At the Genetically Modified Crops Summit in Melbourne last week Dr TJ Higgins from CSIRO Plant Industries suggested there was a place for both organic and GM food crops including by using organic methods to cultivate superior varieties breed through … [Read more...] about The Future of Farming – GM Organics?
Food & Farming
Good News on High Fuel and Food Prices – A Note from Ian Mott
The moralising on the supposed evils of converting grain to biofuel and pushing food prices to record levels in a soon to be hungry world has only just begun. It has been described as nothing less than a "crime against humanity" by UN expert, Jean … [Read more...] about Good News on High Fuel and Food Prices – A Note from Ian Mott
Report: GM Crops Will Benefit Economy
Genetically-modified oilseed and wheat crops could provide significant benefits to the economy, a new report says. The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) estimates an uptake of GM crops could add $912 million to the … [Read more...] about Report: GM Crops Will Benefit Economy
‘Plantstones’ Could Allow Farmers to Claim Carbon Credits
Grasses such as wheat and sorghum can store large amounts of carbon in microscopic balls of silica, called phytoliths. Phytoliths, also known as plantstones or plant opals, are formed in and around the cell wall of many plant species replicating the … [Read more...] about ‘Plantstones’ Could Allow Farmers to Claim Carbon Credits
Carbon Trading Blocked until Farmers get Credits: Steve Truman
"It had been the previous [Australian] coalition governments intention and by default the Rudd governments plan to meet it’s commitments to limit the nation’s Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2008-2012 to the Kyoto Target of an 8% increase above the … [Read more...] about Carbon Trading Blocked until Farmers get Credits: Steve Truman
Monaro Farmer Seeks Compensation for Carbon Sink
In the Federal Court of Australia in Sydney on Thursday 20th December 2007, the Court rejected the Commonwealth's application to strike out a Statement of Claim entered into the Court by Monaro District farmer Mr Peter Spencer. Mr Spencer has … [Read more...] about Monaro Farmer Seeks Compensation for Carbon Sink
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
