The world’s crops face a vast army of enemies, from fungi to bacteria to parasitic animals. Farmers have deployed pesticides to protect their plants, but … Scientists Hope to Cultivate an Immune System for CropsRead more
Agriculture
Posted inLand / ToMl
The global farmland grab in 2016: how big, how bad?
Eight years after releasing its first report on land grabbing, which put the issue on the international agenda, GRAIN publishes a new dataset documenting nearly … The global farmland grab in 2016: how big, how bad?Read more
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The great seed piracy
A great seed and biodiversity piracy is underway and it must be stopped. The privateers of today include not just the corporations — which are … The great seed piracyRead more
Posted inClimate Disaster / ToMl
Climate Impacts From Farming Are Getting Worse
Greenhouse gases released from the growing of crops and livestock directly increased by a little more than 1 percent in 2014, compared with a year … Climate Impacts From Farming Are Getting WorseRead more
Posted inLaw / ToMl
The War on Weed Is Winding Down – But Will Monsanto Be the Winner?
The war on cannabis that began in the 1930s seems to be coming to an end. Research shows that this natural plant, rather than posing … The War on Weed Is Winding Down – But Will Monsanto Be the Winner?Read more
Posted inIndustry / ToMl
It’s Time to Ditch Industrial Agriculture for Good
If you can count as successes increased greenhouse gases, ecosystem degradation, rises in hunger and obesity, and unbalanced power in food systems, then industrial agriculture … It’s Time to Ditch Industrial Agriculture for GoodRead more
Posted inGMO / Monsanto-Bayer / ToMl
Questions for Monsanto
Monsanto may not be the largest company in the world. Or the worst. But the St. Louis, Mo. biotech giant has become the poster child … Questions for MonsantoRead more
Posted inGMO / ToMl
Genetically modified Golden Rice falls short on lifesaving promises
Heralded on the cover of Time magazine in 2000 as a genetically modified (GMO) crop with the potential to save millions of lives in the … Genetically modified Golden Rice falls short on lifesaving promisesRead more
Posted inOrganic / Science / ToMl
Organic Farmers Are Not Anti-Science but Genetic Engineers Often Are
At one of the public brainstorming sessions for the New York Organic Action Plan, an organic farmer made an impassioned plea for support for “independent … Organic Farmers Are Not Anti-Science but Genetic Engineers Often AreRead more
Posted inPesticide / ToMl
Unsafe at Any Dose: Chemical Safety Failures from DDT to Glyphosate to BPA
Piecemeal, and at long last, chemical manufacturers have begun removing the endocrine-disrupting plastic bisphenol-A (BPA) from products they sell. Sunoco no longer sells BPA for … Unsafe at Any Dose: Chemical Safety Failures from DDT to Glyphosate to BPARead more