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IS MEAT FROM CLONED ANIMALS DANGEROUS? The EU is at sixes and sevens - the European Commission (pro corporate) is in favor of allowing the consumption of meat from cloned animals, the European Parliament has voted for a ban. What exactly is clone-meat? Here are the facts. http://www.dw.com/en/is-meat-from-cloned-animals-dangerous/a-18701771
▶ CLONING PIGS ON AN 'INDUSTRIAL SCALE' - UNLABELED, UNREGULATED http://sco.lt/57VNh3
-▶ DID YOU KNOW? GENE ALTERED FOODS NOW LARGE PART OF AMERICAN DIET http://sco.lt/7oVxQH
▶ “FATALLY FLAWED" FDA ASSESSMENT TO UNLEASH GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SALMON ONTO YOUR DINNER PLATE, NO REGULATIONS, NO OVERSIGHT, NO LABELING http://sco.lt/8ZDraz
New York Times, January 19, 2015 - ▶ U.S. RESEARCH LAB LETS LIVESTOCK SUFFER IN ATTEMPT TO RE-ENGINEER OUR FOOD ANIMALS IN QUEST FOR PROFIT U.S. At a remote research center on the Nebraska plains, scientists are using surgery and breeding techniques to re-engineer the farm animal to fit the needs of the 21st-century meat industry. The potential benefits are huge: animals that produce more offspring, yield more meat and cost less to raise. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/20/dining/animal-welfare-at-risk-in-experiments-for-meat-industry.html?_r=1
New Scientist, APRIL 23, 2015 - ▶ FIRST HUMAN EMBRYOS GENETICALLY MODIFIED -- MORE WILL COME http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27402-first-human-embryos-genetically-modified--more-will-come.html#.VTljxGZQW6A
New York Times, April 23, 2015 - ▶ CHINESE SCIENTISTS EDIT GENES OF HUMAN EMBRYOS, RAISING CONCERNS http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/health/chinese-scientists-edit-genes-of-human-embryos-raising-concerns.html
Mashable, April 23, 2015 - ▶ CHINESE SCIENTISTS USE GENE EDITING TO MODIFY HUMAN EMBRYOS http://mashable.com/2015/04/23/chinese-scientists-gene-editing-human-embryo/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link
New York Times, March 09. 2015 - ▶ STRICTER OVERSIGHT ORDERED FOR ANIMAL "RESEARCH" AT NEBRASKA CENTER. A federal animal-research center in Nebraska will not be allowed to start any new experimental projects until it strengthens its procedures and internal oversight. The decision came as a report ordered by Mr. Vilsack found that an oversight panel at the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, in Clay Center, Neb., “was not adequately fulfilling its intended role” of scrutinizing experiments to ensure that they minimized pain and suffering for the animals. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/dining/stricter-oversight-ordered-for-animal-research-at-nebraska-center.html
BBC Environment, February 25, 2015 -▶ IS THE WORLD READY FOR GENETICALLY MODIFIED ANIMALS? The use of genetically engineered animals could revolutionise (for better or worse) whole areas of public health and agriculture, according to advocates. But is the world ready for modified mosquitoes and GM salmon? http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31604233
Grist, July 30, 2013 ▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED ANIMALS COULD MAKE IT TO YOUR PLATE WITH MINIMAL TESTING -- AND NO PUBLIC INPUT http://grist.org/article/and3/
Common Dreams, Dec 21, 2012 ▶ FDA MOVES TOWARDS APPROVAL OF FIRST GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOOD ANIMAL DESPITE STRONG OPPOSITION AND QUESTIONABLE RESEARCH http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2012/12/21-5
GM Watch, - ▶ INTRODUCING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ANIMALS INTO OUR ENVIRONMENT AND OUR BODIES. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has issued a consultation on environmental risk assessment of genetically modified GM fish, insects, birds, and mammals (including pets, wild and farm animals) in the European Union (EU). This consultation is intended to pave the way for the introduction of many different types of GM animals into the European countryside, rivers or seas, their use in factory farming, and even their introduction as pets into people's homes. If you are concerned about this, see the "what you can do" section on this page.... http://www.gmwatch.eu/latest-listing/1-news-items/14073-european-consultation-on-gm-animals
VIDEO ▶ GENETICIST, DAVID SUZUKI, SAYS HUMANS ARE PART OF A MASSIVE EXPERIMENT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mBF1OOPdTo#t=90
WATCH (19:57) GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ORGANISMS HAVE PERVERTED SCIENCE - GENETICIST -Dr Suman Sahai: Power, Plurality and Uncertainty and The Global Politics of Scientific Advice. A fascinating talk by Dr Suman Sahai of GeneCampaign containing a powerful indictment of the science of GMOs.... http://www.gmwatch.org/gm-videosb/27-gm-in-india/14678
France24 TV -▶ PATENTING LIFE: WHERE DO THE LIMITS LIE? http://www.france24.com/en/20140517-beyond-business-patenting-life-biotechnology-intellectual-property-science-species-human-dna-gmo-gene-breast-cancer/
Nature Journal, September 25, 2013 -▶ GENE TWEAKING FOR CONSERVATION? OR BILLION DOLLAR BONANZA FOR BIOTECH INDUSTRY PATENTING LIFE? Note: The issue is posed as climate change, when in fact the issue is habitat loss, pollution, poaching and creating imbalance within our natural ecosystems...all man-made. Artificially altering our wildlife and nature will not change these basic essential facts that all life depends upon to survive... and the question arises "Who Will Own These Gene-Altered Animal Patents?" The patenting of seed to control global food and agriculture has shown us that we should not rush into this believing the biotech industry has the well-being of the planet at heart. http://www.nature.com/news/ecology-gene-tweaking-for-conservation-1.13790
SLIDESHOW Reuters, July 25, 2013 GENETICALLY MODIFIED ANIMALS http://www.reuters.com/news/picture/genetically-modified-animals?articleId=USRTXTZ7A
"ENVIROPIG" PATENT FOR A PIG THE RISE OF THE 'DESIGNER' FARM ANIMAL http://sco.lt/5CRSXR
U.S.A. FDA GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ANIMALS GENERAL Q&A http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/DevelopmentApprovalProcess/GeneticEngineering/GeneticallyEngineeredAnimals/ucm113605.htm
▶ 10 GENETICALLY MODIFIED ANIMALS YOU CAN BUY - PHOTOS
http://listverse.com/2013/07/26/top-10-gm-animals-you-can-buy-or-eat/
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/66YF2v
▶ KNOWN BIOTECH GENE ALTERING IN THE PIPELINE http://www.genet-info.org/information-services/genetically-engineered-animals/ge-salmon.html
Science Insider, October 3, 2013 ▶----- COMPANY'S 'DESIGNER BABY' PATENT DIVIDE BIOETHICISTS http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2013/10/companys-designer-baby-patent-divides-bioethicists New York Times, June 27, 2014 ▶----- THE BRAVE NEW WORLD OF THREE-PARENT INVITRO FERTILIZATION: THE GENETIC ENGINEERING OF BABIES. Altering the genetic makeup of the egg. Is there anything wrong with that? http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/29/magazine/the-brave-new-world-of-three-parent-ivf.html -▶ ----- NEW GM BABIES BORN A DECADE AGO http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-food/genetically-engineered-babies.php -▶ ----- WHERE DOES IT STOP? CHINESE SCIENTISTS PRESENTLY EXPERIMENT WITH MORE THAN 20 GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ANIMALS http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/genetically-engineered-salmon-176698781.html Guardian, January 30, 2014 -▶ ----- GENETICALLY MODIFIED MONKEYS CREATED WITH CUT AND PASTE DNA http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jan/30/genetically-modified-monkeys-cut-and-paste-dna-alzheimers-parkinsons -▶ ------ GM COW BRINGS BIOTECH TO A NEW LEVEL OF CREEPY http://sco.lt/62KG6T -▶ ------ CHINA DEVELOPS 300 GENETICALLY MODIFIED DAIRY COWS FOR HUMAN BREAST MILK PRODUCTION http://wakeup-world.com/2012/06/20/science-gone-mad-china-develops-300-genetically-modified-dairy-cows-for-human-breast-milk-production/ -▶ ------ SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY AND THE RISE OF THE 'SPIDER-GOATS' http://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/jan/14/synthetic-biology-spider-goat-genetics?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2 -▶ ------ GMO PATENTS MAY OWN OUR FORESTS: MONSANTO GMO TREES COULD DEVASTATE FOREST ECOYSTEMS http://sco.lt/5G9P0L -▶ ------ HUMAN GENES ENGINEERED INTO EXPERIMENTAL GMO RICE BEING GROWN IN KANSAS http://www.naturalnews.com -▶ ------ FIRST GM CAMELS TO BE ENGINEERED FOR DRUG PRODUCTION http://sco.lt/5L5VVB NOT OKAY -▶ ------ GENETICALLY MODIFIED CAMELS AND THEIR MILK TO BE USED TO PRODUCE PHARMACEUTICALS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2606238051/not-okay-genetically-modified-camels-and-their-milk-to-be-used-to-produce-pharmaceuticals
RSN, July 10, 2012 ▶ MONSANTO'S CLONED GROWTH HORMONE CONTAMINATES US MILK http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/313-17/12225-monsantos-cloned-growth-hormone-contaminates-us-milk
August 18, 2013 Care2 Causes -▶ NOW WE'RE TURNING ANIMALS INTO FACTORIES FOR OUR DRUGS? http://www.care2.com/causes/now-were-turning-animals-into-factories-for-our-drugs.html
-▶ GROWING PHARMACEUTICALS IN GMO PLANT REQUIRES NEW, STRICT REGULATIONS AND OVERSIGHT - PATENT MONOPOLIES http://sco.lt/7KM4qv
-▶ INDIA GOVERNMENT REPORT RECOMMENDS RESTRAINT AND FURTHER ANALYSIS ON GM TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECH COLLUSION http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Farmers-happy-over-House-panels-repot-on-GM-crops/articleshow/15424082.cms
Institute of Science in Society, October 22, 2012 -▶ WHY GENETIC MODIFICATION OF CROPS AND LIVESTOCK IS INHERENTLY UNCONTROLLABLE AND HAZARDOUS http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Mass_Genome_Engineering.php
June 17, 2013 Global Research -▶ FDA APPROVES FIRST GMO FLU VACCINE -- CONTAINING REPROGRAMMED DOG KIDNEY CELLS http://www.globalresearch.ca/fda-approves-first-gmo-flu-vaccine-containing-reprogrammed-insect-virus/5338052
DO WE NEED A GENETIC BILL OF RIGHTS? http://sco.lt/6jmb1l
Celsias.com -▶ GMOS AND THE FOOD FIGHT OF OUR LIVES. Monsanto isn’t the only culprit, of course. Syngenta, Bayer CropScience, DuPont, Dow Chemical, and Archer Daniels Midland (better known as ADM) are tweaking hundreds of genomes developed over thousands, even millions of years, crossing roses with pigs and butterflies with worms, not to mention corn with a virulent bacteria.The question is, how many years can the species homo sapiens continue to eat food that has NOT been “vetted” by Nature over thousands of years of evolution before the effects of our meddling show up in birth defects and other anomalies. http://www.celsias.com/article/gmos-and-food-fight-our-lives/
-▶ WILL SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY BENEFIT OR THREATEN WILD THINGS? http://sco.lt/66LUbR
New York Times, February 20, 2015 - ▶ ABSOLUTELY NEEDED: OBAMA PROPOSES SINGLE AGENCY FOR FOOD SAFETY AND REGULATION http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/21/us/obama-proposes-single-overseer-for-food-safety.html
65 BILLION ANIMALS RAISED IN CORPORATE CONCENTRATION PENS DRUGS, GMO FEED AND 'AG-GAG' LAWS http://sco.lt/6GRczB
May 5, 2012 -▶ OBAMA'S BIO-ECONOMY BLUEPRINT PROMOTES A GENETICALLY-ENGINEERED, SYNTHETIC BIOTECH FUTURE - Through THE NATIONAL BIOECONOMY BLUEPRINT the Obama administration is seeking to support genetic engineering as a main component of “American innovation and economic growth”... .... http://occupycorporatism.com/obamas-bioeconomy-promotes-a-genetically-engineered-future/
▶ OBAMA QUIETLY DE-REGULATES GMO/ GENETIC BIOTECH INDUSTRY : FAST-TRACKING APPROVALS, WAIVING REGULATIONS, NO OVERSIGHT, NO LABELING http://sco.lt/5uCx8b
The ETC Group -▶ THE NEW BIOMASSTERS - SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY AND THE NEXT ASSAULT ON BIODIVERSITY AND LIVELIHOODS www.etcgroup.org/content/new-biomassters
VIDEO GLASS WALLS (8:17) What happens to animals raised for meat, eggs and dairy products. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIzvFMmXCpw
Capital Press, January 22, 2015 - ▶ ANOTHER 'AG-GAG" LAW WON'T HELP FARMERS http://www.capitalpress.com/20150122/another-ag-gag-law-wont-help-farmers
BAN GMOs NOW - SPECIAL REPORT Institute of Science in Society http://sco.lt/5CPilt ▶ WHY ARE COUNTRIES BANNING GMO GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS AND ANIMALS? http://sco.lt/7l7AVV
Center for Food Safety, January 26, 2015 ▶ PATENTING TREES: NEW GENETICALLY ENGINEERED TREE TO AVOID FEDERAL OVERSIGHT COMPLETELY http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/press-releases/3713/new-genetically-engineered-tree-to-avoid-federal-oversight-completely#
▶ MONSANTO GMO TREES DEVASTATE FOREST ECOSYSTEMS CREATING A PLISONED, BIOLOGICAL DESERT http://sco.lt/84F6mn
▶ THIS GRAND EXPERIMENT ON HUMANITY MUST STOP: GMO BILL GATES FUNDS RISKY, UNTESTED UNREGULATED VITAMIN FORTIFIED GMO FOOD FOR AFRICA AND INDIA http://sco.lt/6CZccT
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CGIAR May 5, 2015 ▶ HOW CAN CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE ENHANCE FOOD SECURITY AND COMMUNITY BASED ADAPTION? How can climate-smart agriculture enhance food security and community-based adaptation? Recognising and make use of indigenous knowledge from local communities and use this as a basis for building resilience. http://ccafs.cgiar.org/blog/how-can-climate-smart-agriculture-enhance-food-security-and-community-based-adaptation#.VUqfEmZQW6A
One World News, December 9, 2013 -▶ INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE VITAL FOR BIODIVERSITY, SAY EXPERTS. With species disappearing up to 1,000 times faster than the natural extinction rate, biodiversity experts say knowledge co-production with indigenous peoples has growing importance. http://oneworld.org/2013/12/05/indigenous-knowledge-vital-for-biodiversity-say-experts/
African Agriculture: AGRA - ‘Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa' is a major assault on seed sovereignty’
Inter Press Service, September 24, 2014 ▶ CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE IS CORPORATE GREEN-WASHING, NGOs WARN http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/09/climate-smart-agriculture-is-corporate-green-washing-warn-ngos
La Via Campesina, September 23, 2014 ▶ UNMASKING BIG CORPORATE "CLIMATE SMART" AGRICULTURE http://viacampesina.org/en/index.php/actions-and-events-mainmenu-26/1670-un-masking-climate-smart-agriculture
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy October 08, 2014 "CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE' ISN'T http://www.iatp.org/blog/201410/climate-smart-agriculture-isn%E2%80%99t-agroecology-is
Inter Press Service, October 13, 2014 ▶ FAMILY FARMERS DON'T NEED CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/10/family-farmers-dont-need-climate-smart-agriculture/
The Ecologist, September 30, 2014 ▶ CORPORATE-SMART GREENWASH: THE GLOBAL ALLIANCE ON CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE. By endorsing the activities of the planet's worst climate offenders in agribusiness and industrial agriculture, the Alliance will undermine the very objectives that it claims to aim for. http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2575701/corporatesmart_greenwash_the_global_alliance_on_climatesmart_agriculture.html
Gaia Foundation, December 16, 2011 ▶ FARMING CARBON CREDITS A CON FOR AFRICA: THE MANY FACES OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE http://www.gaiafoundation.org/blog/farming-carbon-credits-a-con-for-africa-the-many-faces-of-climate-smart-agriculture
Food First, March 23,2015 GATES FOUNDATION AND USAID PLOTS WAYS OF PROFITING FROM AFRICA'S SEED SYSTEM http://foodfirst.org/press-releases/gates-foundation-plots-ways-of-profiting-from-africas-seed-systems/
▶ GMO GENE GIANTS STOCKPILING PATENTS ON LIFE Nagoya, Japan -- Under the guise of developing “climate-ready” crops, the world’s largest seed and agrochemical corporations are filing hundreds of sweeping, multi-genome patents in a bid to control the world’s plant biomass, according to a report released by ETC Group http://www.etcgroup.org/fr/node/5220
WATCH THE MYTH OF THE AFRICAN 'GREEN REVOLUTION' http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1562042292/the-myth-of-the-african-green-revolution-video-vandana-shiva
▶ BEWARE OF A CALL FOR A "GREENER REVOLUTION' CORPORATE TAKEOVER OF GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLY http://sco.lt/7sYm1Z
Natural News, March 02, 2015 ▶ PARAGUAYAN SMALL FARMERS FIGHT BACK AGAINST MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS DESTROYING THEIR LIVES http://www.naturalnews.com/048828_GMO_corporations_small_farmers_Paraguay.html#
Biocultural Heritage, ▶ SMALLHOLDER INDIGENOUS INNOVATION FOR RESILIENCE. Much of the world's agrobiodiversity has been lost in the last century due to the spread of modern agriculture. Only about 30 crops now provide 95% of all human diet (FAO). The pockets of crop diversity that remain, which are often sustained by indigenous people and small-scale farmers, are vital for food security because they provide options for adaptation, now and in the future. These local varieties (or landraces), are adapted to the natural and cultural environment, are often more resilient than modern crops, and are continuing to co-evolve with farmers to adapt to change. But this diversity is in steady decline and innovation by small-scale farmers is weakening as a result of top down research and development in agriculture, which undermines their capacity to adapt. http://biocultural.iied.org/smallholder-innovation-resilience-sifor
Animal Ecology In Focus, January 16, 2015 ▶ BIODIVERSITY v INTENSIVE FARMING : HAS FARMING LOST ITS WAY? Modern intensive farming produces plentiful, cheap food but is reliant on heavy use of agrochemicals and is a major driver of the ongoing collapse of wildlife populations. Taxpayers pay billions each year to support this system, with the bulk of this money going to the biggest, richest farming operations.... https://journalofanimalecology.wordpress.com/2015/01/16/biodiversity-v-intensive-farming-has-farming-lost-its-way/
Guardian Environment, March 25, 2014 ▶ FUTURISTIC FARMS: RETHINKING MONOCULTURE FARMING AND HOW WE GROW OUR FOOD. It’s a vicious cycle that has been the curse of destructive agriculture for thousands of years: remove native vegetation, continuously grow crops, don’t rest the land or return nutrients. Erode and exhaust soils. Move on. Repeat.. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/25/california-drought-silicon-valley-moment
Genetic Literacy Project May 4, 2015 GMOs=MONOCULURE=BIO-DISASTER TIME TO REVISE SIMPLISTIC IDEOLOGICAL NARRATIVE http://www.geneticliteracyproject.org/2015/05/04/gmosmonoculturebio-disaster-time-to-revise-simplistic-ideological-narrative/
Friends of the earth international, February 23, 2015 ▶ U.S. FORCE FEEDS GM CROPS TO AFRICAN NATIONS, SAYS NEW REPORT http://www.foei.org/press/archive-by-subject/food-sovereignty-press/us-force-feeds-gm-crops-african-nations-says-new-report/
The Ecologist, February 23, 2015 ▶ THERE IS NO SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS ON GMO SAFETY http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2766504/there_is_no_scientific_consensus_on_gmo_safety.html
Intercontinental Cry Magazine, July 17, 2014 ▶ INDIGENOUS MOUNTAIN FARMERS UNITE ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND RIGHT TO THEIR OWN SEED http://intercontinentalcry.org/indigenous-mountain-farmers-unite-climate-change-24793/
The Good Food, September 02, 2014 ▶ SEED IS LIFE. SOIL IS LIFE. WATER IS LIFE
To increase profitability – and productivity – industrial agriculture has mechanized production processes and reduced options to a few highly controlled varieties. In the beginning of factory farming, one size was supposed to fit all and the landscape everywhere (including water and micro-climates) was to be engineered to accommodate only the selected commercial variety of plant or animal.... Of course, such defiance of nature caused serious problems and local ecosystems were thrown out of balance. The soil dried up and blew away. Insects and weeds invaded crops and destroyed yields. And so the arch controllers of nature invented pesticides and herbicides – and a highly profitable chemical industry was born to rule over the land.
Capitalism and the accompanying industrial revolution promised to free us from the bonds of nature, limit the quality and variety of products, and greatly increase the quantity of sales necessary to consolidate power and wealth. Over the relative short time the industrial system has been in place, it has separated us entirely from our organic roots – physically and spiritually. And everything has become artificially fabricated outside of nature: our society, our religions, and certainly most of our food... http://www.goodfoodworld.com/2014/09/seed-is-life-soil-is-life-water-is-life/
Ecocentric, March 17,2015 ▶ THE DANGER OF MONOCROPS: LESSONS FROM THE IRISH POTATO FAMINE http://www.gracelinks.org/blog/1150/the-danger-of-monocrops-lessons-from-the-irish-potato-famin
Truthout, December 04, 2014 ▶ SEEDS OF THE FUTURE DIMINISHING AS MONO INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE DOMINATES THE WORLD. A third of the world's land area is dedicated to agriculture. Farmers' fields and pastures comprise (after the oceans) the second largest ecosystem on the planet. This vast tract has been largely transformed into sterile monoculture deserts in which all other organisms are suppressed with agrochemicals, and only the cash crop is allowed to thrive. Whether it is soy in the Brazilian Amazon, wheat on the Ukrainian steppes or corn in Iowa, a single high-yield variety typically dominates the landscape for as far as the eye can see. http://truth-out.org/news/item/27760-seeds-of-the-future
Common Dreams, February 23, 2015 ▶ MANIPULATE AND MISLEAD: HOW GMOs ARE INFILTRATING AFRICA The most persistent myth about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is that they are necessary to feed a growing global population. Highly effective marketing campaigns have drilled it into our heads that GMOs will produce more food on less land in an environmentally friendly manner. The mantra has been repeated so often that it is considered to be truth. Now this mantra has come to Africa, sung by the United States government and multinational corporations like Monsanto, seeking to open new markets for a product that has been rejected by so many others around the globe. http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/02/23/manipulate-and-mislead-how-gmos-are-infiltrating-africa
Farmlandgrab, January 03, 2015 ▶ BARBARIANS AT THE FARM GATE http://farmlandgrab.org/post/view/24381
The Ecologist, February 12, 2015 ▶ LAND AND SEED LAWS UNDER ATTACK AS AFRICA IS GROOMED FOR CORPORATE RECOLONIZATION. A battle is raging for control of resources in Africa - land, water, seeds, minerals, ores, forests, oil, renewable energy sources... http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2752051/land_and_seed_laws_under_attack_as_africa_is_groomed_for_corporate_recolonization.html
Common Dreams, February 06, 2015 ▶ THE RE-COLONIZATION OF AFRICA http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/02/06/re-colonization-africa
African Centre for Biosafety, November 18, 2013 ▶ A CRITICAL LOOK AT THE ALLIANCE FOR A GREEN REVOLUTION IN AFRICA (AGRA) - 2013 REPORT GIVING WITH ONE HAND, TAKING WITH TWO http://www.acbio.org.za/
▶ AFRICAN AGRICULTURE: AGRA "ALLIANCE FOR A GREEN REVOLUTION IN AFRICA" IS A MAJOR ASSAULT ON SEED SOVEREIGNTY http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/02/201224152439941847.html
African Center For Biosafety, November 18, 2014 ▶ AGRA's SCANDALOUS SUBSIDIZATION OF BIG PETROLEUM-BASED FERTILISER: FINANCIAL AND AGRIBUSINESS CORPORATIONS IN AFRICA. http://www.acbio.org.za/index.php/media/64-media-releases/471-agras-scandalous-subsidisation-of-big-fertiliser-financial-and-agribusiness-corporations-in-africa
September 6, 2013 Greenpeace International ▶ AGRA: HELPING BIG AGRIBUSINESS "CONQUER" AFRICAN AGRICULTURE Finally, we have confirmation of what we have long suspected: AGRA, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, has been created to facilitate the corporate takeover of African agriculture, not support African smallholder farmers with real solutions... http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/makingwaves/agra-agribusiness-africa-agriculture/blog/46511/
BILL GATES AND AFRICA A TROJAN HORSE FOR GMO BIOTECH CARTEL IN SUB-SAHARA AFRICA http://sco.lt/5ZNnsX FULL REPORT GRAIN, November 04, 2014 HOW DOES THE GATES FOUNDATION SPEND ITS MONEY TO "FEED THE WORLD" > http://www.grain.org/article/entries/5064-how-does-the-gates-foundation-spend-its-money-to-feed-the-world
▶ BILL GATES, MONSANTO AND EUGENICS: HOW ONE OF THE WORLD'S WEALTHIEST MEN IS ACTIVELY PROMOTING A CORPORATE TAKEOVER OF GLOBAL HEALTH, AGRICULTURE (FOOD) AND EDUCATION http://sco.lt/51EymH
-▶ THE FUTURE OF FOOD by Bill Gates, the greatest single, private investor for genetically engineered biotech food in the world. http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-agriculture/bill-gates-thinks-fake-meat-future.html
GHANA AND GMOs Pambazuka, February 19, 2015 Genetic engineering is about private corporate control of the food system. ▶ THE RABID TACTICS OF THE BIOTECH INDUSTRY TO GAIN CONTROL OF GHANA'S FOOD SYSTEM Whose interests does Prof. Alhassan represent? Prof. Alhassan was been quoted as dismissing anti-GMO groups because, according to him, they allegedly do not have any scientific proof or knowledge to offer when it comes GMO technology. But he is wrong. Ghanaian farmers need to abhor and reject scientists laden with conflicts of interest. Monsanto and Syngenta are particularly greedy to get their hands on Ghana’s agriculture and control the seed market here.Professor Alhassan is attempting to control the information farmers and the public see and hear just like the industry he represents.... “Today, large numbers of scientists are in the employ of Big Pharma, Big Ag, and all kinds of corporations with anti-environmental and anti-social justice agendas.”(2)... Professor Alhassan is a key employee of Big Ag, and has been for his entire career.... http://www.pambazuka.net/en/category/comment/94029
PR Watch, May 25, 2012 ▶ HOW THE U.S. SOLD AFRICA TO MULTINATIONALS LIKE MONSANTO, CARGILL, DUPONT, PEPSICO AND OTHERS http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/05/11530/how-us-sold-africa-multinationals-monsanto-cargill-dupont-pepsico-and-others
AFRICA G8 - FOOD SECURITY FOR WHOM? CORPORATE PROFITS vs SMALLHOLDER FARMER INTERESTS http://sco.lt/8JKbIn
WHEN WALL STREET WENT TO AFRICA http://sco.lt/7znTf7
REPORT Part 2 of 4 Environmental Justice and Climate Change, November 08, 2014 Environmental and Food Justice THE PANACEA OF GMOs INDIGENOUS RIGHT LIVELIHOODS and CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION http://ejfood.blogspot.com/2014/11/environmental-justice-and-climate.html
HOW NOT TO "FEED THE WORLD" http://sco.lt/8vwnk9
Pambazuka -Voices for Freedom and Justice in Africa ▶ HOW COMPANIES FRAME ISSUES OF FOOD AND GLOBAL HUNGER FOR THEIR OWN SELF-INTEREST AND BOTTOMLINE PROFITS There is a new, but deceptive, foreign drive to end hunger in Africa through large-scale agribusiness. Yet helping poor households in rural Africa feed themselves in an affordable manner means introducing low-cost, sustainable enhancements to farming. History is riddled with examples of the poor dying of hunger when food was plentiful. Classic amongst these is the famine which wracked the West African Sahel during the early 1970s. While people were dying of hunger in Senegal, Mali and Niger, peanuts — a key sauce ingredient and source of protein across the region — were being exported to Europe.... ...The rise of philanthrocapitalism in the US, where former and current business leaders, through the strength of their foundations, have increasingly come to influence the shape and direction of US international development programmes. Central to the philanthrocapitalist worldview is a belief that private enterprise is the fundamental agent of progressive change and that business acumen trumps other forms of expertise... http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/85291
-▶ FROM GROWING PROFIT TO GROWING FOOD: CHALLENGING CORPORATE RULE http://sco.lt/7Dg37p
-▶ THE HUNGER GAMES: -▶ HOW UK AND USA GOVERNMENTS SUPPORT FOR BIG AGRIBUSINESS IS FUELING POVERTY IN AFRICA AND AROUND THE WORLD http://sco.lt/6UGd17
The Ecologist, September 22, 2014 ▶ COCA-COLA IS NOT THE SOLUTION TO HUNGER IN AFRICA http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2563446/cocacola_is_not_the_solution_to_hunger_in_africa.html
African Center for BioSafety, October 08, 2014 ▶ ACQUISITION OF AFRICA'S SEEDCO BY MONSANTO FURTHERS GLOBAL SEED CARTEL GRIP: NEO-COLONIAL OCCUPATION OF AFRICA'S SEED SYSTEM. The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) is deeply concerned about the recent acquisitions by multi-national seed companies of large parts of SeedCo, one of Africa’s largest home-grown seed companies. Attracting foreign investment from the world’s largest seed companies, most of who got to their current dominant positions by devouring national seed companies and their competitors through mergers and acquisitions, is an inevitable consequence of the fierce drive to commercialise agriculture in Africa. http://www.acbio.org.za/
▶ SEED PATENTS & CONTROL OF GLOBAL FOOD & AGRICULTURE: THE BIOTECH, GMO, CHEMICAL CORPORATE CARTEL http://sco.lt/5LcjVR
GRAIN, October 23, 2014 ▶ HARVEST OF HARDSHIP: YALA SWAMP LAND GRAB DESTROYS KENYAN FARMERS' LIVELIHOOD. Dominion Farms arrived in Kenya's Yala Swamp basin in 2004 with big promises. The company claimed it would turn a defunct state demonstration farm into a modern rice plantation, provide locals with good jobs, and build hospitals and schools. The American owner of the company, Calvin Burgess, presented himself as a 'man of God', on a mission to bring US-style progress to Africa. The locals, sold on this grand vision, decided – with some hesitation and dissent – to allow Dominion to farm on 3,700 ha of their lands... http://www.grain.org/article/entries/5061-harvest-of-hardship-yala-swamp-land-grab-destroys-kenyan-farmers-livelihoods
ENOUGHNESS: WESTERN THOUGHT vs INDIGENOUS PHILOSOPHY http://sco.lt/4kcNH7
-▶ TURNING AFRICA INTO A GMO BONANZA FOR GIANT CORPORATIONS: FOREIGN TAKEOVER OF THE FUTURE OF FARMING IN AFRICA http://sco.lt/6qmM1R
▶ OUR GMO CORNFIELDS ARE TOO QUIET - ALL LIFE CHEMICALLY EXTERMINATED - EXCEPT THE GENE-ALTERED CORN http://sco.lt/6przzF
▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS NOT THE SOLUTION FOR "FEEDING THE WORLD" http://sco.lt/9Gdbxh
RT USA, February 05, 2015 ▶ MONSANTO'S ROUNDUP PESTICIDE SYSTEM THREATENS EXTINCTION OF MONARCH BUTTERFLIES: http://rt.com/usa/229667-monsanto-monarch-butterflies-extinct/
WATCH BBC VIDEO REPORT A BILLION GO HUNGRY BECAUSE OF GMO FARMING Vandana Shiva http://www.sott.net/article/260505-A-billion-go-hungry-because-of-GMO-farming-Vandana-Shiva
LIVING WITH GMOs AN OPEN LETTER TO UK AND EU November 12, 2014 Representing 57 Million Americans, NGOs, scientists, anti-GM groups, celebrities, food manufacturers, and others today publish an Open Letter to the UK and the entire EU warning of the serious and manifold hazards of GMO crops http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html
BAN GMOs NOW A Special Institute of Science in Society http://sco.lt/5CPilt
GRAIN, May 26, 2014 2,4-D SOY: WAGING WAR ON PEASANTS Global attempts by Dow AgroSciences to gain approval for new genetically-modified soybean varieties resistant to the herbicide 2,4-D have become particularly aggressive in recent months. Simultaneous applications have been filed in several of the countries where genetically engineered crops (GE or transgenic crops or GMOs) were introduced in the 1990s. The push for approval of new transgenics is part of a broader strategy by agribusiness to make the world’s farms increasingly dependent on its toxic herbicides, thus increasing the profits it derives from selling these chemicals. The current situation is a rerun of the 1990s’ introduction of Roundup Ready (glyphosate-resistant) crops, only this time the herbicides in question are much more toxic. These weed-killers have been around for a longer time and the case for their hazardousness to human health and the environment has been well documented. http://www.grain.org/article/entries/4945-2-4-d-soy-waging-war-on-peasants
Common Dreams, September 18, 2014 -▶ USDA's GREENLIGHTING OF 'AGENT ORANGE' CORN AND SOYBEANS SPARKS CONDEMNATION http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/09/18/usdas-greenlighting-agent-orange-crops-sparks-condemnation
FastCoCreate ▶ THESE TOP FOOD COMPANIES CONTROL ALMOST EVERYTHING WE EAT: There are more than 38,000 products in the average American supermarket. That means tons of choice, right? In fact, the vast majority of these products are owned by just 10 companies. Those friendly looking Green Giant pees? That's General Mills. And Odwalla juice? That's Coca Cola. This matters, of course, because we deserve to know where our food comes from--and how it's made. http://www.fastcocreate.com/3032899/see-who-actually-owns-the-food-you-eat-and-how-theyre-behaving
Guardian Sustainable Business, May 01, 2014 ▶ 10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/food-blog/10-things-need-to-know-global-food-system
Guardian Development, March 10, 2014 ▶ FOOD SYSTEM THAT FAILS POOR COUNTRIES NEEDS URGENT REFORM, SAYS UN EXPERT http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/mar/10/food-system-poor-countries-reform-olivier-de-schutter
Pambazuka, September 25, 2014 ▶ MAYAN PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT DEFEATS MONSANTO LAW IN GUATEMALA. There was a great risk that the Monsanto Law would have made criminals of already repressed small farmers who are just trying to make ends meet and doing what they have done for generations – cultivating corn and black beans for their own consumption. The Monsanto Law meant that they would not have been able to grow and harvest anything that originates from natural seeds. Farmers would be breaking the laws if these natural seeds had been mixed with patented seeds from other crops as a result of pollination or wind, unless they had had a license for the patented seed from a transnational corporation like Monsanto. .. The Monsanto Law would have given exclusivity on patented seeds to a handful of transnational companies....the Mayan people – or actually most people – in Guatemala do not agree with a policy of treating nature like a commodity to be sold off piece by piece, ...http://pambazuka.net/en/category/features/92994
Grist, February 22, 2013 -▶ MIRACLE GROW: INDIAN FARMERS SMASH CROP YIELD RECORDS WITHOUT GMOs http://grist.org/food/miracle-grow-indian-farmers-smash-crop-yield-records-without-gmos/
▶ CULTIVATING SANITY : BANGLADESH FARMERS TURN BACK THE CLOCK TO COMBAT CLIMATE STRESSED CROPS - Cultivation of the old varieties is expanding in part because they need almost no chemical fertiliser or pesticides - which makes them cheaper and easier to grow - and because their yields are good in tough conditions. http://www.trust.org/item/20141126125124-0i6go
Wall Street Journal, December 15, 2014 -▶ CHINA'S HARD LINE ON BIOTECH BURNS U.S. HAY : Traces of GMO Alfalfa, Unapproved by Beijing, Wreak Havoc With a Formerly Booming U.S. Crop http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-hay-exports-to-china-shrivel-up-1418598477
HOW MONSANTO IS TERRIFYING THE FARMING WORLD The Devil in The Seeds Of Life http://sco.lt/6wRNsv =====================
Newsweek, December 13, 2014 ▶ SOLVING HUNGER IN ETHIOPIA BY TURNING TO NATIVE CROPS http://www.newsweek.com/solving-hunger-ethiopia-turning-native-crops-291558
African Center For Biosafety, October 06, 2014 ▶ RUNNING TO STAND STILL: SMALL SCALE FARMER AND THE GREEN REVOLUTION IN MALAWI - PDF REPORT http://www.acbio.org.za/index.php/publications/seedfood-sovereignty/467-running-to-stand-still-small-scale-farmers-and-the-green-revolution-in-malawi
Mother Jones, December 03, 2014 ▶ HOW MONSANTO'S BIG DATA, BIG PROFITS DATA PUSH HURTS SMALL FARMS http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/12/monsanto-big-data-means-bigger-and-less-diverse-farms
The Conversation, September 11, 2014 ▶ IN A WARMING WORLD WE CAN'T KEEP DEPENDING ON THE SAME FEW CROPS http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/26404-in-a-warming-world-we-cant-keep-depending-on-the-same-few-crops
Oliver De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food March 10, 2014 -▶ DEMOCRACY AND DIVERSITY CAN MEND BROKEN FOOD SYSTEMS http://www.srfood.org/en/democracy-and-diversity-can-mend-broken-food-systems-final-diagnosis-from-un-right-to-food-expert -▶ FULL FINAL REPORT http://www.srfood.org/images/stories/pdf/officialreports/20140310_finalreport_en.pdf
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OUR INDUSTRIAL, WESTERN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM IS DESTROYING THE EARTH AND OUR HEALTH http://sco.lt/63qRl3
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EcoWatch, March 31, 2014 ▶ HOW ECOLOGICAL FARMING BUILDS RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE http://ecowatch.com/2014/03/31/ecological-farming-resilience-climate-change/
VIDEO Linking Population, Environment and Health: The Green Belt Movement (GBM) https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLFCA5BD7B2D8A8787?wmode=opaque&v=BSOauSpM_ew#t=100
ReliefWeb, December 19, 2014 ▶ MAIZE, RICE, WHEAT FARMING MUST BECOME MORE SUSTAINABLE: FAO. The FAO meeting agreed that agriculture can no longer rely on input-intensive agriculture to increase crop production. Improved varieties of maize, rice and wheat must go hand-in-hand with what FAO calls "Save and Grow" farming systems that keep soil healthy, integrate crop, tree and animal production, use water far more efficiently, and protect crops with integrated pest management..Experts at the meeting said that that challenge could only be met with eco-friendly agriculture that achieves higher productivity while conserving natural resources, adapting to climate change, and delivering economic benefits to the world's 500 million small-scale family farms. http://reliefweb.int/report/world/maize-rice-wheat-farming-must-become-more-sustainable
Appeal-Democrat, December 21, 2014 ▶ AG-TECH COULD CHANGE HOW WORLD EATS: Investors and entrepreneurs behind some of the world's newest industries have started to put their money and tech talents into farming — the world's oldest industry —Silicon Valley is pushing its way into every stage of the food-growing process, from tech tycoons buying up farmland to startups selling robots that work the fields to hackathons dedicated to building the next farming app. http://www.appeal-democrat.com/business/ag-tech-could-change-how-world-eats/article_af7d8ab2-88b3-11e4-a88c-53786b1de7d9.html
▶ WEB-OF-LIFE UNRAVELLING - HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS VITAL FOR ALL PLANETARY LIFE http://sco.lt/8idD7J
▶ BIODIVERSITY IS VITAL TO MAINTAINING ECOSYSTEMS AND HUMAN HEALTH http://sco.lt/4u4JhR
▶ THE HIDDEN WORLD OF SOIL UNDER OUR FEET : SOIL AS A LIFELINE http://sco.lt/6kqJaT
▶ WATER IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: THE GLOBAL WATER CRISIS http://sco.lt/5odgG1
June 2, 2013 The Guardian ▶ HOW INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ARE TURNED OFF THEIR LANDS - HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS SAID TO HAVE BEEN DISPLACED http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/02/indigenous-people-turned-off-land
▶ LAND GRABBING: HOW FOREIGN "INVESTMENTS" ARE REDISTRIBUTING WEALTH, LAND AND WATER ACROSS THE GLOBE http://sco.lt/7rqpG5
-▶ THE NEW CORPORATE COLONIALISM. DESTRUCTION OF PLANETARY LIFE, INDIGENOUS LAND AND LIVELIHOODS IN THE NAME OF "GROWTH" http://sco.lt/5nT3OT
VIDEO -▶ FOREIGN CORPORATIONS DESTROYING ECOSYSTEMS, INDIGENOUS LIVELIHOODS, NULLIFYING LAND RIGHTS, CREATING DEPENDENCY AND POVERTY ON A GLOBAL SCALE http://sco.lt/4l725B
▶ WHY CHOOSING NATURE WILL ONLY ADVANCE HUMAN SOCIETIES http://sco.lt/6odAoL
FARM-AGEDDON GOES HAND IN HAND WITH BIG CORPORATE AGRICULTURE
CORPORATE "PRODUCTION" OF OUR FOOD ANIMALS
No birds. No bees. Our countryside laid waste. And billions of animals that never see a blade of grass http://sco.lt/7ztQbB
WATCH THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MONSANTO (FULL LENGTH) The Leader of the Global Biotech Chemical Cartel http://sco.lt/7wFWFN
A REALLY GOOD RESOURCE: AgriCultures Network (@agriculturesnet) | Twitter http://ow.ly/JscXx http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/
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THIS GRAND EXPERIMENT ON HUMANITY MUST STOP: Bill Gates Funds Risky, Untested, Unregulated GMO Bananas and Rice
DON'T BE MISLED BY THIS HYPERBOL...IT'S ALL ABOUT MONEY AND CONTROL OF OUR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE THROUGH SEED PATENTS AND LASHINGS UPON LASHINGS OF PESTICIDES REQUIRED FOR GMO CROPS. IT'S A TRILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS. UNTESTED, UNREGULATED, UNLABELED. THIS GRAND EXPERIMENT ON NATURE AND HUMAN HEALTH MUST STOP!
