Keyword: agriculture

The Urban Food Revolution
Changing the Way We Feed Cities
by Peter Ladner

Our reliance on industrial agriculture has resulted in a food supply riddled with hidden environmental, economic and health care costs and beset by rising food prices. With only a handful of corporations responsible for the lionÂ’s share of the …
related subjects: Food and Gardening

Urban Agriculture
Ideas and Designs for the New Food Revolution
by David Tracey

You don't have to journey to a rural paradise to find the farm of the future. It's your neighbor's suburban lawn, the roof of your uptown condominium, or the co-op market garden in the vacant lot down the street. Urban Agriculture is a detailed look …
related subjects: Food and Gardening

Alcohol Fuel
Making and Using Ethanol as a Renewable Fuel
by Richard Freudenberger

Dwindling petroleum supplies and growing environmental concerns are significantly impacting the cost of petro-fuel and its infrastructure. The search for alternative fuel sources has led to ethanol, a gasoline substitute that is already in the …
related subjects: Energy

Eating Fossil Fuels
Oil, Food, and the Coming Crisis in Agriculture
by Dale Allen Pfeiffer

The miracle of the Green Revolution was made possible by cheap fossil fuels to supply crops with artificial fertilizer, pesticides, and irrigation. Estimates of the net energy balance of agriculture in the US show that ten calories of hydrocarbon …
related subjects: Post Carbon Prep / Peak Oil