Green Gold: Why cellulosic ethanol is a threat to farmers and the planet
By Annie Shattuck
Cellulosic ethanol has everyone from John McCain to the Natural Resources Defense Council excited with the promise of greening the planet and the economy in one stroke. … The irony of cellulosics however, is the unprecedented threat they pose to small farmers, the environment and our global carbon balance: the very things they pretend to protect.
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Please fax Bunge, one of the three largest food producers in the world
Protest unnecessary force used against peaceful protesters outside of a Bunge soy production facility in Brazil
In response to violence against peaceful protesters in front of a Bunge soy crushing facility last week in Brazil, Rainforest Action Network has set up an e-mail action alert. Please click the link below and send Bunge an instant fax expressing your outrage that non-violent protesters were met with rubber bullets and tear gas as they were trying to call attention to the food crisis and policies that favor agribusiness over small producers.
Eric Holt-Gimenez's Planet Diversity powerpoint slideshow available for download.
Eric recently gave a talk at the May, 2008 Planet Diversity Conference in Bonn, Germany entitled: “The Agrofuels Transition: Industrial Transformation of our Food Systems.” The Powerpoint slide show from that talk is available for download HERE (file is 20 megabytes).
The Agrofuels Trojan Horse: Biotechnology and the Corporate Domination of Agriculture
Policy Brief No. 14
by Annie Shattuck
April 2008
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What's for dinner? Corn ethanol, feedlots and what you eat
by Annie Shattuck
April 10, 2008
The debate over renewable energy is raging. The U.S. Congress recently passed a renewable fuels mandate which will effectively create an artificial market for at least 15 billion gallons of corn ethanol per year. Numerous studies have criticized ethanol's environmental footprint. From negligible greenhouse gas savings to increased ground level ozone, and dependency on high-input agriculture–corn ethanol's critics have painted a picture of a costly band-aid for our energy crisis.
"BIOFUEL BOOM: GREENWASHING AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY (Part I)"
November 1, 2007
http://www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/110107.htm
Part I
Eric Holt-Gimenez discusses Bio-Fuels on KPFA, listener-sponsored radio
Eric Holt-Gimenez was a guest on the KPFA Morning Show July 6, 2007.
Information on the show can be found at http://kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=21104
Listen to an excerpt of the show (5.5 mb mp3)
Food First Policy Brief No. 13
By Eric Holt-Giménez and Isabella Kenfield
March 2008
When Renewable Isn’t Sustainable: Agrofuels and the Inconvenient Truth behind the 2007 U.S. Energy Independence and Security Act
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When Renewable isn’t Sustainable: Agrofuels’ and the Inconvenient Truths behind U.S. Energy Independence
Contact: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Eric Holt-Giménez, Food First Executive Director
510.654.4400 ext. 227
Cell 202-288-8699
eholtgim@foodfirst.org
March 20, 2008
FOOD FIRST RELEASES POLICY BRIEF ON AGROFUELS AND THE 2007 US ENERGY BILL
Report highlights growing hunger, energy dependency on Global South, corporate control
The Great Agrofuel Swindle
Agrofuels and the inconvenient truths behind the 2007 U.S. Energy Bill
Guerrilla News Network
by Eric Holt-Gimenez and Isabella Kenfield
March 26, 2008