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Entries by Danielle Nierenberg from 08/2011

Cultivating Knowledge and Crops: Women Are Key to Sustainable Agricultural Development

| Posted 08.17.2011 | Impact
Read More: Markets, Origins, Africa, L'Oreal, Farmers, State of the World 2011, Agriculture, American Agri-Women, Credit, Women, Microfinance, Extension Services, National Women in Agriculture Association, Sub-Saharan Africa, Nourishing the Planet, Worldwatch, Purdue Cooperative Extension Services, Women's World Banking, Impact News

Women account for 75 percent of the agricultural producers in sub-Saharan Africa, but the majority of women farmers are living on only $1.25 per day, according to researchers from the Worldwatch Institute.

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Worldwatch Report Focuses on China's Green Future

| Posted 08.19.2011 | Green
Read More: Urban Farming Forestry, Water Security, Green Jobs, Green Economy and Green Jobs: Current Status and Potentials for 2020, Urban Planning, Sustainable Agriculture, The Institute for Urban and Environmental Studies, China, Food Security, Ecoagriculture, Green News

China's environmental problems remain a cause for global concern, as climate change continues to reduce agricultural production and create instability in world food prices.

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Back to School and Back to Good Food

| Posted 08.24.2011 | Huffington Post
Read More: Malnutrition, Obesity Nutrition, School Nutrition, Youth Nutrition, Children Nutrition, School Lunches, Vermont Schools, Huffington Post News

As summer comes to an end, school is just around the corner for children across the United States. For children enrolled in state schools, this typically means the return of unhealthy lunches.

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