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Sources Experts & SpokespersonsNews ReleasesGE-contaminated flax seed raises concerns for Canadian organic sector 2009-09-11 Organic Trade Association GE-contaminated flax seed raises concerns for Canadian organic sector. The Organic Trade Association (OTA) in Canada has called the recent discovery of contaminated flax seed in Europe â#ounacceptable... Sources Select ResourcesAcornSources Select Resources Encyclopedia Article ArilSources Select Resources Encyclopedia Article The Centrality of Seed: Building Agricultural Resilience Through Plant BreedingCeccarelli, Salvatore Article 2016 Independent Science News Five of the global issues most frequently debated today are the decline of biodiversity in general and of agrobiodiversity in particular, climate change, hunger and malnutrition, poverty and water. Se... Collectors on the edgeThe influence of Kew Gardens reaches far. In the heart of Botswana, meet the leaders of the Millenium Seed Bank Project Adams, Tim Article 2009 The Guardian Weekly The Millenium Seed Bank Project is an international botanical project to collect and study 10% of the world's plant species. Connexions Library: Africa FocusWebsite 2009 Connexions Information Sharing Services Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on Africa. Connexions Library: Agriculture and Farming FocusWebsite 2009 Connexions Information Sharing Services Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on farming and agriculture. CotyledonSources Select Resources Encyclopedia Article ElaiosomeSources Select Resources Encyclopedia Article Farmer Cooperatives, Not Monsanto, Supply El Salvador With Seeds Weller, Nathan Article 2015 truthout In the face of overwhelming competition skewed by the rules of free trade, farmers in El Salvador have managed to beat the agricultural giants like Monsanto and Dupont to supply local corn seed to tho... Farmers join to save the seeds that feed usWheeler, Ashley Article 2015 The Ecologist Farmers and growers in south-west England have united to reclaim the lost skill of seed saving. They are determined to grow, develop, share and disseminate open-pollinated seeds, and oppose EU laws gr... Ghana's farmers battle "Monsanto law' to retain seed freedomWalker, Chris; Tickell, Oliver Article 2014 The Ecologist Ghana's government is desperate to pass a Plant Breeders Bill that would remove farmers' ancient 'seed freedom' to grow, retain, breed and develop crop varieties - while giving corporate breeders a bl... Ghana's women farmers resist the G7 plan to grab Africa's seedsChow,Heidi Article 2015 The Ecologist Sharing and saving seed is a crucial part of traditional farming all over Africa. Governments, backed by multinational seed companies, are imposing oppressive seed laws that attack the continent's mai... The Great Seed Piracy Shiva, Vandana Article 2016 Toward Freedom A great seed and biodiversity piracy is underway and it must be stopped. The privateers of today include not just the corporations -- which are becoming fewer and larger through mergers -- but also in... GymnospermSources Select Resources Encyclopedia Article HypocotylSources Select Resources Encyclopedia Article Land and seed laws under attack as Africa is groomed for corporate recolonizationArticle 2015 The Ecologist Across Africa, laws are being rewritten to open farming up to an agribusiness invasion - displacing millions of small cultivators and replacing them with a new model of profit-oriented agriculture usi... Monsanto is buying up non-gmo seed companiesIWB Article 2013 Investment Watch A positive trend in recent years is the growing number of gardening enthusiasts choosing to plant gardens using organic and/or heirloom seeds. Nut (fruit)Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Article Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - October 30, 2014Refugees Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2014 Connexions Topic of the week is Refugees. Featured articles look at migration, counter-surveillance resources, farmers in Ghana fighting to retain the freedom to save their own seeds, and rebuilding communities ... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - March 12, 2015Organizing Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 Connexions The focus of this issue is organizing. How can we challenge and overcome entrenched structures of economic and political power? Our own source of power is our latent ability to join together and work ... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - March 26, 2015Sustainability, ecology, and agriculture Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 Connexions This issue features a number of items related to sustainability, ecology, and agriculture, including Vandana Shiva's article "Small is the New Big," the Council of Canadians' new report on water issue... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - December 19, 2015Utopia Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 Connexions Utopian visions, be they practical or not, free our imaginations, if only for a little while, from the daily grind of struggle and worry, and allow us to dream about the kind of world we would hope to... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - January 21, 2018What are we eating? Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2018 Connexions What are we eating? A simple question which opens up a labyrinth of devilishly complex issues about production and distribution, access to land, control of water, prices, health and safety, migrant la... OvuleSources Select Resources Encyclopedia Article PeaSources Select Resources Encyclopedia Article Rising suicide rate for Indian farmers blamed on GMO seedsArticle 2014 RT Monsanto, which has just paid out $2.4 million to US farmers, settling one of many lawsuits it's been involved in worldwide, is also facing accusations that its seeds are to blame for a spike in suici... Seed freedom!A last chance to thwart the great African seed grab Jehu-Appiah, Ali-Masmadi Article 2015 Pambazuka News Nineteen African nations meet this week (July 2015) in Arusha, Tanzania, to finalise a 'plant protection' protocol that would open up the continent's seeds to corporate interests, taking away farmers'... Vandana Shiva On Resisting GMOs: "Saving Seeds Is a Political Act"Gelder, Sarah Van Article 2013 Toward Freedom Sarah van Gelder interviewed Vandana Shiva, renowned for her activism against GMOs, globalization, and patents on seeds and traditional foods. Sources BookshelfThe Harrowsmith ReaderAn Anthology from Canada's National Award Winning Magazine of Country Life and Alternatives to Bigness Lawrence, James (ed.) Book 1978 Articles on land, country careers, shelter, gardening, husbandry, food, trees, and rural life. Government Ministries & AgenciesAgriculture and Agri-Food CanadaThe Department is responsible for federal policies, programs and regulations related to agriculture and food. Its mandate is to promote the growth and profitability of the agriculture and food sector ... |
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