Eating too much salt in your diet can beget a litany of adverse health effects—blood pressure, stroke, heart disease, cancer. That’s well documented. It’s not … Salt Is Turning Farmland Into Wasteland Around the WorldRead more
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Ghana’s farmers battle ‘Monsanto law’ to retain seed freedom
Ghana’s government is desperate to pass a Plant Breeders Bill that would remove farmers’ ancient ‘seed freedom’ to grow, retain, breed and develop crop varieties … Ghana’s farmers battle ‘Monsanto law’ to retain seed freedomRead more
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Urban Agriculture in Cuba
The second of three Student Travel Award 2014 recipients, Alice Claydon will head to Cuba to study urban agriculture. Cuba is currently the only example … Urban Agriculture in CubaRead more
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Canada’s largest urban farm
11-acre parcel of land just west of Canada Olympic Park
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US Seed Libraries Mobilize to Protect Their Right to Share
In June, officials from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture alerted the Joseph T. Simpson Public Library in Mechanicsburg that their seed library was in violation … US Seed Libraries Mobilize to Protect Their Right to ShareRead more
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Urban farming in Brooklyn
Farming in Brooklyn has come full circle. Obviously, the first people here more than 350 years ago worked the land, and now a new generation … Urban farming in BrooklynRead more
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U.S. farmers to sue Syngenta over GMO corn
Farmers from the biggest U.S. corn-growing states have sued Syngenta AG over sales of genetically modified corn seed not approved by China, joining global exporters … U.S. farmers to sue Syngenta over GMO cornRead more
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E is for erosion
An estimated 24 billion tonnes of soil is lost from farm land every year – most of it washed into rivers and lakes. Deforestation, over-grazing, … E is for erosionRead more