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16. نوفمبر 2013

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More than 100,000 German citizens want no GMOs

As German coalition partners discuss the future of GMO agriculture, in just over 24 hours more than 100,000 German citizens have already made their opinion clear, signing a petition stating that they do not want GMO crops on German fields. The petition is in response to …

14. نوفمبر 2013

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What A Week Of Groceries Looks Like Around The World

Ecuador, Tingo The Ayme family from Ecuador only spends around $32 per week on their groceries. It is interesting to note that the poorer families are often the ones eating the most healthy food. There isn’t one processed food in sight in this photograph!* Discover the …

14. نوفمبر 2013

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7 Ways to Save our Tired Soils

Guest Post for ARC2020 by Louise Payton, Policy Officer at the Soil Association The Soil Association, UK organic certification body and also “the UK’s leading membership charity campaigning for healthy, humane and sustainable food, farming and land use and environmental charity”, have organised a Soil Symposium, which …

13. نوفمبر 2013

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ARC2020 Seed Ball Action at Global Soil Week

ARC2020 was invited to participate in the Action Forum, where participants had a chance to get their hands ‘dirty’ and really ‘dig’ into the issues through a variety of different activities. We set up a Seed Ball Action, bringing fresh soil and all kinds of different seeds …

13. نوفمبر 2013

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Growing fears of landgrabbing among Polish farmers

Agricultural land in Poland is among the cheapest in Europe: one tenth of the price of agricultural land in the Netherlands, one third the price of agricultural land in Germany and a quarter the price agricultural land in the UK. Agricultural land prices in Poland have …

11. نوفمبر 2013

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Plastic Fantastic: Industrial Farming in Spain from Outer Space

A stunning vision of industrial farming: Here is what a part of Spain looks like on Google Earth. Read the article on plastic sheeting and see the impressive pictures here: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/11/you-wont-believe-what-humans-can-accomplish-with-just-plastic-sheeting/281290/ Is this the kind of future for our food and our farming you want? Post …

6. نوفمبر 2013

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Go NUTs with Eurostat Atlas

NUTs in European Statistics stands for Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistic and defines regions at different levels. Here, as an example, you can see the average size (hectare) of farms in the different NUTS-2 regions of the EU. Want to play out your own statistical …

6. نوفمبر 2013

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What will the next Organic Regulation look like?

For an unexpected start, the European Commission is in the middle of developing another Organic Regulation. By early next year, the proposal for a new organic regulation will be presented by the Commission to the Parliament and Council of Ministers – yes, that’s another trilogue starting. …

5. نوفمبر 2013

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British public now eating less meat

A quarter of the British public say they have cut back on the amount of meat they eat over the past year, new research for the Eating Better alliance revealed. Concern for animal welfare topped the reasons for considering eating less meat, ahead of saving money, …

29. أكتوبر 2013

by Ben

Sneak preview – guess what!

Here is a preview of Annika’s next picture. We felt this was probably the first comic featuring a mouse throwing up. But then we thought of Mickey, ‘though we could not quite remember that story… Anyway – what would you guess is the story of this …

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