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Who is controlling our food?.
A must see!
Byronchild magazine presents an Australian screening of The Future of Food, a brilliant must-see documentary which examines the complex web of market and political forces that are changing what we eat.
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After a 21-year study, Swiss scientists have given a ringing endorsement to organic farming methods.
Even though yields per hectare were about 20% lower this was more than made up for by improved environmental factors and improved energy efficiency
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Organic Beef exports Booming
Exports of organic beef have grown dramatically over the last couple of years, reports Quentin Kennedy of Australian Certified Organic ...read more
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Organic food Not Just for Yuppies and Hippies
Contrary to common misconceptions organic food is not only consumed by health nuts or hippies. More and more people in the general community are exploring organic food. read more
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Cuba's Organic Revolution
Cuba - one of the world's last socialist regimes - has surprised many economists by surviving a US trade embargo lasting more than 40 years.
During 1993-1994 after the collapse of the communist European block Cuba was unable to import fertilizers and pesticides. they faced a severe food shortage. The Cuban government made the change to organic crop production a priority converting vacant city blocks to vegetable production and converting farms to organic. This has been a highly successful enterprise.
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Organic Food Myths
Not every product sold in health food stores is ethical or 100% organic
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GENE REGULATOR ORDERS CROP DESTRUCTION AFTER GM RE-GROWTH
Crops contaminated by GM canola trials have been ordered destroyed in Tasmania 2002 read more
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British scientists working on the world's biggest tests of the environmental impact of genetically modified (GM) crops have reported that two species harmed wildlife but that a third had a positive effect.
The Government decided to stage the tests, known as farm-scale evaluations, to assess the impact on wildlife of plants genetically modified to tolerate certain herbicides.
The tests found that GM beet and spring rape were worse for wildlife than conventional varieties of the crop.
But the studies also showed that growing herbicide-tolerant GM maize was better for many types of wildlife than conventional maize.
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San Francisco - From alfalfa to oats to wine grapes, prices for organic produce and products have held steady for more than half of North America's organic farmers, and more than a quarter said they are seeing prices inching up, a new survey shows. read more
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A new report from Australia's peak organic certifying body says one in 10 primary producers will be farming organically by 2020.
The report from Biological Farmers Australia says the number of organic producers has grown by 20 to 30 per cent over the last two years but that still represents only 2 per cent of all primary producers.
The groups chief executive, Dr Andy Monk, says the industry needs more organic farmers because at the moment demand for produce both domestically and overseas is far greater than supply.
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REVERSAL ON NON-FOOD NATIONAL ORGANIC STANDARDS
WASHINGTON, DC - In an unexpected move, Anne Veneman, the Secretary of Agriculture announced today that the United Stated Department of Agriculture (USDA) has decided to rescind directives made in April of 2004 that weakened organic standards and threw the organic industry into a tailspin.
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Interview: Percy Schmeiser, the Man Who Took on Monsanto
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Sydney Morning herald article on Australia's fruit & veg industry 8th July 2001
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Mp's demand enquiry into duopoly of Australia's fruit and veg industry
