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Monsanto GM Corn a Disaster in South Africa

Over 30 percent of open ocean sharks and rays face extinction

Record hunger: one billion people are going hungry worldwide

What is the crop productivity and environmental impact of too much or too little fertilizer?

Rich countries buy up agricultural land in poor countries

85 percent of oyster reefs gone, threatening coastal environments and a favored delicacy

UN: Population growth rates fall to 1.1 percent in Asia-Pacific

Congo biochar initiative will reduce poverty, protect forests, slow climate change

Sustainable farming is the only way to feed the planet going forward

Wildlife trade creating ’empty forest syndrome’ across the globe

Shade-grown coffee preserves native tree diversity

Madagascar hit by deadly vanilla-killing fungus

Saline agriculture may be the future of farming

Captive breeding of monster Amazon fish could feed people and save it from depletion

Madagascar denies ‘land grab’ by South Korean conglomerate

American fast food is almost entirely made of corn

Organic farming could break cycle of famine and poverty in Africa

33 countries face “alarming” levels of hunger

Global food crisis expands – number of hungry increases since 2004

A solution to worldwide fishery collapse?

Pollination worth $216 billion/yr for food production

Primate conservation may enhance food availability to humans

Commercial bushmeat trade is devastating wildlife

Malaysian palm oil industry accused of child slavery by the Indonesian government

Rainforest conversion to oil palm causes 83% of wildlife to disappear

Fertilizer prices increase 235% over past year

Biofuels, food demand may doom tropical forests

Nestle Chairman: Biofuels are “ethically indefensible”

Big Farms Can Make the Leap to Organic Farming, Study Suggests

Diversity in streams may brace Chinook salmon for climate change

Food miles are less important to environment than food choices, study concludes

Cellulosic biofuels may be viable alternative to gas within 5 years

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