Renewable Farming

March 2016

A pork producer documents how glyphosate residues enter our food ecosystem

Crop farmers and livestock producers across the European Union are growing intensively concerned about the near-universal realization that glyphosate residues are permeating most feed, manure — and the food chain. One Danish pork producer has studied the origins and consequences of glyphosate in his sow herd for two years. Higher glyphosate levels in feed have […]

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A farm-raised high school senior’s view of farming’s future

Blake Carlson, a high school senior who intends to study biologically focused agriculture in college, wrote an overview of today’s mainstream farming which exposes its potential inability to satisfy a consumer marketplace that’s rapidly changing. Most farmers are unaware of new, insistent demands for more highly nutritious, pesticide-free and GMO-free food. Blake is the third generation here

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More European nations revolt against re-licensing glyphosate in the EU

Just as the European Union’s health commissioner is poised to re-license glyphosate herbicides for another 15 years, several EU nations have launched strong objections. By March 5, three nations threatened to vote against the re-approval. A March 5 report by Sustainable Pulse provides details at this link. By March 8, the rebellion had grown to several other nations, which recommended

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