As the people of Argentina are driven by economic collapse to the point of starvation, a new solution is being imposed upon them. Ben Backwell reports on a country being force fed genetically modified soya designed not for humans, but for cattle
… Soya Republic Ben Backwell | 1st February 2003 News Gm Soya Argentina Genetically Modified Biotech … Agribusiness Biotechnology Agribusiness Soya Biotechnology Gm Products Soya Farming …
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?
… Genetically Modified Research And Development Soya Biotechnology Gm Products Natural World … hectares % crop worldwide of total HT soya bean 36.5 62 Bt maize 7.7 … to assess the safety of herbicide-resistant soya beans made by Monsanto, 36 cows were …
Is it worse than Mc Donalds? The BLT sandwich is an icon, the ultimate symbol of convenience culture. Tesco alone sells 5 million a year. This is what the £1.80 you pay for your BLT buys...
… pigs' lives. It comprises of barley, wheat, soya, minerals, fat, fishmeal and milk. … pig nears slaughter weight – so the level of soya in weaner feed is 8% rising to 20% in finishers. Soya is liked because it’s cheap and has a …
The promise of more food from increased yields is driving the appeal for more GM crops, but that promise is theoretical and unfulfilled, argue Dr Ricarda A Steinbrecher and Antje Lorch
… use of leguminous cover crops (e.g. pulses, soya, groundnuts) could replace the amount of … from the American Soybean Association, US soya yields (in kilograms per hectare) … them as GM variants. HERBICIDE-TOLERANT SOYA As reported in 2001, and for reasons not …
We didn’t want GM on your table, but the crucial question now is, will we allow it in our tanks? Robin Maynard and Pat Thomas report
… relies on oils such as sunflower, palm or soya, increased demand will also mean more … demand for GM oilseed crops, in particular soya beans. In Europe, where public resistance … Lula of Brazil recently declared that GM soya will be used for biofuels, while ‘good …
A simple experiment by a Russian scientist to see if eating GM soya influenced the offspring of mice, could threaten the multi-billion dollar GM industry.
… Jeffrey Smith | 1st December 2005 News GM Soy Soya Mice Gm Products Soya Food And Farming Health Science And … by a Russian scientist to see if eating GM soya influenced the offspring of mice, could …
In the penultimate extract from Fatal Harvest’s demolition of agribusiness disinformation, The Ecologist assesses the claim that biotechnology will solve industrial agriculture’s ills.
… Roundup herbicide. The seeds – usually for soya beans, cotton or canola – allow farmers … showed that growing herbicide-resistant soya beans actually resulted in lower … than that achieved with conventional soya beans. These results confirmed the …
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.
… of those years. Back in 1996, the first GM soya shipments arrived from the US. Within … sale in the UK was thought to contain some GM soya. There was little publicity and no … crops is nothing new. Since the first GM soya of 1996, only two GM traits have been …
Investigative films on key environmental and climate change issues from the Ecologist Film Unit
… in Holland; the human rights abuses linked to soya cultivation in Paraguay; and the planned … and environmental devastation in Paraguay’s soya fields Sick As A pig – the menace of MRSA …
Plant fuels can never meet our current and growing energy needs and, as Robin Maynard reports, adopting a ‘carbohydrate economy’ may prove disastrous for our farmers, our food supply and our future
… bioethanol; while the ever-expanding area of soya-bean plantings, already a leading cause … – mostly illegally – been destroyed to grow soya beans. Going bust Norfolk may seem a long … the flames of that brutal competition. US soya-bean farmers felt the heat last year: …
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)
… Organics Agribusiness Fast Food Organics Soya Sugar Biotechnology Climate … is replaced by 10 billion hectares of wheat, soya or ranch land, the consequences are …
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.
… if their neighbours are growing its canola or soya… They are told to inform on their …
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?
… other crops: the annual inflation rate for GM soya meal from Argentina to May 2008 was a …
Since defeating the government in 1984 over its compulsory warble fly erradication scheme, Mark Purdey has been travelling the world to find the real cause of BSE and vCJD. His conclusions are controversial, fascinating, and if proved right, will cost the government millions in compensation.
… also present in trendy food products such as soya, which naturally bio-accumulate high …