Houston Tomorrow
Research and discussion for citizens and decision makers
Topic – Food Production
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Questioning the issue of food deserts
Availability not the problem
Two new studies show that poor urban neighborhoods often have more healthy food options than is perceived.
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Climate threats jeopardizing Asian agriculture
Drought, flooding, and pests
Asian agriculture output could be diminished by 50% in the coming decades, as crops are endangered by a series of climate related threats.
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Cheryl Smith
Food desert into an oasis
With 15 percent of Texans residing in "food deserts," new approaches are in effect, and without help from the state.
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Urban aquaculture: an alternative to fish farms
Producing fish sustainably
Scientist Martin Schreibman is conducting research at Brooklyn College to produce fish minus the use of various antibiotics and chemicals.
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No Liberty wheat: too wet to plow
Liberty County
Late 2009 rains have left some Houston area farmers with fields too wet to plow. In Liberty County, no wheat was planted because farms missed the planting time
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David Crossley
Is the City of Houston shrinking?
Richard Florida
The limits of density
Kaid Benfield
New housing forecast mostly good for walkable communities
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