A new face for palm oil? How a small co-op is changing the industry in Honduras
Expanding oil palm plantations are among the top reasons for deforestation globally–this co-op is changing the industry.
Category: Food & Agriculture
You Say Potato, I Say Food Waste
I dig through trash. And, I take pictures of trash cans on vacations. Most of my friends learn to appreciate, or rather tolerate, this about me. For all of you thinking “ewwwwww….,” I wash my hands afterwards! One thing I quickly noticed when digging through trash is that ooey gooey food is a huge component of what we throw away. In fact, it is the number one material reaching landfills…
Notes Off the Field in India – from food and culture to climate and reality
Farming pushes forward using alternate irrigation sources (wastewater and borewells) during a weak monsoon season in Southern India in 2012. Photo Credit: Sharada Prasad CS Pre-monsoon days in the city of Dharwad are peppered with the rhythmic honks, beeps and stops of barreling buses, autos, cars, motorbikes, parades and swarms of people rushing to work or to the market. Spending three months last summer for field research in central Kannada,…