It has been found out that one honeybee searches for pollen and nectar in flowers that vary from a hundred to perhaps over thousands in … Honeybees are forgetting their way back homeRead more
Agriculture
Posted inPesticide / ToMl
Neonicotinoids are the new DDT killing the natural world
It’s the new DDT: a class of poisons licensed for widespread use before they had been properly tested, which are now ripping the natural world … Neonicotinoids are the new DDT killing the natural worldRead more
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How Huge Food Corporations Will Make Upcoming Food Price Hikes Even Worse
Farmer George Naylor sounds a little too much like the fictional character Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh when I ask about his corn crop. June … How Huge Food Corporations Will Make Upcoming Food Price Hikes Even WorseRead more
Posted inClimate Disaster / ToMl
Farming in Hell
as the United States suffers through its worst drought since the 1950s. A new report from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows nearly 60 percent of … Farming in HellRead more
Posted inCO2 / ToMl
Valentine’s Day’s damage
Roses may be red, but they’re definitely not green according to research from Scientific American. As millions of partners exchange bunches of red roses in … Valentine’s Day’s damageRead more
Posted inGMO / ToMl
Nearly Half of All US Farms Now Have Superweeds
Last year’s drought took a big bite out of the two most prodigious US crops, corn and soy. But it apparently didn’t slow down the … Nearly Half of All US Farms Now Have SuperweedsRead more
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Global Grain Stocks Drop Dangerously Low
The world produced 2,241 million tons of grain in 2012, down 75 million tons or 3 percent from the 2011 record harvest. The drop was … Global Grain Stocks Drop Dangerously LowRead more
Posted inMining / Politics / ToMl
Protests prevent British mining company GCM
Massive protests against British mining company GCM Resources prevented the company’s CEO visiting the site of its proposed open-pit coal mine in Bangladesh last week. … Protests prevent British mining company GCMRead more
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Swap sugar for solidarity
Campaigners in Cambodia are calling for more decisive action as land grabbing for industrial sugarcane plantations has been robbing communities of their land, homes and … Swap sugar for solidarityRead more
Posted inOrganic / ToMl
Achieving a Sustainable Food System with Organic Farming
Despite a slight decline between 2009 and 2010, since 1999 the global land area farmed organically has expanded more than threefold to 37 million hectares, … Achieving a Sustainable Food System with Organic FarmingRead more