. E. M. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, President of the General Assembly of the UN.

Large Reductions in Usage of Agrichemicals May Not Impact Yield
“The results suggest that large reductions in agrichemical use can be compatible with high crop yields and profits,” says Dr. Matt Liebman, an agronomy professor at Iowa State University.

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