Federal Regulations Would Harm Sustainable Farmers and Biodiversity
We need your help in another battle to stop the slippery slope toward a sterilized and industrialized food system that threatens biodiversity and the very existence of family-scale farms that grow food in a safe, healthy, and environmentally sustainable way.
In response to the E. coli 0157 outbreaks last […]
Reuters
ROME - Paying farmers to protect the environment — rather than just for their produce — will be an important way to ensure a rapidly increasing demand for food does not destroy the planet, a U.N. agency said on Thursday.
The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said paying for “environmental services” is […]
Grainnet
Chicago, IL — Rainforest Action Network (RAN) launched a campaign on Oct. 10 to stop U.S. agribusiness expansion in the rainforests by draping a 50-foot banner on the historic Chicago Board of Trade building at the start of this morning’s trading.
Calling them the “ABC’s of rainforest destruction,” RAN singled out agribusiness giants Archer Daniels […]
The New York Times
By Claudia H. Deutsch
Officially, Wal-Mart Stores released a “comprehensive report of its sustainability efforts” yesterday. But the much-anticipated document could more accurately be described as a citizenship report.
The report did provide many facts and figures about the progress the company has made since October 2005, when it promised to sharply reduce […]