PLANET IN PERIL

1 April 2011, Rome - United Nations chemical experts have recommended that two pesticides and one severely hazardous pesticide formulation - be included in... Details here. A collection depot for pesticide containers in Manitoba.

Apr 1 - '11 - AlterNet - Casson Trenor Money can buy just about anything these days, especially when it comes to fish -- and that is devastating for our oceans. Details here. www.animalinformation.blogspot.com

28 March 2011 – Africa is well poised to take advantage of a host of opportunities that generate decent jobs in an environmentally sustainable way, a senior United Nations official said today. Details here.

31 March 2011 Bangkok (UN ESCAP Information Services)     High food prices prevented 19.4 million people in the Asia-Pacific  region from climbing out of poverty last year and persisting food and oil inflation can keep up to an extra 42 million people poor in the region. Details here.

Alternet - Ellen LaConte Mar 30'11 There are at least five reasons why more of us should take up the spade, make some compost, and start gardening with a vengeance. Details here. Canadian organic garden

CBAN - Parkside, SK- March 30, 2011  Over 60 family farmers,  seed businesses and organic agricultural  organizations in Canada and the US, have  filed a lawsuit against Monsanto Company  over genetically modified (GM) seed. Details here. A field of alfalfa in Idaho