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A Precautionary Tale: How One Small Town Banned Pesticides, Preserved Its Food Heritage, and Inspired a Movement

February 18, 2018
Mals, Tyrol, Italy

by Allison Wilson, PhD It was the first day of two weeks’ voting. The rural alpine municipality of Mals was about to consider a revolutionary possibility – a vote for a “Pesticide Free Mals.” A “yes” …

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(Un)Sustainable Farming, Commentaries, Environment

Why Andrew Cuomo’s Pollinator Task Force Won’t Save New York’s Bees

November 2, 2015
Bombus affinis, the Rusty-Patched Bumblebee

By Tracy Frisch As in other parts of North America, beekeepers in New York have been experiencing unsustainable losses of honeybee colonies. In 2014-15, annual colony losses in New York reached 54 per cent, according …

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Biotechnology, Commentaries, Health

Monsanto’s Worst Fear May Be Coming True

May 18, 2015
Chipotle Mexican Grill

by Jonathan Latham, PhD The decision of the Chipotle restaurant chain to make its product lines GMO-free is not most people’s idea of a world-historic event. Especially since Chipotle, by US standards, is not a …

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(Un)Sustainable Farming, Biotechnology, Commentaries

Seeds of Truth: Vandana Shiva and the New Yorker

December 15, 2014
Dr. Vandana Shiva

by Dr Vandana Shiva (A response to the article ‘Seeds of Doubt’ by Michael Specter in The New Yorker) I am glad that the future of food is being discussed, and thought about, on farms, …

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(Un)Sustainable Farming, Environment, News

How Agriculture Can Provide Food Security Without Destroying Biodiversity

May 23, 2011

Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson According to conventional wisdom, the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte (pop. 2.5 million) has achieved something impossible. So, too, has the island of Cuba. They are feeding their hungry populations …

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