Agriculture

Farmers, Ranchers and Consumers Lose on WTO COOL Ruling

A U.S. law requiring the simple labeling of meat and poultry products for the country of origin (COOL) was determined to violate trade rules by a dispute panel at the World Trade Organization (WTO) today.

"Climate Smart Agriculture" isn’t. Agroecology is.

As the science and practice of agroecology provides a way forward to address food insecurity, rural poverty, climate change, drought and water scarcity it is encountering an intentionally misleading campaign called "Climate Smart Agriculture," being promoted by the World Bank, FAO, and newly launched corporate-dominated Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture.

Don't let trade trump GMO labeling

Trade rules have always been one of the biggest hammers the biotech industry has had to push genetically modified crops on the world. Nearly a decade ago, the industry, through its surrogates at the U.S.

Corporations represent at UN climate summit

The controversial Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture (GACSA) was officially launched yesterday at the U.N. Climate Summit.

Why we need agroecology, now

On Monday, the Carbon Underground, Rodale Institute and Organic Consumers Association held a press conference featuring leading scientists to explain why cutting emissions alone won’t solve climate change, and how nurturing healthier soil is an essential p

Real solutions from agriculture at the People's Climate March

IATP’s Tara Ritter is blogging from New York City as she attends the NYC Climate Convergence and the People's Climate March. Saturday 9/20/2014

Scientists praise and challenge FAO on agroecology

UPDATE: Join these scientists and sign on to support a U.N.-wide agroecology effort.

GMOs in China: Reading the tea leaves

The headline of last week’s Science Insider blog was eye-catching: “China pulls plug on genetically modified rice and corn.” (The RT version was even better: “End of the line: GMO production in China halted.”) What

“Sustainable intensification” is unsustainable

In a new paper led by collaborators at Leuphana University Lueneburg (Germany) and just released in print in the scientific jo