Blog Posts tagged with "innovation"
Innovation: Crucial to Meeting Global Food Demand
Posted on Sep 14, 2009 by Donnie Smith, Acting Director |
Innovation is crucial, now more than ever, to meet global food demand in the coming years. Not only must more food be generated, but it is essential to meet those needs in a environmentally responsible way. Creating fast short-term gains in food production would only further harm future generations. For more information and an in-depth article, please click "here":http://www.cnbc.com/id/32780414
Tagged: food, shortage, farming, agriculture, innovation, technology, sustainable
Vegetable trucks taking the place of ice cream trucks
Posted on Sep 8, 2009 by Donnie Smith, Acting Director |
Children love to run to the happy jingle of the ice cream truck making its rounds on warm summer nights. In Detroit, a so-called "food desert" where liquor stores outnumber grocery stores 25-1, an innovative new concept is taking root. Peaches and Greens, a local produce grower in Detroit is bringing fresh grown fruits and vegetables to urban Detroit neighborhoods in converted ice cream trucks, where residents can line up to purchase produce in the same manner of kids lining up for popsicles and ice cream sandwiches. For the full article, read "here":http://we.motivators.com/post/You-Scream-I-Scream-We-all-Scream-for-Vegetables!.aspx
Tagged: vegetables, fruits, detroit, innovation, local, grown, nutrition, fun idea