Rauch/Waitz: Commission proposal for stricter animal transport rules is a step in the right direction

2023-12-07 10:00:58 Shorter transport times, especially restrictions on ship transport, are necessary Vienna/Brussels (OTS) – Today the EU Commission finally presented a proposal for a new EU animal transport law. The proposal provides for shorter maximum transport times, more space for animals during transport and a ban on transporting calves under five weeks of age. … Read more

Transhumance is part of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity, a “pride” for local shepherds

2023-12-06 19:30:00 Even if it is not really a surprise, since Italy, Greece and Austria had already obtained such a registration in 2019, transhumance, as practiced in France, has officially entered the intangible cultural heritage of humanity. The good news arrived from… Botswana, a country in southern Africa where the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding … Read more

“With this new law, the French will have immense difficulty accessing GMO-free food”

2023-12-05 23:33:20 Lhe European Commission is preparing to open the doors of the European Union (EU) to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) resulting from new genomic techniques (NTG) by exempting them from the obligations and controls imposed on GMOs. If this bill is passed, foods containing new GMOs will no longer be subject to a risk … Read more

“With this new law, the French will have immense difficulty accessing GMO-free food”

2023-12-04 16:00:10 Lhe European Commission is preparing to open the doors of the European Union (EU) to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) resulting from new genomic techniques (NTG) by exempting them from the obligations and controls imposed on GMOs. If this bill is passed, foods containing new GMOs will no longer be subject to a risk … Read more

The Impact of PFAS Chemical Compounds on Health and the Environment: A Comprehensive Analysis

2023-12-03 08:12:07 Published on December 3, 2023 at 09:12. Chemical compounds from industry, PFAS are eternal pollutants, harmful to human health. While Switzerland is slow to establish standards, particularly with regard to drinking water or food, The weather decided to devote a complete file to them. Wherever we look for them, we find them. PFAS … Read more

“Sunflower and Wheel of Fortune”

2023-12-02 10:30:12 In Verfeil (Haute-Garonne), July 8, 2023. CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP A At the end of the year, look at your profitability. An adage well known to cereal growers, who must roll the dice again. What to plant in spring? Barley, corn, rapeseed, sunflower, beets…? And in what quantity? You have to know how … Read more