Category: News and events

Deforestation diesel - the madness of biofuels

How sustainable are biofuels? Politicians love them, conservationists have a different view.

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Biofuels end cheap food

It’s official – biofuels are taking over as the main growth driver for agricultural demand. So says the world’s leading investment bank Goldman Sachs.

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How green are grocers?

A new mantra is sweeping the City of London, says Organic Research Centre director Lawrence Woodward – “Green is the new black”. Incredibly, key investors and opinion formers are ready to swallow such ideas that “Tesco is helping to set the pace in the fight against climate change”.

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GM Potato Trials Honesty

Honesty call for info on GM potato trials

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High tech Professor

Professor Bill McKelvey of the Scottish Agricultural College thinks a future hungry world cannot be fed by organic agriculture.

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Collapsing Colonies

Collapsing colonies – Are GM crops killing bees?

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Boxing clever

How good are organic box schemes

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Why not vaccinate?

German vets call for FMD preventive vaccination

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Organic megastore

US organic megastore – Whole Foods – arrives in London

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Bird flu in Suffolk

Bird flu H5N1 has been confirmed in Suffolk on an intensive turkey farm.

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