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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
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G is for gender
There is a widely acknowledged gender gap in agriculture. Women farmers carry out around 70% of the agricultural labour. They also carry out most of … G is for genderRead more
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only small farmers and agroecology can feed the world
Governments must shift subsidies and research funding from agro-industrial monoculture to small farmers using ‘agroecological’ methods, according to the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the Right … only small farmers and agroecology can feed the worldRead more
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B is for biodiversity
“I used to see 30 types of bean in the market, but now I only see 2” – Ugandan farmer “For centuries the agricultures of … B is for biodiversityRead more