ORGANIC (Ltd) - NewsOrganic newsline from organic.com.auThe Legacy of Agent Orange in Vietnam- April 29, 2005 Thirty years after hostilities ended between the US and Vietnam, relations remain strained by one of America's most notorious actions, the use of the chemical Agent Orange.http://organic.com.au/news/2005.04.29/ Food Sovereignty - Turning The Global Food System Around- April 20, 2005 Food Sovereignty is the right of peoples, communities, and countries to define their own agricultural, pastoral, labour, fishing, food and land policies which are ecologically, socially, economically and culturally appropriate to their unique circumstances. It includes the true right to food and to produce food, which means that all people have the right to safe, nutritious and culturally appropriate food and to food-producing resources and the ability to sustain themselves and their societies.http://organic.com.au/news/2005.04.20/ Australian Scientists Develop Enhanced Crops To Feed The Poor Using Traditional Selective Breeding- April 13, 2005 The crops are not genetically modified but are developed by selective breeding, the seeds can be saved and shared by even the poorest farmers.http://organic.com.au/news/2005.04.13/ Bio What First Comprehensive Public Perception Study of Biotechnology in South Africa- April 6, 2005 Eight out of ten South Africans have no knowledge about biotechnology and well over half have never even heard of the term before.http://organic.com.au/news/2005.04.06/ The Zambia Experiment - GM vs Organic- April 3, 2005 With 86 percent of the country below the poverty line, the southern African nation of Zambia seems an unlikely candidate to face down the United States - and corporate giant Monsanto - over genetically modified seeds.http://organic.com.au/news/2005.04.03/ |