The Independent, March 22,2015 GMO BANANAS: THE GM CROPS DEBATE MOVES TO AFRICA --AND IT'S JUST AS NOISY http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/the-gm-crops-debate-moves-to-africa--and-its-just-as-noisy-10126512.html#
Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa, December 10, 2014 -▶ U.S. HUMAN TRIALS OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED BANANA FOR AFRICA WIDELY CONDEMNED http://afsafrica.org/us-human-trials-of-gm-banana-for-africa-widely-condemned/
SPECIAL ISSUE: PAMBAZUKA NEWS GMOs, FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AND AFRICA http://www.pambazuka.org/en/
December 09, 2014 -▶ OPEN LETTER OPPOSING HUMAN FEEDING TRIALS INVOLVING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED BANANA http://afsafrica.org/afsa-open-letter-opposing-human-feeding-trials-involving-gm-banana/
Institute of Science In Society, December 10, 2014 ▶ MARKED DETERIORATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH PARALLELS INCREASE IN GM CROPS AND GLYPHOSATE USE, US GOVERNMENT DATA SHOWS http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Deterioration_of_Public_Health.php
European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility, October 21, 2013 ▶ THERE IS NO CONSENSUS ON GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD SAFETY http://www.ensser.org/increasing-public-information/no-scientific-consensus-on-gmo-safety/
The Institute of Science in Society, May 29, 2013 -▶ 800 SCIENTISTS DEMAND GLOBAL GMO "EXPERIMENT" END http://wewillblowyourmind.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/800-scientists-demand-global-gmo.html?m=1
-▶ DID YOU KNOW? GENE ALTERED FOODS NOW LARGE PART OF AMERICAN DIET - AS AMERICANS GET SICKER AND SICKER http://sco.lt/7oVxQH
VIDEO (5:45) GENETICIST, DAVID SUZUKI SAYS HUMANS ARE PART OF A MASSIVE EXPERIMENT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mBF1OOPdTo#t=90
May 8, 2013 Seeds of Freedom ▶ INDIA: NAVDANYA LAUNCHES "NO" TO GMO BANANA CAMPAIGN http://www.seedsoffreedom.info/navdanya-launches-no-to-gmo-banana-campaign/ Sustainable Pulse, May 2, 2013 ▶ CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED TO STOP BILL GATES' FUNDED GMO BANANAS http://sustainablepulse.com/2013/05/02/campaign-launched-to-stop-bill-gates-funded-gmo-bananas/#.UYYwQoLyeic
Philanthropy News Digest, October 28, 2014 -▶ GATES FOUNDATION AWARDS ITSELF $13.8 MILLION TO BOOST GENETICALLY RE-ENGINEERED BANANA PRODUCTION http://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/gates-foundation-awards-13.8-million-to-boost-banana-production
The Ecologist, November 24, 2014 -▶ WHY IS BILL GATES BACKING RED BANANA 'BIOPIRACY'? http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2648196/why_is_bill_gates_backing_gmo_red_banana_biopiracy.html
CNet, June 16, 2014 ▶ BILL GATES-FUNDED SUPER BANANAS READY FOR HUMAN TESTING IN USA. A Six week trial is farcical when people eat these every day of their life. http://www.cnet.com/news/super-bananas-to-start-human-trials-in-us/
Humanosphere, October 13, 2014 ▶ CRITICS SAY GATES FOUNDATION' AGRICULTURE PROGRAM WON'T HELP POOR FARMERS http://www.humanosphere.org/social-business/2014/10/critics-say-gates-foundations-agriculture-program-wont-help-poor-farmers/
GRAIN, November 04, 2014 -▶ HOW DOES THE GATES FOUNDATION SPEND IT MONEY TO "FEED THE WORLD" http://www.grain.org/article/entries/5064-how-does-the-gates-foundation-spend-its-money-to-feed-the-world
Food Democracy Now, September 05, 2015 -▶ BILL GATES FOUNDATION GIVES MILLIONS TO TOP UNIVERSITY TO ADD A "STRONGER VOICE" TO PRO-GMO DEBATE http://www.fooddemocracynow.org/blog/2014/sep/5
Radio Australia News, April 01, 2012 OH, THE HYPE ▶ BANANAS TO HELP PREGNANT WOMEN IN INDIA? Genetically Modified Bananas from the Australian state of Queensland could soon be "helping" to save the lives of pregnant mothers in India. http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/asia/2012-03-09/423310
Yahoo 7 News, June 15, 2014 ▶ UNPROVEN PR HYPE: ALL FOR A BUCK GENETICALLY MODIFIED QUEENSLAND BANANAS TO "JOIN FIGHT AGAINST CATASTROPHIC RESULTS OF VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY IN AFRICA" https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/24239016/genetically-modified-queensland-bananas-to-join-fight-against-catastrophic-results-of-vitamin-a-deficiency-in-africa/
Global Research, June 21, 2014 ▶ “SUPER BANANAS FOR BROWN PEOPLE" - MONSANTO, SYNGENTA, BAYER: BIG AGRI PEDDLES "GMO GRUEL" TO THE IMPOVERISHED http://www.globalresearch.ca/monsanto-syngenta-bayer-big-agri-peddles-gmo-gruel-to-the-impoverished/5387960
▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS NOT THE SOLUTION FOR "FEEDING THE WORLD" http://sco.lt/77BuML
====================== GM GOLDEN "FORTIFIED" RICE AND VITAMIN A OVERDOSE http://sco.lt/88C1AX
====================== EarthTechling, August 21, 2014 ▶ IS OVER-FORTIFIED FOOD DANGEROUS TO OUR HEALTH http://earthtechling.com/2014/08/dear-earthtalk-is-over-fortified-food-dangerous-to-our-health
Digital Journal, June 24, 2014 ▶ STUDY: FORTIFIED CEREAL MAY ENDANGER KIDS WITH MEGADOSES http://www.digitaljournal.com/life/food/study-fortified-cereal-may-endanger-kids-with-megadoses/article/387594
-▶ GROWING MEDICINES, ARTIFICIAL VITAMINS IN GMO PLANTS REQUIRES NEW, STRICT REGULATIONS AND OVERSIGHT - PATENTING PLANTS http://sco.lt/5H7cZt
▶ MONSANTO ENTERS PHARMACEUTICAL BUSINESS, ACQUIRES KEY 'GENE SILENCING' TECHNOLOGY http://sco.lt/8Qwjw1
Natural News, July 19, 2011 -▶ COMING SOON: GMO VACCINES CONTAINED IN OUR FOOD http://www.naturalnews.com/033047_GMOs_vaccines.html Natural New, May 05, 2012 ▶ BILL GATES AND GAVI WANTS TO IMMUNIZE EVERY KID ON EARTH - http://www.naturalnews.com/035777_GAVI_immunization_children.html
AlterNet, April 09, 2014 ▶ THE MAJOR PROBLEM WITH GMO SEEDS ENGINEERED TO SOLVE 3RD WORLD VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES http://www.alternet.org/food/golden-rice-and-monoculture-gmo-seeds-wont-solve-world-hunger
July 23, 2013 Wake Up World -▶ THE MAJORITY OF SUPPLEMENTS ARE NOW LACED WITH GMOs http://wakeup-world.com/2013/07/23/the-majority-of-supplements-are-now-laced-with-gmos/
====================== VITAMIN A OVERDOSE ====================== Many of the "vitamin" fortified GMO crops are the only source of food in impoverished nation and/or the multiple crops being fortified mean each meal they are getting yet another dose of a vitamin whether they need it or not risking serious health symptoms from overdose. "Recent tests have revealed that a substantial amount of vitamin A can be obtained by eating only 60g of cooked golden rice. " What is not being addressed is the issue of Vitamin A overdose and poisoning. ▶ VITAMIN A OVERDOSE, VITAMIN A TOXITY, TOO MUCH VITAMIN A http://www.antioxidantsdetective.com/vitamin-a-overdose.html ▶ VITAMIN A OVERDOSE SYMPTOMS, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENTS AND CAUSES - http://www.rightdiagnosis.com/v/vitamin_a_overdose/intro.htm Livestrong.com ▶ SIGNS OF A VITAMIN A OVERDOSE http://www.livestrong.com/article/345535-signs-of-a-vitamin-a-overdose/
May 21, 2013 Harvest Plus ▶ MORE VITAMIN A POSSIBLE FROM GMO CASSAVA Says New Study http://www.harvestplus.org/content/more-vitamin-possible-cassava-says-new-study
NO REGULATION, NO OVERSIGHT, NO LABELING We need to proceed with great caution about gene-altered "fortified" food that has no boundaries or dosage warnings and no regulation or labels. Whether your body needs the "fortification" it or not, it will enter your digestive system risking Vitamin A overdose, reactions, allergies and deaths. More dangerous is that potential spread of these gene-altered crops into traditional bananas without us knowing it, impacting surrounding biodiversity, wildlife and pollinators.
- ▶ OUR GMO CORNFIELDS ARE TOO QUIET: ALL LIFE CHEMICALLY EXTERMINATED EXCEPT THE TOXIC BT CORN http://sco.lt/9Lh4iX
======================= BAN GMOs NOW - SPECIAL REPORT Institute of Science in Society @ISISscience =======================
-▶ A RACE TO SAVE THE APPLE AND ORANGE BY ALTERING IT'S DNA http://sco.lt/5mZ6H3 June 21, 2013 Global Research -▶ GENETICALLY-MODIFIED Bt EGGPLANT FOUND TO BE UNSAFE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION, ENVIRONMENT http://www.globalresearch.ca/genetically-modified-eggplant-found-to-be-unsafe-for-human-consumption-environment/5339915
Motley Fool, March 05, 2014 -▶ GMOs AND ECOCIDE: RENOWNED EXPERT SAYS GMOs POSE MORE RISK THAN WE THINK. Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have the ability to cause "an irreversible termination of life at some scale, which could be the planet." says Nassim Taleb, distinguished professor of risk engineering at New York University http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/03/05/renowned-expert-gmos-pose-more-risk-than-we-think.aspx
Huffington Post Green, June 17, 2014 -▶ CHINA'S REJECTION OF GMO CORN HAS COST U.S. UP TO $2.9 BILLION http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/17/gmo-corn-china_n_5162921.html
-▶ WHY ARE COUNTRIES BANNING GMO GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS, ANIMALS AND FOOD? http://sco.lt/7l7AVV
May 17, 2013 Natural News ▶ YOU EAT THIS POISON: SYSTEMIC PESTICIDES ARE PENETRATING DEEP INTO PLANT TISSUES, DESTROYING BEETLES, TREES, BEES AND HUMAN HORMONES http://www.naturalnews.com/040377_systemic_pesticides_bee_populations_hormones.html
-▶ U.S. GOVERNMENT AGGRESSIVELY BACKS AND PROMOTES MONSANTO'S THRUST FOR WORLD DOMINANCE OF GMO GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLY http://sco.lt/8RhvPt
August 12, 2013 Telegraph -▶ PRINCE CHARLES WARNS GM CROPS RISK CAUSING THE BIGGEST-EVER ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/3349308/Prince-Charles-warns-GM-crops-risk-causing-the-biggest-ever-environmental-disaster.html
--- WATCH --- A Must see VIDEO for all. Genetist Dr. David Suzuki WHAT IS GENETIC ENGINEERING "WHAT ARE ROUNDUP READY & Bt PESTICIDE GMO CROPS?" http://sco.lt/5n6cuP
=========================== WHY SO LITTLE GMO SAFETY RESEARCH? =========================== -▶ CORPORATE-SPONSORED RESEARCH: ARE UNIVERSITIES RESTRICTING SCIENTISTS' STUDY OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED SEEDS? http://sco.lt/6OJrVJ -▶ DO SEED COMPANIES CONTROL GM CROP RESEARCH? - Scientific American http://sco.lt/7XugID April 3, 2013 - IFEX -▶ HOW THE BIOTECH INDUSTRY IS GAGGING THE SCIENCE AROUND GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD http://www.ifex.org/international/2013/04/04/seeds_of_dissent/ The Institute of Science in Society, May 29, 2013 -▶ 800 SCIENTISTS DEMAND GLOBAL GMO "EXPERIMENT" END http://wewillblowyourmind.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/800-scientists-demand-global-gmo.html?m=1 European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility, October 21, 2013 ▶ THERE IS NO CONSENSUS ON GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD SAFETY http://www.ensser.org/increasing-public-information/no-scientific-consensus-on-gmo-safety/
August, 9, 2013 Ecowatch -▶ MONSANTO'S #GMO 'AGENT ORANGE' CROPS PLANTED IN NORTH DAKOTA BEFORE APPROVAL http://ecowatch.com/2013/monsanto-gmo-agent-orange-crops-north-dakota/
WATCH 59:94 Vandana Shiva THE FUTURE OF FOOD AND SEED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYwOTLopWIw
-▶ THE GMO SEED CARTEL - HOW BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANIES MONOPOLIZE GLOBAL SEED MARKETS http://sco.lt/6HigjJ
- ▶ DO WE NEED A GENETIC BILL OF RIGHTS? http://sco.lt/6jmb1l
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EDUCATE YOURSELF !! WE DO NOT NEED GENETICALLY ENGINEERED BANANAS - IT'S PURE HYPE, REQUIRING LASHINGS OF PESTICIDES FOR CORPORATE COFFERS AND PATENTING OF SEEDS
Guardian Environment, Sepember 19, 2013 ▶ THE PLAGUE OF MONOCROPS: WHY BANANAS ARE GIVING CAIMANS BAD BLOOD, EXPOSING IMPACT OF HEAVILY PESTICIDE SPRAYED PLANTATIONS http://www.theguardian.com/environment/world-on-a-plate/2013/sep/19/bananas-pesticides-spectacled-caiman-costa-rica
▶ WARNING! BANANAS SOLD IN USA ARE GENETICALLY MODIFIED - UNLABELED, UNTESTED, UNREGULATED http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/2014/06/warning-bananas-sold-in-usa-are-genetically-modified/ WATCH INVESTIGATION: AL JAZEERA ENGLISH GMO BANANAS & PESTICIDES: HEAD TO HEAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgDUftcYA84&list=PLarcyiuyaj1D4MTxuM31Uvwk40HV7oIPV&index=31
Working In These Times, August 15, 2012 ▶ FILIPINO BANANA WORKERS FRUSTRATED IN BATTLE OVER DOLE'S PESTICIDES http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/13680
WATCH BANANAS! Trailer In the suspenseful documentary BANANAS!*, filmmaker Fredrik Gertten sheds new light on the global politics of food, tackling Dole Food in a ground-breaking legal battle for their use of a banned pesticide on GMO Banana crops, that was known by the company to cause sterility. http://www.bananasthemovie.com/
WATCH 54:03 BIG BOYS GONE BANANAS : DOLE'S CORPORATE GREED AND INTIMIDATION TACTICS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RlNopfAV-o WATCH : 48:20 THE MIRACLE OF GROWING THE NATURAL "BANANA" WITHOUT LASHINGS OF PESTICIDES OR GENETIC MANIPULATION https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gya6yu3zKuo
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GATES AND AFRICA: A TROJAN HORSE FOR GMO BIOTECH CARTEL IN SUB-SAHARA AFRICA http://sco.lt/5ZNnsX
▶ BILL GATES, MONSANTO, AND EUGENICS: HOW ONE OF THE WORLD'S WEALTHIEST MEN IS ACTIVELY PROMOTING A CORPORATE TAKEOVER OF GLOBAL AGRICULTURE http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1349882762/bill-gates-monsanto-and-eugenics-how-one-of-the-world-s-wealthiest-men-is-actively-promoting-a-corporate-takeover-of-global-agriculture
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FOOD AID FOR THE 21st CENTURY: MEETING THE OBJECTIVE...OR FEEDING THE CORPORATE COFFERS? http://sco.lt/6jtrlJ
AFRICA - SOLD: OBAMA PUTS G8, BIG 6 BIOTECH CHEMICAL GMO GIANTS IN CHARGE OF "ENDING HUNGER" IN AFRICA http://sco.lt/7ENN8D HOW NOT TO "FEED THE WORLD" http://sco.lt/6fKNnN
========================= ▶ THE CORPORATE 'PHILANTHROCAPITALISTS' TAKEOVER OF AFRICAN AND GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY http://sco.lt/6CHP3R
=========================== WATCH; POISONING PARADISE: ISLANDS AT RISK The Genetic Engineering War in Hawai'i http://sco.lt/8hNxzd AN ISSUE OF ETHICS: THERE ARE NO LAWS OR ANY ONE AGENCY GOVERNING THESE EXPERIMENTS WITH OUR LIVES. MANIPULATING OUR FOOD WITHOUT INDEPENDENT PEER REVIEWED HEALTH STUDIES FOR IMPACT ON BOTH HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH IS A SERIOUS MORAL ISSUE AND HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE. NO LABELS, NO REGULATIONS, NO OVERSIGHT - ▶ BIOTECH IS RE-ENGINEERING, RE-PROGRAMMING AND PATENTING LIFE ITSELF: THE ETHICS AND LEGALITIES http://sco.lt/5GPxwX
▶ ETC Group GENE GIANTS STOCKPILE PATENTS ON "CLIMATE-READY" CROPS IN BID TO BECOME BIOMASSTERS http://www.etcgroup.org/content/gene-giants-stockpile-patents-%E2%80%9Cclimate-ready%E2%80%9D-crops-bid-become-biomassters-0
22 Feb 2013 - Wake Up World ▶ HUMAN AND SYNTHETIC HORMONES NOW CONTAMINATE FRESH PRODUCE http://wakeup-world.com/2013/02/22/human-and-synthetic-hormones-now-contaminate-fresh-produce/
April 15, 2013 PBS NEWSHOUR VIDEO: ▶ U.S. SUPREME COURT TACKLES CASE OF PATENT LAW, HUMAN GENETICS http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/jan-june13/scotus_04-15.html -▶ GMOs AND BIOTECH: THE FOOD FIGHT OF OUR LIVES: CROSSING ROSES WITH PIG AND BUTTERFLIES WITH WORMS -- NOT OKAY http://sco.lt/4olIPJ -▶ 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 VIDEO 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 ▶ HOW BIOTECH CORPORATIONS AND GMO CROPS ARE THREATENING THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMANKIND ALIKE http://sco.lt/7OmezB -▶ CORPORATE HIJACKING OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE: GENETIC ENGINEERING AND THE GMO INDUSTRY http://sco.lt/73IdQ9 -▶ GENE GIANTS SEEK "PHILANTHROGOPOLY" - 6 MULTINATIONAL GENE GIANTS CONTROL THE DIRECTION OF OUR LIVES http://sco.lt/6h3lzt -▶ ARE YOU EATING PESTICIDE PLANTS? THE CONNECTION BETWEEN GMO AND TOXIC PESTICIDES http://sco.lt/9JFS65 ---- WATCH --- THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MONSANTO (FULL LENGTH) The Leader of the Biotech Cartel http://sco.lt/7CoHSb
AllAfrica, January 07, 2014 ▶ OUR CONTEMPORARY, WESTERN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM IS DESTROYING THE EARTH AND OUR HEALTH Over the course of the past century our food supply has shifted from local to global. Most food our grandparents ate was grown regionally, often by neighbourhood farmers. Today our food comes from across the world. More importantly, it is often produced in highly destructive ways, at the lowest possible cost. Consequently our food production system is responsible for accelerating the rate of destruction of the very ecosystems we are reliant upon in order to maintain our delicate global environmental equilibrium. We cut and clear the lungs of the world, our tropical rainforests, to feed livestock or grow dishonestly named "biofuels". We bulldoze natural filtration systems and the nurseries for life like wetlands and mangrove swamps to produce luxury foods for obese populations... http://allafrica.com/stories/201401071158.html?viewall=1
WATCH WHEN FARMS TURN INTO FACTORIES (16:17) Down To Earth - France 24 TV It's time to end the myth once and for all. The farms in children's books are history. Today's agriculture is increasingly industrial and only those who adapt will survive. http://www.france24.com/en/20150315-down-to-earth-megafarms-agriculture-factories-environment-footprint
Common Dreams, March 21, 2014 -▶ RADICAL UN REPORT PROMOTES DEMOCRATIC CONTROL OF FOOD AND AN END TO CORPORATE DOMINATION http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/21-0
Union of Concerned Scientists ▶ HIDDEN COSTS OF INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/our-failing-food-system/industrial-agriculture/hidden-costs-
The Ecologist 16 May 2015 ▶ CAN AGROECOLOGY SAVE US FROM "SCORCHED-EARTH" AGRICULTURE ? http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2856550/can_agroecology_save_us_from_scorchedearth_agriculture.html
Common Dreams, February 18, 2013 ▶ INDUSTRIAL AG TRIGGERS DEVASTATING 'WEB' OF POLLUTION http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/02/18-2
The Atlantic March 19, 2015 ▶ FARMLAND WITHOUT FARMERS- AS INDUSTRIAL FARMING REPLACES MEN WITH MACHINES WHO WILL CARE FOR THE HEALTH OF OUR SOIL AND ENVIRONMENT? http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2015/03/farmland-without-farmers/388282/
Agricultural and Rural Convention, January 20, 2015 - ▶ 50,000 TAKE TO THE STREETS IN BERLIN TO SAY: WE ARE FED UP! WITH THE INDUSTRIAL FOOD SYSTEM AND TTIP TRADE DEAL http://www.arc2020.eu/front/2015/01/we-are-fed-up-march-surpasses-expectations-as-50000-challenge-broken-food-system/
September 4, 2013 NPR ▶ THERE WILL BE NO COMPETITION: HOW BIG AGRICULTURE AND USDA ARE EASING OUT SMALL FARMERS WITH NEW FOOD SAFETY RULES http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/09/04/218642746/small-farmers-in-new-england-fear-new-food-safety-rules
Nation of Change, April 08, 2014 ▶ HOW BIG AG'S CHEMICALS RUINED INDIGENOUS PLANTS AND ERADICATED THE WORLD'S FOOD SUPPLY http://www.nationofchange.org/how-big-ag-s-chemicals-ruined-indigenous-plants-and-eradicated-world-s-food-supply-1396966325
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OBESITY PLUS THE GREAT AMERICAN EXPORT. HUGE INCREASE IN DIABETES, STROKES, HEART ATTACKS ON A GLOBAL SCALE http://sco.lt/4hekXh
Oliver De Schutter, U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Right To Food, May 19, 2014 ▶ UNHEALTHY DIETS GREATER THREAT TO HEALTH THAN TOBACCO: UN EXPERT CALLS FOR GLOBAL REGULATION http://www.srfood.org/en/unhealthy-diets-greater-threat-to-health-than-tobacco-un-expert-calls-for-global-regulation
International Center for Tropical Agriculture, March 03, 2014 -▶ GLOBALIZED DIET: MORE FOOD, LESS DIVERSITY, MORE ASSOCIATED RISKS http://www.ciatnews.cgiar.org/2014/03/03/globalized-diet-more-food-less-diversity-more-associated-risks/ Green Biz, May 15, 2014 ▶ WHY WE NEED TO GO BEYOND CORN, WHEAT AND RICE http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2014/05/15/why-we-need-go-beyond-corn-wheat-and-rice
▶ THINK THOSE CHEMICALS AND PESTICIDES IN YOUR FOOD & ENVIRONMENT HAVE BEEN TESTED? http://sco.lt/72z4g
▶ FARM-AGEDDON No birds. No bees. Our countryside laid waste. And billions of animals that never see a blade of grass http://sco.lt/7ztQbB
VIDEO INVESTIGATION FOUR-FIFTHS OF ALL BIG PHARMA ANTIBIOTICS CONSUMED BY MEAT AND POULTRY INDUSTRY: A DISASTER IN THE MAKING http://sco.lt/5u5Gyn
-▶ FOOD FIGHTS, CORPORATE TRADE AGREEMENTS, AND STATES' RIGHTS: DEMOCRACY OR CORPORATOCRACY? http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_29258.cfm
TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP: Obama's New Secretive Global Trade Pacts Are A Global Corporate Coup d'etat http://sco.lt/8kt4ZF
Common Dreams, September 23, 2013 ▶ U.N. - ECOLOGICAL WAKE-UP CALL THAT COUNTERS CORPORATE-FRIENDLY 'FREE' TRADE AND OUR INDUSTRIAL FOOD PRODUCTION http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/09/23-5
Animal Ecology In Focus, January 16, 2015 ▶ OUR AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM HAS LOST IT'S WAY - TOWARD HEALTHY FOOD AND FARMS Modern intensive farming produces plentiful, cheap food but is reliant on heavy use of agrochemicals and is a major driver of the ongoing collapse of wildlife populations. Taxpayers pay billions each year to support this system, with the bulk of this money going to the biggest, richest farming operations... https://journalofanimalecology.wordpress.com/2015/01/16/biodiversity-v-intensive-farming-has-farming-lost-its-way/
Truthout, December 04, 2014 ▶ SEEDS OF THE FUTURE DIMINISHING AS MONO INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE DOMINATES THE WORLD. A third of the world's land area is dedicated to agriculture. Farmers' fields and pastures comprise (after the oceans) the second largest ecosystem on the planet. This vast tract has been largely transformed into sterile monoculture deserts in which all other organisms are suppressed with agrochemicals, and only the cash crop is allowed to thrive. Whether it is soy in the Brazilian Amazon, wheat on the Ukrainian steppes or corn in Iowa, a single high-yield variety typically dominates the landscape for as far as the eye can see. http://truth-out.org/news/item/27760-seeds-of-the-future
Pambazuka -Voices for Freedom and Justice in Africa ▶ HOW MEGA CORPORATIONS FRAME ISSUES OF FOOD AND GLOBAL HUNGER FOR THEIR OWN SELF-INTEREST AND BOTTOM=LINE PROFITS. There is a new, but deceptive, foreign drive to end hunger in Africa through large-scale agribusiness. Yet helping poor households in rural Africa feed themselves in an affordable manner means introducing low-cost, sustainable enhancements to farming. ...The rise of philanthrocapitalism in the US, where former and current business leaders, through the strength of their foundations, have increasingly come to influence the shape and direction of US international development programmes. Central to the philanthrocapitalist worldview is a belief that private enterprise is the fundamental agent of progressive change and that business acumen trumps other forms of expertise... http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/85291
▶ THE CORPORATE 'PHILANTHROCAPITALISTS' TAKEOVER OF AFRICAN AND GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY http://sco.lt/6CHP3R
The Conversation, September 11, 2014 ▶ IN A WARMING WORLD WE CAN'T KEEP DEPENDING ON THE SAME FEW CROPS http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/26404-in-a-warming-world-we-cant-keep-depending-on-the-same-few-crops
BBC News, March 03, 2014 -▶ FEWER CROPS FEEDING THE WORLD: INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE THREATENING FOOD SECURITY http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26382067
HuffPostGreen, March24, 2015 ▶ A MENACING MIX IN ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE: HERBICIDES, HEAVY METALS AND FACTORY FARMS http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/24/antibiotic-resistance-herbicides-heavy-metals_n_6935626.html?m=true
Huffington Post Green May 04 2015T ▶ THEY ARE BIOCIDES, NO PESTICIDES AND THEY ARE CREATING AN ECOCIDE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-kimbrell/they-are-biocides-not-pesticides-_b_7205586.html
- ▶ HOW BIOTECH CORPORATIONS AND GMO CROPS ARE THREATENING THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMANKIND ALIKE http://sco.lt/7OmezB
OWNING THE SEEDS OF LIFE SEED PATENT AND CONTROL OF YOUR FOOD THE GLOBAL CORPORATE MONOPOLY http://sco.lt/6FiLkv
The Conversation, February 26, 2015 ▶ CHINA FARMING BOOM HAS LEFT ECOSYSTEMS IN DANGER OF TOTAL COLLAPSE https://theconversation.com/china-farming-boom-has-left-ecosystems-in-danger-of-total-collapse-38058
Guardian Environment, February 24, 2015 ▶ LESTER BROWN: "VAST DUST BOWLS THREATEN TENS OF MILLIONS WITH HUNGER' http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/25/lester-brown-vast-dust-bowls-threaten-tens-of-millions-with-hunger
Global Development Professionals Network, February 03, 2015 ▶ BIG SOY: SMALL PARAGUAYAN FARMERS FIGHTING BACK AGAINST GLOBAL AGRIBUSINESS. In Paraguay, small farmers are fighting back against the spread of the vast soy monoculture http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/feb/03/big-soy-small-farmers-are-fighting-back-against-power-agribusiness
Eat Drink Better -▶ SOYBEANS: FACTORY FARMING AND THE DESTRUCTION OF LANDS AND LIVES IN ARGENTINA http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2013/12/23/soybeans-factory-farming-destruction-argentina/
PRODUCT OF MEXICO 4-part series from The Los Angeles Times HARDSHIP ON MEXICO'S FARMS, A BOUNTY FOR U.S. TABLES http://graphics.latimes.com/product-of-mexico-camps/?track=email|Mexico-Food-2014|||||||ADM-20141214-lnk6
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, January 14, 2015 - ▶ DRAWING UPON CITIZENS' VOICES: DEEP DEMOCRACY IN ACTION http://www.iatp.org/blog/201501/drawing-upon-citizens-voices-deep-democracy-in-action#sthash.CoST8wxF.dpuf
Guardian Environment, March 25, 2014 ▶ FUTURISTIC FARMS: RETHINKING MONOCULTURE FARMING AND HOW WE GROW OUR FOOD. It’s a vicious cycle that has been the curse of destructive agriculture for thousands of years: remove native vegetation, continuously grow crops, don’t rest the land or return nutrients. Erode and exhaust soils. Move on. Repeat.. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/25/california-drought-silicon-valley-moment
Ecocentric, March 17,2015 ▶ THE DANGER OF MONOCROPS: LESSONS FROM THE IRISH POTATO FAMINE http://www.gracelinks.org/blog/1150/the-danger-of-monocrops-lessons-from-the-irish-potato-famin
Business Recorder, January 26, 2015 ▶ SMALL-SCALE ORGANIC FARMING ONLY WAY TO FEED THE WORLD http://www.brecorder.com/agriculture-a-allied/183:pakistan/1145555:small-scale-organic-farming-only-way-to-feed-the-world-un/
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, January 14, 2015 - ▶ DEEPENING FOOD DEMOCRACY http://www.iatp.org/documents/deepening-food-democracy
EcoWatch, March 31, 2014 ▶ HOW ECOLOGICAL FARMING BUILDS RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE http://ecowatch.com/2014/03/31/ecological-farming-resilience-climate-change/
Biocultural Heritage, ▶ SMALLHOLDER INDIGENOUS INNOVATION FOR RESILIENCE. Much of the world's agrobiodiversity has been lost in the last century due to the spread of modern agriculture. Only about 30 crops now provide 95% of all human diet (FAO). The pockets of crop diversity that remain, which are often sustained by indigenous people and small-scale farmers, are vital for food security because they provide options for adaptation, now and in the future. These local varieties (or landraces), are adapted to the natural and cultural environment, are often more resilient than modern crops, and are continuing to co-evolve with farmers to adapt to change. But this diversity is in steady decline and innovation by small-scale farmers is weakening as a result of top down research and development in agriculture, which undermines their capacity to adapt. http://biocultural.iied.org/smallholder-innovation-resilience-sifor
WATCH (6:29) ANNA LAPPE AND FOOD MYTHBUSTERS DO WE NEED INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE TO FEED THE WORLD? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uem2ceZMxYk SHORT VIDEO: THE SEVEN MYTHS OF INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE http://sco.lt/8adA9p
Guardian Sustainable Business, May 01, 2014 ▶ 10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/food-blog/10-things-need-to-know-global-food-system
The Daily Climate, November 10, 2014 -▶ GLOBAL MEAT DEMAND PLOWS UP BRAZIL'S 'UNDERGROUND FOREST' http://www.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2014/11/brazil-meat-cerrado-deforestation
-▶ 65 BILLION ANIMALS RAISED IN CORPORATE CONCENTRATION PENS: DRUGS, GMO FEED AND AG-GAG LAWS TO IMPACT US ALL http://sco.lt/6GRczB
DO WE REALLY NEED CORPORATE 'CLIMATE-SMART' AGRICULTURE GREENWASH? - AGRA http://sco.lt/7GeSET
WATCH THE MYTH OF THE AFRICAN 'GREEN REVOLUTION' http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1562042292/the-myth-of-the-african-green-revolution-video-vandana-shiva
Sustainable Food Trust, July 25, 2014 ▶ THE CULTURE OF AGRICULTURE http://sustainablefoodtrust.org/articles/wendell-berry/
REPORT Part 2 of 4 Environmental Justice and Climate Change, November 08, 2014 Environmental and Food Justice THE PANACEA OF GMOs INDIGENOUS RIGHT LIVELIHOODS and CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION http://ejfood.blogspot.com/2014/11/environmental-justice-and-climate.html
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT SOARING PESTICIDE USE AND POISONING LINKED TO GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROP PRODUCTION http://sco.lt/8iunRp
▶ OUR GMO CORNFIELDS ARE TOO QUIET - ALL LIFE CHEMICALLY EXTERMINATED - EXCEPT THE GENE-ALTERED CORN http://sco.lt/6przzF
BAN GMOs NOW - SPECIAL REPORT Institute of Science in Society http://sco.lt/5CPilt
PHOTO ESSAY Over Grow The System, December 29, 2014 ARGENTINA: THE COUNTRY THAT MONSANTO POISONED http://overgrowthesystem.com/argentina-the-country-that-monsanto-poisoned-photo-essay/
Mother Jones, May 07, 2014 -▶ OUR ALARMING FOOD FUTURE, EXPLAINED IN 7 CHARTS http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/05/6-alarming-facts-food-and-global-warming
Brigit Strawbridge, May 09, 2013 ▶ A WEE RANT ABOUT THE WAY WE ARE FARMING THE LIFE OUT OF PLANET EARTH http://beestrawbridge.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-wee-rant-about-way-we-are-farming.html Nation of Change, May 09, 2014 ▶ INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE: TOO BIG TO SUCCEED http://www.nationofchange.org/industrial-agriculture-too-big-succeed-1399648798
▶ TOP TEN DISTURBING NEWS STORIES AND WHY CORPORATE FOOD IS THREATENING OUR FOOD SUPPLIES http://sco.lt/5QMaqv VIDEO FACTORY FARMING The Brutal Basics of America's Modern Farms http://www.aspca.org/blog/factory-farming-video-brutal-basics-modern-farms
Guardian Sustainable Business, October 20, 2014 ▶INVESTING IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE BY CONVERTING FARMS TO "BEYOND ORGANIC'. How do you profitably invest in sustainable agriculture - farms producing diverse, fairly-priced healthy food without harming the environment, but which also restore soil fertility and provide farmers with a fair living? http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/oct/20/investing-sustainable-agriculture-farms-beyond-organic
March 10, 2014 Oliver De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food -▶ DEMOCRACY AND DIVERSITY CAN MEND BROKEN FOOD SYSTEMS http://www.srfood.org/en/democracy-and-diversity-can-mend-broken-food-systems-final-diagnosis-from-un-right-to-food-expert -▶ FULL FINAL REPORT http://www.srfood.org/images/stories/pdf/officialreports/20140310_finalreport_en.pdf WATCH 59:94 Vandana Shiva THE FUTURE OF FOOD AND SEED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYwOTLopWIw
SPECIAL ISSUE: PAMBAZUKA NEWS GMOs, FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AND AFRICA http://www.pambazuka.org/en/
Pambazuka, July 24. 2014 -▶ GMOs AND FOOD SOVEREIGNTY: WHICH WAY AFRICA? African governments are under intense pressure from within but also from big agribusiness and Western governments to embrace GMOs. Governments must resist all forms of arm-twisting and food colonialism and make their biotechnology choices based on the facts http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/92594
AFRICA G8 - FOOD SECURITY FOR WHOM? CORPORATE PROFITS v SMALL HOLDER FARMERS INTEREST http://sco.lt/8JKbIn allAfrica.com: February 18, 2014 ▶ DESPITE CLIMATE CHANGE, AFRICAN CAN FEED AFRICA. There is a continuing argument as to whether the industrial agricultural revolution will solve some or all of Africa's climate change problems. However, experts maintain that industrial agriculture currently accounts for one third of all greenhouse gas emissions--the very element most responsible for climate change. Additionally, they believe that the resources and infrastructure required to operate an industrial agricultural system in Africa are impractical for smallholder farmers... http://allafrica.com/stories/201402191455.html
One Green Planet, February 26, 2017 ▶ HOW THE GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL FOOD COMPLEX LEAVES PEOPLE HUNGRY AND UNDERNOURISHED http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/whos-eating-the-worlds-grain/
TripleCrisis, January 14, 2014 ▶ THE DANGER OF TRUSTING CORPORATIONS TO LEAD THE FIGHT AGAINST WORLD HUNGER http://triplecrisis.com/the-danger-of-entrusting-corporations-to-lead-the-fight-against-world-hunger/
Nation of Change, July 27, 2014 -▶ TOP AGRIBUSINESS FOOD COMPANIES DUMPING WASTE IN OUR WATERS. Companies like Tyson Foods, Cargill, Inc., and Perdue Farms Inc. dump their garbage—more than 206 million pounds of it—into our water almost every year and leave others to worry about the clean-up. Now, as the Environmental Protection Agency considers a rule to restore the Clean Water Act, these companies are pulling out all the stops to maintain their freedom to dump and pollute, regardless of the toxic outcomes. http://www.nationofchange.org/top-agribusiness-food-companies-dumping-waste-our-waters-1406476247
WATCH "A RIVER OF WASTE" Industrial livestock produce hundreds of millions of tons of manure annually, polluting our groundwater and waterways http://sco.lt/6PQUk5
WATCH A FARM FOR THE FUTURE - NATURE HOLDS THE KEY BBC Documentary http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/farm-for-the-future/
ETC Group, September 4, 2013 ▶ WHO WILL CONTROL THE AGRICULTURAL INPUTS: THE STATE OF CORPORATE CONCENTRATION, 2013 (PDF REPORT) PUTTING THE CARTEL BEFORE THE HORSE... AND FARM, SEEDS, SOIL AND PEASANTS http://www.etcgroup.org/putting_the_cartel_before_the_horse_2013 ▶ WALL STREET, CORPORATIONS GOBBLING UP AMERICAN, FOREIGN FARMLAND, THREATENING FUTURE OF U.S. AND WORLD AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY http://sco.lt/8mcmbR
EcoWatch, February 22, 2014 -▶ STOP FEEDING THE BEAST AND START FEEDING THE PEOPLE. We have a system of predatory agriculture in which corporations pursue private gain relentlessly regardless of the social consequences. Social consequences can be defined as anything from polluting our water, land and air to impacting the health of our families to making the business of farming economically unsustainable. http://ecowatch.com/2014/02/22/stop-feeding-beast-start-feeding-people/ HUNGRY CORPORATIONS http://sco.lt/8xbKi1 TakePart, July 10, 2014 ▶ LEGAL FIGHT BY CORPORATE AGRICULTURE WHO WANT STATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AND OTHER LEGAL MEASURES TO COUNTER RESISTANCE TO INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE . http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/07/10/right-farm-laws
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MONSANTO'S TOXIC HERBICIDE "ROUNDUP" GLYPHOSATE HORMONE INHIBITOR IN OUR FOOD CHAIN http://sco.lt/5IGifZ
-▶ ANOTHER REASON TO AVOID CONVENTIONAL, INDUSTRIAL WHEAT AND GRAINS: LASHINGS, UPON LASHINGS OF POWERFUL TOXIC INSECTICIDES: NEONICOTINOIDS http://lincoln-adams.wsu.edu/agriculture/NACAA-Wireworm-Control-Poster-2011.pdf
BEYOND PESTICIDES PESTICIDE-INDUCED DISEASES DATA BASE -- CANCER http://www.beyondpesticides.org/health/cancer.php
-▶ THOUSANDS OF SRI LANKA FARMERS DYING: STUDY LINKS KIDNEY DISEASE TO AGROCHEMICALS, PESTICIDES http://sco.lt/7vsgzp OutsideOnline, May 12, 2014 ▶ YOUR FOOD IS POISONING YOU http://www.outsideonline.com/fitness/bodywork/performance-plate/Your-Food-Is-Poisoning-You.html Nation of Change, October 20, 2013 -▶ POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS GMO 'GOLDEN RICE' FED TO CHINESE CHILDREN AS GUINEA PIGS http://www.nationofchange.org/potentially-dangerous-gmo-golden-rice-fed-chinese-children-without-warning-1382281851
