Today, we are witnessing a profound transformation. We are increasingly impacted by algorithmic decision-making, artificial intelligence, data proliferation, data harvesting and sophisticated monitoring of how we think and act. This affects how we work, how we access services and how we relate to […]
Tag - farming
9 Jan 2025
Farm Laws Reborn: Tear Gas, Water Cannons and a Toxic Platter for India’s Farmers and Consumers
India could see an authoritarian central government with subordinate state governments under the control of corporate interests and international finance capital. So says the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), a coalition of 40+ farmers’ unions. It contends that the Union Government of India is proposing […]
4 Dec 2024
Bovaer Trial…are we being played?
We published an article last week on “Bovaer”, the chemical compound, currently being trialled in the UK, which is added to cow feed to reduce methane emissions (allegedly). Since then the story has grown, and I just wanted to do a quick update and ask a question that’s nagging at me, but we’ll get […]
17 Oct 2024
War on Food and Farming — Bayer’s ‘Backward’ Claim
For some critics, if one firm tops a league table for anti-people, anti-nature business practices, it is Bayer (although there are many other worthy candidates). Nevertheless, the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) signed a memorandum of understanding with Bayer in September 2023. […]
1 Oct 2024
Brazil’s Agricultural Debt Woes: More Companies at Risk of Bankruptcy
Brazil’s agricultural sector faces a structural crisis, according to Jonatas Pulquerio, director of agricultural risk management at the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock. The crisis stems from falling commodity prices and crop failures due to climate issues. AgroGalaxy‘s recent bankruptcy filing […]
30 Aug 2024
“Gene-Edited” vs “Genetically Modified” – What’s the difference?
Have you heard? Gene-edited crops and livestock are here to solve all our problems! Yes, everything from pandemics to the cost of living crisis to climate change is about to get so much better. Isn’t that a relief? Five days ago, the WaPo reported that “gene-editors” were: working to genetically […]
24 Jul 2024
Amazon Gets Fresh, Bayer Loves Basmati: Toxic Influences in Indian Agriculture
The citizens of India have a problem. In what the media like to call ‘the world’s biggest democracy’, there is a serious, proven conflict of interest among officials in the areas of science, agriculture and agricultural research that results in privileging the needs of powerful private interests […]
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11 Jul 2024
War on Farmers: World Bank Sowing Seed-Colonialism in Africa
In Kenya, a law was passed in 2012 that prohibits farmers’ rights to save, share, exchange or sell unregistered seeds. Farmers could face up to two years in prison and a fine of up to 1 million Kenyan shillings (equivalent to nearly four years’ wages for a farmer). However, in 2022, Kenyan […]
18 Jun 2024
How (and why) Bird Flu is About to Enter the “Mass Testing” Phase
Hello everyone and welcome to the latest edition of Bird Flu Digest, formerly known as OffGuardian. The wall-to-wall coverage of Bird Flu is getting wallier-to-wallier with each passing week, to the point it’s almost hard to keep up with the waves of hot takes and chilling insights. But if you’re […]
14 Jun 2024
WATCH: The Future of Food
We all know the problems of the modern factory farming system. But, as bad as things are, they’re about to get even worse. New technologies are coming online that threaten to upend our understanding of food altogether. Technologies that could, ultimately, begin altering the human species itself. […]
