A country of vast natural wealth, a roller-coaster economy and one of the most romanticized cultures on Earth, Brazil has assumed a significant role in the complex arena of global finance and politics. It is home to over 203 million human residents, but they are...
As demand for locally-sourced food continues to grow, the biggest challenge will be increasing supply while staying true to the movement’s original values. This report lays out the current state of local food and highlights innovative initiatives around the country...
This summary report includes the following feature stories: Leading the way toward food sustainability through: Exploring the benefits of buying locally grown food Taking the waste out of takeout Sowing the seeds for food system sustainability Breaking new ground in...
Local food initiatives have taken off across the country in recent years. Registered farmers markets, for example, expanded nationally from around 3,000 in 2000 to over 8,000 in 2012, and urban farming has exploded across neighborhoods, at schools and in healthcare...
Over 2,600 exhibiting companies and 67,000 industry members attended the 2014 Natural Products Expo West in March. This international group congregated to learn, network, and arrange deals over an intense few days of activity." The exhibit was a maze of booths, each...
Algal Scientific received funding from Evonik to start their first commercial production plant in Michigan. Algal Scientific uses a sustainable technology to use B-glucan for animal feed, which produces healthier livestock. Algal Scientific was co-founded by Erb...
Whole Foods: A Luxury Grocer in Detroit (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on GlobaLens (Case study # 1-429-371)– published 02/2014, 16 pages. Developed by: Claire Boland, Heping (Cindy) Fu, Kristine Schantz ('16), and Daniel Voce-Gardner ('14) under the...
As I hiked through the towering ruins and verdant jungles of the ancient city of Tikal, it was difficult not to wonder what it must feel like to be a modern Maya; deeply aware of one’s ancestors' triumphant excesses, which led to the rise and fall of one of the great...
The Role of the Private Sector in Addressing Resource Scarcity Risk (Executive Summary) The Problem: Food Scarcity, Raw Materials, Energy, Water and Land This paper, the first of its series, reflects key discussion themes among roundtable participants and outside...
By Stacy Wennstrom Two Erb Institute / World Environment Center (WEC) fellows, have co-authored a white paper based on their experience as facilitators at the May 2013 WEC roundtable on Resource Scarcity in Arlington, Virginia. In this paper Emily Taylor and Stephen...