One in the hand
News
Biomass crops are good for wildlife too.
Source: scenta
Date Published: September 21, 2009
Job profile: Meteorologist
Library
Meteorologists study the earth's atmosphere, climate and weather. They collect and interpret data to make weather forecasts, not only for the general public but also for use in agriculture, aviation and the armed forces.
Source: scenta
Date Published: August 18, 2009
Machine pickers
News
Farmers looking to fill a labour shortage could find help in technology.
Source: scenta
Date Published: August 12, 2009
Sowing the seeds of food awareness
Features
"When children don't realise crisps come from potatoes," says Colum Pawson, recalling a story he was told recently, "they have become disconnected from their food. Young people are our future, and we need to educate them about where their food is from."
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 16, 2009
Happy like Vanuatu
Features
'A man who falls from a 100-storey building will survive the first 99 storeys unscathed," wrote the economist EJ Mishan in response to critics of his attack on the costs of economic growth. It was the 1960s and then, as now, it was heresy to question growth. The cry went up: "But natural resources haven't actually run out yet, and what about the costs of not growing?" Mishan returned to his falling man: "Were he as sanguine as our technocrats, his confidence would grow with the number of storeys he passed on his downward flight and would be at a maximum just before his free-fall abruptly halted."
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 13, 2009
As UK shoppers tighten their belts, organic farmers feel the squeeze
Features
At least two organic farmers a week are leaving the movement as consumer demand for premium food stagnates and costs rise.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 11, 2009
Meat ants lead Australia's charge against hated cane toads
Features
Like the old woman who swallowed the spider to catch the fly, Australian scientists are hoping the native meat ant will eat the cane toad, that was sent to swallow the beetle, that ate the sugar cane crop.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 03, 2009
