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April 24, 2011 08:55 pm GMT
This is a guest post from Ali Partovi, angel investor, startup advisor and serial entrepreneur. He co-founded iLike, acquired by Myspace in 2009, and LinkExchange, acquired by Microsoft for $265 million in 1998. His portfolio has included successes as far-ranging as Zappos, Facebook, DropBox and OPOWER.Around Earth Day, we're reminded about global warming and pollution, as well as the "green" technologies and consumer choices that may save our planet. We don't hear as much about agriculture, one of the world's largest polluters, nor do we appreciate the environmental impact of our diet.According to research by the World Resources Institute, agriculture is mankind's biggest contributor to climate change, generating at least 26 percent of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide " more than from all electricity and industry or from all the world's planes, trains and automobiles.Feeding the growing world population using today's practices is increasingly unsustainable. Just as we need new technologies in areas like renewable energy, we need more "renewable" approaches to producing the most primal form of energy: food... 
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Food Is The New Frontier In Green Tech
This is a guest post from Ali Partovi, angel investor, startup advisor and serial entrepreneur. He co-founded iLike, acquired by Myspace in 2009, and LinkExchange, acquired by Microsoft for $265 million in 1998. His portfolio has included successes as far-ranging as Zappos, Facebook, DropBox and OPOWER.Around Earth Day, we're reminded about global warming and pollution, as well as the "green" technologies and consumer choices that may save our planet. We don't hear as much about agriculture, one of the world's largest polluters, nor do we appreciate the environmental impact of our diet.According to research by the World Resources Institute, agriculture is mankind's biggest contributor to climate change, generating at least 26 percent of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide " more than from all electricity and industry or from all the world's planes, trains and automobiles.Feeding the growing world population using today's practices is increasingly unsustainable. Just as we need new technologies in areas like renewable energy, we need more "renewable" approaches to producing the most primal form of energy: food... Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/GMMeUQ0XxB8/
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