In the past decade, there has been growing concern over the numbers of bees buzzing around our countryside. Bees are one of the major groups of insects responsible for carrying pollen from one plant to another to ensure the growth…
Open Data Aha!
Signposting to open data being used in 'real life'
Tag: Food supply
Bees and biodiversity
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Posted in Data Journalism, Journalism, Posts from feeds, Resilience
Tagged with: bees, biodiversity, crops, data, Food, Food supply, fruit, insects, Leila Battison, pollen, pollination, pollinators, research, statistics, Statistics Views
Top 5 Ways Open Data Is Changing Lives
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We’ve scoured the news for the most spectacular ways open data is transforming the world right now. Here are our top five picks — do you agree? Tell us your ideas. Giving the World’s Crisis Workers Vital Information “How many…
Tagged with: crisis, Data stories, Drinking water, earthquake, Edinburgh, Food, Food supply, Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX), mWater, Nepal, open data, Police, public health, public safety, science, Socrata, Water.org
From field to market to kitchen: smarter food for smarter cities
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(A US Department of Agriculture inspector examines a shipment of imported frozen meat in New Orleans in 2013. Photo by Anson Eaglin) One of the biggest challenges associated with the rapid urbanisation of the world’s population is working out how…
Tagged with: Agriculture, Countryside, data, farming, field, Food, Food supply, Global Harvest Initiative, industrialisation, kitchen, market, meat, open data, population, Rick Robinson, Smart Cities, technology, urbanisation
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