Food Movement on the Twittersphere
This is a list of Twitter handles and hashtags that will help you find current information about food and agriculture on Twitter.
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"Video of 'Lame' Cattle Stirs New Concern Over Growth Drugs"
"At a beef industry conference in Denver last week, the animal health auditor for meat producer JBS USA presented a video showing short clips of cows struggling to walk and displaying other signs of distress. The animals appeared to step gingerly, as if on hot metal, and showed signs of lameness, according to four people who saw the video."
Source: Reuters, 08/13/2013
"Hyperloop: Elon Musk Imagines a Tubular Future of Travel"
"Hyperloop plans revealed Monday envision a 'fifth mode of transport' in which passengers travel at extreme speeds through tubes to reach their destination. Elon Musk, chief executive of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, says the idea is 'extremely speculative.' But if Elon Musk's hyperloop is ever built, it could revolutionize transportation and energy."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 08/13/2013
NPS, Advocates See 'Troubling' Lack of Ethnic-Minority Park Visitors
"Two decades [after a tour of US National Parks, Audrey and Frank Peterman] ... are vocal and well-known parks advocates. One thing in particular has driven their passion: the lack of diversity in visitors to the national parks, a problem that also has long plagued the National Park Service."
Source: Greenwire, 08/13/2013
"Power Grid Increasingly Vulnerable To Severe Weather, Report Says"
"Americans can expect more major power outages because of severe weather driven by climate change, a federal report says."
Source: LA Times, 08/13/2013
"North Dakota Oil Boom Seen Adding Costs for Rail Safety"
"Crude oil shipped by railroad from North Dakota is drawing fresh scrutiny from regulators concerned that the cargo is adding environmental and safety hazards, something that analysts say could raise costs."
Source: Bloomberg, 08/13/2013
"Interpol Targets Criminals Who Subvert Carbon Markets"
"LYON, France -- Securities fraud, insider trading, embezzlement, money laundering and cybercrime – the intangible nature of the global carbon trading markets puts them at risk for exploitation by criminal networks, according to a new law enforcement guide produced by Interpol."
Source: ENS, 08/13/2013
"Wood Storks Are Again Calling the South Carolina Coast Home"
"No more than 15 years ago, it would have made a bird watcher's week to see the seldom-seen wood stork. Today, a daily siting is not unusual."
Source: Island Packet, 08/13/2013
"Britain's PM Backs Fracking for Shale Gas"
"Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron has given his unequivocal backing to the divisive 'fracking' process used to extract shale gas from rocks, risking angering his party's supporters from more rural areas."
Source: Reuters, 08/13/2013
"Cutting Soot And Methane May Not Give Hoped-for Climate Help"
"A U.S.-led drive to reduce soot and other heat-trapping air pollutants worldwide is less promising than hoped as a new front in the fight against climate change, according to a study published on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 08/13/2013
