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Jumbo merger: takeover of Monsanto by Bayer
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15.09.2016 Leo FrühschützThe German chemicals corporation Bayer has announced the friendly take-over of its US competitor Monsanto. Bayer is paying Monsanto shareholders US$128 per share - a premium of 44 % on the quoted price.
Organic products from abroad: are prices and wages fair ?
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13.09.2016 Leo FrühschützThe objective is clear: people producing organic goods must earn enough to live on. But do importers in fact pay prices that enable the producers and the workers in the fields and plantations to have a decent standard of living? If the answer is that they often don't, what does that mean for the specialist organic trade?
Rutter’s Diary Launches Organic Milk Line
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12.09.2016 RedaktionOrganic milk sales are on the rise in the US. Rutter’s Diary seems to have noticed this development and is now beginning to sell an own line of organic milk.
Cork 2.0 declaration: Strong political commitment on public goods payments needed to turn words into reality
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10.09.2016 EditorOn the 7th september, the Declaration oh the future EU Rural Development was proposed at the Cork Conference on Rural Development.
US Aquaculture Standards still in Progress
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08.09.2016 RedaktionOne year ago, the US Agriculture Department introduced a plan for organic aquaculture standards. Now the White House Office of Management and Budget has calculated that it will presumably take double time to pass the standard.
Venezuela’s Seed Law at Risk
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07.09.2016 RedaktionLast year, the government of Venezuela passed the so called Seed Law, which intended to impose one of the worlds toughest regulations on GMO seeds.
Seeing Potential in Seaweed
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06.09.2016 RedaktionThe Milltown Company is now searching to eradicate synthetics and chemicals out of aqua and agri feed and replace them with natural sustainable organic feed ingredients, such as macroalgae or seaweeds.
“Agro-Resistance” in Palestine
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02.09.2016 RedaktionFor years, Israel has been trying to drive Palestinian farmers off their land by restricting agriculture. “Canaan Fair Trade” is a farming project, that wants to support local small-hold farmers by helping to grow resistant organic crops, buying products to above market prices and finding markets for the produce.
McDonald’s goes Cage Free
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31.08.2016 Redaktion50% of the whole McDonald’s menu consists of chicken and eggs. Steve Easterbrook, CEO at McDonald’s has now launched a 10-year plan to switch the whole production from caged to free-range hens.
UK Permaculture Convergence 2016
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24.08.2016 RedaktionThe next British Permaculture Convergence will take place from the 2nd to the 4th of September 2016.
Monsanto in court
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23.08.2016Tribunals are set up to deal with serious crimes, to indict people guilty of crimes against humanity and to punish them. In the middle of October the Monsanto Tribunal will be held in The Hague. For three days, this symbolic citizens' court will hear plaintiffs from all over the world present a summary of the offences committed by Monsanto. The aim is to get the criminal offence of ecocide recognised in international law.Taking place in parallel, the People´s Assembly will work on devising strategies and concepts for conserving resources and ensuring a viable future.
Call for Organic Innovations
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22.08.2016 RedaktionBecause innovation is crucial for the development of the organic sector, TP Organics invites farmers, researchers and companies to propose innovative solutions to problems of organic farming.
General Mills in dairy deal with Organic Valley
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16.08.2016 RedaktionGeneral Mills announced a new partnership with Organic Valley that will help 20 dairy farms add 3,000 acres of organic production over the next three years.
Germany’s large increase on organic growers
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12.08.2016 RedaktionOrganic agriculture grew stably in Germany once again in 2015.
Monsanto Tribunal & People’s Assembly
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11.08.2016 EditorTogether, the IFOAM Organics International, Navdanya, Organic Consumers Association, Biovision and many more are organizing The People’s Assembly as well as The Monsanto Tribunal, 14 -16 October 2016 in The Hague, Netherlands.
Report on the European Organic Rice Market 2016 out
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05.08.2016 EditorThe Europe Organic Rice Industry 2016 Market Research Report is a professional and in-depth study on the current state of the Organic Rice industry.
Monsanto Tribunal: Vadana Shiva´s Call to Action
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01.08.2016 EditorThe Monsanto Tribunal is an international civil society initiative to hold Monsanto accountable for human rights violations, for crimes against humanity, and for ecocide. Dr. Vandana Shiva calls to action and explains the background.
European Commission registers 'People4Soil'
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29.07.2016 EditorThe European Commission has today taken the decision to register 'People4Soil' European Citizens' Initiative which aims to "recognise soil as a shared heritage that needs EU level protection and develop a dedicated legally binding framework covering the main soil threats."
China – one of the top 4 organic markets worldwide
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26.07.2016For years there were no official figures available for the organic market in the People's Republic of China, even though this huge country has for a long time been supplying a lot of organic products. According to the data we now have access to, catapulted China into fourth place in the worldwide ranking of organic markets. Karin Heinze has been travelling in China and at BioFach in Shanghai she spoke to the chairman of IFOAM-Asia Zhou Zheijang and Markus Arbenz, the managing director of IFOAM Organics International (Video and Gallery).
Agriculture should play its part in emission reduction
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22.07.2016 EditorThe organic food and farming movement welcomes the Commission’s proposal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in key economic sectors such as agriculture by 30% by 2030.
People4Soil expected to launch this September
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18.07.2016 Editor"It's time to save the soils of Europe" says the citizens' initiative People4Soil that is expected to be launched this September. More than 300 organisations ask EU a common legal framework to counteract land take, soil degradation and contamination.
EU: CAP not delivering the public goods promised
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18.07.2016 EditorThe reformed CAP for 2014-2020 lacks clear tools to guide and direct investments towards sustainable agriculture, the majority of tools available are limited to supporting individual farm practices and they do not promote a comprehensive transition towards sustainable agriculture.
Monsanto Tribunal and People’s Assembly
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14.07.2016 EditorNavdanya is co-organizing the Monsanto Tribunal and a People’s Assembly for the future of food, the future of the planet from 14th-16th October 2016 at The Hague.
EU: member states support restrictions of use for Glyphosate
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13.07.2016 EditorThe European Union Member States have voted in favor of limiting the use of the world’s most used herbicide, glyphosate, the European Commission announced on Monday.
Empowering small farmers and advocating for their interests
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08.07.2016 EditorIFAD Annual report 2015 has recently been published in order to explain about their work, investments and results.
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