In the Tree Kingdom many records have been set. A bristlecone pine in the Californian White Mountains is 5062 years old; its exact location is kept secret by scientists for its own safety. In the same area grows “Methuselah”, also a pine tree, which is an impressive 4700 years old. 23812 Read on...
Focus on Natural agriculture
GMO corn proven not to be substantially equivalent to natural corn
Genetically modified foods have been allowed to market because of their being labelled substantially equivalent to natural foods. In the United States this means that GMO only needs a GRAS – Generally Recognised As Safe – submission from its inventor to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in which the onus of proof of safety […] Read on...
Africa: GMO’s dumping ground
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation [1], among many charities, are promoting the cultivation of genetically modified crops in Africa, acting as spokespeople for the manufacturers of GMO seeds such as DuPont, Arcadia Biosciences and Monsanto. For too long biotechnologists, bio-tech and chemical corporations, charities and governments around the world have promoted the lie that […] Read on...
Official call to reduce antibiotics in farming as human resistance to antibiotics grows
It is estimated that globally 10 million people will die from antibiotic resistance per year by 2050 [1]. Today, in the US alone, 23,000 people die from antibiotic resistance annually and this number is increasing [2]. The Antimicrobial Review, commissioned by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, published its findings in May […] Read on...
US food producers start labelling GMO ingredients as Vermont law closes in
Genetically modified foods (GMO) are in nearly all processed foods in the USA. A food is genetically modified when DNA from a toxin such as an insecticide or another plant or animal is forcibly inserted into the DNA of a host plant. The host plant produces fruits or vegetables whose programming has been changed from […] Read on...
Arbour Day
Today offers the wonderful opportunity to honour the trees, to remember what we owe them and to become aware that they are the solution to several existential global problems! 19164 Read on...
Earth Day 2016
On the occasion of Earth Day on April 22nd all round the world Mother Earth, who is providing for us all we need and require, and this on a constant basis, was honoured. The question is what we humans do in return: do we give anything back, how much and what? 18923 Read on...
International Tribunal Against Monsanto at The Hague!
Monsanto will be charged with crimes against nature and humanity by an international tribunal at The Hague from October 12th to October 16th 2016. 17201 Read on...
After the International Year of Soils , we won’t take them for granted anymore! What have we learned?
On December 5th, 2014, an international delegation of The World Foundation for Natural Science visited the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) in Rome on the occasion of the first official celebration of World Soils Day and the launch of the International Year of Soils 2015. 16872 Read on...
2015: nations move against GMO
2015 has been a remarkable year in the movement to ban GMO worldwide. 19 EU member states have chosen to opt-out of cultivation of EU-approved GMO crops. Also, the US Environmental Protection Agency has reversed its decision to permit for use Dow Chemical’s ‘Enlist Duo’ pesticide, which contains 2,4-D, one of the components of Agent […] Read on...
