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The European Green Deal sounds great but what is the alternative to pesticides?

16/12/2019 admin 0

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 […]

Will Your Livestock Eat Rice Straw and Citric Fruit Leaves? Probably

31/10/2019 admin 0

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

30/09/2019 admin 0

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 […]

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30% of surprise spot checks in France reveal organic industry fraud

12/09/2019 admin 0

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 […]

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Eco-terrorists Faucheurs Volontaires vandalized sunflowers, unaware they had the wrong field

27/08/2019 admin 0

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 […]

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Science versus denial in European agriculture

29/07/2019 admin 0

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

13/06/2019 admin 0

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

10/06/2019 admin 0

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 […]

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