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Don't Have a Cow About 20 percent of farm-animal breeds* are endangered, says FAO		18 Dec 2006	Daily Grist
Don't Have a Cow About 20 percent of farm-animal breeds* are endangered, says FAO Word association time: What comes to mind when you think "endangered animals"? Odd-looking tropical frogs and obscure birds with funny names? Time to adjust your thinking: The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that one in five breeds of farm animal are in danger of extinction. Of more than 7,600 b ...
Topics: food and agriculture, news, United Nations, wildlife (all these topics)

Argan Eat That? Rare oil made from goat-pooped pits may save North African tree		27 Oct 2005	Daily Grist
Argan Eat That? Rare oil made from goat-pooped pits may save North African tree For centuries, since even before the Phoenicians arrived (there goes the neighborhood!), goats have climbed Morocco's evergreen argan trees to munch their leaves and fruits. Then they poop or spit out the undigested fruit pits. Then shepherds root through the poop, pick out the pits, extract the interior kernels, and use them to m ...
Topics: food and agriculture, Morocco, news, wildlife (all these topics)

Sweet 'n' Low-Down Sugar is causing environmental catastrophes		09 Dec 2004	Daily Grist
Sweet 'n' Low-Down Sugar is causing environmental catastrophes A high-sugar diet is slowly fattening and sickening American people, but we're getting off easy. Turns out the sweet stuff is outright killing endangered Florida panthers, not to mention the ecosystem in which they live. Almost 700,000 acres of the Florida Everglades have been drained to create the Everglades Agricultural Area, about 80 per ...
Topics: Australia, Florida, food and agriculture, wildlife (all these topics)

Let a Thousand Species Bloom Organic farming increases biodiversity, research indicates		13 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Let a Thousand Species Bloom Organic farming increases biodiversity, research indicates According to the largest review yet done of studies comparing organic to conventional agriculture, organic farming increases biodiversity at every level, from bacteria to birds to mammals. The two groups that conducted the reviews -- English Nature, a government group, and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds -- had no vested int ...
Topics: food and agriculture, wildlife (all these topics)

Indelicacies Chinese appetite for exotic foods driving trade in endangered species		07 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Indelicacies Chinese appetite for exotic foods driving trade in endangered species Many Chinese believe that wild game improves health. Whether or not that's true, the country's enormous market for rare and exotic "delicacies" is not improving the health of endangered species. "Just in the last two years, 12 to 13 species have had to be CITES-listed because of China's food trade," said Gail Cochr ...
Topics: China, food and agriculture, wildlife (all these topics)

Cloud Nein World's Cloud Forests Threatened		10 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Cloud Nein World's Cloud Forests Threatened The world's cloud forests, which strip moisture from clouds and supply millions of poor people in developing nations with fresh water, are in danger of being wiped out by climate change, claims a report released Monday by the U.N. and the Wor ...
Topics: ... Ecuador, food and agriculture, Indonesia, logging, Malaysia, Mexico, renewable energy, South America, United Nations, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

Fake Is the New Real		03 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Fake Is the New Real In an effort to conserve water (and perhaps bolster Southern California's reputation as a showcase for all things fake), the city of Anaheim, Calif., and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California are pilot-testing faux lawns. If water savings meet expectations, residents who replace real grass with fake greenery could soon be eligible for rebates from the water dis ...
Topics: California, food and agriculture, green living, wildlife (all these topics)

Walk Like an Egyptian Egyptian Agro-Business Is Socially Conscious and Green to Boot		27 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Walk Like an Egyptian Egyptian Agro-Business Is Socially Conscious and Green to Boot In the arid Egyptian desert -- an area not typically associated with socially progressive entrepreneurship -- the Sekem Group is demonstrating how home-grown business can make both profit and positive change. Founded in 1977 by Ibrahim Abouleish, the agro-business has developed a wide range of products (herbal medicin ...
Topics: business, food and agriculture, Middle East, wildlife (all these topics)

Rivers and Tithes Judge Rules Government Must Pay for Withheld Water		26 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Rivers and Tithes Judge Rules Government Must Pay for Withheld Water In a case that could have substantial implications for enforcement of the Endangered Species Act, a federal judge ruled recently that the U.S. government must pay California irrigators some $14 million for water it withheld from them ...
Topics: California, climate, environmental justice, food and agriculture, marine life, politics, rivers and watersheds, Southwest, water conflicts, wildlife (all these topics)

The Big Disease-y New Controls Needed on Wildlife Trade to Prevent Disease, Scientists Say		16 Jan 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: Brazil, business, food and agriculture, globalization, health, India, wildlife (all these topics)

The Oil Hits the Fan Oil Pipeline Through Georgian Republic Runs Into Trouble		16 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
The Oil Hits the Fan Oil Pipeline Through Georgian Republic Runs Into Trouble A $3 billion, 1,000-mile pipeline -- slated to be pumping oil from the newly opened Caspian oilfields through Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey to the world market by April 2005 -- has run into a whole mess of trouble. Environmenta ...
Topics: Azerbaijan, business, energy, food and agriculture, Georgia, globalization, mining and drilling, population, renewable energy, Turkey, wildlife (all these topics)

A Mighty Wind New California Wind Farm Blows Previous Efforts Away		07 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
A Mighty Wind New California Wind Farm Blows Previous Efforts Away Between San Francisco and Sacramento lies the nearly completed High Winds Energy Center, a state-of-the-art wind farm expected to generate roughly 162 megawatts of electricity -- enough to power 75,000 homes -- and make wind power competitive with extractive energy sources. The turbin ...
Topics: business, California, energy, food and agriculture, green living, San Francisco, wildlife, wind power (all these topics)

