[multilanguage_switcher]How about raising your own bees. France actively encourages it. Our local hippy bio farmer lives amidst his various bio crops at the edge of the village. When I went to pick up my weekly basket of his latest fruit and ve…
Raise your own: beekeeping in France Read Post »
Apollo asteroid 2014 JO25 is expected to brush by Earth tonight missing us by 1.8 million km. Asteroids and comets both orbit the Sun. Asteroids are rocky, whereas comets are icy. T…
Apollo Asteroid 2014 JO25 Read Post »
[multilanguage_switcher]Next month the European Food Safety Authority/EFSA will – according to reports *- propose a ban on 3 neonicotinoids, those pesticides which kill bees: Bee-killing neonicotinoids to be banned by European Commission Read Post »
[multilanguage_switcher]The controversy over the chemical weed killer glyphosate continues. On 15 March the Controversial weed killer glyphosate cleared by European Chemicals Agency Read Post »
[multilanguage_switcher]The first round of the French Presidential elections takes place in one month, on 23rd April. What do the main candidates propose for environment and agriculture? Below summarizes the positions taken, to date, …
Going Green? What the French presidential candidates propose Read Post »
[multilanguage_switcher]While the option for farmers to continue using agrochemicals remains open, we all have to remain vigilant. The French Union for the industrial protection of plants, the UIIP<...
Bio-boom in France: from Agro-chemicals to Bio farming Read Post »
[multilanguage_switcher]The European Commission’s new definition of endocrine disruptors will be published Tuesday 28 February. Meanwhile, let’s take a look at the products we are buying which contain endocrine disruptors.
It is difficult n…
Know your endocrine disruptors Read Post »
[multilanguage_switcher]The French Senate’s European commission voted on 12 January to maintain products on the market that Brussels has labelled ‘suspected’ endocrine disruptors, arguing that :
Endocrine disruptors: more needs to be done Read Post »
[multilanguage_switcher]The short story entitled Le Train which you can read on the…
[multilanguage_switcher]56.9% of pesticides* tested on the French market do not comply with regulations, according to figures published today by the French Economics Ministry. ** Most anomalies refer to gardening products with inadequate labeling …
Gardeners beware: labels can lie Read Post »
[multilanguage_switcher]New legislation comes into force this January in France concerning what is commonly referred to as «Les Phytos». ‘Phytos’ are phyto-sanitary products which eliminate plant diseases and insects. They are also known as agro-c…
Changing Legislation: Agro-Chemicals in France Read Post »
There is much talk of desertification of the countryside in France, with people leaving for the big towns and cities; doctors are difficult to find in small communities, jobs are rare, and city lights…
Isolation and Reciprocity Read Post »
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