Global food production may need to double over the next century to feed a growing world population, writes Tim Radford - just as yields crops in major crop-growing areas fall due to higher temperatures. But there is another way: to build sustainability into our food production and consumption.
… But there is another way: to build sustainability into our food production and …
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.
Thanks to meat, farming emissions set for 80% rise Tim Radford | 1st December 2014 News Food Farming Climate Change Health meat-happy-pig-cut.jpg The increase in meat and dairy consumption is set to …
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.
GMO bug makes bioethanol direct from grass Tim Radford | 15th June 2014 News Biofuel Farming USA Science Food Climate Change switchgrass-65t-cut.jpg A new GM bacterium can produce bioethanol from …