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Pollution Control Board to Monitor 27 More Sites
Posted on April 10, 2017 Updated on April 7, 2017
In a bid to check the water quality, the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) has enhanced its monitoring locations from the earlier 104 sites across the state to 131.The move has been initiated as per the National Water Monitoring Programme undertaken by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) which has notified sampling and analysis procedures for these sites.The board is supposed to undertake the monthly monitoring of water quality with effect from March. Information will be duly uploaded on the board's site. The CPCB is directly monitoring the water and air quality undertaken by the state board at these sites.
Out of the 27 new sites, three pertain to the Nalagarh industrial area on the Chikni river where the presence of textile units has become a cause of concern for the board. Two other sites at the Giri river and Surajmukhi Nullah in Solan will also be monitored henceforth. Four sites in Una district, including the one upstream of the Swan river, will be monitored. Barely one site in Kangra district on the Beas has been included in the new arrangement while maximum of six sites in Sirmaur district, including the Giri river, Salani Nullah, two sites along the Markanda river, Rampur Jattan Moginand Nullah and Roon Nullah. Besides, three sites in Kullu, three in Kinnaur and two in Chamba have been included for water monitoring.
With no staff enhancement in the four laboratories of the board which were operating at Parwanoo, Jasur, Sundernagar and Paonta Sahib, the staff will face an added challenge of analysing water samples from 31 new locations.Despite the Central Pollution Control Board having directed the SPCB to upgrade its Parwanoo lab as per the specifications of the National Accreditation Board of Calibration and Testing of Laboratories (NABL) within 90 days in October 2015, it is yet to meet these standards. The board is yet to enhance its staff and upgrade its equipment as per the NABL norms.
Member Secretary, SPCB, Sanjay Sood, said they would soon appoint more staff as certain posts were vacant and the process to procure requisite equipment was also under way.He said the process of meeting NABL specifications for the Parwanoo lab was in progress and would be completed in the coming months. Sood said in addition to the 131 Centrally-monitored sites for water pollution, there were 157 state-monitored sites too where they were keeping a check on the quality of surface water.
*This story first appeared on The Tribune India
This entry was posted in Manufacturing, Water and tagged Beas river, Central Pollution Control Board, Chamba, Chikni river, CPCB, Giri river, India, Kangra, Kinnaur, Kullu, Nalagarh Industrial Area, National Water Monitoring Program, Pollution Control, River pollution, Solan, SPCB, State Pollution Control Board, Textile, textile factory, textile industry, Textiles, The Tribune, Water, water pollution.
Pali Textile Units Pollute Bandi River Despite NGT Stay
Posted on April 7, 2017 Updated on March 31, 2017
By Dinesh Bothra
Effluents from textile units in Rajasthan's Pali district pollute the Bandi river.(HT Photo)
Textile units in Pali city continue to release polluted water into the Bandi river, violating a National Green Tribunal (NGT) order staying their operation.
On October 3 last year, the NGT stayed the operation of about 800 textile units after environmentalists moved the tribunal over pollution of the Bandi river.
The water resources department recently exposed secret operation of some units. In a letter to the regional officer of the Rajasthan Pollution Control Board on March 17, executive engineer Ramnarayan Chaudhary said some textile units in Pali were releasing polluted water into the Bandi, a seasonal river of western Rajasthan.
The river water is stored in Nehda dam, about 40km from Pali city. Choudhary said, "Chemical water is reaching the Nehda dam through Bandi river."
The dam remains filled to its full capacity though water stored during the rainy season was released for irrigation. "This makes it clear that water released from textile units in Pali is reaching the dam," Choudhary said.
The water resources department tested the water quality. "The water in the dam is of no use for consumption and irrigation as its quality has deteriorated," the executive engineer said. "Closure of textile units is just an eyewash."
The quality test reports are stunning, said Mahaveer Singh Sukarlai, an environmentalist who went to the NGT over Bandi river pollution.
"The TDS (total dissolved solids) of the water stored in the dam after the rain was recorded at 560 PPM (parts per million); it has now risen to 2950. The electrical conductivity of the water has increased to 6.3 from 1.7," Sukarlai said.
Around 200 million cubic feet of water has been polluted though the state government focuses on Mukhya Mantri Jal Swavlamban Abhiyan, environmentalists said.
Rajeev Pareek, regional officer of the Rajasthan Pollution Control Board, said a team has been formed to keep an eye on the operation of textile units.
"Electric and water supply to eight textile units, found violating the NGT order, was snapped. Twelve more such units would be deprived of water and electric connections," Pareek said.
"Supply of three-phase electricity to the industrial area will be stopped soon so that the textile units cannot operate secretly."
*This story first appeared on Hindustan Times
This entry was posted in Manufacturing, Water and tagged Bandi river, Chemicals, Hindustan Times, India, National Green Tribunal, Nehda dam, NGT, Pali, Rajasthan, river, River pollution, TDS, Textile, textile factory, textile industry, Water, water pollution.
Conversations: Fibre2Fashion and Pratibha Syntex
The latest research trends focus on new fibres like Nettle
Pratibha Syntex, a leading name in the Indian organic cotton industry, is renowned for sustainable textile products. Its clientele covers leading global brands. The company hopes to grow internationally in a short span of time. In an interview with Fibre2Fashion.com, Mukesh Matta, VP-Business Development and Sustainable Initiatives of Pratibha Syntex talks about the company's expansion plans.
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What is the size of the organic farming industry in India? How much of this is held by Pratibha Syntex?
In India, organic cotton is produced over 101 million hectare. Average annual production is recorded at 222 million bales. Pratibha Syntex is engaged with around 16,000 farmers and uses around 5,000 MT of organic cotton lint per annum.
What is Pratibha's USP?
Pratibha's USP is responsible and responsive fashion, from farm to fabric. Pratibha considers sustainability one of its core values. Our focus is on-time delivery and we continuously work towards reducing lead times.
What sustainable solutions are followed in the Indian textile manufacturing industry? Which, according to you, are the areas of improvement?
Sustainable solutions in the Indian textile manufacturing industry are mostly material-driven. Some examples are: 1. Organic cotton, BCI and fair trade as sustainable cotton fibre 2. rPET (Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate) as manmade synthetic fibre 3. Lyocells as regenerated cellulose fibres like Tencel, Excel etc The focus should now shift to processes and practices for the next area of improvement.
How can wastage be minimised in the textile and garment manufacturing processes? What role does Pratibha play here?
The approach to reducing wastage is multi-pronged at Pratibha. We take steps like: 1. Reducing waste through shorter process cycles with low impact chemicals 2. Maximising reuse of waste during the intermediate process 3. Maximising dyeing on low-salt and salt-free methods to reduce final sludge 4. Working on the best marker efficiency by incorporating this as an integral role of the design team.
What has been the growth percentage at Pratibha Syntex over the last five years?
We have managed to sustain growth despite a challenging market. The average turnover in the last five years was around Rs 825 crore. With increasing demand of value-added products, we have introduced a range of new products. These have impacted our business positively.
Please share details of your last two fiscals and your expectations from the coming two.
We posted a turnover of Rs 828 crore and Rs 819 crore in fiscal 2014-15 and 2013-14 respectively. We are expecting a turnover of Rs 1,500 crore by 2020.
What are your latest research findings?
The latest research trends focus on new fibres like nettle, considered one of the most sustainable fibres. It consumes negligible water and grows on arid land. It is one of the best ecologically suited natural fibres and can change the future of the clothing industry. In time, I will be able to reveal more about this project.
*This story first appeared on Fibre2Fashion
This entry was posted in Conversations, Manufacturing and tagged fibre2fashion, India, Pratibha Syntex, Textile.
Why Nike and MIT see textiles as material to climate change
Posted on September 30, 2015 Updated on September 29, 2015
By Joel Makower
