October 6, 2008
Want to get up to speed on the reform of pesticide legislation in Europe? Read EurActiv’s Pesticides: Striking the right balance? to see who’s saying what and why, plus links to further resources.
Posted by Helen Dunnett
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European Regulation, Farming, Food and Health, Future of Europe, NGOs |
October 5, 2008
The latest edition of Farmers Weekly includes an interview with Patricia Brunko, the head of the pesticides unit at the European Commission, who attempts to set out a defence of the Commission’s plans to revamp the EU’s system of approving pesticides. What struck me about the interview was about much uncertainty there seemed to be… » read more
Posted by Wyn Grant
At last week’s British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium event (see entries below) we had a chat with Professor Alan Buckwell, Policy Director at the Country Land and Business Association in the UK, who chaired the event. We asked him how he thought the event had gone and whether industry’s demand for a full impact… » read more
Posted by Helen Dunnett
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European Regulation, Events, Food and Health, Future of Europe |
September 8, 2008
Following the new maximum residue levels (MRLs) on pesticides which came into force on 1st September, The European Commission’s website has put food safety and pesticides in the spotlight on their homepage. The piece includes a link to the new legislation, a factsheet on pesticide residues, a brochure on 50 years of food safety and… » read more
Posted by Helen Dunnett
September 1, 2008
September 1st sees the coming into force of new European legislation on the legal amount of pesticide residues allowed in our food. The legislation aims to standardise the permitted levels across Europe, which previously differed from country to country. The Commission believes this will ensure better consumer protection and improve trade and import. In the… » read more
Posted by Helen Dunnett
September 1st sees the coming into force of new European legislation on the legal amount of pesticide residues allowed in our food. The legislation aims to standardise the permitted levels across Europe, which previously differed from country to country. The Commission believes this will ensure better consumer protection and improve trade and import. In the… » read more
Posted by Helen Dunnett
If you wish to restrict your consumption of hazardous pesticides you are advised to:- i) eat vegetables and fruit crops (in fact all crops) that have been treated with synthetic pesticides, ii) to cut down on eating organic vegetables and fruit and iii) reject the skins of fruit and vegetables. This advice is the inevitable… » read more
Posted by Victor Shorrocks
July 18, 2008
In this clip, Philip Huxtable speaks about Integrated Farm Management (IFM) on his farm. European farmers are increasingly adopting and developing IFM, which combines traditional farming methods with modern technology and products: ‘the best of both’. This approach combines techniques such as crop rotation to prevent the build-up of certain pests in one field, choosing… » read more
Posted by Helen Dunnett
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European Regulation, Farming, Food and Health, Future of Europe |
The Independent recently published an article on organic farming by science writer and doctor, Rob Johnston. A brave man frankly; he was challenging the benefits of organic farming. However within a week I was please to see the Soil Association’s, Lord Melchett, coming back with his take on the benefits. I’ve read both articles and… » read more
Posted by Helen Dunnett
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Environment, European Regulation, Farming, Food and Health, NGOs |
Last week in Brussels, Dr. Harald von Witzke of Humboldt University presented a Working Paper entitled “Global agricultural market trends and their impacts on European Union agriculture” which he has co-authored. His presentation, in which he summarises the arguments and presents some of the numbers, may be viewed below. In the coming days, we will… » read more
Posted by ECPA
The content of this blog is taken from pesticideinformation.eu, which offers a number of resources to learn more about pesticides and to better understand the arguments for and against them.
