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Declining crops due to the progressive disappearance of wild pollinating insects

Pollination. Bees raised by beekeepers guarantee less success in pollination of cultivated fields than wild bees and other wild insects and with particular reference to bees that live free in nature. The continuous loss of free bees and wild insects […]

System of Rice Intensification: new record GM-free rice crops in India

System of Rice Intensification. In India there is a real revolution in rice cultivation. More and more farmers are giving up on GMOs and rely on the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method, which guarantees crop yields four times higher than […]

Tomatoes and peppers affected by the ToBRFV virus in Sicily

It affects tomatoes and peppers and can make plants sterile: it is the Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus, the virus that is scaring Sicily. It […]

Glyphosate, the hypothesis of fraud on the data that allowed the re-approval in Europe appears

PAN Europe asked the European Commission not to consider the studies on glyphosate conducted by LPT, a laboratory accused of fraud He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him The […]

Pesticides: the USA towards a ban on chlorpyrifos, a danger to children's health

After years of debate, the Environmnental Protection Agency (EPA) is finally ready to revoke the use of the pesticide chloropyrifos as early as 2016. There has been a long discussion about the danger of this pesticide for our health and the environment. He […]

The taste of coffee may never be the same due to climate change

The climate crisis will reduce the quantity of crops but will also have a negative impact on the quality and taste of coffee I […]

Are the olive trees of Salento really in danger due to a bacterium?

Olives of Salento, is the danger real? Are the olive trees of Salento really in danger? In recent weeks, worrying, sometimes alarming news has circulated about the situation of olive trees in Salento, which would have been attacked by a killer […]

Yacouba Sawadogo, the African farmer who managed to revive the Burkina Faso desert

Experienced and patient farmer, Yacouba Sawadogom managed to stop the "desert" in his native country: Burkina Faso. Yacouba […]

GMO: Chinese children used as guinea pigs to test Golden Rice

24 Chinese boys and girls between the ages of 6 and 8 were used as guinea pigs by two US universities for a study on rice and GMOs. The children, from the Chinese province of Hunan, were given genetically modified rice, called Golden Rice, to […]

Terre ai Giovani: 5 new plots of land assigned by the Lazio Region

Terre ai Giovani of Lazio. New plots of land to be cultivated assigned to young people by the Lazio Region. Really good news for those who want to approach agriculture. This is an important and positive sign. He […]

The European Parliament against the Commission on the authorization of GMOs resistant to glyphosate

The European Parliament has called on the Commission to review the decision to authorize the import of GMOs resistant to glyphosate He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him The […]

Not just glyphosate! The inert ingredients in Roundup and the other pesticides are killing the bumblebees

A study found that inert, undeclared ingredients found in pesticides are highly toxic to bumblebees He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him Some […]

Austria is on its way to becoming the first EU country to ban glyphosate

In the absence of a veto by the European Commission, Austria will be able to ban the use of glyphosate starting next January He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him THEAustria […]

Purple carrot: from Abruzzo the super carrot rich in anti-aging polyphenols

In the wake of the growing success of nutraceuticals, portmanteau born from the union of nutrition and pharmaceuticals, the dark pulp carrot, or "purple carrot", was born in Abruzzo in the Fucino plain. He […]

The dangerous relationships between the Bill Gates Foundation and Monsanto

Why is the Gates Foundation investing a whopping $ 23.1 million in Monsanto? Since last August, when the foundation's investment portfolio was published, the Gates Foundation has come under attack from activists for investing its profits this […]

Steve Marsh: We help the Australian organic farmer struggling to stop Monsanto GM crops

Steve Marsh is an Australian farmer who boldly took to the field to say no to GM rapeseed. His battle against Monsanto officially begins today, Monday 10 February 2014, with the opening of a trial in the Supreme Court of Western Australia. Steve […]

Perfect GMO-Free Vegetables: Is Monsanto Changing Strategy?

Monsanto is preparing to present virtually perfect vegetables on the market, at least in the opinion of the US biotech multinational. These are not products containing GMOs, but vegetables modified according to already known techniques, starting […]

Monsanto's Roundup pesticide creates gentian malformations. And they hid it from us for 30 years!

Roundup pesticides would cause genetic defects. But according to a recent report, the authorities are taking the problem under their breath He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him Genetic […]

The 'sustainable' palm oil hoax destroying Indonesia's forests

'Sustainable' palm oil destroys forests in Indonesia. Those responsible for the destruction of Indonesian forests include companies producing so-called 'sustainable' palm oil. This was revealed by the latest Greenpeace investigation into deforestation […]

Hemp: a brief history of an extraordinary forbidden plant (VIDEO)

Why has hemp been the victim of such a powerful and generalized demonization that it was in fact abandoned and relegated to a sort of collective oblivion? He is about to end up run over, his mother […]

Rose from Kenya: land grabbing and violation of workers' rights

Violation of workers' rights and tax evasion. Here are the allegations for Karuturi Global Ltd, the largest rose producing company, with particular reference to long-stemmed roses. this is the first occasion in which an African government has […]

Global warming: even chocolate at risk due to climate change

But apparently its existence and availability are now severely threatened by climate change and by mid-century chocolate could become a luxury item. Alas! He is about to end up run over, his mother […]

Glyphosate: 13 Municipalities of Lazio want to ban the use of the pesticide: it causes too much damage

The administrations of the thirteen municipalities in the province of Viterbo will meet in the coming weeks to regulate the use of glyphosate He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him Thirteen […]

Glyphosate: Germany bans the most widespread pesticide in the world. Via by 2023

Germany will say goodbye to glyphosate, the world's most widespread herbicide that is poisoning biodiversity, by 2023. The decision was made after assessing the pesticide's environmental impact on ecosystems and pollination. He […]

The EU wants to ban the mancozeb pesticide also from imported bananas, but the lobbies are not happy with it

Soon the use of the mancozeb fungicide could become illegal even for bananas imported from Latin America - to the detriment of the multinationals that import into our continent He is about to end up […]

Illegal GMO experiments: Syngenta convicted of murder of Brazilian farmer Valmir de Oliveira

Syngenta, a multinational producer of GMOs and pesticides based in Switzerland, has been declared legally responsible for the murder of Valmir de Oliveira, a Brazilian farmer known as Keno, and for the attempted murder of Isabel de Souza Nascimento. He […]

Vineyards without pesticides thanks to the help of 900 ducks (VIDEO)

Vergenoegd Wine Estate, a vineyard in South Africa, has decided to minimize the use of chemicals in crops with the help of an 'army' of 900 ducks who make sure that all the vines are as free as possible. parasites. Pleasant […]

Roundup Monsanto and cancer: the two brave farmers who took the multinational to court

The Roundup officially ends up in the dock: two American citizens have sued Monsanto, claiming that they fell ill with cancer precisely because of the controversial herbicide. Furthermore, according to the complaints, the US agrochemical multinational […]

Xylella: Is It Really New Case Boom?

Xylella in Puglia, there is still fear for the bacterium that has brought the centuries-old olive trees of Puglia to their knees. Last February, a new monitoring was carried out by ARIF, the regional agency for irrigation and forestry activities […]

AppHarvest, the super technological indoor eco-farms that grow without pesticides and with recycled water

Ag-tech start-up AppHarvest, Kentucky, which has huge indoor crops wants to change the way agriculture is done The […]

US judge saves glyphosate: no label on the danger, because "it is not carcinogenic"

California judge rescues Monsanto Bayer herbicide because EPA doesn't think glyphosate is likely carcinogen He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him Monsanto-Bayer's […]