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		<title>Comment on Nanotechnology: the next controversial subject? by Christophe Pelletier</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/11/27/nanotechnology-the-next-controversial-subject/#comment-206</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christophe Pelletier]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To my knowledge, the only commercial herbicide treatment using nanotechnology is Primo Maxx from Syngenta. Since this technology is still in its infancy, the R&amp;D costs are substantial and nanotechnology is controversial because of the possible side effects on health and environment, there is a fair level of secrecy about who is working on it. Rumors are that companies like BASF, DuPont and Cargill would be developing this type of herbicide treatment.
Further, the CSIRO is conducting research on the topic, and so does your University, which has been involved in a joint program on nano herbicide together with Tech Montery from Mexico since 2006.
The US Environmental Protection Agency has been asked to investigate the matter, too.
Hope this helps.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To my knowledge, the only commercial herbicide treatment using nanotechnology is Primo Maxx from Syngenta. Since this technology is still in its infancy, the R&amp;D costs are substantial and nanotechnology is controversial because of the possible side effects on health and environment, there is a fair level of secrecy about who is working on it. Rumors are that companies like BASF, DuPont and Cargill would be developing this type of herbicide treatment.<br />
Further, the CSIRO is conducting research on the topic, and so does your University, which has been involved in a joint program on nano herbicide together with Tech Montery from Mexico since 2006.<br />
The US Environmental Protection Agency has been asked to investigate the matter, too.<br />
Hope this helps.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Nanotechnology: the next controversial subject? by nagarajan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Sir
In this page discussed about the development of herbicide based on nanotechnology
kindly give more details on that
or send the web link to me sir.
I am doing Ph.D in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Sir<br />
In this page discussed about the development of herbicide based on nanotechnology<br />
kindly give more details on that<br />
or send the web link to me sir.<br />
I am doing Ph.D in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India</p>
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		<title>Comment on Sustainability and modernity are compatible, let’s not oppose them! by Christophe Pelletier</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/09/26/sustainability-and-modernity-are-compatible-let%e2%80%99s-not-oppose-them/#comment-118</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christophe Pelletier]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bob,

Thanks for the compliment.
There can be different viable farming system. The most important is to review thoroughly all parameters, environmental as well as financial and as well short as long term, before making a decision.
Further, it has been written nowhere that we have to farm everything. We must limit ourselves to what we can manage properly.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bob,</p>
<p>Thanks for the compliment.<br />
There can be different viable farming system. The most important is to review thoroughly all parameters, environmental as well as financial and as well short as long term, before making a decision.<br />
Further, it has been written nowhere that we have to farm everything. We must limit ourselves to what we can manage properly.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Sustainability and modernity are compatible, let’s not oppose them! by Bob Foley</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Foley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the most rational comment on the subject I have seen so far.

It would seem to me that the commercially viable fish farming method would be land based in areas with mild climate. 

This would limit the species that could be farmed but modern advertising can sell almost anything I suppose.

Bob]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is the most rational comment on the subject I have seen so far.</p>
<p>It would seem to me that the commercially viable fish farming method would be land based in areas with mild climate. </p>
<p>This would limit the species that could be farmed but modern advertising can sell almost anything I suppose.</p>
<p>Bob</p>
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		<title>Comment on Bringing cities to the countryside: Infrastructure will help rural development by Urbanization and the Future World</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Urbanization and the Future World]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Major factors for civilization to end were, trade war, urbanization affecting natural resources and environmental disaster, modern growth neglecting basic human needs, population growth and human degradation, rivalries and aggression, excessive regime expenditure and economic failure. Extinction of any civilization is gradual, prolonging survival depends on strength of the country’ social pattern and resources. Strong countries prolong until they commit mistakes to become weak. It is because of natural law “nothing is immortal”. All civilizations when reaching to its peak, the regime’s overconfidence on modern materialistic growth and neglecting approach towards natural resources became the root cause to their extinction.

