Agriculture
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Arctic Seed Vault largest in the world
Convention on Biological Diversity: Headlines &bull YesterdayReaching the half million mark brings mixed emotions, because while it shows that the vault at Svalbard is now the gold standard for diversity, it comes at a time when our agriculture systems are really sitting on a knife's edge,"… Full Story »
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Industrial Agriculture Climate Change Animal Blawg
animalblawg.wordpress.com via @animalblawg &bull YesterdaySantos was interesting. First, who knew there was a significant mountain range between Rio Sao Paulo? Even having flown this route many times, I was surprised by the size and extent of the range which we drove over. My talk… Full Story »
Natural Resources & Environment Magazine
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Consumer Groups File FTC Complaint Over Organic Label Fraud
Organic Consumers Association &bull Yesterday
A complaint to be filed today with the Federal Trade Commission calls for companies that label products "organic" to follow the same strict U.S. Department of Agriculture standards set for food products. Full Story »
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Government Hearings on Agribusiness Concentration Should Consider Role of NAFTA
Organic Consumers Association &bull Yesterday
On Friday March 12, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Justice will host the first ever workshops on competition issues in agriculture in Ankeny, Iowa. A new IATP fact sheet, NAFTA: Fueling Market Concentration in Agriculture, looks… Full Story »
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Seeds Of Life: Hybrids and the Emergence of Seed Monopolies
Organic Consumers Association &bull Yesterday
Throughout much of agriculture, a remarkable span of 10,000 years, farmers were largely the stewards of the land and the crops that they grew. Seeds collected from one year's harvest were selected, stored, and used again for successive growing seasons.… Full Story »
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Shigen Kankyo Taisaku Journal of Resources and Environment Journal of Resources and Environment Magazine
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Our Best Chance to End the Travel Ban to Cuba in 2010
Organic Consumers Association &bull Yesterday
Today in Washington, Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-MN), Congressman Jerry Moran (R-KS), and at least 31 of their House colleagues introduced new legislation (HR 4645) that would put the United States and Cuba firmly on a path towards engagement… Full Story »
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Solidarity through Community Supported Agriculture
Organic Consumers Association &bull Yesterday
Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently launched a new initiative called "Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food" (USDA, 2009). The slogan of the program is "Every family needs a farmer; do you know yours?" The irony of this "new" initiative is that one hundred years ago, before the… Full Story »
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Arctic Seed Vault becomes world's most diverse collection of crop diversity
Peak Oil News (3) &bull Yesterday
Days after celebrating its second anniversary, the Svalbard "Doomsday" Global Seed Vault is receiving this week thousands of new seeds that will push its collection to more than half a million unique samples, making it the most diverse assemblage of… Full Story »
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How Organic Agriculture Can Feed the World
MindBodyGreen &bull Yesterday
Moving toward organic and sustainable agriculture production throughout the world is not really an alternative but is, in fact, a necessity for us all. Full Story »
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James R. Craig, David J. Vaughan, Brian J. Skinner - Earth Resources and the Environment
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Daily Roundup: March 10, 2010
Sierra Club: The Green Life &bull Yesterday
Weathered Investigation: A group of 15 science academies have been called upon to study how the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change does its job. Cooking Solutions: Millions of people in impoverished nations could be saved from respiratory ailments and… Full Story »
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Farm to School Efforts Double in Minnesota
Organic Consumers Association &bull Mar 10, 2010
The number of Minnesota school districts purchasing fresh food from local farms has more than doubled in the last 15 months, according to a survey released today by the Minnesota School Nutrition Association (MSNA) and the Institute for Agriculture and… Full Story »
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Disease, weather kill Vancouver Island bees
Convention on Biological Diversity: Headlines &bull Mar 10, 2010Scientists believe the mass die-off was caused by several factors, including the varroa mite, which makes bees susceptible to other viruses. A long summer also meant bees continued collecting pollen for a much longer time, which weakened them and make… Full Story »
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The Local Food and Farming Revolution
Climate Change News Digest &bull Mar 9, 2010I'm a journalist and communicator at heart, and I started working for the local newspaper in Yuma when I was in the sixth grade. I watched the landscape and the town change with deep changes in agriculture. To begin this presentation, I'm going to give the briefest possible summary I can of the situation, our potential response, and what's possible-maybe five minutes-then back it up with some details. Then I'll talk about the involvement of the Transition movement in food and agriculture, along with some of the things we're working on in Boulder County. Afterwards, I hope we can discuss… Full Story »
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Report on GM crops slammed
Convention on Biological Diversity: Headlines &bull Mar 9, 2010It said ISAAAs report with regard to SAs expansion of GM plantings relied on data provided by FoodNCropBio, a private consultancy firm in SA which supplied services to the biotech industry. According to the Crops Estimates Committee, which operated under… Full Story »
David William Pearce and R. Kerry Turner - Economics of Natural Resources and the Environment
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Glyphosate Resistance in Weeds: The Transgenic Treadmill
Organic Consumers Association &bull Mar 8, 2010
Glyphosate herbicide was patented and sold by Monsanto corporation since 1974 under the trade name and proprietary formulation Roundup. The herbicide has been used widely in agriculture, forestry, aquaculture, alongside roads and highways, and in home gardening. Glyphosate is a… Full Story »
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Perfect peas to push profits and cut carbon
www.eurekalert.org via @EarthAdapt &bull Mar 8, 2010Scientists, pea breeders and the food industry are collaborating to discover how taste and tenderness can be determined by biochemistry and genetics. They will work together to hone the make-up of a perfect pea. In a 1.5M, 3.5-year project coordinated from… Full Story »
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Indonesia says Unilever move on palm oil "unfair"
Peak Oil News (3) &bull Mar 7, 2010
A move by Unilever to stop buying palm oil from Indonesia's top supplier Sinar Mas and to blacklist another supplier PT Duta Palma was "unfair," Indonesian Agriculture Minister Suswono said on Friday. Green campaigners and consumers have turned up the… Full Story »
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What Every Environmentalist Needs To Know About Capitalism
Peak Oil News (3) &bull Mar 7, 2010
There is one slight problem with this "capitalist no-growth utopia": it violates the basic motive force of capitalism. What capital strives for and is the purpose of its existence is its own expansion. Why would capitalists, who in every fiber of their beings believe that they have a personal right to business profits, and who are driven to accumulate… Full Story »
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Organics Are Dangerous
Powering Down &bull Mar 6, 2010
Sorry for the repost but this is important. What follows was written by Tom Philpott for Grist.org. First, a little context. NIFA, as it is known, is essentially the USDA's research wing-it sets the agenda for the kind of research the agency… Full Story »
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Arctic Melt To Cost Up To $24 Trillion By 2050: Report
Peak Oil News (3) &bull Mar 5, 2010
Arctic ice melting could cost global agriculture, real estate and insurance anywhere from $2.4 trillion to $24 trillion by 2050 in damage from rising sea levels, floods and heat waves, according to a report released on Friday. Full Story »
