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Dec. 21, 2012 Future historians may well look back and write about our time …. about how willing we are to sacrifice our children and jeopardize future generations with this massive experiment that is based on false promises and flawed science just to benefit the “bottom line of a commercial enterprise,” said Don Huber, referring to the North American “experiment” with glyphosate and genetically modified crops... http://www.producer.com/2012/12/scientist-raises-concerns-about-gm-crops-and-glyphosate/
THE GLOBAL CHEMICAL BIOTECH CARTEL - AN UNPRECEDENTED POWER OVER WORLD GOOD SUPPLY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1716244040/the-global-chemical-biotech-cartel-an-unprecedented-power-over-world-agriculture-and-human-health
Strong report from pediatricians: PESTICIDES HARM CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT: Bad for adult brains, too http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3718938235/strong-report-from-pediatricians-pesticides-harm-children-s-development-bad-for-adult-brains-too
KAISER PERMANENTE HEALTH CARE GIANT: GMOs ARE DEVASTATING TO HEALTH http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3516558273/top-us-healthcare-giant-gmos-are-devastating-health
CANCER OF CORRUPTION, SEEDS OF DESTRUCTION: THE MONSANTO GMO WHITEWASH | Global Research December 19, 2012 http://www.globalresearch.ca/stench-of-eu-corruption-in-monsanto-gmo-whitewash/5316294
FALSE PROMISES: MEET THE WEEDS THAT MONSANTO'S POISONS CAN'T BEAT - The Guardian Environment, Dec 21, 2012 - Tom Philpott - Instead of the supposed revolution in agriculture that Monsato's GM seeds were meant to bring, the opposite effect has occurred – a gigantic rise in herbicide/pesticide use
PESTICIDE USE INCREASES AS GMO TECHNOLOGY BACKFIRES | Wake Up World http://wakeup-world.com/2012/12/09/pesticide-use-increases-as-gmo-technology-backfires/
BENBROOK STUDY ON GM CROPS AND PESTICIDES http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2664441577/benbrook-study-on-gm-crops-and-pesticides
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-- THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MONANTO (FULL LENGTH) THE LEADER OF THE GLOBAL BIOTECH CARTEL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6_DbVdVo-k -- THE FUTURE OF FOOD PART 2 Vandana Shiva http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/951852556/the-future-of-food-part-2-vandana-shiva -- "FOOD INC." (2008) The stranglehold on our food supply by corporate conglomerates ?http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3732889325/watch-again-food-inc-2008-and-obama-usda-promote-and-foster-this -- "GENETIC ROULETTE" The Gamble of Our Lives http://youtu.be/wnlTYFKBg18 -- AN SYSTEM BASED ON PROFITS IS UNSUSTAINABLE ....Vandana Shiva on Industrial Agriculture http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1614565249/a-system-based-on-profits-is-unsustainable-vandana-shiva-on-industrial-agriculture -- "SEEDING DEEP DEMOCRACY" - Vandana Shiva http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1054461972/seeding-deep-democracy-vandana-shiva -- UNITED NATIONS: WHY GM CROPS ARE NOT THE SOLUTION? http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1228040300/united-nations-why-are-gm-crops-not-the-solution Delete the scoop?
