The battle for hearts and minds is in full swing as the clock ticks down on a mass anti-GM action planned for later this month.
Filed in: Agriculture United Kingdom
Agriculture
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Bangalore’s urban agriculture boom
Mari Marcel Thekaekara on how Bangaloreans, fed up with soaring vegetable prices, are growing their own organic food.
Filed in: Agriculture India
- Mari Marcel Thekaekara
- November 24, 2011
- 1
The food rush
Maize and wheat are hot assets, right up there with gold. But since investors piled into food markets, the poorest can no longer afford to eat. Hazel Healy gets to grips with the commodity speculators.
Filed in: Agriculture Finance
- Hazel Healy
- November 1, 2011
- 2
Meet the food speculators
Who is making a profit from food?
Filed in: Agriculture Finance Hunger
- Hazel Healy
- November 1, 2011
- 1
Chicken à la injection
Wild stories fly around about chicken farming but the reality remains less than wholesome, says Mari Marcel Thekaekara.
Filed in: Agriculture India
- Mari Marcel Thekaekara
- November 1, 2011
- 3
Kibera's vertical farms
Slum dwellers are using urban agriculture as a buffer to market shocks, report Danielle Nierenberg and Jessie Chang.
Filed in: Agriculture Cities Kenya
- Jesse Chang and Danielle Nierenberg
- November 1, 2011
- 0
Why the G20 must wake up to food speculation
As protestors gear up to occupy financial centres across the globe, Deborah Doane calls on world leaders to limit high-finance’s meddling in agricultural markets.
Filed in: Activism Agriculture Finance
- Deborah Doane
- October 14, 2011
- 0
Where now for biofuels?
Can fuel crops ever be sustainable? Danny Chivers gives us the lowdown.
Filed in: Agriculture Biotech Power
- Danny Chivers
- July 1, 2011
- 0
Biofuels - the good, the bad and the ugly
From wood to algae, biofuels have been around for years. But they’re not necessarily all they’re cracked up to be. Danny Chivers has the low-down.
Filed in: Agriculture Biotech Power Sustainability
- Danny Chivers
- July 1, 2011
- 3
Honeybees get a helping hand
‘Barefoot beekeepers’ adopt an alternative approach to safeguarding the threatened bee population.
Filed in: Agriculture Animals
- Ian Fitzpatrick
- March 1, 2011
- 3
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