Want to Find Out How to Invest in Sustainable Agriculture? Read On!

Earth Institute

Increased investment in agriculture is critical. In a world confronting anticipated increases in food demand arising from a growing world population and changing diets, as well as potential decreases in food supply due to climatic changes and water scarcity, agricultural investment will prove crucial to addressing food security needs in the future. Story here.                   

Two huge tractors and seeders,  probably worth about $2M, stand ready to begin work in Manitoba, Canada. PinP photo.

Venezuela’s Food Revolution

New Internationalist

That South American country has fought off big agribusiness and promoted agroecology, explains Nick Dearden. More here.

North America, on the other hand, embraces "Big Ag," with its warts, excesses, hazards and all. PinP photo.

Agency Allowed Dangerous Pesticides on Crops For Years, Says Audit

NATIONAL

OBSERVER

A potato-harvester in central Manitoba. 

Commercial potato producers are known for their 

heavy and frequent use of pesticides. PinP photo.

Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency allowed the agricultural industry to continue using an “unacceptable” pesticide on potato crops for more than a decade after concluding it had high acute toxicity, said a new audit tabled in Parliament on Tuesday. Details here.

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Will Canada's New 'Climate Test' for Pipelines Have Sharp Enough Teeth?

CommonDreams

As pipeline approval process faces overhaul, new federal audit shows "systemic" failings within Canada's National Energy Board. More here.

Meet the Wolves Targeted in B.C.'s Controversial Kill

NATIONAL

OBSERVER

A cousin of the wolf, the coyote. PinP photo.

Some are being targeted to be shot from helicopters as part of a controversial government effort to protect a dwindling caribou population.  More here.

Mumbo-Jumbo Jets

Georges Monbiot - the Guardian

PinP photo.

I see the people on trial for occupying a runway at Heathrow as democratic heroes. More here.

While Global Temperatures Rise, the Poor Burn Faster

   THE

Nation

In order to rebalance the world’s ecology, we’ll have to rebalance its wealth. More here.

Roundup-Ready Alfalfa Goes Wild in the US West

ECOLOGIST

A USDA study shows that a GM alfalfa has gone wild in alfalfa-growing parts of the West. More here

NASA Warns Lawmakers to Act Now, After Record-Smashing Year of Global Warming

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Weird cloud formations in Manitoba. PinP photo.

Announcing that 2015 was the hottest year on record, NASA issued a warning to policy makers that they need to act on climate change. More here

Outcry Over the Austerity Crisis in Flint, Michigan Grows

  THE

Nation

Details of how Flint’s water was contaminated, and of how pleas for help were neglected, are leading to calls for inquiries, arrest, resignation. More here.

Shock Figures to Reveal Deadly Toll of Global Air Pollution

theguardian

Burning trees in Manitoba, Canada. PinP photo.

World Health Organisation describes new data as ‘health emergency’, with rising concern likely to influence decision over Heathrow expansion. Story here.

RELATED: "It's Time to Wake Up and Smell the Smoke."