WATCH: THE ULTIMATE KILLING MACHINE: NEW CHARGES AGAINST MONSANTO'S "PESTICIDE" ROUNDUP (NEEDED FOR GMO CROPS) http://sco.lt/5bdPhx Michael Pollan: "Don't miss this VIDEO, about the next wave of herbicide-tolerant crops from Monsanto-- will make Round-Up look benign" WATCH: DANGERS OF DICAMBA http://www.fixfood.org/features/276/dangers-of-dicamba
Nation of Change, March 26, 2014 ▶ DOW: THE OTHER MONSANTO http://www.nationofchange.org/dow-other-monsanto-1395841065
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▶ THE CURSE OF INDUSTRIAL FARM FERTILIZERS AND RUNOFF http://sco.lt/5ZDrZh
============================ SMALL FARMING vs MEGA MONOCROP CORPORATE FARMING Cornucopia Institute, June 11, 2014 ▶ SMALL FARMERS ARE FEEDING THE WORLD ON LESS LAND. A new study by GRAIN reports that small farmers are the world’s main food producers and they do it on a quarter of the land of large farms. As large monoculture farms continue to gobble up the land to grow exports, small farmers are producing more food per acre and feeding the local people. Biodiversity and companion planting on small farms further reduce crop losses to drought, pests and disease. http://www.cornucopia.org/2014/06/small-farmers-feeding-world-less-land/
CS Globe, Aprl 14, 2014 ▶ SMALL SCALE FARMING CAN FEED THE WORLD: UN REPORT http://csglobe.com/small-scale-farming-can-feed-world/ GRAIN, May 28, 214 ▶ HUNGRY FOR LAND: SMALL FARMERS FEED THE WORLD FOR LESS THAN A QUARTER OF ALL FARMLAND AS CORPORATIONS ACCELERATE LAND GRABS http://www.grain.org/article/entries/492
One World News, December 9, 2013 -▶ INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE VITAL FOR BIODIVERSITY, SAY EXPERTS. With species disappearing up to 1,000 times faster than the natural extinction rate, biodiversity experts say knowledge co-production with indigenous peoples has growing importance. http://oneworld.org/2013/12/05/indigenous-knowledge-vital-for-biodiversity-say-experts/
Intercontinental Cry Magazine, July 17, 2014 ▶ INDIGENOUS MOUNTAIN FARMERS UNITE ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND RIGHT TO THEIR OWN SEED http://intercontinentalcry.org/indigenous-mountain-farmers-unite-climate-change-24793/ ETC Group, September 06, 2013 -▶ WHO WILL FEED US? THE INDUSTRIAL FOOD CHAIN OR THE PEASANT FOOD WEBS? http://www.etcgroup.org/content/poster-who-will-feed-us-industrial-food-chain-or-peasant-food-webs SUSTAINABLE PEASANT'S AGRICULTURE - STATEMENT OF THE 2014 FARMERS FORUM La Via CampesIna, February 25, 2014 (Rome, February 21, 2014) We, delegates to the 5th Farmers’ Forum, the representatives of small-scale producer organizations, speaking on behalf of millions of small-scale farmers, artisanal fishers, pastoralists, livestock breeders, and indigenous communities, hereby communicate our opinions and proposals to IFAD and its governing bodies...http://viacampesina.org/en/index.php/main-issues-mainmenu-27/sustainable-peasants-agriculture-mainmenu-42/1562-statement-of-the-2014-farmers-forum - ▶ FOOD FOREST CAN MITIGATE RISKS OF 'FEAST OR FAMINE" - BIG CORPORATE AG IS NOT THE ANSWER http://sco.lt/5U402L Guardian Development, March 10, 2014 -▶ FOOD SYSTEM THAT FAILS POOR COUNTRIES NEEDS URGENT REFORM, SAYS UN EXPERT http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/mar/10/food-system-poor-countries-reform-olivier-de-schutter
National Geographic, "Future of Food" May 02, 2014 ▶ FEED THE WORLD: FAMILY FARMERS HOLD KEYS TO AGRICULTURE IN A WARMING WORLD. When policymakers in the developed world talk about feeding billions of extra mouths in the decades to come, it's multinational agribusinesses—which operate industrial-size farms—that usually get most of the attention. But in the long run, it's small-scale farmers in the developing world, using low-tech but sustainable agricultural techniques, who may be best poised to lead the way in adapting to a warmer world and ensuring the security of the global food supply. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/05/140502-climate-change-agriculture-family-farm-science/ Guardian Environment, February 03, 2014 -▶ INDIGENOUS DIETS CAN FIGHT MODERN ILLNESSES, SAY HEALTH EXPERTS Unprecedented levels of chronic non-communicable diseases are prompting calls to revert to the diets of our ancestors to regain lost nutrients. It is believed that such a shift would help to improve society's relationship with the Earth and restore human and environmental health. "The rise of the industrial model of agriculture has contributed greatly to people being disconnected from the food on their plates," says Sarah Somian, a France-based nutritionist. http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/feb/03/indigenous-diets-fight-modern-illnesses WATCH (10:46) The Satoyama Initiative SATOYAMA: TOWARD A RURAL SOCIETY IN HARMONY WITH NATURE Japan gave the name of the SATOYAMA Initiative to establishment of universal philosophy for sustainable maintenance and use of natural resources https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAcS6px3WEg THIS GRAND EXPERIMENT ON HUMANITY MUST STOP: GMO BILL GATES FUNDS RISKY, UNTESTED UNREGULATED VITAMIN FORTIFIED GMO FOOD FOR AFRICA AND INDIA http://sco.lt/6CZccT
Common Dream, February 27, 2014 - ▶ ORGANIC AGRICULTURE: THE WAY FORWARD IN THE AGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE. Cling to a food system that contributes to climate change and jeopardizes food security, or adopt a regenerative system that strengthens food security and helps mitigate the climate crisis—"The choice is ours to make," a new report states. http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/02/27-6 - ▶ PERMACULTURE IS THE SILVER-GREEN BULLET FOR THE MIDDLE EAST http://sco.lt/5Tql9d April 18, 2014, The Two-Way ▶ CHINA ADMITS THAT ONE-FIFTH OF IT'S FARMLAND IS CONTAMINATED - Unbridled industrialization with almost no environmental regulation has resulted in the toxic contamination of one-fifth of China's farmland, the Communist Party has acknowledged for the first time. http://listen.sdpb.org/post/china-admits-one-fifth-its-farmland-contaminated
BBC News, June 24, 2014 ▶ GROWING PAINS OF CHINA'S AGRICULTURAL WATER NEEDS. Farming accounts for about 65% of water use in China and the limited resource is coming under pressure from rapid urbanisation and industrialisation. The study focused on four major food crops - soya, wheat, rice and corn (maize) - and three livestock groups: ruminant, pork and poultry. Together, these products accounted for 93% of China's domestic food supply in 2005, according to figures from the United Nations. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-27978124 SF Gate, March 24, 2014 -▶ CALIFORNIA DROUGHT: CENTRAL VALLEY FARMLAND ON ITS LAST LEGS. http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/California-drought-Central-Valley-farmland-on-5342892.php The Report— ▶ WAKE UP BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE: MAKE AGRICULTURE TRULY SUSTAINABLE NOW FOR FOOD SECURITY IN A CHAN
farmlandgrab.org, August 04, 2014 ▶ CAN 'LAND GRABS' BY FOREIGN INVESTORS IN AFRICA FEED THE HUNGRY? http://farmlandgrab.org/post/view/23794
Natural News, March 02, 2015 ▶ PARAGUAYAN SMALL FARMERS FIGHT BACK AGAINST MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS DESTROYING THEIR LIVES http://www.naturalnews.com/048828_GMO_corporations_small_farmers_Paraguay.html#
-▶ WHO WILL FEED US? THE INDUSTRIAL FOOD CHAIN OR THE PEASANT FOOD WEBS? http://www.etcgroup.org/content/poster-who-will-feed-us-industrial-food-chain-or-peasant-food-webs
Oakland Institute - Report - ▶ THE GREAT LAND GRAB: RUSH FOR WORLD'S FARM LAND THREATENS FOOD SECURITY FOR THE POOR http://www.oaklandinstitute.org/great-land-grab-rush-world%E2%80%99s-farmland-threatens-food-security-poor
Food Crisis and The Global Land Grab, November 2, 2013 -▶ TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY LAND GRABS: ACCUMULATION BY AGRICULTURAL DISPOSSESSION - For the world’s people to have secure access to the quantity and quality of food needed for a decent life, the land grabs and the development of large, highly mechanized factory farms must stop... http://farmlandgrab.org/post/view/22761
June 2, 2013 The Guardian ▶ HOW INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ARE TURNED OFF THEIR LANDS - HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS SAID TO HAVE BEEN DISPLACED http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/02/indigenous-people-turned-off-land
SPECIAL ISSUE: PAMBAZUKA NEWS GMOs, FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AND AFRICA http://www.pambazuka.org/en/ WATCH 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 Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, March 1, 2013 -▶ GOVERNMENTS MUST PROTECT LAND, FOOD SYSTEMS AS TRADE LIBERALIZATION ACCELERATES LAND GRABBING http://iatp.org/blog-agriculture farmlandgrab.org, August 04, 2014 ▶ CORPORATE INFLUENCE THROUGH THE G8 AND OBAMA'S NEW ALLIANCE FOR FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION IN AFRICA. In recent times, new partnerships models between governments, business and civil society are increasingly gaining attention. One prominent example is the "New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition" (G8NA), inaugurated at the G8 summit 2012 in the United States. This working paper concludes that the approach and objectives of the G8NA are highly problematic. The initiative serves as an enforcing mechanism for corporate driven blueprints for agriculture and sidelines national plans and international standards. It is dominated and tailored towards the interests of big corporate actors and is based on a reductionist approach of agricultural “development”. And lastly, the G8NA is poorly institutionalized and disregards fundamental principles of transparency participation and accountability. http://farmlandgrab.org/post/view/23793
farmlandgrab.org, April 01, 2014 -▶ £600 MILLION UK AID MONEY FINANCING 'CORPORATE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA' http://farmlandgrab.org/post/view/23346
Guardian, December 11, 2012 ▶ U.N.: PRIVATISING AID IS A DANGEROUS STRATEGY | Olivier De Schutter | http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/dec/11/privatising-aid-dangerous
One Green Planet, February 26, 2017 ▶ HOW THE GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL FOOD COMPLEX LEAVES PEOPLE HUNGRY AND UNDERNOURISHED http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/whos-eating-the-worlds-grain/
ReliefWeb, October 13, 2014 UN CUTS SYRIA FOOD AID BY 40% OVER FUNDING SHORTFALL: AS WALL STREET PROFITS SOAR http://reliefweb.int/report/syrian-arab-republic/un-cuts-syria-food-aid-over-funding-shortfall-official
Guardian, July 02, 2014 ▶ FOOD RATIONS SLASHED FOR 800,000 REFUGEE, SAYS UN Lack of funding forces food aid cuts of up to 60% and is 'worsening malnutrition', say WFP and UN refugee agency http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/jul/02/food-rations-slashed-african-refugees-un?CMP=twt_gu
Food Reserves, September 02, 2014 ▶ THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSIBILITY OF THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPEAN UNION IN THE EXPLOSION OF WORLD PRICES OF CEREAL: http://www.foodreserves.org/?p=582 Pambazuka -Voices for Freedom and Justice in Africa ▶ HOW COMPANIES FRAME ISSUES OF FOOD AND GLOBAL HUNGER FOR THEIR OWN SELF-INTEREST AND BOTTOMLINE PROFITS There is a new, but deceptive, foreign drive to end hunger in Africa through large-scale agribusiness. Yet helping poor households in rural Africa feed themselves in an affordable manner means introducing low-cost, sustainable enhancements to farming. History is riddled with examples of the poor dying of hunger when food was plentiful. Classic amongst these is the famine which wracked the West African Sahel during the early 1970s. While people were dying of hunger in Senegal, Mali and Niger, peanuts — a key sauce ingredient and source of protein across the region — were being exported to Europe.... ...The rise of philanthrocapitalism in the US, where former and current business leaders, through the strength of their foundations, have increasingly come to influence the shape and direction of US international development programmes. Central to the philanthrocapitalist worldview is a belief that private enterprise is the fundamental agent of progressive change and that business acumen trumps other forms of expertise... http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/85291
allAfrica.com: February 18, 2014 ▶ DESPITE CLIMATE CHANGE, AFRICAN CAN FEED AFRICA. There is a continuing argument as to whether the industrial agricultural revolution will solve some or all of Africa's climate change problems. However, experts maintain that industrial agriculture currently accounts for one third of all greenhouse gas emissions--the very element most responsible for climate change. Additionally, they believe that the resources and infrastructure required to operate an industrial agricultural system in Africa are impractical for smallholder farmers... http://allafrica.com/stories/201402191455.html July 14, 2013 Humanosphere, Guardian UK ▶ DONORS DON'T REALLY WANT POOR COUNTRIES TO "OWN" THEIR OWN DEVELOPMENT http://www.humanosphere.org/jp/you-know-that-thing-about/ Guardian UK - Original Article http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2013/jul/24/donors-global-south-development-aid
-▶ FROM GROWING PROFIT TO GROWING FOOD: CHALLENGING CORPORATE RULE http://sco.lt/7Dg37p
Guardian Development, February 18, 2014 ▶ AID TO AFRICA: PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT (G8) NEW PRIORITY http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/feb/18/aid-africa-private-sector-investment-priority-new-alliance
New York Times, January 21, 2014 ▶ WHEN IT COMES TO FOOD, QUANTITY DOESN'T MEAN HEALTH http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/22/opinion/bittman-abundance-doesnt-mean-health.html?emc=edit_tnt_20140122&tntemail0=y June 9, 2013 The Guardian ▶ G8 NEEDS REMINDING THE MARKET DOESN'T KNOW BEST WHEN IT COMES TO HUNGER - Partnerships with food giants such as Monsanto and Unilever will not eradicate hunger – and they might well make it worse http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/09/g8-market-hunge AFRICA G8 - FOOD SECURITY FOR WHOM? CORPORATE PROFITS vs SMALLHOLDER FARMER INTERESTS http://sco.lt/8JKbIn
GRAIN — January 21, 2015 ▶ AFRICA: LAND AND SEED LAWS UNDER ATTACK: WHO IS PUSHING CHANGES IN AFRICA? World Bank, UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the Group of 8 wealthiest countries (G8), Bill Gates-funded Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the International Fertiliser Development Centre (IFDC) and others. http://www.grain.org/article/entries/5121-land-and-seed-laws-under-attack-who-is-pushing-changes-in-africa The Ecologist, July 27, 2014 ▶ OBAMA FOOD AID RAVAGES THIRD WORLD FARMERS. The US taxpayers who finance foreign food aid surely believe they are feeding starving people, writes James Bovard. But the truth is the reverse - it is undermining indigenous agriculture in recipient countries - creating famine and chronic malnutrition, while sabotaging self-sufficiency. http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2494069/obama_food_aid_ravages_third_world_farmers.html WHEN WALL STREET WENT TO AFRICA http://sco.lt/5XvSe9 WATCH CARVING UP AFRICA A group of executives from big companies like Monsanto and Unilever went to the Department of International Development to thank the UK government for their help in taking control of Africa's food. Thanks to UK aid money, these companies are set to make vast profits in Africa - See more at: http://www.wdm.org.uk/food-sovereignty/carving-africa#sthash.V0GSMRH4.dpuf EurActive, May 14, 2014 ▶ NEW EU PRIVATE SECTOR AID CRITERIA UNDER THE MICROSCOPE The European Commission has published the first set of guidelines for involving private sector players in delivering overseas aid, a long-standing practice that has generated controversy with some NGOs for its claimed lack of transparency, accountability and potential for corporate profit-taking. ... ‘Dangerous emphasis’ on health privatisation...Using public resources to ‘leverage’ private finance is of great concern due to the high risk of profit-making motives outweighing poverty reduction objectives,” she said. http://www.euractiv.com/sections/development-policy/new-eu-private-sector-aid-criteria-under-microscope-302107 TripleCrisis, January 14, 2014 ▶ THE DANGER OF TRUSTING CORPORATIONS TO LEAD THE FIGHT AGAINST WORLD HUNGER http://triplecrisis.com/the-danger-of-entrusting-corporations-to-lead-the-fight-against-world-hunger/ ▶ UN: 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 Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa, July 19, 2014 ▶ TOWARDS FOOD SOVEREIGNTY TO FEED AFRICA: NURTURE THE ENVIRONMENT AND PUT FARMER AT THE CENTER http://afsafrica.org/towards-food-sovereignty-to-feed-africa-nurture-the-environment-and-put-farmers-at-the-center/ April 24, 2013 - New York Times ▶ WHEN FOOD ISN'T THE ANSWER TO HUNGER http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/24/when-food-isnt-the-answer-to-hunger/ WATCH Global Voices How Do You Feed The World? LAND RUSH: WHY POVERTY How do you feed the world? 75% of Mali's population are farmers, but rich, land-hungry nations like China and Saudi Arabia are leasing Mali's land in order to turn large areas into industrial export agribusiness farms. Many Malian peasants do not welcome these efforts, seeing them as yet another manifestation of imperialism. As Mali experiences a military coup, the developers are scared off but can Mali's farmers combat food shortages and escape poverty on their own terms? http://www.whypoverty.net/en/all-about/land-rush/ ▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS NOT THE SOLUTION FOR "FEEDING THE WORLD" http://sco.lt/77BuML
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THE HUNGER GAMES HOW UK AND USA GOVERNMENTS SUPPORT FOR BIG AGRIBUSINESS IS FUELING POVERTY IN AFRICA AND AROUND THE WORLD http://sco.lt/6UGd17
HOW NOT TO "FEED THE WORLD" http://sco.lt/6fKNnN
==================== The Daily Sheeple, June 25, 2014 ▶ MONSANTO, SYNGENTA, BAYER: BIG AGRI PEDDLES "GMO GRUEL" TO THE IMPOVERISHED. Perhaps the most racists, disgusting public relations stunt yet to sell genetically modified poison to the masses and monopolize the world’s food supply. http://www.thedailysheeple.com/monsanto-syngenta-bayer-big-agri-peddles-gmo-gruel-to-the-impoverished_062014
*** WATCH *** ARE GIANT AGRICULTURE FIRMS TRYING TO MONOPOLISE AND PATENT THE WORLD' FOOD SUPPLY? - INDEPTH INVESTIGATION FROM AL JAZEERA http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1038866656/are-giant-agriculture-firms-trying-to-monopolise-and-patent-the-world-s-food-supply FastCoCreate ▶ THESE TOP FOOD COMPANIES CONTROL ALMOST EVERYTHING WE EAT: There are more than 38,000 products in the average American supermarket. That means tons of choice, right? In fact, the vast majority of these products are owned by just 10 companies. Those friendly looking Green Giant pees? That's General Mills. And Odwalla juice? That's Coca Cola. This matters, of course, because we deserve to know where our food comes from--and how it's made. http://www.fastcocreate.com/3032899/see-who-actually-owns-the-food-you-eat-and-how-theyre-behaving April 3, 2013 - Politico ▶ FOOD AID FOR THE 21st CENTURY When it comes to providing hunger relief to needy people around the world, the United States has been a leader since World War II. And if early reports about the Obama administration’s 2014 budget are true, then the U.S. will have a golden opportunity to provide even more food to the hungry while spending less taxpayer dollars in the years ahead. GOING LOCAL AND REGIONAL Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/food-aid-for-the-21st-century-89545.html#ixzz2PjKVENUg
April 4, 2013 - Mother Jones ▶ OBAMA PROPOSES MAKING FOOD AID LESS INSANE http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/04/obama-proposes-making-food-aid-less-insane WATCH "HUNGER FOR PROFIT" (4:45) http://www.whypoverty.net/en/video/hunger-for-profit April 4, 2013 - National Public Radio ▶ A POLITICAL WAR BREWS OVER 'FOOD FOR PEACE' AID PROGRAM http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/04/04/176154775/a-political-war-brews-over-food-for-peace-aid-program
April 5, 2013 - Washington Post ▶ AID GROUPS PUSH OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO SHIFT THE WAY U.S. HELPS FEED STARVING PEOPLE ABROAD http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal_government/aid-groups-push-obama-administration-to-shift-the-way-us-helps-feed-starving-people-abroad/2013/04/05/1081e192-9deb-11e2-9219-51eb8387e8f1_story.html April 4, 2013 New York Times ▶ WHITE HOUSE SEEKS TO CHANGE INTERNATIONAL FOOD AID http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/us/politics/white-house-seeks-to-change-international-food-aid.html?_r=0 ▶ HOW DO WE FEED THE WORLD AND STILL ADDRESS THE DRIVERS OF DEFORESTATION - SKOLL WORLD FORUM - UP FOR DEBATE http://skollworldforum.org/debate-post/a-promising-initiative-to-address-deforestation-in-brazil-at-the-local-level/ Humanosphere, July 14, 2014 ▶ WHAT DOES CHINA'S WHITE PAPER TELL US ABOUT ITS FOREIGN AID SPENDING? http://www.humanosphere.org/international-politics/2014/07/chinas-white-paper-tell-us-foreign-aid-spending/ WATCH ▶ "THE FOOD SPECULATOR" - FOOD SPECULATION AND THE STOCKMARKET http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/food-speculator/
July 21, 2013 New York Times ▶ OUR COMING FOOD CRISIS AND THE FOLLY OF BIG CORPORATE AGRICULTURE - SOIL, WATER AND CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/22/opinion/our-coming-food-crisis.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 Guardian Development, March 10, 2014 -▶ FOOD SYSTEM THAT FAILS POOR COUNTRIES NEEDS URGENT REFORM, SAYS UN EXPERT http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/mar/10/food-system-poor-countries-reform-olivier-de-schutter Earth Policy Institute ▶ FULL PLANET, EMPTY PLATES - THE NEW GEOPOLITICS OF FOOD SCARCITY - RISING TEMPERATURES, RISING FOOD PRICES: http://www.earth-policy.org/books/fpep/fpepch8 Earth Policy Institute ▶ SUPPORTING DATA: FULL PLANET, EMPTY PLATES: THE NEW GEOPOLITiCS OF FOOD SCARCITY http://www.earthpolicy.org/books/fpep/fpep_data#7 WATCH BBC VIDEO REPORT A BILLION GO HUNGRY BECAUSE OF GMO FARMING Vandana Shiva http://www.sott.net/article/260505-A-billion-go-hungry-because-of-GMO-farming-Vandana-Shiva WATCH (6:29) ANNA LAPPE AND FOOD MYTHBUSTERS DO WE NEED INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE TO FEED THE WORLD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uem2ceZMxYk BBC News, March 03, 2014 -▶ FEWER CROPS FEEDING THE WORLD: INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE THREATENING FOOD SECURITY http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26382067 A VIP READ ▶ THE ECONOMICS OF CURBING SPECULATION IN FOOD, WATER AND VITAL RESOURCES http://sco.lt/6znBab May 21, 2013 Jeffrey Hollender ▶ THE POVERTY CREATION INDUSTRY http://www.jeffreyhollender.com/?p=2799 World Development Movement, June 24, 2014 ▶ THE NEW SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA : INTERACTIVE INFOGRAPHIC Around the early 1900s the European colonial powers built railways to connect the interior of Africa to the ports. They used this infrastructure to export food and minerals out of Africa to feed the industrial revolution in Europe. Over a hundred years later it’s happening all over again. Take a look at our latest infographic to see how. http://www.wdm.org.uk/new-scramble-africa-food-dfid-infrastructure-extraction/
Humanosphere, October 13, 2014 ▶ CRITICS SAY GATES FOUNDATION' AGRICULTURE PROGRAM WON'T HELP POOR FARMERS http://www.humanosphere.org/social-business/2014/10/critics-say-gates-foundations-agriculture-program-wont-help-poor-farmers/
▶ BILL GATES FUNDS RISKY, UNPROVEN, UNREGULATED, UNLABELED GMO BANANAS FOR PREGNANT WOMEN IN INDIA http://sco.lt/8tfFx3
AlterNet, April 09, 2014 ▶ THE MAJOR PROBLEM WITH GMO SEEDS ENGINEERED TO SOLVE 3RD WORLD VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES http://www.alternet.org/food/golden-rice-and-monoculture-gmo-seeds-wont-solve-world-hunger
Guardian, June 10, 2014 ▶ G8: AFRICA, LET US HELP: LOOKS SUSPICIOUSLY LIKE 1884 http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/10/african-hunger-help-g8-grab WATCH (56:27) STEALING AFRICA: WHY POVERTY? HOW MUCH PROFIT IS FAIR? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNYemuiAOfU Guardian, February 18, 2014 ▶ G8 WANTS TO TAKE OVER AFRICA AGRICULTURE: FOR EXPORT TANZANIA: LARGE-SCALE FARMING TURNS SMALL FARMERS INTO MERE LABOURERS http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/feb/18/tanzania-large-scale-farming-small-farmers-labourers THE 21st CENTURY CORPORATE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA World Development Movement -▶ STOP THE CORPORATE TAKEOVER OF AFRICA'S FOOD. Under the guise of tackling hunger, initiatives like the G8 New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, will help corporations take control over Africa’s land, seeds and markets - at the expense of small farmers. Join our campaign to oppose this twenty-first century corporate scramble for Africa. - See more at: http://www.wdm.org.uk/food#sthash.dgDwkdF0.dpuf http://www.wdm.org.uk/food April 4, 2013 - National Public Radio ▶ A POLITICAL WAR BREWS OVER 'FOOD FOR PEACE' AID PROGRAM http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/04/04/176154775/a-political-war-brews-over-food-for-peace-aid-program AFRICA - SOLD: OBAMA PUTS G8, BIG 6 BIOTECH CHEMICAL GMO GIANTS IN CHARGE OF "ENDING HUNGER" IN AFRICA http://sco.lt/7ENN8D -▶ TURNING AFRICA INTO A GMO BONANZA FOR GIANT CORPORATIONS: FOREIGN TAKEOVER OF THE FUTURE OF FARMING IN AFRICA http://sco.lt/6qmM1R EcoWatch, February 22, 2014 -▶ STOP FEEDING THE BEAST AND START FEEDING THE PEOPLE. We have a system of predatory agriculture in which corporations pursue private gain relentlessly regardless of the social consequences. Social consequences can be defined as anything from polluting our water, land and air to impacting the health of our families to making the business of farming economically unsustainable. http://ecowatch.com/2014/02/22/stop-feeding-beast-start-feeding-people/ Guardian, February 18, 2014 ▶ MALAWAI'S SMALL FARMERS KEPT IN THE DARK ABOUT G8 NEW ALLIANCE (MONSANTO, SEED PATENTS, GMO) http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/feb/18/malawi-small-farmers-g8-new-alliance The Guardian, February 18, 2014 ▶ G8 NEW ALLIANCE CONDEMNED AS NEW WAVE OF COLONIALISM IN AFRICA.Critics say landmark initiative to boost agriculture and relieve poverty favours big business to the detriment of small farmers http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/feb/18/g8-new-alliance-condemned-new-colonialism Guardian Sustainable Business, October 23, 2012 ▶ PLACING PROFITS ABOVE WELL BEING: CHALLENGING THE DESTRUCTIVE POWER OF THE AGRO-CHEMICAL INDUSTRY http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/blog/anna-lappe-activist-food-campaign
============================= -▶ OUR INDUSTRIAL, WESTERN AGRICULTURAL FOOD SYSTEM IS DESTROYING THE EARTH AND OUR HEALTH http://sco.lt/63qRl3 ▶ THE ROLE OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD PRODUCTION AND POVERTY ERADICATION http://sco.lt/7SRAUj
============================= VIDEO (7:13) "BIG FOOD" And Addiction Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity http://www.yaleruddcenter.org/news.aspx?id=403 Care2, May 21, 2014 ▶ BILLIONS OF ANIMALS KILLED EVERY YEAR END UP IN THE TRASH http://www.care2.com/causes/billions-of-animals-killed-every-year-end-up-dumped-in-the-trash.html ▶ MALNUTRITION AND THE MICROBIOME. One of the tragedies of malnutrition in children is that the problems don't end when the hunger stops. A new study has shown that the microbial communities in the gut of children who experience malnutrition seem to be compromised over the long term, and don't recover even after therapy and a return to a normal diet. http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/2014/06/07/2014-06-07-6/
May 23, 2013 Global Possibilities - ▶ GUT PUNCH: MONSANTO COULD BE DESTROYING YOUR MICROBIOME http://www.globalpossibilities.org/gut-punch-monsanto-could-be-destroying-your-microbiome/ WATCH "LAND RUSH - WHY POVERTY? The ugly rise of monoculture farming and globalized food http://sco.lt/88wCO1 -▶ LAND GRABS: HOW FOREIGN "INVESTMENTS" ARE REDISTRIBUTING WEALTH, LAND AND WATER RIGHTS ACROSS THE GLOBE http://sco.lt/96H2yv Guardian, Global Development -▶ LAND GRABS: THOUSANDS 'FORCIBLY RELOCATED' IN ETHIOPIA says HRW report http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/jan/17/ethiopia-relocation-programme-report?CMP=twt_gu -▶ BIOFUELS LAND GRAB: GUATEMALA'S FARMERS LOSE PLOTS AND PROSPERITY TO 'ENERGY INDEPENDENCE' = SLIDE SHOW : Scientific American http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2567914610/africa-chocolate-bill-gates-monsanto-and-the-genetically-modified-land-grab AllAfrica, January 07, 2014 ▶ AFRICA: OUR CONTEMPORARY, WESTERN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM IS DESTROYING THE EARTH AND OUR HEALTH Over the course of the past century our food supply has shifted from local to global. Most food our grandparents ate was grown regionally, often by neighbourhood farmers. Today our food comes from across the world. More importantly, it is often produced in highly destructive ways, at the lowest possible cost. Consequently our food production system is responsible for accelerating the rate of destruction of the very ecosystems we are reliant upon in order to maintain our delicate global environmental equilibrium. We cut and clear the lungs of the world, our tropical rainforests, to feed livestock or grow dishonestly named "biofuels". We bulldoze natural filtration systems and the nurseries for life like wetlands and mangrove swamps to produce luxury foods for obese populations... http://allafrica.com/stories/201401071158.html?viewall=1 WATCH Moyers & Company HUNGER, OBESITY AND SOARING CORPORATE PROFITS http://sco.lt/6qmBV3 Food Reserves, September 02, 2014 ▶ THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSIBILITY OF THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPEAN UNION IN THE EXPLOSION OF WORLD PRICES OF CEREAL: http://www.foodreserves.org/?p=582 -▶ CORPORATE HIJACKING OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE: GENETIC ENGINEERING AND THE GMO INDUSTRY http://sco.lt/73IdQ9
▶ THIS GRAND EXPERIMENT ON HUMAN BEINGS HAS TO STOP: Bill Gates Funds Risky, Untested, Unregulated Vitamin Fortified GMO Crops.. http://sco.lt/5uWAW9 -▶ FOREIGN CORPORATIONS DESTROYING ECOSYSTEMS, INDIGENOUS LIVELIHOODS, NULLIFYING LAND RIGHTS, CREATING DEPENDENCE AND POVERTY ON A GLOBAL SCALE http://sco.lt/9KW9wn Transition Network ▶ HOW DIFFERENT THE WORLD WOULD BE IF WE PAID THE TRUE COST OF FOOD AND FARMING? http://www.transitionnetwork.org/blogs/rob-hopkins/2013-12/how-different-would-world-be-if-we-paid-true-cost-food-and-farming VIDEO: (48:00) "WHO PROFITS FROM POVERTY?" - DOING GOOD RESPONSIBLY http://sco.lt/6VZEDB ▶ OBESITY PLUS: HUGE INCREASE IN DIABETES, STROKES, HEART DISEASE ON A GLOBAL SCALE: THE AMERICAN DIET AND LIFE STYLE EXPORTED http://sco.lt/80rmld Guardian, March 03, 2014 -▶ US-STYLE INTENSIVE FARMING ISN'T THE SOLUTION TO CHINA'S MEAT PROBLEM. Staggering growth means China now produces a third of the world’s meat, and it hopes to do more by replicating the US model of meat production http://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2014/mar/03/us-intensive-farming-chinas-meat-problem
-▶ FOOD FORESTS CAN MITIGATE RISKS OF "FEAST OR FAMINE": BIG CORPORATE AGRICULTURE IS NOT THE ANSWER http://sco.lt/5U402L
WATCH DOCUMENTARY (88 min) "SEEDS OF PERMACULTURE" - ECOLOGICAL FARMING People are becoming less and less self-sufficient around the world, these local communities that were previously growing everything themselves and knew how to build their own houses out of natural materials are completely dependent on big foreign powers and import from other countries. ... http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/seeds-permaculture/ INFOGRAPHIC - SOIL TO SKY AGROECOLOGY vs INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE PDF http://agroecologygroup.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Soil-to-Sky-infographic.pdf ▶ FIVE HOLISTIC ALTERNATIVE FARMING METHODS: AGROECOLOGY AT ITS BEST http://sco.lt/4i3lqr Common Dreams, May 23, 2014 ▶ PERMACULTURE POISED TO CONQUER THE CARIBBEAN. No fertilisers, herbicides, or pesticides but a bold vision to save a region from climate change and resource scarcity http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/05/23 The Ideas Arcade, March 02, 2014 ▶ GROWING FRESH VEGETABLES AND FISH TOGETHER - WITHOUT SOIL: FEEDING THE WORLD WITH AQUAPONICS http://www.theideasarcade.com/growing-food-without-soil-feeding-world-aquaponics/ ENOUGHNESS WESTERN THOUGHT vs INDIGENOUS PHILOSOPHY http://sco.lt/6EFbPt EurActiv, January 24, 2014 ▶ MORE CONSUMPTION NOT NECESSARY FOR HUMAN WELL-BEING, SAYS UN REPORT http://www.euractiv.com/sustainability/greater-consumption-necessary-hu-news-532991 -▶ AMERICANS EAT THE CHEAPEST FOOD IN THE WORLD, BUT WHAT IS IT REALLY COSTING US? http://sco.lt/9FNhzd Treehugger, January 31, 2014 ▶ WHY OUR CHILDREN NEED REAL FOOD, NOT FOOD PRODUCTS (book review) http://www.treehugger.com/green-food/why-our-children-need-real-food-not-food-products-book-review.html -▶ THE ETHICS OF BIG FOOD http://sco.lt/7wDiyX Mongabay, January 16, 2014 ▶ POPULATION GROWTH AND ASSOCIATED FOOD DEMAND TO TAKE HEAVY TOLL ON RAINFORESTS http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0116-population-growth-food-deforestation.html VIDEO: INTO THE HEART OF ECUADOR'S YASUNI - A PENDING CORPORATE OIL PLUNDER OF INDIGENOUS LANDS http://sco.lt/5c5Z2H -▶ SHOULD COMPANIES COMPENSATE SOCIETY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIETAL DESTRUCTION FROM WHICH THEY PROFIT? http://sco.lt/8wC8LB
▶ THE CONUNDRUM AT THE HEART OF SUSTAINABILITY - OUR DISCONNECTION FROM NATURE http://sco.lt/6HVMzR DAMS, ECOCIDE AND WATER RIGHTS: BIG MONEY DRIVES EXTINCTION - INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, ECOSYSTEMS, FORESTS DEVASTATED http://sco.lt/7CsWKf -▶ THE NEW CORPORATE COLONIALISM. DESTRUCTION OF LIFE, ECOCIDE AND GENOCIDE -- ALL IN THE NAME OF 'GROWTH' http://sco.lt/8pbb7p The Economist, March 03, 2014 ▶ GIVING GENEROUSLY, WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME Last year, the WFP helped to feed over 90m people in 80 different countries. But the way it distributes food relief has been changing. In the 1960s, the organisation’s aid programmes for the developing world focussed on the distribution of food staples, often bought in developed countries, directly to the poor. Later, it was discovered that sourcing food more locally tended to be less disruptive to the local economy. Free distribution of food imported from elsewhere can undercut local food markets and cause more fundamental economic problems to occur. Buying more of it locally, it was found, tended to help farmers in the region more in the medium term.http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2014/03/world-food-programme
▶ THE ECONOMY OF ENOUGH: A BETTER PLAN THAN 'ENDLESS GROWTH' http://sco.lt/7f68zR ▶ THE WORLD IS SITTING ON A CONSUMPTION TIME BOMB http://sco.lt/92ZVcP United Nations Enviro
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George Monbiot, December 16, 2014 - ▶ IF YOU MUST EAT MEAT, SAVE IT FOR CHRISTMAS : We are in perputual denial about our food : From chickens pumped with antibiotics to the environmental devastation caused by production, we need to realise we are not fed with happy farm animals http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/16/perpetual-denial-food-meat-production-environmental-devastation
Care2, May 26, 2014 -▶ 2,000 PIGS DIE AFTER FALLING INTO THEIR OWN WASTE TANK ON FACTORY FARM http://www.care2.com/causes/2000-pigs-die-after-falling-into-their-own-waste-tank-on-factory-farm.html# One Green Planet, September 18, 2014 -▶ HOW THE FOOD WE FEED FARM ANIMALS IS DESTROYING THE ENVIRONMENT http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/livestock-feed-is-destroying-the-environment/ ▶ THEY EAT WHAT? THE REALITY OF FEED AT ANIMAL FACTORIES | Union of Concerned Scientists http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/our-failing-food-system/industrial-agriculture/they-eat-what-the-reality-of.html
APOCALYPSE OF THE "HAPPY MEAL" . WORSHIPING THE GOLDEN CALF http://sco.lt/9Ey17x
