6 Reasons organic agriculture can feed the world

Organic Field Coach Mark Smallwood*, Marias Farm Country Kitchen, 3 April 2012

Here are some sound bites to throw back the next time friends, family members, or even strangers tell you we need super-chemicals and GMOs to feed the world.

Bhutan rails against world's 'suicidal path'

Bhutan's PM, Jigmi Thinley Himalayan nation calls on heads of state to come to capital for summit on way countries measure progress.

John Vidal, The Guardian, 2 April 2012

The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, aghast at what it calls the world's "suicidal path",

Lethal effects of genetically modified Bt Toxin confirmed on young ladybird larvae

Ladybird ScienceDaily, 27 Feb 2012.

Swiss researchers of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zürich confirm earlier findings that the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxin Cry1Ab produced for pesticidal purposes by genetically modified (GM) Bt maize increases mortality in the young ladybird larvae (Adalia bipunctata L., two-spotted ladybird) in laboratory tests.