– Handwashing signs don’t matter as much as handwashing (Barfblog)
– Scientists fight locusts with green locust bio-pesticide (Standard Digital, Kenya)
– Funny and serious : Poultry effective against weeds in organic greenhouse
– Sour smile : Glyphosate is responsible of virtually all the ills that can befall us!
– To smile: The science news cycle
Handwashing signs don’t matter as much as handwashing (Barfblog)
Most of the certifications dealing with hygiene in food industry requires handwashing signs, especially in toilets. Ben Chapman, Barfblog, a blog dedicated to food hygiene, explains why such signs are useless. Read the story (in English) “Surprising information plays a fundamental role in the learning and adoption of new behaviors” If you want workers to be compliant with handwashing,…
Scientists fight locusts with green locust bio-pesticide (Standard Digital, Kenya)
A very interesting story about the fungus Metarhizium anisopliae which could be used more widely in Africa to kill devastating locusts : “Scientists fight locusts with green locust bio-pesticide” A cockroach infected by Metarhizium anisopliae (Wikipedia)
Funny and serious : Poultry effective against weeds in organic greenhouse
Hortidaily, Dutch professional magazine, titles « Poultry effective against weeds in organic greenhouse » (in English) ; et and briefly describes a Belgian research using japanese quails, wood ducks, silkies in an organic greenhouse. It seems quite efficient. But the story concludes : “Be sure to provide the little critters with sufficient drinking water and additional nutrition”…
Sour smile : Glyphosate is responsible of virtually all the ills that can befall us!
According to a study from two american scientists, glyphosate could play “a part in the development of a wide range of chronic diseases and conditions. They include autism, inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn’s disease, obesity, cardiovascular disease, depression, cancer, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis.” Grazing Amazing, an US organic site, has published “Will this be industrial…
To smile: The science news cycle
So true…
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