Saturday, December 16, 2017

Garden


A short story about an awkward, troubling sexual encounter has gone viral, drawing a "record-breaking" number of online views.


Do not eat your veggies — if they are grown in your front yard, Miami Shores says Miami Herald

The Silicon Valley paradox: one in four people are at risk of hunger The Guardian


The New Universe of Literary Criticism: How "Cat Person" shows why critics, journalists, and publishing houses are all failing to connect with online communities of readers.


The New York Times: “Globally, we throw out about 1.3 billion tons of food a year, or a third of all the food that we grow. That’s important for at least two reasons. The less the world wastes, the easier it will be to meet the food needs of the global population in coming years. Second, cutting back on waste could go a long way to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. How do we manage to waste so much? Food waste is a glaring measure of inequality. In poor countries, most of the food waste is on the farm or on its way to market. In South Asia, for instance, half of all the cauliflower that’s grown is lost because there’s not enough refrigeration, according to Rosa Rolle, an expert on food waste and loss at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. Tomatoes get squished if they are packed into big sacks. In Southeast Asia, lettuce spoils on the way from farms to city supermarkets. Very little food in poor countries is thrown out by consumers. It’s too precious…”