It’s no big deal that crop genes get into wild populations.
CROP GENES IN THE WILD CAN CAUSE TROUBLE — NOT ALL THE TIME — BUT ON OCCASION. Ellstrand maintains there’s no fundamental difference between genes transferred from genetic engineering and genes that…
Products and travel can be “climate neutral” or even “climate positive”.
Products and travel that are sold as “climate neutral” or “climate positive” due to offsetting, do still have a carbon footprint. Such marketing is misleading and may even lead to more emissions…
Is Farmer Suicides being Rampant in Indian Agriculture –
Suicides, regardless of whether by farmers or non–farmers merit consideration and comprehension. In excess of 8 lakh, individuals bite the dust from self-destruction in a year on the planet (WHO). The self-destruction…
What are GM foods and GMOs?
Genetic modification is when the genes of a living thing have been changed or added to. Genes carry instructions for plants and animals to function. Genetic modification means plants or animals can…
Is Crop Protection Chemicals Lead to Severe Imbalance of Aquatic Ecosystem in India-
Fish are exceptionally touchy to water contaminations. India is the third biggest fish maker on the planet which shows our dirt water biological system isn’t tainted. Andhra Pradesh and Punjab lead in…
All Conventionally Grown Produce Is High in Pesticides
Turns out, a significant amount of conventionally grown produce is free of pesticide residue. Roughly 38% of conventional produce samples test positive for pesticide residues, while 7% of organic samples test positive.…
Only very high carbon prices are effective.
“People are never going to change just to save a few bucks,” cries everyone who has never listened to their parents gleefully explain how they travel 45 minutes out of their way…
An Organic Label Means 100% Organic Food
According to USDA rules, the majority of ingredients within a product must be organic for the product to qualify for the organic label. The current minimum is 70% organic. This means that…
Carbon pricing is a new, untested idea.
It’s a phrase mumbled a thousand times across a thousand tense family dinner tables, “Your economists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they…
Organic Always Means Pesticide-Free
Organic foods typically contain fewer pesticides than non-organic foods, but there are over 20 chemicals that farmers are able to use on organic crops to help keep those crops pest-free. Mainly, farmers…
