Leaders of the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa — a group of 200 million farmers, fishers and consumers — explain how they want agroecology, not GMOs and toxic chemicals.
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Leaders of the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa — a group of 200 million farmers, fishers and consumers — explain how they want agroecology, not GMOs and toxic chemicals.
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Canadians could soon be buying genetically-modified foods and plants sold with minimal government oversight, recently released federal guidance suggests.
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In banning glyphosate, Mexico has embraced the precautionary principle and the growing body of scientific research showing the dangers of the chemical.
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The organic market in the UK is now worth £2.79 billion, having just experienced its highest year-on-year growth rate since 2005.
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Small farmers in India face perilous changes in the marketplace, which will favor large-scale farming and more corporate control — and the environmental consequences that come along with that.
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The USDA is ending its recognition agreement that had allowed Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority accredited certifiers to provide USDA organic certification in India.
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While there are a few exceptions, organic products certified in one country are automatically considered certified organic in the other.
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With its proprietary technology, the start-up is playing an incredibly important role in educating Chinese consumers about trusted organic brands.
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The country will also be phasing out the super-toxic glyphosate herbicide by 2024.
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New restrictions are part of a push by the French government to phase out the cancer-causing weedkiller by 2021.
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According to the Canada Organic Trade Association, organic products sold in Canada now account for 3.2% of all grocery sales.
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Stakeholders fear organic food exports will be banned if mutual recognition is not agreed upon between the UK and EU by December 31, 2020.
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Despite the fact that Fidel Castro was a harsh critic of GMOs, the country is now officially allowing them.
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Mexico has created a roadmap for the gradual reduction of the use of toxic herbicide until it reaches a total ban in 2024.
Read Article The arrangement covers products certified to the USDA organic regulations or Taiwan organic regulations that are grown or produced in the United States or Taiwan; or have their final processing or packaging in the United States or Taiwan.
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The UK reported that organic farmland grew by 2.4% last year, reversing a decline from 2018.
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According to new figures from Danmarks Statistik, organic goods are more popular than ever in the country, growing 9% in 2019.
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The Fairtrade Foundation has launched a 3-year program in India to grow organic, non-GMO cotton in a move to help farmers access higher-value markets.
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Mexico’s Senate recently passed a federal law to promote and protect native corn.
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The organic food sector in the UK rose by 4.5% last year, with sales of online retail and home delivery surging by 11.2%.
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As questions of food security and food supply become more pressing for many governments in Africa, people are turning to innovative solutions to grow organic vegetables.
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Put into effect on January 1st, pesticide-free zones in France have angered winegrowers while civil society still considers them insufficient.
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Amid muddled certification processes and questions of affordability, India’s organic food startups struggle to earn consumers’ trust.
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The fruit’s global surge in popularity has fueled exports and attracted violent cartels to the trade in ‘green gold’.
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