Zoo Doo Voodoo Zoo Doo in Tokyo Will Be Used to Produce Energy		12 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Zoo Doo Voodoo Zoo Doo in Tokyo Will Be Used to Produce Energy A Tokyo-area zoo, weary of spending more than $275,000 a year to dispose of 1,060 tons of animal waste, has a new plan: It will ferment the droppings to create biogas that can be used as fuel. An experimental processing plant at the zoo should start producing biomass energy in 2005. If all goes according to plan, even the b ...
Topics: food and agriculture, green living, Japan, water pollution, wildlife (all these topics)

Winged Victory Endangered U.K. Bird Coming Back from the Brink of Extinction		11 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Winged Victory Endangered U.K. Bird Coming Back from the Brink of Extinction Now, for a bit of good species news: One of the rarest birds in Britain, the cirl bunting, has made an impressive comeback from the brink of extinction, thanks to a proactive government plan that pays farmers to maintain their fields in cirl bunting-friendly ways. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds launched the rescue program in ...
Topics: England, food and agriculture, wildlife (all these topics)

The Bees' Knees Are Knocking Major British Study Pans GM Crops as Harmful to Wildlife		17 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
The Bees' Knees Are Knocking Major British Study Pans GM Crops as Harmful to Wildlife Bad news just keeps on coming for British backers of genetically modified foods, a group whose most high-profile member is Prime Minister Tony Blair. The latest: A three-year government investigation billed as the world's largest study of the environmen ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, European Union, food and agriculture, GMOs, toxics, United Kingdom, wildlife (all these topics)

Nettling Question Nettle Fabric Could Be Eco-Friendly Replacement for Cotton		01 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Nettling Question Nettle Fabric Could Be Eco-Friendly Replacement for Cotton Fabric made from stinging nettles could be the next big thing in eco-friendly fashion. The process of growing nettles is much gentler on the Earth than growing cotton, which generally entails high use of water and pesticides. (Almost a quarter of the world's pesticides are sprayed on cotton plants.) In contrast, nettles don't ...
Topics: food and agriculture, green living, toxics, wildlife (all these topics)

Crop Circles		23 Jul 2003	Daily Grist
Crop Circles A much-anticipated review by the British government of genetically modified (GM) crops has found that they are safe to consume but pose a serious threat to the environment. The 300-page report, produced by a panel of 24 scientists and policy advisors, is by far the most exhaustive study of GM crops to date. To the relief of GM advocates, it found that transgenic food products do n ...
Topics: food and agriculture, GMOs, toxics, United Kingdom, wildlife (all these topics)

Liquid Assets		27 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Liquid Assets Saudi Arabia is home to the world's largest oil reserves, but it's desperately short on another, equally precious resource: water. There isn't a river or lake to be found anywhere in the nation, and the only renewable water sources are shallow aquifers refilled by infrequent rains. A growing population, a fondness for showy swimming ...
Topics: climate, energy, food and agriculture, green living, Middle East, population, renewable energy, wildlife (all these topics)

Tuna Sandwiched		09 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Tuna Sandwiched Two former government scientists say their superiors shot down years' worth of research on the effects of tuna fishing on dolphin populations because the findings clashed with the policy aims of the Clinton and Bush administrations. Separate research conducted by Albert Myrick and Sarka Southern indicated that dolphins are exposed to dangerous levels of stress by the practice ...
Topics: food and agriculture, marine life, oceans, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

Sweet Child of Mine?		14 Nov 2002	Daily Grist
Sweet Child of Mine? After forcing a mining operation to leave town in 1997, the 46 families of Junin, a remote village in northern Ecuador, decided to have a go at ecotourism to protect the rainforest around them -- and to earn a living. But now a growing number of the residents are questioning that choice. The paradise of orchids, hummingbirds, and jaguars is no consola ...
Topics: Ecuador, food and agriculture, mining and drilling, rainforests, travel, wildlife (all these topics)

Cream of the Crop A review of The Farm as Natural Habitat	Jonna Higgins-Freese	21 Oct 2002	Arts and Minds
You'll have to forgive the staid title: Right from the start, The Farm as Natural Habitat: Reconnecting Food Systems with Ecosystems is thoroughly Midwestern in tone -- reserved, practical, and down-to-earth. Edited by long-time sustainable-agriculture advocates Dana and Laura Jackson, a mother-daughter team, the essays collected here describe farming practices that mimic and protect natural systems. Bu ...
Topics: food and agriculture, wildlife (all these topics)

Shrimp Fried		26 Feb 2002	Daily Grist
Shrimp Fried Under pressure from the Bush administration, a federal judge yesterday revoked the protected status of several hundred thousand acres of Southern California land considered essential for the survival of two imperiled species. U.S. District Judge Stephen Wilson called on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to re-a ...
Topics: California, environmental justice, food and agriculture, politics, ranching, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

Mickey Mao's		22 Feb 2002	Daily Grist
Mickey Mao's It might be the Magic Kingdom, but sometimes it has to face reality: That's the message of an environmental study released today on a future Disney theme park in Hong Kong. Environmentalists have attacked the $1.8 billion project as an ecological nightmare, and now the report seconds the opinion. The park is slated to be built in Penny's B ...
Topics: Asia, business, food and agriculture, Hong Kong, marine life, oceans, pollution and waste, wildlife (all these topics)

Red Rose		01 Feb 2002	Daily Grist

Topics: Africa, deforestation, education, food and agriculture, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

Victory at Sea		11 Jan 2002	Daily Grist

Topics: Department of Justice, environmental justice, food and agriculture, marine life, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

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