Brazil is hailed as a biofuels success story - producing and using ethanol from high yielding crops within the country. But those indigenous families who have been displaced by sugar cane cultivation see things differently
… The human cost of 'super-clean' sugar ethanol Ella Windsor | 2nd March 2010 … Politics And Economics Energy Biofuels Sugarcane Brazil biofuels1.jpg Brazil is … families who have been displaced by sugar cane cultivation see things differently …
It's the condiment of choice for a million fast-food outlets and a staple sauce in homes around the world, but there's more to tomato ketchup than meets the eye, says Pat Thomas
… Label Pat Thomas Sauce Tomato Ketchup Heinz Sugar Salt Food Vinegar Food Standards Agency … from natural ingredients – tomatoes, vinegar, sugar, salt and spices – what can possibly be … at the fine print, the FSA also defines high-sugar content as being 10g per 100g. Heinz …
If you're lucky enough to have gluts of tomatoes, this extract from The Preserving Book shows you how to use them in mouth-watering recipes
… sea salt 150ml (5 60g (2oz) light soft brown sugar Put all the ingredients except the sugar in a preserving pan or a large … back into the rinsed-out pan. Stir in the sugar, bring back to the boil and boil, …
For whatever reason you choose to chew it, this plastic, potentially toxic mish-mash of ingredients is bad for the environment and bad for us
… One of the few sweeteners to be derived from sugar itself, sucralose tastes more like sugar than other artificial sweeteners and … eighth of the calories and carbohydrates of sugar. However it is produced by chlorinating …
A simple guide to freezing fruit, vegetables and herbs from the book Grow Your Own, Eat Your Own
… out of bags. Fruit portions can be dipped in sugared or even salted water to stop … in portion-controlled amounts that have been sugared overnight to withdraw some of their … Or they can be frozen fresh, packed in sugar syrup or fruit juice, their own or …
Renewed calls for a tax on less nutritious foods do not take account of the importance of issues like education, advertising and social justice say campaigners
… food healthier and to reduce fat, salt and sugar, and of course they have gone a long way … work out their daily intake of salt, sugar and fat. Only this June, the NHS … advertising for foods high in fats, salt and sugar. However, the EU food industry lobby …
Unregulated sand extraction in Sierra Leone is good for business but wreaks havoc on the coastal environment
… environment It is Saturday morning and Sugar Land beach in Sierra Leone’s Freetown … those claimed by the sea. The situation at Sugar Land is typical of a wider trend taking …
Food industry spent €1 billion euros lobbying against proposals to help consumers make 'healthy meal' choices with a system of red, green and amber labels on the front of food packaging
… work out their daily intake of salt, sugar and fat. Foods high in these ingredients … for snack and sweet foods high in salt, sugar and fat. Industry lobbying Other health …
Whether for health, ethical or environmental reasons, a low-dairy or dairy-free diet is becoming more mainstream. Here's how to have your (cheese)cake and eat it too...
… intolerant to lactose (a naturally occurring sugar in all animal milks). Others cut out … - Several soya milks contain added sugar and salt. If you're adding this to a cereal that already contains sugar and salt you may be eating a sweeter, …
Study predicts the yields of jatropha will fall in the next decade and that it is better suited to community-level, rather than industrial-scale, production for the biofuel market
… INVESTIGATION The human cost of 'super-clean' sugar ethanol Brazil is hailed as a biofuels … families who have been displaced by sugar cane cultivation see things differently …
UK fund managers are selling investments in jatropha plantations as a wallet-swelling, planet-saving financial bonanza. But the reality for poor farmers is very different
… crops including jatropha, palm oil, soya and sugar cane, to rising food prices and … to a new analysis INVESTIGATION Will sugar be the oil of the 21st century? You can … to plastics. But will the surge in demand for sugar end up having a serious environmental …
UK fund managers are selling investments in jatropha plantations as a wallet-swelling, planet-saving financial bonanza. But the reality for poor farmers is very different. Andrew Wasley reports
… crops including jatropha, palm oil, soya and sugar cane, to rising food prices and … to a new analysis INVESTIGATION Will sugar be the oil of the 21st century? You can … to plastics. But will the surge in demand for sugar end up having a serious environmental …
More than 40,000 premature deaths could be prevented with healthier food rules including a ban on takeaways near schools and reduced salt and fat levels in processed foods
… | 23rd June 2010 News Junk Food Health Sugar Trans Fats saturatedfat.jpg Trans fats … for foods high in saturated fats, salt and sugar before 9pm to protect children …
Coral reefs are under threat from all quarters - rising temperatures, ocean acidity, fishing practices... But can clever management of certain fish species help the reefs to recover their former glory?
… are microscopic algae that photosynthesise sugars. To do this, algae use sunlight and … gained from feeding on plankton. Some of the sugars are passed back to the coral from the …
It's easy to dismiss 'detox' as a fad, as some product claims are exaggerated. But detoxing, as a practice, has been around for centuries
… juices and saying 'no' to meat, dairy, wheat, sugar and caffeine and other substances … liver, kidney and colon. Meat, dairy, wheat, sugar, caffeine, alcohol are either limited or …
It's easy to dismiss 'detox' as a fad, as some product claims are exaggerated. But detoxing, as a practice, has been around for centuries.
… juices and saying 'no' to meat, dairy, wheat, sugar and caffeine and other substances … liver, kidney and colon. Meat, dairy, wheat, sugar, caffeine, alcohol are either limited or …
Biochar's potential to improve tropical soils and store carbon in the ground is huge; but if linked to current market mechanisms it would be ripe for exploitation
… enough waste to go around? INVESTIGATION Will sugar be the oil of the 21st century? You can … to plastics. But will the surge in demand for sugar end up having a serious environmental …
Our national taste for shellfish is leading to exploitation of our shores by criminal gangs, putting human health and fragile environments at risk. Andrew Wasley reports
… INVESTIGATION The human cost of 'super-clean' sugar ethanol Brazil is hailed as a biofuels … families who have been displaced by sugar cane cultivation see things differently …
In an extract from her new book, Geetie Singh tells how her famed gastro pub, the Duke of Cambridge, came to be, and gives Ecologist readers two great recipes to try out
… the pub. Filling: 1 kg rhubarb 1 tbsp caster sugar 25 g butter, to grease the dish Topping: 75 g butter, unsalted 100 g demerara sugar 75 g plain flour 75 g ground almonds 50 … Put the fruit into the dish, sprinkle with sugar and cover with the crumble topping. Bake …
In this month's newsletter, we ask whether greens have got it wrong about tar sands, learn from a remote Scottish community, look at land struggles in Africa, examine the claims for carbon capture, and look at whether sugar might be the new oil. To download, log-in and scroll to the bottom of the page...
… for carbon capture, and look at whether sugar might be the new oil. To download, …
In this month's newsletter, we report on the cost of sugar ethanol in Brazil, the growing restrictions on health food products, the dangerous advice given by local councils on energy saving lightbulbs, and the possibilities of personal tradable energy quotas. To download, log in and scroll to the bottom of the article...
… month's newsletter, we report on the cost of sugar ethanol in Brazil, the growing …
Targets for increasing the use of biofuels to power cars, trains and buses will result in more ecosystems being converted to agriculture - actually increasing carbon emissions, says new report
… from food crops, such as oil seeds, palm oil, sugar cane, beet and wheat. The study, …
High petrol prices mean less demand and less pollution, right? Not necessarily, finds Mark Jansen. Our relationship with our cars is far more complex...
… was achieving lower and lower prices for its sugar exports and paying more and more for oil. Today, ethanol derived from sugar cane accounts for more than half the …