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Down on the farm, reality always trumps naïve idealism

July 3, 2015

The Risk-Monger spent the day on a large Belgian farm having the opportunity to see the challenges and opportunities farmers are presently facing. I was able to tour the fields and barns, hear how they are trying to address sustainability questions.

Agriculture & Food, CAP Reform, cosmopolitan zealots, Food & Consumers, Health & Consumers, Innovation & Enterprise, Integrated pest management, IPM, IUCN Taskforce on Systemic Pesticides, pan, Pollinis, precision farming, Public Affairs, Sustainable Dev., sustainable farming

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The Organic Industry’s Unethical Lobbying Strategy

May 19, 2015

Lobbying is unacceptable when an industry or organisation distorts the truth to gain an advantage. The organic food industry lobby has been doing this for years and no one seems to have taken much notice. Their main campaign in the US has 757 organic f…

Agriculture & Food, bees, BioTech, Food Babe, GMO scaremongering, Health & Consumers, IUCN Taskforce on Systemic Pesticides, Just label it, organic industry lobbying, Pesticides, Public Affairs, Science & Policymaking, Sustainable Dev., Swedish coop, transparency

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