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GMO giant DuPont hires EX-COPS TO 'ENFORCE' SEED PATENTS ON FARMERS - USA Govt Impotent to Interfere
MONEY OR YOUR LIFE: DuPont Co., the world’s second- biggest seed company, is sending dozens of former police officers across North America to prevent a practice generations of farmers once took for granted. http://www.occupymonsanto360.org/2012/12/04/gmo-giant-hires-retired-cops-to-hunt-down-farmers/
VIDEO: SEEDS OF LIFE: HYBRIDS AND THE EMERGENCE OF SEED MONOPOLIES http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-sr-4Hd0mg
THE SEED PATENT GAME: Do Seed Companies Control GM Crop Research? - Scientific American http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/946593435/the-seed-patent-game-do-seed-companies-control-gm-crop-research-scientific-american
November 28, 2012 - Bloomberg CORPORATE SEED MAFIA: The provider of the best-selling genetically modified soybean seed is looking for evidence of farmers illegally saving them from harvests for replanting next season, which is not allowed under sales contracts. The Wilmington, Delaware-based company is inspecting Canadian fields and will begin in the U.S. next year, said Randy Schlatter, a DuPont senior manager. ... http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-28/dupont-sends-in-former-cops-to-enforce-seed-patents-commodities.html
FARMERS MUST PAY: GMO giant DuPont hires ex-cops to 'enforce' seed patents http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/338023
GENETICALLY MONETIZED FOOD -PATENTING LIFE - Follow the Money http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3834880026/genetically-monetized-food-patenting-life-follow-the-money
USA MONSANTO AG BILL GIVES CARTE BLANCE TO BIOTECH GMO SEEDS WITHOUT OVERSIGHT OR REGULATION http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3728095577/monsanto-ag-bill-gives-carte-blanche-to-biotech-gmo-seeds-without-oversight-or-regulation
Vandana Shiva: CORPORATE MONOPOLY OF SEEDS MUST END http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/vandana-shiva-corporate-monopoly-seeds?INTCMP=SRCH RIGHT DOWN MONSANTO'S ALLEY: French Farmers Will Have to Pay to Plant Their Own Seeds http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/990192427/right-down-monsanto-s-alley-french-farmers-will-have-to-pay-to-plant-their-own-seeds
Monsanto ~ WHY DOES MONSANTO SUE FARMERS WHO SAVE SEEDS? Owning the Seeds Of Life http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2901894167/monsanto-why-does-monsanto-sue-farmers-who-save-seeds-owning-the-seeds-of-life
GENETICALLY MODIFYING AND PATENTING SEEDS ISN'T THE ANSWER | October 9, 2012: Guardian: Charles Eisenstein. Instead of patenting genetic discoveries and making them artificially scarce, we should draw on traditional farming practices http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/oct/09/genetically-modifying-patenting-seeds
THE GLOBAL CITIZENS' REPORT FOR SEED FREEDOM -October 3, 2012 Share The World's Resources http://www.stwr.org/food-security-agriculture/the-global-citizens-report-for-seed-freedom.html
GMO RESEARCH CONFLICTS OF INTEREST:Many Pro-GMO Corporate Biologists Own GMO Patents, in Bed with Monsanto - December 16, 2012 http://www.nationofchange.org/many-pro-gmo-corporate-biologists-own-gmo-patents-bed-monsanto-1353859536
SEE THE TRUTH: WATCH "FOOD INC." (2008) Obama, USDA promote and foster this stranglehold on our food supply by the global biotech food cartel ?http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3732889325/watch-again-food-inc-2008-and-obama-usda-promote-and-foster-this
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Many Pro-GMO Corporate Biologists Own GMO Patents, in Bed with Monsanto - December 16, 2012 http://www.nationofchange.org/many-pro-gmo-corporate-biologists-own-gmo-patents-bed-monsanto-1353859536 Delete the scoop?
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Watchdog Requests Federal Investigation, Files Ethics Charges WASHINGTON, DC: The Cornucopia Institute, an organic industry research and watchdog announced it has formally requested the USDA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) to investigate corruption at its National Organic Program resulting in the use of illegal synthetics in organic food and then allowing powerful corporations to “game the system” for approval “after the fact.” Delete the scoop?
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Whether you’re worried about hunger, social crises, or climate change, the solution is the same: small-scale farming.
There is battle raging across the world over who can better feed its people: small-scale farmers practicing sustainable agriculture, or giant agribusinesses using chemical fertilizers and pesticide Delete the scoop?
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When U.S. regulators approved Monsanto’s genetically modified “Bt” corn, they knew it would add a deadly poison into our food supply. That’s what it was designed to do. Delete the scoop?
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.."one can't help but realize the enormous investment potential in this sector." 600 people representing over $3.5 trillion in aggregated institutional assets by attending institutional investors, over 25 million acres under cultivation by attending companies, and over $12.5 billion of farmland assets managed by attending agricultural fund managers. Delete the scoop?
