This is the seventh piece in an eight part series about the Ecumenical Association for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development’s (ECASARD) work in Ghana. Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet.
New Frontier Farmers and Processor Group: Reviving Farmland and Improving Livelihoods |
| By: borderjumpers Monday June 21, 2010 2:04 pm |
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What’s Up With the Rainforest: Brazil suspends Amazon dam project targeted by Avatar director |
| By: jamesboyce Friday April 16, 2010 5:37 pm |
With the 40th anniversary of Earth Day just around the corner, a renewed sense of activism and attention is cast around the present state of our natural environment.
Are your Skittles destroying the rainforest? |
| By: rossl Tuesday December 22, 2009 9:30 am |
(Promoted by jasonrosenbaum - Another great environmental post from a new community member. Say hi!)
A specific type of vegetable oil may not sound like a particularly interesting subject, but palm oil is no ordinary vegetable oil. It is one of the more destructive forces on our planet today. Or maybe I should say that the machine of people and corporations in place to grow and distribute palm oil is one of the more destructive forces on our planet. Either way, consuming this ingredient – which is in an unbelievable amount of foods and cosmetics and other things – is something which makes one responsible for encouraging this.
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