Farmers in Gujarat have sowed a variety of potato seeds registered by multinational PepsiCo, in a symbolic protest against the food and beverage corporation. The … Gujarat farmers sow potato seeds registered by PepsiCo, in symbolic protestRead more
Agriculture
Posted inIndonesia / News / Palm Oil / Wildfire
Makers of Oreos, KitKats among brands linked to Indonesia forest fires
Consumer goods companies behind major brands are getting some of their palm oil from producers linked to fires in Indonesia that have burned an area … Makers of Oreos, KitKats among brands linked to Indonesia forest firesRead more
Posted inIndonesia / News / Palm Oil / Wildfire
Peatland fires rage through Indonesia’s Sumatra Island
Nearly half of Cengal subdistrict, which spans a little over 2,400 square kilometers (925 square miles), is peatland. Much of the peat area has been … Peatland fires rage through Indonesia’s Sumatra IslandRead more
Posted inFertilizer / News
Phosphate fertilizer ‘crisis’ threatens world food supply
Phosphate is an essential mineral for all life on Earth and is added to farmers’ fields in huge quantities. But rock phosphate is a finite … Phosphate fertilizer ‘crisis’ threatens world food supplyRead more
Posted inNews / Soil
Human activities boosted global soil erosion 4,000 years ago
Soil erosion reduces the productivity of ecosystems, it changes nutrient cycles and it thus directly impacts climate and society. An international team of researchers, including … Human activities boosted global soil erosion 4,000 years agoRead more
Posted inClimate Disaster / ToMl
We Need Biodiversity-Based Agriculture to Solve the Climate Crisis
The Earth is living, and also creates life. Over 4 billion years the Earth has evolved a rich biodiversity — an abundance of different living … We Need Biodiversity-Based Agriculture to Solve the Climate CrisisRead more
Posted inNews / Pesticide / USA Empire
U.S. agriculture 48 times more toxic to insects than 25 years ago
A new peer-reviewed study shows an explosion in the toxicity of U.S. agriculture for insects over the past 25 years since neonicotinoid pesticides were introduced. … U.S. agriculture 48 times more toxic to insects than 25 years agoRead more
Posted inEarthquake / News
Rice irrigation worsened landslides in deadliest earthquake of 2018 in Indonesia
Irrigation significantly exacerbated the earthquake-triggered landslides in Palu, on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, in 2018, according to an international study led by Nanyang Technological … Rice irrigation worsened landslides in deadliest earthquake of 2018 in IndonesiaRead more
Posted inClimate Disaster / News
Could we feed one million people living on Mars?
A provocative new study looks at the resource utilization and technological strategies that would be needed to make a Mars population of one million people … Could we feed one million people living on Mars?Read more
Posted inOrganic / ToMl
The Moroccan Food Forest That Inspired an Agricultural Revolution
It was 1975 and Geoff Lawton was wintering with friends in Morocco. Camping on beaches north of Agadir, they’d been surfing for weeks when locals … The Moroccan Food Forest That Inspired an Agricultural RevolutionRead more