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Nike has just come out of the starting gate with some new initiatives aimed at taming its corporate and supply-chain footprint, and as usual it has hit the ground running.
Its latest sprint includes a collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Materials Challenge seeking "revolutionary new ideas" on innovative and low-impact fabrics and textiles, a commitment to fully power its company-owned and operated facilities with renewable energy within a decade. Oh, and an updated app so that your company can follow in Nike's footsteps.
The MIT announcements represents the next chapter between the two organizations to study the environmental and social impacts of the key materials used to make most apparel and footwear products: cotton, polyester, leather and rubber. An MIT report, commissioned by Nike and released last week, looks at and quantifies the impacts and key hotspots where these materials have significant climate and other environmental impacts.
"There's been a big missing part of the story around climate, which is that people have not understood the footprint of where fossil fuels show up as an imbedded part of a sector, and in particular in materials," Hannah Jones, Nike's chief sustainability officer and VP, innovation accelerator, told me last week. The report's goal, she said, was "to galvanize the material industry and the chemical industry that supports them into change."
We really need to kickstart a much bigger conversation with the industry as a whole and start to send signals to the materials vendors and the chemical companies that do the inventing behind them.
Jones explained that despite a tremendous amount of work already being undertaken by Nike and other footwear and apparel companies, "We really need to kickstart a much bigger conversation with the industry as a whole and start to send signals to the materials vendors and the chemical companies that do the inventing behind them."
Nike has opened a portal within MIT's CoLab, a crowdsourcing platform "where citizens work with experts and each other to create, analyze, and select detailed proposals for what to do about climate change." The CoLab, housed within the school's Center for Collective Intelligence, hosts "contests," each focusing on a Big Question related to climate change — for example, the hardware, software and business models that can increase urban energy efficiency; actions that can address energy-water nexus challenges; and how to mitigate the urban heat island effect — more than two dozen altogether, though participation in some is light.
On Friday, the CoLab began accepting proposals for "revolutionary new ideas for how to engage industries, designers and consumers in valuing, demanding and adopting low-impact fabrics and textiles."
Material evidence
The climate and other environmental impacts of clothing and footwear don't usually rank up there with coal-fired power plants, cement manufacturing and — well, smog-spewing Volkswagens — as major contributors to climate change. But as the new MIT report points out, the impacts aren't trivial. Example: The emissions associated with a single T-shirt is roughly equal to the carbon footprint of driving a passenger car for 10 miles.
That puts the materials community — the companies, industries and individuals who work with or make decisions around materials — "in a unique position to enable sustainable patterns of consumption," says the report.
The industry's clout is driven by its size. The global apparel industry produces more than 150 billion garments in a typical year — equivalent to more than 20 new articles of clothing for every person on the planet — and is a $1.8 trillion market. In 2015, the industry is projected to use nearly 100 million tons of fiber and filament yarns, about 40 percent agriculturally derived (cotton, wool, etc.) and 60 percent petroleum-based synthetics (polyester, nylon and various blends). Both have climate impacts.
And then there's water. It takes several dozen gallons — more than 400 pounds — to process just one pound of textiles, according to a 2009 study. Given that footwear and apparel manufacturing is concentrated in a handful of regions, that can lead to significant water stresses. For example, in 2009, textile production ranked third among major industries in China in terms of total wastewater discharge, primarily from the dyeing and finishing steps of manufacturing.
All of which, says Jones, "is a major concern, and it's also a major business opportunity."
I actually love it when things become competitive because that means it's going mainstream.
Jones views the MIT challenge as a means of unearthing innovative solutions — new technologies, novel materials and the like — but beyond that, she says, "We're really looking at it from a system-change perspective and at how we can kickstart this revolution in the materials industry."
This is hardly the first initiative by Nike to transform its industry and supply chain. Indeed, the company's materials and manufacturing innovation initiatives and achievements, led by Jones, has a long history, as we've reported for years. The company is one of the top buyers of organic cotton. Its factories have moved to water- and chemical-free dyeing. It has stopped sourcing leather from the Amazon rainforest. It has recycled countless millions of plastic bottles into garments. It has been on a journey to achieve zero discharge of hazardous chemicals throughout its supply chain.
And the company has shared its innovations, from scoring the environmental attributes of materials to sharing patents. A few years ago, Nike partnered with NASA and two other U.S. federal agencies to identify game-changing innovations, such as sustainable fabrics, or how to transform waste systems in both developed and developing countries.
Walking a fine line
Two years ago, the company publically released an app, called Making, to allow designers to research fabrics or materials on such things as water consumption, chemistry, energy and waste. Last week, Nike released an updated 3.0 version of the app, which includes comparisons of the energy used and greenhouse gases created during the production of each material.
I asked Jones how the company walks a fine line between sharing such information and staying a step ahead in a fiercely competitive sector.
"It's definitely a delicate balance," she said. "And we're constantly walking along that line of where is this competitive and where is this pre-competitive? As a sustainability practitioner, I actually love it when things become competitive because that means it's going mainstream. It means that it's a pull from the market versus us pushing."
But much of this transcends competition, she says. "We do the industry a whole lot of good by actually helping create clarity and standards and transparency around the footprints. We build industry coalitions. Oh, and by the way, we're absolutely going to compete on some of the other things."
Nike is far from alone in seeking materials innovations. Patagonia, for one, has been continually pushing the limits of innovation — everything from "ethical goose down" to Yulex, a substitute to petroleum-based neoprene for wetsuits, derived from guayule plants indigenous to the southwestern United States. Kering, which owns brands like Gucci, Saint Laurent and Puma, last year opened a Materials Innovation Lab in Northern Italy, dedicated to helping making more sustainable choices in their supply chains and products. Adidas announced last week that it will use worn-out cleats and combine them with scrap materials from other industries to make new cleats.
Increasingly, such innovations are coming from sources outside the company walls. "Somebody once said to me, 'There are a lot of really smart people out there. And most of them don't work for you,'" says Jones. And, she adds, some innovations even come from outside the sector, requiring Nike to tap nontraditional sources for innovation. The CoLab challenge is part of that effort.
"You need to fail early and fail fast many, many times to get to the one thing that you can change and disrupt an entire market," says Jones. For example, she says, Nike approached a number of companies asking, "Can we knit an upper using 3D geometry and complex algorithms that will help the athlete and support the foot?" It took many iterations until they succeeded.
Says Jones: "We fell forward all the time on that one. It's now a major platform for the whole company. And it's having a massive impact on waste reduction."
Clearly, Jones is thinking big. "My end goal is ultimately creating an entirely closed-loop business model," she told me, adding that the making of materials will be key to reaching the goal of "renewable, reusable materials that have an infinite life and that can be re-launched and rebuilt. And do that at scale."
Another goal, she might have added, is to make sure that mindset becomes mainstream, the way the race is run.
*This story first appeared on GreenBiz.
This entry was posted in Brands, Conversations and tagged GreenBiz, Innovation, Joel Makower, MIT, Nike, Textile.
Can China's textile industry clean up its supply chain?
By Racheal Meiers, Director, Inclusive Economy
As part of BSR's Business Leadership for an Inclusive Economy initiative, we are running an interview series with thought leaders from business, government, civil society, academia and philanthropy.
