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05/31/2024
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By Cassie B.
Solar farm expansion plans in UK under fire as farmers forced off their land
Some UK farmers are being pushed off of their land as the misguided quest for more solar power presses forward in Britain. This is according to the former head of the UK’s farming union, who called attention to the many drawbacks of large-scale solar farms in the country. Minette Batters, who once served as the […]
01/23/2024
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By News Editors
‘Genetically engineered doomsday’: Bayer’s GMO soil microbes pose potentially serious agricultural risks
Bayer’s development of genetically modified soil microbes raises concerns about potential widespread soil contamination and adverse effects on agriculture. (Article republished from YourNews.com) Bayer, in collaboration with Ginkgo Bioworks, has been developing genetically engineered soil microbes, raising alarms about the potential for a catastrophic impact on agriculture. The concern is that these modified microbes could […]
11/14/2023
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By Arsenio Toledo
Cocoa prices rise to highest level in 45 years as poor weather diminishes outlook for harvests
Cocoa prices in New York rose to more than $4,000 per ton on Friday, Nov. 10, the highest level since 1978, as the outlook of poor crop harvests in the world’s cocoa capital of West Africa caused prices to skyrocket. Global cocoa supplies are tightening amid concerns that current cocoa production levels might not be enough […]
08/22/2023
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By Kevin Hughes
The Resistance Chicks: Non-native grasses contributed to wildfires in Hawaii – Brighteon.TV
The Resistance Chicks Leah and Michelle Svensson discussed the massive wildfires that devastated the Hawaiian island of Maui and the role of non-native grasses in the blaze’s spread. The Aug. 11 episode of “Headline News: The Resistance Chicks” on Brighteon.TV touched on the disaster that has claimed the lives of more than 110 people as of […]
05/29/2023
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By Olivia Cook
How organic farming practices preserve biodiversity in the natural world while growing healthy abundant food
Organic farming’s ultimate goal is to build and improve the health of the soil and regenerate the health of not just ecosystems but people as well. (H/T to RodaleInstitute.org) Scientists at the Rodale Institute, a non-profit dedicated to research on organic farming, note that organic farming practices enrich the soil, allowing it to hold more […]
03/29/2023
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By Belle Carter
STUDY: Use of “last-resort” antibiotic colistin in animal feed driving global spread of superbugs
A recent study coordinated by the University of Oxford (Oxon) found that the global trade of the “last-resort” antibiotic colistin is driving the spread of dangerous superbugs in low- and middle-income countries. The drug causes an increase in proliferation of superbugs when used in livestock feed, the study found. In 2015, there was global alarm when […]
03/22/2023
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By Zoey Sky
GMOs linked to increased pesticide use and loss of biodiversity
According to the biotech industry, genetically modified (GM) foods would help reduce pesticide use and increase the nutritional content of various food products. They also promised that GM crops could help farmers by boosting their profits and feed the world by increasing crop yields. But data has proven that GM crops have done more harm […]
03/13/2023
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By Ethan Huff
Farmers near East Palestine worry about train derailment contamination as growing season approaches
We are nearing the end of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, and the people who grow our food are worried that the residual pollution and contamination from the East Palestine train disaster in Ohio will ruin the spring crop. Farmers in eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania are especially concerned that dioxins and other deadly chemicals […]
10/07/2022
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By Belle Carter
EPA denies petition to regulate pesticide-coated seeds that harm pollinators
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has denied a legal petition by the Center for Food Safety (CFS), Pesticide Action Network of North America and other groups that demanded the agency to monitor and regulate pesticide-coated seeds, which were widely harming bees, beneficial insects and other pollinators. These crop seeds are coated with systemic insecticides known […]
09/08/2022
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By Mary Villareal
Attack on food supply continues: Germany proposes tax increase specifically targeting meat products
Germany’s Green Party and Social Democrats proposed increasing the tax on meat to at least 19 percent, up from the current seven percent charge on most foods. The conservatives are pushing against the proposal, saying that it is an overreach of the government and environmental extremists. Christian democrats reportedly support the plans, but they want […]
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