20-01-2013The agribusiness conglomerate DuPont has received more than 30,000 damage claims arising from its sale of a pesticide that resulted…
19-01-2013After giving you my thoughts last week on what benefits the organic approach has for the gardener, I am widening…
18-01-2013News that farmer Fraser Jones has withdrawn his application to remove 11.3km of hedgerows, near Shrewsbury, is today welcomed by…
17-01-2013This is shown by a current study conducted by the Landau-based Institute of Environmental Sciences of the University of Koblenz-Landau.…
17-01-2013The European Commission hinted on Wednesday that it could ban several insecticides, some made by German chemicals giant Bayer, after…
17-01-2013The critical level of bee mortality is a major threat to our food supply. Eighty percent of all plants on…
16-01-2013The European Commission is launching today an online consultation aimed at all citizens interested in organic production in Europe. Dacian…
16-01-2013Europe’s food safety body has stoked the fires over the possible links between the use of neonicotinoid insecticides and the…
16-01-2013EFSA scientists have identified a number of risks posed to bees by three neonicotinoid insecticides (attached). The Authority was asked…
16-01-2013Government ministers have failed to grasp the seriousness of challenges posed by the withdrawal of important pesticides. More research in…
