Agriculture
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Johnson confirms US GMO food will be on our tables with trade deal
Boris Johnson has opened a whole new can of worms by implicitly stating the door to genetically modified food from the US entering Britain after Brexit is wide open. Continue reading
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Why Food Systems Are Breaking Down Across The World
Daniel Maingi works with small farmers in Kenya and belongs to the organisation Growth Partners for Africa. He remembers a time when his family would grow and eat a diversity of crops, such as mung beans, green grams, pigeon peas and a variety of fruits now considered ‘wild’. Continue reading
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Scientist warns scrapping the EU’s strict GMO rules threatens health
A scientist has warned that gene-edited foods could prove toxic or allergenic and that if the UK scraps or weakens EU rules after Brexit, public health could be put at risk. Continue reading
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“Organic is the future”
Vandana Shiva, a pioneer of organic farming in India, is incensed by the 2019 draft law to compulsorily register all seeds used by farmers. On a wintry afternoon, at her farm Navdanya in the Himalayan foothills, the noted ecologist spoke on the future of the organic farming movement in India. Excerpts: Continue reading
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In Cuba, greener farming means cleaner rivers
When the Soviet Union disintegrated in the early 1990s, food production on the island of Cuba was reduced—as the supply of Russian fertilizers, pesticides, tractors, and oil dried up. Under the stress of an imminent food crisis, the island quickly rebuilt a new form of diversified farming—including many urban organic gardens—that depended less on imported… Continue reading
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Monsanto/Bayer News Links 30 January 2020
30 January 2020 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back EPA Reapproves Glyphosate, Claims Pesticide Poses No Human Health Threat https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2020/01/30/epa-reapproves-glyphosate-claims-pesticide-poses-no-human-health-threat?cd-origin=rss Kellogg’s will phase out pre-harvest glyphosate use https://www.gmwatch.org/en/news/latest-news/19298-kellogg-s-will-phase-out-pre-harvest-glyphosate-use Continue reading
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Can GM crops really “feed the world”? Challenging the Flawed Premise Behind Pushing GMOs into Indian Agriculture
A common claim is that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are essential to agriculture if we are to feed an ever-growing global population. Supporters of genetically engineered (GE) crops argue that by increasing productivity and yields, this technology will also help boost farmers’ incomes and lift many out of poverty. Continue reading
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Capitalism and the Gut-Wrenching Hijack of India by Colin Todhunter
In India, the ‘development’ paradigm is premised on moving farmers out of agriculture and into the cities to work in construction, manufacturing or the service sector, despite these sectors not creating anything like the number of jobs required. The aim is to displace the existing labour-intensive system of food and agriculture with one dominated by… Continue reading
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Gone Fishing? No Fish but Plenty of Pesticides and a Public Health Crisis
There is mounting evidence that a healthy soil microbiome protects plants from pests and diseases. One of the greatest natural assets that humankind has is soil. But when you drench it with proprietary synthetic chemicals or continuously monocrop as part of a corporate-controlled industrial farming system, you can kill essential microbes, upset soil balance and end up feeding… Continue reading
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Syngenta says media has ‘overstated’ the science on insect declines
Pesticide giant Syngenta has said that the media is “overstating the science that clearly exists” on insect declines. Continue reading
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Nestlé: Multinationals as the New Colonial Powers. A tale of Many Cities
On November 14th the Canadian group Wellington Water Watchers organized the «All Eyes on Nestlé» conference in the city of Guelph, Ontario, bringing together indigenous’ peoples and citizens’ movements fighting Nestlé’s water takings from Canada, the US, France and Brazil. Continue reading
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Fake “Farmer Willi” part of an international fake parade
Five thousand tractors caused severe disruption in Berlin last week as farmers protested against the German government’s environmental protection policies. These include plans to limit the use of fertiliser in order to tackle nitrate pollution in groundwater, and to phase out glyphosate by 2023 to protect biodiversity. Continue reading
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Sustainable Pulse: Global Breaking News on GMOs and Pesticides
20 December 2019 — Sustainable Pulse Editors’ picks The Future of Wheat Farming is Glyphosate Residue Free – Exclusive Interview with Axis Farms Sustainable Pulse interview with Axis Farms’ Partner, Mark Sanders, discussing the future of wheat farming in Canada and why they decided it is important to certify their harvest as Glyphosate Residue Free.… Continue reading
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A Roundup of News about Glyphosate 13 December 2019
13 December 2019 — The New Dark Age Argentina: Devastating consequences of GMO-based intensive ag on native amphibians https://www.gmwatch.org/en/news/latest-news/19263-argentina-devastating-consequences-of-gmo-based-intensive-ag-on-native-amphibians Why Good Nutrition Will Remain a Distant Dream Unless We Stop the Chemical Onslaught on Our Food from Farm to Plate https://colintodhunter.blogspot.com/2019/12/why-good-nutrition-will-remain-distant.html Continue reading
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Biotech research institute VIB misleads public and regulators in lobby campaign
VIB falsely claims that individual academic supporters for de-regulation of gene editing represent their institutes as a whole Continue reading
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Evidence gap on health benefits of organic diet
New review calls for controlled studies examining effects of equivalent organic and non-organic wholefood diets Continue reading
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Hunger Games: Food Abundance and Twisted Truths
The world already produces enough food to feed 10 billion people but over two billion are experiencing micronutrient deficiencies (of which 821 million were classed as chronically undernourished in 2018). However, supporters of genetic engineering (GE) crops continually push the narrative that GE technology is required if we are to feed the world and properly support farmers. Continue reading
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Lawyers launch $500M class-action lawsuit against Roundup makers
Darryl Singer, the head of commercial and civil litigation at Diamond & Diamond, said the plaintiffs involved in this class-action lawsuit are looking not only for financial compensation, but also what he calls “behaviour modification” so that the same thing doesn’t happen again in the future with other products in Canada. Continue reading
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The battle for the future of food in Africa
Certain policies, strongly promoted by the Gates Foundation, open Africa to the multinational seed companies in the name of modernization, but they undermine climate resilience and food security for Africa’s small-scale farmers. Report: Million Belay, Timothy A. Wise Continue reading
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New GMOs: European civil society demands that the law is implemented
The European Court of Justice ruled last year that new GMOs are still GMOs: But Finland and the Commission are dragging their feet, writes Eric Meunier of Inf’OGM Continue reading
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