Along California’s rugged coastal Highway One, just north of Santa Cruz, a yellow vintage pick-up truck and tidy rows of strawberries mark the entrance to … How to make a profit without poisonsRead more
Agriculture
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Student-Organized Farmers Markets
Sacramento High School students creating their own CSA to an after-school program based on an urban farm. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me7GL25_cYk]
Posted inBiotechnology / ToMl
Don’t Buy the False Promise of Industrial Agriculture
Industrial globalised agriculture is heavily implicated in climate change. It contributes to the three major greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide (CO2) from the use of fossil … Don’t Buy the False Promise of Industrial AgricultureRead more
Posted inFisheries / Multimedia / Organic
How I fell in love with a fish
[ted id=790] Dan Barber talking: So, I’ve known a lot of fish in my life. I’ve loved only two. That first one, it was more … How I fell in love with a fishRead more
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Forest gardens for food: Polycultures
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Posted inMultimedia / Pesticide / Pollution
Whats the problem with bees?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0Mrm9Y6khk] http://www.panna.org
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Give nature a chance
[ted id=994] – from ted.com Also give Palestine a chance to live.
Posted inGMO / Monsanto-Bayer / ToMl / USA Empire
Salesmen of Monsanto
U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks reveal the Bush administration drew up ways to retaliate against Europe for refusing to use genetically modified seeds. In … Salesmen of MonsantoRead more
Posted inToMl / USA Empire
Obama’s Change
President Obama’s nominee for the Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the office of the US Trade Representative. Islam Siddiqui is currently vice president at CropLife America, … Obama’s ChangeRead more
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GMO Yield
Easier growing and a higher yield are just two of the purported benefits of genetically modified crops, but a Greenpeace report suggests Monsanto’s GM soya … GMO YieldRead more