Researchers at a top Mexican agricultural university showed the progress they had made in producing more non-GM yellow corn seeds to help replace imported grain from the U.S. that is at the center of a major bilateral trade dispute.
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Researchers at a top Mexican agricultural university showed the progress they had made in producing more non-GM yellow corn seeds to help replace imported grain from the U.S. that is at the center of a major bilateral trade dispute.
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Comments by agriculture minister seem to signal shift away from focus on organic produce as shoppers choose cheaper meat.
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The goal of having 100% organic farmland in the country now appears to be out of reach.
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Another country that wants to force Mexico to accept GMOs.
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According to Research Co., young Canadians aged 18 to 34 are willing to pay top dollar for cleaner food options over other age groups.
Read Article Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has also said GMO seeds can contaminate Mexico’s age-old native varieties and has questioned their impact on human health.
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After booming during Covid, the organic food market is on the decline in France, and farmers say inflation is not to blame.
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Unfortunately, the U.S. is unwilling to compromise on Mexico’s proposed ban on corn grown using genetic engineering and certain herbicides.
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Excessive use of chemical fertilizers is causing soil health degradation in Bangladesh, putting the country’s food security at risk.
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Could what happened in Germany also happen in the U.S.?
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Nepali workers who quit jobs and borrowed cash to come to the UK are out of work just weeks after arriving. Heartbreaking story.
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Mexican officials continue to do the right thing for their citizens by banning more super-toxic pesticides.
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According to new research by Nielsen, after ten years of steady growth, UK organic food sales have fallen by 2.1%.
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The war in Ukraine has forced farmers in Uganda to utilize an unlikely resource.
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Carrefour CEO Alexandre Bompard, the head of Europe’s largest food retailer, said consumers now have penny-pinching approach to shopping and are swapping out organic for conventional.
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An excellent analysis of the economic situation in Sri Lanka and what the media, including Tucker Carlson, fail to mention when blaming the country’s financial problems on the switch to organic farming.
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More fallout from the NYT investigation about fraud in the Indian organic cotton market.
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Indian leaders are very astute when it comes to recognizing the importance of organic food.
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Similar to The Washington Post’s story a few years ago about fraudulent organic grains from Turkey and Ukraine, this article exposes just how easy it is for bad actors in India to manipulate the USDA’s antiquated and porous paper-based system. Here is the response to the NYT article from the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS).
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Germany’s new agriculture minister said that “junk prices” drive “farms into ruin, prevent more animal welfare, promote the extinction of species and pollute the climate.”
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More than a third of fruit and vegetable products in France are thought to be sold in plastic wrapping, and government officials believe that the ban could prevent a billion items of single-use plastics from being used every year.
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Under a revolutionary program to protect the environment, farmers in the UK will get a cash subsidy if they avoid using harmful pesticides and herbicides.
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Excellent news! The Mexican government rejects a GMO corn permit for the first time ever.
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Could this soon be the U.S. as well?
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