STONED PIGS: Marijuana waste helps turn pot-eating pigs into tasty pork roast http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/20/us-usa-marijuana-pigs-idUSBRE94J0PL20130520?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews Mail Online January 24, 2014 - ▶ FARM-AGEDDON: TODAY'S MEGA FARMS DESTROYING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH Today, ‘mixed’ farming of animals and crops has all but disappeared, writes PHILIP LYMBERY, and has been replaced by farms specialising in one product only.... Because without fuss or fanfare, and largely unnoticed by the public, our farm animals are being disconnected from the land, disappearing from fields and moved into cramped, airless hangars and barns, with concrete beneath their feet instead of grass. And now the pressure is growing to move to the next stage of intensive farming: mega-piggeries, mega-dairies and ‘battery’-reared beef, with the genetically engineered animals and crops already common in the United States and elsewhere. It is a pressure we in this country should resist with all our might. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2545647/Farm-ageddon-No-birds-No-bees-Our-countryside-laid-waste-And-billions-animals-never-blade-grass-book-warns-terrifying-threat-todays-gram-mega-farms.html Mother Jones, September 13, 2014 -▶ HOW SUPERBUGS HITCH A RIDE FROM HOG FARMS INTO YOUR COMMUNITY http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/09/think-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria-stop-factory-farm-door-think-again August 4, 2013 New York Time ▶ MEGA U.S. HOG FARMS BATTLING TO CONTAIN DEADLY VIRUS... http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/05/us/hog-producers-battling-to-contain-virus-that-has-killed-piglets-by-the-thousands.html 13 February, 2013 Mother Jones ▶ FOUR-FIFTHS OF ALL BIG PHARMA ANTIBIOTICS CONSUMED BY MEAT AND POULTRY INDUSTRY - WHAT ARE YOU EATING? http://sco.lt/5qIZnN May 1, 2013 Food And Environment Reporting ▶ ANTIBIOTICS IN YOUR FOOD: WHAT'S CAUSING THE RISE IN ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA IN OUR FOOD SUPPLY (AND WHY YOU SHOULD BUY ANTIBIOTIC-FREE FOOD http://thefern.org/2013/05/whats-causing-the-rise-in-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria/ Globe and Mail, October05, 2012 - ▶ CAN MEAT FACTORIES BE SAFE SLAUGHTERING 4,000 COWS A DAY, 3,000 STEAKS A MINUTE? http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/can-meat-factories-be-safe-at-4000-cows-a-day-3000-steaks-a-minute/article4593690/ WATCH; "DEATH ON A FACTORY FARM [HBO] (2009) 1:27:25 Directors Tom Simon and Sarah Teale (HBOs Dealing Dogs) tell the story of an animal rights investigator who goes undercover at hog farm in Ohio to explore a whistle blowers allegations. The evidence he gathers leads to a rare prosecution and trial for animal cruelty, and a verdict that surprises nearly everyone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfiolWwzD94 - ▶ ANTI-WHISTLE BLOWER AG-GAG BILLS AIMED AT KEEPING YOU IN THE DARK ABOUT FACTORY FARMS AND YOUR FOOD http://sco.lt/7aFBUv
Modern Farmer, September 19, 2014 ▶ WHY IS THE USDA BUYING SUBMACHINE GUNS? http://modernfarmer.com/2014/09/usda-buying-submachine-guns/ TakePart, July 10, 2014 FORGET AG-GAG LAWS: THIS SUMMER'S LEGAL FIGHT IS OVER THE RIGHT TO FARM. State constitutional amendments and other legal measures would protect industrial agriculture. When state legislators met to hash out new laws in the spring of 2013, farm protection or ag-gag bills were voted on across the Midwest and in agricultural states in the South and Southwest. The laws were designed to criminalize the work of animal rights activists and whistle-blowers who secretly recorded abuse or other unlawful activity in confined animal feeding operations or other farms. With ever fewer, ever larger companies controlling America’s farmland, whose right to farm is being protected? http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/07/10/right-farm-laws
April 4, 2013 - Grist ▶ WHITE HOUSE GUTS THE NEW SAFETY RULES IN FAVOR OF CORPORATIONS http://grist.org/food/oh-rot-the-white-house-just-gutted-the-new-food-safety-rules/?utm_campaign=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter Star Tribune, June 08, 2014 -▶ CONSUMER PRESSURE LEADS AGRIBIZ COLOSSUS CARGILL TO GIVE PIGS MORE ROOM. Pork producers across the United States have long kept their sows in small, barred stalls or crates, with so little space they can’t turn around. Agribusiness colossus Cargill and its big corporate competitors have deep pockets. http://www.startribune.com/business/262257761.html Mother Jones July/August Issue ▶ YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT PORK PRODUCERS DO TO PREGNANT PIGS? http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/06/pregnant-sows-gestation-crates-abuse VIDEO (06:58) Take Part, June 09, 2014 HERE'S THE SECRET TO MARKETING FACTORY-FARMED MEAT TO THE MASSES http://www.takepart.com/video/2014/06/09/how-sell-factory-farmed-meat ANIMATED VIDEO WHAT IS FACTORY FARMING? http://sco.lt/8DHbmL ▶ REVEALED: THE SECRET HORROR OF THE WORLD'S MEGA FACTORY FARMS - The Ecologist http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/1122016 ▶ 4.3 BILLION (NOW 10 BILLION) CONFINED FARM ANIMALS - CAFOs (Confined Animal Feed Operations http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1480506468/cafos-4-3-billion-confined-farm-animals-pose-environmental-and-public-health-risks Care2, May 21, 2014 ▶ BILLIONS OF FOOD ANIMALS KILLED EVERY YEAR END UP IN THE TRASH http://www.care2.com/causes/billions-of-animals-killed-every-year-end-up-dumped-in-the-trash.html Huffington Post, March 17, 2014 -▶ 9 FACTS ABOUT FACTORY FARMING THAT WILL BREAK YOUR HEART (GRAPHIC PHOTOS) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/17/factory-farming-facts_n_4063892.html +++A Picture Says A Thousand Words+++ FACTORY FARMING http://ow.ly/j6YZF VIDEO The Humane Society of the United States, February 20, 2014 UNDERCOVER AT IRON MAIDEN: IS YOUR SAUSAGE WORTH THIS? http://video.humanesociety.org/ Mother Jones July/August Issue ▶ GAGGED BY BIG AG http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/06/ag-gag-laws-mowmar-farms VIDEO REPORT April 10, 2013 - Al Jazeera LEGALISING ANIMAL ABUSE IN THE USA? Inside Story Americas http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestoryamericas/2013/04/201341083057617468.html ▶ CORPORATE INDUSTRIAL FACTORY FARMING TREAT OUR ANIMALS LIKE INANIMATE AUTO PRODUCTION LINES http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2841587423/corporate-industrial-factory-farming-treats-our-animals-like-objects-on-an-auto-production-line-you-are-what-you-eat ▶ CAFO: THE TRAGEDY OF INDUSTRIAL ANIMAL FACTORIES: http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1845482799/cafo-the-tragedy-of-industrial-animal-factories ▶ THE RAW TRUTH OF FACTORY FARMING http://www.raw.info/ March 20, 2013 - Pew Health Initiatives ▶ NEARLY 30 MILLION POUNDS OF ANTIBIOTICS WERE SOLD BY BIG PHARMA FOR USE IN FOOD ANIMALS http://www.pewhealth.org/reports-analysis/issue-briefs/washington-food-leaders-urge-sen-murray-to-shine-a-light-on-industrial-farms-antibiotic-use-85899461346 Economic Times, June 09, 2014 INDIA OFFICIALS SEEK TO CURB ANTIBIOTICS AND HORMONES IN ANIMAL FEED. Fearing spread of antibiotic resistance through the food chain, the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) and the agriculture ministry have directed state governments to stop the use of antibiotics and hormones in animal feed. They have also called for strict implementation of a 2012 law, which mandates a gap between the time an animal is given a drug for medical purposes and sale of food products from that animal. http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-06-09/news/50448268_1_food-producing-animals-antibiotics-animal-feed VIDEO HOW WILL HISTORY REMEMBER US? A WORLD WITHOUT FACTORY FARMS? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM6V6lq_p0o&feature=youtu.be Jan 29, 2013 - Humane Society FACTORY FARMING FACT SHEETS Agribusiness has introduced anti-whistle-blower or “ag-gag” bills in numerous states aimed at making whistle-blowing on factory farms essentially impossible. Whistle-blowing employees have played a vital role in exposing animal abuse, unsafe working conditions, and environmental problems on industrial factory farms. The agribusiness industry's response to these exposés has not been to prevent the abuses, but rather to try to prevent the American people from finding out about the abuses in the first place... http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/campaigns/factory_farming/fact-sheets/ag_gag.html#id=album-185&num=content-3312 ▶ SCIENTIFIC PAPER ARGUES AGAINST FACTORY FARMS "FEEDING THE WORLD" http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3995263792/scientific-paper-argues-against-factory-farms-feeding-the-world HuffingtonPost, February 19, 2014 -▶ FARMAGEDDON, THE TRUE COST OF CHEAP MEAT http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/sue-cross/farmageddon-the-true-cost_b_4809387.html The Telegraph, February 10, 2014 -▶ FARMAGEDDON: REVIEW OF EXPOSE OF THE NIGHTMARE WORLD OF MODERN FACTORY FARMING http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/10620308/Farmageddon-by-Philip-Lymbery-with-Isabel-Oakeshott-review.html WATCH THE MOST SHOCKINGLY BEAUTIFUL SHORT VIDEO ABOUT FACTORY FARMING - FROM AUSTRALIA http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3123800365/watch-the-most-shockingly-beautiful-video-about-factory-farming-from-australia ▶ WELL-TREATED ANIMALS ARE VASTLY SUPERIOR NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS OVER FACTORY FARMED ANIMALS http://ecowatch.org/2012/well-treated-animals/ ▶ HOW BIG AGRIBUSINESS IS INITIATING AND FUNDING THE ECO TERRORISM ACT http://newint.org/blog/2013/04/30/eco-terrorism-act-usa/ ▶ ANTI-WHISTLE BLOWER AG-GAG LAWS AIMED AT KEEPING YOU IN THE DARK ABOUT YOUR FACTORY FARMED FOOD - PIGS, CHICKENS, VEAL, BEEF, DAIRY, TURKEY, DUCKS http://sco.lt/7aFBUv Center for Food Safety ABOUT FACTORY FARMS http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/search/factory-farms August 2, 2012 - Pew Environmental Group ▶ FROM THE BACKYARD GRILL TO THE PICNIC BASKET , Americans seem to have a love affair with meat and poultry. From the backyard grill to the picnic basket, To supply that demand, livestock production has turned to concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) as the new business model, growing high volumes of cows, pigs, and poultry within short time spans and in the smallest spaces possible.... http://www.pewenvironment.org/news-room/opinions/animal-waste-waterways-and-drinking-water-85899409190 March 19, 2013 - Huffington Post ▶ WHY EVERYONE SHOULD BE ANGRY ABOUT CORPORATE FACTORY FARMING http://sco.lt/7kUpVp ▶ HOW FACTORY FARMING CONTRIBUTES TO GLOBAL WARMING | NationofChange http://www.nationofchange.org/how-factory-farming-contributes-global-warming-1358786945 Worldwatch Institute ▶ AGRICULTURE AND FACTORY FARM LIVESTOCK REMAIN MAJOR SOURCES OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ... http://www.worldwatch.org/agriculture-and-livestock-remain-major-sources-greenhouse-gas-emissions-1
===================== PIG GESTATION CRATES http://ow.ly/m8yl3 ===================== Mother Jones July/August Issue ▶ YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT PORK PRODUCERS DO TO PREGNANT PIGS? http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/06/pregnant-sows-gestation-crates-abuse 4 April 2013 Triple Pundit ▶ PORK PRODUCERS MUST HAVE 'ROCKS IN THEIR HEADS' TO USE SOW CRATES http://www.triplepundit.com/2013/04/sow-crates/ July 12, 2013 Care2 ▶ STAND WITH RYAN GOSLING: NO MORE GESTATION CRATES FOR PIGS http://www.care2.com/causes/stand-with-ryan-gosling-no-more-gestation-crates-for-pigs.html June 6, 2013 Global Possibilities ▶ ****6 HORRIFYING THINGS ABOUT PORK EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW http://www.globalpossibilities.org/6-horrifying-things-about-pork-everyone-should-know/ WATCH: "A RIVER OF WASTE" THE HISTORY OF FACTORY FARMS - CAFOs Beginning with a history of the American food system, River of Waste shows its evolution to large-scale corporate farms where pollution and use of growth hormones threaten both individual health and the future of our planet http://sco.lt/5WwPVx ▶ NEW BILL H.R. 5961, SEEKS TO PREVENT EPA FROM FLYING OVER LARGE-SCALE LIVESTOCK OPERATIONS as part of their effort to enforce the Clean Water Act against the biggest polluters of waterways in the country. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-edwards/keeping-secrets-down-on-t_b_1736929.html March 20, 1013 - HuffingtonPost Green ▶ IS THE PORK INDUSTRY PUSHING BACK AGAINST GESTATION CRATE BANS? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/20/gestation-crate-bon-appetit-pork-network_n_2916146.html?ref=topbar 26 March 2013 - Tom Philpott - Mother Jones ▶ HOGWASH: BIG AG'S BAN ON CAGING PREGNANT PIGS IS JUST FOR SHOW http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2013/03/pork-industry-flack-gestation-crate-ban-showSTONEDhttp://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2013/03/pork-industry-flack-gestation-crate-ban-show ============================ RAISING PORK AS A "PRODUCT" ON A PRODUCTION LINE ============================
VIDEO REPORT WHO'S BEHIND THE CHINESE TAKEOVER OF USA's AND WORLD'D LARGEST PORK PRODUCER? http://sco.lt/6JwAOv
Forbes, October 30, 2013 - ▶ U.S. PORK WALLOWS IN DANGEROUS ANTIBIOTICS, POLLUTION, WELFARE VIOLATIONS http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesmcwilliams/2013/10/30/u-s-pork-wallows-in-dangerous-antibiotics-pollution-welfare-violations/ Huffington Post, January 10, 2014 - ▶ U.S. PORK PRODUCERS CALL FOR MORE HUMANE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS AFTER DECADES OF ABUSE AND PROTESTS http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/10/-pork-producers-humane_n_4572968.html?ref=topbar July 1, 2013 Grist ▶ FARMERS ARE FEEDING THEIR PIGS MARIJUANA TO REDUCE THEIR CAGED SUFFERING http://grist.org/list/farmers-are-getting-their-pigs-high-so-you-can-eat-pot-infused-bacon/ ▶ BAN FACTORY FARM PIG CRATES IN NEW JERSEY - ForceChange http://forcechange.com/61963/ban-factory-farm-pig-crates-in-new-jersey/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ForceChange+%28ForceChange%29 ▶ LIKE AUTOS ON A PRODUCTION LINE: July 21, 2013 Free From Harm IS USING 2,700 SOWS TO PRODUCE 75,000 PIGS ANNUALLY FAIR? OAKS FARMS, THE LATEST "AGRITOURISM" DESTINATION: http://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/article_7c7063d3-e336-5d1c-b7da-cdf8852c5f5d.html#.Ue15bezytDw.twitter June 21, 2013 Living on Earth: ▶ ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS FOR PIGS FED GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD (So What's It Doing To You?) http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=13-P13-00025&segmentID=1 July 4, 2013 Environmental Protection ▶ FARMWORKER STUDY TIES DRUG-RESISTANT STAPH TO ANIMAL ANTIBIOTICS http://eponline.com/articles/2013/07/04/drug-resistant-staph.aspx ======================== INDUSTRIAL CHICKEN/POULTRY FACTORIES An Image Says A Thousand Words Factory farming chickens http://ow.ly/mv1lU ======================== June 27, 2013 ▶ THE FUTURE OF BIG CHICKEN More than a BILLION chickens are raised and slaughtered each year in Georgia ALONE, the poultry capital of the world... http://clatl.com/atlanta/the-future-of-big-chicken/Content?oid=8528249 September 4, 2013 Reuters ▶ USDA CRITICIZED FOR WORK ON POULTRY PLANT FOOD SAFETY PROJECT http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/04/us-usa-usda-poultry-report-idUSBRE98314420130904 VIDEO ▶ **** EXTREME CRUELTY EXPOSED AT MAJOR EGG FACTORY - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=embnwQ7ohTc ▶ BLIND, FOOTLESS CHICKENS FOR FUTURE CAFO FACTORY FARMS http://farmwars.info/?p=7897 VIDEO FULL GROWN CHICKEN IN 49 DAYS Growth Hormones For Rapid Growth, 'Efficiency' and Fast Profits http://sco.lt/5Za1o1 Der Spiegel English, October 16, 2013 - ▶ ETHICAL FARMING: GERMANY PONDERS THE SUPER CHICKEN http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/lohmann-dual-breed-of-super-chicken-could-cut-down-on-chick-culling-a-927902.html ▶ YOUR CHICKENS ARE RAISED ON A STEADY DIET OF PRESCRIPTION, OVER-THE-COUNTER AND EVEN BANNED DRUGSa - CAFOs http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1578060397/your-chickens-are-raised-on-a-steady-diet-of-prescription-over-the-counter-and-even-banned-drugs-cafos ▶ 80,000 CHICKEN FACTORY FARM (CAFO) PROJECT HAS ORGANIC FARMER WORRIED http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2577673216/80-000-chicken-farm-cafo-project-has-organic-farmer-worried ▶ CHICKEN CONCENTRATION CAMPS: GROUPS FILE MOTION TO STOP FARMS FROM USING WATERWAYS AS DUMPING GROUNDS http://sco.lt/5TfhOj ▶ TURKEY TROUBLE: GENETICS GONE TOO FAR? http://science.kqed.org/quest/2012/11/19/turkey-trouble-genetics-gone-too-far/ March 21, 2013 - MyFDL ▶ HOW THE POULTRY INDUSTRY IS GRINDING UP WORKERS' HEALTH AND RIGHTS http://my.firedoglake.com/meeshellchen/2013/03/21/how-the-poultry-industry-is-grinding-up-workers-health-and-rights/ -------WATCH------ VIDEO ▶ **** SO YOU WANT TO EAT INDUSTRIAL FACTORY FARMED EGGS? California Egg Farm Investigation | Mercy For Animals http://ow.ly/kXbz1 VIDEO ▶ ***** EXTREME CRUELTY EXPOSED AT MAJOR EGG FACTORY http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=embnwQ7ohTc VIDEO ▶ **** SO YOU WANT TO EAT FOIE GRAS? Ducks Cruelly Force-Fed for Enlarged Livers - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW2uiw-p_js =========================== INDUSTRIAL DAIRY FARM FACTORIES A Picture Says A Thousand Words http://ow.ly/m3nKA =========================== WATCH THE INDUSTRIAL DAIRY INDUSTRY IN 60 SECONDS FLAT - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZcUrWAK-8Q#at=47 Mother Jones, April 10, 2014 ▶ TURNS OUT YOUR 'HORMONE-FREE' MILK IS FULL OF SEX HORMONES http://www.motherjones.com/media/2014/04/milk-hormones-cancer-pregnant-cows-estrogen ▶ ALTERING OUR COWS BY INJECTING THEM WITH rBST FORCING THEM TO PRODUCE MORE MILK http://www.seeddaily.com/reports/Cattle_flatulence_doesnt_stink_with_biotechnology_999.html
Global Research, September 17, 2014 BILL GATES DONATES $5.6 MILLION TO CORNELL UNIVERSITY WHICH HELPED MONSANTO PROMOTE GMO BOVINE GROWTH HORMONE. Want to know just how far Gates’ money reaches to promote GMOs and other unhealthy ‘scientific’ discoveries touted as boons to society? Look no further than Cornell University, the institution that tells us Monsanto’s rBST (also known as rBGH) - a genetically engineered growth hormone used to make cows produce more milk – is safe. http://www.globalresearch.ca/bill-gates-donates-5-6-million-to-cornell-university-that-helped-monsanto-promote-gmo-bovine-growth-hormone-rbst/5402471
▶ DAIRY PRODUCTION ON FACTORY FARMS: HOW COWS ARE USED FOR INDUSTRIAL MILK http://www.farmsanctuary.org/learn/factory-farming/dairy/ ▶ THE INDUSTRIAL MILK FACTORY, IT'S NO DAIRY http://www.factory-farming.com/milk_factory.html VIDEO INVESTIGATION: DAIRY'S DARK SIDE http://www.mercyforanimals.org/dairy/ Ian Somerhalder Foundation ▶ FACTORY FARMING IN AMERICA, PART 5: THE LIFE OF A DAIRY COW http://www.isfoundation.com/campaign/creatures/factory-farming-america-part-5-life-dairy-cow Ganaderia Mexico ▶ OUR INCREDIBLE DISCONNECT FROM OUR FARM ANIMALS: INVESTING IN ROBOTIC MILKING FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS http://ganaderiamexico.blogspot.com/2013/03/investing-in-robotic-milking-for-future.html April 22, 2013 - Humanosphere ▶ STATE DEREGULATION OF INDUSTRIAL DAIRY FARMS - ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION RESPONDS http://www.riverkeeper.org/news-events/news/preserve-river-ecology/environmental-coalition-responds-to-state-deregulation-of-industrial-dairy-farms May 23, 2013 The Ecologist ▶ IS THERE GRASS IN THAT MILK? FREE-RANGE MILK http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/1938283/is_there_grass_in_that_milk.html ========================== FEEDLOT CATTLE An Image Says A Thousand Words http://ow.ly/mEGS1 ========================== October 5, 2012: - The Globe and Mail ▶ ****CAN MEAT FACTORIES BE SAFE, AT 4000 COWS A DAY, 3000 STEAKS A MINUTE? http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/can-meat-factories-be-safe-at-4000-cows-a-day-3000-steaks-a-minute/article4593690/
MEATONOMICS The huge “externalized” costs the animal food system imposes on taxpayers, animals and the environment http://sco.lt/5zvTyT July 10, 2013 Grist ▶ MEAT INDUSTRY DOESN'T WANT TO TELL YOU WHERE YOUR MEAT COMES FROM http://grist.org/news/meat-industry-doesnt-want-to-tell-you-where-your-meat-comes-from/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=socialflow ▶ THE DRUG STORE IN AMERICAN MEAT: CAFOs AND INDUSTRIAL FACTORY FARMING YOUR MEAT http://sco.lt/5pYaYr April 4, 2013 - Grist ▶ WHITE HOUSE GUTS THE NEW SAFETY RULES IN FAVOR OF CORPORATIONS http://grist.org/food/oh-rot-the-white-house-just-gutted-the-new-food-safety-rules/?utm_campaign=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter June 6, 2013 Huffington Post Green ▶ ****USDA INSPECTOR GENERAL: FOOD SAFETY AND HUMANE SLAUGHTER LAWS IGNORED WITH IMPUNITY http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-friedrich/usda-inspector-general-fo_b_3333853.html Feb 28, 2013 - New Statesman ▶ MEAT MARKET: THE RISKS OF OUR CORRUPT GLOBAL FOOD CHAIN http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/culture/2013/02/meat-market-risks-our-corrupt-global-food-chain ▶ AMERICAN MEAT: SUSTAINABLE FARMING vs CAFOs CORPORATE FACTORY FARMING http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3996006334/american-meat-sustainable-farming-vs-cafos-factory-farming ▶ OUR INDUSTRIALIZED FOOD SYSTEM - PART 1 - BEEF'S RAW EDGES http://sco.lt/5gZpWT
====================== ANTIBIOTICS IN OUR FOOD ====================== March 20, 2013 - Pew Health Initiatives ▶ NEARLY 30 MILLION POUNDS OF ANTIBIOTICS WERE SOLD BY BIG PHARMA FOR USE IN FOOD ANIMALS http://www.pewhealth.org/reports-analysis/issue-briefs/washington-food-leaders-urge-sen-murray-to-shine-a-light-on-industrial-farms-antibiotic-use-85899461346 - ▶ PHARMED FOOD - Antibiotics in Your Meat http://www.npr.org/templates/archives/archive.php?thingId=243035549 ▶ ANTIBIOTIC USE IN FARM ANIMALS STILL BROADLY UNADDRESSED DESPITE 'FANFARE' FROM FDA http://sco.lt/8A4ZdJ ▶ ALTERING OUR COWS BY INJECTING THEM WITH rBST FORCING THEM TO PRODUCE MORE MILK http://www.seeddaily.com/reports/Cattle_flatulence_doesnt_stink_with_biotechnology_999.html May 1, 2013 Food And Environment Reporting ▶ ANTIBIOTICS IN YOUR FOOD: WHAT'S CAUSING THE RISE IN ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA IN OUR FOOD SUPPLY (AND WHY YOU SHOULD BUY ANTIBIOTIC-FREE FOOD http://thefern.org/2013/05/whats-causing-the-rise-in-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria/ Environmental Working Group Fulll Report ▶ MEAT AND ANTIBIOTICS - 2013 MEAT EATERS GUIDE http://www.ewg.org/meateatersguide/superbugs/ April 26, 2013 Huffington Post Green Andrew Gunther: ▶ ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA: BIG AG WASHES ITS HANDS OF ANY RESPONSIBILITYhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-gunther/antibioticresistant-bacte_b_3141661.html 28 March, 2013 - Earth In Transition ▶ NEW DANGERS FROM FACTORY FARM BACTERIA AND ANTIBIOTICS http://www.earthintransition.org/2013/03/new-dangers-from-factory-farm-bacteria- ▶ THE DRUG STORE IN AMERICAN MEAT: CAFOs Factory Farming http://sco.lt/6nyxoP March 20, 2013 - Pew Health Initiatives ▶ SHINING A LIGHT ON INDUSTRIAL FARMS ANTIBIOTIC USE - NEARLY 30 MILLION POUNDS OF ANTIBIOTICS WERE SOLD BY BIG PHARMA FOR USE IN FOOD ANIMALS http://www.pewhealth.org/reports-analysis/issue-briefs/washington-food-leaders-urge-sen-murray-to-shine-a-light-on-industrial-farms-antibiotic-use-85899461346 ================= SLAUGHTER HOUSES ================= VIDEO by PAUL McCARTNEY (Former "Beatle") ▶ THE WEBSITE THE MEAT INDUSTRY DOESN'T WANT YOU TO SEE http://www.meat.org/ October 5, 2012: - The Globe and Mail ▶ CAN MEAT FACTORIES BE SAFE, AT 4000 COWS A DAY, 3000 STEAKS A MINUTE? http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/can-meat-factories-be-safe-at-4000-cows-a-day-3000-steaks-a-minute/article4593690/ The Atlantic, September 25, 2013 - ▶ WHY AGRICULTURE NEEDS MORE WOMEN http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/09/agriculture-needs-more-women/279987/ April 10, 2013 - Global Possibilities - Dot Earth ▶ HUMAN SPECIES NO LONGER CAN IGNORE THE RIGHTS OF NON-HUMAN PERSONS TO HUMANE TREATMENT AND SLAUGHTER http://www.globalpossibilities.org/when-is-a-person-not-a-human-when-its-a-dolphin-or-chimp-or/ VIDEO March 22, 2013 - Care2 VEAL CALVES TOO WEAK TO STAND WILL NOT BE SLAUGHTERED - USDA http://s.einnews.com/VuigRh4iLP http://ow.ly/jmkEG April 28, 2012 Huffington Post Green ▶ USDA INSPECTOR GENERAL: FOOD SAFETY AND HUMANE SLAUGHTER LAWS IGNORED WITH IMPUNITY http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-friedrich/usda-inspector-general-fo_b_3333853.html ▶ USDA CLOSES SLAUGHTERHOUSE AFTER VIDEO SHOWING SICKENING ANIMAL CRUELTY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2480542878/usda-closes-slaughterhouse-after-video-showing-sickening-animal-cruelty &nbs
January 5, 2013 - The Guardian ▶ IN-VITRO BURGER ANYONE? THE FUTURE OF FOOD With billions of mouths to feed, we can't go on producing food in the traditional way. Scientists are coming up with novel ways to cater for future generations. In-Vitro burger, anyone?... http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/jan/05/the-future-of-food
Guardian Sustainable Business December 17, 2014 ▶ TECHNOLOGY IS READY FOR SYNTHETIC FOODS. ARE YOU? Synthetic foods are increasingly touted as the future of comestibles. But the technology has rapidly outstripped consumer interest. How do you push progress that makes people squirm? http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/dec/17/synthetic-foods-technology-labeling-gmo
January 5, 2013 - The Guardian ▶ INVITRO BURGERS: INSIDE THE MEAT LAB" - THE FUTURE OF FOOD http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/jan/05/the-future-of-food
National Geographic, May 21, 2014 ▶ TEST-TUBE MEAT: Here's one vision of the future of meat: We manufacture it from stem cells in giant "bioreactors" of the sort you might find in a modern pharmaceutical factory. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/05/140521-synthetic-cultured-lab-meat-pig-backyard-food-science/
VIDEO August 5, 2013 The Daily Beast - Newsweek ▶ WHAT A $330,000 FAKE BURGER TASTES LIKE http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/08/05/the-330-000-fake-burger.html
Guardian, July 12, 2014 ▶ LABORATORY-GROWN BEEF: MEAT WITHOUT THE MURDER, BUT WOULD YOU EAT IT? Growing meat in labs could cut hunger, tackle climate change and end animal slaughter, but creator Professor Mark Post says the biggest beef will be convincing consumers. http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jul/13/laboratory-grown-beef-meat-without-murder-hunger-climate-change
FastCoExist, December 11, 2014 ▶ THE FUTURE OF MEAT: 35 IN-VITRO PETRI DISH MEAT RECIPES YOU CANT COOK YET. Knitted meat and see-through sashimi The "In Vitro Meat Cookbook" will probably make you squirm http://www.fastcoexist.com/3039551/change-generation/the-future-of-meat-45-in-vitro-meat-recipes-you-cant-cook-yet Guardian Sustainable Business, November 07, 2014 ▶ LUNCH FROM A LAB PETRI DISH? A BROOKLYN COMPANY BUILDS A BETTER BURGER http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/nov/07/laboratory-beef-leather-modern-meadow-brooklyn-horizons?CMP=new_1194
Alternet, September 13, 2014 ▶ MEAT IS KILLING US - CAN THE FRANKENBURGER SAVE THE PLANET http://www.alternet.org/food/meat-killing-us-can-frankenburger-save-planet
VIDEO - Maastricht University CULTURED BEEF The world faces critical food shortages in the near future as demand for meat is expected to increase by more than two-thirds, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Cultured Beef represents the crucial first step in finding a sustainable alternative to meat production.... http://culturedbeef.net/home/
Los Angeles Times, May 20, 2014 ▶ HUNGRY FOR A HELPING OF TEST TUBE MEAT? IS CULTURED "IN VITRO" MEAT THE FOOD OF THE FUTURE? http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-test-tube-meat-20140519-story.html August 2, 2013 Science Now ▶ HERE IT COMES ... THE $375,000 LAB-GROWN BEEF BURGER http://news.sciencemag.org/2013/08/here-it-comes-%E2%80%A6-375000-lab-grown-beef-burger
May 12, 2013 New York Times ▶ ENGINEERING THE $325,000 VITRO BURGER http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/science/engineering-the-325000-in-vitro-burger.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 March 30, 2013 - Mircel's Kitchen ▶ SAY HELLO TO "IN VITRO MEAT" http://mircelskitchen.wordpress.com/2013/03/30/say-hello-to-in-vitro-meat/
Guardian, August 05, 2014 ▶ FIRST HAMBURGER MADE FROM LAB-GROWN MEAT TO BE SERVED AT PRESS CONFERENCE. Dr Mark Post aims to prove that growing meat in labs could reduce the impact of livestock production on the environment. http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/aug/05/first-hamburger-lab-grown-meat-press-conference VIDEO August 5, 2013 Huffington Post Tech TEST-TUBE BURGER' LACKS FLAVOR, EARLY TASTERS SAY ... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/05/test-tube-burger_n_3707213.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003&ir=Technology CNN, August 08, 2009 ▶ IN VITRO MEAT: WOULD LAB-BURGERS BE BETTER FOR US AND THE PLANET? http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/08/07/eco.invitro.meat/
▶ à LA CARTE CHEMICALS CUISINE POISED TO SHAKE UP THE WAY WE EAT: TEST TUBE GOURMET MEALS? http://sco.lt/8BE3If ▶ COULD EATING LESS MEAT HELP SAVE THE PLANET? http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3304266960/could-eating-less-meat-help-save-the-planet-and-avoid-an-ecological-disaster ▶ YOUR FOOD MAY SOON BE STERILIZED WITH 'MICROWAVE ZAP' - KILLING LIVING FOOD http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3571313667/your-food-may-soon-be-sterilized-with-microwave-zap-killing-living-food
September 2, 2013 Institute of Science in Society -▶ BEWARE, THE CHANGING FACE OF GENETIC MODIFICATION: MISLEADING CONSUMERS AND GOVERNMENTS TO AVOID REGULATION http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Beware_the_Changing_Face_of_Genetic_Modification.php
-▶ UNLEASHING GENETICALLY SALMON ONTO YOUR DINNER PLATE = NO REGULATIONS, NO OVERSIGHT - "FATALLY FLAWED" FDA ASSESSMENT http://sco.lt/8ZDraz
▶ UNPROVEN, UNREGULATED, UNLABELED GMO BANANAS FOR PREGNANT WOMEN IN INDIA: THE DANGERS OF VITAMIN A FORTIFICATION AND OVERDOSE http://sco.lt/9KuWav
▶ PATENT FOR A PIG: BIOTECH SCIENTISTS PUSH TO PATENT, "IMPROVE" TRANSGENIC GMO 'ENVIROPIGS' FOR YOU TO EAT http://sco.lt/6nOLuz ===========================
UNDER SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY, LIFE WILL NOT BE A PRODUCT OF NATURE BUT OF A LAB AND IT WILL BE PATENTED AND PRIVATIZED http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2995205047/under-synthetic-biology-life-will-not-be-a-product-of-nature-but-of-a-lab-and-it-will-be-patented-and-privatized
▶ THE NEXT GMO BIOTECH WAVE: EXTREME SYNTHETIC GENETICS. THE IMPLICATIONS, THE ETHICS http://sco.lt/6TyUmv ▶ OUR 21ST CENTURY FACTORY OF LIFE - RE-ENGINEERING, PROGRAMMING AND PATENTING LIFE ITSELF http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3892958301/our-21st-century-factory-of-life-re-engineering-programming-and-patenting-life-itself
=========================== August 2, 2013 Nation of Change ▶ OUR CURRENT FAST FOOD HAMBURGERS COULD BE AS LITTLE AS TWO PERCENT ACTUAL MEAT http://www.nationofchange.org/shocking-fast-food-hamburgers-could-be-little-2-percent-actual-meat-1375453182 Reuters, November 25, 2013 - ▶ NEW GERMAN COALITION WOULD SEEK STRICTER LABELING OF GMO-FED MEAT AND FOOD http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/11/25/us-germany-coalition-agriculture-idUKBRE9AO0DW20131125 SO YOU WANT TO EAT MEAT? FEEDLOTS v PASTURES http://sco.lt/78Q26r
▶ HIGH STEAKS http://sco.lt/5G3rBB
MEATONOMICS: The huge “externalized” costs the animal food system imposes on taxpayers, animals and the environment http://sco.lt/5zvTyT
▶ THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF BEEF: OUR INDUSTRIALIZED FOOD SYSTEM - 3 Part Series http://sco.lt/7x5J2X ▶ BEEF'S RAW EDGES - OUR INDUSTRIALIZED FOOD SYSTEM - THREE PART SERIES http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3700180310/beef-s-raw-edges-our-industrialized-food-system-3-part-series
▶ HORSE BURGERS SHOULD HAVE US ALL WEEPING IN THE AISLES http://sco.lt/8xBiAz
FILM 1:05:02 "ALMA" - A JOURNEY INTO THE SOUL OF HUMANITY A powerful statement about Brazil's Amazon Cattle Ranching, Deforestation and the powerful global industrial economy http://sco.lt/7RqffF
▶ THE DRUG STORE IN AMERICAN MEAT: CAFOs / FACTORY FARMING VIDEO http://sco.lt/5pYaYr ▶ 65 BILLION ANIMALS RAISED IN CORPORATE CONCENTRATION PENS: DRUGS, GMO FEED AND 'AG-GAG' LAWS http://sco.lt/6GRczB
▶ THE FUTURE OF FOOD by Bill Gates, the greatest single, private investor for genetically engineered biotech food in the world. http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-agriculture/bill-gates-thinks-fake-meat-future.html
▶ BILL GATES, MONSANTO AND EUGENICS: How One of the World's Wealthiest Men is Actively Promoting a Corporate takeover of global health, food and agriculture http://sco.lt/8Csev3
▶ WHY MANY MILLIONS OF ANIMALS, LIKE PEOPLE, ARE NOW OVERWEIGHT - CHEMICALS, PESTICIDES IN YOUR FOOD http://sco.lt/5MB0TJ US National Institute of Health ▶ CHEMICAL TOXINS: A RESEARCH PAPER TO EXPLAIN THE GLOBAL OBESITY EPIDEMIC http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12006126
- ▶ OUR INDUSTRIAL, WESTERN AGRICULTURAL FOOD SYSTEM IS DESTROYING THE EARTH AND OUR HEALTH http://sco.lt/686Qi1
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October 10, 2012 Mother Jones, Tom Philpott - ▶ HOW NOT TO "FEED THE WORLD" A blistering new Oxfam report debunks the theory that export crops are the best use of land in the developing world. This idea dominates the marketing material of giant agrichemical firms like Monsanto. "In order to feed the world's growing population, farmers must produce more food in the next fifty years than they have in the past 10,000 years combined"... The globe's farms are already producing enough food to feed 12 billion people—twice the current population and a third again more than the peak of 9 billion expected to be reached in 2050. Yet at least 925 million people lack access to enough to eat. What causes hunger isn't insufficient crop yields but rather people's economic relationships to food: whether they have access to land to grow it, or sufficient income to buy it. http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2012/10/want-feed-world-first-stop-land-grabs
Independent Science News, March 09, 2015 ▶ WILL FOOD SOVEREIGNTY STARVE THE POOR AND PUNISH THE PLANET? The positive value of a globalised food supply is being actively questioned... http://www.independentsciencenews.org/environment/will-food-sovereignty-starve-the-poor-and-punish-the-planet/
Biosafety Information Centre, December 01, 2014 ▶ NEW REPORT: CHANGING COURSE TO FEED THE WORLD IN 2050, The theme for this year's World Food Prize was: “The Greatest Challenge in Human History: Can We Sustainably Feed the 9 Billion People on our Planet by the Year 2050?” A report by ActionAid USA states that feeding the world is possible only if we change course, moving away from the current destructive model of industrial agriculture which has been fueled by the gross misconception that hunger is due to inadequate food production rather than the real cause: inequitable access to food and food-producing resources. http://www.biosafety-info.net/article.php?aid=1120 ▶ ORIGINAL PDF REPORT. "Rising to the Challenge: Changing Course to Feed the World in 2050" based on a review of recent economic modeling studies by researchers at Tufts University’s Global Development and Environment Institute, finds that calls to double food production by 2050 to feed an estimated population of 9 billion are based on flawed forecasts and misleading characterizations of recent research. http://www.actionaidusa.org/sites/files/actionaid/aa_challenge_6.pdf
Appeal-Democrat, December 21, 2014 ▶ AG-TECH COULD CHANGE HOW WORLD EATS: —Silicon Valley is pushing its way into every stage of the food-growing process, from tech tycoons buying up farmland to startups selling robots that work the fields to hackathons dedicated to building the next farming app. Investors and entrepreneurs behind some of the world's newest industries have started to put their money and tech talents into farming — the world's oldest industry http://www.appeal-democrat.com/business/ag-tech-could-change-how-world-eats/article_af7d8ab2-88b3-11e4-a88c-53786b1de7d9.html
Ecocentric, March 17,2015 ▶ THE DANGER OF MONOCROPS: LESSONS FROM THE IRISH POTATO FAMINE http://www.gracelinks.org/blog/1150/the-danger-of-monocrops-lessons-from-the-irish-potato-famin