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That pretty little red orb hides a lot of dirty secrets. I just finished reading Barry Estabrook's Tomatoland: How Modern Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit, and am profoundly unsettled.... Delete the scoop?
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Did a recent scientific study just change the way we should think about the safety of genetically modified foods? According to Ari Levaux at theAtlantic, the answer is a resounding yes.
The next wave of genetic engineering uses microRNA to control pests on industrial farms. But new research out of China shows it could have adverse health effects for human digestion. Delete the scoop?
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"FAST TRACK* "(trade) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_track_%28trade%29
May 15, 2013 RTCCnewswire
>>>> UPDATE:March 21, 2013 NEW BIOTECH "MONSANTO PROTECTION ACT' PASSES CONGRESS IN ANONYMOUS RIDER - Gives Immunity From Federal Law, Minimum Regulation and Oversight to Biotech GMO Cartel http://sco.lt/5I0Oi9
>>>> UPDATE March 27, 2013 MONSANTO, BIOTECH AG BUYS OBAMA, THE SENATE AND THE GLOBAL FARM
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE : OBAMA LED NEW SECRETIVE TRADE PACTS WILL IMPACT US ALL AS SOVEREIGNITY RIGHTS ARE NEGOTIATED AWAY http://sco.lt/6P14JF
MEET MONSANTO'S NUMBER ONE LOBBYIST : BARACK OBAMA http://sco.lt/98RKFN
>>>> OBAMA'S BIOECONOMY BLUEPRINT PROMOTES A GENETICALLY-ENGINEERED, SYNTHETIC BIOTECH FUTURE - Through THE NATIONAL BIOECONOMY BLUEPRINT the Obama administration is seeking to support genetic engineering, synthetic biotech as a main component of “American innovation and economic growth”. .... http://occupycorporatism.com/obamas-bioeconomy-promotes-a-genetically-engineered-future/
>>>> THE GLOBAL BIOTECH CARTEL - AN UNPRECEDENTED POWER OVER WORLD FOOD SUPPLY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1716244040/the-global-chemical-biotech-cartel-an-unprecedented-power-over-world-agriculture-and-human-health
>>>> BIOTECH GIANTS ENSURE MINIMAL PUBLIC OVERSIGHT OF THEIR PRODUCTS | Mother Jones http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2012/08/biotech-gmo-deregulation
May 13, 2013 Moyers and Company - Full Show:
May 18, 2013 Moyers and Company
29 March, 2013 - "MONSANTO PROTECTION ACT" SPURS USDA INTO PROMOTING GMO CROPS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER USDA Announces New Conservation Collaboration with DuPont to Promote "Sustainable" Harvesting of Bio-based Feedstocks for Cellulosic Ethanol http://usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2013/03/0058.xml&contentidonly=true
23 March, 2013 - Los Angeles Times GENETIC MODIFICATION STRAINS OLD FOOD AND DRUG LAWS - HOW A FISH BECOMES A DRUG AND CORN A PEST http://sco.lt/6vynBp
>>>>> USDA Blog » USDA’s BIOTECHNOLOGY FLIMSY DEREGULATION PROCESS http://blogs.usda.gov/2011/06/28/usda%E2%80%99s-biotechnology-deregulation-process/ NO Independent Peer Reviewed Studies, NO studies on impact on human or ecosystems or animals who eat this re-engineered food either, NO Regulations for crop contamination. WHO IS RUNNING THIS SHOW?
