Monthly Archives: November 2013

Moving Up the Food Chain

Posted on November 25, 2013 by earthpolicyinstitute

By Lester R. Brown For most of the time that human beings have walked the earth, we lived as hunter-gatherers. The share of the human diet that came from hunting versus gathering varied with geographic location, hunting skills, and the … Continue reading →

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Climate Change Driving Weather off the Charts

Posted on November 18, 2013 by earthpolicyinstitute

By Janet Larsen Meteorologists are calling the typhoon that slammed into the Philippines with 195-mile-an-hour winds on November 8, 2013, the most powerful tropical storm to make landfall on record. Super Typhoon Haiyan had gusts reaching 235 miles per hour … Continue reading →

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China and the Soybean Challenge

Posted on November 6, 2013 by earthpolicyinstitute

By Lester R. Brown Some 3,000 years ago, farmers in eastern China domesticated the soybean. In 1765, the first soybeans arrived in North America, but they did not soon catch on as a crop. For 150 years or so the … Continue reading →

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