Source: http://www.marketskeptics.com/2009/12/2010-food-crisis-for-dummies.html
Credits: Eric deCarbonnel
Dated: 2009-12-27

Well this seemed like something this site is striving for; joining AI, Second LIfe and the Physical world.

Cheers

Wally

Agricultural robots

Fields of automation

Dec 10th 2009

Source: Reuters

Dated: 2009-11-26

When white Zimbabwean farmer Irvin Reid arrived in Nigeria almost five years ago, he was given a set of grid references in the remote bush and told to find water and build a new farm.

His dairy farm now has 300 Jersey cows, some of among 800 imported from South Africa to start cattle farms in the region.

It’s a sharp contrast to things back in Zimbabwe, where campaigners say farmers face their worst year ever.

"Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist." - Kenneth Boulding

On a related note, the U.S. Census Bureau World Population Clock [census.gov] just ticked over to 6.8 billion a few minutes ago.

Source: ScienceDaily
Credits: Unstated. Adapted from materials provided by University of Utah.
Dated: 2009-11-24

http://www.pigprogress.net/news/alma-funded-hog-manure-project-successful-3676.html


ALMA funded hog manure project successful

24 Nov 2009

Kingdom Farms, an 1,800-head hog operation in Alberta, Canada is half way through construction of a pilot livestockwater recycling system installed on its homebase.

The technology will utilise the 250,000 litres of hog manure produced yearly and will convert up to 75% of that manure into water for agricultural and ethanol production. The facility will also significantly reduce odours from the farm and could reduce about 5,000 metric tonnes of CO2 each year.

By Harry Cline, Farm Press Editorial Staff, Nov 9, 2009

A water bond to finance solutions to California’s water crisis on the ballot would face no better chance of passing than a snowball surviving in Death Valley.

Experts say only 36 percent of Californians would approve a major water bond issue today in a state that is riddled with debt and a projected continuing budget deficit reaching into the billions.

While the fiscal malaise continues to hang over the state like a black cloud, California’s water crisis is really the No. 1 mess facing this state, according to agricultural lobbyist/attorney and Hanford, Calif., dairyman George Soares.

Exclusive: Watchdog's estimates of reserves inflated says top official

Source: The Guardian
Authors: Terry Macalister
Dated: 2009-11-09

Source: CNews
Authors: David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Dated: 2009-11-05

It’s interesting to see the reaction to a report just released by our foundation and the Pembina Institute. The Globe and Mail called our analysis of the costs of fighting climate change “unsaleable and dangerous”.

But the Globe and Mail’s John Ibbitson wrote that “The Pembina Institute and the David Suzuki Foundation have had the courage to uncover and to tell us the truth. Now Canadians must decide what to do.”