The European Green Deal sounds great but what is the alternative to pesticides?
On December 11th the European Commission releases its European Green Deal plan, with a vow to reduce pesticide usage by 50 percent. While that is […]
Agriculture
Will Your Livestock Eat Rice Straw and Citric Fruit Leaves? Probably
Rice straw and waste from pruning citric fruit trees are typically burned as waste but a new paper says those could feed ruminant animals. A […]
In France, Farmers Are Fighting Back Against City Activists
Merchants of doubt in the environmental sector endlessly accuse the agricultural world of being among the key ills the world faces, and politicians latch on […]
30% of surprise spot checks in France reveal organic industry fraud
In France, The Departmental Department of Population Protection routinely visits markets, restaurants and supermarkets of the Côte d’Azur to conduct “surprise” checks. They also visit organic […]
Eco-terrorists Faucheurs Volontaires vandalized sunflowers, unaware they had the wrong field
Vandals who go by the name Faucheurs Volontaires (Volunteer Reapers) destroyed a field trial of high-oleic sunflowers claiming they were herbicide tolerant therefore GMOs under […]
Science versus denial in European agriculture
With the European Court of Justice decision that categorized new plant breeding techniques (NBTs) as genetic modification now one year old, European research institutes launched an open […]
Europe embraces sustainable labels, especially on food
A survey commissioned by the European Commission Directorate-General for Trade found that among purchaser of products termed “sustainable”, including beverages, furniture, clothing, games and printed […]
Popular French grapes Syrah and Pinot Noir genetically traced back 2000 years
Using a genetic database of modern grapevines, researchers were able to test and compare 28 archaeological seeds from French sites dating back to the Iron […]