The Corporate Begging Bowl
They bleat about the free market, then insist that we subsidise them.
Archive for the 'farming' Category
Are You Paying to Burn the Rainforest?
If you’re buying Brazilian beef, the answer is yes
Fallen Fruit
An insane European ruling will be the final straw for the English apple
Blair Trashes Africa
Tony Blair has just ensured that Europe and the US continue to promote famine.
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Angel of Death
Britain’s development secretary is helping to destroy the lives of 20 million people.
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That’s the Horror of Haskins
The junk food king says one thing and does another
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The War Against Small Farms
By appointing Lord Haskins to oversee “rural recovery”, the British government will complete the destruction of the countryside
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Mad Cows Are Back
Mark Purdey’s explanation of the origins of BSE is gathering weight
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Is Agriculture in Crisis?
Is Agriculture in Crisis?
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How the Superstores Gave Us Foot and Mouth
It’s not “cheap food” but big profits which are to blame
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Mad Cows and Manganese
Mark Purdey’s hypothesis is the only one which explains the spread of BSE
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Whose Side Are They On?
Farmers should be campaigning for more expensive fuel
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Small is Vulnerable
The supermarkets could kill organic farming’s potential to revolutionise the foodchain
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Loss Leaders
The Competition Commission has given the superstores permission to destroy the rest of Britain’s food economy
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Organic Farming Will Feed the World
Astonishingly, it’s more productive than high-tech agriculture
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Open Government Snaps Shut
How the Ministry of Agriculture tried to silence me
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The War against Small Farms
The corrupt Ministry of Agriculture is deliberately wiping small farmers out
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We’re Not Materialistic Enough
It’s time to go back to the land
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How Farming Has Been Loved to Death
Reforming farm subsidies won’t do any good - we must scrap them
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A Seedy Business
Old plant varieties have been criminalised by a series of draconian laws intended to protect big corporations
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Communist Pigs vs Capitalist Pigs
Only by killing all of Haiti’s pigs could the US force its people to abandon their self-sufficiency
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Mad Farm Disease
BSE is just one symptom of the insanity governing British agricultural policy
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Seize It Back
Many of the world’s most pressing problems arise from the enclosure of land.
The Tragedy of Enclosure
The “Tragedy of the Commons” is one of the modern world’s most dangerous myths.
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Conservation without Miracles
A peasant farmers’ project in the western Amazon might hold the key to protecting the forests
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