Boycott Coca-Cola and make money for the victims of Coca-Cola. How much can we make?
… president, chanting 'kill the Coke contract'. Union action The large US unions that have called for a boycott of Coke … include the Service Employees International Union, the AFL-CIO, the American Postal …
University of East Anglia is the latest institution to vote to ditch the sale of beef on campus, with other Students' Unions looking to follow.
… sale of beef on campus, with other Students' Unions looking to follow. The University of East Anglia's student-elected Union Council has passed a motion to ban the … on campus for climate change reasons. The union says students are becoming more …
Bee-killing insecticides will face a near total ban in Europe following a vote by member states in favour of proposals by the European Commission. The UK government supported the ban, which it says it will maintain after Brexit. CATHERINE EARLY reports
… Campaigners rejoice European Union neonicotinoid ban Catherine Early | 30th … types of neonicotinoids across the European Union (EU) has been extended to cover all … to bees. However, the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) said that the EU’s decision was …
Migrant workers are vital for meeting the UK's demand for year-round fruit and vegetables. But despite improvements since the Morecambe Bay tragedy, allegations of poor conditions and abuse in the horticulture sector persist. Andrew Wasley reports
… she claims, after taking time off to attend a union meeting. 'I didn't encounter these … She believes that her activities for a trade union played a role in the agency's decision … fear... I was dismissed because I came to a union meeting,' she says. 'Systematic' …
Unilever denies some female employees at its Rainforest Alliance-certified tea plantation in Kenya are subjected to sexual harassment. But Dutch research outfit SOMO paints a very different picture. Verity Largo and Andrew Wasley report
… harassment of workers belonging to trade unions, and a number of problems relating to … what would be the point?' What about the unions? Joshua Maywen, branch secretary of the … Kenyan Agricultural and Plantation Workers Union, acknowledged to the Ecologist that …
Last year celebrity pig farmer Jimmy Doherty kept 1000 organically reared pigs, while this year apparently he's raised barely 200. But if Jimmy’s farm is on the skids, the same cannot be said of his career as a media celeb.
… London saw Jimmy crowned “National Farmers' Union (NFU) Farming Champion”, thanks to his … a paid advertisement for the National Farmers Union, there was good reason. Farmers Weekly … are going to do that," but, “One approach the union has been taking is to work with TV and …
International supply chains leave the horticultural workers harvesting our food in poor countries highly vulnerable to exploitation. Retailers, unions, NGOs and governments must work together to tackle this, says Julia Hawkins
… highly vulnerable to exploitation. Retailers, unions, NGOs and governments must work … just with their peers, but also with trade unions that represent workers as well as the … suppliers to allow workers to organise into unions and other representative structures, so …
Across Italy an invisible army of migrant workers harvests tomatoes destined for our dinner plates. Paid poverty wages and living in squalor, medical charities have described conditions as 'hell'. Andrew Wasley reports from Basilicata, southern Italy
… in order to survive. Human rights groups and unions say as many 50,000 migrant workers … have spoken out, according to campaigners . Union officials told the Ecologist they are … increasing pressures, human rights groups and unions argue that many growers simply turn a …
The President of the National Farmers Union (NFU) Peter Kendall told supermarkets yesterday that their green "rhetoric" would need to become "a reality".
… Peter Kendall NFU National Farmers Union Farming Agribusiness Food And Farming … The President of the National Farmers Union (NFU) Peter Kendall told supermarkets …
A consultation by the Welsh Assembly Government proposes more stringent measures to protect Wales's farmers from the threat of cross-contamination by GM crops
… Assembly Gm Crops Contamination European Union UK Legislation National Park Organic … on GM crops that is compatible with European Union and UK legislation,’ she said. ‘It is …
European Union ministers have given an initial thumbs-up to the Novel Foods Regulation, a draft proposal that could lead to meat from cloned animals entering the human food chain
… Gene Pool European Pa cows.jpg European Union ministers have given an initial … entering the human food chain European Union agriculture ministers met in Luxembourg …
More than 31,000 animals were used in glyphosate 'safety' tests. Are we safe now?
