from – https://www.primalseeds.org/rescuingcrops.htm For the Liberation of Seeds and Humus By Kent Whealy , director of the Seed Savers Exchange. We live in a beautiful area on the Iowa-Minnesota border. We are in the heads of valleys as they start to drain toward the Mississippi River. It is called the “driftless area.” The glaciers split …
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the alphabetical npk list of random compost material
Material Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash Alfalfa hay Apple fruit Apple leaves Apple pomace Apple skin (ash) Banana skin (ash) Banana stalk (ash) Barley (grain) Bat guano Bean and pod Beet waste Beet waste (root) Blood meal Bone meal Bone (ground and burned) Brewer’s grains (wet) Brigham tea (ash) Cantaloupe rind (ash) Castor bean pomace Cattail …
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Seed Saving
from – https://www.primalseeds.org/seedsaving.htm Seed Saving By Primal Seeds Why save seed To not save seeds is to be reliant on seed companies and to miss an opportunity to get lots of free seed. WhatÂ’s more saved seeds are adapting to the local growing conditions, which will make crops more productive and resistant to pests and …
Hippophae salicifolia
Also known as willow-leaved sea buckthorn, this is the definite guerrilla tree. Fast growing and very wind-resistant, it is an excellent pioneer species for re-establishing woodlands as it suckers freely (new trees pop out from it’s roots especially if they are cut in spots occasionally, more than a metre away from the trunk with a …
Patent on human embryo
The patent granted to the US-based Geron corporation covers both the cloning process itself and the resulting cloned mammalian embryos, including human embryos. Geron bought the technology from the Roslin Institute in Scotland where Dolly was created. Cloned embryos will be covered by the patent in the early stage of development when all the cells …
1st GE seed on UK national seed list
. Hundreds of Filipino rice farmers protested against the Philippine-based International Rice Reseach Institute (IRRI), home of the ‘Green Revolution’, which was celebrating its 40th anniversary. On the 3rd of April IRRI had to relocate its 40th birthday party due to the prescence of 700 demonstrators outside. There was a People’s Forum critising the IRRI …
test site list
GM test sites last updated 20/02/01 Go back to the homepage Release sites in the UK For the latest up-to-date GM test site list please go to http://www.geneticsaction.org.uk/testsites/ A rough guide to the farmscale trials since 1999 info from GM-ACT email list. To subscribe to gm-action send an email to [email protected] saying: subscribe gm-action <your-email-address> …
WTO talks end in disagreement, US fail to get their way on GE foods.
Ministers from the 135 WTO member states left Seattle without agreeing to continue trade negotiations. The US government has failed for the time being to use the WTO to foist genetically engineered foods on the world. Initially it appeared that the EU executive Commission, who were negotiating on behalf of all EU countries, had caved …
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For the Liberation of Seeds and Humus
from – https://www.primalseeds.org/kokopelli.htm For the Liberation of Seeds and Humus By Association Kokopelli Association Kokopelli was created in May 1999 as a result of the intensification of threats to the existence of Terre de Semences both from the ” Seed Industry ” and from French State bureaux. Kokopelli, the hunch-backed flute player, is a symbol …
1st GE seed on UK national seed list
. Aventis’ T25 fodder maize is about to become the first GE crop to pass the final regulatory hurdle before commercialisation in Britain. T25, also known as Chardon LL, is genetically engineered to be resistant to Aventis’ (formerly AgrEvo) patented glufosinate ammonium herbicide, that is marketed under the trade name Liberty. Inclusion of T25 the …