(People’s Daily Online) 13:25, May 23, 2014 Lester Russell Brown, president of the Earth Policy Institute, and the author of “Who Will Feed China”, recently raised the question “Can the world feed China?” once more. According to Brown, China’s food… Read More ›
Agriculture
New manual helps Africa’s Muslim farmers tackle climate change / Climate activists try their hand at religion
EEV: ? Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation – Sun, 6 Apr 2014 10:00 PM Author: Pius SawaMore news from our correspondents Ambrose Nzambi, a research officer from Kenya’s agricultural research institute, shows an example of conservation farming. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION/Pius… Read More ›
Organic fertilizers and Crop intensification can be a long-term solution to perennial food shortages in Africa
Chemical Fertilizers degrade the soil and reduce food production over time PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 17-Mar-2014 Growing more food on the same size of land is key to increasing food production in Africa to meet the needs of an ever-growing population Farmers… Read More ›
Organic farms support more species
On average, organic farms support 34 percent more plant, insect and animal species than conventional farms, say Oxford University scientists On average, organic farms support 34% more plant, insect and animal species than conventional farms, say Oxford University scientists. Researchers… Read More ›
FDA’s Manure Proposal: What’s the Big Stink About? BYE BYE Large Organic Farming?
If you’ve caught wind of the controversy around proposed laws on food safety, then you know that a lot of folks are knee-deep in talks about manure. Black gold – as farmers have been known to call it – manure makes… Read More ›
Exclusive: Washington state testing alfalfa for GMO contamination
Carey Gillam Reuters 3:17 PM CDT, September 11, 2013 (Reuters) – Agriculture officials in Washington state are testing samples of alfalfa after a farmer reported his hay was rejected for export because it tested positive for a genetically modified trait… Read More ›
Unapproved genetically engineered wheat has been discovered in an Oregon field : Discovery could have far-reaching implications for US wheat industry
Genetically modified wheat found in Oregon field raises trade concerns Discovery could have far-reaching implications for US wheat industry if growth of Monsanto crop turns out to be far-flung Associated Press in Washington guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 29 May 2013 17.35… Read More ›
Grocers Claim Potato Cartel Fixes Prices : “announced the group’s price-fixing plans to several hundred potato farmers, which prompted a standing ovation,”
By KEVIN KOENINGER KANSAS CITY, Kan. (CN) – A nationwide potato cartel – the “OPEC of potatoes” – fixes prices and production to line its own pockets, a grocers association claims in a federal antitrust complaint. Associated Wholesale… Read More ›
Turkish authorities arrest 3 over GMO rice
Tuesday, 09 April 2013 Three people were arrested Tuesday over links to 21,000 tons of genetically modified organism (GMO) rice seized in the southern province of Mersin, after eight people had been detained earlier in the day. The detainees,… Read More ›
New study highlights strong anti-cancer properties of soybeans: inhibited cancer cell growth by 73% for colon cancer, 70% for liver cancer and 68% for lung cancer
Contact: Sacha Boucherie S.Boucherie@elsevier.com 31-204-853-564 Elsevier First study to report that proteins found in soybeans, could inhibit growth of colon, liver and lung cancers, published in Food Research International Soybean meal is a bi-product following oil extraction from soybean seeds…. Read More ›
90th Health Research Report 26 SEP 2010 – Reconstruction
Health Research Report 90th Issue 26 SEP 2010 Compiled By Ralph Turchiano http://www.vit.bz http://www.youtube.com/vhfilm http://www.facebook.com/engineeringevil http://www.engineeringevil.com http://www.healthresearchreport.me Editors Top Five: 1. Eating broccoli could guard against arthritis 2. Vitamin C rapidly improves emotional state of acutely hospitalized patients, say LDI… Read More ›
Commercial organic farms have better fruit and soil, lower environmental impact: ozone-depleting methyl bromide, which is slated to be replaced by the highly toxic methyl iodide over the protests of health advocates and more than 50 Nobel laureates and members of the National Academy of Sciences.
2010 report posted for filing Contact: John Reganold reganold@wsu.edu 509-335-8856 Washington State University Study finds commercial organic farms have better fruit and soil, lower environmental impact Research team compared fields and fruits in heart of nation’s strawberry patch … Read More ›
Aquatic Weed Killer Allowed on Cotton: Because GMO Cotton is Failing as Weeds Adapt. Will allow Fluridone to be used above approved Safety limits
Aquatic Weed Killer Allowed on Cotton By RAMONA YOUNG-GRINDLE Aquatic Weed Killer Allowed on Cotton WASHINGTON (CN) – The Environmental Protection Agency is allowing Arkansas cotton growers to use fluridone on cotton through 2014, to avoid an expected 25 percent… Read More ›
Biofuels Benefit Billionaires
ScienceDaily (Oct. 11, 2012) — Biofuels will serve the interests of large industrial groups rather than helping to cut carbon emissions and ward off climate change, according to research to be published in the International Journal of Environment and Health… Read More ›
Study Reveals that Nitrogen Fertilizers Have been Depleting Soils Organic Carbon
URBANA – The common practice of adding nitrogen fertilizer is believed to benefit the soil by building organic carbon, but four University of Illinois soil scientists dispute this view based on analyses of soil samples from the Morrow… Read More ›
Plants uptake antibiotics
Contact: Sara Uttech suttech@soils.org 608-268-4948 Soil Science Society of America Routine feeding of antibiotics to livestock may be contaminating the environment MADISON, WI, JULY 09, 2007- Scientists at the University of Minnesota have been evaluating the impact of antibiotic feeding… Read More ›
