Category Archives: Food: Field to Table

Let them eat tablet computers!

Posted on October 12, 2011 Author: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

India announces $35 tablet computer for rural poor Yahoo! News (AP) – KATY DAIGLE – Oct 5, 2011 India introduced a cheap tablet computer Wednesday, saying it would deliver modern technology to the countryside to help lift villagers out of … more →

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Self-sufficient communities avoid economic woes

Posted on October 10, 2011 Author: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

The Amish largely untouched by U.S. financial crisis Scripps Howard News Service – TIM GRANT Sep 30, 2011 When Wall Street banks hit rock bottom three years ago and investors across the nation were crying uncle, members of one American … more →

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Milk: the gift that keeps on giving

Posted on October 7, 2011 Author: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

German fashion designer makes clothes from milk Reuters – NATALIA DROZDIAK – Oct 7, 2011 BERLIN (Reuters) – A young fashion designer from the German city of Hanover is revolutionizing high fashion by designing clothes with a staple she can … more →

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Times of Crisis

Posted on September 23, 2011 Author: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

Bullion Vaults Run Out of Space on Gold Rally Bloomberg – CHANYAPORN CHANJAROEN, NICHOLAS LARKIN & DEBARATI ROY – Sep 22, 2011 The metal rose 27 percent to $1,803.32 this year as the MSCI All-Country World Index of equities retreated … more →

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