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Feb 21, 2013 The Independent Controversial nerve-agent pesticides widely linked to decline in bees around the world should be banned, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) says today. More than 30 separate scientific studies in the last three years have shown adverse effects on insects from neonicotinoids, which are "systemic" insecticides, meaning they enter every part of the target plants – including the pollen and nectar which bees harvest.... http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/rspb-demands-ban-on-deadly-pesticides-linked-to-bee-decline-8503950.html
April 10, 2013 - The Organic View - June Stoyer
HOW DO NEONICOTINOIDS WORK? http://www.buzzaboutbees.net/how-do-neonicotinoids-work.html
28 March,2013 - The Guardian Environment THE FOX GUARDING THE HEN HOUSE? PESTICIDE MAKERS PROPOSE PLAN TO "HELP" BEES TO FORESTALL EUROPEAN UNION BAN ON PRODUCTS http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/28/pesticide-makers-plan-help-bees
PESTICIDE LOBBY SPENDS MILLIONS TO DEFEND CHEMICALS TIED TO BEE DEATHS http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/29/pesticide-lobby-bees_n_2980870.html
April 11, 2013 Corporate Europe Observatory
April 8, 2013 Earth First
April 23, 2013 Moyers & Company SHORT VIDEO "DANCE OF THE HONEY BEE Narrated by Bill McKibben http://truth-out.org/news/item/15896-dance-of-the-honey-bee
March 25, 2013 - Chemical and Engineering News GMO CORN: AT LEAST THEY'RE ADMITTING PESTICIDES PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN BEE KILL AND DISAPPEARANCE http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/i12/Curtailing-Honeybee-Losses.html
28 March, 2013 Inter Press Service The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a key government regulator, may have been haphazardly approving thousands of pesticides for decades, some of which pose risks to both human and environmental health. http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/03/u-s-pesticide-approval-process-grievously-flawed/
+++ WATCH +++EXCELLENT SHORT VIDEO ON THE EFFECTS MULTIPLE PETICIDES ARE HAVING UPON BEES - by Nature Video - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-fXYR9FTfM
NEW CHARGES AGAINST MONSANTO'S ROUNDUP - THE ULTIMATE KILLING MACHINE http://sco.lt/8iHda5
EUROPE IGNORING WARNING SIGNS OF BEE DEATHS, GM NANOTECHNOLOGY DANGERS AND INDUSTRY COLLUSION U.S. http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3995419038/europe-ignoring-warning-signs-of-bee-deaths-gm-food-nanotechnology-dangers-and-industry-collusion
Bee Strawbridge: WHY IS BEE DECLINE NOT A NATIONAL EMERGENCY? http://beestrawbridge.blogspot.com/2013/02/why-is-bee-decline-not-national.html
BEE SHORTAGE MAY INCREASE SOME FOOD PRICES | KGET TV 17 http://www.kget.com/news/local/story/Bee-shortage-may-increase-some-food-prices/MQR93TcM5kincZPHgA3sOg.cspx
HONEY BEE ARE LOSING THEIR WAY http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3997154773/are-honeybees-losing-their-way
April 1, 2013 Yale Environment 360 TRACKING THE CAUSES OF SHARP DECLINE OF THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY by Richard Conniff http://e360.yale.edu/feature/tracking_the_causes_of_sharp__decline_of_the_monarch_butterfly/2634/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+YaleEnvironment360+%28Yale+Environment+360%29
SAVE THE BEES, SAVE THE BERRIES, SAVE ME http://sco.lt/89uHUv
FOR MORE ON BEES, PESTICIDES http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides?q=bees
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Common Sense and critical thinking do not require a Scientific Ph.D. If these highly toxic pesticides and chemicals are destroying our biodiverity and beneficial insects, what do you think they might be doing to our human body. FEB 23, 2013 MONSANTO's "ROUNDUP" IS MORE TOXIC THAN DECLARED PROVES NEW SERALINI STUDY http://www.occupymonsanto360.org/2013/02/23/roundup-is-more-toxic-than-declared-proves-new-seralini-study/ Could they be having the same impact resulting in Alzheimer's and other neurological deficits? And what about the food we eat that have been sprayed with these poisons? And what about the honey that these poor bees produce? Is that contaminated too? Time for the big global chemical companies to take responsibility for what they're doing to our planet and we humans with little or no disclosure, regulation or oversight, like gigantic ships in the night slipping under the safety radar screen. 
