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Groups seek glyphosate limits to protect butterflies

September 5, 2014 1 Comment

Monarch butterflies are declining in number due to herbicide spraying related to biotech crops, according to environmental groups in the US. Environmental groups seeking federal protection for monarch butterflies blame the use of genetically modified crops for the insect’s steep decline. Petitioners claim that while there were as many as 1 billion monarchs as recently as … [Read more...]

Are we about to hit peak fertilizer?

December 18, 2012 Leave a Comment

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The advent of artificial fertilizers and pest controls altered the face of agriculture around the world during the Green Revolution more than half a century ago. And while few people are fully ignorant of the damage done to the environment through the use of these synthetic pesticides (and fertilizers), not many people have given much any thought to what will happen when we … [Read more...]

Save the owls, help your garden

October 11, 2012 2 Comments

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I just love falling asleep to the hoo-hoo emanating from our forested front garden. They love the huge and untrimmed trees and probably the healthy supply of elephant shrew that reside amongst the shrubs and hide beneath the ivy. But these wise and helpful creatures are threatened in several ways, with humans at the source of them all. We have encroached on their natural … [Read more...]

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