Agriculture and Food

How harmful is Genetic Engineering? Is relying on toxic chemicals the only way forward? Can 'business as usual' in agriculture provide food for the future?

Chemical-itensive agriculture is a problem that Greenpeace is campaigning to reduce. We work globally to promote food and agricultural techniques that are good for people and the planet.

The problem

These facts about our global food system demonstrate why we need to advocate for healthy food that is grown in harmony with the environment and is resilient to climate change:

Ten corporations control nearly 70% of the world's seed market, yet small-scale farmers produce the majority of the world’s food. Corporate control of agriculture means farmers have less choice.

Genetic Engineering does not feed the world. Over 99% of farmers around the world do not grow Genetically Engineered crops.

Industrial agriculture uses synthetic fertilizers and toxic chemicals that pollute vital water and soils.

Excessive use of synthetic fertilizers in industrial polluting agriculture contributes to climate change.

The solution 

We believe that ecological farming is the solution. In a nutshell, it refers to ensuring healthy farming and food for today and tomorrow, by protecting soil, water and climate, promoting biodiversity, and not contaminating the environment with chemical inputs or genetic engineering.

Some benefits of ecologic farming:

  • It keeps farming food production in the hands of farmers and away from corporate control.
  • Ecological farming helps cope with climate change.
  • Some 2.6 billion small-scale farmers already produce the majority of the world's food.
  • Ecological farming is proven to be more profitable for farmers in studies from Europe, Africa, Asia and America.

How you can help

Join the Truefood Network: Run by the Safe Food Foundation, the True Food Network is a growing community of everyday Australians, chefs, food experts, farmers and community groups uniting to protect our food from genetic engineering.

Get the facts: Read the latest updates from our expert bloggers working around the world for ecological farming.

The latest updates

 
Breeding plants for salt and drought tolerance: genetic engineering not needed

Breeding plants for salt and drought tolerance: genetic engineering not needed

Report | 1 January, 2012 at 15:30

Plant traits such as drought tolerance, salt tolerance or nutrient content are controlled by a complex combination of several genes.

Want to know what’s in your food? Tough luck

Want to know what’s in your food? Tough luck

Feature Story | 6 December, 2011 at 10:44

Around two years ago, the federal government set up an expert panel to make recommendations to improve Australia’s food labelling laws. They needn’t have bothered. The public’s call for comprehensive labelling and testing of all genetically...

Bakers Delights customers

Bakers Delights customers

Feature Story | 29 November, 2011 at 10:09

With Australia on the brink of commercialising genetically modified wheat, we are calling on the biggest bakery franchise – Bakers Delight – to support the call for better GM labelling and to rule out using GM wheat.

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