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President Macron's ecology transition plans: mixed messages
Blog, Features, Articles, France[multilanguage_switcher]Mixed messages from President Macron: what exactly is his plan for France’s ecological
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Raise your own: beekeeping in France
Blog, Features, Articles, France[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…
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Bee-killing neonicotinoids to be banned by European Commission
Blog, Features, Articles, France[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 Lire l’article »
Controversial weed killer glyphosate cleared by European Chemicals Agency
Blog, Features, Articles, France[multilanguage_switcher]The controversy over the chemical weed killer glyphosate continues. On 15 March the Controversial weed killer glyphosate cleared by European Chemicals Agency Lire l’article »
Going Green? What the French presidential candidates propose
Blog, Features, Articles, France[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, …
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Bio-boom in France: from Agro-chemicals to Bio farming
Blog, Features, Articles, France, Normandy Notebook[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<...
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Know your endocrine disruptors
Blog, Features, Articles, France[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…
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Endocrine disruptors: more needs to be done
Blog, Features, Articles, France[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 :
- withdrawal of ‘suspected’ endocrine disru…
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Train
Fiction, France, Normandy Notebook[multilanguage_switcher]The short story entitled Le Train which you can read on the…
Gardeners beware: labels can lie
Blog, Features, Articles, France[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 …
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Changing Legislation: Agro-Chemicals in France
Blog, Features, Articles, France[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…
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