Their voices and perspectives will help deepen our conversation on how we can build a more inclusive economy and how business most effectively can contribute to that vision.
We spoke to Liang Xiaohui, head of social responsibility for the China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC), about striving for good jobs in textile manufacturing, technology changes and impacts on workers and an inclusive future for the industry in China.
Racheal Meiers: What does it mean to be included in the economy? How does the textile industry make the economy more inclusive?
Liang Xiaohui, head of social responsibility for the China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC).
Liang Xiaohui: To be included in the economy fundamentally means to share the results of social and economic development by creating an equal opportunity for everybody to be active in economic activities and decisions.
Specifically, the textile industry creates jobs for people without a lot of education and skills — that's why manufacturing is quite important in an economy, especially in developing countries.
To achieve an inclusive economy, it's very important for businesses and also governments to think about how the interests of employers and employees can be balanced — and the voices of workers can be heard and their concerns can be addressed. As we look toward the future, this balance will be even more important.
For instance, if we can upgrade technologies and equipment and, at the same time, educate workers and let them upgrade themselves so that they have opportunities for better, higher paid, higher skilled jobs, that will be a big step toward achieving an inclusive economy in our sector.
Meiers: Given where things are in China right now, with changes in the labor force and competition from other countries in manufacturing, how do you see inclusion as fitting into this context?
Liang: In this context, we can no longer rely on lower wages or lax environmental practices to be competitive; we have to evolve to a higher stage of the supply chain to compete.
Getting there will take two critical elements: The first one is to be innovative, such as upgrading technologies in manufacturing; and the second is building a workforce of people that can effectively work with and work for innovations. To support our efforts to upgrade our industry, we have to build up our human resources potential and give people, especially existing textile workers, more opportunities to learn expertise and skills.
Meiers: How are your member companies approaching technology upgrades and related labor force engagement?
Liang: That's really a big question, and I cannot give you a general answer because we have almost half a million textile and garment companies in China. But I do see that many companies are working hard to incorporate technology tools for different purposes, such as reducing pollution and increasing efficiency.
A very popular idea in our industry now is to exchange human power with machines, which is in part driven by the lack of skilled workers, and even a shortage of low- and unskilled workers in China in recent years.
At the same time, there are factories that are working to invest in their workforces. They are calling on government and associations like ours to improve education and vocational training to support upgraded skills in the industry. Some factories are also taking these steps themselves.
For example, one factory I recently visited is investing a lot of money to purchase very advanced equipment from Europe. To support these technology upgrades, they have also started their own academy, a professional training school where they can train their workers and future employees on how to work with the new equipment.
This factory sees investments in the expertise and skills of their workers as part of the process of upgrading their technology hardware. And they also understand it will be important to pay higher wages to the workers who become capable of operating the new machines.
Meiers: That's an encouraging example. How is the Chinese government getting involved in these issues of workforce skill development, to support technology upgrades in the manufacturing industry?
Liang: The government has been monitoring this issue for many years. Recent policies from 2014 require that a minimum of 30 percent of local additional fees on education shall be used for vocational education, and the enrollment of vocational schools should raise from about 30 million in 2012 to more than 38 million in 2020, almost a 30 percent increase.
This will help transfer more young people into vocational schools, making them advanced industry workers with skills and expertise. The young people see where the economy is going and understand that to be included in that future economy, they need to know the skills required by it.
For example, there was a story last year of a young man who quit Peking University to enroll in an occupational school to become an auto mechanic — he did this because he liked the work, but he also knew that the auto maintenance industry in China is very underdeveloped for the demand that is coming.
Meiers: Shifting gears a little bit, let's talk about the current workforce in textile manufacturing. Who are some of the most vulnerable people that are taking these jobs, and how do you work with your CNTAC members to identify these groups of people and put in place mechanisms to support them?
Liang: I think the most vulnerable group in the industry is migrant women workers in their 30s and 40s. In the labor market, in the factory, they are not in a very good position. They have very low representation in management, and they have low levels of training and education as compared with male peers. The reason for this is that most of them come from villages and underdeveloped regions, where women have a very low status and so don't receive as much education and opportunity.
We are actually doing some work with BSR to support these women, and all women workers in the industry. Though more than 65 percent of workers in the industry are women, they hold very few positions in management. Working with BSR, and learning from your expertise and experience supporting women's empowerment in China, we are hoping to build up the potential of individual women to expand their skills and advance to these positions, while at the same time working to expand management's understanding of women workers' potential.
Meiers: In these collaborations, what opportunities do you see? How can we expand partnerships to support a more inclusive economy?
Liang: I think the greatest opportunity from our collaborations is that we are a national business association and you are an international business association, of sorts. And this is critical, because we are working at both ends of the supply chain. A lot of your members are buyers of our members.
So in working together, we can try to mobilize both ends of the international supply chain. So many issues can be addressed in this way.
Read perspectives on the inclusive economy from The Rockefeller Foundation's Zia Khan, Western Union's Talya Bosch and GlaxoSmithKline's Clare Griffin.
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Unique initiative for clean textile and leather production expands
Posted on May 26, 2015 Updated on May 25, 2015
Sweden Textile Water Initiative, one of Sweden's largest public-private partnerships, will expand to new countries in Asia and Africa after a successful pilot project in India.
Through the initiative, 28 Swedish textile and leather companies have cooperated with Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) to catalyse a shift towards sustainable production globally.
To achieve this, the initiative has educated suppliers and sub-contractors to help minimize the use of water, energy and chemicals throughout the whole supply chain.
More than 40 factories participated in the pilot project, which contributed to saving 284 million litres of water and 402 tonnes of chemicals annually.
"It is all about spreading knowledge and changing attitudes," says Rami Abdelrahman, Programme Manager at SIWI. "Within just two years, we have educated more than 14,000 factory managers and employees. This has paved the way for long-term gains for both the environment, the companies, the suppliers and the local population."
Inspired by the success of the pilot, the initiative will now expand to include new factories in Bangladesh, China, Ethiopia, India and Turkey. The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) will, through a unique business model, match the companies' and factories' investments in better water management.
SIWI will continue the learning process with suppliers and sub-contractors in the new countries. The initiative also works with national public authorities to increase the institutional capacity to govern water sustainably.
"Unfortunately, the textile industry often has a negative impact on the environment and we therefore want to take the lead in minimizing water and chemical usage in Asia and Africa. We will jointly contribute to sustainable development and an improved local environment," says Charlotte Petri Gornitzka, Director-General, Sida.
Many companies have joined forces in this initiative, despite being competitors in the stores. The network needs more members, however.
