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Against the Grain

Richard Heinberg Michael Bomford Jason Bradford Jul 30, 2012   

By Ellie Winninghoff PCI Board Member Jason Bradford leads the farmland management program at Farmland LP. While farmland is a hot alternative vehicle among institutional investors like Harvard … >>

Beyond Food Miles

Michael Bomford Mar 09, 2011   

Single-minded pursuit of local food, without consideration of the bigger picture, can actually make things worse from an energy perspective. ... >>

Solar greenhouses, Chinese-style

Michael Bomford Apr 05, 2010   

In Europe and North America, eating fresh perishable produce out of season usually means hauling it in refrigerated containers from regions where it’s in season, or growing it locally in … >>

Ireland and Kentucky: Contrasting Biofuel and Energy Plans

Michael Bomford Nov 20, 2009   

Ireland: Dublin at night (top); Irish whiskey, drystone wall, potato field (bottom) Ireland and Kentucky have a surprising amount in common, but they’re charting very different courses … >>

(Partly) Renewable Ethanol

Michael Bomford Nov 13, 2009   

You might expect the Renewable Fuel Association to deal with fuel that’s mostly renewable. It doesn’t. The Renewable Fuel Association is the US ethanol industry’s national trade … >>

Crop Yield Projections For Biofuels Fall Short

Michael Bomford Sep 04, 2009   1 comments

In 2005 the US Department of the Environment and the US Department of Agriculture released an influential report claiming that by 2030 US farms could produce almost a billion tons of biomass for … >>

More Wind Than We Thought?

Michael Bomford Jul 22, 2009   3 comments

A new study of the global potential for wind-generated electricity (Lu et al. 2009) concludes that windmills can meet the world’s energy demand with plenty of power to spare. The open … >>

Do Tomatoes Love Basil but Hate Brussels Sprouts?

Michael Bomford Jun 04, 2009   

Teaser:  Fellow Michael Bomford tests assertions about companion planting to find new efficiencies in polycrop agriculture. Abstract of article by Fellow Michael Bomford, … >>