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Moth balls
Claire Robinson
1st September, 2008
Is the light brown apple moth such a danger to crops both agricultural and financial that the US government will risk the health of its citizens to eradicate it? They spray, you pay, warns Claire Robinson more...
FAO backpedals on organics under agribusiness pressure
News
1st May, 2008
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization made a u-turn against organic agriculture after lobbying by the biotechnology industry, according to documents seen by the Ecologist. more...
10 reasons why GM won't feed the world
Mark Anslow
1st March, 2008
Genetic modification can't deliver a safe, secure future food supply. Here's why... more...
Give Bees a chance
Pat Thomas
11th February, 2008
Recent reports of catastrophic declines in bee populations have had scientists buzzing around looking for a plausible explanation. Is it mites? Is it GM crops? Is it mobile phones or habitat loss? It's all of these things, says Pat Thomas, but it's also so much more than that. more...
Government committee wants to see more GM crops
News
4th May, 2007
A government committee has suggested that ministers and policy makers look more favourably upon genetically modified (GM) crops if they can be shown to have an environmental benefit. more...
Parkinson's disease linked to pesticides
News
24th April, 2007
The link between exposure to chemical pesticides and Parkinson’s disease has become even clearer, following the release of data from two new studies, ENN reports. more...
Biofuels Report: Forests or Fuel
Renton Righelato
1st March, 2007
The world’s forests are natural carbon ‘sinks’ that remove and store atmospheric CO2. So why, in the name of saving the earth, asks Renton Righelato, are we cutting down these precious resources to make way for fuel crops? more...
Biofuels - facts and fiction
Mark Anslow
19th February, 2007
The claims for biofuels make it seem truly a wonder crop. Mark Anslow separates the wheat from the chaff more...
Humanity's worst invention: Agriculture
Clive Dennis
22nd September, 2006
By radically changing the way we acquire our food, the development of agriculture has condemned us to live worse than ever before. Not only that, agriculture has led to the first significant instances of large-scale war, inequality, poverty, crime, famine and human induced climate change and mass extinction.By Clive W. Dennis (winner of the Ecologist/Coady International Institute 2006 Essay Competition) more...
Colombia's killing fields - The first bio-war of the 21st century
Sue Branford and Hugh O’Shaughnessy
1st March, 2006
We were sitting chatting outside our home when two small planes flew over very low. We went down to our fields to see what was happening. My husband said, “Look, they’re dropping poison on our land.” more...
Percy Schmeiser: the man that took on Monsanto
Edward Goldsmith.
1st May, 2004
For 40 years Percy Schmeiser grew oilseed rape on his farm in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Usually, he would sow each year’s crop with seeds saved from the previous harvest. In 1998 Monsanto took Schmeiser to court. more...
Adopt a veg
Alexandra Abrahams
1st October, 2003
Have you ever heard of – let alone tasted – the Rats Tail radish, the Crookneck squash or the Prince of Prussia pea? We report on what’s being done to save Britain’s rich agricultural heritage.more...
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Debate, What Debate?
Andy Rowell
1st July, 2003
The GM public debate, which runs throughout June and July, is the public’s chance to express any concerns it may have over the growing of GM crops in Britain. Andy Rowell explains why your participation is vital more...
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