Rice grown by a farmer in Sukagawa, Fukushima Prefecture, returned a radioactive cesium reading of 110 becquerels per kilogram, exceeding the maximum of 100, the … Fukushima rice above threshold for cesiumRead more
Agriculture
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Occupying farmland
On Earth Day—April 22, 2012—about 200 people, accompanied by children in strollers, dogs, rabbits, chickens, and carrying hundreds of pounds of compost and at least … Occupying farmlandRead more
Posted inFertilizer / Greenhouse gas
Fertilizer use responsible for increase in nitrous oxide in atmosphere
University of California, Berkeley, chemists have found a smoking gun proving that increased fertilizer use over the past 50 years is responsible for a dramatic … Fertilizer use responsible for increase in nitrous oxide in atmosphereRead more
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How Syngenta Investigated the Press and Shaped the News About its Controversial Weed-Killer Atrazine
Documents obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy, recently unsealed as part of a major lawsuit against Syngenta, reveal how the global chemical company’s … How Syngenta Investigated the Press and Shaped the News About its Controversial Weed-Killer AtrazineRead more
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Farm to table
On a recent trip to Nashville, I was impressed with a group of restaurants, organized as “Nashville Originals,” that are devoted to independent dining with … Farm to tableRead more
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1 percent of Big Agriculture
Monsanto, if you will, is the 1 percent of Big Agriculture–the scourge of small farmers everywhere. But now those farmers are fighting back, backed by … 1 percent of Big AgricultureRead more
Posted inOccupy Wall Street / Politics / USA Empire
Occupy the Farm
Hundreds marched yesterday from the Earth Day rally in Berkeley, California to an empty tract of land to establish a new occupation. Immediately upon arrival, … Occupy the FarmRead more
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What is normal
Guests: Joel Salatin, farmer / philosopher / author of “Folks, This Ain’t Normal” What is natural? Once selling fresh food to friends and neighbour considered … What is normalRead more