--------------------------------BACKGROUND----------------------------- June 11, 2012 >>>>> QUIETLY, BEHIND THE SCENES...OBAMA DEREGULATES GMO CROPS DESPITE SUPREME COURT INJUNCTION, http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/1400:obama-deregulates-gmo-crops-despite-supreme-court-injunction November 21, 2012 >>>> OBAMA & CONGRESS WILL CONTINUE DEREGULATION ON GENETIC & BIOTECH FOR FINANCIAL GAINS: Pharmaceutical, Agriculture and Chemical Industries Get a Free Pass. http://occupycorporatism.com/obama-congress-will-continue-genetic-biotech-relationship-for-financial-gains/ >>>> OBAMA URGED TO ELIMINATE CONTROL BIOTECH COMPANIES HAVE OVER USA REGULATORY PROCESS: http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2256131066/obama-urged-to-eliminate-control-biotech-companies-have-over-us-regulatory-process December 15, 2012 >>>>> MONSANTO GETS IT WAY IN AG BILL Organic Consumers >>>>>2012 FARM BILL GIVES MONSANTO UNBELIEVABLE POWERS OVER US FOOD SUPPLY http://www.politicolnews.com/farm-bill-gives-monsanto-unbelievable-powers-over-us-food-supply/http://www.organicconsumers.org/monsanto/news.cfm >>>>>>FARM BILL 2008 http://www.biopreferred.gov/files/FarmBill_2008.pdf >>>> OBAMA TO AGGRESSIVELY PROMOTE BIOTECHNOLOGY, REDUCING APPROVAL TIMES, WITHOUT INDEPENDENT PEER REVIEW, REGULATIONS, OVERSIGHT OR LABELING http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2256091418/obama-seeks-to-aggressively-promote-biotechnology-reducing-approval-times-independent-peer-review >>>> NEW OBAMA DIRECTIVE – 2,300 untested BioTech Products Now Preferred purchasing for Federal Procurement, April 2012 >>>> OBAMA AG BILL GIVES "FOOD MAFIA" CARTE BLANCHE GO AHEAD TO FEED US BIOTECH ENGINEERED GMO FOODS - NO oversight NO Regulation NO Labeling http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3728095577/obama-ag-bill-gives-food-mafia-carte-blanche-go-ahead-to-feed-us-biotech-gmo-foods-no-oversight-no-regulation-no-public-input
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>>>>> AFRICA - SOLD: OBAMA PUTS BIG 6 CHEMICAL GMO GIANTS IN CHARGE OF AFRICAN BIOTECH TAKEOVER -- "ENDING HUNGER" -- IN AFRICA http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1837261743/africa-sold-obama-puts-big-6-chemical-gmo-giants-in-charge-of-ending-hunger-in-africa >>>> OBAMA PUSHES GM FOODS INTO AFRICA - IS MONSANTO RUNNING THE US GOVT., USDA AND FDA? http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1810977040/usa-and-obama-pushes-gm-foods-on-ghana-africa-is-monsanto-running-the-us-govt-usda-and-fdahttp://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/USDAOC-437595 >>>> UNITED NATIONS: PRIVATIZING FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL AID IS DANGEROUS; OBAMA'S AFRICA PLAN IS WRONG http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3690156835/un-privatizing-food-and-agricultural-aid-is-dangerous-obama-s-africa-plan-is-wrong >>>>>THE HUNGER GAMES - HOW UK AND USA GOVERNMENTS SUPORT FOR BIG AGRIBUSINESS IS FUELING POVERTY IN AFRICA http://sco.lt/6UGd17
>>>>>GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS NOT THE SOLUTION FOR "FEEDING THE WORLD" http://sco.lt/77BuML >>>> OBAMA & CONGRESS WILL CONTINUE DEREGULATION ON GENETIC & BIOTECH FOR FINANCIAL GAINS: Pharmaceutical, Agriculture and Chemical Industries Get a Free Pass. http://occupycorporatism.com/obama-congress-will-continue-genetic-biotech-relationship-for-financial-gains/ >>>>> OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WHOLESALE APPROVAL OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOODS (Snucked in same time last year during the holidays) http://www.nwrage.org/content/wholesale-approval-genetically-engineered-foods-%E2%80%94-obama-administration-disappointsangers-pub November 21, 2012
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>>>>> NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER TO USE INTERNATIONAL FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS TO PUSH BIOTECH GMO WORLDWIDE http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1716931124/us-govt-in-collusion-with-biotech-industry-new-executive-order-to-use-international-free-trade-agreements-as-a-club
