As expected, the proposal on new GMOs exempts them from the risk assessment process and the traceability and labeling requirement currently in place for all GMOs, whether old or new generation.
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Rare Food and Landscapes
The aim is to (re) build a sincere and patient narration of Italian agricultural landscapes, the result of the daily actions of women, farmers, animals, children, the elderly, women and men of our lands.
Dangerous Games, the ongoing reforms on seed legislation and NBT (TEA).
In anticipation of the EU Commssion’s proposal on seed reform, 38 civil society organizations from 20 European countries have signed a letter to the Commission in which they stress some key points to keep in mind. Meanwhile, in Italy, an amendment to the drought decree opens the door to open-field testing of NBTs.
Urban Spaces of Biodiversity
In recent decades there has been a growing awareness of the need for a profound transformation of the global food system to overcome the limitations and vulnerabilities it is showing. However, such a transformation has proven to be very complex because it involves questioning the logics, rules, infrastructure and power relations that characterize this system.
Festival 72 hours of Biodiversity
would you like to lend a hand in the realization of the 72 Hours of Biodiversity festival scheduled in Scandicci May 20-22? propose yourself as a volunteer!
Spring planting campaign 2023
Rural Seeds Network has opened the 2023 spring planting campaign. If you want to participate by requesting seed you can do so freely on the Rural Seed Network website. A beautiful initiative and excellent opportunity promoted by the Network. Go to Sowing Campaign 2023
Rural Seeds Network ETS is looking for a part-time collaboration for the Scandicci office
SEEDS RURAL NETWORK ETS is seeking, for its Scandicci office, an ADMINISTRATIVE ACCOUNTING AND SECRETARIAL REFERENT to manage the secretarial, administrative and accounting activities of the Association. Specifically, the contact person will have to deal with both secretarial and analytical accounting of projects funded by public or private sources, as well as general accounting and preparation of the annual budget.
The FAO Treaty on Seeds
The Ninth Session of the Governing Body, held in India in September 2022, represents a significant milestone for the international treaty. After the pandemic due to COVID-19 it was rather inevitable to take stock of the impact of this on the conservation and distribution of seeds for research and genetic improvement. At the same time, the participants stressed the importance of relying on international and multilateral tools and mechanisms to react quickly to emergencies.
Legal Seeds – the Newsletter 28 of Rural Seed Network
Newsletter 28 is dedicated to the development of community seed legislation. New and growing challenges. The point of view of our stakeholders
Autumn Sowing Campaign 2022
The ‘Coltiviamo la diversità! (Let’s cultivate diversity!)’ sowing campaign is a collective and transversal knowledge and skills pathway, not secondary to the increasing seed supply in the territory.
Organic Soya Farming with Animal Traction
a day of training and information on peasant farming practices, focusing on innovation in organic soya cultivation and enhancing biodiversity. The day is part of the COPASUDI project, financed by the PSR 16.1 of the Piemonte Region.
The COPASUDI operational group invites you to the Savarino Farm for the field training session on organic soya cultivation using animal traction
resilient grains
Cereali Resilienti (Resilient Grains) is a project for the building of community supply chains from seed to table, based on climate adaptation of the population of soft wheat Solibam in different areas of the Tuscan Region.