Truthout, December 04, 2014 ▶ SEEDS OF THE FUTURE DIMINISHING AS MONO INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE DOMINATES THE WORLD. A third of the world's land area is dedicated to agriculture. Farmers' fields and pastures comprise (after the oceans) the second largest ecosystem on the planet. This vast tract has been largely transformed into sterile monoculture deserts in which all other organisms are suppressed with agrochemicals, and only the cash crop is allowed to thrive. Whether it is soy in the Brazilian Amazon, wheat on the Ukrainian steppes or corn in Iowa, a single high-yield variety typically dominates the landscape for as far as the eye can see. http://truth-out.org/news/item/27760-seeds-of-the-future
WATCH BBC VIDEO REPORT A BILLION GO HUNGRY BECAUSE OF GMO FARMING Vandana Shiva http://www.sott.net/article/260505-A-billion-go-hungry-because-of-GMO-farming-Vandana-Shiva
▶ CULTIVATING SANITY : BANGLADESH FARMERS TURN BACK THE CLOCK TO COMBAT CLIMATE STRESSED CROPS - Cultivation of the old varieties is expanding in part because they need almost no chemical fertiliser or pesticides - which makes them cheaper and easier to grow - and because their yields are good in tough conditions. http://www.trust.org/item/20141126125124-0i6go
Newsweek, December 13, 2014 ▶ SOLVING HUNGER IN ETHIOPIA BY TURNING TO NATIVE CROPS http://www.newsweek.com/solving-hunger-ethiopia-turning-native-crops-291558
- ▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS NOT THE SOLUTION FOR "FEEDING THE WORLD' http://sco.lt/77BuML
Common Dreams, September 29, 2014 ▶ THE FALLACY OF 'FEEDING THE WORLD' http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/09/29/fallacy-feeding-world
Pambazuka -Voices for Freedom and Justice in Africa ▶ HOW COMPANIES FRAME ISSUES OF FOOD AND GLOBAL HUNGER FOR THEIR OWN SELF-INTEREST AND BOTTOMLINE PROFITS There is a new, but deceptive, foreign drive to end hunger in Africa through large-scale agribusiness. Yet helping poor households in rural Africa feed themselves in an affordable manner means introducing low-cost, sustainable enhancements to farming. History is riddled with examples of the poor dying of hunger when food was plentiful. Classic amongst these is the famine which wracked the West African Sahel during the early 1970s. While people were dying of hunger in Senegal, Mali and Niger, peanuts — a key sauce ingredient and source of protein across the region — were being exported to Europe.... ...The rise of philanthrocapitalism in the US, where former and current business leaders, through the strength of their foundations, have increasingly come to influence the shape and direction of US international development programmes. Central to the philanthrocapitalist worldview is a belief that private enterprise is the fundamental agent of progressive change and that business acumen trumps other forms of expertise... http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/85291
WHEN WALL STREET WENT TO AFRICA http://sco.lt/7znTf7
Humanosphere, October 23, 2014 ▶ UNITED STATES WASTES BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO SHIP FOOD AID. The United States spent more money to ship, handle and store food aid than on the actual food. A total of $17.9 billion was spent on food aid between 2003 and 2012 by the United States. Of that total, $9.2 billion was spent on just getting the food to the people in need. A comprehensive investigation by USA Today and Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism confirms what has long been said about U.S. food aid — it is inefficient and in need of reform. http://www.humanosphere.org/world-politics/2014/10/united-states-wastes-billions-dollars-ship-food-aid/
▶ FULL REPORT: HUNGER PAINS http://foodaid.nationalsecurityzone.org/
Buddhist Global Relief, July 12, 2013 - ▶ MORE FOOD OR NEW COLONIALISM FOR AFRICA http://buddhistglobalrelief.wordpress.com/2013/07/12/more-food-or-new-colonialism-for-africa/ Stephanie McMillan - - ▶ CONQUERED EVERYTHING - CAPITALIST FOOD PRODUCTION: A LEADING CAUSE OF HUNGER, ILLNESS, ECOCIDE, EXPLOITATION AND IMPERIALIST DOMINATION http://stephaniemcmillan.org/2012/10/26/conquered-everything/
Grist, October 20, 2014 ▶ INSTEAD OF TRYING TO FEED THE WORLD, WE SHOULD BE ENDING POVERTY http://grist.org/food/instead-of-trying-to-feed-the-world-we-should-be-ending-poverty/
New York Times, November 11, 2014 ▶ DON'T ASK HOW TO FEED THE 9 BILLION: The solution to malnourishment isn’t to produce more food. The solution is to eliminate poverty http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/12/opinion/dont-ask-how-to-feed-the-9-billion.html?_r=0
VIDEO Linking Population, Environment and Health: The Green Belt Movement (GBM) https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLFCA5BD7B2D8A8787?wmode=opaque&v=BSOauSpM_ew#t=100
The Daily Sheeple, June 25, 2014 ▶ MONSANTO, SYNGENTA, BAYER: BIG AGRI PEDDLES "GMO GRUEL" TO THE IMPOVERISHED. Perhaps the most racists, disgusting public relations stunt yet to sell genetically modified poison to the masses and monopolize the world’s food supply. http://www.thedailysheeple.com/monsanto-syngenta-bayer-big-agri-peddles-gmo-gruel-to-the-impoverished_062014
VIDEO (5:45) GENETICIST, DAVID SUZUKI SAYS HUMANS ARE PART OF A MASSIVE EXPERIMENT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mBF1OOPdTo#t=90
▶ THIS GRAND EXPERIMENT ON HUMAN BEINGS HAS TO STOP: Bill Gates Funds Risky, Untested, Unregulated Vitamin Fortified GMO Crops.. http://sco.lt/5uWAW9
Humanosphere, October 13, 2014 ▶ CRITICS SAY GATES FOUNDATION' AGRICULTURE PROGRAM WON'T HELP POOR FARMERS http://www.humanosphere.org/social-business/2014/10/critics-say-gates-foundations-agriculture-program-wont-help-poor-farmers/
GRAIN, November 04, 2014 FULL REPORT HOW DOES THE GATES FOUNDATION SPEND ITS MONEY TO "FEED THE WORLD" http://www.grain.org/article/entries/5064-how-does-the-gates-foundation-spend-its-money-to-feed-the-world
African Centre for Biosafety, November 18, 2013 - ▶ A CRITICAL LOOK AT THE ALLIANCE FOR A GREEN REVOLUTION IN AFRICA (AGRA) - 2013 REPORT GIVING WITH ONE HAND, TAKING WITH TWO http://www.acbio.org.za/
La Via Campesina, September 23, 2014 ▶ UNMASKING BIG CORPORATE "CLIMATE SMART" AGRICULTURE http://viacampesina.org/en/index.php/actions-and-events-mainmenu-26/1670-un-masking-climate-smart-agriculture
===================== THE HUNGER GAMES - HOW UK, USA SUPPORT FOR BIG AGRIBUSINESS IS FUELING POVERTY IN AFRICA http://sco.lt/5wKm1Z
===================== WATCH "HUNGER FOR PROFIT" (4:45) http://www.whypoverty.net/en/video/hunger-for-profit
New York Times, January 21, 2014 ▶ WHEN IT COMES TO FOOD, QUANTITY DOESN'T MEAN HEALTH http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/22/opinion/bittman-abundance-doesnt-mean-health.html?emc=edit_tnt_20140122&tntemail0=y Guardian Development, March 10, 2014 ▶ A FOOD SYSTEM THAT FAILS POOR COUNTRIES NEEDS URGENT REFORM, SAYS UN EXPERT http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/mar/10/food-system-poor-countries-reform-olivier-de-schutter
THE 21st CENTURY CORPORATE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA World Development Movement -▶ STOP THE CORPORATE TAKEOVER OF AFRICA'S FOOD. Under the guise of tackling hunger, initiatives like the G8 New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, will help corporations take control over Africa’s land, seeds and markets - at the expense of small farmers. Join our campaign to oppose this twenty-first century corporate scramble for Africa. - See more at: http://www.wdm.org.uk/food#sthash.dgDwkdF0.dpuf http://www.wdm.org.uk/food Oliver De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food March 10, 2014 -▶ DEMOCRACY AND DIVERSITY CAN MEND BROKEN FOOD SYSTEMS http://www.srfood.org/en/democracy-and-diversity-can-mend-broken-food-systems-final-diagnosis-from-un-right-to-food-expert -▶ FULL FINAL REPORT http://www.srfood.org/images/stories/pdf/officialreports/20140310_finalreport_en.pdf
The Economist, March 03, 2014 ▶ GIVING GENEROUSLY, WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME Last year, the WFP helped to feed over 90m people in 80 different countries. But the way it distributes food relief has been changing. In the 1960s, the organisation’s aid programmes for the developing world focussed on the distribution of food staples, often bought in developed countries, directly to the poor. Later, it was discovered that sourcing food more locally tended to be less disruptive to the local economy. Free distribution of food imported from elsewhere can undercut local food markets and cause more fundamental economic problems to occur. Buying more of it locally, it was found, tended to help farmers in the region more in the medium term. http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2014/03/world-food-programme May 21, 2013 Jeffrey Hollender - ▶ THE POVERTY CREATION INDUSTRY http://www.jeffreyhollender.com/?p=2799
VIDEO "WHO PROFITS FROM POVERTY?" http://sco.lt/4qDiJl
====================== FOOD AID FOR THE 21st CENTURY: MEETING THE OBJECTIVE...OR FEEDING THE BIG AG BIOTECH CHEMICAL CARTEL GRAVY TRAIN? http://sco.lt/6jtrlJ
===================== ▶ HUGE INCREASE IN DIABETES, STROKES, HEART DISEASE ON A GLOBAL SCALE: THE AMERICAN DIET AND LIFE STYLE EXPORTED http://sco.lt/80rmld ▶ OUR INDUSTRIAL WESTERN AGRICULTURAL FOOD SYSTEM IS DESTROYING THE EARTH, OUR CULTURES AND OUR HEALTH http://sco.lt/7JZlyb
Union Of Concerned Scientists - ▶ TOWARD HEALTHY FOOD AND FARMS: OUR AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM HAS LOST IT'S WAY http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/
BAN GMOs NOW A Special Report: Institute of Science in Society http://sco.lt/510SOX Climate & Capitalism, January 13, 2014 ▶ GMOs AND THE FABLES OF INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE http://climateandcapitalism.com/2014/01/13/gmos-fables-industrial-agriculture/
- ▶ OUR GMO CORNFIELDS ARE TOO QUIET: ALL LIFE CHEMICALLY EXTERMINATED, EXCEPT THE TOXIC CORN http://sco.lt/9Lh4iX
March-April 2012 Watershed Sentinel - ▶ CORN ON THE BORDER - NAFTA & DRASTIC FOOD CHANGES IN MEXICO http://www.watershedsentinel.ca/content/corn-border-line-how-nafta-changed-food-security-mexico
Food Reserves, September 02, 2014 ▶ THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSIBILITY OF THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPEAN UNION IN THE EXPLOSION OF WORLD PRICES OF CEREAL: http://www.foodreserves.org/?p=582
DW.DE English, October 28, 2013 - ▶ FIGHTING HUNGER THROUGH SUSTAINABLE FARMING Until now, many have believed that intensive farming is the answer to famine and malnutrition around the world. But now experts are challenging this idea, propagating quality and variety over quantity. http://www.dw.de/fighting-hunger-through-sustainable-farming/a-17186491 WATCH PBSNewshour Video Report - ▶ IN EL SALVADOR, AMERICAN JUNK FOOD CREATING CHAOS WITH HEALTH, CHILDREN AND CULTURAL NORMS http://sco.lt/5qSxOL
- ▶ United Nations : THE ERA OF EVER-LASTING PRODUCTION BASED ON MAXIMIZING PROFITS HAS REACHED ITS LIMITS http://sco.lt/6C3RoH WATCH LAND RUSH. WHY POVERTY?" THE UGLY RISE OF MONOCULTURE FARMING AND GLOBALIZED FOOD http://sco.lt/5z3gzB VIDEO HARVESTING JUSTICE: TRANSFORMING THE FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN IN THE USA http://www.otherworldsarepossible.org/ UN REPORT (PDF) Co-Authored by Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. - ▶ "A NEW DIALOGUE PUTTING PEOPLE AT THE HEART OF GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT" http://www.irishaid.ie/media/irishaid/allwebsitemedia/30whatwedo/HNCJ-conference-papers_final_small.pdf December 20, 2012 Transnational Institute - Agrarian Justice Olivier de Schutter: UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR - ▶ WHAT IS AGROECOLOGICAL FARMING AND WHY SHOULD IT BE SCALED UP? http://www.tni.org/multimedia/olivier-de-schutter-what-agroecological-farming-and-why-should-it-be-upscaled
- ▶ STARVED OF DEMOCRACY AND THE FIGHT AGAINST CORPORATE 'FOODOPOLY' http://sco.lt/8dmTQ1 April 15, 2013 Dublin Conference on Hunger, Nuitrition, Climate Justice - ▶ RISKS, RIGHTS, KNOWLEDGE AND EMPOWERMENT: CONNECTING THE DOTS http://ccafs.cgiar.org/blog/risks-rights-knowledge-and-empowerment-connecting-dots VIDEO TED TALK WHY LOCAL FOOD IS SAVING THE WORLD http://organicconnectmag.com/why-local-food-is-saving-the-world/#.UhXL_Lzc-RS - ▶ FORESTS, INDIGENOUS AND CLIMATE CHANGE http://sco.lt/92n6KP
- ▶ LAND GRABS: HOW FOREIGN "INVESTMENTS" ARE REDISTRIBUTING WEALTH, LAND AND WATER ACROSS THE GLOBE http://sco.lt/96H2yv - ▶ FOREIGN CORPORATIONS DESTROYING ECOSYSTEMS, INDIGENOUS LIVELIHOODS, NULLIFYING LAND RIGHTS, CREATING DEPENDENCY ON A GLOBAL SCALE http://sco.lt/6rqPLN
IMPORTANT READ: .... - ▶ THE ECONOMICS OF CURBING SPECULATION IN FOOD, WATER AND VITAL REOURCES http://sco.lt/6znBab WATCH - ▶ "THE FOOD SPECULATOR;" FOOD SPECULATION AND THE STOCKMARKET http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/food-speculator/ - ▶ PLACING PROFITS ABOVE WELL BEING : CHALLENGING THE DESTRUCTIVE POWER OF AGRO-CHEMICAL INDUSTRY http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/blog/anna-lappe-activist-food-campaign WATCH - ▶ A SYSTEM BASED ON PROFIT IS UNSUSTAINABLE: VANDANA SHIVA http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1614565249/a-system-based-on-profits-is-unsustainable-vandana-shiva MONSANTO: A CORPORATE PROFILE http://sco.lt/5TGVDl August 30, 2012 Boulder Weekly - ▶ MONSANTO'S POINT OF NO RETURN - MONSANTO'S CUT-THROAT MONOPOLY BUSINESS MODEL - SEED PATENTS, PESTICIDES, CHEMICALS, FERTILIZERS http://www.boulderweekly.com/article-9613-monsantos-point-of-no-return.html - ▶ 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 May 2013 National Geographic - ▶ THE CURSE OF INDUSTRIAL, CHEMICAL-BASED FERTILIZERS http://sco.lt/7oRwsT - ▶ FOOD FOREST CAN MITIGATE RISK OF "FEAST OR FAMINE" - BIG CORPORATE AG IS NOT THE ANSWER http://sco.lt/8q2M41 PERMACULTURE IS THE SILVER-GREEN BULLET FOR THE MIDDLE EAST http://sco.lt/5Tql9d - ▶ FIVE HOLISTIC FARMING METHODS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO LARGE INDUSTRIAL MONOCROP PRODUCTION http://sco.lt/8pPAX3 January 18, 2011 YES Magazine - ▶ FOOD FOR A ROOTED FUTURE: RICE FARMERS IN THE PHILIPPINES GO CHEMICAL FREE, COMMUNITY STRONG http://www.yesmagazine.org/blogs/john-cavanagh-and-robin-broad/food-for-a-rooted-future
▶ SWEET-TALKING THE PUBLIC: THE COVERT WAR BETWEEN CORN AND SUGAR INDUSTRIES: HOW TO MARKETING ADDICTION http://sco.lt/5iliLp - ▶ 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
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April 23, 2012 Biosafety Information Center ▶ GMO CROPS WILL NOT FEED THE WORLD. A review article in the Agronomy for Sustainable Development journal concludes that GM crops will not only not feed the world, they are hampering efforts to sustainably feed the world by jeopardizing existing biological and genetic diversity. http://www.biosafety-info.net/article.php?aid=965 We reproduce the abstract here. The full article is available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13593-013-0138-9
-▶ POPE FRANCIS SLAMS GMOs and PESTICIDES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL, HUMAN HEALTH AND SOCIAL DAMAGE http://sustainablepulse.com/2015/06/16/pope-francis-slams-gmos-and-pesticides-for-environmental-and-social-damage/#.VYcw9KbD-vU
EWG, March 31, 2015 ▶ CLAIMS THAT GMOs WILL "FEED THE WORLD" DON'T HOLD UP http://www.ewg.org/release/claims-gmos-will-feed-world-don-t-hold
Genetic Literacy Project May 4, 2015 ▶ GMOs=MONOCULURE=BIO-DISASTER TIME TO REVISE SIMPLISTIC IDEOLOGICAL NARRATIVE http://www.geneticliteracyproject.org/2015/05/04/gmosmonoculturebio-disaster-time-to-revise-simplistic-ideological-narrative/
The Ecologist, March 26, 2015 - ▶ 'ALTERED GENES, TWISTED TRUTH' : JANE GOODALL ON THE GREAT GMO DECEPTION http://www.theecologist.org/reviews/2782286/altered_genes_twisted_truth.html
The Ecologist, April 21, 2015 THE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS FACING GMOs - THEY DON'T WORK AND WE DON'T WANT THEM http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2837368/the_existential_crisis_facing_gmos_they_dont_work_and_we_dont_want_them.html
The Independent , March 29, 2015 ▶ 'FEEDING THE WORLD' DOES NOT JUST MEAN HIGHER YIELDS : THE CASE AGAINST GM CROPS http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/feeding-the-world-does-not-just-means-higher-yields-the-case-against-gm-crops-10142238.html
WATCH BBC VIDEO REPORT A BILLION GO HUNGRY BECAUSE OF GMO FARMING Vandana Shiva http://www.sott.net/article/260505-A-billion-go-hungry-because-of-GMO-farming-Vandana-Shiva
Natural Society, Novermber 04, 2012 -▶ GMO CROPS PROVEN TO BE INEFFECTIVE AT FIGHTING WORLD HUNGER. DEVOID OF NUTRITION Funded by the World Bank and United Nations, an organization was created known as the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD). Consisting of 900 scientists and researchers, they set out to examine the complex issue of world hunger. While the issue of world hunger may be quite complex, their results were not. Quite plainly, the group found that genetically modified crops were not a meaningful solution to the problem. In other words, the expert team showed through rigorous analysis and repeated study that the claims made by Bill Gates are completely inaccurate... http://naturalsociety.com/gmo-crops-proven-to-be-ineffective-at-fighting-world-hunger/
Radio New Zealand, April 16, 2015 ▶ VANUATU BAN GM SEED IMPORTS FROM THE RELIEF EFFORT Vanuatu ban GM seed imports from the relief effort http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/programmes/datelinepacific/audio/20174984/vanuatu-ban-gm-seed-imports-from-the-relief-effort
The Ecologist, February 12, 2015 ▶ LAND AND SEED LAWS UNDER ATTACK AS AFRICA IS GROOMED FOR CORPORATE RECOLONIZATION. A battle is raging for control of resources in Africa - land, water, seeds, minerals, ores, forests, oil, renewable energy sources... http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2752051/land_and_seed_laws_under_attack_as_africa_is_groomed_for_corporate_recolonization.html
Pambazuka -Voices for Freedom and Justice in Africa ▶ HOW COMPANIES FRAME ISSUES OF FOOD AND GLOBAL HUNGER FOR THEIR OWN SELF-INTEREST AND BOTTOMLINE PROFITS There is a new, but deceptive, foreign drive to end hunger in Africa through large-scale agribusiness. Yet helping poor households in rural Africa feed themselves in an affordable manner means introducing low-cost, sustainable enhancements to farming. ...The rise of philanthrocapitalism in the US, where former and current business leaders, through the strength of their foundations, have increasingly come to influence the shape and direction of US international development programmes. Central to the philanthrocapitalist worldview is a belief that private enterprise is the fundamental agent of progressive change and that business acumen trumps other forms of expertise... http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/85291
GHANA AND GMOs Pambazuka, February 19, 2015 Genetic engineering is about private corporate control of the food system. ▶ THE RABID TACTICS OF THE BIOTECH INDUSTRY TO GAIN CONTROL OF GHANA'S FOOD SYSTEM Whose interests does Prof. Alhassan represent? Prof. Alhassan was been quoted as dismissing anti-GMO groups because, according to him, they allegedly do not have any scientific proof or knowledge to offer when it comes GMO technology. But he is wrong. Ghanaian farmers need to abhor and reject scientists laden with conflicts of interest. Monsanto and Syngenta are particularly greedy to get their hands on Ghana’s agriculture and control the seed market here.Professor Alhassan is attempting to control the information farmers and the public see and hear just like the industry he represents.... “Today, large numbers of scientists are in the employ of Big Pharma, Big Ag, and all kinds of corporations with anti-environmental and anti-social justice agendas.”(2)... Professor Alhassan is a key employee of Big Ag, and has been for his entire career.... http://www.pambazuka.net/en/category/comment/94029
WATCH (6:29) ANNA LAPPE AND FOOD MYTHBUSTERS DO WE NEED INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE TO FEED THE WORLD? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uem2ceZMxYk
VIDEO REPORT March 12, 2013 - NPR MarketPlace PROCESSED (GMO) FOODS MAKE UP 70 PERCENT OF THE U.S. DIET: WITH ABOUT 5,000 DIFFERENT CHEMICAL ADDITIVES -- AND THE FDA IS CLUELESS: Author Melanie Warner discusses the complexities of the processed foods that line the shelves at the supermarket... http://www.marketplace.org/topics/life/big-book/processed-foods-make-70-percent-us-diet
Truthout, December 04, 2014 ▶ SEEDS OF THE FUTURE DIMINISHING AS MONO INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE DOMINATES THE WORLD. A third of the world's land area is dedicated to agriculture. Farmers' fields and pastures comprise (after the oceans) the second largest ecosystem on the planet. This vast tract has been largely transformed into sterile monoculture deserts in which all other organisms are suppressed with agrochemicals, and only the cash crop is allowed to thrive. Whether it is soy in the Brazilian Amazon, wheat on the Ukrainian steppes or corn in Iowa, a single high-yield variety typically dominates the landscape for as far as the eye can see. http://truth-out.org/news/item/27760-seeds-of-the-future
OWNING THE SEEDS OF LIFE SEED PATENT AND CONTROL OF YOUR FOOD THE GLOBAL CORPORATE MONOPOLY http://sco.lt/6FiLkv
inter Press Service, March 23, 2015 ▶ GATES FOUNDATION SLAMMED FOR PLAN TO PRIVATISE AFRICAN SEED MARKETS http://www.ipsnews.net/2015/03/gates-foundation-slammed-for-plan-to-privatise-african-seed-markets/
HOW NOT TO "FEED THE WORLD" http://sco.lt/8vwnk9
June 19, 2013 Biosafety Info -▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS AND HUNGER - ANOTHER LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE http://www.biosafety-info.net/article.php?aid=981
The Daily Sheeple, June 25, 2014 ▶ MONSANTO, SYNGENTA, BAYER: BIG AGRI PEDDLES "GMO GRUEL" TO THE IMPOVERISHED. Perhaps the most racists, disgusting public relations stunt yet to sell genetically modified poison to the masses and monopolize the world’s food supply. http://www.thedailysheeple.com/monsanto-syngenta-bayer-big-agri-peddles-gmo-gruel-to-the-impoverished_062014
The Ecologist, February 23, 2015 ▶ THERE IS NO SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS ON GMO SAFETY http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2766504/there_is_no_scientific_consensus_on_gmo_safety.html
Sustainable Pulse, February 01, 2015 -▶ OVER 300 SCIENTISTS AND LEGAL EXPERTS AGREE: THERE IS NO CONSENSUS" ON SAFETY OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED (GM) CROPS AND FOOD http://sustainablepulse.com/2015/02/01/scientific-consensus-gmo-safety-statement-published-peer-reviewed-journal/
Institute of Science In Society, December 10, 2014 ▶ MARKED DETERIORATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH PARALLELS INCREASE IN GM CROPS AND GLYPHOSATE USE, US GOVERNMENT DATA SHOWS http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Deterioration_of_Public_Health.php
Sustainable Pulse, February 14, 2014 ▶ "ROUNDUP" PESTICIDE LINKED TO GLOBAL BOOM IN CELIAC DISEASE AND GLUTEN INTOLERANCE http://sustainablepulse.com/2014/02/19/roundup-linked-global-boom-celiac-disease-gluten-intolerance/#.VI3luydQW6A
NEW CHARGES AGAINST MONSANTO'S "PESTICIDE" ROUNDUP (NEEDED FOR GMO CROPS) THE ULTIMATE KILLING MACHINE http://sco.lt/5bdPhx Michael Pollan: "Don't miss this VIDEO, about the next wave of herbicide-tolerant crops from Monsanto-- will make Round-Up look benign" VIDEO: DANGERS OF DICAMBA http://www.fixfood.org/features
-▶ PESTICIDES USE RAMPING UP AS GMO CROP TECHNOLOGY BACKFIRES: STUDY http://ow.ly/eb2NH
Guardian Sustainable Business, November 20, 2014 ▶ CHINA BOYCOTT'S U.S. GMO CORN: As China closes its markets to many types of US corn, questions arise about the costs and benefits of genetically modified food http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/nov/20/china-gmo-corn-boycott-markets
Reuters, December 04, 2014 ▶ EU DEAL GIVES COUNTRIES OPT-OUT ON GROWING APPROVED GM CROPS http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/04/us-eu-gmos-idUSKCN0JI16P20141204
WATCH; POISONING PARADISE: ISLANDS AT RISK THE GENETIC ENGINEERING FOOD WAR IN HAWAII
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FACT-CHECKING ABOUT GMO FOODS In the last few decades many Americans have been suffering from different chronic diseases. Many factors could be contributing in the increase in chronic diseases but the most important one is indeed our diet, even more so than our lifestyle.... http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-foods/fact-checking-gmo-foods/#FDA
Feb 2, 2013 - John Vidal, The Guardian - -▶ IT'S HARD TO TRUST GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD WHEN IT IS IN THE GRIP OF A FEW GLOBAL GIANTS http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/feb/03/gm-food-grip-global-giants
▶ HOW MONOCULTURE THREATENS THE FUTURE OF FOOD - GROWING FOOD IN DEAD SOIL http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/01/01/bees-dying-from-chemical-agriculture.aspx?e_cid=20130101_DNL_art_2#_edn1
Truthout, November 26, 2014 ▶ UNITED NATIONS CALLS FOR AN END TO INDUSTRIALIZED FARMING http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/27636-united-nations-calls-for-an-end-to-industrialized-farming
Common Dreams, March 21, 2014 -▶ RADICAL UN REPORT PROMOTES DEMOCRATIC CONTROL OF FOOD AND AN END TO CORPORATE DOMINATION http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/21-0
Worldwatch Institute, March 24, 2015 ▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROP INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO EXPAND http://www.worldwatch.org/genetically-modified-crop-industry-continues-expand-0
-▶ “STUNNING: DIFFERENCE OF GM FROM NON-GM CORN http://sco.lt/5X53bt
May 6, 2013 Food Safety News -▶ GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROP RISK ASSESSMENT CHALLENGES: AN OVERVIEW http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2013/05/ge-crop-risk-assessment-challenges-an-overview/#.UYsK74Lyeic
▶ HOW BIOTECH CORPORATIONS AND GMO CROPS ARE THREATENING THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMANKIND ALIKE http://sco.lt/7OmezB
OUR GMO CORNFIELDS ARE TOO QUIET ALL LIFE CHEMICALLY EXTERMINATED - EXCEPT THE GENE-ALTERED CORN http://sco.lt/6przzF
June 19, 2013 Xinhua News -▶ NORTH AMERICAN CROPS FAILING WITH RELIANCE ON GM BIOTECHNOLOGIES - STUDY http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/sci/2013-06/19/c_132467575.htm
-▶ GMO BIOSAFETY INFORMATION CENTER http://www.biosafety-info.net/
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HOW GMO FOODS AFFECT HEALTH GENE ALTERED FOODS NOW LARGE PART OF AMERICAN DIET UNREGULATED, UNLABELED, NO OVERSIGHT http://dailyhealthpost.com/how-gmo-foods-affect-health/#axzz2NCebcdtc
Project Syndicate April 02, 2015 ▶ THE GLOBAL OBESITY THREAT http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/global-obesity-threat-by-richard-dobbs-and-boyd-swinburn-2015-04
April 24, 2013 EurActive ▶ SPECIAL REPORT: POORER NATIONS FACE AN UNWANTED EUROPEAN IMPORT: OBESITY http://www.euractiv.com/specialreport-nutrition-child-su/poorer-nations-face-unwanted-eur-news-519309
OBESITY PLUS THE GREAT AMERICAN EXPORT. HUGE INCREASE IN DIABETES, STROKES, HEART ATTACKS ON A GLOBAL SCALE http://sco.lt/4hekXh
▶ GIANT FOOD CORPORATIONS WORK HAND-IN-GLOVE WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO DISH UP CHEAP, UNHEALTHY FOOD |Global Research http://www.globalresearch.ca/giant-food-corporations-work-hand-in-glove-with-corrupt-government-agencies-to-dish-up-cheap-unhealthy-food/5324525
FAST FOOD, SLOW DEATH Most Fast Food contains GMOs "Food Deserts" and the $500 Billion Corporate Food Monopoly http://sco.lt/6YRaUr +++WATCH +++ IN EL SALVADOR, AMERICAN JUNK FOOD CREATING CHAOS WITH HEALTH, CHILDREN AND CULTURAL NORMS - PBS NEWSHOUR VIDEO REPORT http://sco.lt/5qSxOL
BAN GMOs NOW A Special Institute of Science in Society http://sco.lt/5CPilt
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Common Dreams, February 23, 2015 ▶ MANIPULATE AND MISLEAD: HOW GMOs ARE INFILTRATING AFRICA The most persistent myth about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is that they are necessary to feed a growing global population. Highly effective marketing campaigns have drilled it into our heads that GMOs will produce more food on less land in an environmentally friendly manner. The mantra has been repeated so often that it is considered to be truth. Now this mantra has come to Africa, sung by the United States government and multinational corporations like Monsanto, seeking to open new markets for a product that has been rejected by so many others around the globe. http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/02/23/manipulate-and-mislead-how-gmos-are-infiltrating-africa
THE CORPORATE 'PHILANTHROCAPITLISTS' TAKEOVER OF AFRICAN AND GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY http://sco.lt/6CHP3R
Farmlandgrab, January 03, 2015 ▶ BARBARIANS AT THE FARM GATE http://farmlandgrab.org/post/view/24381
Common Dreams, February 06, 2015 ▶ THE RE-COLONIZATION OF AFRICA http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/02/06/re-colonization-africa
March 14, 2013 Al Jazeera VIDEO REPORT ARGENTINA'S BAD SEEDS: THE HUMAN COSTS OF GMO SOY http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/peopleandpower/2013/03
THE HUNGER GAMES: HOW UK, USA SUPPORT FOR BIG AGRIBUSINESS IS FUELING POVERTY http://sco.lt/8ked9N
-▶ GENETIC ENGINEERING AND THE GMO INDUSTRY: CORPORATE HIJACKING OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3994750421/corporate-hijacking-of-food-and-agriculture-genetic-engineering-and-the-gmo-industry
PR Watch, May 25, 2012 ▶ HOW THE U.S. SOLD AFRICA TO MULTINATIONALS LIKE MONSANTO, CARGILL, DUPONT, PEPSICO AND OTHERS http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/05/11530/how-us-sold-africa-multinationals-monsanto-cargill-dupont-pepsico-and-others
▶ BEWARE OF A CALL FOR A "GREENER REVOLUTION' CORPORATE TAKEOVER OF GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLY http://sco.lt/7sYm1Z
VIDEO THE MYTH OF THE GREEN REVOLUTION http://sco.lt/79ngWX
AFRICA G8 - FOOD SECURITY FOR WHOM? CORPORATE PROFITS vs SMALLHOLDER FARMER INTERESTS http://sco.lt/8JKbIn
WHEN WALL STREET WENT TO AFRICA http://sco.lt/7znTf7
Minds, September 25, 2014 ▶ UN REPORT SAYS SMALL-SCALE ORGANIC FARMING ONLY WAY TO FEED THE WORLD https://www.minds.com/blog/view/361933126227726336/un-report-says-small-scale-organic-farming-only-way-to-feed-the-world
▶ CULTIVATING SANITY : BANGLADESH FARMERS TURN BACK THE CLOCK TO COMBAT CLIMATE STRESSED CROPS - Cultivation of the old varieties is expanding in part because they need almost no chemical fertiliser or pesticides - which makes them cheaper and easier to grow - and because their yields are good in tough conditions. http://www.trust.org/item/20141126125124-0i6go
Newsweek, December 13, 2014 ▶ SOLVING HUNGER IN ETHIOPIA BY TURNING TO NATIVE CROPS http://www.newsweek.com/solving-hunger-ethiopia-turning-native-crops-291558
Natural News, March 02, 2015 ▶ PARAGUAYAN SMALL FARMERS FIGHT BACK AGAINST MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS DESTROYING THEIR LIVES http://www.naturalnews.com/048828_GMO_corporations_small_farmers_Paraguay.html#
Reuters, July 29, 2014 - ▶ U.S. GMO CROP COMPANIES DOUBLE DOWN ON ANTI-LABELING EFFORTS SPENDING TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/29/us-usa-gmo-labeling-idUSKBN0FY1J720140729
WATCH ***** DAVID SUZUKI: "BIOTECHNOLOGY GENETICS IS OUT OF CONTROL" http://sco.lt/4lxOIj
Feb 25, 2013 Guardian Sustainable Business ▶ OUR GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM IS DANGEROUSLY OUT OF CONTROL, WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS? http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/fairtrade-report-treatment-smallholder-farmers
Grist, February 22, 2013 -▶ MIRACLE GROW: INDIAN FARMERS SMASH CROP YIELD RECORDS WITHOUT GMOs http://grist.org/food/miracle-grow-indian-farmers-smash-crop-yield-records-without-gmos/
-▶ THE WAR AGAINST ORGANICS -- WHAT'S AN 'ORGANIC' LABEL REALLY WORTH? http://sco.lt/718cfh
Gaia Foundation, December 16, 2011 ▶ FARMING CARBON CREDITS A CON FOR AFRICA: THE MANY FACES OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE http://www.gaiafoundation.org/blog/farming-carbon-credits-a-con-for-africa-the-many-faces-of-climate-smart-agriculture
-▶ 30 YEARS OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PLANTS - 20 YEARS OF COMMERCIAL CULTIVATION IN THE U.S. - A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT http://sco.lt/5PYIM5
June 10, 2013 Phys Org -▶ BIOTECH GMO CROPS vs PESTS: SUCCESSES AND FAILURES FROM THE FIRST BILLION ACRES http://phys.org/news/2013-06-pests-resistant-gm-crops.html June 19, 2013 Xinhua News ▶ NORTH AMERICAN CROPS FAILING WITH RELIANCE ON GM BIOTECHNOLOGIES - STUDY http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/sci/2013-06/19/c_132467575.htm June 21, 2013 Living on Earth: -▶ ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS FOR PIGS FED GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD (So What's It Doing To You?) http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=13-P13-00025&segmentID=1 -▶ 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
June 21, 2013 Inspired Bites -▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD WAS A 'BRILLIANT' BUSINESS MODEL, BUT WILL BE BECOME OBSOLETE? http://blogs.prevention.com/inspired-bites/2013/06/21/why-genetically-modified-food-was-a-brilliant-business-model/
---IMPORTANT WATCH --- TYING PESTICIDES TO GMO CROPS (A Double Billion Dollar Bonanza) -▶ WHAT ARE MONSANTO'S "ROUNDUP READY" AND Bt PESTICIDE GMO CROPS? http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9hjy-CJlzbM
▶ THINK THOSE CHEMICALS AND PESTICIDES IN YOUR FOOD & ENVIRONMENT HAVE BEEN TESTED? http://sco.lt/72z4g
The Analyst Report, July 03, 2014 -▶ MONSANTO'S : INSIDIOUS' GMO FOOD AND ITS DARK CONNECTIONS TO THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX http://www.theanalystreport.net/2014/07/03/monsantos-insidious-gm0-food-and-its-dark-connections-to-the-military-industrial-complex/
-▶ HOW MONSANTO CONTROLS OUR FOOD, POISONS OUR LAND AND INFLUENCES ALL THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/15856-how-monsanto-went-from-selling-aspirin-to-controlling-our-food-supply ▶ MONSANTO: A CORPORATE PROFILE ▶ From Agent Orange to Saccharin To GMO Seed & Pesticides http://sco.lt/5TGVDl
-▶ OBAMA QUIETLY DE-REGULATES GMO/ GENETIC BIOTECH INDUSTRY : Fast-tracking approvals, waiving regulations ... http://sco.lt/5uCx8b
>> WHY IS OUR FOOD BEING MADE AND MODIFIED BY THE WORLD'S LARGEST PESTICIDE MANUFACTURERS? http://gmo-awareness.com/all-about-gmos/gmo-defined/ April 25, 2013 Earth In Transition -▶ SOY - THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE POISONOUS - A SCORECARD ON SOME OF BEST KNOWN SOY PRODUCTS http://www.earthintransition.org/2013/04/soy-the-good-the-bad-and-the-poisonous/
-▶ THE GLOBAL CONTROL OF FOOD, COUNTRIES AND POPULATIONS http://sco.lt/4kuXlB
GATES AND AFRICA A TROJAN HORSE FOR GMO BIOTECH CARTEL IN SUB-SAHARA AFRICA http://sco.lt/5ZNnsX -▶ THE GLOBAL CHEMICAL BIOTECH CARTEL - AN UNPRECEDENTED POWER OVER AGRICULTURE AND 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 WATCH: "MONSANTO FOOD WARS: GMO SEEDS AND ANIMALS" http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3997411054/watch-monsanto-food-wars-gmo-seeds-and-animals
SHORT VIDEO: THE SEVEN MYTHS OF INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE http://sco.lt/8adA9p
▶ OUR INDUSTRIAL, WESTERN AGRICULTURAL FOOD SYSTEM IS DESTROYING THE EARTH AND OUR HEALTH http://sco.lt/686Qi1
VIDEO HARVESTING JUSTICE TRANSFORMING THE FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN IN THE USA http://sco.lt/668m5x
============= PESTICIDES ============= INVESTIGATIVE REPORT SOARING PESTICIDE USE AND POISONING LINKED TO GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROP PRODUCTION http://sco.lt/8iunRp
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 17, 2013 ▶ AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES SPARK BROAD BIODIVERSITY LOSS http://www.nature.com/news/pesticides-spark-broad-biodiversity-loss-1.13214 October 3, 2012: ▶ HOW GMOs UNLEASHED A PESTICIDE GUSHER http://www.carighttoknow.org/gmos_unleashed_a_pesticide_gusher ▶ PESTICIDE LOBBY SPENDS MILLIONS TO DEFEND CHEMICALS TIED TO BEE DEATHS AND HUMAN HEALTH http://sco.lt/8nhcsT April 12, 2013 - Honey Colony - Mark Bittman ▶ PESTICIDES: NOW MORE THAN EVER THE THREAT IS MORE ACUTE THAN EVER http://www.honeycolony.com/article/pesticides-now-more-than-ever/
▶ CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE IS CORPORATE GREEN-WASHING - AGRA http://sco.lt/8Ry4Wn