+++ NEW SECRETIVE CORPORATE TRANS PACIFIC TRADE DEAL WILL IMPACT US ALL AS OUR RIGHTS AND REGULATIONS ARE NEGOTIATED AWAY http://sco.lt/62UixN
January 2012 >>>> USA TO START 'TRADE WARS' WITH NATIONS OPPOSED TO MONSANTO, GMO CROPS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/946621471/leaked-us-to-start-trade-wars-with-nations-opposed-to-monsanto-gmo-crops >>>> OBAMA HAS OPENED THE DOOR - THE HORSE IS OUT OF THE STABLE: Downing Street Says "Speed Up Roll-Out of GM Crops" | Seed Today, Dec. 23, 2012 http://www.seedtoday.com/articles/Downing_Street_Says__Speed_Up_Roll_Out_of_GM_Crops_-128827.html 18 February 2013 - Earth Open Source “If the new trade agreement goes through, it will be illegal under World Trade Organisation rules for the EU to have a stronger regulatory system for GMOs than the US system. It will be a race to the bottom in which public health will be the loser....http://earthopensource.org/index.php/news/140-eu-us-free-trade-deal-will-dismantle- Public Citizen: >>>>>GLOBALIZATION AND TRADE INITIATIVES http://ow.ly/kr4c6 - TransPacific Partnership - Learn more about the corporate power grab thru trade negotiations and agreements http://www.citizen.org/tradewatch
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>>>>>THE NEXT GMO BIOTECH WAVE: EXTREME SYNTHETIC GENETICS. THE IMPLICATIONS. THE ETHICS http://sco.lt/6TyUmv
>>>>>>BIOTECH IS RE-ENGINEERING, RE-PROGRAMMING AND PATENTING LIFE ITSELF. THE ETHICS AND LEGALITIES http://sco.lt/9Hu7Tl >>>> ALTERED GENES, TWISTED TRUTH http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2781911364/altered-genes-twisted-truth >>>>>PATENT FOR A PIG: Scientists "improve" transgenic GMO 'Enviropigs' http://sco.lt/8QrUPJ >>>>>HOW GMO FOODS AFFECT HEALTH - GENE ALTERED FOODS NOW LARGE PART OF AMERICAN DIET http://sco.lt/7oVxQH
>>>>>>THE NEW BIOMASSTERS - SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY AND THE NEXT ASSAULT ON BIODIVERSITY AND LIVELIHOODS: ETC Group www.etcgroup.org/content/new-biomassters
>>>>>>GENE GIANTS SEEK 'PHILANTHROGOPOLY' - 6 MULTINATIONAL GENE GIANTS CONTROL THE DIRECTION OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WORLDWIDE http://sco.lt/6h3lzt
>>>>>WHY THE MOST POWERFUL THING IN THE WORLD IS A SEED - THE GLOBAL CORORATE MONOPOLY IN SEED PATENTS http://sco.lt/5O0tFZ
>>>>>>HOW MONSANTO OUTFOXED THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION- OWNING THE SEEDS OF LIFE PATENTS http://sco.lt/8OMWHZ
>>>> THE GMO SEED PATENT GAME: How Seed Companies Control GM Crop Research? - Scientific American http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/946593435/the-seed-patent-game-do-seed-companies-control-gm-crop-research-scientific-american
January 12, 2013 Science News >>>> MONSANTO INSURANCE: USDA TELL FARMER TO PAY FOR AVOIDING TROUBLES WITH AGRO-GIANT http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3454208573/monsanto-insurance-usda-tells-farmers-to-pay-for-avoiding-troubles-with-agro-giant
>>>> GMOs IN THE PIPELINE. LOOKING TO THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IN the crop, forestry, livestock, aquaculture and agro-industry sectors in developing countries" UN FAO (FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION) http://www.fao.org/biotech/biotech-forum/en/
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+++ MONSANTO A DOCUMENTARY ON GMO A MUST WATCH YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omtYlsG1P5U