"The more companies that engage, the greater the impact. Ideally we would want all Swedish textile and leather companies to implement our guidelines and help us develop them further", says Elin Larsson, Sustainability Manager, Filippa K.
** This post first appeared on the SIWI website here.
This entry was posted in Manufacturing, Water and tagged Africa, Asia, production, Textile, Water, Water Initiative.
Even In Fashion, Less Bad Is Not Equal To More Good!
Posted on May 5, 2015 Updated on June 7, 2015
By Lewis Perkins | Re-posted from Lewis's personal blog. This morning, I opened up my email and saw I was tagged by a friend on a post about the article "Slow Fashion Shows Consumers What It's Made Of" from NPR. The article was good and gave a high level view of the issues that exists due to the lack of transparency in the global supply chain and the low price we are paying for our clothes. I work in this field and was familiar with the subject, so the article is not what caught my attention; it was the responses from the dozens of people commenting below the article. The comments ranged from disdain for the pretense in the fashion industry; "I am already being forced to worry about what I am eating and now you are making me focus on what I am wearing" to the disconnected; "this does not apply to me because I don't buy $5.99 t-shirts at Walgreen's." The rest seemed to think the article was telling them to stop buying affordable clothing and focus on luxury goods because they are better made and have a more transparent supply chain." Why fashion? Several months ago a good friend of mine chided me for taking my talents into the Fashion Industry instead of a more "worthwhile" or "substantial" industry. She viewed fashion as frivolous and unimportant in the scheme of global issues. The reality is folks, unless you and your children are walking around naked, don't sleep in beds or sit on upholstered sofas, or work in buildings with carpet, have curtains in your home; you are part of the global textile supply chain, and regardless if you shop at Walmart, J-Crew or Prada, you are part of this equation for supply and demand of all levels and uses of textiles on the planet. Textiles are one of the oldest industries, carry the most cultural significance and have one of the largest footprints on human and ecological systems. The disdain for the Fashion Industry is actually short-sighted, because we are all using materials to reflect our personal statement whether it is intentional or not. Yes, perhaps apparel "fashion" still feels like it's direction resides in the hands of brands, designers, stylists, celebrities and other tastemakers. But it's not just about our clothing, it's in the phones we use and the bikes or cars we drive. It does not always mean high style. We all use clothing and other products to tell a story about ourselves, whether we realize it or not. So let's place judgement aside, because this is really not about fashion. This is about the future of all species on this planet. So we better stop judging and get interested. What I am talking about is the billions of human lives who touch this industry every day whether they work in it or not. And also remember that hundreds of millions (if not billions) of humans, animals and acres of land that make up the supply chain that creates our textiles. It keeps world economies going and people fed and warm at night. The solution is not less bad. The solution is more good. Can I afford sustainable apparel? When we talk about increasing the price of apparel, we are not talking about the difference between $5.99 and $599 (or even $59 for that matter) . It's price increases relative to the product (perhaps the difference between $5.99 and $6.99) in order to ensure better practices along the way to the consumer's hands. Incremental increases in labor, sustainable materials, better (e.g. healthy and safe for people and ecological systems) chemistry for synthetic fibers and for the dyes and processing chemicals (which may include a price increase due to the cost of innovation). Traceable packaging, tags and labels also means we apply the same standards to the auxiliary materials as we do to the main materials in the products (fibers, yarns, trims, threads, zippers, buttons, etc..). I'll just buy second-hand clothing. Another point the comment feed folks were making is around the need to increase our use of vintage, consignment and second hand apparel. There is no doubt that keeping a garment as a garment (or any product in it's original design) for as long as we can will have the least possible impact spread across that product's years of useful life. And yes, owning things better made and being able to enjoy them longer or pass them along to a second owner is a worthy pursuit. However, eventually everything comes to the end of life #1. It could be 6 months, 6 years or 60 years, but one day that dress is no longer a dress. This is why we must advocate for the creation of a circular economy of materials. So, one day when that garment can no longer be a garment, or even used as a rag, we will know what to do with the fibers and other materials? Have they been designed with toxic dyes and other chemicals that prevent their safe return to the biological system (think composting) or even a useful stream for upcycling? Many dyes and other chemicals can actually serve to prevent that material from being capable of recycling ad upcycling (either chemically or mechanically). So the first step is to employ the use of clean chemistry in a way that looks at what that material can become after it's been used in apparel. That could mean we upcycle yarns or fibers back into yarns for the apparel industry or it could mean we take them back to the fiber or polymer level (depending if natural or synthetic fibers) and sell them to another industry. This requires take-back systems and the innovation for upcycling of fibers. Today, we are just embarking on the technology and the systems which will allow this to happen. But just like everything in the world of economics, we need supply and demand. That means, someone (some industry) must want those materials and someone else (along the chain from consumer to retailer to brand) must be engaged in a process for textile recovery. With the demand comes the investment and the innovation. Did you know it takes some brands more than 5 years to collect enough supply of their "Take-back" fleece pullovers, to be able to send that feed to a fiber recycler and put it back into a new product. That's way too slow. We need more volume to create speed of moving materials. If more brands advocated for material reuse in their products (and at the same time advocate for collection and distribution of material for sale to other industries) we could begin to see the amount of volume needed to make the system work. Companies like I:CO (http://www.ico-spirit.com/en/homepage/) have been established to collect and process textiles. They already work with retailers like American Eagle, H&M, Levi's and Puma, but they need more supply and demand than this. They are ready to grow exponentially. And we can help. Why less is not better! Finally another point I hear often (and read in the comment feed) is about buying less and using less. There is no doubt that consumption is an issue in the USA (if not the entire world). But why? Is consumption really the issue or is it the way in which we consume or use products and packaging that have not been optimized for material reuse, so therefore everything eventually ends up in a landfill. Making the choice to have less in your life is a personal call, but I don't believe we should live in a world where we are forced to take shorter showers and eat less of certain types of food and feel guilty about our love for certain things. Wanting and having your creature comforts is a personal choice, and many could argue a great gift of the experience of being human and living in the material world. What we need is to design the materials and processes for products with new methods which ensure the use of safe materials; chosen for an intended use and end of use; powered by renewable energy with clean water stewardship and a high level of mindful uses of human, animal and land capital. If production on the planet was a positive force, we could all feel good about our individual footprint on the planet and our choices to have things. Keep in mind that even if we all cut our product use in half, or by more, we are living on a planet with diminishing resources and a growing world population. So we really have to go upstream and solve the problems at the origin of design and into the supply chain and not expect the solution to reside downstream with ourselves. Yes, we are a big part of the equation. Our greatest impact is with our purchasing power. We can drive this change by helping to create the demand for higher quality materials and production and making sure we get them back to a system that wants and needs them. Even with that t-shirt from Walgreens.
This entry was posted in Conversations and tagged apparel, clothing, Cradle to Cradle, NPR, Slow fashion, Textile.
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Andrakammarvalet i Sverige 1956 till riksdagens andra kammare hölls söndagen den 16 september 1956.

