ICRPS 2014 Summer School – Livestock auctions, (more) great food, and what to do with the leftovers?

Blog #8 – July 7, 2014 by Salman Banisadr ICRPS took us all to a livestock market that has been in operation for over 80 years, where 5,000 animals can be sold on a Monday (from 3am to the afternoon…busy hours are earlier). Here is a brief overview of the livestock farm–there is no fixed Read More …

Recently Read: Naming Streets in Rural America

by the editors 15/01/2013 Articles on food waste has been recurring in our Recently Read column. Latest news on this front is a new report that states that 2 billion tons of  all food – 50 % of all food produced – ends up as waste. What challenges is agriculture facing? Five scenarios for 2050. Read More …