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AlterNet, October 9, 2013 ▶ MEET THE OPPOSITE OF MONSANTO -- THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT REALLY FEED THE WORLD http://www.alternet.org/food/meet-opposite-monsanto-these-are-folks-really-feed-world?paging=off¤t_page=1#bookmark - ▶ 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 8 WAYS CORPORATIONS ARE POISONING OUR FOOD, WATER AND THE EARTH http://sco.lt/5bh1g9 Future Food, November 18, 2014 -▶ SUSTAINABLE FARMING GOES BACK TO THE FUTURE http://futurefood2050.com/sustainable-farming-goes-back-to-the-future/ Common Dreams, May 23, 2014 ▶ PERMACULTURE POISED TO CONQUER THE CARIBBEAN. No fertilisers, herbicides, or pesticides but a bold vision to save a region from climate change and resource scarcity http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/05/23 The Ideas Arcade, March 02, 2014 ▶ GROWING FRESH VEGETABLES AND FISH TOGETHER - WITHOUT SOIL: FEEDING THE WORLD WITH AQUAPONICS http://www.theideasarcade.com/growing-food-without-soil-feeding-world-aquaponics/ DW.DE English, October 28, 2013 ▶ FIGHTING HUNGER THROUGH SUSTAINABLE FARMING Until now, many have believed that intensive farming is the answer to famine and malnutrition around the world. But now experts are challenging this idea, propagating quality and variety over quantity. http://www.dw.de/fighting-hunger-through-sustainable-farming/a-17186491
▶ THE CURSE OF PETROLEUM-BASED FERTILIZERS http://sco.lt/7oRwsT
WATCH THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MONSANTO (FULL LENGTH) The Leader of the Global Biotech Chemical Cartel http://sco.lt/7wFWFN
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The Ecologist, March 26,2015 ▶ CARVING UP AFRICA - AID DONORS AND AGRIBUSINESS PLOT THE GREAT SEEDS PRIVATIZATION http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2805343/carving_up_africa_aid_donors_and_agribusiness_plot_the_great_seed_privatization.html
Food First, March 23,2015 ▶ GATES FOUNDATION AND USAID PLOTS WAYS OF PROFITING FROM AFRICA'S SEED SYSTEM http://foodfirst.org/press-releases/gates-foundation-plots-ways-of-profiting-from-africas-seed-systems/
African Center For Biosafety March 09, 2015 ▶ WHITE MEN MEET IN LONDON TO PLOT WAYS OF PROFITING OFF AFRICA'S SEED SYSTEM http://www.acbio.org.za/index.php/media/64-media-releases/475-white-men-meet-in-london-to-plot-ways-of-profiting-off-africas-seed-systems
GATES, AGRICULTURE, SEED AND AFRICA A TROJAN HORSE FOR GMO BIOTECH CARTEL IN SUB-SAHARA AFRICA http://sco.lt/5ZNnsX
April 23, 2013 - The South African Civil Society Information Service ▶ IS AFRICA ABOUT TO LOSE THE RIGHT TO HER SEED? Seed and the control of seed lies at the heart of agriculture. In Africa around 80% of seed comes from local and community saved seed resources. This seed is adapted to local conditions. It forms an integral part of community food security and agricultural integrity. This entire traditional system is now under threat. A broad front of commercial interests, aided and abetted by the World Bank, the American Seed Association and government agencies, along with front groups, academics and so-called philanthropists, are endeavouring to alienate this crucial resource. The international seed industry, owned by massive multinational pesticide companies involved in promoting hybrid and genetically modified (GM) seed, is both a primary beneficiary and protagonist of this thrust. While the motivation is ostensibly to assist the development of African agriculture, the impacts will be widespread and dire. http://www.sacsis.org.za/site/article/1638 SPECIAL ISSUE: PAMBAZUKA NEWS GMOs, FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AND AFRICA http://pambazuka.org/en/issue/688
▶ GMO GENE GIANTS STOCKPILING PATENTS ON LIFE Nagoya, Japan -- Under the guise of developing “climate-ready” crops, the world’s largest seed and agrochemical corporations are filing hundreds of sweeping, multi-genome patents in a bid to control the world’s plant biomass, according to a report released by ETC Group http://www.etcgroup.org/fr/node/5220
Nation of Change, May 08, 2014 -▶ OVER 76% OF THE SEED MARKET IS NOW PATENTED BY CORPORATIONS. Just six companies in the world have patented most of the seeds grown in the entire global agricultural market. http://www.nationofchange.org/over-76-seed-market-now-patented-corporations-1399558246
June 5, 2013 Corporate Europe Observatory ▶ LARGE SEED CORPORATIONS CLOSING IN ON GLOBAL CONTROL OF SEED SUPPLY http://corporateeurope.org/news/closing-our-seeds
Alternet, March 17, 2015 ▶ SEED LIBRARIES ARE SPROUTING UP ACROSS THE PLANET, AND CORPORATE DOMINATED GOVERNMENTS ARE TRYING TO STOP THEM http://www.alternet.org/environment/seed-libraries-are-sprouting-across-planet-and-corporate-dominated-govts-are-trying-stop
VIDEO Treehugger, March 26,2015 SEED SHARING (as in a hobby or with neighbors) AND SEED LIBRARIES DEEMED ILLEGAL IN MANY AMERICAN STATES. The sharing of seed is an ancient practice, ensuring the survival of the human species, the local biodiversity of life, as well as local food security...open-pollinated seeds vs patented hybridized and genetically engineered varieties. http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-agriculture/seed-saving-seed-libraries-illegal-united-states.html
▶ RECLAIMING THE SEED: THE FIRST LINK IN THE FOOD CHAIN http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/1547185/reclaiming_the_seed.html
The Ecologist, August 20, 2014 ▶ FREE THE SEEDS TO FEED THE WORLD: Patented and 'indentured' seeds are fast taking over the world's food supply, terminating farmers' and gardeners' ancient right to develop new varieties, and forcing them to buy seed anew for every crop. Enter the Open Source Seed Initiative ... http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2523547/free_the_seeds_to_feed_the_world.html
April 25, 2013 ▶ THE SEED OLIGARCHS http://gmo-journal.com/2013/04/25/seed-oligarchs/
COMPELLING GRAPHIC GLOBAL SEED INDUSTRY CONSOLIDATION The Cornucopia Institute Compelling graphics detailing corporate consolidation in the global seed industry. http://www.cornucopia.org/2013/09/seed-industry-structure-dr-phil-howard-2/
Third World Network, November 14, 2014 ▶ MULTINATIONAL CORPORATE SEED INDUSTRY SEEKS GLOBAL MONOPOLY ON SEEDS http://www.twnside.org.sg/title2/intellectual_property/info.service/2014/ip141107.htm
Institute of Science in Society, October 22, 2014 ▶ BEWARE THE CORPORATE TAKEOVER OF SEED UNDER MANY GUISES. Monopoly of agricultural seeds by a handful of corporations. Monsanto, Syngenta and DuPont alone already own 53% of the global commercial seed market and legislative proposals and treaties are set to increase their monopoly http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Beware_the_Corporate_Takeover_of_Seed.php
▶ AP INVESTIGATION: MONSANTO MONOPOLY OF AGRICULTURAL SEED BUSINESS REVEALED Confidential contracts detailing Monsanto Co.'s business practices reveal how the world's biggest seed developer is squeezing competitors, controlling smaller seed companies and protecting its dominance over the multibillion-dollar market for genetically altered crops, an Associated Press investigation has found. http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2009/12/14/ap_investigation_monsanto_seed_biz_role_revealed/
WATCH Short Video June 19, 2013 Sustainable Pulse THE LAW OF THE SEED: “Seed is the essence of life. It is also the first link in the food system. Control over seed is control over food. Control over seed is today being shaped by new laws that are being written by the very corporations that are destroying the diversity of seed and the freedom of our food. READ FULL LAW OF THE SEED HERE: PDF http://sustainablepulse.com/2013/06/19/the-law-of-the-seed/#.UcYE3OswOic
YES Magazine, April 04, 2013 ▶ WHY THE MOST POWERFUL THING IN THE WORLD IS A SEED http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/how-cooperatives-are-driving-the-new-economy/why-the-most-powerful-thing-in-the-world-is-a-seed
WATCH 59:94 Vandana Shiva THE FUTURE OF FOOD AND SEED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYwOTLopWIw
Open Seeds: ▶ INDUSTRIAL (GM) SEED CARTEL EXTEND THEIR DOMINANCE - NO SEED CAN BE SOLD WITHOUT PERMISSION http://open-seeds.org/bad-seed-law/
August 28, 2013 MintPress News -▶ HOW MONSANTO CORNERS THE WORLD'S FOOD MARKET. MONSANTO HAS A PATENT ON JUST ABOUT EVERY CROP OUT THERE http://www.mintpressnews.com/how-monsanto-corners-the-worlds-food-market/167901/
Common Ground, April 30, 2014 ▶ SEEDS OF FREEDOM. If we have to survive as a species, we need to reclaim our commons — of seed, of climate, of knowledge and resist the privatisation of every aspect of life. http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/04/30-9 WATCH The Hubris of The Biotech Chemical Cartel "SEEDING DEEP DEMOCRACY" - Vandana Shiva http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1054461972/seeding-deep-democracy-vandana-shiva
April 26, 2012 Pesticide Action Network ▶ MONSANTO & BIOTECH CARTEL MOVE TO CONSOLIDATE AND MONOPOLIZE GLOBAL SEED PATENTS http://ecowatch.com/2013/corporations-win-farmers-lose-ge-seed-deals/
WATCH New Film From "Seeds of Freedom" "SEEDS OF SOVEREIGNTY" http://www.seedsoffreedom.info/more-films/seeds-sovereignty/ Seeds of Sovereignty shares the stories of African communities embarking on a journey to revive their traditional seed diversity, and take back control over their food systems. Forging a path toward a socially just, ecologically sane and sovereign future, they are courageously challenging the corporate, profit driven model of agriculture imposed upon them... http://www.seedsoffreedom.info/more-films/seeds-sovereignty/
October 23, 2014 ▶ PATENT INDUSTRY SELLING OUT FUTURE OF OUR FOOD http://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/sites/default/files/news/pr_new_report_about_patents_on_plants.pdf FULL REPORT http://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/en/information/background/european-patents-on-plants-and-animals
-▶ GMO GIANT, DuPONT, HIRES EX-COPS TO 'ENFORCE' SEED PATENTS ON FARMERS: USA GOVERNMENT IMPOTENT TO INTERFERE http://sco.lt/67rT97 ▶ WHY DOES MONSANTO SUE FARMERS WHO SAVE SEEDS? OWNING THE SEEDS OF LIFE http://sco.lt/7xzzFJ
WATCH MONSANTO AND THE SEEDS OF SUICIDE http://sco.lt/84jT17
▶ THE GMO SEED CARTEL - HOW BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANIES MONOPOLIZE GLOBAL SEED MARKETS http://sco.lt/6HigjJ Scientific American DO SEED COMPANIES CONTROL GM CROP RESEARCH? http://sco.lt/7XugID VIDEO "SEEDS OF FREEDOM" (10 min) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyh9-K3n4Kg&sns=em Navdanya, Dr. Vandana Shiva
The Association for Plant Breeding for the Benefit of Society ▶ IF WE RELY ON CORPORATE SEED, WE LOSE FOOD SOVEREIGNTY http://www.apbrebes.org/news/tunis-2013-if-we-rely-corporate-seed-we-lose-food-sovereignty
The Good Food, September 02, 2014 ▶ SEED IS LIFE. SOIL IS LIFE. WATER IS LIFE http://www.goodfoodworld.com/2014/09/seed-is-life-soil-is-life-water-is-life/ Guardian Sustainable Business, May 02, 2014 -▶ FIGHTING THE SEED MONOPOLY: THE OPEN SOURCE SEED INITIATIVE PROVES ALTERNATIVE TO PATENT-PROTECTED SEEDS STRANGLING AGRICULTURE http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/seed-monopoly-free-seeds-farm-monsanto-dupont
TakePart, April 21, 2014 ▶ A GROUP OF BREEDERS WANTS PLANT GENETICS TO BE OPEN-SOURCE. No Patenting A group of plant scientists at the University of Wisconsin, United States, is trying to bring plant breeding back into the commons and fight back against the increasing privatization of plant breeding and the seed business. http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/04/21/open-source-seed-initiative February 12, 2013 Share The World' Resources ▶ ON SEED FREEDOM AND SHARING http://www.stwr.org/food-security-agriculture/on-seed-freedom-and-sharing.html ▶ GLOBAL SEED GIANTS PATENT SEEDS REDUCING FARMERS' SEED OPTIONS http://sco.lt/8027ZB October 10, 2010 The Ecologist ▶ HOW THE GLOBAL SEED MARKET IS CONTROLLED BY MONSANTO, SYNGENTA, BAYER, DOW AND DUPONT http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_round_up/625294/revealed_how_seed_market_is_controlled_by_monsanto_syngenta_bayer_dow_dupont.html WATCH: Vandana Shiva: CORPORATE MONOPOLY OF SEEDS MUST END http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2920670940/vandana-shiva-corporate-monopoly-of-seeds-must-end May 10, 2013 ▶ GMO PATENTS TURN FARMERS SAVING SEEDS INTO "THIEVES" ~ Vandana Shiva http://southweb.org/lifewise/gmo-patents-turn-farmers-saving-seeds-into-thieves-vandana-shiva/ Pambazuka, September 25, 2014 ▶ MAYAN PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT DEFEATS MONSANTO LAW IN GUATEMALA. There was a great risk that the Monsanto Law would have made criminals of already repressed small farmers who are just trying to make ends meet and doing what they have done for generations – cultivating corn and black beans for their own consumption. The Monsanto Law meant that they would not have been able to grow and harvest anything that originates from natural seeds. Farmers would be breaking the laws if these natural seeds had been mixed with patented seeds from other crops as a result of pollination or wind, unless they had had a license for the patented seed from a transnational corporation like Monsanto. .. The Monsanto Law would have given exclusivity on patented seeds to a handful of transnational companies....the Mayan people – or actually most people – in Guatemala do not agree with a policy of treating nature like a commodity to be sold off piece by piece, ...http://pambazuka.net/en/category/features/92994 VIDEOS June 12, 2014 ▶ ARGENTINA: ACTIVISTS ARRESTED & BRUTAL POLICE REPRESSION AFTER 'MONSANTO LAW' IS APPROVED http://revolution-news.com/argentina-activists-arrested-brutal-police-repression-monsanto-law-approved/
August 19, 2013 Common Dreams ▶ 'MONSANTO LAW' BRINGS UPROAR TO CHILE OVER CONTROL OF AGRICULTURAL SEED http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/19-6 VIDEO REPORT September 15, 2013 The Real News ▶ COLUMBIA: NATIONAL FARMERS AND SOCIAL STRIKE GET SEEDS CONTROL LAWS SUSPENDED http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=10722
March 11, 2013 - Waking Times ▶ LATIN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES FIGHT TO PROTECT HEIRLOOM SEEDS FROM MONSANTO http://www.wakingtimes.com/2013/03/11/international-communities-fight-to-protect-heirloom-seeds-from-monsanto/
Reuters, July 29, 2013 -▶ GMO COMPANIES LAUNCH WEBSITE TO FIGHT ANTI-BIOTECH MOVEMENT http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/29/us-gmo-campaign-idUSBRE96S0QX20130729
Common Dreams, January 07, 2015 ▶ CORPORATE FICTION IN THE AGE OF GMOs http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/01/07/corporate-fiction-age-gmos
The Asian Age, June 18, 2014 -▶ INDIA'S NEW CORPORATE GOVERNMENT AND THE POWER OF MONSANTO AND THE BIOTECH INTELLIGENCE INDUSTRY. http://www.asianage.com/columnists/generously-motivated-526 July 8, 2013 Navdanya's Diary ▶ MONSANTO'S CLIMATE RESILIENT PLANT PATENT REJECTED BY INDIA'S PATENT OFFICE, UPHELD BY THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY APPELLATE BOARD http://www.navdanya.org/blog/?p=712
-▶ PEASANTS FOR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY: NORTH INDIAN FARMERS DESTROY MONSANTO'S GM CORN FIELD TRIALS http://sco.lt/7LtQMz
May 13, 2013 IPS ▶ MEXICO: GENE GIANTS PREPARE THE GENETIC WIPE-OUT OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST IMPORTANT FOODS http://sco.lt/7TN70z
La Via Campesina, November 20, 2013 ▶ DEFENDING PEASANT SEEDS IS FIGHTING FOR OUR RIGHT TO LIFE http://viacampesina.org/en/index.php/main-issues-mainmenu-27/biodiversity-and-genetic-resources-mainmenu-37/1519-defending-peasant-seeds-is-fighting-for-our-right-to-life
Common Dreams, January 23, 2013 ▶ MEXICAN PEASANT LEADERS STAGE HUNGER STRIKE AGAINST GENETICALLY MODIFIED CORN http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/01/23-5 WATCH PBS Newshour Report, December 30, 2013 GMO SEEDS GROW INTO BIG FIGHT ON KAUAI MONEY TRUMPS HEALTH http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/environment/july-dec13/hawaiigmo_12-30.html Modern Farmer, October 24, 2013 ▶ THE SEEDS OF SECURITY - MAINTAINING GENETIC DIVERSITY OF OUR FOOD. By importing seeds designed from other climates, we lose the security represented by heritage crops. Preserving heritage crops has become an important environmental aim for a number of reasons. On one hand, creating a food system that's as local as possible reduces the carbon footprint of our food. But perhaps the most important need to preserve heritage seeds is to maintain the genetic diversity of our food, which has dropped to just 20 to 30 major varieties feeding the majority of the world's population. Relying on a just a few staple crops makes our food supply more vulnerable to a whole range of potential threats, from disease to drought to pest infestations to climate change...http://modernfarmer.com/2013/10/weaning-canada-foreign-seed-dependence/ Seed Matters THE GREATEST STORY NEVER TOLD To get your head around why seed truly matters, you have to know the story of seed. It's quite an epic journey -- 12,000 years of relationship between people plants that transformed the world. Brace yourself for a tale that will nourish your mind http://www.seedmatters.org/ SHORT VIDEO GENETICALLY MODIFIED SEED MONOPOLIES DESTROYING TRADITIONAL SEED MARKETS http://english.cntv.cn/2014/05/27/VIDE1401152407068669.shtml
Corporate Ethics Watch International ▶ CONTROL OF GLOBAL SEED BUSINESS REVEALED http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15489 WATCH HOW MONSANTO IS TERRIFYING THE FARMING WORLD: THE DEVIL IN THE SEEDS OF LIFE http://sco.lt/6wRNsv OUR GMO CORNFIELDS ARE TOO QUIET ALL LIFE CHEMICALLY EXTERMINATED EXCEPT THE GENE-ALTERED CORN http://sco.lt/6przzF
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▶ OWNING THE SEEDS OF LIFE PATENTS: HOW MONSANTO OUTFOXED THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION http://sco.lt/8OMWHZ
Truthout, January 08, 2014 ▶ USDA MOVES TO APPROVE "AGENT ORANGE" GMO SEEDS http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/21069-usda-moves-to-approve-agent-orange-gmo-seeds
May 15, 2013 Lifewise ▶ BIOTECH'S NEXT BIG DISASTER: SEEDS THAT EMIT MULTIPLE PESTICIDES http://southweb.org/lifewise/biotechs-next-big-disaster-seeds-that-emit-multiple-pesticides/
May 14, 2013 Common Dreams ▶ WHY IS THE BIOTECH GMO CHEMICAL INDUSTRY SO POWERFUL & UNTOUCHABLE? http://ishtarmuz.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/the-power-of-the-seed-and-the-global-corporate-monopoly-in-seed-patents/
RT USA, January 13, 2014 ▶ SUPREME COURT HANDS MONSANTO VICTORY OVER FARMERS ON GMO SEED PATENTS, ABILITY TO SUE http://rt.com/usa/monsanto-patents-sue-farmers-547/
May 13, 2013 Intellectual Property Watch ▶ U.S. SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF MONSANTO IN PATENT EXHAUSTION CASE http://www.ip-watch.org/2013/05/13/us-supreme-court-rules-in-favour-of-monsanto-in-patent-exhaustion-case/
April 15, 2013 Techdirt ▶ HOW BIG AGRIBUSINESS IS HEADING OFF THE THREAT FROM SEED GENERICS -- AND FAILING TO KEEP THE PATENT BARGAIN http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130405/09003022593/how-big-agribusiness-is-heading-off-threat-generics-failing-to-keep-patent-bargain.shtml ▶ SEED MONOPOLIES and GMOs... THE BIOTECH CARTEL END GAME http://sco.lt/8uc6Px
▶ GENETICALLY MONETIZED FOOD - PATENTING LIFE - FOLLOW THE MONEY http://sco.lt/5YZ8vx August 5, 2013 Natural News ▶ MONSANTO NOW OVERRIDING NATURAL LAW BY PATENTING MULTIPLE COMMON VEGETABLES http://www.naturalnews.com/041485_Monsanto_patents_GMOs.html ▶ 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 ▶ ON THE SEED AND SEED PATENT GLOBAL MONOPOLY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides?q=seeds
WATCH FULL MOVIE ▶ *** UNVEILING THE LIES OF GMO SEEDS http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=a6OxbpLwEjQ VIDEO ▶ *** 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 VIDEO ▶ *** MONSANTO FOOD WARS: GMO SEEDS AND ANIMALS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3997411054/watch-monsanto-food-wars-gmo-seeds-and-animals VIDEO ▶ *** "THE PERENNIAL PLATE" GMO SEED IN INDIA - HOW MONSANTO MONOPOLIZES THE GLOBAL SEED MARKET Vandana Shiva http://vimeo.com/59404290 ==================== SEED BANKS =================
▶ “DOOMSDAY SEED VAULT" IN THE ARCTIC - WHO OWNS THESE ORIGINAL SEEDS? | Global Research http://www.globalresearch.ca/doomsday-seed-vault-in-the-arctic/23503 ▶ MONSANTO AND GATES FOUNDATION HAVE MAJOR CONTROL OVER WORLD'S LARGEST SEED BANK IN NORWAY - CURRENT TV http://current.com/technology/93147558_monsanto-and-gates-foundation-have-major-control-over-large-seed-bank-in-norway.htm
Guardian Development, February 19, 2014 ▶ ETHIOPIA SEED BANK'S UNDER THREAT BY G8 DEMAND TO CHANGE SEED LAWS TO FAVOR INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE. A new push to commercialise agriculture in Africa could put the future of the continent's diverse, indigenous seeds at risk. Critics say this could, in effect, criminalise farmers' traditional practices of saving and exchanging their seeds, while allowing corporations and those who can afford the registration process to capture the market... http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/feb/19/ethiopia-seed-bank-preserving-diversity-under-threat-g8-new-alliance INVESTIGATIVE REPORT Beyond Pesticides, October 22, 2013 SOARING PESTICIDE USE AND POISONING LINKED TO GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROP PRODUCTION http://sco.lt/8iunRp May 14, 2013 Friends Of The Earth Blog ▶ NEONICOTINOID-TREATED SEEDS SNEAKED INTO CONSUMER MARKET - UNLABELLED - BEE AND POLLINATOR DIE-OFF WORSENING http://www.foe.org/news/blog/2013-03-worst-bee-die-off-in-40-years ======================== BAN GMOs NOW A Special Report, Institute of Science In Society http://sco.lt/5KV1Cz ========================
▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS NOT THE SOLUTION FOR "FEEDING THE WORLD" http://sco.lt/77BuML The Guardian, October 17, 2013 ▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED AGRICULTURE IS NOT THE ANSWER TO SEED DIVERSITY - IT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2013/oct/17/gm-agriculture-not-answer-seed-diversity -▶ DID YOU KNOW? GENE ALTERED, PESTICIDE-LADEN FOODS, NOW LARGE PART OF AMERICAN DIET - AS AMERICANS GET SICKER AND SICKER http://sco.lt/7oVxQH ▶ GENETIC MODIFICATION STRAINS OLD FOOD AND DRUG LAW: HOW A FISH BECOME A DRUG AND CORN A PEST http://sco.lt/6vynBp ▶ DO WE NEED A GENETIC BILL OF RIGHTS? http://sco.lt/6jmb1l ▶ BIODEMOCRACY OR CORPORATOCRACY - THE FOOD FIGHT OF OUR LIVES http://sco.lt/6A7kDh
Modern Farmer, December 06, 2013 - ▶ THE POST-GMO ECONOMY - RETURNING TO CONVENTIONAL SEED http://modernfarmer.com/2013/12/post-gmo-economy/ ▶ MONSANTO: ROGUE GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SEED CONTAMINATES TRADITIONAL CROPS http://sco.lt/7owMrJ WATCH "BITTER SEEDS" Film Trailer: MONSANTO, GMO SEEDS AND INDIAN FARMER SUICIDES http://sco.lt/5F90Mr Economic Times, November 25, 2013 - ▶ AS OPPOSITION TO GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS GROWS, COMPANIES ARE TURNING TO MUTANT BREEDING http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-11-25/news/44449827_1_seed-revenue-basf-crops WATCH A DOCUMENTARY HOW MONSANTO CONTROLS GMO FARMERS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omtYlsG1P5U ▶ BIODEMOCRACY OR CORPORATOCRACY - THE FOOD FIGHT OF OUR LIVES http://sco.lt/6A7kDh WATCH: NEW SHORT FILM 06:53 "THE FARMER, THE ARCHITECT AND THE SCIENTIST" http://vimeo.com/68119509 ▶ WHY IS OUR FOOD BEING MADE AND MODIFIED BY THE WORLD'S LARGEST PESTICIDE MANUFACTURERS? http://gmo-awareness.com/all-about-gmos/gmo-defined/ ======================= BIOTECHNOLOGY GENETICS ======================= March 14, 2013 ▶ NEW US GOVT "MONSANTO PROTECTION ACT" CONFIRMS MONSANTO POWER OVER US GOVERNMENT http://ow.ly/iXRqG Seattle Times: ▶ THE POLITICS OF ALTERED FOODS http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19991107&slug=2993667 ▶ THE GLOBAL CHEMICAL BIOTECH CARTEL - AN UNPRECEDENTED POWER OVER WORLD AGRICULTURE AND 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 ▶ OUR PATENTED LIFE - RE-ENGINEERING, PROGRAMMING AND PATENTING LIFE ITSELF-- IS BIOTECH OUT OF CONTROL? http://sco.lt/4thM6j
========================== USA USES TRADE DEALS TO IMPRINT GMO SEEDS ========================= ▶ HOW US STATE DEPARTMENT 'TWISTS ARMS' ON MONSANTO'S BEHALF http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/14-2 May 14, 2013 Food & Water Watch PDF download Full Report ▶ BIOTECH AMBASSADORS: HOW THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT PROMOTES THE GLOBAL SEED INDUSTRIES AGENDA http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/14-2 ▶ THRU THE BACK DOOR: MEGA BIOTECH GIANTS USE NEW USA-EU TRADE DEAL TO DESTROY GMO SAFEGUARDS http://sco.lt/8E3Xsn ===================== GMO RESEARCH ===================== -▶ WHY IS THERE SO LITTLE INDEPENDENT PEER REVIEWED GMO RESEARCH? http://sco.lt/8mGIO9 April 3, 2013 - IFEX -▶ HOW THE BIOTECH INDUSTRY IS GAGGING THE SCIENCE AROUND GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD http://www.ifex.org/international/2013/04/04/seeds_of_dissent/ SILENCING THE SCIENTIST: TARGETED BY HERBICIDE FIRM SYNGENTA - "ALTRAZINE" http://sco.lt/8VIcAz
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Pambazuka, July 24. 2014 -▶ GMOs AND FOOD SOVEREIGNTY: WHICH WAY AFRICA? African governments are under intense pressure from within but also from big agribusiness and Western governments to embrace GMOs. Governments must resist all forms of arm-twisting and food colonialism and make their biotechnology choices based on the facts http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/92594
The Ecologist, February 12, 2015 ▶ LAND AND SEED LAWS UNDER ATTACK AS AFRICA IS GROOMED FOR CORPORATE RECOLONIZATION. A battle is raging for control of resources in Africa - land, water, seeds, minerals, ores, forests, oil, renewable energy sources... http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2752051/land_and_seed_laws_under_attack_as_africa_is_groomed_for_corporate_recolonization.html
Common Dreams, February 06, 2015 ▶ THE RE-COLONIZATION OF AFRICA http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/02/06/re-colonization-africa
▶ OBAMA 200% BEHIND CONVERTING AFRICA AND WORLD TO A BIOTECHNOLOGY DESIGNED LIFE FOR OUR FOOD http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides?q=obama
▶ AGRA: DO WE REALLY NEED CORPORATE 'CLIMATE-SMART' AGRICULTURE GREENWASH http://sco.lt/7GeSET
Ecocentric, March 17,2015 ▶ THE DANGER OF MONOCROPS: LESSONS FROM THE IRISH POTATO FAMINE http://www.gracelinks.org/blog/1150/the-danger-of-monocrops-lessons-from-the-irish-potato-famin
Nation of Change, November 18, 2013 ▶ FAILED MONSANTO GMO CORN PUSHED ON AFRICAN COUNTRIES WITH HELP OF BILL GATES http://www.nationofchange.org/failed-monsanto-gmo-corn-pushed-african-countries-help-bill-gates-1384784532
Guardian, November 23, 2012 ▶ THE FUTURE OF FARMING IN THE AFRICAN PRIVATE SECTOR Matthew Newsome: Could an alliance between big agribusiness and small-scale farmers produce enough food to feed the continent and beyond? http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2012/nov/23/future-farming-africa-private-sector Buddhist Global Relief, July 12, 2013 ▶ MORE FOOD OR NEW COLONIALISM FOR AFRICA http://buddhistglobalrelief.wordpress.com/2013/07/12/more-food-or-new-colonialism-for-africa/
World Development Movement, June 24, 2014 ▶ THE NEW SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA : INTERACTIVE INFOGRAPHIC Around the early 1900s the European colonial powers built railways to connect the interior of Africa to the ports. They used this infrastructure to export food and minerals out of Africa to feed the industrial revolution in Europe. Over a hundred years later it’s happening all over again. Take a look at our latest infographic to see how. http://www.wdm.org.uk/new-scramble-africa-food-dfid-infrastructure-extraction/ The Guardian, February 18, 2014 ▶ G8 NEW ALLIANCE CONDEMNED AS NEW WAVE OF COLONIALISM IN AFRICA. Critics say landmark initiative to boost agriculture and relieve poverty favours big business to the detriment of small farmers http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/feb/18/g8-new-alliance-condemned-new-colonialism June 28, 2013 Nation Of Change ▶ COMMERCIAL COLONISATION OF AFRICA: Driven overwhelmingly by self-interest and profit, the current crop of "investors" differ little from their colonial ancestors. http://www.nationofchange.org/commercial-colonisation-africa-1372434364
August 18, 2013 World Development Movement ▶ AFRICA'S FOOD SOVEREIGNTY UNDER ATTACK BY CORPORATE INTERESTS http://www.wdm.org.uk/news/africa%E2%80%99s-food-sovereignty-under-attack-corporate-interests
▶ USA STRONG-ARMS AFRICAN AGRICULTURE: LAND GRABS, CROOKED POLITICS, GMO's ALL ROLLED INTO ONE http://www.ippmedia.com/frontend/index.php?l=36992
AFRICA G8 FOOD SECURITY FOR WHOM? CORPORATE PROFITS vs SMALLHOLDER FARMERS INTEREST http://sco.lt/8j7dcf
▶ THE CORPORATE 'PHILANTHROCAPITALISTS' TAKEOVER OF AFRICAN AND WORLD FOOD SECURITY http://sco.lt/5TVcRd
AFRICA - SOLD: OBAMA PUTS G8, BIG 6 BIOTECH CHEMICAL GMO GIANTS IN CHARGE OF "ENDING HUNGER" IN AFRICA http://sco.lt/7ENN8D
▶ AFRICA WOMEN FARMERS SAY "NO" TO WESTERN AG TECHNIQUES, GMO AND ENERGY-INTENSIVE MONOCROPS http://sco.lt/6APYzh September 4, 2013 All Africa ▶ AFRICA LOSES AS WOMEN FARMERS ARE MARGINALISED http://allafrica.com/stories/201309040276.html Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, February 2, 2014 LAND GRABS AND FRAGILE FOOD SYSTEMS This paper concludes that the globalization enshrined in the free trade and investment agreements of the 1990s and 2000s have led to yet another manifestation of commercial interests trampling human rights: land grabs. ... First, globalization—more specifically, the deregulation of trade and foreign investment laws, which has greatly eased cross-border capital flows, relaxed the limits on foreign land ownership, and opened markets to agricultural imports. And second, the failures of the international trading system during the food price crisis of 2007-08, which eroded the confidence of food import–dependent countries in international markets as a reliable source of food and fed both speculative investment and investment in actual food production. This loss of confidence is compounded by climate change and the resulting destabilization of weather patterns, which has resulted in less predictable agricultural production... http://www.iatp.org/documents/land-grabs-and-fragile-food-systems
LAND GRABBING AND THE GREAT FOOD/BIOFUEL ROBBERY - A New Corporate Colonialism http://sco.lt/7C2xzl
TripleCrisis, January 14, 2014 ▶ THE DANGER OF TRUSTING CORPORATIONS TO LEAD THE FIGHT AGAINST WORLD HUNGER http://triplecrisis.com/the-danger-of-entrusting-corporations-to-lead-the-fight-against-world-hunger/ FOOD AID FOR THE 21st CENTURY: MEETING THE OBJECTIVE OR FEEDING THE BIG AG BIOTECH CHEMICAL CARTEL COFFERS? http://sco.lt/6bJSgD ▶ WALL STREET, CORPORATIONS BUYING UP AMERICAN, FOREIGN FARMLAND, THREATENING FUTURE OF U.S. AND WORLD AGRICULTURE http://sco.lt/8mcmbR
---- WATCH ---- "LAND RUSH - WHY POVERTY? THE UGLY RISE OF MONOCULTURE FARMING AND GLOBALIZED FOOD http://sco.lt/5z3gzB
▶ A SHOCKING SCANDAL: THE GREAT, SECRETIVE AFRICAN LAND GRAB http://farmlandgrab.org/post/view/21303
▶ AFRICA - CALLING FOR A GMO-FREE CONTINENT http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/11/africa-calling-for-a-gmo-free-continent/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter September 5, 2013 Guardian Global Development ▶ GM CROPS: AFRICAN OPPOSITION IS A FARCE, SAYS GROUP LED BY KOFI ANNAN'S Pro-GMO #AGRA http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/sep/05/africa-gm-genetically-modified-crops ▶ WHY IS KOFI ANNAN FRONTING FOR MONSANTO? THE GMO ASSAULT ON AFRICA http://sco.lt/5n2wPx
July 18, 2013 Sahara Reporter ▶ AFRICA UNDER PRESSURE TO ACCEPT GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD AND MONOCULTURE FARMING SAYS NNIMMO BASSEY http://saharareporters.com/video/africa-under-pressure-accept-gmos-says-nnimmo-bassey THE HUNGER GAMES: HOW UK, USA, GATES SUPPORT FOR BIG AGRIBUSINESS IS FUELING POVERTY http://sco.lt/8ked9N WATCH 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 VIDEO (2:15)
UNITED NATIONS: WHY ARE GM CROPS NOT THE SOLUTION? Today, a billion people live in hunger. Can we feed the world and achieve economic development while conserving ecosystems and improving the livelihoods of peasants and the rural poor? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4SxIXPXaFw&feature=youtu.be
August 12, 2013 Sustainable Pulse ▶ AFRICAN FOOD ALLIANCE MEETS IN ETHIOPIA TO OPPOSE GENETICALLY MODIFIED PRODUCTS http://sustainablepulse.com/2013/08/09/african-food-alliance-meets-in-ethiopia-to-oppose-gm-products/#.UgkZKFPc-RQ
▶ BEWARE OF CALL FOR A 'GREENER REVOLUTION': CORPORATE TAKEOVER OF GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLY - MORE PESTICIDES, MORE CHEMICALS, MORE GMOs, MORE PATENTED SEEDS http://sco.lt/7sYm1Z WATCH THE MYTH OF THE AFRICAN "GREEN REVOLUTION" Vandana Shiva http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1562042292/the-myth-of-the-african-green-revolution-video-vandana-shiva August 7, 2013 Pambazuka - ▶ GENETICALLY ENGINEERED Bt COTTON IN GHANA: THE HIDDEN AGENDA EXPOSED http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/88550 Gene Watch ▶ CHANGING SEEDS, OR SEEDS OF CHANGE? http://www.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org/GeneWatch/GeneWatchPage.aspx?pageId=392&archive=yes --- WATCH --- The Council for Responsible Genetics "GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD: STATE OF THE SCIENCE" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3vadMajCx0&feature=c4-overview&list=UUgMqg3wMQmEsWm4CYhplnLA
BAN GMOs NOW A Special Institute of Science In Society Report http://sco.lt/5CPilt
May 22, 2013 Natural News ▶ OVER 800 WORLD SCIENTISTS AGREE: GM CROPS ARE NOTHING SHORT OF A BIO-WAR ON OUR FOOD http://www.naturalnews.com/040447_GMO_biowar_food.html ▶ OUR INDUSTRIAL, WESTERN AGRICULTURAL FOOD SYSTEM IS DESTROYING THE EARTH AND OUR HEALTH http://sco.lt/63qRl3
Agrarian Justice, January 12, 2012 ▶ WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE INDUSTRIAL FOOD SYSTEM AND THE CHALLENGES FACING FOOD JUSTICE MOVEMENTS http://www.tni.org/multimedia/eric-holt-gimenez-whats-wrong-industrial-food-system-and-challenges-facing-food-justice
August 1, 2013 Yale Global Online ▶ CHINA AND THE U.S. COURT AFRICA: Africa's rich resources, especially energy, are target for world's leading economies http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/china-and-us-court-africa March 12, 2013 - The World Bank ▶ AFRICA'S AGRICULTURE AND AGRIBUSINESS MARKETS SET TO TOP US$ ONE TRILLION IN 2030 http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2013/03/04/africa-agribusiness-report?cid=EXT_TWBN_D_EXT WATCH (56:27) STEALING AFRICA: WHY POVERTY? HOW MUCH PROFIT IS FAIR? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNYemuiAOfU ▶ FORMER UN ENVOY JEAN ZIEGLER ON THIRD WORLD HUNGER: "WE LET THEM STARVE" - AFRICA IS A COUNTRY http://africasacountry.com/2012/10/05/jean-ziegler-we-let-them-starve/ ▶ THE GLOBAL CHEMICAL BIOTECH CARTEL - AN UNPRECEDENTED POWER OVER WORLD AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN HEALTH http://sco.lt/9MtkYL --------------------------------------------------------------- BILL GATES FOUNDATION --------------------------------------------------------------
▶ BILL GATES: THIS GRAND EXPERIMENT ON HUMANITY MUST STOP: Bill Gates Funds Risky, Untested, Unregulated Vitamin Fortified GMO Crops http://sco.lt/6CZccT August 8, 2013 Tech Rights ▶ GATES FOUNDATION EXPANDS TO AFRICA TO PROFIT FROM WORLD'S POOREST http://techrights.org/2013/08/08/occupying-africa/
▶ GATES FOUNDATION-LED "GREEN" REVOLUTION PROMOTES FALSE SOLUTIONS TO HUNGER IN AFRICA http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2792758616/gates-foundation-led-green-revolution-promotes-false-solutions-to-hunger-in-africa ▶ OP-ED: GATES FOUNDATION SHOULD STEP AWAY FROM FUNDING GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS IN AFRICA http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3207727565/op-ed-gates-foundation-should-step-away-from-funding-genetically-modified-crops-in-africa ▶ BILL GATES EXCELLENT AFRICAN ADVENTURE: A TALE OF TECHNOCRATIC AGROINDUSTRIAL PHILANTHROCAPITALISM http://sco.lt/7wLJsP
GRAIN, November 04, 2014 FULL REPORT HOW DOES THE GATES FOUNDATION SPEND IT MONEY TO "FEED THE WORLD" > http://www.grain.org/article/entries/5064-how-does-the-gates-foundation-spend-its-money-to-feed-the-world
▶ BILL GATES, MONSANTO AND EUGENICS: HOW ONE OF THE WORLD'S WEALTHIEST MEN IS ACTIVELY PROMOTING A CORPORATE TAKEOVER OF GLOBAL HEALTH, AGRICULTURE (FOOD) AND EDUCATION http://sco.lt/51EymH
