A recent study in Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems found that organic farms provide greater employment opportunities with more job stability when compared to county averages. As a means of ending hunger and providing healthy food to all its citizens, the city of Atlanta is creating the largest public food forest in the United States. A volatile weedkiller linked to cancer and endocrine issues will likely be sprayed on millions more acres of soybeans and cotton across the Midwest and South starting this year. Bayer’s chief executive on Thursday acknowledged the German maker of pharmaceuticals and crop chemicals was facing massive challenges from a wave of lawsuits over an alleged carcinogenic effect of its Roundup weedkiller. Bayer also confirmed it’s cutting about 4,500 positions in Germany, part of an effort to reshape its business and become more profitable after its controversial Monsanto acquisition.
Telangana village turns 250 acres into organic farmland. Gardening tips and tricks are popping up in the news one popular hack is companion planting. Grouping friendly plants together in the garden is suppose to help enhance growth, flavor and protect plants from pests. And in Australia, a Melbourne gardener has launched legal action against a global pharmaceutical giant in the first Australian case to link cancer with popular weedkiller Roundup.
Organic farming creates more jobs with greater stability
A recent study in Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems found that organic farms provide greater employment opportunities with more job stability when compared to county averages.
Atlanta is Transforming an Abandoned Plot of Land into the Largest Public Food Forest in the US
As a means of ending hunger and providing healthy food to all its citizens, the city of Atlanta is creating the largest public food forest in the United States. According to a new piece of legislation that was passed last week, the food park will be located on 7 acres of vacant forested land near Lakewood Heights.
Volatile pesticide to be sprayed on soybeans and cotton this season- good but just in the roundup
A volatile weedkiller linked to cancer
and endocrine issues will likely be sprayed on millions more acres of soybeans
and cotton across the Midwest and South starting this year.
CEO sees Bayer ‘massively’ affected by herbicide litigation
Bayer’s chief executive acknowledged the German maker of pharmaceuticals and crop chemicals was facing massive challenges from a wave of lawsuits over an alleged carcinogenic effect of its Roundup weedkiller.
Telangana Village Turns 250 Acres Organic!
Up until two decades ago, Telangana (then a part of undivided Andhra Pradesh) was a hotbed for farmer suicides. Chemical farming, one of the perils of the Green Revolution, was rampant at the time.
12 companion plants to grow alongside your tomatoes
Companion planting is part science and
folklore. Grouping friendly plants together in the garden is suppose to help
enhance growth, flavor and protect plants from pests.
Bayer Confirms 4,500 German Job Cuts in Post-Monsanto Reboot
Bayer AG confirmed it’s cutting about
4,500 positions in Germany, part of an effort to reshape its business and
become more profitable after its controversial Monsanto acquisition.
First cancer lawsuit over weedkiller Roundup filed in Australia
A Melbourne gardener has launched legal
action against a global pharmaceutical giant in the first Australian case to
link cancer with popular weedkiller Roundup.
