·      Insecticide ‘unacceptable’ danger to bees, report finds http://bit.ly/13CGhHo

Campaigners say the conclusion by the European Food Safety Authority is a ‘death knell’ for neonicotinoid pesticides

o   EFSA identifies risks to bees from neonicotinoids http://bit.ly/VZPY0k

·      Farmers hope to plow the way for sustainable US hemp http://bit.ly/13AVs44

·      The Edible House in the Netherlands http://bit.ly/ZLXmzI

·      20-foot Urban Farms: Compact, Versatile, Aquaponic Systems http://bit.l...

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·      Food as Weapon http://bit.ly/Y0ZNu4

Dr. Vandana Shiva Brings Earth Democracy to Hawai’i

·      Peasant Leaders Stage Hunger Strike Against Genetically Modified Corn http://bit.ly/Wgepa4

Planting of GM corn would be ‘coup de grace to food sovereignty for the Mexican people.’

·      McDonald’s Sustainable Fish:...

·      Force-fed: How corporate sponsorship poisons nation’s top group of nutritionists http://bit.ly/T0Lt5I

·      This 15-year-old helped convince PepsiCo to stop putting flame retardant in chemical in Gatorade http://bit.ly/XN2X2M

Now can we get the stuff banned and off the GRAS list?

·      26 States to Consider Toxic Chemicals Legislation in 2013 http://bit.ly/145p8r0

Despite intense industry opposition and Congressional inaction, state governments continue to defend the vulnerable...

·      4 Lessons for Growing a Family Farm Across Generations http://bit.ly/WNPsTg

Breaking our families into nuclear units has an ecological and emotional cost. Could the multigenerational farm remind us where to turn for a viable future?

·      Iceland’s Mass Herring Deaths Prompt Investigation By Government Officials http://huff.to/TKKNBX

·      Healthy Restaurant Meals Boost Chain Sales, New Study Says http://huff.to/V1I5Y6

o   Hudson Institute: Lower-Calorie Foods: It’s Just Good Business ht...

·      Fewer bees in US a threat to world’s almond supply http://yhoo.it/Z5MIjM

·      Tuna’s Last Stand http://bit.ly/WiWsI3

In early January, scientists released jaw-dropping data showing that bluefin tuna in the North Pacific to be “functionally extinct.”

·      US Food Industry Battles Against Regulation http://bit.ly/Y9xRnn

·      Quinoa: To Buy or Not to Buy… Is This the Right Question? http://bit.ly/Wu4H2Q

·      Swedes Consuming Low-Fat Dairy Products Gain More Weight http://bit.ly/12KQx...

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·      Create a Fruit Map of Your Neighborhood http://bit.ly/W1viSR

·      Are Young Native Americans Changing the State of Food in Indian Country? http://bit.ly/W2uvRC

Diabetes and food insecurity are rife in native communities, but research suggests tribes are now turning to sustain able agriculture.

·      Report: Farmers Markets as a Strategy to Improve Access to Healthy Food for Low-Income Families and Communities http://bit.ly/Vx5yRa

·      Shiitake DIY: How to...

·      India’s rice revolution http://bit.ly/Yo0Nbq

In a village in India’s poorest state, Bihar, farmers are growing world record amounts of rice (22.4 tonnes per hectare)  – with no GM, and no herbicide. Is this one solution to world food shortages?

Using a system called System of Rice (or root) Intensification (SRI)

o   Miracle grow: Indian farmers smash crop yields records without GMOs http://bit.ly/15ApQgO

·      Baltimore Food Hub: $10M campus for food related businesses, job training...

·      Indian man single-handedly plants a 1,360-acre forest http://bit.ly/UrpfG3

·      UN Report: Women’s rights and the right to food http://bit.ly/13A1tR2

·      Domesticated and wild bees are both in trouble http://bit.ly/Zsb5rl

o   “Promiscuous” Bees and Vanishing Insects Mean Less Food For Us http://bit.ly/108EyLL

·      Fixing Food: Seed Solution Models for a New Agricultural Paradigm http://bit.ly/Y4D29M

·      Sorry, Michelle, but cheerleading isn’t enough to make Big Food Change http:...

·      Arizona charity’s Wal-Mart snub may have paid off http://bit.ly/VAa6SK

·      Worldwatch Institute: Climate Friendly Food Production http://goo.gl/geDED and here is the Report: Innovations in Sustainable Agriculture: Supporting Climate Friendly Food Production http://goo.gl/sGm53

·      What does obesity have to do with climate change? Plenty, say some scientists http://bit.ly/Uiqo2A

o   Obesity in Young Is Seen as Falling in Several Cities http://nyti.ms/Xd697M

·      Vandana Shiva:...

·      Homeless Food Trucks: San Francisco Considers Novel Ways To Feed The Hungry http://huff.to/PHBtbR

o   Food Truck for the Poor http://bit.ly/SNDc2n

·      Life Story: A farmer who shared the land and his heart http://bit.ly/11DC6KC

·      The Diet-Climate Connection: How the foods we eat affect the planet we inhabit (public radio documentaries) http://goo.gl/YLy7T

·      In Mexico diabetes is a more dangerous killer than drug cartels http://goo.gl/ztUPi

·      Too much carbon dioxide can...