… consensus and, unsurprisingly, the European Union's reauthorisation of glyphosate in 2017 … Parliament's Special Committee on the Union Authorisation Procedure for Pesticides …
A report by the European Commission shows that habitat and wildlife protection targets across Europe will be missed, with nine out of 10 UK habitats found to be in 'unfavourable' condition
… Food And Farming Natural World European Union European Commission EU Habitats … be in 'unfavourable' condition The European Union is likely to miss its target of …
Cloned meat moved a step closer to being a supermarket shelf reality yesterday when the European Union's food safety authority was asked to rule on the matter.
… shelf reality yesterday when the European Union's food safety authority was asked to … has intimated that while the European Union's 27 member countries would be asked for …
The Dominican Republic's organic and Fairtrade boom has helped banana growers but what about the slum-dwelling Haitian migrant workers? Tom Levitt reports on the plight of the forgotten people in the banana trade
… government says the figure is 66 per cent]. Union activists told the Ecologist that 90-95 … living conditions of migrant workers. Trade union groups in the Dominican Republic say … salary,' says Luciano Robles, from the Trade Union Autonomous Federation (CASC). …
If the Soil Association joined those opposing the cull it would be able to brand its organic milk and dairy products 'badger friendly'- no doubt leading to a much needed boost in sales, says Dominic Dyer
… of being lined up with the National Farmers Union against all the major wildlife and … have been key payers in the National Farmers Union campaign to call for a culling of tens …
US officials say they remain ‘surprised and disappointed’ over Europe’s refusal to embrace technologies like genetic modification (GM) and nanotechnology in farming
… wheatfield.jpg Opposition within the European Union has so far prevented the widespread … stone' legislation for cloned meat European Union ministers have given an initial …
In the first part of a special report looking at the hidden side of the horticulture sector the Ecologist focuses on one of our favourite foods - tomatoes - reporting from both Italy and the US.
… at how supermarkets, governments, NGOs and unions can work together to stamp out abuses … highly vulnerable to exploitation. Retailers, unions, NGOs and governments must work …
The economies of whole islands in the Caribbean face ruin if the WTO, acting at the behest of US-owned multinationals, forces the EU to end preferential trade agreements with small-scale West Indian banana producers
… American Coordination of Banana Workers’ Unions. He gets very angry when he talks about … of the Fako Agricultural Workers’ Union, paints an alarming picture of the cost … which is not a living wage. But even the unions do not know what bananas sell for in …
As a Joseph Rowntree Foundation study concludes that migrant workers in the food sector continue to suffer appalling exploitation, perhaps a UK version of the pioneering 'Food Justice' certification scheme should be considered, says Andrew Wasley
… claimws, after taking time off to attend a union meeting. 'I didn't encounter these … She believes that her activities for a trade union played a role in the agency's decision … fear... I was dismissed because I came to a union meeting', she said. The Joseph Rowntree …
Tackling the unfair buying practices of the big supermarkets is a vital step forward for securing the rights of over a million workers. From fruit to textiles to cut flowers, abuses in the supply chain are rife. Now we must guard against lobbying from the retail giants, says Murray Worthy
… time - up to 15 hours a day - and firms' anti-union hostility at farms which flower … third parties, such as trade associations, unions and non-governmental organisations. It … well as to fully investigate claims by trade unions and campaigners, this could still …
Re-nationalising decisions on growing GM crops would allow EU countries to declare themselves GM-free, but could bring new dangers
… legislative restriction left is the European Union, which at present controls the approval … on GM crops that is compatible with European Union and UK legislation. ‘It is not legally …
Tories fail to ban hen cages as new investigation reveals cruelty at farm supplying eggs to Lidl supermarket.
… Welfare Animal Justice Project Lidl European Union UK Government Food And Farming Editor’s … (c) Animal Justice Project The European Union plans to eliminate all cages by 2025. …
Brexit will result in Britain exiting the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy. It will have to decide whether subsidies to farmers should be retained, or reformed. In the second part of this groundbreaking investigation a team of investigative journalists from across Europe - publishing with THE ECOLOGIST - assess how effective the environmental mechanisms of CAP really are.
… will result in Britain exiting the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy. It will … is far harder to control. The French farm union official was witness to one such … a farm to take away the stuff,” explains the union official. “A paper is signed saying the …