THE EDIBLE REVOLUTION #15: food for thought & other news! (Feb 2 - Feb 8)

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Subject:        THE EDIBLE REVOLUTION #15: food for thought & other news! (Feb 2 - Feb 8)
Date:   Sat, 7 Feb 2009 15:57:32 +0000
From:   Heather Chi 
To:     Food for All Gmail <foodforallsg@gmail.com>




*THE EDIBLE REVOLUTION **food for thought & other stories in a nutshell! # 15*
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/*HOT AND FRESH FROM THE UK!*/
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   *FOOD FIGHTS**
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   * *WHAT DRIVES THE ROHINGYA TO SEA?*
     (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7872635.stm):
     "Economic hardship and chronic poverty prevents many thousands of
     people in north Rakhine state from gaining food security," says
     Chris Kaye, the country director for the UN's World Food Programme
     who visited there two months ago.

   * *THE PENDING SCRAMBLE FOR WATER
     *(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7790711.stm): The experience
     of Saudi Arabia, China and South Korea today could be a foretaste
     of what will follow elsewhere. It stems from the failure of
     national governments and the international trade system to address
     the looming water crisis. Without changes, we face a scramble for
     water over the next two decades. When water availability drops
     below 1500 cubic meters per person per year, a country needs to
     start importing food, particularly water intense crops.



   *CHEW ON IT!*

   * *WILL OBAMA CHANGE THE WAY AMERICA EATS?
     *(http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/01/will-obama-change-the-way-america-eats.php?dcitc=weekly_nl):
     MD Julie Upton has identified 4 Ways Barack Obama Can Change the
     Way Our Country Eats. Upton's four points include anticipated
     support for local, organic farms, food-assistance programs being
     re-visioned to focus on healthier food, less bureaucratic food
     safety policy, and a focus on school nutrition. While these
     possible policy directions have not had time to be implemented,
     much less produce results, it's perhaps the Obama's personal
     example that will inspire America to choose their food wisely.

   * *AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENTS ASPECTS IN BRITAIN*
     (http://www.forumforthefuture.org/blog/agricultural-employment):
     Organic farming is attracting younger people into farming compared
     to the farm industry as a whole. On average, organic farmers in
     the UK are seven years younger than non-organic farmers (whose
     average age is 56). And if all farming in the UK became organic,
     over 93,000 new jobs directly employed on farms would be created.

   * *THE MIRI METHOD TO CONSERVE WATER*
     (http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/miri-method-water-conservation.html?campaign=th_weekly_nl): An
     acronym for multiple-inlet rice irrigation, MIRI irrigation is a
     new way to harvest rice using close to 26 percent less water
     during the irrigation process. The concept is simple: apply a
     smaller amount of water to each paddy on the rice farm opposed to
     applying all of the water (pumped usually from dwindling aquifers)
     to the first paddy and allowing for it to overflow to the other
     paddies.

   * *ANOREXIA: THROUGH THE EYES OF A SURVIVOR*
     (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/4413354/Anorexia-My-wedding-dress-looked-beautiful--and-then-it-slipped-right-off.html):
     Following the death of a promising 18-year-old student from
     anorexia, Emily Halban gives a personal account of how the disease
     can strike girls like her who "had it all".



   *ROJAK!*

   * *HOW TO EAT MORE SLOWLY
     *(http://www.physorg.com/news152543084.html): Stop eating before
     you feel full. It takes 15 to 20 minutes for your digestive system
     to tell your brain that you've had enough. If you keep eating
     until that feeling registers, you pack in lots of extra calories.
     Instead, put down your fork when you start to feel satisfied. More
     tips here!

   * *SUSTAINABLE SUSHI* (http://www.sustainablesushi.net/): Enough said.

   * *MAKE YOUR OWN SOYMILK*
     (http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/homemade-soymilk.html?campaign=th_weekly_nl)




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