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Fantastic summary of the #bee #neonicotinoids catastrophy from pdjmoo. If you can't read it now, bookmark this amalagamation of posts for later reading! 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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October 22, 2012 Institute of Science in Society - Mass Genome Engineering - With Large Implications
Whole microbial genomes can be changed at will simultaneously and rapidly; with large implications for safety by Dr Mae-Wan Ho ... that is why genetic modification of crops and livestock is inherently uncontrollable and hazardous (see [1] GM is Dangerous and Futile, SiS 40). Synthetic biologists must proceed with caution in targeting plant and animal genomes, because the unpredictability and potential hazards are multiplied many times over.... http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Mass_Genome_Engineering.php
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When most of us think of Monsanto, we think of genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, as... But what if the potential health risks of GMOs were actually not the biggest concern when it comes to Monsanto and the handful of other mega-corporations that now dominate the seed industry?... Unfortunately, these questions are not part of some crazed, anti-corporate conspiracy theory. They are the questions that we should be asking based on the current realities on the ground in farm country. And it’s important that we answer them quickly if we are to have any chance to avert the potential disaster that is looming on the horizon, a disaster perhaps best described as Monsanto’s point of no return. http://www.boulderweekly.com/article-9613-monsantos-point-of-no-return.html
The Global Chemical Biotech Cartel - An unprecedented power over world agriculture and human health http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1716244040/the-global-chemical-biotech-cartel-an-unprecedented-power-over-world-agriculture-and-human-health
1.Big Pesticide, Food Companies Spend Millions to Fight Honest Food Labels http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2410023720/big-pesticide-food-companies-spend-millions-to-fight-honest-food-labels
2. SNEAK ATTACK: Bringing GMO SEEDS to your home veggie Garden -- Without Labeling http://www.slowfood.com/international/slow-stories/140082/gmos-in-the-garden-but-not-on-the-label/q=7F4DD1?-session=query_session:42F94890116902582AiY13807D80
3. November 2, 2012 Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Genetically Modified Foods | Lawyers.com Blog http://blogs.lawyers.com/2012/11/supreme-court-genetically-modified-foods/
Seeds of Dissent: How GMO contaminates natural farms VIDEO http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1699274638/seeds-of-dissent-how-gmo-contaminates-natural-farms-video
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July 31, 2012 GRIST In case you had any doubt that California’s Prop 37 – which would require labeling of food containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) — poses a significant threat to the food industry, a top food lobby has now made it perfectly clear that it does. The Grocery Manufacturers Association -- a group that includes PepsiCo, General Mills, and Monsanto -- has made fighting California's Prop 37 its "highest priority."... http://grist.org/food/big-food-puts-its-back-into-fighting-gmo-labeling-in-california/
THE GLOBAL CHEMICAL BIOTECH CARTEL - AN UNPRECEDENTED POWER OVER WORLD AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN HEALTH http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1716244040/the-global-chemical-biotech-cartel-an-unprecedented-power-over-world-agriculture-and-human-health
WHY IS OUR FOOD BEING MADE AND MODIFIED BY THE WORLD'S LARGEST PESTICIDE MANUFACTURERS? http://gmo-awareness.com/all-about-gmos/gmo-defined/
BEST VIDEOS countering the enormous corporate political power and propaganda of the Unregulated BIOTECH FOOD Industry http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3601262367/best-videos-countering-the-enormous-corporate-political-power-and-propaganda-of-the-unregulated-biotech-food-industry
IINSIDE THE MONSANTO INFORMATION WAR - Industry Scientific Studies Conflicts of Interest http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3123355382/inside-the-monsanto-information-war-industry-scientific-studies-conflicts-of-interest
MONSANTO'S TRICKY PLAN TO DEFEAT GMO LABELING http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2816594006/monsanto-s-tricky-plan-to-defeat-gmo-labeling
