Soil Erosion & Contamination
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DDT 2.0
We’re just beginning to understand the wider impacts of neonicotinoids. by George Monbiot A dead pike on the River Kennet.…
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Across the Board, European Farms Planting Non-GMO Seeds More Successful than GMO Crops in the U.S.
by Shicana Allen, Institute for Responsible Technology On its website, Monsanto uses the slogan “Producing more, Conserving more, Improving Lives”…
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Grain Yields Starting to Plateau
Editor’s Note: As regular readers will know, I don’t agree 100% with everything I post to the site. The article…
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Permaculture in Lesotho
The PRI editor has been encouraging me to give a little more background info on my work on the ground…
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Endgame Strategy
Why the Revolution Must Start in America The unrest in the Middle East, the convulsions in Ivory Coast, the hunger…
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Food or Fuel?
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute At the time of the Arab oil export embargo in the 1970s, the…
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Eroding Soils Darkening Our Future
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute In 1938 Walter Lowdermilk, a senior official in the Soil Conservation Service of…
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Declare Your Independence From the Chemical Companies – Get Rid of the Chemicals Today
People love to hate Monsanto, yet a lot of those same people still have a bottle of weed killer, a…
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US Staple Crop System Failing from GM and Monoculture
Resilience, yields, pesticide use, and genetic diversity, all worse than Non-GM Europe by Dr Eva Sirinathsinghji A new study shows…
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The Landed Mafia
It’s time we confronted the National Farmers’ Union and the millionaires it works for. by George Monbiot Is there any…
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Peak Water: What Happens When the Wells Go Dry?
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute Peak oil has generated headlines in recent years, but the real threat to…
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Climate Change Adaptation Technologies – Permaculture Design Brings Results
//www.youtube.com/embed/RQkiv_U5AoU Climate Change Adaptation technology: Stone Lines (The Sahel)(More videos below) It’s uber exciting to see simple design solutions bringing…
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