BILL GATES' FOOTPRINT ALL OVER AFRICAN TAKEOVER OF THEIR AGRICULTURE, LAND AND CONTROL OF CONVENTIONAL CROPS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides?q=gates AND NOW THEY WANT MEXICO *****WORLD'S TWO RICHEST MEN -- GATES AND SLIM -- LAUNCH BIOTECH GMO AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE IN MEXICO http://sco.lt/5ig9q5
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HOW NOT TO "FEED THE WORLD" http://sco.lt/8vwnk9
Pambazuka -Voices for Freedom and Justice in Africa ▶ HOW COMPANIES FRAME ISSUES OF FOOD AND GLOBAL HUNGER FOR THEIR OWN SELF-INTEREST AND BOTTOMLINE PROFITS There is a new, but deceptive, foreign drive to end hunger in Africa through large-scale agribusiness. Yet helping poor households in rural Africa feed themselves in an affordable manner means introducing low-cost, sustainable enhancements to farming. History is riddled with examples of the poor dying of hunger when food was plentiful. Classic amongst these is the famine which wracked the West African Sahel during the early 1970s. While people were dying of hunger in Senegal, Mali and Niger, peanuts — a key sauce ingredient and source of protein across the region — were being exported to Europe.... ...The rise of philanthrocapitalism in the US, where former and current business leaders, through the strength of their foundations, have increasingly come to influence the shape and direction of US international development programmes. Central to the philanthrocapitalist worldview is a belief that private enterprise is the fundamental agent of progressive change and that business acumen trumps other forms of expertise... http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/85291
--- A MUST WATCH --- Video - David Suzuki: "WHAT ARE ROUNDUP READY AND Bt PESTICIDE AND GMO CROPS? - WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW" http://sco.lt/7804v3
-▶ FOREIGN CORPORATIONS DESTROYING ECOSYSTEMS, INDIGENOUS LIVELIHOODS, NULLIFYING LAND RIGHTS, CREATING DEPENDENCE AND POVERTY ON A GLOBAL SCALE http://sco.lt/9KW9wn
▶ THE NEW BIOMASSTERS - MARKETING SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY AND THE NEXT ASSAULT ON BIODIVERSITY AND LIVELIHOODS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1849165755/the-new-biomassters-marketing-synthetic-biology-and-the-next-assault-on-biodiversity-and-livelihoods ▶ GENE GIANTS PREPARE THE GENETIC WIPE-OUT OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST IMPORTANT FOOD CROPS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3444726796/gene-giants-prepare-the-genetic-wipe-out-of-one-of-the-world-s-most-important-food-crops 22 October, 2012 Institute of Science in Society ▶ WHY GENETIC MODIFICATION OF CROPS AND LIVESTOCK IS INHERENTLY UNCONTROLLABLE AND HAZARDOUS http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Mass_Genome_Engineering.php
=============================== HE WHO OWNS THE SEEDS, OWNS LIFE ============================== VIDEO *** "SEEDING DEEP DEMOCRACY - Vandana Shiva http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1054461972/seeding-deep-democracy-vandana-shiva IT ALL BEGINS WITH THE SEED: THE POWER OF THE SEED AND THE GLOBAL CORPORATE MONOPLY ON SEED PATENTS -- AND YOUR FOOD http://sco.lt/9MJJhZ VANDANA SHIVA: "SEEDS MUST BE IN THE HANDS OF FARMERS' http://sco.lt/6kPUyv SEED MONOPOLIES AND GMOs - THE BIOTECH CARTEL END GAME - THE POINT OF NO RETURN http://www.boulderweekly.com/article-9613-monsantos-point-of-no-return.html MONSANTO - WHY DOES MONSANTO SUE FARMERS WHO SAVE SEEDS? OWNING THE SEEDS OF LIFE http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3995046018/monsanto-why-does-monsanto-sue-farmers-who-save-seeds-owning-the-seeds-of-life MONSANTO AND GATES FOUNDATION HAVE MAJOR CONTROL OVER LARGE SEED BANK IN NORWAY - CURRENT TV http://current.com/technology/93147558_monsanto-and-gates-foundation-have-major-control-over-large-seed-bank-in-norway.htm “DOOMSDAY SEED VAULT" IN THE ARCTIC - WHO OWNS THESE ORIGINAL SEEDS? | Global Research http://www.globalresearch.ca/doomsday-seed-vault-in-the-arctic/23503 GLOBAL SEED GIANTS PATENTS REDUCING FARMERS' SEED OPTIONS http://sco.lt/8027ZB MORE ON THE SEED DEBATE http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides?q=seed
AND THE GMO GIANTS WANT HAWAII TOO POISONING PARADISE THE GMO WAR IN HAWAI"I http://sco.lt/5DAPR3
WATCH MONSANTO A DOCUMENTARY ON GMO A MUST WATCH http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omtYlsG1P5U VIDEO *****MONSANTO FOOD WARS: GMO SEEDS AND ANIMALS - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TTWwOWvPzA
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March 20, 2013 - ▶ MONSANTO AND POLITICAL CORRUPTION "Corporate totalitarianism … rules through dispensability and corruption. It treats communities, people, countries, ecosystems, species as disposable and dispensable." Monsanto; one of the most hated companies in America has had a long history of corruption, producing the most toxic chemicals and pesticides, food monopoly and market control. Political corruption of Monsanto and its influence and find more about Vietnamese & US veteran poisoned by Monsanto's AGENT ORANGE... http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-food/political-corruption-Monsanto.php Dprogram.net, April 13, 2014 ▶ SYLVIA BURWELL, NEW USA HUMAN HEALTH SERVICES HEAD, RAN COMMON CORE, BILL GATES VACCINES AND GMOs IN AFRICA http://dprogram.net/2014/04/13/sylvia-burwell-replacement-resigning-kathleen-sebelius-ran-common-core-bill-gates-vaccines-gmos-africa/ ▶ MONSANTO'S POWER GRAB: GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOODS GIVEN IMMUNITY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT http://sco.lt/7D3awz Natural News, July 31, 2014 - ▶ STRANGE BED PARTNERS: MONSANTO AND DEPT. OF DEFENSE HELP FUND PHARMA COMPANY THAT COULD EARN BILLIONS FROM EBOLA VIRUS: PATENTS http://www.naturalnews.com/046259_Ebola_outbreak_drug_treatments_Monsanto.html#
- ▶ MONSANTO ENTERS PHARMACEUTICAL BUSINESS, ACQUIRES KEY 'GENE SILENCING' TECHNOLOGY http://sco.lt/8Qwjw1 - ▶ CHEMICALS/PHARMACEUTICALS... THE MOST DANGEROUS AND PROFITABLE INDUSTRY IN THE WORLD! http://www.helpingwomenonline.com/Pharmaceutical_Companies.html MONSANTO: A CORPORATE PROFILE From Chemical WarfareSaccharin to GE Seed - Chemicals for Food, Agriculture http://sco.lt/5TGVDl VIDEO Yahoo Finance, July 21, 2013 HOW MONSANTO CONTROLS THE GOVERNMENT http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/monsanto-controls-government-chris-parker-135253110.html June 21, 2013 Mail Online - ▶ WHY DID THE UK TORY MINISTERS CHANGE THEIR TUNE ON GM FOOD? THE SECRET SUMMIT OF THE BIOTECH LOBBY GIANTS http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2346246/Why-did-Tories-change-tune-GM-food-We-expose-secret-summit-slick-lobbyists-bio-tech-giants-seduced-willing-Ministers.html - ▶ MEGA BIOTECH GIANTS USE NEW USA-EU TRADE DEAL TO DESTROY GMO SAFEGUARDS http://sco.lt/8E3Xsn THE HUNGER GAMES HOW UK, USA SUPPORT FOR BIG AGRIBUSINESS IS FUELING POVERTY http://sco.lt/8ked9N - ▶ USA GOVERNMENT STARTS 'TRADE WARS' WITH NATIONS OPPOSED TO MONSANTO GMO CROPS http://sco.lt/8HSNCD - ▶ 10 REASONS WHY MONSANTO IS POLLUTED AND CORRUPTED FROM ITS CORE http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-food/Monsanto-corruption-gmo.php - ▶ HOW BIOTECH CORPORATIONS AND GMO CROPS ARE THREATENING THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMANKIND ALIKE http://sco.lt/7OmezB
- ▶ GENE GIANTS SEEK 'PHILANTHROGOPOLY' - 6 MULTINATIONAL GENE GIANTS CONTROL THE DIRECTION OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WORLDWIDE http://sco.lt/6h3lzt - ▶ NEW 'MONSANTO PROTECTION ACT' GIVES BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY AND GMOs IMMUNITY FROM FEDERAL LAW http://sco.lt/50UXlx
March 22, 2013 ▶ MONSANTO PROTECTION ACT PROVES CORPORATIONS MORE POWERFUL THAN GOVERNMENT http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/16598-focus-monsanto-protection-act-proves-corporations-more-powerful-than-government
March 15, 2013 - Salon HOW MONSANTO OUTFOXED THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION http://www.salon.com/2013/03/15/how_did_monsanto_outfox_the_obama_administration/
March 21, 2013 ▶ NEW "MONSANTO PROTECTION ACT" GIVES BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY AND GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOODS IMMUNITY FROM FEDERAL LAW, MINIMUM REGULATIONS, OVERSIGHT AND NO LABELING http://sco.lt/4sXm89
March 21, 2013 - Center for Food Safety MONSANTO RIDER PASSES CONGRESS - The Center for Food Safety Denounces Dangerous “Biotech” Earmark in Senate-passed Spending Bill http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/2013/03/20/the-center-for-food-safety-denounces-dangerous-biotech-earmark-in-senate-passed-spending-bill/
March 18, 2013 - US SENATORS TRY TO STRIKE SNEAKED IN "MONSANTO RIDER" WAIVING LIABILITY, REGULATIONS, OVERSIGHT FOR GMO GIANT http://foodpoisoningbulletin.com/2013/senators-try-to-strike-monsanto-rider/
VIDEO REPORT May 15, 2013 RTCCnewswire THE "MONSANTO PROTECTION ACT" AND GMO FISH http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=R9KDfGvxLn8
-▶ OBAMA QUIETLY DEREGULATES THE GMO, BIOTECH INDUSTRY Fast-tracking Approvals, Waiving Regulations, Oversight http://sco.lt/5uCx8b WATCH UNITED STATES OF MONSANTO GMO GIANT IS NOW LITIGATION PROOF http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=E5lkiTnI9V0#! - ▶ DO WE NEED A GENETIC BILL OF RIGHTS? http://sco.lt/5D4PTN
- ▶ DO WE NEED A GENETIC BILL OF RIGHTS? http://sco.lt/6jmb1l - ▶ RE-ENGINEERING, PROGRAMMING AND PATENTING LIFE ITSELF http://sco.lt/4thM6j March 15, 2013 - Common Dreams - ▶ MONSANTO: PATENTING DEATH https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/03/15-7 April 4, 2013 - ▶ ITALY ASKS EU TO HALT GM MAIZE CULTIVATION : AFP http://www.seeddaily.com/reports/Italy_asks_EU_to_halt_GM_maize_cultivation_AFP_999.html - ▶ GMOs and BIOTECH: THE FOOD FIGHT OF OUR LIVES - CROSSING ROSES WITH PIGS AND BUTTERFLIES WITH WORMS http://sco.lt/4olIPJ - ▶ PESTICIDE/CHEMICAL REGULATION OVERHAUL NEEDED TO PROTECT WILDLIFE, ECOSYSTEMS AND FOOD CHAIN http://sco.lt/813dw1 March 21, 2013 - Center for Food Safety MONSANTO RIDER PASSES CONGRESS - The Center for Food Safety Denounces Dangerous “Biotech” Earmark in Senate-passed Spending Bill http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/2013/03/20/the-center-for-food-safety-denounces-dangerous-biotech-earmark-in-senate-passed-spending-bill/ March 15, 2013 - Salon HOW MONSANTO OUTFOXED THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION http://www.salon.com/2013/03/15/how_did_monsanto_outfox_the_obama_administration/
VIDEO (19:57) GMOS HAVE PERVERTED SCIENCE - GENETICIST -Dr Suman Sahai: Power, Plurality and Uncertainty and The Global Politics of Scientific Advice. A fascinating talk by Dr Suman Sahai of GeneCampaign containing a powerful indictment of the science of GMOs.... http://www.gmwatch.org/gm-videosb/27-gm-in-india/14678 WATCH THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MONSANTO (FULL LENGTH) The Leader of the Global Biotech Chemical GMO Cartel http://sco.lt/7FFsXZ MONSANTO: A CORPORATE PROFILE From Chemical Warfare to Saccharin to GE Seed - Chemicals for Food, Agriculture http://sco.lt/5TGVDl MONSANTO, AGENDA 21 AND GLOBAL MONOPOLIES http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-food/monsanto-agenda-21-globalization.php CORPORATE GOVERNANCE? NEW SECRETIVE GLOBAL TRADE PACTS WILL IMPACT US ALL AS SOVEREIGNITY RIGHTS NEGOTIATED AWAY http://sco.lt/6P14JF
“WE'RE AT THE BEGINNING OF BEING ABLE TO DESIGN LIFE IN THE WAY THAT WE WANT” January 12, 2013 - Science News ▶ THE FACTORY OF LIFE Quietly, on the top floor of a nondescript commercial building overlooking Boston Harbor, the future is being born... Ginkgo is, in essence, a 21st century factory of life. The researchers working there specialize in synthetic biology, a field that seeks to build living things from the ground up. After envisioning what they want new organisms to do, Ginkgo biologists actually grow vials full of redesigned cells. “We’re going from the place we used to be, in doing science and studying the natural world, to a place where we’re now going to be able to engineer and manipulate it,” “This is not just — oh, we’re going to go build something that’s able to make pieces of DNA better “We’re at the beginning of being able to design life in the way that we want,” says Pamela Silver, a biologist at Harvard Medical School and Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering" Synthetic biology was born a little more than a decade ago, an offshoot of traditional genetic engineering but distinct in its ambitions, precision and mind-set. Instead of randomly tweaking the genetic blueprints of living organisms... http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/347263/description/Factory_of_Life VIDEO REPORT France24, May 19, 2014 PATENTING LIFE: WHERE DO THE LIMITS LIE? http://www.france24.com/en/20140517-beyond-business-patenting-life-biotechnology-intellectual-property-science-species-human-dna-gmo-gene-breast-cancer/ Mail OnLine, February 06, 2014 ▶ WORLD'S FIRST GENETICALLY MODIFIED BABIES BORN IN U.S. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-43767/Worlds-GM-babies-born.html#ixzz2Y86dcHec Science Insider, October 3, 2013 ▶ COMPANY'S 'DESIGNER BABY' PATENT DIVIDE BIO-ETHICISTS http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2013/10/companys-designer-baby-patent-divides-bioethicists VIDEO ▶ GENETICIST, DAVID SUZUKI, SAYS HUMANS ARE PART OF A MASSIVE EXPERIMENT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mBF1OOPdTo#t=90 WATCH France24 TV, October 02, 2013 SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY: CREATING LIFE FROM SCRATCH A pioneering science is offering researchers the possibility to design and engineer new forms of life on a made-to-order basis.But critics are questioning whether mankind is prepared for the consequences of this unparalleled control over nature. http://www.france24.com/en/20130718-down-to-earth-dna-synthetic-biology-united-kingdom-science-biohackers-design-engineer-life/ ▶ UNDER SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY LIFE AND FOOD WILL NOT BE A PRODUCT OF NATURE BUT OF A LAB AND IT WILL BE PATENTED http://sco.lt/7pchOL ▶ PATENT FOR A PIG: BIOTECH SCIENTISTS PUSH TO PATENT, "IMPROVE" TRANSGENIC GMO 'ENVIROPIGS' FOR YOU TO EAT http://sco.lt/6nOLuz ▶ SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY AND THE RISE OF THE 'SPIDER-GOATS' http://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/jan/14/synthetic-biology-spider-goat-genetics?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2 ▶ THE FOOD FIGHT OF OUR LIVES = CROSSING PIGS AND BUTTERFLIES WITH WORMS -- NOT OKAY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1699396402/gmos-and-biotech-the-food-fight-of-our-lives-crossing-roses-with-pigs-and-butterflies-with-worms-not-to-mention-corn-with-a-virulent-bacteria -▶ HUMAN GENES ENGINEERED INTO EXPERIMENTAL GMO RICE BEING GROWN IN KANSAS http://www.naturalnews.com ▶ INTRODUCING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ANIMALS INTO OUR ENVIRONMENT AND BODIES http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2241145898/introducing-genetically-engineered-animals-into-our-environment-and-bodiesl ▶ NBC Chicago WHERE DOES IT STOP? CHINESE SCIENTISTS PRESENTLY EXPERIMENTS WITH MORE THAN 20 GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ANIMALS: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/genetically-engineered-salmon-176698781.html ▶ SCIENCE GONE MAD - CHINA DEVELOPS 300 GENETICALLY MODIFIED DAIRY COWS FOR HUMAN BREAST MILK PRODUCTION http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3601115491/science-gone-mad-china-develops-300-genetically-modified-dairy-cows-for-human-breast-milk-production Grist, July 30, 2013 ▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED ANIMALS COULD MAKE IT TO YOUR PLATE WITH MINIMAL TESTING -- AND NO PUBLIC INPUT http://grist.org/article/and3/ Jan 18, 2013 THE GMO KILL - ▶ MONSANTO'S GMO PATENTED SEEDS WANT TO RULE THE WORLD http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3995255998/monsanto-s-gmo-patented-seeds-want-to-rule-the-world-the-gmo-kill ======================== PATENTS ======================== ▶ THE FOOD FIGHT OF OUR LIVES = CROSSING PIGS AND BUTTERFLIES WITH WORMS -- NOT OKAY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1699396402/gmos-and-biotech-the-food-fight-of-our-lives-crossing-roses-with-pigs-and-butterflies-with-worms-not-to-mention-corn-with-a-virulent-bacteria ▶ NEW GM BABIES BORN A DECADE AGO http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-food/genetically-engineered-babies.php ▶ GMO PATENTS MAY OWN OUR FORESTS: MONSANTO GMO TREES COULD DEVASTATE FOREST ECOYSTEMS http://sco.lt/84F6mn Guardian, January 30, 2014 -▶ ----- GENETICALLY MODIFIED MONKEYS CREATED WITH CUT AND PASTE DNA http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jan/30/genetically-modified-monkeys-cut-and-paste-dna-alzheimers-parkinsons ▶ FIRST GM CAMELS TO BE ENGINEERED FOR DRUG PRODUCTION http://sco.lt/5L5VVB ▶ GM COW BRINGS BIOTECH TO A NEW LEVEL OF CREEPY http://sco.lt/62KG6T ▶ UNLEASHING GENETICALLY SALMON ONTO YOUR DINNER PLATE = NO REGULATIONS, NO OVERSIGHT - "FATALLY FLAWED" FDA ASSESSMENT http://sco.lt/8ZDraz ▶ GROWING PHARMACEUTICALS IN GMO PLANT REQUIRES NEW, STRICT REGULATIONS AND OVERSIGHT - PATENT MONOPOLIES http://sco.lt/7KM4qv April 28, 2013 The Hindu ▶ SCIENTISTS TO GENETICALLY MODIFY COWS TO REMOVE THEIR HORNS http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/science/scientists-to-genetically-modify-cows-to-remove-their-horns/article4663180.ece Guardian, January 14, 2013 ▶ SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY AND THE RISE OF THE 'SPIDER-GOATS' http://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/jan/14/synthetic-biology-spider-goat-genetics?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2 -▶ HUMAN GENES ENGINEERED INTO EXPERIMENTAL GMO RICE BEING GROWN IN KANSAS http://www.naturalnews.com -▶ SCIENCE GONE MAD: CHINA DEVELOPS 300 GENETICALLY MODIFIED DAIRY COWS FOR HUMAN BREAST MILK PRODUCTION http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3601115491/science-gone-mad-china-develops-300-genetically-modified-dairy-cows-for-human-breast-milk-production -▶ BIO RE-ENGINEERING NATURE: PEACH GENOME AND POPLARS, WILLOW TREES FOR BIOFUELS (AND PATENTING) http://sco.lt/8WvNKb ▶ MONSANTO ENTERS PHARMACEUTICAL BUSINESS, ACQUIRES KEY 'GENE SILENCING' TECHNOLOGY PATENT FOR USE IN HUMANS http://sco.lt/8Rrt6v ▶ GLOBAL SEED GIANTS PATENT SEEDS REDUCING FARMERS' SEED OPTIONS http://sco.lt/8027ZB -▶ PATENTING LIFE ITSELF - OUR 21ST CENTURY FACTORY OF LIFE: RE-ENGINEERING, PRORAMMING - IS BIOTECH OUT OF CONTROL? http://sco.lt/4thM6j MONSANTO BUYS OBAMA, THE US SENATE AND THE GLOBAL FARM http://sco.lt/8xdkYb - ▶ DO WE NEED A GENETIC BILL OF RIGHTS? http://sco.lt/6jmb1l ▶ GENE GIANTS SEEK ' PHILANTHROPOLOGY' - 6 MULTINATIONAL GENE GIANTS CONTROL THE DIRECTION OF AGRICULTURE AND GLOBAL FOOD http://sco.lt/6h3lzt ▶ GENE GIANTS STOCKPILE PATENTS ON "CLIMATE-READY" CROPS IN BID TO BECOME BIOMASSTERS http://www.etcgroup.org/content/gene-giants-stockpile-patents-%E2%80%9Cclimate-ready%E2%80%9D-crops-bid-become-biomassters-0 April 15, 2013 PBS NEWSHOUR VIDEO: ▶ U.S. SUPREME COURT TACKLES CASE OF PATENT LAW, HUMAN GENETICS http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/jan-june13/scotus_04-15.html ▶ WHO OWNS NATURE? CORPORATE POWER AND THE FINAL FRONTIER IN THE COMMODIFICATION OF LIFE - http://www.etcgroup.org/content/who-owns-nature ▶ BIOTECH GENETIC ENGINEERING AND THE CORPORATE PATENTING OF LIFE http://sco.lt/8fEl73 ▶ 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 VIDEO REPORT ▶ GMO FOODS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: THE ULTIMATE FOOD FIGHT http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1229197877/gmo-foods-and-intellectual-property-the-ultimate-food-fight-video-report June 13, 2013 Reuters ▶ USA SUPREME COURT SAYS SYNTHETIC BUT NOT HUMAN EXTRACTED DNA CAN BE PATENTED - URGED BY OBAMA ADMINISTRATION http://preview.reuters.com/2013/6/13/us-top-court-says-extracted-human-dna-cannot-be ▶ ANIMALS RAISED IN CORPORATE CONCENTRATION PENS: DRUGS, GMO FEED AND 'AG-GAG' LAW TO IMPACT BEYOND USA http://sco.lt/6jKf2H ▶ WHO OWNS NATURE? CORPORATE POWER AND THE FINAL FRONTIER IN THE COMMODIFICATION OF LIFE http://www.etcgroup.org/content/who-owns-nature PBS NEWSHOUR VIDEO REPORT April 15, 2013 WATCH U.S. SUPREME COURT TACKLES CASE OF PATENT LAW, HUMAN GENETICS http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/jan-june13/scotus_04-15.html --------------------------------------------------- RESEARCH ▶ WHY IS THERE SO LITTLE INDEPENDENT PEER REVIEWED GMO RESEARCH? http://sco.lt/8mGIO9 ▶ CORPORATE-SPONORED RESEARCH: ARE UNIVERSITIES RESTRICTING SCIENTISTS' STUDY OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED SEEDS? http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3996053783/corporate-sponsored-research-are-universities-restricting-scientists-study-of-genetically-modified-seeds ▶ Nation of Change MANY PRO-GMO BIOLOGIST OWN GMO PATENTS, IN BED WITH MONANTO http://www.nationofchange.org/many-pro-gmo-corporate-biologists-own-gmo-patents-bed-monsanto-1353859536 ▶ MONSANTO BLOCKS RESEARCH ON GMO SAFETY DUE TO OWNERSHIP OF PATENTS http://redgreenandblue.org/2011/02/14/monsanto-blocks-research-on-gmo-safety/ ▶ CORPORATE-SPONORED RESEARCH: ARE UNIVERSITIES RESTRICTING SCIENTISTS' STUDY OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED SEEDS? http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3996053783/corporate-sponsored-research-are-universities-restricting-scientists-study-of-genetically-modified-seeds +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ▶ THE NEW BIOMASSTERS - SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY AND THE NEXT ASSAULT ON BIODIVERSITY AND LIVELIHOODS: ETC Group www.etcgroup.org/content/new-biomassters ▶ ETC Group SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY - EXTREME GENETIC ENGINEERING http://www.etcgroup.org/issues/synthetic-biology ▶ THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY URGES PRECAUTION IN EMERGING FIELD OF SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY, CLIMATE GEOENGINEERING http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3064836843/increased-precaution-is-needed-in-emerging-fields-such-as-synthetic-biology-climate-geoengineering March 13, 2012 - Washington Post ▶ ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS CALL FOR TIGHTER REGULATION OF 'EXTREME GENETIC ENGINEERING' http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/environmental-groups-call-for-tighter-regulation-of-extreme-genetic-engineering/2012/03/13/gIQAzKPZAS_story.html ▶ GMOs, SEED WARS AND KNOWLEDGE WARS http://sco.lt/4oubs9 ▶ BENBROOK STUDY ON GM CROPS AND PESTICIDES http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2664441577/benbrook-study-on-gm-crops-and-pesticides March 21, 2013 ▶ NEW "MONSANTO PROTECTION ACT" GIVES BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY AND GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOODS IMMUNITY FROM FEDERAL LAW, MINIMUM REGULATIONS, OVERSIGHT AND NO LABELING http://sco.lt/4sXm89 USDA - ANIMAL CLONING http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/SafetyHealth/AnimalCloning/default.htm ▶ THE FATE OF BOTH THE FOOD CHAIN AND THE ENVIRONMENT - NEW UNTESTED, UNREGULATED NANO-PESTICIDES SNEAKED ONTO MARKET http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3845773793/the-fate-of-both-the-food-chain-and-the-environment-new-untested-unregulated-nano-pesticides-sneaked-onto-market ▶ THE GLOBAL CHEMICAL 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 ▶ OBAMA TO DE-REGULATE GMO / GENETIC BIOTECH INDUSTRY : Fast-tracking approvals, waiving regulations and liability http://sco.lt/5uCx8b March 18, 2013 - ▶ US SENATORS TRY TO STRIKE THE SNEAKED IN "MONSANTO RIDER" WAIVING LIABILITIES, REGULATIONS FOR GMO GIANT http://foodpoisoningbulletin.com/2013/senators-try-to-strike-monsanto-rider/ ▶ BIOMASSTERS BATTLE TO CONTROL THE "GREEN" ECONOMY - In this joint report, the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the ETC Group reveal the new "Biomassters" and argue that in the absence of effective and socially responsive governance, the green economy will perpetuate the greed economy http://www.etcgroup.org/content/biomassters-battle-control-green-economy ▶ 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 ▶ BIOMASSTERS BATTLE TO CONTROL THE "GREEN" ECONOMY - In this joint report, the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the ETC Group reveal the new "Biomassters" and argue that in the absence of effective and socially responsive governance, the green economy will perpetuate the greed economy http://www.etcgroup.org/content/biomassters-battle-control-green-economy ▶ GMO CORN FREE : CUTTING BACK ON DOMINANT GMO CROP IS EASIER SAID THAN DONE http://sco.lt/7NKnSL ▶ DOES FOOD SECURITY'S FUTURE LIE IN ORGANIC SEEDS? http://sco.lt/8I0UGP ▶ BILL GATES' EXCELLENT AFRICAN ADVENTURE: A TALE OF TECHNOCRATIC AGRO-INDUSTRIAL PHILANTHROCAPITALISM http://sco.lt/7wLJsP
GRAIN, November 04, 2014 FULL REPORT HOW DOES THE GATES FOUNDATION SPEND IT MONEY TO "FEED THE WORLD" > http://www.grain.org/article/entries/5064-how-does-the-gates-foundation-spend-its-money-to-feed-the-world
▶ BIOMASSTERS BATTLE TO CONTROL THE "GREEN" ECONOMY - In this joint report, the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the ETC Group reveal the new "Biomassters" and argue that in the absence of effective and socially responsive governance, the green economy will perpetuate the greed economy http://www.etcgroup.org/content/biomassters-battle-control-green-economy ▶ CONSCIOUS FOOD: VICTIMS OF BIOCULTURAL EVOLUTION OR MINDFUL FOOD AND BETTER WORLD HEALTH? http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3292405160/conscious-food-victims-of-biocultural-evolution-or-mindful-food-choices-and-better-world-health Feb 25, 2013 Guardian Sustainable Business | Guardian Professional -▶ OUR GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM IS DANGEROUSLY OUT OF CONTROL, WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS? http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/fairtrade-report-treatment-smallholder-farmers Feb 2, 2013 - John Vidal, The Guardian - -▶ IT'S HARD TO TRUST GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD WHEN IT IS IN THE GRIP OF A FEW GLOBAL GIANTS | John Vidal - The Observer http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/feb/03/gm-food-grip-global-giants WATCH Video ▶ MONSANTO FOOD WARS: GMO SEEDS AND ANIMALS - YouTube http://ow.ly/jeIKu Video ▶ THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MONSANTO (FULL LENGTH) The Leader of the Biotech Cartel http://sco.lt/7FFsXZ Video ▶ 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 ▶ CONTEMPORARY AGRICULTURE IS BURNING UP OUR PLANET http://sco.lt/6xupV3 ▶ CLIMATE & GEOENGINEERING http://www.etcgroup.org/issues/climate-geoengineering ETC Group http://ow.ly/gqC7V ▶ THE ANTHROPOCENE - ATMOSPHERIC GOVERNANCE: WEIGHING THE RISKS OF GEOENGINEERING SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE via The Economist http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2012/12/anthropocene ▶ RAINING CHEMICALS FROM THE SKY https://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=2636&action=edit
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NPR: ▶ CORNSTALKS EVERYWHERE BUT NOTHING ELSE, NOT EVEN A BEE Corn farmers champion corn. Anything that might eat corn, hurt corn, bother corn, is killed. Their corn is bred to fight pests. The ground is sprayed. The stalks are sprayed again. We've erased everything else. (AND WE EAT THIS TOXIC FOOD?) We need to feed our planet, of course. But we also need the teeny creatures that drive all life on earth. There's something strange about a farm that intentionally creates a biological desert to produce food for one species: us. It's efficient, yes. But it's so efficient that the ants are missing, the bees are missing, and even the birds stay away. Something's not right here. Our cornfields are too quiet.... http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2012/11/29/166156242/cornstalks-everywhere-but-nothing-else-not-even-a-bee
Summit County Citizens Voice, April 05, 2015 -▶ STUDY TRACK HUGE SURGE IN USE OF BEE-KILLING PESTICIDES http://summitcountyvoice.com/2015/04/05/study-tracks-huge-surge-in-use-of-bee-killing-pesticides/
The Post, Canada, June 19, 2013 ▶ BEES DYING BY THE MILLIONS AS GMO CORN WITH THEIR PESTICIDES ARE PLANTED http://www.thepost.on.ca/2013/06/19/bees-dying-by-the-millions
The Ecologist, July 02, 2014 -▶ NEONICOTINOIDS ARE POISONING NOT JUST BEES AND HUMAN BUT ENTIRE FARMLAND ECOSYSTEMS The world's most widely used insecticides have contaminated the environment across the planet so pervasively that global food production is at risk, according to a comprehensive scientific assessment of the chemicals' impacts. http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2459001/neonicotoids_are_poisoning_entire_farmland_ecosystems.html
RT USA, February 05, 2015 ▶ MONSANTO'S ROUNDUP PESTICIDE SYSTEM THREATENS EXTINCTION OF MONARCH BUTTERFLIES: http://rt.com/usa/229667-monsanto-monarch-butterflies-extinct/
▶ BEE-KILLING CHEMICAL LURKS INSIDE YOUR FOOD: AGROCHEMICALS THREAT TO WILD BEES AND INSECTS, FOOD SECURITY AND BIODIVERSITY http://sco.lt/651bMX
Institute of Science In Society, December 10, 2014 ▶ MARKED DETERIORATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH PARALLELS INCREASE IN GM CROPS AND GLYPHOSATE USE, US GOVERNMENT DATA SHOWS http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Deterioration_of_Public_Health.php
New York Times, September 17, 2014 -▶ ALTERED TO WITHSTAND LASHINGS OF TOXIC HERBICIDE, CORN AND SOY BEANS GAIN APPROVAL http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/18/business/altered-to-withstand-herbicide-corn-and-soybeans-gain-approval.html?_r=0
Reuters, September 18, 2014 -▶ USDA GRANTS APPROVAL TO DOW'S ENLIST GMO CORN AND SOYBEANS http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/09/17/us-agriculture-dow-enlist-idINKBN0HC2JS20140917
HuffingtonPost Green, September 15, 2014 -▶ HERBICIDE AND INSECTICIDE USE ON GMO CROPS SKYROCKETING, WHILE PRO-GMO MEDIA RUN INTERFERENCE. Former EPA Senior Scientist's New Article Sets Record Straight http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-bronner/herbicide-insecticide-use_b_5791304.html TakePart, November 15, 2013 ▶ HOW BIG CORN IS KILLING THE EARTH http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/11/15/how-big-corn-killing-earth
May 17, 2013 Natural News ▶ SYSTEMIC PESTICIDES ARE PENETRATING DEEP INTO PLANT TISSUES (Which We Eat), DESTROYING BEETLES, TREES, BEES AND HUMAN HORMONES http://www.naturalnews.com/040377_systemic_pesticides_bee_populations_hormones.html
▶ HOW MONOCULTURE THREATENS THE FUTURE OF FOOD - GROWING FOOD IN DEAD SOIL http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/01/01/bees-dying-from-chemical-agriculture.aspx?e_cid=20130101_DNL_art_2#_edn1
Digital Journal, March 10, 2014 -▶ AS DOW SEEKS GROWTH, NEW ENLIST CROP AND CHEMICALS SEEN AS KEY. Dow pegs the market opportunity for Enlist at about $1 billion. (How Interesting they make no mention of toxic impact of required pesticides on environment and human health) http://www.digitaljournal.com/business/business/as-dow-seeks-growth-new-enlist-crop-chemicals-seen-as-key/article/375455
Summit County Citizens Voice, March 01, 2015 -▶ NEW GLOBAL MAP IDs PESTICIDE POLLUTION HOT SPOTS. The world has a long way to go to come to grips with pesticide pollution say scientists who recently created a global map showing which areas are most susceptible.Their modeling suggests that streams across about 40 percent of the planet’s surface are at risk from the application of insecticides, with the Mediterranean region, the USA, Central America and Southeast Asia among the hotspots...On average, farmers apply about 4 million tons of agricultural pesticides annually,...We know from earlier investigations for example that pesticides can reduce the biodiversity of invertebrates in freshwater ecosystems by up to 42 percent... http://summitcountyvoice.com/2015/03/01/new-map-ids-pesticide-pollution-hot-spots/
Pesticide Action Group, March 12, 2014 -▶ THE BIG 6: BIGGER AND BADDER. The public comment period for Dow's new genetically engineered, 2,4-D-resistant corn and soy closed March 11, 2014. And despite comments from nearly 400,000 concerned individuals and farmers urging otherwise, USDA has signaled it will likely greenlight these new GE crops. http://www.panna.org/blog/big-6-bigger-badder
Nation of Change, March 26, 2014 ▶ DOW: THE OTHER MONSANTO http://www.nationofchange.org/dow-other-monsanto-1395841065
July 11, 2013 Food and Water Watch -▶ SUPERWEEDS: HOW BIOTECH CROPS BOLSTER THE PESTICIDE INDUSTRY - REPORT PDF http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/reports/superweeds/
WATCH PBS Newshour, November 15, 2014 INCREASED IMMUNITY IN WEEDS MAY THREATEN U.S. CROPS. . http://video.pbs.org/video/2365369832/
FRANCE24 TV, January 14, 2014 ▶ U.S. 'SUPERWEEDS' EPIDEMIC SHINES SPOTLIGHT ON GMOs AND PESTICIDES http://www.france24.com/en/20140113-us-superweeds-epidemic-shines-spotlight-gmos/
August 1, 2013 Huffington Post Green ▶ THE KILLING FIELDS: INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE, DEAD ZONES AND GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CORN http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elizabeth-kucinich/the-killing-fields-indust_b_3678515.html
August 30, 2013 Sustainable Pulse: ▶ THE NEVER-ENDING TREADMILL OF MORE AND STRONGER PESTICIDES: -----BIOTECH AG INDUSTRY STARTS NEW ERA OF PESTICIDE-PROMOTING AGRICULTURE http://sustainablepulse.com/2013/08/30/biotech-industry-starts-new-era-of-pesticide-promoting-agriculture/#.UigyP7zc-RQ
Green Media Info, December 25, 2014 ▶ MONSANTO/BAYER'S GMO PLANTS CONTAMINATE EUROPE DESPITE BAN http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/breaking-monsantobayers-gm-plants-contaminate-europe-despite-ban-1
The Times of India, March 19, 2014 ▶ NATURE FIGHTS BACK: WORM EVOLVES TO EAT CORN THAT WAS GENETICALLY ENGINEERED TO KILL IT http://linkis.com/indiatimes.com/oVOCu
WATCH BBC VIDEO REPORT A BILLION GO HUNGRY BECAUSE OF GMO FARMING Vandana Shiva http://www.sott.net/article/260505-A-billion-go-hungry-because-of-GMO-farming-Vandana-Shiva
▶ CULTIVATING SANITY : BANGLADESH FARMERS TURN BACK THE CLOCK TO COMBAT CLIMATE STRESSED CROPS - Cultivation of the old varieties is expanding in part because they need almost no chemical fertiliser or pesticides - which makes them cheaper and easier to grow - and because their yields are good in tough conditions. http://www.trust.org/item/20141126125124-0i6go
Newsweek, December 13, 2014 ▶ SOLVING HUNGER IN ETHIOPIA BY TURNING TO NATIVE CROPS http://www.newsweek.com/solving-hunger-ethiopia-turning-native-crops-291558
ARE YOU EATING 'PESTICIDE PLANTS'? THE CONNECTION BETWEEN GMO AND TOXIC PESTICIDES http://sco.lt/9JFS65
-▶ ANOTHER REASON TO AVOID CONVENTIONAL, INDUSTRIAL WHEAT AND GRAINS: LASHINGS, UPON LASHINGS OF POWERFUL TOXIC INSECTICIDES: NEONICOTINOIDS http://lincoln-adams.wsu.edu/agriculture/NACAA-Wireworm-Control-Poster-2011.pdf
The Age, August 16, 2013 ▶ DEFORMED INSECTS BLAMED ON PESTICIDE USE http://www.theage.com.au/environment/deformed-insects-blamed-on-pesticide-use-20130815-2rzi6.html
WATCH (14.16) GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOOD WHAT IS GENETIC MODIFICATION OF OUR FOOD? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnBpPMvJTBY
Environmental Science and Pollution Research ▶ REPORT: RISKS OF LARGE-SCALE USE OF SYSTEMIC INSECTICIDES TO ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING AND SERVICES -- ABSTRACT AND PDF DOWNLOAD http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11356-014-3277-x
-▶ PESTICIDE LOBBY SPENDS MILLIONS TO DEFEND CHEMICALS TIED TO BEE DEATHS AND HUMAN ILL-HEALTH http://sco.lt/8nhcsT
Sustainable Food Trust ▶ *** AGRI-CHEMICAL PR STRATEGIES http://sustainablefoodtrust.org/articles/pr-strategies-of-the-agri-chemical-companies/
The Ecologist, January 30, 2014 -▶ THE CHEMICAL BLITZ OF PESTICIDES IN OUR FIELDS: An ordinary arable field in Sussex is sprayed with pesticides 22 times over a single growing season. Dave Goulson wonders how the bees can survive this toxic onslaught - and exactly who benefits. http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2258103/revealed_the_chemical_blitz_of_pesticides_in_our_fields.html -▶ THOUSANDS OF SRI LANKA FARMERS DYING: STUDY LINKS KIDNEY DISEASE TO AGROCHEMICALS, PESTICIDES http://sco.lt/7vsgzp
▶ CANCER IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH BY DISEASE IN U.S. 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
