Health and Food

Swathes of land in the Sydney Basin could be set aside for farming and market gardens under a proposal the state government is considering to stem the loss of agriculture in outlying suburbs. Article Link: http://smh.domain.com.au/real-estate-news/call-to-set-aside-suburban-land-for-growing-of-food-20100516-v6fc.html

We have here an example both of the damage done in the service of unnecessary population growth and the failure to offset some of that damage by retaining a superb working food production area which also puts water to excellent re-use. Yet we are still subjected to harangues by suprisingly well-publicised so-called ‘green’ activists who …

Vic Gov to Trash Melbourne’s Water Recycling Market Gardens for Quick Bucks in Thirsty New Suburbs Read More »

More than two billion people, mostly those with low income or living in poor countries, lack access to surgical treatment and sites, according to a study of the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). Article Link:

(Reuters) – Asian countries need to increase investment in food production by 50 percent to $120 billion a year to ensure they can afford to feed their large and growing populations, a United Nations’ body said on Wednesday. With the number of hungry people in the world increasing by about 100 million to 1 billion …

Asia Needs to Invest More to Feed Population – FAO 7th July 2010 Read More »