Biodiversity
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Free Online 3-Day GMO Summit (October 25-27, 2013): Register Today!
The scary truth about Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) is being deliberately kept from you…. Fact: Your food has been unnaturally…
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An Open Source Community Model to Save Seeds – a WordPress Seedbank Plugin
Recently, the seed saving movement has regained popularity as part of the growing backlash against the corporatization of the food…
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Marla Spivak: Why Bees Are Disappearing
Back in 2007, when the words ‘Colony Collapse Disorder’ first hit the media spotlight, I wrote an article that sought…
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The Global Land Rush
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute Between 2007 and mid-2008, world grain and soybean prices more than doubled. As…
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Paradigm Shift Urgently Needed In Agriculture – UN Agencies Call for an End to Industrial Agriculture & Food System
A rising chorus from UN agencies on how food security, poverty, gender inequality and climate change can all be addressed…
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Draw the Line Against Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline on September 21st, 2013
Last week Canadian Prime Minister Harper reportedly offered to make a deal with President Obama to get approval from the…
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For More Wonder, Rewild the World (TED video)
Wolves were once native to the US’ Yellowstone National Park — until hunting wiped them out. But when, in 1995,…
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Abbottalypse Now
Tony Abbott intends to trash Australia on behalf of the super-rich. by George Monbiot His views have changed, but don’t…
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Obstinate Questionings
The Lake District’s bid for World Heritage status shows just what a mess conservation is in. by George Monbiot But…
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A Computer Geek Starts a Garden, Part II – We Are Chlorophyll Managers
Last night I ate a couple of dozen cherry tomatoes from my just-getting-started garden. A little pepper and salt and…
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GMO Potato: Cisgenesis is still Genetic Modification with All the Attendant Risks
The new trial on GM blight-resistant potato is being sold as cisgenic technology to confuse the public, but it is…
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Return of the Native (UK)
Why are almost all the trees that councils plant exotic species? by George Monbiot The differences can be stark and…
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