Entries by Via Organica

México: Un panel del T-MEC falló en contra de México en el caso del maíz transgénico

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Escrito por Mercedes López Martínez, Representante de la Colectividad Demandante contra el Maíz Genéticamente Modificado La derrota del gobierno de México ante el  panel de controversias de Estados Unidos, era una derrota anunciada, por la propia naturaleza de la demanda, con un sentido estrictamente comercial: defender los intereses de empresas transnacionales contra la soberana decisión […]

How Much Goes it Cost to Preserve Mexican Biodiversity?

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by Mercedes López Martínez, Delegate for the Demanding Collective Against GMO Corn For the past 11 years, Vía Orgánica has been fighting to protect the 64 native corn varieties and hundreds of local strains in Mexico. These corn varieties not only represent a traditional food source for millions of people but are also key to the country’s biodiversity, culture, cosmogony, […]

AROES (Agroecological, Regenerative, and Organic Ecosystem Services)

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by Dr. André Leu, D.Sc., International Director, Regeneration International Introduction Ronnie Cummins and I saw an urgent need to scale up agroecological, regenerative, and organic systems, the three main ecological agricultural movements, to regenerate our ecosystems, climate, and communities. We have been actively involved in organic agriculture in various ways for decades. I have been […]

Scaling Up Best Practices Regenerative Agriculture to Regenerate Our Climate by Maximizing Photosynthesis

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by Dr. André Leu, Regeneration International Director In the previous article, (Soil Organic Matter – the Most Critical Cause and Solution to Climate Change), I showed how the climate models and negotiations completely neglected soil organic matter (SOM) and how its destruction through industrial agriculture is the largest source of carbon dioxide (CO2), more than fossil […]

Soil Organic Matter – the Most Critical Cause and Solution to Climate Change

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by Dr. André Leu, Regeneration International Director The current mainstream narrative is that climate change is caused by carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels and methane emissions from farm animals. The solution is to reduce fossil use, scale up renewable energy, and eat less, preferably no, meat. I have shown why these ‘solutions’ will not […]