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| Start of food trade | Early maize agriculture and interzonal interaction in southern Peru | Perry, Sandweiss, Piperno, Rademaker, Malpass, Umire, de la Vera, Nature 440, 76-79, Mar 2006 | http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v440/n7080/abs/nature04294.html | 12/21/2015 |
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| Expensive food helped spark the Tunisian revolution | Let them eat baklava – Today’s policies are recipes for instability in the Middle East | The Economist – Mar 2012 | http://www.economist.com/node/21550328 | 12/21/2015 |
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| Red diesel (rebated fuel) | Agricultural vehicle licences and fuel | gov.uk – Sep 2012 | https://www.gov.uk/guidance/agricultural-vehicle-licences-and-fuel | 12/21/2015 |
| Potash | Potash – Statistics and Information | USGS – database | http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/potash/ | 12/3/2015 |
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| CGIAR | CGIAR | CGIAR – undated | http://www.cgiar.org/who-we-are/ | 12/21/2015 |
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| FAO and WHO protein recommendation (developing world) | Recommended intakes of nutrients | FAO – undated | http://www.fao.org/docrep/w0073e/w0073e08.htm | 12/21/2015 |
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| Asimov – Good Taste | Good Taste | Wikipedia – Mar 2015 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Taste | 12/21/2015 |
| close to meat and cost | World’s first lab-grown burger is eaten in London | BBC News – Aug 2013 | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23576143 | 12/13/2015 |
| Lots of scientists are working on cultured meat | The Burger of the Future Is Low-Fat, Cancer-Free, Cruelty-Free, Sustainable and Kosher | tech.mic – Oct 2015 | http://mic.com/articles/126237/lab-grown-burgers-are-low-fat-cancer-free-cruelty-free-sustainable-and-kosher#.zMMhKYgE7 | 12/13/2015 |
| History of mico protein | What is mycoprotein | Commercial Website | http://www.mycoprotein.org/ | 12/21/2015 |
| UK use of treated sewerage | Managing sewage sludge, slurry and silage | gov.uk – Jun 2013 | https://www.gov.uk/managing-sewage-sludge-slurry-and-silage | 12/21/2015 |
| treated sewage is safe to use | Greywater reuse for irrigation is safe, study shows | ScienceDaily – Dec 2015 | http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151216151729.htm | 12/23/2015 |
| Farms in containers | Mobile Growtainers Provide Controlled Environments for Farming in Shipping Containers | Inhabitat – Mar 2012 (numerous commercial websites available) | http://inhabitat.com/mobile-growtainers-provide-controlled-environments-for-farming-in-shipping-containers/ | 12/21/2015 |
| Vietnamese American urban farmers | VEGGI Farmers Cooperative | Cooperative website | http://gopropeller.org/fellows/veggi-farmers-cooperative/ | 12/21/2015 |
| Community farming is light years ahead in the US (a tiny set of examples) | Farming in the Bay: 10 Urban Agriculture Projects in San Francisco | Food Tank – Dec 2013 | http://foodtank.com/news/2013/12/farming-in-the-bay-10-urban-agriculture-projects-san-Francisco?utm_content=buffer7e4f9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer | 12/21/2015 |
| soiless agriculture – NASA | Teens create automated aeroponics garden kit with NASA tech | You Tube – Dec 2014 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2EzPN3rIn4 | 12/21/2015 |
| Large scale urban farms | Vertical Farming and Urban Agriculture conference 2014, University of Nottingham | You Tube – Oct 2014 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2xyUsHSRdk | 12/21/2015 |
| Urban farm in London | Farm the city – FARM: London | Farm: – undated | http://farmlondon.weebly.com/our-farms.html | 14/02/2016 |
| hornless cows in Minnosota | Hornless cattle will herald a gene-editing revolution on farms | New Scientist – Aug 2015 | https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22730344-000-hornless-cattle-will-herald-a-gene-editing-revolution-on-farms/ | 12/10/2015 |
| Tobacco farming around 4 million hectares | Growing Tobacco | World Health Authority – undated | http://www.who.int/tobacco/en/atlas16.pdf | 12/3/2015 |
| Largest source of UK marijuana is homegrown | Half a million cannabis growers in UK homes: Criminals are switching over from harder drugs because of more lenient jail sentences | Mailonline – Oct 2013 | http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2460163/Half-million-cannabis-growers-UK-homes-Criminals-switching-harder-drugs-lenient-jail-sentences.html?ico=home^headlines | 12/21/2015 |
| African farmers will be able to feed the entire continent by 2030 | Our Big Bet for the Future – Africa will be able to feed itself | Bill and Melinda Gates – 2015 | http://www.gatesnotes.com/2015-annual-letter?page=0&lang=en&WT.mc_id=01_21_2015_AIN_EM_domain_Top_13 | 12/21/2015 |
| Food miles are not enough | The ‘food miles’ fallacy | Tim Wilson – Jul 2013 | https://ipa.org.au/library/59_2_WILSON_FoodMiles.pdf | 12/21/2015 |
| Nottingham health trust | The NUH Sustainable Development and Carbon Reduction Strategies: A Briefing Paper | https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCkQFjAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nuh.nhs.uk%2Fhandlers%2Fdownloads.ashx%3Fid%3D16241&ei=Z-QbVb6HFaTf7AbZ_IDYCA&usg=AFQjCNHDUS2388uWlR6U0RUMC-LjfrhYnQ&sig2=ZWPf82JlD5B0Zmx76EBobw&bvm=bv.89744112,d.ZGU | 12/21/2015 | |
| UK food waste | Food Statistics – Pocketbook 2013 | gov.uk – 2015 | https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/461296/foodpocketbook-2015report-17sep15.pdf | 12/4/2015 |
| 10 – 30 % of supermarket energy comes from fridges | Co-op supermarkets extend fridge door scheme | TheGuardian – Dec 2012 | http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/dec/25/co-op-supermarkets-extend-fridge-door-scheme | 12/21/2015 |
| Supermarkets want a law | Brrr! Why your supermarket is CHILLIER than the Arctic | Dailymail – Jul 2013 | http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2378457/Brrr-Why-supermarket-CHILLIER-Arctic.html | 12/21/2015 |
a portfolio of interests
Michelle Spaul 