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Articles by Myrto Pispini

Myrto Pispini
About Myrto Pispini
Myrto Pipsini’s work covers both Greece and Spain. Currently a freelancer, Myrto has 15 years experience in environmental organisations, campaigning on agriculture and food issues. Being based in Spain and Greece, and being a lover of all good and natural Mediterranean food, she is experimenting with growing her own food, putting in practice what she is campaigning for.
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Seeding the Future of Rural Areas

6 January, 2015 Myrto Pispini

In Spain a pilot project gives prominence to the low-intensity farming production systems which are at risk of being abandoned. […]

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Shooting in the strawberry fields: a Greek Tragedy

1 August, 2014 Myrto Pispini

Our correspondent in Greece Myrto Pispini takes a closer look at this shocking case […]

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Greece: National Proposals for the new CAP

10 June, 2014 Myrto Pispini

On the 3rd of June, Greek Agriculture Minister Athanasios Tsautaris announced proposals for the implementation of the new CAP. […]

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Travelling and Celebrating the Freedom of Seeds

6 June, 2014 Myrto Pispini

A magical mystery seed tour of Europe? Find out about it with this enchanting post by Myrto Pispini […]

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New report points to decline in support for GM crops

13 May, 2014 Myrto Pispini

Friends of the Earth interrogate the official figures to reveal drops in acerage and less support of GM crops […]

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Roundup Ready soybeans, worse than you thought

2 May, 2014 Myrto Pispini

Study debunks the ongoing argument of the biotech industry that GM and non-GM soybeans are substantially equivalent […]

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2/3 of Honeybee Pollen Contaminated with “Chemical Cocktail”

18 April, 2014 Myrto Pispini

New research by Greenpeace provides damning evidence of just how prevalent pesticide exposure is for pollinators. […]

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Of Pollinators, Politics and Pesticides: be(e) vigilant!

15 April, 2014 Myrto Pispini

Even when analysing bee deaths, politics is interfering with reality once again. Myrto Pispini exposes what’s left out & who’s sneaking in […]

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Beware the Greek Minister bearing a new GM proposal

24 March, 2014 Myrto Pispini

Arc2020 correspondent Myrto Pipsini is suspicious of ministerial motivations […]

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Will the Commission authorise controversial GM Maize 1507?

14 February, 2014 Myrto Pispini

Nineteen European Member States voted against the GM 1507 Maize tabled by the European Commission. […]

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Mum, I want to be a farmer but they won’t let me!

10 February, 2014 Myrto Pispini

Young farmers protest in Spain. […]

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CAP Monologues in Greece

13 November, 2013 Myrto Pispini

Is the government in Greece moving ahead with CAP reform without consulting anyone? […]

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CAP in Spain: Deciding for the Farmers Without the Farmers

6 November, 2013 Myrto Pispini

The measures already decided for CAP implementation in Spain […]

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Concern over pesticides in fruit & veg in Greece

24 September, 2013 Myrto Pispini

Toxic pesticides residues in fruits and veggies in Greece: news of the systemic, the banned and even the illegal.
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Greenpeace urges further action on bees

9 August, 2013 Myrto Pispini

Petition calls for addtional bans, and a shift of funding away from destructive industrial agriculture […]

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    22 November, 2020
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