by Ronnie Cummins The Climate Emergency is finally getting the attention of the media and the U.S. (and world) body politic, as well as a growing number of politicians, activists and even U.S. farmers. This …
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US Agriculture Needs a 21st-Century New Deal
by Maywa Montenegro, Annie Shattuck and Joshua Sbicca These are difficult times in farm country. Historic spring rains – 600% above average in some places – inundated fields and homes. The U.S. Department of Agriculture …
Continue readingFake Food, Fake Meat: Big Food’s Desperate Attempt to Further the Industrialisation of Food
Dr Vandana Shiva The ontology and ecology of food Food is not a commodity, it is not “stuff” put together mechanically and artificially in labs and factories. Food is life. Food holds the contributions of …
Continue readingThe GE American Chestnut – Restoration of a Beloved Species or Trojan Horse for Tree Biotechnology?
by Rachel Smolker, Ph.D. (Biofuelwatch) and Anne Petermann (Global Justice Ecology Project) About a century ago the American chestnut tree was attacked by the introduced fungal pathogen (Cryphonectria parasitica). This fungus drove the chestnut to …
Continue readingAs a GMO Stunt, Professor Tasted Pesticide and Gave it To Students
by Jonathan Latham, PhD Imagine you are an undergraduate attending an Ivy League university. You go to a routine department seminar. In the middle of his presentation the professor picks up a container from the …
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