Why are GM crops being grown, how are plants genetically modified, where is it being cultivated, who’s in control and what is being researched and developed?
… trials have taken place in California of GM rice containing human genes for drug … improved crops such as pro-Vitamin A enhanced rice (called ‘Golden Rice’) and oils that could, for example, lower …
Ladakh is framed by the Karakoram mountains to the north and the Himalayas to the south. Yet even in this remote environment the forces of global consumerism are intruding. Nicola Graydon reports on the locals' inspiring defence of their culture
… the story is very different. Subsidised rice, sugar, wheat and other foodstuffs, … diet and, more importantly, undercutting the price of locally harvested produce. A … flour, for instance, sells for half the price of local flour and is destroying the …
Branston Pickle. Baked Beans. Cough Mixture. Ketchup. Are there any products on our shelves that don’t contain sugar?
… dressing 11.5 Safeway curry-style savoury rice 10.7 Quaker Sugar Puffs The box says … children's breakfast cereals, Weetabix and Rice Krispies, were less than one-fifth sugar. … £1 billion a year and ensure a guaranteed EU price for sugar that is more than three times …
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.
… 2,000 varieties 50 traditional rice varieties were grown in China in 1970; 21 …
Concerned for the future of the planet? Wait till you hear about the Project for the New American Century. By William Rivers Pitt.
… with national security adviser Condoleezza Rice to formulate a plan to ‘educate’ the US … seem tame by comparison. All this is the price of empire, and the men of PNAC who now …
Ros Coward reports from Murcia in southern Spain, the driest place in Europe, where tourism and intensive agriculture is draining its meagre water supplies and causing a growing environmental crisis.
… What really makes your mind up though is the price of the flight – as little as £4.50. For … is still dependent on the river (for growing rice, fishing and transportation), walls in … and the flow of fresh water permits the rice cultivation. Its levels are already …
Nanotechnology has the power to affect every aspect of life on the planet. Here, the Ecologist presents the many claims of its promoters and outlines some of the major developments taking place now or in the near future. In response, some of it’s leading critics analyse the risks that nanotechnology poses in their various fields of expertise.
… and fuel cells from the start of 2004. Rice University is developing methods that use …
In the 1930s US dentist Weston Price travelled the world to study the diets of ‘primitive’ peoples. He found a startling lack of disease and proof that a system of environmentally-friendly local food production is the best way to ensure human health.
… Primitive Diets Traditional Diets Weston Price Diet And Disease Daily Diet Vegetarianism … In the 1930s US dentist Weston Price travelled the world to study the diets of … one dentist in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr Weston Price was reluctant to accept the conditions …