Food & Farming

The Rich Prince Charles and Camilla visited an organic farm near San Francisco over the weekend, and reader of this blog David Tribe made a few comments about organics on ABC Television Landline over the weekend. I rather like this extract from the … [Read more...] about 95 Percent Organic

A note to vegetarians from page 147 of Michael Archer and Bob Beale's book 'Going Native': "... clearing fields to produce more monoculture of plants to provide for vegetarians will result in millions more dead animals and plants. Even more will … [Read more...] about Killing Mice, So We Can Eat Bread

"Lack of vitamin A promotes the death of about 6000 children per day, worldwide, from infectious disease. This is a tangible health hazard of vast scope that dwarfs any hypothetical hazard attributed to genetically modified (GM) foods." ... begins … [Read more...] about Vitamin A, Meat & CSIRO

While in the US, the Prime Minister announced that Australia is joining the new International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IPAPI). On 16th September he said, The partnership will bring together concerned states to limit the spread of … [Read more...] about The Dutch Ban Free-Range Chooks

The front page of today's Australian Financial Review (AFR) included the headline 'Grape glut crushes winemakers profits'. A record harvest of 1.92 million tonnes! It seems amazing given the recent drought. When I started working on Murray River … [Read more...] about Grape Glut