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Can you imagine a world without bees?
I can’t imagine a world without bees. These fantastic little insects are not only a vital part of natural ecosystems, they also play a crucial role in food production.
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Pesticides are not needed to feed the world, UN says
Pesticides, which have been aggressively promoted, are a global human rights concern, and their use can have very detrimental consequences on the enjoyment of the right to food.
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Without the oceans, you wouldn’t exist
All life on Earth comes from the oceans... and they're still looking after us today. The oceans have protected us from the worst impacts of global warming. Our oceans have trapped 90% of the extra heat caused by greenhouse gas emissions over the last sixty years.
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Melting sea ice breaks new records — an Arctic sanctuary is more urgent than ever
With sea ice at record low levels this winter, the Arctic needs us now perhaps more than ever. Last week, a vote in the European Parliament showed that Arctic protection has become an established conversation in the corridors of power – but we don’t need words; we need action.
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Why Brazil’s rotten meat scandal is a big problem — and not just for Brazilians
Food scandals like this happen more often than you think and may affect you more than you know — even if you don’t live in Brazil.
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Mars, Nestlé commit to clean up pet food supply chains, increasing pressure on Thai Union to act
Washington, DC, 16 March 2017 - Following global pressure on pet food companies, industry giants Mars and Nestlé have announced that they will take steps to ensure their pet food supply chains are free of human rights abuses and illegally caught seafood. Their commitments to act on transshipping at sea increase the need for global…
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Agricultural revolution in Germany: we want it and we can do it
We are fed up. You, me and a lot of our farmers. In Berlin, Germany, some 18,000 people just took to the streets to protest against industrial agriculture. It is clear we no longer want a food system that is dependent on pesticides, pollutes our water, uses genetic engineering, grabs land, mistreats animals and takes…
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Seeing is believing: Growing food for people, with people and with nature in Cuba
“Ojos hacen fe.” Those are the words of Lucy Martín, an inspiring Cuban researcher with Oxfam in Havana. She has lived through decades of change in Cuba, while remaining grounded in the reality of farmers there.
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Rainbow Warrior arrives in Cuba to document the island’s eco food system
Havana, Cuba 11 January 2017 - Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior, arrived in Cuba for the first time to host a conversation between Mexican scientists and farmers and their Cuban counterparts, responsible for researching and practising large scale ecological farming on the island for over two decades.
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The Environmental Risks of Neonicotinoid Pesticides
Neonicotinoid pesticides were first introduced in the mid-1990s and since then their use has grown rapidly so that they have become the most widely used class of insecticides in the world, with the majority being used as seed coatings.