War on Food and Farming — Bayer’s ‘Backward’ Claim
Colin Todhunter
For some critics, if one firm tops a league table for anti-people, anti-nature business practices, it is Bayer (although there are many other worthy candidates). Nevertheless, the Indian Council...
“Gene-Edited” vs “Genetically Modified” – What’s the difference?
Kit Knightly
Have you heard? Gene-edited crops and livestock are here to solve all our problems! Yes, everything from pandemics to the cost of living crisis to climate change is about...
War on Farmers: World Bank Sowing Seed-Colonialism in Africa
Colin Todhunter
In Kenya, a law was passed in 2012 that prohibits farmers’ rights to save, share, exchange or sell unregistered seeds. Farmers could face up to two years in prison...
The Insidious Truth Behind Free School Meals
Kit Knightly
There is a growing international campaign to institute free school meals all around the globe. On face of it this might seem like a great idea… but in the...
India’s Farmers Reject GMOs – Global Public Don’t Want GM Food
Colin Todhunter Many scientists lobbying for the deregulation of agricultural biotechnology ‘new genomic techniques’ (NGTs) in the European Union have either direct or indirect interests in commercialising and marketing...
An Inconvenient Truth: The Peasant Food Web Feeds the World
Colin Todhunter In October 2020, CropLife International said that its new strategic partnership with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) would contribute to sustainable food systems. It...
Science, Salvation and Heretics: From Monsanto to Pfizer it’s the same old playbook
Colin Todhunter Why are numerous ‘independent alternative’ media outlets and writers not questioning the COVID-19 vaccine rollout? If anything, they are promoting it without even considering the serious concerns...
Reimagining the World: Agroecology vs Post-COVID Plunder
Colin Todhunter Contingent on World Bank aid to be given to poorer countries in the wake of coronavirus lockdowns, agrifood conglomerates will aim to further expand their influence. These...
Dependency & Distress: The Story of Bt Cotton in India
Colin Todhunter In the early 2000s, genetically modified (GM) Bt insecticidal cotton was being heavily promoted in India on the basis that it would cut pesticide use dramatically, boost...
