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Manuel Conde Cid – Pesticides are still a health risk in Europe

September 16, 2025 Ben Wray 0

Pesticide use continues to grow in Europe despite tougher regulations and its health impact on humans and ecosystems is clear. Manuel Conde Cid is a postdoctoral researcher in Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry at the […]

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Samuel Schlaefli – “A Landscape of Greed”: The Collapse of Denmark’s Fjords

March 31, 2025 Ben Wray 0

Denmark’s famous Fjords have been ecologically decimated by intensive pig-farming. Samuel Schlaefli is a freelance environmental and science journalist based in Switzerland. Cross-posted from Green European Journal The sky is grey over the fjord off […]

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Vicky Bond – Chickens Lack the Most Basic Legal Protection: The Right to Humane Slaughter

September 18, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Chickens may be the most abused animals on the planet. Vicky Bond is a veterinary surgeon, animal welfare scientist, and the president of The Humane League, a global nonprofit organization working to end the abuse of […]

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Adina Florea et al – On Edge: Europe’s Farmers at a Mental Health Breaking Point 

September 2, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Farmers in Greece, Spain, Romania, Czechia, and Poland explain why they are on the brink, financially and mentally. Adina Florea is a freelance journalist specialising in labour migration, minority rights, and environmental issues in Eastern Europe.  Apolena Rychlíková Apolena Rychlíková is […]

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Audrey Gaughran, Çağrı Çavuş, Vincent Kiezebrink – How Agriculture’s “Big Five” Thrive in Crisis

August 28, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Unrestrained concentration in the agricultural commodity market has allowed a handful of companies to maximise profits during a global food crisis. Audrey Gaughran is the Executive Director of the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations […]

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Stefano Liberti, Francesco Bellina – Tropical Italy: Sicily’s Mango and Avocado Boom

June 16, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Some southern Italian farmers are adapting to warmer temperatures by planting tropical fruit, but it won’t offset the agriculture that is being lost due to extreme weather. Francesco Bellina is a photographer based in Palermo, […]

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Tomaso Ferrando – Address the root causes of European farmers’ anger

February 12, 2024 Ben Wray 0

The demands of those on the farmers’ protests are complex, but they all agree that a food system that treats food like any other commodity is a root cause of the problem. Tomaso Ferrando is […]

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Clara Bourgin – Why green activists joined farmers protests for fairer EU farming policies

February 7, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Farmers don’t need back-sliding on climate goals, they need policies which rein in corporate power. Clara Bourgin is the food, agriculture, and nature campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe. Cross-posted from Common Dreams (first […]

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Kelly Macnamara – Researchers: We’ve Underestimated The Risk of Simultaneous Crop Failures Worldwide

July 10, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Simultaneous floods in major food producing regions could seriously undermine global food supply. Published by ‘Science Alert’. Read the article HERE.

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Richard Gregory: Europe has lost over half a billion birds in 40 years. The single biggest cause? Pesticides and fertilisers

June 5, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Destroying Europe’s biodiversity is not just about endangered species – it will ultimately undermine the basis for food production Richard Gregory is honorary professor of Genetics, Evolution & Environment at University College London. Cross-posted from […]

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Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler

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Book review by  Branko Milanović As I walked yesterday past the Metropolitan Museum in New York, I saw, among many stands that sell all kinds of trinkets, a table filled with books. One attracted my […]

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The Spectre of State Capitalism by Ilias Alami and Adam D Dixon

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Reviewed by J. D. Evans Alami and Dixon’s The Spectre of State Capitalism is a careful discussion of a topic often dealt with in platitudes and sound-bites. The authors cover uses of ‘state capitalism’ as […]

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