Organic Seed Alliance (OSA) released an extensive report last weekend at the Organicology conference in Portland, Oregon, that serves as the first comprehensive analysis of the challenges and opportunities in building the organic seed sector. The report, titled State of Organic Seed: Advancing the Viability and Integrity of Organic Seed Systems, is an ongoing project [...]
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Organic Seed Alliance Publishes State of Organic Seed
Posted in Farm Issues, Organic Foods, Reports, Sustainable Agriculture on February 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
USDA Releases Roundup Ready Alfalfa EIS and Sponsors Major Meeting on Organic-Biotech Crop Co-existence
Posted in Articles, Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Herbicides, Organic Foods, Reports, Sustainable Agriculture on January 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From: THE SCOOP – January 2011 Organic Center Newsletter The long-awaited Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on Roundup Ready (RR) alfalfa was released by USDA on Thursday, December 16, 2010. The 2,300 page document identifies and analyzes three options – disapproval, approval without restrictions, and approval with restrictions to prevent gene flow from [...]
Cows on grass = less gas
Posted in Articles, Climate Change, Environment, Farm Issues, Health Issues, Organic Foods, Reports, Sustainable Agriculture on December 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
It’s win-win-win: A new report finds that an organic dairy is better for 1) you, 2) the planet, 3) the cows. RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—In 2006, a United Nations report raised some eyebrows when it found that cow flatulence accounts for more greenhouse-gas emissions than all the tailpipe emissions from the transportation sector combined. A [...]
The Verdict is In: African Farmers Say No to GMOs
Posted in Agroecology, Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Reports, Sustainable Agriculture on December 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A recent Citizen’s Jury, comprised of West African farmers, has called for agricultural research based on ecological practices, notgenetically modified organisms. The Citizen’s Jury is an innovative approach to problem solving that allows ordinary farmers to have a voice in the policy process. Adopted in Asia, Africa and Latin America, the approach works to democratize food systems [...]
The Browning of the Green Revolution
Posted in Environment, Farm Issues, Health Issues, Reports, Sustainable Agriculture on October 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A raging debate is underway on why and to what extent excessive nitrogen fertilizer use is degraded soil quality around the world. The problem is unmistakable in many countries as average crop yield levels plateau or even start of decline. Three University of Illinois scientists explain why in a compelling commentary. The two published papers [...]
Double Pyramids Proposed to Guide Food Selection
Posted in Climate Change, Environment, Farm Issues, Health Issues, Reports, Sustainable Agriculture on October 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition in Parma, Italy has proposed a “double pyramid” to help guide food choices in an increasingly interconnected world where the impacts of culture, tradition, and family on food consumption patterns are waning. One pyramid is driven by the nutrient content of foods relative to human needs, and reflects [...]
Chaco government report confirms link between glyphosate/agrochemicals and cancer/birth defects in Argentina
Posted in Articles, Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Health Issues, Herbicides, Pesticides, Reports on October 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last June the Argentinian newspaper Página 12 carried a report (see article in Spanish, below) regarding a publication prepared by a commission opened by the Chaco State Government (in the north of the country) analyzing health statistics in intensive agrochemical use zones. In one decade, the rates of childhood cancer tripled and babies with birth defects [...]
Farm Aid Releases New Report: Rebuilding America’s Economy with Family Farm Centered Food Systems
Posted in Environment, Farm Issues, Health Issues, Organic Foods, Reports, Sustainable Agriculture on July 1, 2010 | 2 Comments »
From Farm Aid: “Seeds of hope lie in America’s family farmers and ranchers despite the grim economic conditions facing the nation. Our new report seeks to underscore what we at Farm Aid know as a simple truth: supporting family farmers and family farm centered food systems is a powerful strategy for jumpstarting our fragile economy [...]
Failure to Yield – Evaluating the Performance of GE Crops
Posted in Reports on May 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Union of Concerned Scientists April 2009
Who benefits from GM Crops?
Posted in Reports on May 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Friends of the Earth International February 2009, Issue 116 Feeding the biotech giants, not the world’s poor