BIG PESTICIDE, FOOD COMPANIES SPEND MILLION TO FIGHT HONEST FOOD LABELING http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2410023720/big-pesticide-food-companies-spend-millions-to-fight-honest-food-labels
“BIG 6” PESTICIDE CORPORATION TOP THE LIST OF FOOD LABELING OPPONENTS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3024126592/big-6-pesticide-corporations-top-the-list-of-food-labeling-opponents
ALTERED GENE, TWISTED TRUTH http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3517153476/altered-genes-twisted-truth
WHY IS THERE SO LITTLE INDEPENDENT PEER REVIEWED GMO RESEARCH? http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3087172079/why-is-there-so-little-independent-peer-reviewed-gmo-research
FAST FOOD, SLOW DEATH : "Food Deserts" and the Corporate Food Monopoly http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3599063380/fast-food-slow-death-food-deserts-and-the-corporate-food-monopoly
WHY IS OUR FOOD BEING MADE AND MODIFIED BY THE WORLD'S LARGEST PESTICIDE MANUFACTURERS? http://gmo-awareness.com/all-about-gmos/gmo-defined/
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UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS: Monsanto has been systematically blocking researchers from using its patented gene modified (GMO) seeds to learn if there are problems with them, according to an explosive op-ed in yesterday’s LA Timesby Doug Gurian-Sherman of the Union of Concerned Scientists.Source: Red Green & Bluehttp://redgreenandblue.org/2011/02/14/monsanto-blocks-research-on-gmo-safety/
November 2, 2012 Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Genetically Modified Foods | Lawyers.com Blog http://blogs.lawyers.com/2012/11/supreme-court-genetically-modified-foods/ Delete the scoop?
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— Environmental Health News Throughout North Dakota, little yellow flowers dot thousands of miles of roadsides. These canola plants, found along most major trucking routes, look harmless. But they are fueling a controversy: They prove that large numbers of genetically modified plants have escaped from farm fields and are now growing wild. About 80 percent of canola growing along roadsides in North Dakota contains genes that have been modified to make the plants resistant to common weed-killers. Delete the scoop?
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Brussels – The Commission is concerned that Italy has incorrectly implemented EU legislation on environmental liability, leading to insufficient protection... Delete the scoop?
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In a study released by the International Journal of Biological Sciences, analyzing the effects of genetically modified foods on mammalian health, researchers found that agricultural giant Monsanto's GM corn is linked to organ damage in rats. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/12/monsantos-gmo-corn-linked_n_420365.html
Cancer is the leading cause of death by disease in US children as new study links chemicals used on corn http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2745332899/cancer-is-the-leading-cause-of-death-by-disease-in-us-children-as-new-study-links-chemicals-used-on-corn-to-the-disease Delete the scoop?
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A new, crowd-sourced website plans to document every angle of the food system. Given its stated aim of documenting "the entire food system", and given that ANYONE can upload photos and tell the story of their food, it seems like there is an opportunity for activists to tell the stories of the industrial food system through this platform too. Via pdjmoo Delete the scoop?
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Martek Biosciences DHA and ARA in infant formula are linked to infant illness. Keep organics a safe haven from unsafe and unproven synthetic ingredients: sign a petition to the USDA Delete the scoop?
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Michael Hart, a conventional livestock family farmer, has been farming in Cornwall for nearly thirty years and has actively campaigned on behalf of family farmers for over fifteen years, travelling extensively in Europe, India, Canada and the USA. In this short documentary he investigates the reality of farming genetically modified crops in the USA ten years after their introduction. He travels across the US interviewing farmers and other specialists about their experiences of growing GM. Delete the scoop?