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Frågan om skattesänkningar var en återkommande fråga i 1950-talets valrörelser. Inför valet 1956 hävdade Högerpartiets Jarl Hjalmarson vikten av en "rejäl skattesänkning" för den "vanliga vardagsmänniskan". Koalitionsregeringen gick till val på redan beslutade skattesänkningar på 375 miljoner. Folkpartiet lovade skattesänkningar på 545 miljoner medan Högerpartiet lovade 825 miljoner.

Vad gäller pensionsfrågan gjorde Folkpartiet och Högerpartiet klart att de ville se en frivillig tjänstepension med en förstärkt folkpension som grund. Frågan om hur mycket folkpensionen borde höjas togs också upp i valrörelsen.

I valkampanjen kritiserade Folkpartiet regeringen för att inte ha byggt ikapp bostadsbristen och lovade att en folkpartiregering skulle bygga 260 000 lägenheter 1956-1960. Statsminister Tage Erlander besvarade detta med att det inte var möjligt att låta bostadsbyggandet få alla tillgängliga resurser på bekostnad av andra sektorer.

Inför valet genomfördes en akademisk studie av opinionsundersökningen av de två statsvetarna Jörgen Westerståhl och Bo Särlvik. Den visar bland annat att 69 procent av de tillfrågade hört delar av den avslutande partiledardebatten i radion. 82 procent hade sett någon av partiernas valbroschyrer och 44 procent hade också läst någon av dem.

Tage Erlander och Jarl Hjalmarson debatterade vid två allmänna möten under kampanjen; förutom den traditionella debatten i Vasaparken i Stockholm även i Eskilstunas sporthall. I augusti genomförde Tage Erlander en kampanj i södra Norrland, Dalarna och Bergslagen. Förutom sin hustru Aina som fungerade som chaufför medföljde endast en journalist från Morgon-Tidningen.

Partiernas valaffischer:
Trygga deras ålderdom - Folkpartiet
För förliga vindar - Rösta med Folkpartiet
En skattesänkning som håller - Folkpartiet
Rejäl skattesänkning - Högerpartiet - att lita på
Det behövs fler högermän i riksdagen för att vi skall få fler, bra, billiga bostäder
Slå vakt om bondeskogen - rösta med landsbygdspartiet Bondeförbundet
Mera åt barnen, mindre åt generalerna - Kommunisterna
Rättvis skattesänkning - sänkt statsskatt 1957 - sänkt kommunalskatt 1958 - kamp mot skattesmitarna - Socialdemokraterna

Valresultat
För samtliga genom valet invalda riksdagsmän, se Lista över ledamöter av Sveriges riksdags andra kammare 1957-1958.