>WATCH: "GENETIC ROULETTE - THE GAMBLE OF OUR LIVES" - YouTube 1:24:59 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrWRzxMUfDE >THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MONANTO (FULL LENGTH) THE LEADER OF THE GLOBAL BIOTECH CARTEL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6_DbVdVo-k >THE FUTURE OF FOOD PART 2 Vandana Shiva http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/951852556/the-future-of-food-part-2-vandana-shiva >"FOOD INC." (2008) The stranglehold on our food supply by corporate conglomerates ?http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3732889325/watch-again-food-inc-2008-and-obama-usda-promote-and-foster-this >"GENETIC ROULETTE" The Gamble of Our Lives http://youtu.be/wnlTYFKBg18 >UNITED NATIONS: WHY GM CROPS ARE NOT THE SOLUTION? http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1228040300/united-nations-why-are-gm-crops-not-the-solution >A SYSTEM BASED ON PROFITS IS UNSUSTAINABLE ....Vandana Shiva on Industrial Agriculture http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1614565249/a-system-based-on-profits-is-unsustainable-vandana-shiva-on-industrial-agriculture >"SEEDING DEEP DEMOCRACY" - Vandana Shiva http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1054461972/seeding-deep-democracy-vandana-shiva >VIDEO REPORT - Real News Network
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>>>> TOP US HEALTHCARE GIANT, KAISER PERMANENTE, ISSUES WARNING ON GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOOD http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3585794502/top-us-healthcare-giant-kaiser-permanente-issues-warning-on-genetically-engineered-food >>>> OBAMA ADMINISTRATION GIVES TENTATIVE APPROVAL TO FRANKENFISH Dec. 28, 2012 TruthOut http://truth-out.org/news/item/13594-obama-administration-gives-tentative-approval-to-frankenfish >>>>> “FATALLY FLAWED' FDA ASSESSMENT TO UNLEASH GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SALMON ONTO YOUR DINNER PLATE - NO Regulations NO Oversight NO Public Input Dec. 20 2012 http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3819809217/fatally-flawed-fda-assessment-to-unleash-genetically-engineered-salmon-onto-your-dinner-plate-no-regulation-no-oversight-no-labeling December 21, 2012 >>>>> BIO APPLAUDS FDA ACTION ON GE SALMON http://www.bio.org/media/press-release/bio-applauds-fda-action-ge-salmon
-----------------GMO's USE TONS AND TONS OF PESTICIDES--------------
April 27, 2013 Guardian Environment
>>>>>PESTICIDE OVERLOAD: 1.1 BILLION POUNDS USED PER YEAR...AND...NEW USA LEGISLATION BANS RETALIATION http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/986291397/pesticide-overload-1-1-billion-pounds-used-per-year-and-new-usa-legislation-bans-retaliation >>>> WHY IS OUR FOOD BEING MADE AND MODIFIED BY THE WORLD'S LARGEST PESTICIDE MANUFACTURERS? http://gmo-awareness.com/all-about-gmos/gmo-defined/ >>>>> HOW BIOTECH CORPORATIONS AND GMO CROPS ARE THREATENING THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMANKIND ALIKE http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3583767396/how-biotech-corporations-and-gmo-crops-are-threatening-the-environment-and-humankind-alike >>>> WHY GENETIC MODIFICATION OF CROPS AND LIVESTOCK IS INHERENTLY UNCONTROLLABLE AND HAZARDOUS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3075683244/why-genetic-modification-of-crops-and-livestock-is-inherently-uncontrollable-and-hazardous
>>>>> ORGANIC FARMERS ALARMED BY OBAMA USDA DEREGULATION OF MUTANT ALFAFA - ABC News, Jan 31, 2011 http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/organic-farmers-alarmed-obama-deregulation-mutant-alfalfa/story?id=12786580#.UNfgTbbZ03Y >>>> THE POWERFUL USDA ALLOWS MORE GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS TO MARKET DESPITE SERIOUS HEALTH CONCERNS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3337601961/the-powerful-usda-allows-more-genetically-modified-foods-to-market-despite-serious-health-concerns
>CANCER OF CORRUPTION, SEEDS OF DESTRUCTION: THE MONSANTO GMO WHITEWASH http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3826752991/cancer-of-corruption-seeds-of-destruction-the-monsanto-gmo-whitewash
>>>> POOR COUNTRIES URGED TO GET READY FOR SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY ONSLAUGHT http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1715762752/poor-countries-urged-to-get-ready-for-synthetic-biology-onslaught
AND THE BIOTECH IS REPEATING THIS IN INDIA APPAULING - IT SEEMS THE ONLY WAY THE GLOBAL BIOTECH CARTEL CAN GET ITS' HOOKS IN, IS BY UNDERHANDED, COLLUSIONARY TACTICS AND "SNEAKING" BILLS INTO FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BILLS - INDIAN GOVERNMENT SNEAKS IN DEEPLY FLAWED BIOTECH BILL GIVING FREE REIN TO INDUSTRY http://www.gmfreein.org/content/govt-betrays-nation-earth-day-tables-deeply-flawed-biotech-regulatory-authority-india-brai-0
