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Danielle Nierenberg's Blog – August 2011 Archive (3)
Back to School and Back to Good Food
Crossposted from the Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Planet.
As summer comes to an end, school is just around the corner for children across the United States. For children enrolled in state schools, this typically means the return of unhealthy lunches that are best described as “fast food”: hamburgers, chicken nuggets, fried snacks, and sugary soft drinks. Yet school lunch programs can…
ContinueAdded by Danielle Nierenberg on August 24, 2011 at 15:00 — 1 Comment
Worldwatch report focuses on China’s green future
Crossposted from the Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Planet.
China’s environmental problems remain a cause for global concern as climate change continues to reduce agricultural production and create instability in world food prices, according to…
Added by Danielle Nierenberg on August 19, 2011 at 15:30 — No Comments
Cultivating Knowledge and Crops: Women Are Key to Sustainable Agricultural Development
Crossposted from the Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet.
Women account for 75 percent of the agricultural producers in sub-Saharan Africa, but the majority of women farmers are living on only $1.25 per day, according to researchers from the Worldwatch Institute.
Despite the challenging circumstances that women in developing countries face, important innovations in…
ContinueAdded by Danielle Nierenberg on August 17, 2011 at 18:41 — No Comments
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