Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson The latest advertising campaign from Monsanto claims that already its “advanced seeds… significantly increase crop yields…”, while since the mid-1990s the biotechnology industry has consistently proposed that higher yielding genetically …
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Royal Society Science and Agriculture Study Criticised
There are significant concerns about the long term security and sufficiency of global food-crop production due to the potential impact of many factors including climate change, population growth, changing consumption patterns and competing demands for …
Continue readingLong-term persistence of GM oilseed rape in the seedbank
Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson A key aspect of transgenic agriculture is control of gene flow. Gene flow is important for many reasons including: 1) protecting intellectual property from unwanted incursions into farmers’ fields (and …
Continue readingIndia’s Colourless Revolution: Replacement of Traditional Oils by Soy and Palm Oils
Dr Rashmi Sharma, Dept. of Chemistry, S.D. Govt. College, Beawar, India The interrelationships between agriculture, food, cooking and health are highly complex and profoundly significant. A characteristic of complex relationships is that a change in …
Continue readingPew Commission Report: Industrial Animal Farming Poses “Unacceptable” Risks for Public Health and the Environment
Pew Press Release is reproduced below: The current industrial farm animal production (IFAP) system often poses unacceptable risks to public health, the environment and the welfare of the animals themselves, according to an extensive 2½-year …
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