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Solution: An Eco-Farming Revolution

Solution: An Eco-Farming Revolution

Topic | 23 April, 2010 at 14:07

Greenpeace's Food and Farming vision outlines a way forward with Ecological Farming (we call it eco-farming for short). Eco-farming combines modern science and innovation with respect for nature and biodiversity. It ensures healthy farming and...

Eating Less Meat, More Plants Helps the Environment

Eating Less Meat, More Plants Helps the Environment

Background | 25 August, 2015 at 22:35

Meat is an important part of heritage and identity. It’s a cultural staple in many communities across the globe. But with a rising middle class, societies are becoming meat obsessed. Nowhere else is this more prevalent than rich nations whose...

More Meat Threatens The Planet

More Meat Threatens The Planet

Background | 26 August, 2015 at 0:39

Here is a fact you’ll need to read twice to believe: industrial livestock agriculture - raising cows, pigs and chickens - generates as much greenhouse gas emissions than all cars, trucks and automobiles combined!

Problem: Our Food System Is Broken

Problem: Our Food System Is Broken

Topic | 26 August, 2015 at 0:30

Greenpeace is launching a food revolution and we won’t be successful unless you and your friends take part. Our Food and Farming campaign envisions a future built upon “ecological farming.” It’s a future where progressive ecological farmers...

Less meat, better for everyone

Less meat, better for everyone

Blog entry by Elena Danali | 4 November, 2015 2 comments

The recent announcement from the World Health Organisation (WHO) which classified processed meat as a carcinogenic and red meat as "probably carcinogenic" (similar to Glyphosate in Roundup) shows that the amount and the frequency...

Grilling Away the Amazon

Grilling Away the Amazon

Publication | 19 November, 2015 at 19:00

In the first evaluation of whether Brazilian supermarkets are ensuring that they are avoiding deforestation in their beef sourcing, the sector is off to a disappointing start: seven supermarkets (representing approximately two-thirds of all...

Ecological Livestock

Ecological Livestock

Publication | 12 February, 2013 at 12:41

Options for reducing livestock production and consumption to fit within ecological limits, with a focus in Europe.

Slaughtering the Amazon

Slaughtering the Amazon

Publication | 1 June, 2009 at 2:00

The cattle sector in the Brazilian Amazon is the largest driver of deforestation in the world, responsible for one in every eight hectares destroyed globally. Efforts to halt global deforestation emissions must tackle this sector.

The cattle battle: How one supermarket is stepping up to stop Amazon destruction for beef

The cattle battle: How one supermarket is stepping up to stop Amazon destruction for beef

Blog entry by Adriana Charoux | 30 March, 2016

Brazil's largest supermarket chain has just committed stop selling beef linked to Amazon destruction and human rights violations – because Brazilians demanded it. Today Grupo Pão de Açúcar – Brazil’s largest supermarket...

10 years ago, the Amazon was being bulldozed for soy. Then everything changed.

10 years ago, the Amazon was being bulldozed for soy. Then everything changed.

Blog entry by Paulo Adario | 10 May, 2016 3 comments

This week – after months of negotiation and uncertainty – the Brazilian government, the soy industry and civil society organizations, including Greenpeace, indefinitely renewed an agreement keeping huge swathes of Amazon rainforest...

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