The press are just waiting to stick the knife into organics... but read this new study carefully and you'll realise that this is an infant science
… compounds, magnesium, zinc, flavonoids, sugars, dry matter, and phosphorus. Some of … are neither here nor there: levels of sugar and dry matter are unlikely to affect …
Can organic farming feed the world? Ed Hamer and Mark Anslow say yes, but we must eat and farm differently
… farming would see cereal, rapeseed and sugar beet yields fall by between 30 and 60 … could have organic cereals, potatoes, sugar, vegetables and fruit, fish, pork, …
Can organic farming feed the world? Ed Hamer and Mark Anslow say yes, but we must farm and eat differently
… farming would see cereal, rapeseed and sugar beet yields fall by between 30 and 60 … could have organic cereals, potatoes, sugar, vegetables and fruit, fish, pork, …
Whether we like it or not, the Government says that we must accept the necessity of genetically modified crops to fuel, feed and heal the world. Leading academics, researchers and campaigners in the GM arena address the science and the spin of the GM 'solution', as well as looking at alternatives that are already contributing to a sustainable farming future.
… GM herbicide-tolerant crops, such as maize, sugar beet and oilseed rape, could put yet … of Farm Scale Evaluations (FSEs), where GM sugar and fodder beet, maize and oilseed rape … results of the FSEs for spring oilseed rape, sugar and fodder beet and maize were also …
In the past decade, the sales pitch of the biotech companies has shifted with the climate of public opinion. Public scepticism has remained high, but politicians seem to have bought enthusiastically into the GM ‘solution’. In many ways this encapsulates where science has gone wrong – by inventing technologies without first deciding what problems need addressing. If GM crops are the answer, what exactly is the problem?
… and enforced over the thousands acres of sugar beet in the UK. Pressed for success …