Disappearing Livestock
Agricultural biodiversity is under threat again.
GM Freeze in consultation plea
GM Freeze in consultation plea. Let’s have some proper thought on GM contamination in the EU.
Not too late to protect the future
Not too late to protect the future – the organic role
On being organic and “anti-normal”
On being organic and “anti-normal”
Grabbing back control
Grabbing back control – The Cirencester Conference 2006
Why Beyond Organics ?
There can be no doubt that the state of our planet’s environment, the health; the economic and social plight of peoples in all parts of the world is far more parlous than it was 25 years ago. The warning from the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Board in their 2005 report puts it succinctly…
Bluetongue is here
Bluetongue in Suffolk declared outbreak by Defra vets
High price of not being organic
Pesticide catastrophed in Caribbean
Global meat risk
Global meat production heightens global disease risk, says FAO.
Doing the job properly
Doing the job properly is a new publication from The Organic Research Centre
Global rethink on biofuels
Global rethink on biofuels urged by FAO chief
The challenge of cutting energy use on organic farms
It’s all rather circular – farms both produce and consume energy. Much recent attention has been focused on farm-sourced biofuels, but a recent Soil Association conference reminded us that farms themselves are major energy consumers.
GM crop policy farce
Defra stalls on coexistence policy for GM crops
How processed do you want your organic food?
Should processing and additives be applied to organic foods?
Sheep Scab Defeats Organic Production?
An animal health crisis is threatening the future viability of organic sheep production in the UK.
Black stem rust of wheat: a re-awakening nightmare?
Back in eighteenth century Europe, a man called Tozzetti noted that black stem rust disease of wheat was worse in fields where barberry…
A Sense of Public Duty
A Sense of Public Duty – Thoughts on Compensation for Bernard Matthews