Farming Food
Agriculture is killing the planet
From Ecosocialist Discussion By Alan Thornett This is a revised version of chapter 16 of my book Facing the Apocalypse–Arguments…
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Biodiversity Climate Change Farming Food Growth Sustainability
Moving to a sustainable system of food production within a degrowth paradigm
From billmitchell.org I read an interesting report in the last few days – The Economics of the Food System Transformation – published…
Biodiversity Climate Change Ecosocialism Farming Food Imperialism Indigenous Peoples Just Transition Sustainability Waste
Five reasons why agriculture should be central to our ecosocialist vision
From Rupture magazine Jess Spear 1. Industrialised agriculture is undermining our life support systems. Wildlife populations are collapsing and many…
Biodiversity Farming Food Sustainability
Could small farmers feed the world?
From Climate & Capitalism The claim that small farms produce 70% of all food is a myth … but in…
Farming Food
‘Gigantic’ power of meat industry blocking green alternatives, study finds
From The Guardian Analysis of EU and US shows livestock farmers receive about 1,000 times more public funding than plant-based…
Europe Farming Food Sustainability
The European Commission proposes to scrap safeguards around new GMOs
The latest GM Watch newsletter Welcome to our latest Review, which focuses on the European Commission’s proposal to scrap safeguards…
Biodiversity Britain Farming Geographical Pollution Sustainability
Government rejected calls from its own experts to protect key nature sites
From Open Democracy Tory lack of seriousness on environmental issues is across the board. Natural England’s key recommendation for…
Biodiversity Britain Farming Food Geographical Pollution Sustainability Waste
UK river ‘dying’ after farmers lobbied government to water down protections
From Open Democracy National Farmers’ Union boasted about months of lobbying to weaken enforcement of environmental regulation Billy Stockwell 13…
Biodiversity Climate Change Farming Food Fossil Fuels Sustainability
With our food systems on the verge of collapse, it’s the plutocrats v life on Earth
George Monbiot’s latest article in The Guardian Climate breakdown and crop losses threaten our survival, but the ultra-rich find ever…
Britain Farming Food Geographical
Genetic Technology Act passes into law but still much to fight for
From Thin Ice GM Freeze, Thin Ice, 5 June 2023 On Thursday 23 March, the deeply flawed Genetic Technology (Precision…