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2023-01-18 | permalink
Benson Hill Achieves ProTerra Sustainability Certification for its Proprietary Non-GMO Soy Portfolio
Company is one of the first U.S.-based ingredient providers to verify its sustainable practices under rigorous global standard
ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Benson Hill, Inc. (NYSE: BHIL, the “Company” or “Benson Hill”), a food tech company unlocking the natural genetic diversity of plants, announced today that it became one of the first U.S.-based ingredient providers to achieve the international ProTerra Certification, a rigorous global standard that sets the bar for sustainable agricultural practices and labor practices as well as segregated non-GMO programs and more. Benson Hill also joins the respected ProTerra Network, a group of companies dedicated to sustainable practices and continuous improvement.
Business Wire: Benson Hill Achieves ProTerra Sustainability Certification for its Proprietary Non-GMO Soy Portfolio2023-01-17 | permalink
Soup & Talk
DEMO 21.01.2023
Warming up after the Wir haben es satt!-Demo, eating soup, meeting people and hear and see what great approaches and projects for transformation already exist in agriculture - that's Soup&Talk!
In 5-minute turns, makers and shakers will present what they have already achieved or are currently starting, how we can participate, and what is next for farming, eating and sharing.
We will show how things can be done differently in food and farming. Over good soup for all, grassroots and agro-policy initiatives, sustainable companies of all kind and activists from all over the world will present their big and small contributions to social and ecological change. The last two years, we could only zoom. This time we'll mix contributions on site and online, German and English.
2023-01-16 | permalink
Stop Genetically Engineered American Chestnut Trees
USDA Must Not Deregulate GMO American Chestnut Trees
“In any revolutionary area, and biotechnology is a revolutionary area, most of our current ideas are wrong. Then I ask you, what the hell is the rush to apply these ideas… we’re still at the very beginning of understanding what we’re doing. The rush to apply these ideas is absolutely dangerous, because we don’t have a clue what the long term impacts of our manipulations are going to be.” - Dr. David Suzuki, geneticist and educator
The USDA is accepting public comments on its plan to deregulate genetically engineered (GE/GMO) “Darling 58” American chestnut trees and allow for the tree to be planted in wild forests.
2023-01-16 | permalink
N as in "narrative" - join our webinar!
The Alphabet of Complexity Webinar Series!
N as in "narrative" - 8th of February 2023
This webinar will be our fourteenth meeting within the series of The Alphabet of Complexity webinars. The letter N (as in “narrative”) will guide us through the main question of the day: How can the narrative of restoration and reciprocity influence the course of agricultural policies? The lectures of three key speakers (Nara Petrovic, Anna Nacher, Marek Styczyński) will be followed by a discussion on how the perspective of restoration and reciprocity can inform our actions for the purity of seeds and against GMOs.
N as in Narrative:
How can the narrative of restoration and reciprocity influence the course of agricultural policies?
Key speakers: Nara Petrovic, Anna Nacher, Marek Styczyński
Time and date: 8.02.2023, 11a.m. - 1 p.m. CET
2023-01-12 | permalink
MSC partners with Non-GMO Project and Fairtrade America to launch “Little Labels, Big Impact” campaign
The Marine Stewardship Council, the Non-GMO Project, and Fairtrade America have joined forces to launch a campaign to promote the contribution of third-party certification labels on food products in ensuring sustainable and resilient food systems.
The “Little Labels, Big Impact” campaign will run through January 2023, MSC said in a press release.
