You can turn it into everything from fuel to plastics. But will the surge in demand for sugar end up having a serious environmental impact?
… Will sugar be the oil of the 21st century? Matilda … Lee | 1st December 2009 News Investigations Sugarcane Brazil Agro-Ecological Zoning … Sao Paulo Coca-Cola Dow Chemicals Braskem sugar.jpg You can turn it into everything from …
As part of the Ecologist's special investigation into the hidden costs of tea, milk and sugar, here's how to get involved in cleaning up your cuppa
… Rights Organic Agriculture Dairy Farming Sugar Tea Supermarkets cuppapic.jpg How to get … into the hidden costs of tea, milk and sugar, here's how to get involved in cleaning … YOUR CUPPA?' SPECIAL INVESTIGATION HERE (PDF) Sugar Bridges across Borders Cambodia is a …
A new GM bacterium can produce bioethanol from coarse switchgrass, rather than using food crops like maize, writes Tim Radford. It does this by 'digesting' the tough cellulose that yeasts are unable to break down.
… food. The conversion of energy-rich corn or sugar cane to biofuels is therefore an … plants into bioethanol, not just grains and sugars. Switchgrass can be grown on waste … initially converts biomass cellulose to sugars, before turning the sugars to ethanol …
Fruit and vegetables as nature intended them, delivered direct to your door. Matilda Lee reports
… olive oil, vinegar, butter, milk, eggs, sugar, basil, garlic, oregano, thyme, … 25 g butter, salt and pepper, 2 eggs, 2 tbsp sugar, ½ tsp nutmeg, 225ml/1 cup milk, 9 1/2 … salt and pepper 3. Beat the eggs, add the sugar and nutmeg. Add the milk. Stir into the …
Keen to have your little one avoid the over-processed, additive-packed diet of today’s obesity-prone youth? Then give your weaning baby healthy eating habits for life by starting them off with nutritious food easily made at home writes Matilda Lee
… stove. Let cool and serve. Tips • Don’t add sugar or salt to your baby’s food. Salt is harmful to a baby’s immature kidneys and sugar is habit-forming. • Pressed for time? …
The increase in meat and dairy consumption is set to cause huge increases in greenhouse gases, reports Tim Radford. A shift to less animal-based diets would cut greenhouse gases, conserve forests and grasslands - and make us all healthier, with reduced obesity, diabetes and associated conditions.
… towards a Western-style diet rich in refined sugars, refined oils, meat and processed foods …
The first ever global life-cycle assessment of clean energy sources shows that a renewable system could supply the world's entire electricity needs by mid-century, writes Tim Radford.
… include bioenergy: the conversion of corn, sugar cane or other crops to ethanol for fuel, …
The technology isn't fully developed yet, but when meat really can be grown in a lab it's going to turn all our arguments about carnivorous diets on their heads...
… a culture medium (a nutritious soup of water, sugar, amino acid, vitamins and minerals in …
Oysters need a thriving natural eco-system and ultra clean water to survive. And as Matilda Lee discovered on a visit to Loch Fyne Oysters, they even find their own food. So are oysters the green choice?
… it’s cured for 17 hours with salt and brown sugar, then cold smoked for 16 hours, then hot …
As the UK grapples with the arrival of 'mega' farms like Nocton and Foston, a shocking new book, CAFO, reveals the cruelty and vast scale of the global meat and dairy industry
… a bad taste in the mouth Unlike tea and sugar, the fresh milk we drink with our cuppa …