A new study shows that the market-leading Roundup herbicide kills soil microbiota at concentrations 50 times lower than used in agriculture, writes Claire Robinson. The findings raise serious new concerns about the environmental impacts of glyphosate herbicides.
… at concentrations 50 times lower than used in agriculture, writes Claire Robinson. The … a dilution 100 times less than that used in agriculture - an environmentally relevant …
News headlines today suggest that a UN report on glyphosate residues has given the controversial herbicide a clean bill of health, writes Georgina Downs. But that's seriously misleading: the panel concludes that exposure to the chemical in food is unlikely to cause cancer. But that does not apply to those exposed to it occupationally or who live near sprayed fields.
… weed killer product and widely used in agriculture and by gardeners, is unlikely to … a new safety review by United Nations health, agriculture and food experts." Yet these … from a Joint Meeting of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations …
Those opposed to the mass release of GM crops and foods inadequately tested for health and ecological safety are routinely accused of being anti-science, writes Elizabeth Henderson. But it's the GM corporations and their academic allies that are suppressing scientific research, and organic farmers that are building alliances with independent scientists for a future of safe, healthy food.
… Movement's (IFOAM) definition that organic agriculture is a production system that … use of inputs with adverse effects. Organic agriculture combines tradition, innovation and … I served for four years on the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program …
From sheep food to chili peppers - the new seed stores being deposited this week at the Arctic Vault take the world a step closer to future food security say the participating organisations
… May 2016 News Food Security Seed Deposits Agriculture Artic Seed Vault Gene Banks the … diversity, essential for the health of global agriculture and food production, which is … with its partners, the Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture and NordGen. Marie Haga, …
The corporate war on traditional farming is nowhere fiercer than in India, writes Colin Todhunter. After decades of the 'Green Revolution' that have impoverished the nation's soils, water, biodiversity and cultivators alike, agribusiness is poised for its final strike. But now the small scale farmers who produce most of the country's food are rediscovering ancient agroecological alternatives.
… ultimate aim of privileging their model of agriculture ahead of others, which they or … up with a model of industrialised food and agriculture dominated by green revolution … agricultural biodiversity and organic agriculture. The farm also conducts research …
The leaked chapters of the EU-US TTIP 'free trade' deal reveal a shredding of health, environmental and other protections for consumers and citizens, writes Pete Dolack. It's a wet dream for corporate monopolists and profiteers, and the elite bureaucrats that serve them. But for civil society it represents an irreversible destruction of democracy itself.
… which, inter alia, covers regulations on agriculture, can easily be interpreted to … So much for democracy! There is also an agriculture chapter, which contains this … to facilitate the successful conclusion of agriculture negotiations in the WTO that …
Amidst the turmoil of the presidential impeachment, writes Jan Rocha, right wing members of Brazil's Congress are set to pass new laws that would build new roads across the Amazon, open up indigenous reserves to industrial exploitation, and create a surge in carbon emissions from burning forests.
… Grosso, and is tipped to be the minister of agriculture in the new government that will … instead of clearing them for mechanised agriculture or cattle grazing. By law certain … Grosso, and is tipped to be the minister of agriculture in the new government. …
A constitutional amendment that would allow 'strategic' public works including dams, roads, mines and other mega-projects to go ahead following the mere completion of an environmental impact assessment is being considered by a Committee of the Brazilian Senate, writes Helle Abelvik-Lawson.
… forward by Senator Blairo Maggi , the new agriculture minister in the newly appointed … environmentalists and those who take care of agriculture in the country" - referring …
The Rampal coal power plant in Bangladesh, near the world's greatest mangrove forest, is a deeply misconceived project that must be abandoned, writes Johan Frijns in this Open Letter to the Exim Bank of India - which is planning to finance its construction. It would severely damage the precious local environment and wildlife, while adding to global climate change and sea level rise.
… build the coal plant were previously used for agriculture and farming activities. With … social forestry and major destruction of agriculture. Threatens to destroy the unique, …
Apparent 'victories' in the fight against toxic chemicals - like the EU's failure to re-approve glyphosate yesterday - are illusory, writes Jonathan Latham. The real problem is not one of specific 'bad actors', but the entire system that allows new, likely to be toxic compounds to pollute the environment in near-total ignorance of their impacts. It's time to take our campaigning to a whole new level.
… usages (e.g. in all food or in all of agriculture)? Or on chemical use in particular … chemicals replaced DDT, which was banned in agriculture following Rachel Carson's Silent … atrazine and 2,4-D, all commonly used in US agriculture. Between them, Canadian regulators …
The inspiration for the pioneering Footprint Identification Technique (FIT) technology sprang from an unexpected source - traditional ecological wisdom. Conservationists Zoe Jewell & Sky Alibhai explain how that happened.
