Top 10 Tips and Tricks for Better Coffee
lifehacker.com — Coffee doesn't always make work better, but you can definitely work to get better coffee. From four-cup hotel machines to French presses, from home-roasted beans to decorative foam—we've got a wealth of tips for enjoying a better cup. More…
German Brewery Powers Itself on Beer Waste
greenbiz.com — A scientist pondering the growing problem of brewery waste in Europe has devised a way to tap into the power of beer. He and his partners designed a system to recycle spent grains and wastewater to produce energy that can fuel the beermaking process. More…
Rethinking Food Production for a World of Eight Billion
sustainablog.org — Farmers are faced with shrinking supplies of irrigation water, a diminishing response to additional fertilizer use, the loss of cropland to nonfarm uses, rising fuel costs, and dwindling backlog of yield-raising technologies. At the same time, they also face fast-growing demand for farm products from the annual addition of 79 million people a year. More…
San Francisco Orders City Agencies to Buy Local Food
climatebiz.com — San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has waved a carrot and stick at city agencies, issuing a directive that all city-purchased food for city meetings, schools, jails or homeless shelters must be grown locally with sustainable farming practices. More…
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