Fino a poco tempo fa in pochi erano a conoscenza delle virtù a dir poco miracolose dell'Echinacea, nonostante il suo utilizzo a scopi terapeutici risalga...
The Wheel Of Life: New report links food, climate...
Understanding of the ‘problem’ of agriculture took a giant step forward in 2007 with publication of the UN IAASTD report. This report, which was as...
Hungry Planet Episode 6
In this episode of Hungry Planet, legendary Italian striker Roberto Baggio witnesses the devastation of climate change on crops in the Peruvian Andes, Canadian...
China's appetite for wood takes a heavy toll on forests
More than half of the timber now shipped globally is destined for China. But unscrupulous Chinese companies are importing huge amounts of illegally harvested...
‘King of the farm’: Sheep-herding rabbit gains...
A rabbit that rounds up sheep on a small farm in northern Sweden is rapidly gaining a following on the Internet, with more than 650,00 views in the past week on...
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The Costa Rican government has launched a study into the causes of chronic kidney disease in its sugarcane producing northern region. At the same time one of the...
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If you assume that Bill Gates is so well informed about all his philanthropic targets that you take his word at face value, you would be in good company, but you...
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Last week, the London Olympics were wrapped in fresh embarassment and controversy as Mayor Boris Johnson’s ‘ethics Tzar’ resigned live on BBC...
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The Wisconsin State Department of Justice continued its persecution of small organic farmer Vernon Hershberger of Loganville, Wis., last week in a circus-like court...
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Although recent rains have put a dent in the Texas drought, a day of reckoning looms for the state’s long-grain rice growers, who pump millions into the economy...
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In a dramatic reversal of fortune compared to last year, an unusually dry winter is causing the level of Lake Mead, Nevada, to decline, making water managers...
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The biggest trees in the world, known as the true ecological kings of the jungle, are dying off rapidly as roads, farms and settlements fragment forests and they come...
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If you happened to be walking around Lower Manhattan this morning, you might have noticed the anti-Monsanto chants echoing from Foley Square. In a protesting...
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The giant bio-tech firm Monsanto yesterday announced a major withdrawal from the UK amid intense opposition to genetically modified foods.The company, the leading...
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Dow and its affiliate companies, knowingly and willfully, sold products of Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) in India routing it through untainted companies by...
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It looks like as a green destination, Spain is pulling ahead. The European country has emerged as a solar energy leader and its wind power industry is growing by...
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Bill Gates is one very confused billionaire philanthropist. He understands global warming is a big problem — indeed, his 2012 Foundation Letter even frets...
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Bill Gates, the heavy Monsanto investor who purchased 500,000 shares of the biotech giant in 2010, has been toting Monsanto’s genetically modified creations as...
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U.S. biotech firm Monsanto said on Tuesday it does not plan to sell its genetically modified maize MON810 in France this year, nor after, even though the...
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By 2100, global climate change will modify plant communities covering almost half of Earth's land surface and will drive the conversion of nearly 40 percent of...
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Mexico's dry Laguna region is facing an arsenic problem in drinking water as a result of overexploitation of aquifers and lack of rainfall. BUENOS AIRES,...
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In his State of the Union speech, President Obama lauded natural gas from shale as a key part of his clean energy plan. Fracking shale for natural gas is an intensive...
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Monsanto shareholders rejected a concerned shareholder’s proposal and upheld management viewpoint, as expected–after all, they did own shares in...
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By Brad Johnson The Department of Agriculture’s plant hardiness maps are finally reflecting a fact that gardeners have already realized — the United...
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