A Farm For The Future (BBC Documentary)
Wildlife film maker Rebecca Hosking investigates how to transform her family's farm in Devon, UK into a low energy farm for the future, and discovers that nature holds the key. […]
Revealed: Rothamsted scientist’s role in destruction of key GM research
GM-Free Cymru, 20 May 2012 It has been revealed that Professor John Pickett, the team leader behind Rothamsted's controversial GM wheat trial, was one of the leading players in the destruction of a GM safety experiment more than 13 years ago. He did not need to pull up a GM crop. […]
6 Reasons organic agriculture can feed the world
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’
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
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. […]