[Translation] In the GM corn dispute with the United States, the Mexican cause is supported by science and will be able to achieve the goal of banning this product if the decision is "fair," says Steven Druker, director...
Cristopher Rogel Blanquet won the "Long Term Projects" award from the World Press Photo organization for documenting the evils that agrochemicals have done to the population of Villa Guerrero, State of Mexico. Photo: Facebook/Cristopher Rogel Blanquet. World Press Photo is a non-profit organization that is responsible for conducting the largest journalistic photography competition globally.
[Translation] Photographer Cristopher Rogel narrated through his camera the evils that agrochemicals have caused in the people of Villa Guerrero.
There are a total of nine...
[Translation] The presidential decree that marks the end of glyphosate and transgenic corn in México is a milestone and the first step to transform our agrifood system and should serve to promote the change of...
The impact on soil health and biodiversity of a set of techniques, such as cover crops, organic fertilization or reduced tillage, will be monitored.
[Translation] The community organization Unión de Cooperativas Tosepan Titataniske represents one of the largest and most successful collaborative experiences in the state of Puebla and is one of the most viable proposals...
[Translation] The wave of rising food prices continues, increasing famines. Although the media insists on the effect of the war in Ukraine, this is only a minor part of the problem. Certainly, the past two years of...
It isn’t your imagination — food prices have jumped. COVID-19 gutted much of the economy, but the grocery cartels controlling our food supply didn’t let the crisis go to waste for their profit margins. See our latest...
[translation] We can produce food differently and agroecology is demonstrating this by redesigning food systems and adapting them to local contexts. The result was reflected in the so-called 10 elements of agroecology,...
Once the degraded land has made the first timid steps toward recuperation, it is planted with agave, one of the few plants that will flourish in such barren soil — and the plant will begin to replenish its fertility. Image courtesy of Alejandro Vasconcelos.
Fertilizers and pesticide production and use make up 40% of the on-farm energy use
"It is clear that if we want a more sustainable model, the world food system has to be completely turned around. We need to move towards agro-ecological production methods that use hardly any external inputs and put an...
As you read this, there are about 150 goats grazing their way through the grass and woodland areas surrounding Fitch Mountain, a local open...
Gleaners at Salvation Farms in Morristown, Vermont.Photo from Salvation Farms
A Vermont nonprofit is connecting independent farms with buyers and distributors, reducing food surplus and working to eliminate food insecurity.
Each year, farmers like Joe Tisbert of Valley Dream Farm in...
[Translation] We cannot live without eating. Food and everything that surrounds it is at the basis of everyone's life. That is why controlling this market is a fundamental objective of transnational corporations. Today,...
Millions went hungry when the pandemic hit, but at the Black-owned cooperative Brooklyn Packers, workers rose to the challenge by packing thousands of meals a week. In a sector known for exploitative pay and poor working...
[Translation] Surely most of us may be wondering what digital agriculture is all about. Perhaps we think of tractors with GPS or the robotization of some tasks in the field. The use of drones in the field, whether for...
UNITED NATIONS - As the United Nations prepares for its solutions-based Global Food Systems Summit in September, officials say resolving issues around water scarcity, pollution and wastage is crucial transforming food...
Monterey, CA (April 14, 2021) — Total organic fresh produce sales for the first quarter of 2021 saw a continuation of last year’s growth, increasing by 9.3 percent from the same period in 2020 and topping $2.2 billion for...
There’s one skill that Big Food and Big Ag corporations have in abundance: taking control of every situation and corrupting it into an opportunity for profit.
For example, as consumer interest in the terms “natural...
Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador quietly rocked the agribusiness world with his New Year’s Eve decree to phase out use of the herbicide glyphosate and the cultivation of genetically modified corn. His...
AE4EU: Building a European network on agroecology to accelerate the transition towards sustainable agriculture and food systems.
ECVC [European Coordination Via Campesina] is among 12 European partners which join...
My usual response to the question “What is Regenerative Food and Farming?” goes something like this: Regenerative agriculture and animal husbandry is the next and higher stage of organic food and farming, not only free...
MEXICO CITY -- Mexico’s Agriculture Department has proposed rules for phasing out the use of glyphosate, the active ingredient in weed killer Roundup, by early 2024.
The rules were praised by environmentalists and...
