Feeding the World Conference success
The QE2 Conference Centre in Westminster (November 12th 2008) saw over 130 delegates and speakers in hot debate about the failure of GM crop technology to deliver anything on the promises of twenty years ago. In stark contrast speaker after speaker pointed to agro-ecological approaches (including organic agriculture) as extremely attractive sustainable farming and food options, especially in a world fast running out of oil.
Taking the pulse of organic animal health
ORC Organic Animal Health Colloquium
Organic to blame for hungry Africa
Anti organic speech from Sir David King – let them eat GM.
Brave new world of sustainable cereals
The future focus of European cereal production will be on low input (possibly organic) systems which deploy genetically diverse crops through either varietal mixtures or composite cross populations. These crops will contribute to a multifunctional agriculture.
Sheep Scab Defeats Organic Production?
An animal health crisis is threatening the future viability of organic sheep production in the UK.