The Mootrix: could VR simulations substitute access to pasture for cows? 2 January 2020 We all remember The Matrix, the cyberpunk sci-fi action film which took the world by storm upon its release in 1999. The premise of the film, that we are living in a simulated hyper-reality of which we are unaware, our human bodies used as an energy source by sentient machines, has its roots in the …
Soyalism. Survival kit for the modern world. 21 March 2019 Eleonora Giannini The new documentary by Stefano Liberti and Enrico Parenti illustrates how intensive pig farming and soybean cultivation are threatening local agricultural industries, our health and that of our planet too, from the USA to Brazil. It rains a lot in Soyalism, the new documentary by Stefano Liberti and Enrico Parenti,and much of it falls on …
Dutch Rare Cattle Breeds Threatened By Phosphate Laws 10 May 2017 In the Netherlands, phosphate restrictions mean farmers may abandon rarer, less productive breeds. The Stichting Zeldzame Huisdierrassen (SZH – Foundation for Rare Breeds) is actively working to save these rare breeds, including a Slow Food Presidium, the Lakenvelder Cattle.
