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Ecological Farming
We are living with a broken food system. It needs to be replaced urgently for the benefit of all people, and the planet. Greenpeace's Food and Farming Vision describes what Ecological Farming means, and how it can be summarised in seven overarching, interdependent principles – based on a growing body of scientific evidence.
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Greenpeace demands scale up of ecological farming
Amsterdam, 18 May, 2015 – Ecological farming, a path towards an agricultural model that protects the environment and secures farmers' livelihood, has been mapped out in a Greenpeace report released today. It is a system based on the latest scientific innovations and produces healthy food while working with nature.
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Those who produce our food suffer the most
How pesticides affect farmers' and our health.
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Pesticides and our Health
Since 1950 the human population has doubled, yet the area of arable land used to feed these people has increased by only 10%. There are huge pressures to provide food, at low cost, on land that is becoming more and more degraded as nutrients are stripped from the soil. Reliance on external inputs – fertilisers…
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Greenpeace report reveals farmers are the most vulnerable to health risks from pesticides
Exeter/Hamburg, 12 May, 2015 – A review of scientific literature shows clear evidence that exposure to certain pesticides, currently allowed in European fields, is associated with different forms of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, and diseases of the newborn. This is the conclusion of a new report published today by Greenpeace, Pesticides…
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When industrial food fails us, it’s time to change the food system
The current food system is broken. We all see how industrial and chemical intensive food production impacts on people and farmers, the planet and animals.
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Krill-gotten gains to fund Antarctic research
Scientific research and conservation need more cash. That's sadly usually true. It's especially the case in the Antarctic where research is expensive but absolutely essential given the massive environmental changes happening there.
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Food movement on the march
I joined the march against agribusiness in Berlin on Saturday, 17 January. It is too easy to be blasé about yet another demonstration. However, the large turnout of tens of thousands of people of all ages during a winter day was good for me.
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Tropical deforestation is bad news – the science keeps telling us
This month, a major review of the impacts of tropical deforestation on agriculture makes clear the link between tropical deforestation, changes in temperature, rainfall patterns and subsequent risks to food production.
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10 reasons why reindeer are the coolest animals in the Arctic
Reindeer and caribou are two names for the same species (Rangifer tarandus), with 'reindeer' generally referring to the domesticated variety that are herded by humans and pull sleds.