Mesopotamian’s civilization with multi cities having finest cultural and literature achievements crumbled during 2300BC due to high toxic land unfit to agriculture. Between 1500-1000BC Indus valley civilization comprising two cities Harappa and Mohenjo-daro with more than 100 cities and villages were highly civilized knowing scripts of more than 250 characters. Rivalries and devastation by flood weakened this civilization; later invaded by Ancient Aryans.  Ancient Mayan’s civilization was the first to introduce accurate calendar, mathematics and astronomy. This developed society gradually ended due to rivalries, converting crop lands to inspiring temples, complexes, and homes, diseases and viruses. The  Plagues of Egypt (absolute astronomy.com) Archeology and natural explanation - The Egyptian Ipuwer Papyrus is a single surviving papyrus holding an ancient Egyptian poem, called The Admonitions of Ipuweror The Dialogue of Ipuwer and the Lord of All.... describes a series of calamities befalling Egypt, including a river turned to blood, men behaving as wild ibises, and the land generally turned upside down. However, this is usually thought to describe a general and long term ecological disaster lasting for a period of decades, such as that which destroyed the old kingdom.

Disrupted natural resources accounted falling of major civilizations. Major factor of each civilization’s disintegration was devastating agriculture land and ecological disaster. Most civilizations neglected the role of rivers when reached to modern growth. The situation applies to our modern world too as most of world river water unused end up in sea. Forests are converted to agricultural land, and agricultural land to urban cities, rising population and consumption of fuel, industrial commodities mounting up pollution for species. Anarchy formed by heavy urbanization and urban industrialization and so on.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Major factors for civilization to end were, trade war, urbanization affecting natural resources and environmental disaster, modern growth neglecting basic human needs, population growth and human degradation, rivalries and aggression, excessive regime expenditure and economic failure. Extinction of any civilization is gradual, prolonging survival depends on strength of the country’ social pattern and resources. Strong countries prolong until they commit mistakes to become weak. It is because of natural law “nothing is immortal”. All civilizations when reaching to its peak, the regime’s overconfidence on modern materialistic growth and neglecting approach towards natural resources became the root cause to their extinction.</p>
<p>Mesopotamian’s civilization with multi cities having finest cultural and literature achievements crumbled during 2300BC due to high toxic land unfit to agriculture. Between 1500-1000BC Indus valley civilization comprising two cities Harappa and Mohenjo-daro with more than 100 cities and villages were highly civilized knowing scripts of more than 250 characters. Rivalries and devastation by flood weakened this civilization; later invaded by Ancient Aryans.  Ancient Mayan’s civilization was the first to introduce accurate calendar, mathematics and astronomy. This developed society gradually ended due to rivalries, converting crop lands to inspiring temples, complexes, and homes, diseases and viruses. The  Plagues of Egypt (absolute astronomy.com) Archeology and natural explanation &#8211; The Egyptian Ipuwer Papyrus is a single surviving papyrus holding an ancient Egyptian poem, called The Admonitions of Ipuweror The Dialogue of Ipuwer and the Lord of All&#8230;. describes a series of calamities befalling Egypt, including a river turned to blood, men behaving as wild ibises, and the land generally turned upside down. However, this is usually thought to describe a general and long term ecological disaster lasting for a period of decades, such as that which destroyed the old kingdom.</p>
<p>Disrupted natural resources accounted falling of major civilizations. Major factor of each civilization’s disintegration was devastating agriculture land and ecological disaster. Most civilizations neglected the role of rivers when reached to modern growth. The situation applies to our modern world too as most of world river water unused end up in sea. Forests are converted to agricultural land, and agricultural land to urban cities, rising population and consumption of fuel, industrial commodities mounting up pollution for species. Anarchy formed by heavy urbanization and urban industrialization and so on.</p>
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		<title>Comment on CNN: In-vitro meat &#8211; Would lab-burgers be better for us and the planet? by writerdood</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/08/08/in-vitro-meat-would-lab-burgers-be-better-for-us-and-the-planet/#comment-27</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[writerdood]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read the same article, and wasn&#039;t sure exactly what they&#039;d end up with. Something akin to grey sludge, I would imagine, that could then be &quot;formed&quot; using a collagen framework, or an external mold. In any case, I don&#039;t see it as being &quot;really good&quot; food for quit a while. I&#039;m reminded of the movie &quot;Alien&quot; (the first one) where they eat recycled food. Why not? There are probably plenty of amino acids in sewage that could be used as the raw material to produce artificial meat. Of course, that&#039;s not going to be something anyone would advertise.

