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Feds shouldn't set fertilizer emissions reduction target that hinders farmers: House AG committee

The committee’s latest report states the federal government should “not proceed with any mandatory fertilizer emissions reduction policy that would jeopardize farmers’ yields.”

Canada , Canadian , Feeding-the-world , Strengthening-canada , Global-food-insecurity ,

Explore big ideas through digital art

Explore big ideas through digital art
published : 13 May 2021 at 04:00
The virtual exhibition features digital images by 20 Southeast Asian artists. Photo courtesy of juliusbaer.com
A selection of outstanding digital art creations from the inaugural "Julius Baer Next Generation Art Prize" are displayed in a virtual exhibition open for public viewing until June 30.
Launched late last year to promote the burgeoning art scene in Southeast Asia, the art contest received a total of 204 entries from emerging artists in the region aged 18 to 40 who reflected the Swiss bank's next-generation investment themes -- Arising Asia, Digital Disruption, Energy Transition, Feeding The World, Future Cities, Shifting Lifestyles And Inequality, and Sustainability -- through digital art. However, only 20 finalists -- 10 from each category including still images and moving images -- were picked for a curated virtual display. Featuring a diverse range of narratives, moods and interests, the works range from cerebral engagements with big ideas; intimate, revealing portraits of individual lives; and humorous, whimsical images of everyday existence.

China , Thailand , Switzerland , Singapore , Chinese , Swiss , Shwe-wutt-hmon , Pam-virada , Energy-transition , Baer-next-generation-art , Southeast-asia , Digital-disruption

Studie: So wappnen sich Bienen gegen Pestizide

Studie: So wappnen sich Bienen gegen Pestizide
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Helsinki , Eteläuomen-läi , Finland , Dalial-freitak , Neonicotinoid-thiacloprid , Her-team , University-graz , Years-have-been , Feeding-the-world , Finland-now-under , Nutrition-work , Not-come

Why new genetic techniques need to be stringently regulated – study

Why new genetic techniques need to be stringently regulated – study
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Why new genetic techniques need to be stringently regulated – study
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1. Why new genetic techniques need to be stringently regulated – comment on new study
2. Differentiated impacts of human interventions on nature: Scaling the conversation on regulation of gene technologies – new study abstract
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Third World Network Biosafety Information Service, 4 Apr 2021
Worldwide, governments are under pressure from the biotechnology and agrichemical industries to deregulate products developed using the so-called “new” genetic engineering techniques such as genome editing and gene silencing. A new paper describes how many of the new techniques are not new to science, but because of technical developments can now be applied to more species in less time and for more kinds of traits.

Norway , Australia , New-zealand , Canada , Deborahj-paull , Sophie-walker , Jacka-heinemann , Defense-technology-agency , University-of-canterbury , Third-world-network-biosafety-information-service , World-network-biosafety-information-service , Gene-editing

"Small" changes made with gene editing cause severe deformities in plants

"Small" changes made with gene editing cause severe deformities in plants
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"Small" changes made with gene editing cause severe deformities in plants
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New study points to unintended effects of gene editing in plants and potential negative effects on ecosystems
Gene editing causes drastic unwanted effects in gene-edited plants including severe deformities, a new scientific publication in the journal Environmental Sciences Europe shows. This is the case even when the changes are intended by the gene editor to be small tweaks to existing genes rather than, for example, the introduction of new genetic material.
More broadly, the study provides an overview of the negative effects on ecosystems that can result from the release of gene-edited plants. These unintended effects result from the intended changes induced by genome editing, which can affect various metabolic processes in the plants.

United-states , United-kingdom , France , Rothamsted , Hertfordshire , Jean-denis-faure , Johnathan-napier , Katharina-kawall , Napier-faure , Environmental-sciences-europe , Rothamsted-research , Hammer-smashing

The next neocolonial gold rush?

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Planning documents for the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit shed new light on the agenda behind the controversial food summit that hundreds of farmers’ and human rights groups are boycotting. The groups say agribusiness interests and elite foundations are dominating the process to push through an agenda that would enable the exploitation of global food systems, and especially Africa.
The documents, including a background paper prepared for summit dialogues and a draft policy brief for the summit, bring into focus “plans for the massive industrialization of Africa’s food systems,” said Mariam Mayet, executive director of the African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), who provided the documents to U.S. Right to Know.

Burkina-faso , India , Brazzaville , Congo , Stacy-malkan , Mariam-mayet , Un-economic-commission-for-africa , Syngenta-foundation , Forum-for-agricultural-research-in-africa , Agriculture-organization , Sub-regional-research-organizations , African-centre-for-biodiversity

Monsanto owner Bayer and US officials pressured Mexico to drop glyphosate ban

Monsanto owner Bayer and US officials pressured Mexico to drop glyphosate ban
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Internal government emails show actions similar to those by Bayer and lobbyists to kill a proposed ban in Thailand in 2019
EXCERPT: “We’re seeing more and more how the pesticide industry uses the US government to aggressively push its agenda on the international stage and quash any attempt by people in other countries to take control of their food supply,” said Nathan Donley, a biologist with the CBD conservation group.
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* Internal government emails show actions similar to those by Bayer and lobbyists to kill a proposed ban in Thailand in 2019

China , Mexico , United-states , Thailand , Mexican , American , Chris-novak , Stephanie-murphy , Bayer-murphy , Nathan-donley , Andres-manuel-lopez-obrador , Robert-lighthizer

Bill Gates, Climate Warrior – and Super Emitter

Bill Gates, Climate Warrior – and Super Emitter
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Bill Gates has a new book out:
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster. But some people are less than amused at having to take lessons on the climate crisis from a billionaire who, in the words of the ETC Group, “made a fortune skirting government regulations with monopolistic practices, and holds a significant financial stake in the continued expansion of the fossil fuel industry.”

The following article by Tim Schwab makes clear just how extensive those fossil fuel investments are and how much they are at odds with Bill Gates’ claims. But at the same time as holding significant financial interests in fossil fuel extraction and fossil fuel dependent industries, quite apart from having a massive personal carbon footprint, Gates is also embracing large-scale planetary interventions via risky geoengineering.

Vietnam , Republic-of , New-york , United-states , Georgia , Japan , Florida , South-africa , Suwannee-river , Bahrain , South-african , Richard-branson

Glyphosate and Roundup disturb gut microbiome and blood biochemistry at doses that regulators claim to be safe

Glyphosate and Roundup disturb gut microbiome and blood biochemistry at doses that regulators claim to be safe
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New study reveals evidence for potential cancer-causing damage. Report: Claire Robinson
Glyphosate and the glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup disrupt the gut microbiome by the same mechanism by which the chemical acts as a weedkiller, and these effects happen even at low doses that regulators claim to be safe, a newly published study has found.[1]
The new study was conducted by an international team of scientists based in London, France, Italy, and the Netherlands, led by Dr Michael Antoniou of King’s College London. It is published today in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.

London , City-of , United-kingdom , Italy , Netherlands , France , Claire-robinson , Michael-antoniou , King-college-london , Environmental-health-perspectives , Gut-biome , Environmental-health

France has not backed deregulation of gene-edited crops

Latest news on GMO food, GMO crops, GMO labelling and genetically modified organisms

France , French , Julien-denormandie , Reuters , Genetic-literacy-project , New-breeding-techniques , Gmo , Gmos , Gmo-food , Gmo-labelling , Gm , Anti-gm