Let’s think about Pesticides and our Health is episode 1 of an animated video blog I am putting together. Enjoy!
Author Archives: Gary Frewin
Organic Farming and the Ideal Dilemma
I feel there is a lot of discussion about organic and a insensible amount of research comparing it to conventional farming, but very little critically addressing the legislation – EC Regulation (2008) No 834/2007 On organic production and labelling of organic products. This is important because, for what is supposed to be the EU’s gold standard eco-regulation, it is disastrously simple to make it more eco-friendly… so simple in fact that any teenagers with GSCE science could do it in a single breath. This matters, for producers, consumers and of course, for the environment and our global effort for sustainable living.
THE EU ORGANIC REGULATION: Preference-led markets in an age of sustainability, and ‘The Ideal Dilemma’
Does an agricultural practice’s naturalness determine its environmental sustainability? How might a market for naturalness affect sustainability efforts?
Science music, bitches
As our main website has now expired, I am linking some of my science band Axis Mundi’s content here. If you like science, guitars, filthy dubstep riffs then this is all you need.
Promo video for our 2nd album – Sci-curious – buy it here!
Greenpeace misleading subscribers on science… but what’s new?
Monarch butterfly populations are
not impacted by GM crops
(image: en.wikipedia.org)
The following incidences of irresponsible use of science are from an analysis of the Greenpeace briefing Environmental and health impacts of GM crops – the science which is still, in 2015, the organisations go-to-document for people needing information on GM issues.
Is Greenpeace bad for the environment?
With many environmental NGO’s calling for global adoption of organic-only agriculture and complete abandonment of agricultural biotechnology, let us ask: Are the agricultural reforms touted by major environmental organisations a threat to global sustainability?
photo Venex_jpb @ flickr
The new ‘is GM food safe?’ meme.
UPDATE: The whole notion of this consensus has been awesomely captured much more recently by the Credible Hulk with more details and up to date quotes. Please head over and check it out.
So, after the first meme showing just 6 consensus statements, I decided it was time to make it a million times better. Please share this around and help to rationalise public opinion on GM foods. Every statement on this image has been individually copied from the statements issued by each of the organisations. A full list of references is included at the foot of this post.
Hopefully this can help build awareness.
