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The long haul: Retired circus elephants
Dodo Contributor: Christina Russo is a freelance writer and writes primarily about animals. What is going to happen to Rosie and Opal? This is a nagging question for those who are following the tale...
View ArticleAccountability for toxic ag chemicals
Enlist Duo is a combination of the herbicides 2,4-D and glyphosate developed by Dow Chemical Co. It received EPA approval for use in six states in October, and is on track for approval in ten more....
View ArticleBig Data for Big Ag
Tom Philpott writes for Mother Jones: Ask an agribusiness exec about sustainable agriculture, and you’ll likely get an earful about something called “precision agriculture.” What is it? According to...
View ArticleCalifornia’s bag ban under attack
The Sacramento Bee advises local communities to ban bags, since the industry has taken aim at the state law. The county I live in, San Luis Obispo, has had a bag ban for more than a year. It was not...
View ArticleGMOs undermine agricultural biology
Dr. Friedman’s analysis begins with a lengthy lecture on the biology of genetic change. It’s useful and, for the amount of material he covers, brief. For those already familiar with the mechanisms,...
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Insecticides kill butterflies
Insecticide Blamed for Monarch Butterfly Decline Posted by Jim Crabtree in Latest News, RSS, Toxics, Wildlife on April 6, 2015 8:19 am / no comments Environment News Service reports: [Note from...
View ArticleWomen feed the world
Bill Moyers republishes an article by Vedana Shiva on how women and their agricultural practices are the true path to feeding the world, NOT industrial agriculture. We’ve got to change that message the...
View ArticleBig Ag hides behind front groups
From Friends of the Earth: Our new report, “Spinning food,” investigates how Big Food and agrochemical corporations are deliberately misleading the public — and reporters — on facts about industrial...
View ArticleTwisting the words to pillage the ocean
Science Daily reports on policy research: Countries are loosely interpreting the legal meaning of “rational use” of natural resources to escalate fishing efforts in Antarctic waters and hinder efforts...
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Developers bully California Coastal Commission
Banning Ranch oil field Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times A pump jack in the Banning Ranch oil field. Nature hasn’t let go here; prickly pear cactus, grasslands, scrub-coated arroyos and marshes...
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