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One Million Petition EU To Halt GM Crop Approvals

Campaigners presented a petition of more than a million signatures to the EU executive on Dec. 9, demanding a halt to approvals of new genetically modified (GM) crops. The petition is seen as a test case for the “European citizen’s initiative,” introduced under the EU’s new constitutional treaty, which enables a million or more people
Cereals, News

Wheat Likely Contaminated By GM

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“Fifteen years ago people didn’t think Greenpeace was a significant player in policy development – they are, they clearly are.” – Randy Giroux Genetically modified (GM) wheat hasn’t been commercialized but wheat contaminated by other GM crops is out there if someone looks hard enough for it, says Ian White, president and CEO of the
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Brazil Farmers Shown How To Profit By Conserving

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Talk of ecological diversity or saving rare species does not fly very far in Mato Grosso. The state is Brazil’s top soy producer, churning out an annual harvest of about 18 million tonnes. Fields of emerald green line the highways, stretching out to horizons so flat they look drawn with a ruler. The crops have
News, Oilseeds

French Firms Pull The Plug On Palm Oil

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French firms have stepped up restrictions on the use of palm oil, decried for being linked to deforestation in Asia, in a move that may boost demand for local oils. But some warned it could raise new food and land problems. The debate about palm oil’s impact on the environment has intensified after green groups
News, Oilseeds

Opposition To GM Wheat Remains Strong

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Acoalition of farmer and consumer groups opposed to the introduction of genetically modified wheat says their campaign now has support from 233 consumer and farmer groups in 26 countries. The 233 groups signed the rejection statement first launched by 15 Australian, Canadian and U. S. farmer and consumer groups in June 2009, according to a
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Australia Bush Fires Could Worsen

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Australia faces a possible 300 per cent increase in extreme bushfires by 2050 unless world leaders can agree to dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions, a new report said Jan. 28. The report, commissioned by Australia’s firefighters and environmental group Greenpeace, said the failure of UN climate talks in Copenhagen to agree on a treaty to
Opinion

The Colour Of Farm Politics

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A lot of Europeans travel but don’t seem to worry about consuming GM crops while on holiday in another country. Green is the new Red. In other words, a big part of the Green movement is fuelled by people with a philosophy that used to be called Red – a philosophy that’s anti-business and anti-development.
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China Needs To Cut Use Of Chemical Fertilizers

China, the world’s largest grain producer and top consumer of fertilizers, should reduce its reliance on chemical fertilizers by as much as 50 per cent because excessive use has resulted in serious pollution, according to a research report. “Not many people are aware that agriculture is the largest polluter in China, which should be a
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Indonesia Defends Converting Peatlands To Palm Estates

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“Some companies are interested in peatlands and we are working with those who want to safeguard the environment and ensure our country’s prosperity.” PALM PROTESTS: Protesters from Greenpeace, dressed as orangutans, demonstrating outside the Unilever building in London last year. Greenpeace said it wanted to raise awareness of companies who buy palm oil from companies
Opinion

These Grassroots Are All Astroturf

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In the long, expensive battle fought by U. S. farmers to make corn-based ethanol the premier alternative fuel in America, few Washington, D. C. influence-peddlers fought harder and spent more in opposition to it than the American Petroleum Institute. In fact, you name the biofuel issue and API and its fat cheque-book made it into

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