Month June 2011

Tomatoland. Human slavery in the tomato fields of Florida

How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit The tomato on the cover of Tomatoland, written by Barry Estabrook, tells the whole story. It is lusciously red, spherical, and almost certainly tasteless. The book focuses on Florida, where tomatoes…

UK planning for end of euro, Greece bankruptcy

Treasury ministers have admitted that the Government is drawing up contingency plans for a Greek bankruptcy after being warned by a former foreign secretary that the euro “cannot last”. Events are moving much faster than previously imagined. “Turn around,…

Continuous Chest Compression CPR twice as effective

Continuous Chest Compression CPR, a hands-only CPR method, doubles a person’s chance of surviving cardiac arrest. It’s easy and does not require mouth-to-mouth contact, making it more likely bystanders will try to help, and it was developed at the University…