A SYSTEMATIC review of literature over 50 years finds no evidence for superior nutritional content of organic produce. There is no evidence that organically produced foods are nutritionally superior to conventionally produced foodstuffs, according … [Read more...] about Organic Food not Nutritionally Better than Conventional
Food & Farming
Costing a Whale
LAST week the International Whaling Commission (IWC) met on the Portuguese island of Madeira and agreed that climate change is a threat to whales. A decision on the Danish proposal for Greenland to hunt 10 humpback whales a year was postponed. … [Read more...] about Costing a Whale
Cattle as Part of the Australian Landscape
WHY do so many environmentalists consider cattle something to be excluded from the Australian landscape? According to Ian Mott, a third generation landholder, they modify parts of the landscape but they do not destroy it. In the following … [Read more...] about Cattle as Part of the Australian Landscape
Meat Free Mondays
Wheat Crops and Sunspots
"IT is now more than 200 years since the great astronomer William Herschel observed a correlation between wheat prices and sunspots. When the latter were few in number, he noted, the climate turned colder and drier, crop yields fell and wheat prices … [Read more...] about Wheat Crops and Sunspots
Demonstrating Support for Seal Harvest
Canada's governor-general Michaelle Jean has sparked anger from animal rights groups by gutting a seal carcass and eating a piece of its heart. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Demonstrating Support for Seal Harvest