In a major show of strength, 33,000 people from across Europe – including hundreds of farmers and 160 tractors –protested at the weekend in Berlin, demanding a radical reform of the current food and farming system and an end to industrial agriculture. Go Go Go @bund_net-Block! Wir sind laut! Auf zur Agrarministerkonferenz! #WHES18 pic.twitter.com/N0tA1YqleS — …
Untangling the ‘BaySanto’ web
This Saturday, activists around the world will unite, and march against Monsanto. Opposition has been mounting to the Bayer-Monsanto mega-merger, Friends of the Earth Europe even staged a ‘marriage made in hell’ outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels. Here Myriam Douo, lobby transparency campaigner for Friends of the Earth Europe explains the complex web …
Opposition rises to planned agriculture mega-mergers
More than 200 organisations have today raised their objections to the planned mergers of six giant agriculture corporations. The farmer, farmworker, beekeeper, religious, international development, and environmental groups claim that the three resulting companies will concentrate market power and “exacerbate the problems caused by industrial farming – with negative consequences for the public, farmers and …
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Who benefits from genetically modified crops?
Global acceptance of genetically modified (GM) crops is in decline, with the number of countries cultivating falling for the first time, according to a new report from Friends of the Earth International released today. Poland and Egypt are the latest countries to suspend or phase-out GM crop production. The report ‘Who Benefits from GM Crops?’ …
Weed killer found in human urine across Europe
People in 18 countries across Europe have been found to have traces of the weed killer glyphosate in their urine, show the results of tests commissioned by Friends of the Earth Europe and released today [1]. The findings raise concerns about increasing levels of exposure to glyphosate-based weed killers, commonly used by farmers, public authorities …
EFSA sidelines GM maize food safety fears
Brussels, October 5 – Friends of the Earth Europe has today criticised the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for failing to take seriously enough concerns about the safety of genetically modified (GM) crops and the herbicides used on them. Peer-reviewed research published last month in the internationally respected journal Food and Chemical Toxicology found significantly …