Samtliga Samlingspartiets röster avgavs i Malmöhus läns valkrets.

Källa: SCB: Riksdagsmannavalen 1953-1956

Det socialistiska blocket (SKP och S) fick 49,6 procent och det borgerliga blocket (FP, LB och H) fick 50,4 procent. För första gången sedan år 1932 hade det blivit en borgerlig majoritet i den andra kammaren. Socialdemokraterna kunde dock sitta kvar i regeringsställning genom samarbete med Bondeförbundet.

Som en förklaring till Bondeförbundets nedgång i val efter val använde partiledaren Gunnar Hedlund den så kallade strukturförändringshypotesen: i takt med att människor flyttade från landsbygden och in till städerna minskade gruppen av potentiella Bondeförbundsväljare. Partiets namnbyte till Centerpartiet 1957 kan då ses som ett försök att bredda gruppen av potentiella väljare. Riksdagens andra kammare utökades med ett mandat; detta gick till Högerpartiets kandidat för Stockholms stad, David Svenungsson. Bland de invalda riksdagskandidaterna återfanns bland annat den blivande högerledaren Gunnar Heckscher.

Regeringsbildning
I valet gick båda partierna i koalitionsregeringen tillbaka. Efter valet förklarade statsminister Tage Erlander att socialdemokraterna skulle regera ensamma om Bondeförbundet lämnade regeringen. Den 25 september uttalade sig den socialdemokratiska partistyrelsen för fortsatt koalition.

Den 27 september beslutade Bondeförbundet att fortsätta i koalitionsregeringen förutsatt att partierna kunde komma överens om ett nytt regeringsprogram som kunde ersätta det gamla från 1951. Därefter följde förhandlingar och den 13 oktober enades man om ett nytt program.

I samband med det gjorde Bondeförbundet klart att man ville vänta med att ta ställning i pensionsfrågan tills den då sittande pensionsutredningen var klar. Detta får anses vara ett sätt att maskera att de båda partierna hade oförenliga åsikter om hur pensionsfrågan skulle lösas.

Se även
Resultat i val till Sveriges riksdag
Sveriges regering

Referenser

Vidare läsning

1956 i Sverige
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Fate's Discourtesy (Scortesia del destino) è una poesia scritta da Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) nel 1915 con il titolo A Song in Storm (Una canzone nella tempesta). Fu messa in musica da due compositori inglesi: Edward German ed Edward Elgar.

Storia
German adattò la poesia per voce e pianoforte nel 1916, con il titolo "Be well assured", che è la prima frase della poesia.

Elgar ambientò la poesia nel 1917, con il titolo "Fate's Discourtesy", come la seconda di un ciclo di canzoni tratto da quattro poesie di Kipling su temi nautici relativi alla guerra, per i quali scelse il titolo "The Fringes of the Fleet", lo stesso del libro di Kipling.

La frase "Fate's discourtesy" ("Scortesia del destino") guida il ritornello di tutti e tre i versi della poesia. Come le altre canzoni del ciclo, è destinata a quattro voci di baritono: una voce solista e un coro. Fu scritta in origine con accompagnamento orchestrale, ma in seguito fu pubblicata anche per voce e pianoforte.

T. S. Eliot incluse la poesia nella sua raccolta del 1941 A Choice of Kipling's Verse (Una selezione dei versi di Kipling).

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Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

 Sea Warfare - The Fringes of the Fleet Notes by Alastair Wilson
 A Song in Storm on the Lied and Art Song Texts Page

