Joost Van Kasteren
@joostvkasteren
Schrijft over landbouw, voeding en natuur. Project: Groot Boerderijboek voor Volwassenen
En résumé: ➡️Spinosad est ~ 1 000 fois + toxique pour les abeilles que l’acétamipride en exposition aiguë. ➡️Acétamipride est le seul néonicotinoïde encore autorisé en UE justement parce que son profil toxicologique vis-à-vis des pollinisateurs est jugé moins critique.
This is structural masonry. We 'mass up' the exterior and structural walls first. Then, we come in and frame the floor, roof, and partition walls. It's a beautiful process, from beginning to end. Why do we like structural masonry? Because it's beautiful, it's healthy, and it's…
Rechter ondermijnt bedrijfsleven door willekeurig eisen te stellen aan ondernemers die zich houden aan alle milieuwetten - Wynia's Week wyniasweek.nl/rechter-onderm…
In the past weeks, teams across East-West Seed came together to honour the life of our founder, Simon N. Groot. Each team marked the moment in their own way: some with prayers, some with food, some in silence. Simon often said, “It takes all kinds of people to make a world.”
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For over a decade, anti-GMO activists demanded long-term studies in mammals. Not mice. Not rats. Primates. Well... scientists did just that. And the results are in. Let’s talk about a 7-year feeding study in macaques. 🧵 1/👇
De rechter eist hier dus, dat een ondernemer niet vertrouwt op het oordeel van een wetenschappelijke instantie als het CTGB (..) maar als leek ‘eigen onderzoek’ gaat doen naar de veiligheid van gewasbeschermingsmiddelen.. wyniasweek.nl/rechter-onderm…
Le plus grand drame de cette séquence de désinformation aura été d’imprimer dans la tête des Français, y compris de ministres, que l’Efsa, agence aux critères scientifiques et d’indépendance les plus stricts, était en fait « corrompue » et qu’on ne devrait plus suivre ses avis…
Loi Duplomb : les études sur l'acétamipride "s'accumulent" et montrent des "toxicités chroniques très importantes", soulignent deux spécialistes l.franceinfo.fr/98x
Nuclear reactors are spending millions to protect you from radiation levels lower than eating a banana. This isn't safety theater—it's the 70-year regulatory nightmare that killed American nuclear power. But recent executive orders could change everything. 🧵
"..in light of climate change, sustainability and food security, Europe urgently needs a science-based, fit-for-purpose legal framework to govern NGT plants and products to strengthen the competitiveness and resilience of EU agriculture and supply chains." thepoultrysite.com/news/2025/07/a…
Does anyone know a good doctor? This mole showed up on my hand.
Does anyone know a good doctor? This mole showed up on my hand.
The 2025 Firebreak Filthy Fifteen is out. In 3 parts, our writers list the 15 worst marketing fear-based scams built on relentless activist scaremongering. The first 5 look at the useless labels the consumer is ultimately paying for. @zaruk thefirebreak.org/p/the-firebrea…
🎂 Happy birthday #GregorMendel, the father of modern genetics! 🧬 His pea plant experiments laid the groundwork for the science of #plantbreeding. 🌱 But what do his principles mean for today’s plant breeders? We asked #Euroseeds members 👉 tinyurl.com/4wxaua6f…
Zojuist aflevering 71 van de podcast Eten is Weten geluisterd. Daarin hoorde ik Michaël Wilde beweren dat “Frankrijk het gebruik van glyfosaat niet toelaat. Het wordt de boerenziekte genoemd vanwege Parkinson”. Hoe zit het nu echt? @Hiddemhigh @JorisLohman draadje 🧶1/x
"If the development community is serious about combating hunger by funding fertilizer chemical plants local to SSA, they cannot continue to dogmatically discard petrochemical solutions without giving them serious consideration." Read @RyanAlimento: breakthroughjournal.org/p/sub-saharan-…
CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery. America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons. Watch and share his message.
Sinds '01 is het aantal beschikbare actieve stoffen van gewasbeschermingsmiddelen gedaald van 900 naar 422. Sinds '19 hebben we een nettoverlies van 85 stoffen geleden, zonder dat er 1 vervanger is goedgekeurd. De toelating is nl. steeds strenger geworden. nieuweoogst.nl/nieuws/2025/07…
Stop met fantaseren: De enige haalbare optie om Afrika ten zuiden van de Sahara van voldoende kunstmest te voorzien is Haber-Bosch op basis van aardgas. Sub-Saharan Africa Can't Afford to Eat on a Carbon Diet open.substack.com/pub/thebreakth…
Simon Groot scattered better plant seeds across the world (from @TheEconomist) economist.com/obituary/2025/…