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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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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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The only way corporations can push GMO seeds on farmers is by destroying alternatives. 31 October 2012 - TruthOut The only reason crops have been genetically engineered is to take patents on seeds, and collect royalties. If during colonialism the concept of Terra Nullius, empty land, allowed the takeover of land and territories by the colonizer, a new concept of Bio Nullius, empty life, is being used to claim “intellectual property rights” on seeds, biodiversity and life forms. But life is not empty. Seeds are not an invention. They embody millions of years of biological evolution, and thousands of years of cultural evolution and farmers breeding.... http://truth-out.org/news/item/12456-gmos-seed-wars-and-knowledge-wars
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
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WATCH: "SEEDING DEEP DEMOCRACY" Vandana Shiva http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1054461972/seeding-deep-democracy-vandana-shiva
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
NO SEEDS, NO INDEPENDENT RESEARCH - The GMO Patent Game http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3087172079/no-seeds-no-independent-research-the-gmo-patent-game
SEED SLAVERY, CORPORATIONS AND PATENTS... Sustainability pioneer Vandana Shiva speaks to Jo Confino about campaign against GMOs http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/vandana-shiva-corporate-monopoly-seeds?INTCMP=SRCH
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October 9, 2012: Guardian: GENETICALLY MODIFYING AND PATENTING SEEDS ISN'T THE ANSWER | 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
October 3, 2012 THE GLOBAL CITIZENS' REPORT FOR SEED FREEDOM - Share The World's Resources http://www.stwr.org/food-security-agriculture/the-global-citizens-report-for-seed-freedom.html
November 2, 2012 Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Genetically Modified Foods | Lawyers.com Blog http://blogs.lawyers.com/2012/11/supreme-court-genetically-modified-foods/
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August 20, 2012 THE ECOLOGIST by Vandana Shiva Besides displacing and destroying diversity, patented GMO seeds are also undermining seed sovereignty. Across the world, new seed laws are being introduced which enforce compulsory registration of seed, thus making it impossible for small farmers to grow their own diversity, and forcing them into dependency on giant seed corporations. Corporations are also patenting climate resilient seeds evolved by farmers, thus robbing farmers of using their own seeds and knowledge for climate adaptation. Another threat to seed and seed sovereignty is genetic contamination of seed. India has lost its cotton seeds because of contamination from Bt. Cotton. Canada has lost its canola seed because of contamination from Roundup Ready canola. Mexico has lost its corn because of contamination from GMO Corn.... http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/1547185/reclaiming_the_seed.html
GMOs, Seed Wars and Knowledge Wars http://truth-out.org/news/item/12456-gmos-seed-wars-and-knowledge-wars
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The documentary film "Vanishing of the Bees" unveils the phenomenon called Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) and the real causes of bee death all over the U.S." The danger of accumulated pesticides in the environment and the lack of USA federal agency oversight in favor of manufacturers's studies without independent review is a major cause for concern. 90% of food we eat is treated with pesticides, over a billion pounds of these toxic chemicals are used annually on the huge agricultural western monocrop farms. Before releasing these highly toxic chemicals into our environment, a responsible nation would ensure that independent interdisciplinary studies are carried out to determine affects on both our ecosystems AND human health.
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Bill Gates, the heavy Monsanto investor who purchased 500,000 shares of the biotech giant in 2010, has been touting Monsanto’s genetically modified creations as a tool that is necessary to prevent starvation in poor nations. The same poor nations where thousands of farmers routinely commit suicide after being completely bankrupt by Monsanto’s overpriced and ineffective GM seeds.
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In this short documentary Michael Hart, a conventional livestock family farmer, discusses the reality of farming genetically modified crops in the USA ten years after their introduction. Delete the scoop?
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Meredith Alexander: A true Olympic legacy would be for Dow Chemical to shoulder responsibility for the 1984 tragedy... Delete the scoop?
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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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This BioScience piece documents not only the current state of glyphosate resistant weeds, but also ties the development of genetically engineered herbicide resistant crops, especially 2,4-D and dicamba resistant crops, to the decline of sustainable weed management, and to the decline of sustainable agriculture more generally. Delete the scoop?
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Much of the crop loss and farmers suicides happen only in areas where there is monocropping. Can you ever show me an instance of failure in multi-cropping?”
Publicly funded GMO research in India exposed as fraud to secretly sneak in Monsanto seeds http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/986300205/publicly-funded-gmo-research-in-india-exposed-as-fraud-to-secretly-sneak-in-monsanto-seeds
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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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