Composizioni di Edward Elgar
Brani musicali del 1917


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In Medellín
When Mateo Martínez Ruíz disappeared on 7 July in Bello, a deindustrialised suburb just north of Medellín, I assumed his body would never be found. But on 8 August, Mateo's badly tortured corpse was discovered in Potrerito, a rural area of Bello. According to a trusted local source, Mateo was murdered by Los Chatas, an organised crime faction, because of his political activism. He was involved in the student protests last November, which became a nationwide general strike, the largest in Colombia since 1977. Photos of Mateo's body made it into the local penny press, which leads with what bleeds. Otherwise nothing.
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It looked for a while as if the centre-right Green Party, represented by Bogotá's mayor, Claudia López, and Sergio Fajardo, a former mayor of Medellín and governor of Antioquia, were best positioned to lead the country following the general strike at the end of last year. That was before the repression of 2020. Sensing that it's a hair's breadth away from euthanasia, the radical right is fighting for its life. Colombia's politics have never been more polarised.
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A chilling and dispiriting snapshot of a country where even the slightest resistance to injustice can be a death sentence. I was going to add 'shocking' above but it's been many years since we became numb to the shock and horror. It's particularly sickening to see the U.S. continuing to use its billions to support the people and policies that have wrecked so many lives in Latin America.
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Dehydrated food became a major source of the American diet during World War I. When our country actively entered the War in 1917 - sending troops and a steady stream of supplies to Europe - dried food made up a good portion of nutritional supplied that were shipped abroad. Billboards of the time shouted the slogan: "Food will win the War." Dehydrated food did its share!
As the Roaring '20s, "the era of nonsense," rolled in with its flappers and speakeasies, interest in drying food dropped off. It rekindled as the 1930s Great Depression crashed down upon the nation. People couldn't afford or find the supplies needed for canning so many returned to drying to preserve what food they had.
The urgent requirements of war supplies and materials set off another surge of drying during World War II. Food was rationed and every bit preseved as a step toward victory. With the rationing of sugar and the disappearance of canning supplies, homemakers relied heavily on drying as their main method of food preservation. The federal government developed a self-help program which made solar dehydrator plans available to citizens so they could dry their "Victory Garden" goods. Many commercial drying plants opened in this country to provide the necessary food for the free world. Dehydrated produce was a practical way to supply overseas troops; it was lightweight, easy to transport, and did not spoil. In fact, dried food continues to be used today by the armed forces and the space program.
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How To Grow A Moringa Tree
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By Rene Epps
Posted Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 05:49pm EDT
The Intricate Details About The Moringa Tree!
Growing a Moringa Tree can be challenging, they grow best in warm tropical weather. In this type of weather this will allow the moringa oleifera species to be exact, to grow continually without being stunted. Some of the best US Hardiness Zones are 9, 10 and 11, but with proper care the moringa will just about grow anywhere. Moringa trees are delicate and demand respect; there is about a 50% survival rate when transplanting them. First root shock can occur if the soil is disturbed which can proceed to air exposure and other airborne elements not needed near sensitive tap roots, let alone the core-root. Now to increase the survival rate when transplanting moringa; vitamin B1 is one of the keys to my preventative measures and success stories.
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I recommend that vitamin B1, be added to all moringa tree transplants. I have noticed an increase from root shock at about an 85% survival rate using 1 cup per gallon of water. For more, allow me to bring to your attention that moringa trees, all "thirteen species" of them, have no need for fertilizers if your soil has a well balanced eco-system, the proper order of microorganisms. Hot/Cold Climates: In 70 to 98 degrees the moringa tree will grow as a perennial, year around. Past dealings have yielded from the seed that they can grow, a foot in two weeks time. You can have a 15 foot moringa tree in no time soon in this type of weather. When it comes to colder climates; the 20's and below, lasting for long periods, will totally do a moringa no justice. So if you want them year around, they must be grown inside your home or in a heated greenhouse, keeping a temperature of 70 degrees plus. Remember, the cooler the temperature gets, the slower the moringa tree will grow; more mature and larger trees become more cold tolerant. Younger moringa trees will; a lot of times die back and go into hibernation, leaving the owner until the weather heats back up again.
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Coming from; "a knowledge is power perspective", the moringa is changing many circumstances in peoples lives around the world. From assisting those with glaucoma, impotence, high & low blood pressure, diabetes, to detoxifying the liver. Total fortification should be stamped on this highly nutritious plant. By implementing moringa in your daily diet, capsule or powder form, this will start revitalizing your entire being immediately. Your energy level will be the first noticeable factor, and for most, a sharper thinking structure will develop, a precise appetite will increase, better lubricated joints, stool without pain should appear, to seeing open cuts heal faster than usual. Yes! a complete multi-vitamin and mineral supply will be introduced into your body count, not to mention, 18 amino acids, and 40 antioxidants, bringing the real you to a replenished, toxic free state. For the record, "remember," anything good for you doesn't come easy, discipline must be respected to obtain the rewards of renewal. With this said, to be healthy is to be smart!
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When people talk about Moringa oleifera, they talk about the super-dense nutrients. You'll hear that Moringa leaf powder is an outstanding source of vitamins and minerals, and if you're talking to a real expert, you might learn about its impressive antioxidant and Omega-3 profile.
Moringa is a multivitamin in a leaf, no doubt. But few know that Moringa has an ancient and impressive history as a botanical medicine. Natural medicine practitioners around the world have used Moringa for hundreds - if not thousands - of years to treat and prevent a wide range of conditions.
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Compounds in Moringa leaves protect cognitive function. They help to preserve memory and other aspects of brain performance.
Moringa leaves are a great solution for iron-deficiency anemia. It's very effective, yet, there's none of the the stomach discomfort of iron supplements.
Moringa leaves and seeds have gentle, natural antibiotic properties.
The leaves have antifungal and antiviral properties, proven in trials to perform on par with leading antifungal and antiviral medications against certain strains.
The anti-inflammatory properties of Moringa leaf are a valuable treatment for arthritis, and the Omega-3s help to rebuild cartilage.
Moringa's antioxidants prevent free-radical cellular damage, and it contains a rich and rare combination of anti-tumor compounds.
Moringa is wonderful for diabetes and pre-diabetes; it lowers blood sugar, protects the pancreas and helps to prevent insulin resistance.
For weight-loss, Moringa lowers and levels out blood sugar, helping to manage appetite, sugar cravings and energy.
Moringa leaves improve digestion, help to heal ulcers and benefits for heart .
The rich leaf pigments protect eyesight. In fact, the nutrients in Moringa mirror those in commonly prescribed for patients with macular degeneration. These same plant pigments protect our skin from radiation as well, moderating the effects of the sun.
Perhaps most exciting of all, Moringa leaves have demonstrated benefits for heart disease: they lower blood pressure, reduce cholesterol and protect heart tissue. This is so important in a country where heart disease a top cause of death.
Moringa is a well-known aid for new mothers. Even quite a small quantity has been shown to increase milk supply significantly
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Frozen Yogurt vs. Ice Cream: Which Is Healthier?
Few things hit the spot like a creamy cone on a hot summer day. But should you go for a double scoop of mint chip — or the more virtuous-sounding fro-yo? Market research shows that frozen yogurt sales have risen an average of 21 percent each year since 2008, while the number of yogurt shops has doubled within the last seven years. And if you think frozen yogurt is healthier, you're not alone. According to a survey conducted by Menchies, a frozen yogurt chain, roughly 95 percent of Americans believe the softer stuff is better for them than ice cream.