AND NOW OBAMA HAS MOVED ONTO OUR FACTORY-FARM RAISED FOOD - THE DEREGULATION JUGGERNAUT IS ON: April 24, 2013 Mother Jones Tom Philpott +++ANTI-WHISTLE BLOWER AG-GAG BILLS AIMED AT KEEPING YOU IN THE DARK ABOUT PIGS, FACTORY FARMS -- AND YOUR FOOD http://sco.lt/7aFBUv 24 April 2013 Grist April 9, 2013 AlterNet
---------------------------AND FINALLY >>>>> NANO-PESTICIDES SNEAKED ONTO THE MARKET (AND CONSUMER PRODUCTS) WITHOUT INDEPENDENT PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH/TESTING OR REGULATION OR OVERSIGHT http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2029721070/nano-pesticides-sneaked-onto-the-market-and-consumer-products-without-regulation-or-oversight
Real change in the broken food system needs to be brought about by people - the farmers, producers, consumers and communities who want equal access to healthy food and a healthy environment.
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Robyn O'Brien, child-health advocate, shares her personal story and how it inspired her current path as a "Real Food" evangelist. Grounded in a successful Wall Street career that was more interested in food as good business than good-for-you, this mother of four was shaken awake by the dangerous allergic reaction of one of her children to a "typical" breakfast. Her mission to unearth the cause revealed more about the food industry than she could stomach, and impelled her to share her findings with others. Informative and inspiring Robyn O'Brien @unhealthytruth http://allergykidsfoundation.org
Child Health Advocate, Robyn O'Brien, speaks out for YES on California's Prop 37 - Labeling of GMO Food http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3195712868/child-health-advocate-speaks-out-for-yes-on-prop-37-gmo-labeling-video
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The agency has quietly deregulated drought-tolerant corn, which will benefit no one except Monsanto. Delete the scoop?
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RT @ComingFamine "I think we need to move to an entirely new paradigm about feeding the world, and doing it at the global scale with global strategies," Foley said. "Instead of calling it agriculture, which we've had for 10,000 years, maybe it's time for something new, what I like to call terraculture, or farming for the whole planet." During the first morning of the GreenBiz Forums, Jon Foley, director of the University of Minnesota's Institute of the Environment, laid out a business plan for the Earth that aims to feed 9 billion people by 2050 while shrinking agriculture's... Delete the scoop?
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New "safer" pyrethroid pesticides actually not as safe as EPA has declared http://t.co/Ih5hfdN9... Delete the scoop?
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A June 2011 ABC News poll found that 93 percent of Americans believe that genetically modified foods should be labeled.
Despite consumer opposition, adoption of transgenic crops has been rapid in the U.S., but limited in the main to the major commodity crops, of which genetically engineered varieties now make up the vast majority: soybean (93% transgenic in 2010), cotton (88%) corn (86%), and canola (64%).
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Today in the United States, by the simple act of feeding ourselves, we unwittingly participate in the largest experiment ever conducted on human beings. Massive agro-chemical companies like Monsanto (Agent Orange) and Dow (Napalm) are feeding us genetically-modified food, GMO's, that have never been fully tested and aren't labeled. This small handful of corporations are tightening their grip on the world's food supply—buying, modifying, and patenting seeds to ensure total control over everything we eat. Delete the scoop?
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