Seeds need to be brought back into public ownership, rather than belonging to a small group of agrochemical companies, say campaigners, after a year in which seed-swapping and saving has reached new heights of popularity...
In a Facebook LIVE conducted on December 3, 2020, renowned environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate and author, Vandana...
This article was published as part of the launch of DeSmog’s Agribusiness Database, where you can find a record of companies and...
Small actions ... big changes …
They say that hope is a voluntary construction to start changing the world. And while many are in a "waiting" situation, there are others who have gone to work. They...
Valuing is conserving…
In the epicenter of a watershed that has been overexploited to the maximum despite the warnings and exhaustive work of environmental groups such as CEDESA, El Charco del...
Since the onset of the Neolithic Revolution some 10.000 years ago, farmers and communities have worked to improve yield, taste, nutritional and other qualities of seeds. They have expanded and passed on knowledge about...
As COVID-19 unrelentingly spread across the U.S. this summer it has become abundantly clear that our agricultural system – from farm to fork – can't handle a pandemic. The novel corona-virus exposed huge cracks in food...
Some states are addressing the bottleneck in the industry by allowing state inspectors to approve direct-to-consumer and interstate sales. And new federal legislation could make those efforts possible nationwide.
...
Global Call for Solidarity Action
(Harare, October 6, 2020) This October 16th, the International Day of Action for Peoples’ Food Sovereignty and against Transnational...
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 9 2020 (IPS) - With the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize bestowed on the Rome-based World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations and its affiliated agencies continue to hold a monopoly of one of the world’s...
A critical new book released on 24th September by United Nations’ World Agriculture Report (IAASTD) members calls for an accelerated transformation of our food systems. In “Transformation of our food systems – the making...
Despite much uncertainty and upheaval of our economy during the 2020 outbreak, many organic farms have been bright spots of the COVID-19 economy. With consumers now having 100% control over their food dollars, we have...
When Brian Campbell and Crystine Goldberg of Uprising Seeds in Bellingham, Washington, opened a letter from German multinational chemical company BASF, they were...
The Regenerative Organic Certified (ROC) program, a rigorous sustainability certification for foods, fibers, and personal care products, is now publicly available after a yearlong pilot phase. The first...
Worldwide, there are now over a thousand coastal areas where fish can’t breathe. The nitrogen that makes crops grow is also destroying offshore ecosystems.
Talk about bad timing. This year...
This note will review the current food picture that is complicated for much of the world, especially for vulnerable countries, given two particular factors: the fall in population incomes that the pandemic and confinement...
“Unsustainable land use and greenhouse gas emissions are delivering a one-two punch to natural ecosystems that are key to the fight against global climate change.
And without...
When the restaurants closed, factory farms lost their customers. Local produce is suddenly in demand.
One Wednesday in early March, Abra Morawiec realized something seismic was happening at her farm stand...
UNITED NATIONS, The UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), described as an integral part of its highly-...
Regenerative agriculture has gained a lot of attention since Robert Rodale coined the phrase fifty years ago. Many organizations use the word “regenerative” today, but the Rodale Institute...
As Chuck D says, it’s ‘food as a machine gun,’ and that’s even more deadly in this pandemic
When I finished working on my book, “Formerly Known As Food: How the Industrial Food System is Changing Our Minds...
When a crisis hits, Americans need a food system that's resilient enough to withstand the storm. Here's how banning factory farms can help make that happen.
My great grandparents once owned the only...
Are glyphosate and COVID-19 connected? Glyphosate, one of the most toxic chemicals in the world, may be the key to why some people get severely ill from COVID-19.
The pandemic that we have long been told...
The global spread of coronavirus/COVID-19 has sent researchers and scientists into overdrive to find both treatments and cures.
In the meantime, doctors and other practitioners are, to a large extent, improvising....
Let’s be clear: there is no solid evidence that the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which is the cause of the current Covid-19 disease pandemic, is an open seafood market in Wuhan that also trades in domestic and wild...
I attended one of three major biodiversity planning meetings this February, originally scheduled for China, but relocated to Rome. The day I arrived, there were three cases of the coronavirus COVID-19 in northern Italy....
We are all inundated with news about the COVID-19 pandemic, but one thing is glaringly missing from the coverage: the underlying structural reasons for why this is happening. Yes, in our globalized...