… revolution, before the wheel, even before agriculture. Humans had evolved a complex and …
For most of 2015 Walter Lewis travelled around England and Wales meeting and photographing people producing food outside the confines of mainstream agriculture - working out of a passion for the earth and the Earth rather than for commercial gain. He completed his exploration inspired, and determined to spread word of quiet revolution under way across the fields of Britain.
… food outside the confines of mainstream agriculture - working out of a passion for the …
The inspiration for the pioneering Footprint Identification Technique (FIT) technology sprang from an unexpected source - traditional ecological wisdom. Conservationists Zoe Jewell & Sky Alibai explain how that happened.
… revolution, before the wheel, even before agriculture. Humans had evolved a complex and …
The inspiration for Footprint Identification Technology (FIT) sprang from an unexpected source - traditional ecological know how. Conservationists Zoe Jewell & Sky Alibhai explain how that happened
… revolution, before the wheel, even before agriculture. Humans had evolved a complex and …
The inspiration for the pioneering Footprint Identification Technique (FIT) technology sprang from an unexpected source - traditional ecological wisdom. Conservationists Zoe Jewell & Sky Alibai explain how that happened.
… revolution, before the wheel, even before agriculture. Humans had evolved a complex and …
The inspiration for the pioneering Footprint Identification Technique (FIT) technology sprang from an unexpected source - traditional ecological wisdom. Conservationists Zoe Jewell & Sky Alibai explain how that happened.
… revolution, before the wheel, even before agriculture. Humans had evolved a complex and …
The Royal Society has form on GM crops, writes the Soil Association - consistently Gung-ho! for the last 20 years, while refusing to engage with critics of the technology or even accept the existence of any problems. Its latest effort represents more of the same, while exposing this once August body to ridicule for its egregious scientific howlers.
… about the application of GM technology to agriculture listed among the authors. …
The closing down of a community radio station in eastern Paraguay is the latest example of political repression in the country with the most unequal land distribution in Latin America, writes Toby Hill, and in which the media are dominated by a tiny elite of the super-rich. As small farmers begin to reclaim the land that is rightfully theirs, landowners and the state they control are striking back.
Amid corruption, poverty and violence, Paraguay's rural poor fight for land and freedom Toby Hill | 27th May 2016 News Paraguay South America The Land Farming Society Politics paraguay-cut.jpg The …
The TTIP EU-US trade deal has finally hit the rocks with massive popular opposition on both sides of the Atlantic gaining serious political traction, write Guy Taylor & Nick Dearden. There's now a good chance that TTIP will be defeated - but first we must make sure that CETA, the equally toxic EU-Canada 'Trojan Horse' deal, bites the dust.
… of the essential principles of our agriculture, our culture, of mutual access to …
The lives of all the thousands of badgers slaughtered in the name of TB eradication have been lost in vain, writes Martin Hancox. The cryptic reservoir of bovine TB is the cattle themselves, and no amount of badger killing will make the slightest difference to the problem. Once we have grasped this reality the solution is astonishingly simple: improved TB testing that picks up all infected cattle.
… and More as regards Eire DAFM (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine) policy on TB …
Madagascar's unique Spiny Forest, a stronghold for the island's lemurs, is fast being felled for charcoal, writes Charlie Gardner - and it's a knock-on impact of the increasingly unpredictable climate and sparse rains that are forcing farmers from the land. To create a 'safety net' for the forest, first safety nets must be put in place to protect displaced farmers, fishers and pastoralists.
… cultivation (also known as slash-and-burn agriculture), and the production of charcoal. …
The EPA's release of an internal memorandum last month showing the increasing use of the cancer-linked weedkiller glyphosate looked like a welcome opening up of information to the public, writes Carey Gillam. But then it was suddenly withdrawn, along with other related documents - though not before she grabbed her copy and reviewed the scale and scope of glyphosate usage.
Withdrawn: the EPA's memo on the increasing use of glyphosate on food crops Carey Gillam USRTK | 10th May 2016 Comment Food Farming Regulation Pesticides Health USA almond-blossom-cut.jpg The EPA's …
Slavery is a terrible thing for the world's estimated 36 million slaves, writes Kevin Bales. But it's also an environmental disaster. Many slaves are forced to work in destructive activities like clearing forests for mines, farms and plantations - making slave labour the world's third biggest 'country' in terms of CO2 emissions. It really is time to end slavery!
… of thousands of slave-based enterprises in agriculture, mining, brick making, timbering, …
Conservative councillors have passed an application to frack in the Yorkshire Dales by Third Energy, signalling the return of shale gas exploitation in the UK after a five year break, writes Victoria Seabrook. Campaigners vow: 'We will fight on!'
… move on. All the while jobs in farming and agriculture are damaged." Simon Bowens, …