Commentary 

Food Crisis, Which Crisis? Our crisis or theirs?

Message from Corrina

Welcome to another issue of Elements of Sustainability!  Summer is in full-swing in New England and so are the farmers' markets.  The first day of my local farmers' market felt like a big sigh of relief.  There are some things that I hope I can always rely on and having access to a local market for vegetables and fruit is one of them. 

It got me thinking about the other things that I hope to have in my life always: clean water, enough food, happiness, purpose.

What do you need for your  well-being?

Check out the article on Human Well-being and the Environment for more on this topic.

I hope your day is full of health, happiness and rich, delicious food.

Be well,

Corrina

Founding Principal

P.S. Coming soon Be an Everyday Humanitarian, an e-book to harness your personal power to change the world.

Water Scarcity: The Real Food Crisis

By Fred Pearce

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Brazil says biofuel production not to blame for food crisis

With its prodigious farm exports and its major industry making ethanol from sugarcane, Brazil is hoping to show that in the food versus biofuel debate at least in its case the two can co-exist.

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Innovations 

Human well-being better in better protected environment

Well planned and managed protected areas can play a key role in reducing poverty, with the relationship strengthened when well-being is measured as more than just income, according to a new analysis by WWF.

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Kudzu a Potential Biofuel

As concerns rise over corn ethanol creating competition between food and fuels, ethanol made from one of the U.S.'s most invasive plants-- kudzu -- could be part of the solution.

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Tell us what you think!  Have a comment, want to share an article?  Send it to Corrina at csteward@ecoresourceconsulting.com.

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