20/April/22

 

Join GMO Free USA and Friends of the Earth for a free online webinar about the proposed release of GMO mosquitoes in Tulare County, California.
WHAT: Tulare County; Home of Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes?
WHEN: April 21, 5pm PT
Register: https://foe-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_m9rYRNy-Thq2d2CtW3v1Hw
GMO Free USA and Friends of the Earth

 

 

Debal Deb has conserved 1,200 climate resilient rice varieties. He writes that it's crucial to conserve traditional seeds and that we don’t need genetically modified ones: "Farming can face adverse times like drought and floods only when you have traditional seeds. On my farm in Odisha, we have 1,200 traditional rice varieties, sourced from farmers across India, which can grow in such conditions." India Water Portal

 

 

Ventnor Town Council on the Isle of Wight has confirmed its intention to stamp out the use of glyphosate weedkiller. The chemical weed treatment was recently reintroduced after Island Roads received hundreds of complaints last year about the weeds. The highway authority stopped the use of glyphosate last summer, opting instead for organic herbicides and manual labour to remove weeds, but after not being able to meet its contractual obligations, reverted back to the chemical weedkiller. The move to revert to glyphosate has been met with backlash — such as a petition signed by nearly 4,300 people, including wildlife television presenter Chris Packham, calling for the authority to think again. Concerns had been voiced over Ventnor’s wall lizards if the chemical was reintroduced. Now, Ventnor Town Council has agreed to immediately ban the use of glyphosate on 18 areas of non-ornamental green land it owns. Island Echo

 

 

Isle of Wight resident Steve Jones believes there is a direct link to roadsides being sprayed with glyphosate herbicides, such as Roundup, and the loss of Ventnor wall lizards. He said he found dead lizards just hours after Island Roads sprayed the area. On the Wight