Consumer buying pressure will likely force the entire food chain in North America to swear off GE within the next two years. Such a tipping point was achieved in Europe in April 1999. Australia should be taking notice of the response to GE foods throughout the world. It is certainly not the time to let the state bans expire.
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Remember the magic beans…
Published by February 4th, 2007 in Books, Resources, Farming, Food, Environment, Agriculture and Organic. 0 Comments…because they may be a real answer, when used along with other techniques of sustainable agriculture.
“Sustainable agriculture is not a concretely defined set of technologies, nor is it a simple model or package. It needs to be conceived of as a process for social learning.” –Jules Pretty
Farmers in Central America can and do use […]
Going where we can’t see the forest OR the trees…
Published by August 30th, 2006 in Political, Government, Resources, Regulation, Action, Agriculture, Food and Environment. 0 Comments…or the seeds or the plants…because of preemptive legislation stripping local control and regulatory authority over agriculture and the food supply. Some of these laws aren’t limited to plants used in agruculture, but remove local control over all plants, including trees.
These sweeping industry-backed laws are being passed in response to movements by concerned communities and […]
