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Contamination Matters – Why GM crops can’t be managed at a national level
Rob White at GM Freeze in Manchester, England, tells us that GM (genetically modified, genetically engineered) crops can’t be managed at a national level. As you know I’m quite discouraged about this biotech. Is the GM crops war over? I’m … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, food, horticulture
Tagged academia, America, Asia, biodiversity, biotechnology, Bt crop, crop, escaping transgene, Europe, flax, flax Triffid, food, genetic modification, grain, herbicide resistance, insecticide, law, oilseed, pesticide, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, politics, research, rice, rice Bt63, rice LL601, rice LL62, textile, trade, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
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A GM potato for Europe?
Here in the European Union (EU), farmers were allowed to grow two crops that had been genetically modified (GM, genetically engineered, GE, biotech). Now they’re only allowed to grow one of them. In July this year I said that whether … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, knowledge transfer, money and trade
Tagged Agrobacterium tumefaciens, America, antibiotic, antibiotic resistance, BASF, biotechnology, Bt crop, carbohydrate, corn, crop, Dow, escaping transgene, Europe, European Food Safety Authority, farmer, feed, food, food processing, food safety, gene silencing, genetic modification, Golden Rice, grain, law, maize, maize 1507, maize MON810, Monsanto, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, nutrition, paper, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, potato, potato Amflora, rice, Roundup Ready crop, soya, starch, Syngenta, textile, trade, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, tuber
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Ruth Benerito
Originally posted on Grandma Got STEM:
Thanks to Andrea Hermann, who suggested this post: The Washington Post recently had an obituary by Emily Langer for Dr. Ruth Benerito. Dr. Benerito, an Agriculture Department chemist, was credited with helping create wrinkle-free cotton. She…
Posted in knowledge transfer
Tagged cash crop, cotton, crop, history, knowledge, plant_dicot, research, textile, woman
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How Monsanto Is Terrifying the Farming World
argylesock says… Here are strong words against the biotech giant Monsanto, ‘a pesticide company that’s bought up seed firms.’ I can’t vouch for the accuracy of this article, but it’s well worth reading. I notice one error. The two GM … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, knowledge transfer, money and trade
Tagged America, BASF, biotechnology, brassica, canola, corn, cotton, crop, crop variety, Europe, feed, food, genetic modification, grain, history, knowledge, legume, maize, maize MON810, Monsanto, oilseed, pesticide, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, politics, potato, potato Amflora, rapeseed, soya, textile, trade, wheat
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Agricultural biotech against poverty and hunger
Too many people are hungry. Many of the hungry people are African. Biotechnology might help. The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) tells us how biotech can help to feed people. ‘A successful strategy should have MULTIPLE … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, biotechnology, breeding, cassava, corn, crop variety, development, feed, food, fruit, fuel, genetic modification, grain, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications, knowledge, legume, maize, marker assisted selection, melon, millet, pearl millet, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, potato, research, seed, selective breeding, sorghum, soya, staple food, sugar cane, sweet potato, textile, tissue culture, tomato, trade, transport, tuber, wheat
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Campaigners call for ban on seabird killer
Originally posted on Green Living London:
This pair of guillemots were casualties of pollution by PIB. Pic: RSPB Three leading wildlife organisations have joined together to call for the ban on the discharge of polyisobutene (PIB), which has killed hundreds of…
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Tagged bird, building, conservation, law, plastic, politics, pollution, polyisobutene, sea, seabird, textile, vertebrate, waterbird, wildlife
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Forests and insects for food security
Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation has recently brought attention to two neglected areas of food security: forests and insects. On the 13th to 15th May 2013 the…
Posted in food, knowledge transfer, miniculture
Tagged agroforestry, arthropod, conservation, crop, entomoculture, entomophagy, fibre, food, food security, foraging, forest, hunting, insect, knowledge, neglected crop, plant_dicot, plant_gymnosperm, plant_monocot, poverty, textile, tree, wild food, wood, woodland
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History of the uses of nettles
Originally posted on changinglifestyleblog:
History of the uses of nettles Fabric woven of nettle fibre has been found in burial sites dating back to the Bronze age. A Bronze Age (2200 – 700 BCE) body was discovered in Denmark wrapped…
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Tagged food, foraging, history, indicator species, native species, nettle, paper, plant_dicot, stinging nettle, textile, weed, wild food
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