Tag Archives: waste

Out of Sight, Out of Mind? A Visualization of Ocean Trash

Posted on May 18, 2014 by argylesock

Originally posted on Ocean News:
Project AWARE’s new interactive map is the first to visualize nearly three years of ongoing reporting by an international network of scuba divers who remove marine debris they find underwater through the Dive Against Debris…

Posted in ecology, knowledge transfer | Tagged Africa, America, Asia, conservation, data, Europe, finfish, fishing, glass, habitat loss, invertebrate, mammal, map, marine mammal, metal, paper, plastic, pollution, rubber, sea, shellfish, textile, vertebrate, waste, wildlife, wood | Leave a comment

When your produce gets wasted, it’s really a cry for help

Posted on April 24, 2014 by argylesock

Posted in agriculture, food, horticulture | Tagged fertiliser, food waste, fruit, garden, gardener, grocery, organic, vegetable, waste, water | 3 Comments

Food security and biofuels

Posted on April 15, 2014 by argylesock

Biofuels are renewable because they’re made from plants or animals, which grow. But sometimes biofuels are produced in ways that are not sustainable. Hungry people sometimes pay the cost. Can food security and biofuels go hand in hand? Today Léna … Continue reading →

Posted in food, knowledge transfer, money and trade, weather and climate | Tagged access to land, algae, biodiversity, biofuel, climate, development, export, farmer, fire, food security, knowledge, land grab, land use, law, livestock, plant_dicot, plant_gymnosperm, plant_monocot, politics, poverty, prosperity, tillage, trade, tradition, waste, water | 7 Comments

Rubbish in the oceans

Posted on April 9, 2014 by argylesock

As teams from several countries search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, they’re finding a lot of rubbish. Laura Parker at National Geographic tells us how this shines a spotlight on giant ocean garbage patches.

Posted in ecology | Tagged plastic, pollution, sea, waste, wildlife | 1 Comment

Insects as Nutrition

Posted on December 10, 2013 by argylesock

Originally posted on Living With Insects Blog:
Mealworm Stir-fry Insects can be appreciated and investigated from many points of view. Interest in insects as a future food source is high because human population increases will require more production and new…

Posted in agriculture, food, miniculture | Tagged arthropod, entomoculture, entomophagy, feed, food, food waste, insect, livestock, microlivestock, waste | Leave a comment

Why not feed insects to other livestock?

Posted on November 26, 2013 by argylesock

Here in Britain, our Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA) coordinates PROteINSECT. This is about farming insects (entomoculture) as a source of protein for animal feed. FERA is part of our Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, food, miniculture | Tagged aquaculture, arthropod, bird, black soldier fly, chicken, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, development, dipteran, disease, disease transmission, egg, entomoculture, entomophagy, feed, food, Food and Agriculture Organization, Food and Environment Research Agency, food safety, food waste, housefly, insect, International Livestock Research Institute, invertebrate, larva, law, livestock, manure, meat, microlivestock, milk, poultry, research, technology, vertebrate, waste, welfare | 2 Comments

Developing advanced biofuels

Posted on October 31, 2013 by argylesock

In the United States, the Agriculture Secretary is Tom Vilsack. He’s offering money to develop commercial-scale biorefineries or retrofit existing facilities with appropriate technology to develop advanced biofuels. ‘Advanced biofuels’ means that these fuels are to come from non-food sources. … Continue reading →

Posted in knowledge transfer, miniculture, money and trade | Tagged algaculture, algae, biobased industry, biofuel, biotechnology, conservation, corn, finance, food waste, forest, fuel, land use, maize, palm oil, plant_monocot, tree, waste, woodland | 9 Comments

Food waste from a British supermarket

Posted on October 21, 2013 by argylesock

Our leading supermarket chain in Britain is Tesco. Today, the BBC says that Tesco introduces measures to reduce food waste. ‘The statistics show that 68% of salad to be sold in bags is thrown out, 35% of it by customers.’ … Continue reading →

Posted in food | Tagged food, food waste, grocery, salad, supermarket, vegetable, waste | 6 Comments

Schools celebrate Biology Week with assemblies about wasting food

Posted on October 19, 2013 by argylesock

Originally posted on Green Living London:
http://youtu.be/ioCzxxqgLf0 Schools around the UK celebrated Biology Week 2013 yesterday with assemblies about food waste, starting with an animated video produced for the event. UK households throw away 20% of the food they buy,…

Posted in food, knowledge transfer | Tagged education, food, food waste, knowledge, waste | Leave a comment

2013 State of Food Insecurity in the World

Posted on October 12, 2013 by argylesock

Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
The 2013 UN Food and Agriculture Organisation’s report, The State of Food Insecurity in the World, was launched recently, which summarises the number and location of people suffering chronic…

Posted in food, human health | Tagged access to food, child, data, food, food loss, food security, food waste, human, nutrition, population, waste | Leave a comment