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Rust Never Sleeps: How Bill Gates Might Save the World

BY Jamais Cascio
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Aug 13, 2009 at 12:38 AM

Bill Gates just might save the world.READ»

The Farm Bill: Who Wins?

Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Mar 22, 2007 at 5:15 PM

Cotton farmers in Africa work their fields by hand, without the tractors and irrigation systems of their wealthier Western counterparts. If there's a drought, there's no cotton. If monkeys or worms destroy their crops, there's no ...READ»

COTTON | 1 comment

Organic Cotton: The Fabric of Our Lives?

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 89
Wed Apr 1, 2009 at 4:17 PM

Admit it: you don't pay always attention to whether the products you buy contain organic cotton or regular cotton. Neither do I, so it's a good thing that major companies are taking it upon themselves to use organic ...READ»

STARBUCKS | Comment

Starbucks Loans Cash to Small-Scale Coffee Farmers

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 86
Thu Apr 16, 2009 at 3:55 PM

Complain all you want about Starbucks taking over the world--the company is at least trying to do some good in the process. The company announced plans last year to become the largest purchaser of Fair Trade coffee in the world. ...READ»

COMPANY OF FRIENDS | Comment

Hello

BY Vatren Jurin
Relevancy Score: 66
Mon Jan 28, 2008 at 10:22 PM

I am glad to join this group. I an agronomist who has been involved in one way or another in US and world agriculture since 1984. Please send me a note and introduce your self. READ»

CANDY | 1 comment

Mars Promises Candy from Sustainable Cocoa

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 64
Fri Apr 10, 2009 at 12:49 PM

Only a month after Cadbury announced its plan to buy fair-trade cocoa from Ghana, rival candy giant Mars has promised to source all chocolate products from sustainable suppliers by 2020. The move, which means the company will only buy ...READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION | 1 comment

"Baby," Maybe

BY Charles Fishman
Relevancy Score: 57
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:50 AM

Here's a question: Are "baby" carrots, the tasty, two-inch orange snacks in little bags, really baby carrots? The answer is a lesson in getting new growth from old products.READ»

FC CALENDAR | 1 comment

World Potato Congress

BY Fast Company Calendar
Relevancy Score: 55
Sun Mar 22, 2009 at 10:00 AM

Calling all fingerlings, russets, and Yukon Golds: This is your moment. This spud-promoting congress celebrates rising potato production in developing countries and continued carbfests in developed ones. And while four days may ...READ»

AGRICULTURE | 1 comment

GM Agriculture Pros and Cons

BY JT Slayton
Relevancy Score: 45
Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 6:33 PM

According to “Bio: Biotechnology Industry Organization,” only 10% of the world’s land is arable. They also state that by 2050, 50% of that land will be used for other purposes and the global population will have increased by ...READ»

NEWS + CURRENT EVENTS | 1 comment

Rest in Peace

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 44
Mon Nov 22, 2004 at 2:09 PM

Norman Rose, the voice of the iconic advertising character Juan Valdez, died this past weekend. As Valdez, an imaginary Colombian coffee farmer, Rose pledged to select "only the ripest beans."READ»

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP | 3 comments

Juan More Time

Relevancy Score: 43
Thu Dec 2, 2004 at 5:59 PM

Remember Juan Valdez, the donkey-toting cafetero (that's coffee farmer to the uninitiated) and official representative of the Columbian Coffee Federation? Well, the famed fictitious character, created in 1959, has finally returned. ...READ»

ROBOT OVERLORDS | Comment

NPL's Robot Finds Ripe Vegetables, Harvests Them

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 37
Wed Aug 12, 2009 at 1:08 PM

Remember that roll-out vegetable mat we looked at this week? Turns out it makes harvesting fruits and vegetables look like hard work compared to the National Physical Laboratory's (NPL) intelligent harvesting machine. The proposed ...READ»

FOOD CHAINS | 3 comments

Florida Tomato Pickers Get a Penny Raise From Chipotle

BY Stephanie Schomer
Relevancy Score: 37
Mon Sep 14, 2009 at 8:45 AM

One penny might sound inconsequential, but for these workers it translates into a 64% wage increase.READ»

BIODIVERSITY | 1 comment

The Carbon Footprint of Orange Juice is in the Dirt

BY Anya Kamenetz
Relevancy Score: 35
Thu Jan 22, 2009 at 11:28 AM

Surprisingly, when it comes to making OJ, it's not the packaging or the trucks--growing the fruit produces the single greatest proportion of the carbon footprint of Tropicana orange juice, as PepsiCo just hired an outside consultant ...READ»

FARMING | 4 comments

You Don't Have to Quit Eating Meat to Save the World by 2050

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 34
Fri Nov 13, 2009 at 12:22 PM

In news that will surprise, well, almost everyone, researchers from Germany's Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research say that it's possible to feed the world sustainably by 2050, when the planet's population is expected to ...READ»

GLOBALIZATION | 4 comments

Prime Partners: EcoLogic Finance

BY Alyssa Danigelis
Relevancy Score: 31
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:15 AM

Executive Director: William F. Foote www.ecologicfinance.org Grade: B+ Winner's Statement That $4.25 you laid out this morning for a venti latte? The farmers who harvested the beans won't see much of it. Many cash-strapped ...READ»

ENTREPRENEURSHIP + SMALL BUSINESS | Comment

Social Impact and Profit

BY Peter Rees
Relevancy Score: 30
Mon Aug 8, 2005 at 9:30 PM

In a world where non-profits are urged to thrive using enterprise, and corporations are cajoled to build customer loyalty by demonstrating social responsibility... who's playing in the middle ground? One little operation of note is ...READ»

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