"Historic evidence shows that Basmati is a distinctive cultivar developed by the farmers of India and Pakistan at least 250 years ago, and grown in many parts in these two countries ever since," says ...
The global food system has three principal vectors: (1) the corporate model of industrial and transgenic agriculture, (2) a variety of alternative models concerned with the sustainability of rural ...
YAWALAPIT - Where Brazil's massive central savanna meets the Amazon jungle lives an Indian chief who has turned the tide of history. There, on the banks of the Tuatuari River chief Aritana of the ...
Many chefs understand the benefits of buying directly from a local farmer. Local farmers are can provide a fresh tasting, high quality product with a longer shelf life. A chef that develops an ongoing ...
Ten percent of all bird species are set to disappear by the end of this century -- and with them the services they provide such as cleaning up carcasses and spreading seeds, U.S. researchers say. A ...
On 15th August it emerged that Bayer's new agricultural wing, Bayer CropScience (1), was responsible for the illegal planting of genetically modified (GM) oil seed rape (OSR) contaminated with an ...
MANILA - The Philippine government plans by July 1, 2003, to make firms notify it of any imported genetically modified organisms (GMOs), according to draft documents obtained by reporters. Based on ...
Mexico confirms GM maize contamination Katie Mantell The Mexican government has confirmed earlier reports that transgenic maize is growing within the country's borders and has apparently contaminated ...
Join us for a series of short virtual information sessions, where IATP expert staff and board members will dig deeper into a specific area of our work — from national policy to local food systems — ...
The rise of factory farms in the U.S. didn't happen by accident. Corporate influence over our political system has created policies that subsidize and incentivize the industrial model. But our food ...