According to an article in yesterday's New York Times the market for organic foods continues to grow with sales reaching US$13.8 billion in 2005 compared with US$3.6 billion in 1997. But there's not much 'organic seafood' about because of problems … [Read more...] about Fishers Snagged: Not Farmed, Then Not Organic
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All The Best To Richard Ness
Last week the US President, George Bush, visited Indonesia to discuss amongst other things "investment". No doubt some radical environmentalists along with some Islamic fundamentalists don’t want foreign investment in Indonesia. Like the activists … [Read more...] about All The Best To Richard Ness
Farming in Nigeria: A Note from Russell
In the following note from Russell, which was originally posted as a comment on a thread about how biotechnology benefits American farmers, he tells us something about farming in Nigeria and how white farmers from Zimbabwe are being invited to … [Read more...] about Farming in Nigeria: A Note from Russell
GM Crops Benefit US Farmers: New Report by Sujatha Sankula
A new report entitled 'Quantification of the Impacts on US Agriculture of Biotechnology- Derived Crops Planted in 2005' by the US National Centre for Food and Agricultural Policy begins with the key findings that: "American growers continued to … [Read more...] about GM Crops Benefit US Farmers: New Report by Sujatha Sankula
More Than One Striped Possum: A Note from Neil Hewett
Hi Jennifer, I photographed this striped possum (Dactylopsila trivirgata) at Cooper Creek Wilderness on the 21st October, 2006, and I was very pleased to see that this photograph of a striped possum, was in fact, two. Sparsely distributed … [Read more...] about More Than One Striped Possum: A Note from Neil Hewett
Wrong ‘Shot’ at Atlantic Conveyor Belt Speed?
Last year Harry Bryden published a paper* in the journal Nature which indicated that there had been a 30 percent decline in the northward flow of warm water in the Atlantic Ocean. This was interpreted by many as another sign of climate change with … [Read more...] about Wrong ‘Shot’ at Atlantic Conveyor Belt Speed?
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
