Posted on Mar 9, 2008 by Patrick
A recent Time article takes a look at the effect of the rise of food prices worldwide especially among poor nations. Growing demand for food among fast growing economies such as India and China, rising oil prices affecting other agriculture commodities in turn, and global warming affecting harvests because of changes in climate, were among [...]
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Posted on Sep 19, 2007 by Patrick
Sleepless as an owl, hungry as a bear…
So before I go get my fill, here’s a blog entry on do’s and don’t’s for your grilled cheese, (something I want right now really.) Of course tons of recipes should come with it.
*Makes a mad dash to the kitchen…*
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Posted on Sep 15, 2007 by Patrick
With the growth of the global population, there is a great deal of attention on the sustainability of food among other resources. Sectors such as agriculture and the fishing industry are under pressure to cope with the challenge of feeding humans.
Water Woes
That’s why in these days, water scarcity in different countries receive due attention. In [...]
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Posted on Sep 2, 2007 by Patrick
Really stuff for the news entry previously, (only more dated that is.)
One of Four American Adults Read No Books Last Year
Not really surprising as far as I’m concerned. I think advances in technology has something to do with the dent on the amount of time people get to spend with books significantly. A lot has [...]
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Posted on Aug 18, 2007 by Patrick
Just one of the things I had to endure in a yuppie’s life this past week. After two dry months of what supposedly should have started the rainy season, (June and July,) it just won’t stop raining these days. After concerns of the dams’ water levels going critical, we now get urban flashfloods for almost [...]
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Posted on Jun 3, 2007 by Patrick
The past summer in this country brought a common problem prevalent in the hot months of the year: food safety. Thus news of people rushed to the hospital because of eating spoiled food becomes a staple fodder within the media these days.
On a larger scale however, the issue remains a real one in different nations [...]
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