Some interesting news stories that caught my eye recently… Enjoy!

• Don’t sling it – refurb it. Discarded household products such as vacuum cleaners get a new lease of life w/ Electrofarm http://bit.ly/yRjNZM
• Win:Win – paper shows its poss to simultaneously mitigate near-Term climate change & improve health & food security: http://bit.ly/yywvGg
• Ducking good idea: Ducks replace paddy-field pesticides: They feed on insects & weeds, not rice & poo is fab fertiliser: http://bit.ly/xiPphN
• Study finds organic farming in India provide 30% more jobs than non-organic farming & can increase income by about 250% http://bit.ly/AlzptH
• Go Croydon NHS! Croydon Health Services pays £24k to get Burger King out of hospital: http://bit.ly/zJNzyS
• Scientists link mass death of British bees to farm pesticides: http://bit.ly/yPfOYG
• India to open up its retail sector to foreign brands after all: http://on.ft.com/FOUKUs
• McDonald’s to give away books with UK Happy Meals making them briefly the nations biggest book retailer: http://tgr.ph/x4CxTT
• Hospital Patients fed on £2.57 a day – shocking when nutrition is so vital when unwell: http://tgr.ph/zrgEFX
• A chilling article by George Monbiot on some undemocratic goings on in British government: http://bit.ly/Adv7Uu
• An interesting way to make use of old aircraft – turn them into hotel rooms! http://bit.ly/xIqaU6
• M&S gives strawberries longer life with new packaging innovation http://bit.ly/x9f3hg