"Building a future for rural Europe" seminar report
From the 24th-27 th of August 2005 Bugday was joining the first seminar of the Rural Education Center for a Sustainable Future with the title “Education for Sustainablility – building a future for rural Europe” in Lack, Poland which was organized by ... Stormy Weather: Can We Link it to Global Warming?
Among members of the Society of Environmental Journalists, an intense Category 3 debate raged about the relationship between global warming and the intensity of hurricanes... Turkey sees great potential in organic cotton
Turkey has the potential to grab the lion's share of the organic textile and clothing market in the coming decade as it currently is responsible for nearly half the world's organic cotton output, an industry official said.... Sainsbury's expands organic range
Sainsbury's is adding over 100 new lines to its own-label organic range
this month. The supermarket is also re-branding its entire organic range
under the new name SO Organic.... Internet shop for Organic products in Russia
A facility is currently being developed in Russia for consumers to order
organic food online.... Commission authorises the import of GM maize
The European Commission authorised today the placing on the market of the genetically modified maize MON 863 for import and processing as animal feed.... Monsanto files patent for new invention : The Pig
Greenpeace researcher uncovers chilling patent plans... GM Crops Lead to Herbicide-Resistant “Superweed” in UK
British agricultural scientists have found that a genetically modified (GM) variant of rapeseed has cross-fertilized with local wild charlock plants, creating a herbicide-resistant “superweed” in the process.... USA: 15 Billions dollars turnover expected for 2005
The turnover of organic food in the USA rose to 12.2 billion US dollars up to the end of 2004, according to information from the Organic Trade Association (OTA).... 1st IFOAM Conference on Organic Wild Production
2-5 May 2006 in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
This conference will focus on the harvesting of wild vegetable products from forest, “natural” lands, pastures and uncultivated land in the agriculture landscape. It will concentrate on current production that...