We are one Earth Family on one planet, healthy in our diversity and interconnectedness. The planet’s health and our health is non separable. As Dr King reminded us “We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality,...
Agricultural production used to be basically divided into two camps; conventional and organic. The two production styles have clear delineations and are pretty much exclusive of each other. Today the lines between these...
Right across from Atholton High School in Columbia, Maryland, sits a garden roughly a third of an acre with rows of vegetable beds and a newly added pond to...
About a year ago, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) made it official: Consumers can no longer buy paint removers containing ...
Positive news stories about the state of our environment are few and far between. More common are stories that we’re almost at the point of irreparable damage, that if we don’t act now, it will be too late. While this may...
About half of all American adults have one or more preventable, chronic, diet-related diseases.
Whether it’s factory-farm foods from animals raised on GMO feed, or sugary foods and drinks made with GMO sweeteners...
The National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt) will issue a call in which rural and urban communities may request researchers and technologists to solve local problems including pollution, health and...
This week's UN Climate Action Summit will be tricky for agribusiness CEOs. With forest fires raging in the Amazon, a damning new report about...
“They say the darkest hour is right before the dawn.”
– Bob Dylan, “Blood on the Tracks,” 1975
Beyond the media smog, the 24/7 fixation on the Trump cesspool and the endless distractions of the...
The EPA and states must insist municipalities investigate alternative methods for reuse of sewage wastes.
You may not realize it but some foods you eat may have been grown in soil...
MEXICO CITY [translation] - Foreigners who participated in the # ToxiTourMéxico criticized the worrysome situation they witnessed in regard to environmental pollution resulting from from the industries established as part...
In California, near immense industrial farms, small plots are rented out to field laborers so they can try to create their own farm businesses.
SALINAS, Calif. — The Salinas Valley is known for its...
LONDON − When countries run short of food, they need to find solutions fast, and one answer can be urban farming.
That was the remedy Cuba seized with both hands 30 years ago when it was confronted with...
Organic farming is a win-win for people, animals and the planet. But it’s so much more than a set of practices used to grow...
Residual sludge from treating waste water has been turned into a money-spinner but what are the costs to health of ‘the most pollutant-rich manmade substance on Earth’?
By some estimates, Americans send about 300m...
Fairlee, Vermont — Americans are more concerned about climate change than ever. An average of national polls conducted by...
Last year California set a goal to become carbon-neutral by 2045. Some called it unrealistic, while we call it mission-critical. But how do we get there? As we search for ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to prevent...
Joseph G. Allen is assistant professor at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and faculty adviser to the Harvard Healthy Building Materials Academy.
Here’s a question: Do you think that a chemical...
“The land that my father has given me, I hope to be able to pass on to my children in good condition, so that they can pass it on to future generations and that for them it will be even better than when I received it,”...
For farmers, young people, students, technicians & all lovers of learning how to cultivate living soils, food and happy hearts.
"Organic agriculture is dedicated to rescuing the old dreams of...
If the biotech industry has its way, the meat, eggs and milk on your plate could soon come from genetically engineered farm animals—and without laws requiring these products to be labeled, you’ll never know.
Just a...
On June 11, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to "streamline" GMO regulations in the US. Trump's order also aims to brainwash the US people into accepting GMOs. There is to be no open debate on the topic....
Amazingly organised social communities, bees ensure food chain. ‘Bee’ grateful to them… at least on their World Day! While the (surprisingly) still called homo sapiens continue to destroy Mother Nature, bees and...
Annually, for weeks at a time over his more than 30 years of farming, John Barton would spray a thousand gallons of Roundup every day to kill the weeds springing up among his cotton crop outside Bakersfield, California....
Agricultural chemicals aren't helping us to be better farmers or make more money. Rather they are harming our health and undermining the economic and agronomic viability of our farms.
As a kid growing up on a...
From October 10-13, 2019, the Mexican Network for Our Seeds will host its second encuentro--”Building Bridges Between the Country and the City: In Defense of our Food and Biocultural Diversity.” The...
The certified organic label has helped save many generational farms and enabled people like me, who do not come from agricultural backgrounds, to become successful farmers. Organic farming has brought...
“One of our most important solutions to the global challenge posed by climate change lies right under our feet.” That’s according to Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, a soil biochemist at the University of Merced, and she’s...
