It goes without saying that 1999 was a difficult year for American farmers and ranchers. Farm prices continued to slump. Natural disasters devastated parts of the American landscape, wreaking billions ...

addressed before entering into the next millennium.

This article outlines some key elements of the EUDR and compares it with deforestation prevention proposals emerging in other ...

Friends of the Earth International hosted the first annual WTO Earth Wrecker Awards at the 1999 Seattle Ministerial. In the run up to and during the Ministerial, a few governments and corporations ...

April 15 is traditionally when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publishes its Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas ...

WASHINGTON - A committee appointed Friday to advise the government on development and use of genetically engineered crops will include organic farmers, critics of biotech food, consumer advocates, ...

To be, or not to be -- that is the age-old question, and civilization today faces its own dire version of it. As the negative social and ecological effects of 150 years of industrialization are ...

"Historic evidence shows that Basmati is a distinctive cultivar developed by the farmers of India and Pakistan at least 250 years ago, and grown in many parts in these two countries ever since," says ...

(February 16, 2001 -- Cropchoice news) -- After a few seasons growing Roundup Ready soybeans, the Nelson family isn't impressed. But the fact that the bio-engineered seeds haven't increased their ...

On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we urge your opposition to the granting of Trade Promotion Authority, known as "fast-track," for the consideration of the Free Trade Areas of the Americas ...