Barbarians at the gate:
Comment from ORC on idea of organic holidays
EU sustainable farming road map:
New EU organic road map.
Oats and soya worries:
Some batches of organic oats being sold in the UK have been found to contain one or both of the pesticide ingredients chlormequat and glyphosate
New edition of OFMH 2009
The eighth edition of the Organic Farm Management Handbook comes out in challenging times
New superbug worries
New calls for limits on livestock antibiotic use.
Feeding the World Conference success
The QE2 Conference Centre in Westminster (November 12th 2008) saw over 130 delegates and speakers in hot debate about the failure of GM crop technology to deliver anything on the promises of twenty years ago. In stark contrast speaker after speaker pointed to agro-ecological approaches (including organic agriculture) as extremely attractive sustainable farming and food options, especially in a world fast running out of oil.
Slow down on biofuels
The introduction of biofuels into the UK transport and industry sectors should be slowed down, says a new report from the Government’s Renewable Fuels Agency (RFA).
Taking the pulse of organic animal health
ORC Organic Animal Health Colloquium
Fight back on GM trade in Brazil
Brazilian farmers and traders launch non-GM crop body