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Decoding the GM debateBy Emma YoungG Magazine 12 October 2010G weighs up the evidence behind the claims made for and against GM crops. If you’re looking for a topical issue that polarises opinion, you can’t go past genetic modification (GM). At one end of the spectrum, GM food is the answer to world hunger, at…
Crisis in Australia’s seed banks30 September 2010by Elizabeth Finkel Cosmos Online Australia’s seed banks are hitting the dust, one by one, which may be violating an international treaty and could damage Australian agriculture down the track. (more at link)
Earth needs more from less | News | Feedstuffs FoodLink The world’s growing population will need increasingly more food, including meat, but it must be produced from fewer resources using intensification and technology. (8/13/2010) Rod Smith MULTIPLYING the world’s population by its consumption of food does not equal a healthy planet — the multiplication result…
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RISK MANAGEMENT RESEARCH Sustainability of Glyphosate-based Weed Management: The Benchmark StudyMicheal Owen, Philip Dixon, David Shaw, Stephen Weller, Bryan Young, Robert Wilson, and David Jordan The benefits and risks of the widespread adoption of genetically engineered glyphosate resistant (GE GR) crops on agroecosystems and for society has been a contentious topic of debate in scientific…
Life Cycle Study Shows Soy Continues to Grow More Sustainable By John Cooper, United Soybean Board directorSoybean farmer, Wynne, Ark. Today, probably one of the most overused, misunderstood and most difficult to accurately measure business practices proves to be the concept of sustainability as it relates to the environmental impact of many industries. U.S. soybean…
Things may not be as simple as they seem There is a strand of thought in modern, sophisticated societies which yearns for a simpler life. This is understandable; the complexities of living in the 21st century can be stressful. A quiet life in the country sounds idyllic to people balancing the demands of a job, urban…
Tasmania fumes over media misconduct – On Line Opinion – 7/7/2010 Scaremongering on shoddy ABC TV program Australian Story about supposedly “GM trees” has been dissected at On-line opinion. A few snippets from Online Opinion are given below Tasmania fumes over media misconduct Mark Pointer