Related: Egg Whites or Whole Eggs: Which Are Healthier?
Dig into the nutrition facts, though, and the swirl of smooth and creamy self-serve dessert isn't always the superior option. Here's the scoop on why you may want to reconsider your next 16-flavor "16 Handles" bender.
Related: 15 Healthier Homemade Ice Cream Recipes
The Cold Truth: Frozen Yogurt Vs. Ice Cream
Fro-yo might remind you of your favorite probiotic-rich morning Chobani — but not all "yogurts" are created equal. The freezing process used to make your dessert may kill some of the healthy gut bacteria found in regular yogurt. To compensate, some manufacturers of fro-yo (and standard yogurt, too) add extra probiotics after production.
Related: Is It Better to Do Cardio or Strength Training First?
"Look for the 'Live and Active Cultures' seal" when browsing the dessert aisle, says Alissa Rumsey, R.D., a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. This seal, created by the National Yogurt Association, confirms that a product has 100 million cultures per gram,..Read Full Article:https://www.yahoo.com/health/frozen-yogurt-vs-ice-cream-which-is-healthier-125955744088.html
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The Weird Sign You're Getting Sick
Are you aware of this sneaky sign that your body is fighting off an infection? (Photo: Getty Images)
When you have a bump or lump beneath the skin, your mind probably jumps to assume it's either benign — like an itchy bug bite — or very serious — like cancer. But here's something you may not have realized: That lump could actually be a swollen lymph node, an indicator that your body is fighting off an infection.
Many people are aware that swollen lymph nodes under the chin are a sign of sickness, but most don't realize that those aren't the only lymph nodes a person has. It's understandable, then, that you might be a little concerned if you stumble across a swollen lymph node in a place you weren't expecting — say, your arm or genitals.
In fact, "we have more than 500 lymph nodes located all over the body," says Baltimore-area primary care physician Kathryn Boling, MD. Read Full Article: https://www.yahoo.com/health/the-weird-sign-youre-getting-sick-111287730352.html
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Forget Kale, Try These Three REAL Superfoods
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They can purify water, feed a family of four for 50 years, and help combat climate change — and you've probably never heard of the.
Don't get me wrong. I'm a fan of kale.
But kale is absolutely, positively not a superfood.
A superfood is high in protein, low in fat, gluten-free, loaded with omega-3s, bursting with antioxidants and overflowing with folate, fiber and phytonutrients. But the vast majority of what gets called a superfood these days should be called "health food." Yes, health food is a perfectly suitable descriptor for goji berries, pomegranates and chia seeds.
To get an idea of a true superfood, look at quinoa. The Andean grain is more than just a high protein, low-fat, gluten-free alternative to rice or pasta. Quinoa is not only one of the only plants in the world that provides a complete source of protein. It is also an extraordinarily resilient plant. You can grow it at just about any altitude, from sea-level up to 13,000 feet. It can withstand a wide range of temperatures, and needs very little water to survive. There's a reason why the United Nations General Assembly declared 2013 "The International Year of Quinoa" and not "The International Year of the Goji Berry."
Kelp is another example of a true superfood. It's not merely high in protein, low in fat and loaded with heart-healthy antioxidants. It grows at turbo speed (9 to 12 feet in three months) without the need for fresh water or fertilizer. Kelp could provide the world with a vast new source of sustainable protein — and potentially reduce greenhouse gas emissions. (Kelp forests are carbon sinks.)
Real superfoods possess super-traits — like the ability to grow astronomically fast in some of the world's harshest climates. Or the ability to make dirty water safe for drinking. Or the ability to feed a family of four for 50 years. Here are three superfoods, largely unknown in the United States now, that will quite possibly become the next quinoa.
The Moringa Tree
It's often called the "the miracle tree" or the "tree of life." In the Philippines, they call it a "mother's best friend." In Senegal, it's the "never die tree."
Virtually every part of the moringa tree (Moringa oleifera) — pods that taste like string beans, leaves redolent of spinach, seeds reminiscent of peanuts, roots that taste like horseradish — is edible and packed with nutrients. A small serving of the humble-looking moringa's tiny leaves has seven times the amount of vitamin C of an orange, four times the calcium of milk, and four times the beta-carotene of carrots, according to nutrition researcher C. Gopalan's Nutritive Value of Indian Foods. Not surprisingly, the tree, which is native to north India, is developing a cult following among natural foods enthusiasts.
The Breadfruit
The breadfruit looks like a green soccer ball with pimples. And it tastes like sourdough bread. The first time I tried it, I thought "blah."
But there's a vigorous effort underway to get people to love this ugly, tasteless fruit; some believe the breadfruit could save millions of people annually from starvation.
Native to tropical regions in the South Pacific, the breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis), known as Ulu in Hawaiian, is a nutritional powerhouse — one cup of breadfruit has more potassium than three bananas, according to the USDA, and it's loaded with fiber, calcium, phosphorous, copper and other essential nutrients. Some cultivars also have high levels of beta-carotene, which makes it a promising weapon against vitamin A deficiency, the leading cause of blindness in children.
The breadfruit is a remarkably low-maintenance yet extraordinarily productive tree. A mature tree yields 450 pounds of fruit per season, according to Josh Schneider, a horticulturalist at Global Breadfruit, an organization that promotes the use of the breadfruit tree. Schneider estimated in an interview that one breadfruit tree could feed a family of four for more than 50 years.
A growing group of NGOs, like Global Breadfruit and the Trees That Feed Foundation, are now dedicated to spreading the use of the trees, and it's not just because breadfruit is one of Earth's highest yielding food crops. Studies show that more than 80% of the world's poor and hungry live in subtropical regions — perfect for breadfruit trees. And recent breeding improvements are accelerating the speed of a tree's growth. Now, you can produce fruit in 2 to 3 years, Schneider said
One breadfruit evangelist, Hawaiian horticulturalist Diane Ragone, like me, didn't care for the breadfruit on her first taste (she likened it to "undercooked potatoes"), but now thinks the fruit's underwhelming taste is easily surmountable. Ragone's advice: sauté them. "Think of sautéed breadfruit as a platform for any kind of cuisine or flavor," Ragone told theWall Street Journal. Others talk about the breadfruit's potential as a food ingredient and as an alternative to flour. Imagine a bagel that could prevent millions of children from going blind.
The Prickly Pear Cactus
The prickly pear cactus, what botantists call opuntia ficus-indica has lots of healthy qualities — high in vitamins, fiber and antioxidants, low in fat — and it all comes from some of the driest and worst land on the planet.
Some beleaguered farmers in arid places like California's drought-stricken San Joaquin Valley are starting to see the light. Instead of fighting water shortages and desertification, they're adapting. One article about a maverick cactus farmer likened it to making lemonade out of lemons. Andclimate forecasts suggest that more farmers around the world will be drawn to a crop that can not only flourish with little or no irrigation, but can also tolerate poor soil.
The food-of-the-future cacti is not the puny cacti you've seen driving through Arizona. Scientists in water-starved places like Israel, California and Texas have worked for years to create food-friendly varieties, which are much bigger and have no needles. Smooth skinned and frost-resistant, today's cacti were the subject of a 2013 United Nations report on industrial-scale cacti cultivation, highlighting successes in the developing world. But don't think the cactus is just a "feed theworld" crop for an apocalyptic scenario.
Food writer Sam Brasch, who suggests that the prickly pear could be "the next kale," describes its flesh as "landing somewhere between a watermelon and a kiwi." The prickly pear is also promising because it can be used in so many ways — for juices, jams and jellies; some studies even suggest that it's a hangover cure.
Each of these three superfoods has the potential to not only improve your health, but also improve the world–and you'll inevitably see them at Whole Foods.
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