Ross Hume Hall explains how bureaucracy and regulations are crushing small farmers in the USA
The other cider the farm gate Ross Hume Hall | 1st June 2000 News Cider Pasteurisation Small Farmers US Food And Drug Administration Unpasteurized Cider Unfermented Unfiltered Apple Juice Wine Beer …
Peter Rosset argues for small farms in the North...and Vandana Shiva champions those in the South
Small scale farming: A global perspective Peter Rosset Vandana Shiva | 3rd June 2000 News Local Food Production Farming Rural Communities Farmers' Markets Productivity Efficiency Agriculture Farming …
Big may look impressive, but life can be hell for the individual in agriculture today. The problems are vast and complex, and do not lend themselves to easy answers. So what is the agricultural crisis all about, and what can be done to tackle it? Steven Gorelick seeks out the true root of the crisis.
… (USDA) estimates that this year’s price for major commodities like cotton and soybeans will … the prices farmers will receive. According to Joel Dyer, author of Harvest of Rage , farmers … is used to support cattle and chickens. Jose Lutzenberger, former Brazilian Minister …
How can the small, conscientious farmer survive in today’s ruthless, modern marketplace? How, in a system designed for giants, can the midget hope to prosper? Sally Fallon suggests ways that local food culture could be rejuvenated
Sausages, sauerkraut and cheese Sally Fallon | 6th June 2000 News Local Food Production Sauerkraut Pickling Food Wastage Food Miles Lacto-fermented Drinks Preservation Local Food Production Campaigns …
Steven Gorelick lays out just a few of the policy changes, priority shifts and new approaches that could help save rural life, and lead to more sustainable farming
… help bring back some of the 700,000 farm jobs the UK has lost during the last …
By using taxpayers' money to back environmentally-destructive projects around the world, ECAs are lining the pockets of multinational companies at the expense of the planet. Export credit agencies, explains Simon Retallack, are the worlds largest public financiers of environmental destruction.
… destruction. As more and more people join the international campaign against … abroad than any other public body, but the majority lack even the most basic standards of … that benefit from ECA guarantees. The majority also have few if any of the detailed …
A new threat to whales, dolphins and other marine life exists in the worlds oceans, as the US Navys new sonar technology could have huge long-term effects on their whole way of life. Leigh Calvez reveals why the lords of the sea aren't singing any more.
Deafness in the deep Leigh Calvez | 7th June 2000 News Whales Sonar US Naval Sonar Low Frequency Active Sonar Whale Behaviour Whale Song Low-frequency Sound Whales Technology Military Natural World …
A Norwegian research scientist can trace PCB pollution on the seabed along the Norwegian coast directly back to the manufacturer. Norwegian authorities are considering suing chemical giants such as Monsanto and Bayer for millions of pounds. They may now pay for their misdemeanours, says Tom Erik Økland
… banned the sale of fish from a number of fjord areas. Clean-up is essential but it is … in 1998 and 1999. The intention was to do the job that the authorities had never done - to … simple - if PCB is found is the middle of a fjord, there must be one or more sources. If …
Are we getting the facts about the world from a free press, or being led astray by a corporate media uninterested in the real issues? Writer and thinker David Edwards argues it out with environmental journalist Caspar Henderson
… Edwards argues it out with environmental journalist Caspar Henderson Dear Caspar … scientist Thomas Ferguson observes that the major media, ‘controlled by large … similarly reflected in the media where, as journalist Ross Gelbspan has noted, news on …
If trends continue the world’s great apes are doomed to extinction. But one unique rehabilitation project in West Africa is challenging this bleak picture. Beatrice Newbery reports
… Gorilla Santuary Nature Reserve Gabon John Aspinall Species Extinction Conservation … was moved at the age of three and a half to join the Gabon Gorilla Orphanage, a jungle … ban. Sophie, a hairy primadona who doesn’t enjoy getting her feet wet, was rescued and …
For the last several months, newspapers in Britain have been overflowing with reports that vitamins are bad for our health. The most recent and most damaging of these concerns the supposed discovery, given worldwide publicity, that vitamin C can clog the arteries. Lynne McTaggart deciphers the medical truth
… enough to merit this wholesale demolition job. For instance, the vitamin C story …
Gard Binney examines the need for an alternative to the dominant development paradigm of globalisation.
Why you can't develop a nation Gard Binney | 11th June 2000 News Globalisation Economy Consumerism Developing Nation Growing The Economy Clinton Ghandi Third World Sweatshops Globalisation Economics …
Aidan Rankin argues that modern liberal values can be more of a threat than a liberation.
Why greens should be politically incorrect Aidan Rankin | 12th June 2000 News Innu Innuit Hunting Trapping Nomadic People Sustainable Hunting Green Politics Ecologist Ecology Green Thought Green …
Despite modern man’s failure to defeat cancer, the established medical approach continues to dismiss alternative therapies. Sufferer Tina Cooke knows why.
Finding extra lattitude on the topic of cancer Tina Cooke | 14th June 2000 News Cancer Vitamins Alternative Therapy Chemotherapy Oncologists Cancer Holistic Medicine NHS Health Science And Technology …
Kirkpatrick Sale is shocked by a new and disturbing view of the ecological role of the American Indian.
… Ecological Indian Shepard Krech III Powhatan John Smith Pocahontas Native Americans … my people thrice,’ the Powhatan chief told John Smith, showing him the few villages and …