Genetically modified canola goes wild
www.vancouversun.com - October 13, 2011
Genetically modified canola has escaped from the farm and is thriving in the wild across North Dakota, according to a study that indicates there are plenty of novel man-made genes crossing the Canada-U.S. border. GM canola was ...
Read moreOrganic farming thrives, with demand from supermarkets
abc.net.au - October 06, 2011
An organic farming advocate says the industry is suffering something akin to growing pains in Australia, partly because supermarkets are increasingly stocking the produce. Dr Andrew Monk, from the Biological Farmers of Australia,...
Read moreResisting the Corporate Theft of Seeds
www.thenation.com - October 04, 2011
We are in a food emergency. Speculation and diversion of food to biofuel has contributed to an uncontrolled price rise, adding more to the billion already denied their right to food. Industrial agriculture is pushing species to ex...
Read moreFeds help GMO salmon swim upstream
www.grist.org - October 04, 2011
AquaBounty Technology's genetically modified salmon just got a hefty financial boost from the USDA: On Monday, the agency awarded the Massachusetts-based company $494,000 to study technologies that would render the genetically twe...
Read moreUSDA offers help to beginning farmers. Will it be enough?
grist.org - October 03, 2011
"I started this because I could not see the future in conventional farming," Kurt Unkel told the magazine. And their risk paid off. But the article left me wondering: Are transitions like this something the USDA will ever fully em...
Read moreInterview with Food Revolutionary Maria Rodale
www.huffingtonpost.com - October 03, 2011
One of my icons in the organic food and green movement is the Rodale family. You don't read about the Rodale family in the press much, but behind the scenes they are a silent multimedia publishing behemoth that quietly publishes m...
Read moreBusting Monsanto’s 'better' broccoli
grist.com - September 29, 2011
"Similar growing conditions" -- there's an interesting tidbit. For all we know, then, Beneforté's glucopharanin content could pale in comparison to that of organic broccoli. Of course, this obsession with glucoraphanin is a silly ...
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