Search over 1,700, often surprising, info-bites covering food, hunger, farming, inequality, living democracy—and more. A public database developed by the Small Planet Institute research team:
"For every dollar consumers spent in supermarkets, health and environment damages cost two doll
"Households in OECD countries consume about a quarter more food than is needed."
"Consumers pay $7.5 trillion each year for industrially produced food. But between a third and
"More than 500 million peasant farms around the world are using less than 25 per cent of land--
"The industrial food chain is using at least 75 per cent of the world's agricultural land a
Among the more than 8,400 farmers' markets nationwide, 61 percent of those surveyed reported inc
Sales of regular soda in the United States have declined a jaw-dropping 25 percent in the past two d
Among the more than 8,400 farmer's markets nationwide, 61 percent of those surveyed reported inc
FDA and animal pharmaceutical companies work to lessen use of antibiotics for growth enhancement
Since 1961 food production per person has increased by 53.4% and calories available per person has i