For chicken nuggets, though, where you&#039;re dealing with a &quot;meat slurry&quot; already, I think this process would at least make life less torturous (albeit non-existent) for the chickens. Considering that it would be constructed from the cells of a chicken that existed long ago, You could say that you&#039;re eating the &quot;ghost of a chicken.&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I read the same article, and wasn&#8217;t sure exactly what they&#8217;d end up with. Something akin to grey sludge, I would imagine, that could then be &#8220;formed&#8221; using a collagen framework, or an external mold. In any case, I don&#8217;t see it as being &#8220;really good&#8221; food for quit a while. I&#8217;m reminded of the movie &#8220;Alien&#8221; (the first one) where they eat recycled food. Why not? There are probably plenty of amino acids in sewage that could be used as the raw material to produce artificial meat. Of course, that&#8217;s not going to be something anyone would advertise.</p>
<p>For chicken nuggets, though, where you&#8217;re dealing with a &#8220;meat slurry&#8221; already, I think this process would at least make life less torturous (albeit non-existent) for the chickens. Considering that it would be constructed from the cells of a chicken that existed long ago, You could say that you&#8217;re eating the &#8220;ghost of a chicken.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Comment on The transition from a consumption society towards a maintenance society by Christophe Pelletier</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/06/22/the-transition-from-a-consumption-society-towards-a-maintenance-society/#comment-21</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christophe Pelletier]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cheryl,

This is where the triple bottom line is quite useful. Yet, this approach requires a longer term view on the business and the willingness to accept a possible lower short-term performance if the longer term outcome is better. All you need is a strong CEO who can convince its shareholders and stakeholders of the long-term advantage. Let&#039;s not forget that money always talks in the end, and that sometimes short-term pressures may weaken the relevance of the long-term vision.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cheryl,</p>
<p>This is where the triple bottom line is quite useful. Yet, this approach requires a longer term view on the business and the willingness to accept a possible lower short-term performance if the longer term outcome is better. All you need is a strong CEO who can convince its shareholders and stakeholders of the long-term advantage. Let&#8217;s not forget that money always talks in the end, and that sometimes short-term pressures may weaken the relevance of the long-term vision.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Value chains are a great way to develop a niche by Christophe Pelletier</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/05/21/value-chains-are-a-great-way-to-develop-a-niche/#comment-20</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christophe Pelletier]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cheryl,

Thanks for your comment. Probably what differentiates a &quot;true&quot; value chain from a more regular commercial relationship is the openness between the partners about the value they respectively create and their willingness to share that value fairly. This goes beyond that just commercial negotiation.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cheryl,</p>
<p>Thanks for your comment. Probably what differentiates a &#8220;true&#8221; value chain from a more regular commercial relationship is the openness between the partners about the value they respectively create and their willingness to share that value fairly. This goes beyond that just commercial negotiation.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Value chains are a great way to develop a niche by Cheryl Davie</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/05/21/value-chains-are-a-great-way-to-develop-a-niche/#comment-16</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cheryl Davie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is one of the best explanation of value chains I have read.  The concept is not rocket science but it can be very difficult to explain.  More academics need to learn how to describe value chains in such a clear manner.
I think most successful food businesses already have informal value chains in place but are not aware of it.  If they have one or more collaborative business relationship with their buyers and/or suppliers, they likely have a value chain.  A value chain program can help build more of these relationships]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is one of the best explanation of value chains I have read.  The concept is not rocket science but it can be very difficult to explain.  More academics need to learn how to describe value chains in such a clear manner.<br />
I think most successful food businesses already have informal value chains in place but are not aware of it.  If they have one or more collaborative business relationship with their buyers and/or suppliers, they likely have a value chain.  A value chain program can help build more of these relationships</p>
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		<title>Comment on The transition from a consumption society towards a maintenance society by Cheryl Davie</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/06/22/the-transition-from-a-consumption-society-towards-a-maintenance-society/#comment-15</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cheryl Davie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christophe,
An excellent blog...I have always been annoyed with governments&#039; focus on &quot;growing&quot; the economy.  Growth is not always a good thing...especially if there are social and/or environmental costs.  I think our pre-occupation with economic growth comes from the need to measure a governments performance in numerical terms.  What we should be using is a &quot;balanced scorecard&quot; that provides measures not only to economic performance, but also to social and environmental successes.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Christophe,<br />
An excellent blog&#8230;I have always been annoyed with governments&#8217; focus on &#8220;growing&#8221; the economy.  Growth is not always a good thing&#8230;especially if there are social and/or environmental costs.  I think our pre-occupation with economic growth comes from the need to measure a governments performance in numerical terms.  What we should be using is a &#8220;balanced scorecard&#8221; that provides measures not only to economic performance, but also to social and environmental successes.</p>
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