Sunday, May 4, 2025

Tag: farming

Kenya Court of Appeal blocks government’s import of GMOs

A case was brought against the government challenging its decision to lift the GMO ban it had in place in October 2022.

Chickens are smarter than you think

Factory farming has made us think of chickens as mindless automata. But our downy friends know much more than we give them credit for.

Environmental Working Group detects lower levels of glyphosate in oats

EWG tested 24 samples of 14 non-organic oat-based products from popular brands and glyphosate was detected on all non-organic, or conventional, samples, but the average amounts were much lower than the tests conducted in 2018 and 2019.

Saving the bumblebee starts with changing our farming practices

We are the cause of the bumblebee decline—and the solution.

Red Earth Farms is proof that intentional communities can succeed

Ninety percent of all communes dissolve early on. How has this Missouri collective been making it work since 2005?

Air pollution is killing millions and rising exponentially—a shift in agriculture...

We must find a better way to prevent land use from changing.

EPA proposes ban on pesticide widely used on fruits and vegetables

In calling for an end to all uses of the pesticide on food, the agency cited evidence that acephate harms workers who apply the chemical as well as the general public and young children.

Debt forgiveness in the Bronze Age

Whether in the realms of trade or agriculture, the operative principle was that debtors should not lose their economic liberty by being held liable for “acts of God.”

The rising tide of factory farms: A look at the growing...

There has been a 29 percent increase in cattle farms with 5,000 or more cattle since 2012, and a 17 percent increase in the largest chicken farms.

Progressive groups unveil ‘Rural New Deal’ to ‘reverse decades of economic...

"Rebuilding and renewing supportive social and economic connections across rural and urban lines, empowering rural people and communities, moving away from extractive relationships of the past, is the course we must chart together."

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Friends, patriots, countrymen, where are your ears?

See no evil, hear no evil, admit no evil—the close-minded cult of suckered MAGA monkeys.

Trump is rubbing our faces in fascism. But the people are rising up

As the American public continues to publicly stand up to the administration, will Trump’s grip on power will eventually slip?

‘Democracy is on life support’: Trump signs executive order to defund NPR and PBS

Move echoes far-right playbook to dismantle public broadcasting, threatens local news access for millions, and ignites legal and political firestorm over press freedom in the U.S.

‘Grotesque spectacle’: CEO pay skyrockets 50% as worker wages stagnate

Oxfam analysis reveals global CEOs now earn 56 times more than average workers as corporate profits surge and economic inequality deepens on International Workers’ Day.

ICE is the American Gestapo, kidnapping and trafficking people

Why aren’t we arresting ICE agents when they break the law?