▶ 2,4-D :THE NEXT "ROUNDUP" GENERATION.....Michael Pollan: "Don't miss this VIDEO, about the next wave of herbicide-tolerant crops from Monsanto-- will make Round-Up look benign" -▶ WATCH -▶ DANGERS OF 2,4-D DICAMBA http://www.fixfood.org/features/276/dangers-of-dicamba
▶ 2,4-D "AGENT ORANGE" WEED KILLER ON YOUR FOOD, IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND IN YOUR BODY? http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2664869733/2-4-d-agent-orange-weed-killer-on-your-food-in-the-environment-and-in-your-body
Food & Water Watch, September 18, 2014 -▶ APPROVAL OF 2,4-D PESTICIDE TOLERANT CROPS SPEEDS UP AGRICHEMICAL TREADMILL http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/pressreleases/approval-of-24-d-tolerant-crops-speeds-up-agrichemical-treadmill/
Truthout, January 08, 2014 ▶ USDA MOVES TO APPROVE "AGENT ORANGE" GMO SEEDS http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/21069-usda-moves-to-approve-agent-orange-gmo-seeds
▶ U.S. STARTS LANDMARK AGENT ORANGE CLEANUP IN VIETNAM - WHILE MONSANTO USES IT ON GMO FOOD http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2361457073/us-starts-landmark-agent-orange-cleanup-in-vietnam-and-monsanto-uses-this-on-gmo-food
Environmental Working Group, June 02, 2014 ▶ 2,4-D HERBICIDE & GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS http://www.ewg.org/24D GRAIN, May 26, 2014 -▶ 2,4-D SOY: WAGING WAR ON PEASANTS. To study the history of how GMOs were forced upon us is to discover that we have come down the wrong road. Herbicide-resistant weeds have become a major problem, yet, during the first GE decade, corporations routinely denied their existence http://www.grain.org/article/entries/4945-2-4-d-soy-waging-war-on- peasants
INFOGRAPHIC: FIELDS OF GOLD - RAPID RISE OF THE U.S. CORN INDUSTRY Lashings of Pesticides Creating Biological Deserts http://flapjackmedia.com/2013/09/04/corn/
▶ THE POWERFUL USDA ALLOW MORE GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS WITH Bt TOXIC PESTICIDES TO MARKET, DESPITE SERIOUS HEALTH CONCERNS http://sco.lt/7VOZZx --- WATCH --- A Must see VIDEO for all. Dr. David Suzuki "WHAT ARE ROUNDUP READY & Bt PESTICIDE GMO CROPS? http://sco.lt/5n6cuP
REPORT PESTICIDE USE ON GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS Ramon J. Seidler, Ph.D.Former Senior Scientist at the Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development, Western Ecology Division in Corvallis OR http://static.ewg.org/agmag/pdfs/pesticide_use_on_genetically_engineered_crops.pdf TakePart, June 12, 2014 WHY YOU SHOULD WORRY ABOUT AMERICA'S CORN ADDICTION http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/06/12/how-corn-contributing-climate-change-and-water-shortages
▶ WHY WE NEED INSECTS: EVEN PESKY ONES - PESTICIDE REDUCTION ESSENTIAL http://sco.lt/94UwhF
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT SOARING PESTICIDE USE AND POISONING LINKED TO GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROP PRODUCTION http://sco.lt/8iunRp
The Ecologist, August 24, 2014 ▶ CANCER DEATHS DOUBLE IN ARGENTINA'S GMO AGRIBUSINESS AREAS http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_round_up/2525411/cancer_deaths_double_in_argentinas_gmo_agribusiness_areas.html BEYOND PESTICIDES PESTICIDE-INDUCED DISEASES DATA BASE -- CANCER http://www.beyondpesticides.org/health/cancer.php
Guardian Environment, January 29, 2014 ▶ MONARCH BUTTERFLY DECLINE LEADS TO WARNING OVER FAMED MIGRATION. INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE FAULTED - Low levels in central Mexico blamed on Big Agriculture disappearance of the Monarchs's milkweed breeding grounds in US and Canada http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/29/monarch-butterfly-decline-mexico
IUCN, June 24, 2014 ▶ SYSTEMIC PESTICIDES POSE GLOBAL THREAT TO BIODIVERSITY, ECOSYSTEMS AND HUMAN HEALTH. The conclusions of a new meta-analysis (800 Scientists) of the systemic pesticides neonicotinoids and fipronil (neonics) confirm that they are causing significant damage to a wide range of beneficial invertebrate species and are a key factor in the decline of bees. http://www.iucn.org/news_homepage/?16025/Systemic-Pesticides-Pose-Global-Threat-to-Biodiversity-And-Ecosystem-Services Guardian Environment, June 23, 2014 ▶ INSECTICIDES PUT WORLD FOOD SUPPLIES AT RISK, SAY SCIENTISTS. Regulations on pesticides have failed to prevent poisoning of almost all habitats, international team of scientists concludes http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/24/insecticides-world-food-supplies-risk ROUNDUP - THE ULTIMATE KILLING MACHINE New Charges Against Monsanto's "Pesticide" Roundup http://sco.lt/5TS0Hp
EcoWatch, March 06, 2014 ▶ RENOWNED NYU PROFESSOR: GMOs COULD LITERALLY DESTROY THE PLANET: What effects will the genetic manipulation of nature have on our worldwide ecosystem? http://ecowatch.com/2014/03/06/nyu-gmos-destroy-planet/
June 6, 2013 Big Picture Agriculture - ▶ A RECIPE FOR SOIL DISASTER - TODAY'S USA FARM POLICY http://www.bigpictureagriculture.com/2013/06/soil-erosion-in-iowa-and-the-u-s-377.html July 21, 2013 New York Times ▶ OUR COMING FOOD CRISIS AND THE FOLLY OF BIG CORPORATE AGRICULTURE - SOIL, WATER AND CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/22/opinion/our-coming-food-crisis.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
======================== BAN GMOs NOW A Special Report, Institute of Science In Society http://sco.lt/5KV1Cz ========================
MANIPULATING THE SEEDS OF LIFE SEED PATENTS AND CONTROL OF YOUR FOOD http://sco.lt/7yB3XF
NATURE'S INGENIOUS METHODS OF SEED DISPERSAL http://duxbury.wickedlocal.com/article/20141025/News/141029419
Global Research, July 02, 2014 -▶ ACQUIESCING TO BIG BIOTECH: RELENTLESS DRIVE TO FORCE GMO CROPS INTO BRITAIN http://www.globalresearch.ca/acquiescing-to-big-biotech-relentless-drive-to-force-gmo-crops-into-britain/5389562
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Guardian Environment, April 20, 2014 -▶ CORN BIOFUELS WORSE THAN GASOLINE ON GLOBAL WARMING IN SHORT TERM http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/20/corn-biofuels-gasoline-global-warming The Hockey Schtick, July 1, 2013 -▶ DIRTY CORN ETHANOL INCREASES EMISSIONS, FUEL COSTS, ENGINE DAMAGE AND FOOD PRICES http://hockeyschtick.blogspot.com/search?q=ethanol
July 12, 2013 Slate -▶ ETHANOL IS INSANE: THE USA CORN LOBBY'S GRIP ON OUR ENERGY POLICY http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/food/2013 Environmental Working Group, August 19, 2013 -▶ MORE CORN ETHANOL IN 2013 MEANS ENVIRONMENT AND CONSUMERS LOSE OUT http://www.ewg.org/agmag/2013/08/more-corn-ethanol-2013-means-environment-consumers-lose-out March 1, 2013 Guardian Environment -▶ THE BIOFUEL BELT KEEPS CREEPING ACROSS THE U.S. - AND IT'S WILDLIFE AND ECOSYSTEMS THAT LOSE OUT http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2013/mar/01/biofuel-habitat-loss-usa -▶ FARM SUBSIDIES AND CORN BIOFUEL ETHANOL: BAD FOR FARMERS, CONSUMERS AND ENVIRONMENT http://sco.lt/4knJIH June 17, 2013 About My Planet -▶ CROP WARS: FOOD VERSUS BIOFUELS http://www.aboutmyplanet.com/environment/crop-wars-food-versus-biofuels/ -▶ FOOD OR FUEL: BIG OIL AND BIG AG FIGHT IT OUT OVER ETHANOL BIOFUEL http://sco.lt/4rDj1t
-▶ GRAIN — LAND GRABBING FOR BIOFUELS MUST STOP http://sco.lt/7LE5cv
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- ▶ PESTICIDE/INSECTICIDE REGULATION OVERHAUL NEEDED TO PROTECT WILDLIFE, ECOSYSTEMS AND FOOD CHAIN http://sco.lt/813dw1
-▶ OUR INDUSTRIAL, WESTERN AGRICULTURAL FOOD SYSTEM IS DESTROYING THE EARTH AND OUR HEALTH http://sco.lt/63qRl3
▶ WILL SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY BENEFIT OR THREATEN WILD THINGS? http://sco.lt/6fkVAv
▶ THIS GRAND EXPERIMENT ON HUMAN BEINGS HAS TO STOP: Bill Gates Funds Risky, Untested, Unregulated Vitamin Fortified GMO Crops.. http://sco.lt/5uWAW9
▶ GM GOLDEN "FORTIFIED" RICE AND OTHER CROPS AND VITAMIN 'A' OVERDOSE http://sco.lt/88C1AX
WATCH INVESTIGATION: AL JAZEERA ENGLISH GMO BANANAS & PESTICIDES: HEAD TO HEAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgDUftcYA84&list=PLarcyiuyaj1D4MTxuM31Uvwk40HV7oIPV&index=31
▶ DOMESTICATED AND WILD BEES ARE BOTH IN TROUBLE - PESTICIDE INDUSTRY IN DENIAL http://sco.lt/95yplJ ▶ MONARCH BUTTERFLY MIGRATION PLUNGES 59%: NOW AT LOWEST LEVELS EVER http://sco.lt/81D2Sv SILENCING THE SCIENTIST: TARGETED BY HERBICIDE FIRM SYNGENTA: ALTRAZINE AND DEADLY NEONICOTINOIDS http://sco.lt/6Vhegj December 14, 2012: ▶ MONSANTO AG BILL GIVES CARTE BLANCHE 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
August 21, 2013 Health Impact News Daily -▶ DANGEROUS BANNED GMO CORN SUDDENLY APPEARS IN FOOD SUPPLY http://healthimpactnews.com/2013/dangerous-banned-gmo-corn-suddenly-appears-in-food-supply/ August 26, 2013 Natural Society -▶ NEW GMO WHEAT CAN SILENCE HUMAN GENES, CAUSING EARLY DEATH http://naturalsociety.com/csiro-gmo-wheat-silence-human-genes-early-death/
▶ THE CURSE OF PETROLEUM-BASED CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS http://sco.lt/4iAdaz
- ▶ HOW BIOTECH CORPORATIONS AND GMO CROPS ARE THREATENING THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMANKIND ALIKE http://sco.lt/7OmezB ▶ FOOD AID FOR THE 21st CENTURY: MEETING THE OBJECTIVE...OR FEEDING THE CORPORATE COFFERS? http://sco.lt/6jtrlJ
▶ THE CORPORATE 'PHILANTHROCAPITALISTS' TAKEOVER OF AFRICAN AND GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY http://sco.lt/6CHP3R
▶ THE HIDDEN WORLD OF SOIL UNDER OUR FEET - - SOIL AS A LIFELINE - CLIMATE CHANGE http://sco.lt/4nJvdp
▶ WHY ARE COUNTRIES BANNING GMO GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS AND ANIMALS? http://sco.lt/7l7AVV
▶ THE GLOBAL CHEMICAL BIOTECH CARTEL: AN UNPRECEDENTED POWER OVER WORLD AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN HEALTH http://sco.lt/6NaAqn
VIDEO: ▶ THE PROBLEM WITH GMO INDUSTRIALIZED FARMED SALMON http://sco.lt/6DGs53
FOLLOW DAILY THE GMO STORY http://ow.ly/BFSQs
- ▶ MORE THAN HALF OF U.S. RIVERS ARE TOO POLLUTED TO SUPPORT LIFE AS SHOCKING REPORT REVEALS SCALE OF WATER CONTAMINATION http://sco.lt/5JvEi9 WATCH Emmy Award Winning 1 hr Film - University of Minnesota ▶ "TROUBLED WATERS: A MISSISSIPPI RIVER STORY" ▶ This excellent one hour documentary examines the "unintended consequences" of farming practices on water quality, soil loss and the "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico. Knitting together federal energy, farm and environmental policies, the film makes a compelling case for the revamping of US agricultural policy. Through beautiful photography and inspiring narrative, the film puts deliberate emphasis on solutions and provides a hopeful blueprint for progress and positive change... http://www.rememberthispoint.com/?p=212
▶ THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION IS UPON US http://sco.lt/4ywB3h --- WATCH --- THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MONSANTO - FULL LENGTH The Leader of the Global Biotech Ag Cartel http://sco.lt/7CoHSb AN URGENT MEMO TO THE WORLD http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/an-urgent-memo-to-the-world/ ▶ THE FEMALE FACE OF FARMING : No Longer Just a 'Man's World' http://sco.lt/8udEg5
INVESTIGATION Foreign Policy, July 11, 2014 WHEN WALL STREET WENT TO AFRICA A New York tycoon won a sweetheart deal to build a massive "sustainable" palm oil plantation in Cameroon. What followed were accusations of intimidation, corruption, bribery, and deceit. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/07/11/bruce_wrobel_cameroon_palm_oil_herakles_greenpeace_logging
Pambazuka,March 16, 2014 ▶ HEDGE FUNDS AND CORPORATE RAIDERS IN AFRICA: SPACE INVADERS OF THE THIRD KIND. The new wave of ‘looting’ of land and other natural resources will likely continue on a scale hitherto unknown. Whatever the supposed benefits of this trend, urgent attention ought to be turned to the thousands of people in Africa and other emerging nations who will become landless in the countries of their birth. http://www.pambazuka.net/en/category/features/94233
Mint Press News, December 23, 2014 ▶ ATTACK OF THE LAND-GRABBERS: THE RACE FOR LAND IN AFRICA http://www.mintpressnews.com/MyMPN/attack-land-grabbers-race-land-africa/
farmlandgrab.org, August 04, 2014 ▶ CAN 'LAND GRABS' BY FOREIGN INVESTORS IN AFRICA FEED THE HUNGRY? http://farmlandgrab.org/post/view/23794
Common Dreams, February 06, 2015 ▶ THE RE-COLONIZATION OF AFRICA http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/02/06/re-colonization-africa
Farmlandgrab, January 03, 2015 ▶ BARBARIANS AT THE FARM GATE http://farmlandgrab.org/post/view/24381
Washington Post, August 05, 2014 ▶ VULTURE CAPITALISTS CIRCLING? HOW OTHER COUNTRIES ARE SCRAMBLING FOR AFRICA ALONGSIDE THE U.S. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/08/05/how-other-countries-are-scrambling-for-africa-alongside-the-u-s/?wpisrc=nl-wv&wpmm=1
May 25, 2012 - PR Watch ▶ HOW THE U.S. SOLD AFRICA TO MULTINATIONALS LIKE MONSANTO, CARGILL, DUPONT, PEPSICO AND OTHERS http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/05/11530/how-us-sold-africa-multinationals-monsanto-cargill-dupont-pepsico-and-others
MintPress News, April 01, 2015 -▶ GEORGE SOROS LOOKS TO CO-OWN UKRAINE AND AFRICA.The Hungarian-born economic hitman may be more interested in helping his, and other investor’s, pockets, rather than the people of Ukraine. http://www.mintpressnews.com/george-soros-looks-to-co-own-ukraine/203866/
The Ecologist, March 21, 2014 -▶ UKRAINE: THE CORPORATE ANNEXATION: MEGA PROFITS FOR MULTI-NATIONAL AGRI-BUSINESS AND ENERGY EXPLOITATION http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2328765/ukraine_the_corporate_annexation.html
THE 21st CENTURY CORPORATE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA World Development Movement -▶ STOP THE CORPORATE TAKEOVER OF AFRICA'S FOOD. Under the guise of tackling hunger, initiatives like the G8 New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, will help corporations take control over Africa’s land, seeds and markets - at the expense of small farmers. Join our campaign to oppose this twenty-first century corporate scramble for Africa. - See more at: http://www.wdm.org.uk/food#sthash.dgDwkdF0.dpuf http://www.wdm.org.uk/food THE NEW SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA. - INFOGRAPH In the nineteenth century scramble for Africa, European colonial powers took control of the continent’s land, resources and people. Today’s multinational corporations, aided by governments, are taking control over Africa’s food system. http://www.wdm.org.uk/new-scramble-africa-food-monsanto-syngenta-yara/
WATCH "BIG MEN" (1:23:00) Big Men provides an unprecedented inside look at the global deal making and dark underside of energy development in Ghana, Nigeria, Africa — a contest for money and power that is reshaping the world. http://www.pbs.org/pov/bigmen/full.php
▶ AFRICA AN EL DORADO FOR SOUTH AFRICA'S AGRIBUSINESS GIANTS http://www.acbio.org.za/index.php/publications/seedfood-sovereignty/465-africa-an-el-dorado-for-south-africas-agribusiness-giants
Sustainable Pulse, February 25, 2015 ▶ US GOVERNMENT, MONSANTO AND GATES FOUNDATION PUSH GMOs ON UNWILLING AFRICA http://sustainablepulse.com/2015/02/23/us-agencies-monsanto-gates-foundation-work-together-force-gmos-africa/#.VPjmUWZQW6B
Friends of the earth international, February 23, 2015 ▶ U.S. FORCE FEEDS GM CROPS TO AFRICAN NATIONS, SAYS NEW REPORT http://www.foei.org/press/archive-by-subject/food-sovereignty-press/us-force-feeds-gm-crops-african-nations-says-new-report/
-- WATCH -- Documentary: Farmland Grab "PLANET FOR SALE" BIG AG BUYING UP WORLD'S FERTILE LAND http://farmlandgrab.org/post/view/18542
The Ecologist, February 12, 2015 ▶ LAND AND SEED LAWS UNDER ATTACK AS AFRICA IS GROOMED FOR CORPORATE RECOLONIZATION. A battle is raging for control of resources in Africa - land, water, seeds, minerals, ores, forests, oil, renewable energy sources... http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2752051/land_and_seed_laws_under_attack_as_africa_is_groomed_for_corporate_recolonization.html
AFRICA - SOLD OBAMA PUTS G8, BIG 6 BIOTECH CHEMICAL GMO GIANTS IN CHARGE OF "ENDING HUNGER" IN AFRICA http://sco.lt/7ENN8D
-▶ THE CORPORATE 'PHILANTHROCAPITALISTS' TAKEOVER OF AFRICAN AND GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY http://sco.lt/6CHP3R
WATCH (56:27) STEALING AFRICA: WHY POVERTY? HOW MUCH PROFIT IS FAIR? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNYemuiAOfU
▶ Pambazuka, August 13, 2014 US-AFRICAN LEADERS' SUMMIT - NOTHING MORE THAN THE CONTINUED EXPLOITATION OF AFRICA FOR EXTERNAL BENEFICIARIES http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/92814
farmlandgrab.org, August 04, 2014 ▶ CAN 'LAND GRABS' BY FOREIGN INVESTORS IN AFRICA FEED THE HUNGRY? http://farmlandgrab.org/post/view/23794
SPECIAL ISSUE: PAMBAZUKA NEWS GMOs, FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AND AFRICA http://pambazuka.org/en/issue/688
Pambazuka -Voices for Freedom and Justice in Africa ▶ HOW COMPANIES FRAME ISSUES OF FOOD AND GLOBAL HUNGER FOR THEIR OWN SELF-INTEREST AND BOTTOMLINE PROFITS There is a new, but deceptive, foreign drive to end hunger in Africa through large-scale agribusiness. Yet helping poor households in rural Africa feed themselves in an affordable manner means introducing low-cost, sustainable enhancements to farming. History is riddled with examples of the poor dying of hunger when food was plentiful. Classic amongst these is the famine which wracked the West African Sahel during the early 1970s. While people were dying of hunger in Senegal, Mali and Niger, peanuts — a key sauce ingredient and source of protein across the region — were being exported to Europe.... ...The rise of philanthrocapitalism in the US, where former and current business leaders, through the strength of their foundations, have increasingly come to influence the shape and direction of US international development programmes. Central to the philanthrocapitalist worldview is a belief that private enterprise is the fundamental agent of progressive change and that business acumen trumps other forms of expertise... http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/85291
Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa, July 19, 2014 ▶ TOWARDS FOOD SOVEREIGNTY TO FEED AFRICA: NURTURE THE ENVIRONMENT AND PUT FARMER AT THE CENTER http://afsafrica.org/towards-food-sovereignty-to-feed-africa-nurture-the-environment-and-put-farmers-at-the-center/
farmlandgrab.org, August 04, 2014 ▶ LAND GRABS AND RESPONSIBLE AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT IN AFRICA http://farmlandgrab.org/post/view/23794 GRAIN, October 23, 2014 ▶ HARVEST OF HARDSHIP: YALA SWAMP LAND GRAB DESTROYS KENYAN FARMERS' LIVELIHOOD. Dominion Farms arrived in Kenya's Yala Swamp basin in 2004 with big promises. The company claimed it would turn a defunct state demonstration farm into a modern rice plantation, provide locals with good jobs, and build hospitals and schools. The American owner of the company, Calvin Burgess, presented himself as a 'man of God', on a mission to bring US-style progress to Africa. The locals, sold on this grand vision, decided – with some hesitation and dissent – to allow Dominion to farm on 3,700 ha of their lands... http://www.grain.org/article/entries/5061-harvest-of-hardship-yala-swamp-land-grab-destroys-kenyan-farmers-livelihoods
LAND GRABS HOW FOREIGN "INVESTMENTS" ARE REDISTRIBUTING WEALTH, LAND AND WATER ACROSS THE GLOBE http://sco.lt/5YJpKb
▶ CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE IS CORPORATE GREEN-WASHING - AGRA http://sco.lt/8Ry4Wn
HuffPost Politics, November 28, 2014 ▶ OBAMA'S PLAN TO 'POWER AFRICA' GETS OFF TO A DIM START. As with many African aid projects, rights groups have criticized Power Africa as mostly being a vehicle to subsidize U.S. companies. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/28/obama-africa-aid_n_6234774.html
GHANA AND GMOs Genetic engineering is about private corporate control of the food system. Pambazuka, February 19, 2015 ▶ THE RABID TACTICS OF THE BIOTECH INDUSTRY TO GAIN CONTROL OF GHANA'S FOOD SYSTEM Whose interests does Prof. Alhassan represent? Prof. Alhassan was been quoted as dismissing anti-GMO groups because, according to him, they allegedly do not have any scientific proof or knowledge to offer when it comes GMO technology. But he is wrong. Ghanaian farmers need to abhor and reject scientists laden with conflicts of interest. Monsanto and Syngenta are particularly greedy to get their hands on Ghana’s agriculture and control the seed market here.Professor Alhassan is attempting to control the information farmers and the public see and hear just like the industry he represents.... “Today, large numbers of scientists are in the employ of Big Pharma, Big Ag, and all kinds of corporations with anti-environmental and anti-social justice agendas.”(2)... Professor Alhassan is a key employee of Big Ag, and has been for his entire career.... http://www.pambazuka.net/en/category/comment/94029
GMWatch, August 15, 2014 ▶ BRITISH THINK TANK TELLS AFRICANS TO GROW AND EAT GMOS http://www.gmwatch.org/index.php/news/archive/2014/15591-british-think-tank-tells-africans-to-grow-and-eat-gmos
Pambazuka, July 24. 2014 -▶ GMOs AND FOOD SOVEREIGNTY: WHICH WAY AFRICA? African governments are under intense pressure from within but also from big agribusiness and Western governments to embrace GMOs. Governments must resist all forms of arm-twisting and food colonialism and make their biotechnology choices based on the facts http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/92594
Mongabay, August 20, 2014 LOOMING MINING 'TSUNAMI' SET TO TAKE AFRICA BY STORM. A new report published by a team of scientists from James Cook University in Cairns, Australia, documents a surging tide of foreign interest in mining in Africa and cautions that the sector’s unchecked development and expansion could devastate the environment. http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0820-gfrn-john-cannon-africa-mining-tsunami.html?n3ws1ttr
farmlandgrab.org, August 04, 2014 ▶ CORPORATE INFLUENCE THROUGH THE G8NA AND OBAMA'S NEW ALLIANCE FOR FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION IN AFRICA. In recent times, new partnerships models between governments, business and civil society are increasingly gaining attention. One prominent example is the "New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition" (G8NA), inaugurated at the G8 summit 2012 in the United States. This working paper concludes that the approach and objectives of the G8NA are highly problematic. The initiative serves as an enforcing mechanism for corporate driven blueprints for agriculture and sidelines national plans and international standards. It is dominated and tailored towards the interests of big corporate actors and is based on a reductionist approach of agricultural “development”. And lastly, the G8NA is poorly institutionalized and disregards fundamental principles of transparency participation and accountability. http://farmlandgrab.org/post/view/23793
INDEPTH REPORT GRAIN, September 16, 2014 AFRICA'S AG GIANTS "GREEN" REVOLUTION THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF AFRICA' BURGEONING CHEMICAL FERTILISER RUSH http://www.grain.org/bulletin_board/entries/5008-the-political-economy-of-africa-s-burgeoning-chemical-fertiliser-rush
WATCH "LAND RUSH - WHY POVERTY?: THE UGLY RISE OF MONOCULTURE FARMING AND GLOBALIZED FOOD http://sco.lt/5z3gzB
Ecocentric, March 17,2015 ▶ THE DANGER OF MONOCROPS: LESSONS FROM THE IRISH POTATO FAMINE http://www.gracelinks.org/blog/1150/the-danger-of-monocrops-lessons-from-the-irish-potato-famin
Truthout, December 04, 2014 ▶ SEEDS OF THE FUTURE DIMINISHING AS MONO INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE DOMINATES THE WORLD. A third of the world's land area is dedicated to agriculture. Farmers' fields and pastures comprise (after the oceans) the second largest ecosystem on the planet. This vast tract has been largely transformed into sterile monoculture deserts in which all other organisms are suppressed with agrochemicals, and only the cash crop is allowed to thrive. Whether it is soy in the Brazilian Amazon, wheat on the Ukrainian steppes or corn in Iowa, a single high-yield variety typically dominates the landscape for as far as the eye can see. http://truth-out.org/news/item/27760-seeds-of-the-future
Inter Press Service, August 04, 2014 ▶ THE 'GLOBAL' LAND RUSH. The first years of the twenty-first century will be remembered for a global land rush of nearly unprecedented scale.Today, enthusiasm for agriculture borders on speculative mania. When the price of food spiked in 2008, pushing the number of hungry people in the world to over one billion, it spiked the interest of investors as well, and within a year foreign land deals in the developing world rose by a staggering 200 percent. http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/08/the-global-land-rush/
▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS NOT THE SOLUTION FOR "FEEDING THE WORLD" http://sco.lt/9Gdbxh
FOOD AID FOR THE 21st CENTURY: MEETING THE OBJECTIVE OR FEEDING THE CORPORATE COFFERS? http://sco.lt/6jtrlJ
BAN GMOs NOW A Special Report, Institute of Science In Society http://sco.lt/5KV1Cz
======================== SHOULD WE "WESTERNIZE" AFRICA FOR OUR OWN GAINS? ========================
The Washington Post, August 05, 2014 ▶ AFRICA AGRICULTURAL INITIATIVE GETS $7 BILLION "BOOST" FROM MEGA MULTI- NATIONAL CORPORATIONS - BUT IS THIS THE BEST FOR AFRICA? http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/africa-agricultural-initiative-gets-7-billion-boost-from-private-companies/2014/08/04/276214d2-1be3-11e4-ae54-0cfe1f974f8a_story.html
EuroActive, July 10, 2014 ▶ A PRIVATE AFFAIR: REPORT SHOWS HOW DEVELOPMENT FINANCE INSTITUTIONS BENEFIT THE RICH IN WESTERN COUNTRIES The European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad) launched today the study A Private Affair in which it shows how the world’s biggest multilateral lenders are using billions of euros of loans in developing countries to finance Western-based companies while excluding governments and citizens of countries they are meant to assist from decision-making. The analysis, which looks among others at loans by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s lending arm, analyses the consequences of the gradual shift from aid to private finance at the core of global and national development initiatives.http://bankwatch.blogactiv.eu/2014/07/10/a-private-affair-report-shows-how-development-finance-institutions-benefit-the-rich-in-western-countries/
▶ OBAMA SUGGESTS U.S. IS BETTER PARTNER THAN CHINA TO AFRICAN LEADERS AT SUMMIT http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/05/obama-africa-leaders-us-china-investment-summit The Washington Post, August 06, 2014 ▶ JUMPING SHIP: U.S. POLICYMAKERS BRACE FOR RASH OF CORPORATE EXPATRIATIONS: DESERTING AMERICA FOR GREENER TAX PASTURES, LESS REGULATION http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/us-policymakers-gird-for-rash-of-corporate-expatriations/2014/08/05/4898ca5e-18d9-11e4-9349-84d4a85be981_story.html?wpisrc=nl_most
INDEPTH REPORT GRAIN, September 16, 2014 AFRICA'S AG GIANTS "GREEN" REVOLUTION THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF AFRICA' BURGEONING CHEMICAL FERTILISER RUSH http://www.grain.org/bulletin_board/entries/5008-the-political-economy-of-africa-s-burgeoning-chemical-fertiliser-rush
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THE HUNGER GAMES HOW UK AND USA GOVERNMENTS SUPPORT FOR BIG AGRIBUSINESS IS FUELING POVERTY http://sco.lt/6UGd17
-▶ FROM GROWING PROFIT TO GROWING FOOD: CHALLENGING CORPORATE RULE http://sco.lt/7Dg37p
▶ WALL STREET, CORPORATIONS BUYING UP AMERICAN & FOREIGN FARMLAND, THREATENING FUTURE OF U.S. AND WORLD AGRICULTURE http://sco.lt/8mcmbR
▶ BANKS AND LAND GRABS. IS YOUR BANK INVOLVED IN LAND GRABBING? https://www.oxfam.org.au/banks-and-land-grabs/
Guardian, May 28, 2014 ▶ CORPORATE STRANGLEHOLD OF FARMLAND A RISK TO WORLD FOOD SECURITY, STUDY SAYS. Small farmers are being squeezed out as mega-farms and plantations gobble up their land http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/28/farmland-food-security-small-farmers
Action Aid Report, May 23, 2014 ▶ GLOBAL POLICIES ENCOURAGE LAND GRABBING AND WORSEN HUNGER AND POVERTY. “Allowing land to become vehicles for wealthy corporations and individuals to become richer while pushing vulnerable rural people into poverty and hunger is unjust, unwise and unethical,” it said in the report. http://www.trust.org/item/20140523061928-bn12w/
▶ WORLD BANK AND UN CARBON OFFSET SCHEME 'COMPLICIT' IN GENOCIDAL LAND GRABS http://sco.lt/5IxW2j ▶ LAND GRABBING FOR BIOFUELS MUST STOP http://sco.lt/5kSOFl
▶ BIOFUELS LAND RUSH. WHY POVERTY? THE UGLY RISE OF MONOCULTURE FARMING AND GLOBALIZED FOOD http://sco.lt/5z3gzB
▶ OBESITY QUADRUPLE TO NEARLY ONE BILLION IN DEVELOPING WORLD AS WESTERN DIETS/LIFESTYLE ENCROACHES http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25576400 BIG FOOD: WALL STREET HAS WAY TOO MUCH INFLUENCE OVER WHAT WE EAT http://sco.lt/4zR9LV
▶ A VIP READ: THE ECONOMICS OF CURBING SPECULATION IN FOOD, WATER AND VITAL RESOURCES http://sco.lt/8YbdY1
THE CURSE OF INDUSTRIAL FARM FERTILIZERS AND RUNOFF http://sco.lt/5ZDrZh
▶ OUR INDUSTRIAL, WESTERN AGRICULTURAL FOOD SYSTEM IS DESTROYING THE EARTH AND OUR HEALTH http://sco.lt/63qRl3
======================== ENOUGHNESS: WESTERN THOUGHT vs INDIGENOUS PHILOSOPHY http://sco.lt/4kcNH7
VIDEO: FOREIGN CORPORATIONS DESTROYING ECOSYSTEMS, INDIGENOUS LIVELIHOODS, NULLIFYING LAND RIGHTS, CREATING A CULTURE OF DEPENDENCY http://sco.lt/4l725B
MEGA MINING, FOREIGN LAND GRABS DESTROYING LOCAL COMMUNITIES, ENVIRONMENT AND ECOSYSTEMS http://sco.lt/8nJQf3
AFRICA: PALM OIL DEVELOPERS THREATEN AFRICA'S RAINFORESTS http://sco.lt/6WKXFB
ONE SHORT VIDEO ▶ WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CORPORATE PALM OIL -- IN ONE SHORT VIDEO -- DEFORESTATION, ECOCIDE http://sco.lt/6ni33R
▶ MAJOR PALM OIL COMPANIES ACCUSED OF ECOCIDE, BREAKING ETHICAL PROMISES IN ASIA AND AFRICA http://sco.lt/7DsLLd THE NEW CORPORATE COLONIALISM. DESTRUCTION OF PLANETARY LIFE IN THE NAME OF "GROWTH" http://sco.lt/696Tlx FINANCIALIZING NATURE COULD BANKRUPT US ALL. OLD ECONOMICS OR SUSTAINING POLICY? http://sco.lt/8fNIET
-▶ SHOULD COMPANIES COMPENSATE SOCIETY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION FROM WHICH THEY PROFIT? http://sco.lt/72Hsf3 AN URGENT MEMO TO THE WORLD The Natural Eye Project http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/an-urgent-memo-to-the-world/ THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION IS UPON US. CAN HUMANS SURVIVE? http://sco.lt/630INt WATCH "HOME" Yann Arthus-Bertrand An Exquisite Dedication To the Stewards of Our Planet Solutions For A Sustainable Planet http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2011/03/26/home-an-exquisite-story-of-our-world/
A REALLY GOOD RESOURCE: AgriCultures Network (@agriculturesnet) | Twitter http://ow.ly/JscXx http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/
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"Sadly, a GMO free world is now virtually impossible. Transgenes have already escaped into the biosphere, creating a pollution that is truly irreversible. The least we can do is to stop this global experiment, as it is being conducted without the informed consent of those being exposed to its fallout. The Biotech GMO Cartel enjoys free license with little or no regulation or oversight, or labeling. This must cease. We should not have to fight for our food security and food safety while multi-national corporations are making trillions of dollars from our ill-health caused by their produce and products". BAN GMOs NOW - SPECIAL REPORT Institute of Science in Society @ISISscience GM agriculture is failing on all counts while hazards to health and the environment are coming to light. Opposition to GMOs is gaining momentum worldwide but the expansionist GM corporate agenda continues undiminished. GM agriculture is a recipe for disaster as this report will make clear. It is also standing in the way of the shift to sustainable agriculture already taking place in local communities all over the world that can truly enable people to feed themselves in times of climate change. Take action now to ban environmental releases of GMOs, locally in communities, villages, towns, municipalities, regions, as well as nationally and globally. We the people need to reclaim our food and seed sovereignty from the corporate empire before they destroy our food, farming (and human/environment) health irreversibly... http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Ban_GMOs_Now_-_Special_ISIS_Report.php
Radio New Zealand, April 16, 2015 ▶ VANUATU BAN GM SEED IMPORTS FROM THE RELIEF EFFORT http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/programmes/datelinepacific/audio/20174984/vanuatu-ban-gm-seed-imports-from-the-relief-effort
Mother Jones, March 26, 2015 ▶ THE REAL REASON TO WORRY ABOUT GMOs : PESTICIDE CHEMICALS GALORE IN YOUR FOOD AND YOUR BODY http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2015/03/bittman-right-its-not-gmos-its-how-theyre-used
TruthOut, February 25, 2015 ▶ EAT AT YOUR OWN RISK: FLAWED FDA RISK ASSESSMENTS STRENGTHEN ARGUMENTS FOR LABELING GMOs http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/29287-eat-at-your-own-risk-flawed-fda-risk-assessments-strengthen-arguments-for-labeling-gmos#
European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility, October 21, 2013 ▶ THERE IS NO CONSENSUS ON GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD SAFETY http://www.ensser.org/increasing-public-information/no-scientific-consensus-on-gmo-safety/
Genetic Literacy Project, January 15, 2015 ▶ GERMANY APPEARS HEADED FOR COMPLETE GMO BAN http://geneticliteracyproject.org/2015/01/15/germany-appears-headed-for-complete-gmo-ban/
Institute of Science In Society, December 10, 2014 ▶ MARKED DETERIORATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH PARALLELS INCREASE IN GM CROPS AND GLYPHOSATE USE, US GOVERNMENT DATA SHOWS http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Deterioration_of_Public_Health.php
-▶ DID YOU KNOW? GENE ALTERED FOODS -- NOW LARGE PART OF AMERICAN DIET - AS AMERICANS GET SICKER AND SICKER - NO REGULATIONS, NO OVERSIGHT, NO LABELING http://sco.lt/7oVxQH
LIVING WITH GMOs AN OPEN LETTER TO UK AND EU November 12, 2014 Representing 57 Million Americans, NGOs, scientists, anti-GM groups, celebrities, food manufacturers, and others today publish an Open Letter to the UK and the entire EU warning of the serious and manifold hazards of GMO crops http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html
Global Research, December 03, 2014 ▶ CORPORATE GREED AND DISREGARD FOR FOOD SAFETY AND BIODIVERSITY: FOOD SOVEREIGNTY SHOULD NOT BE HANDED OVER TO GMO BIOTECH CONGLOMERATES http://www.globalresearch.ca/corporate-greed-and-disregard-for-food-safety-and-biodiversity-food-sovereignty-should-not-be-handed-over-to-gmo-biotech-conglomerates/5417483
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The Institute of Science in Society, May 29, 2013 -▶ 800 SCIENTISTS DEMAND GLOBAL GMO "EXPERIMENT" END http://wewillblowyourmind.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/800-scientists-demand-global-gmo.html?m=1
▶ NEW RESEARCH: GMO FOOD FAR WORSE THAT WE THINK - THEIR TOXIC CHEMICAL COCKTAILS http://www.activistpost.com/2012/02/new-research-gmo-food-far-worse-than-we.html
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-▶ MONSANTO'S TOXIC HERBICIDE GMO "ROUNDUP" GLYPHOSATE HORMONE INHIBITOR IN OUR FOOD CHAIN http://sco.lt/5IGifZ
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RT News, November 26, 2013 ▶ GMOs LINKED TO GLUTEN DISORDERS PLAGUING 18 MILLION AMERICANS http://rt.com/usa/gmo-gluten-sensitivity-trigger-343/
Global Research, July 26, 2014 ▶ GMO CONTAMINATION OF THE FOOD CHAIN. DEVASTATING HEALTH IMPACTS. EU FOOD SAFETY REGULATORS TURN "A BLIND EYE" http://www.globalresearch.ca/gmo-contamination-of-the-food-chain-devastating-health-impacts-eu-food-safety-regulators-turn-a-blind-eye/5393405
Alternet, July 09, 2014 -▶ MAJOR STUDY: MONSANTO GMO CORN CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO LIVER AND KIDNEYS, AND SEVERE HORMONAL DISRUPTION http://www.alternet.org/food/major-study-demonstrates-monsanto-gmo-corn-product-can-cause-damage-liver-and-kidneys-and -▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS ARE DESTROYING YOUR HEALTH AS WELL AS BEES, BIRDS, LADY BUGS AND BUTTERFLIES http://seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-food/gmo-roundup-bt-toxin-are-destroying-our-health-killing-birds-bees-lady-bugs-butterflies.php
Mother Jones, April 23, 2014 -▶ MONSANTO GMO SOY IS SCARIER THAN YOU THINK http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/04/superweeds-arent-only-trouble-gmo-soy
July 23, 2013 Wake Up World -▶ YET ANOTHER FRANKENFOOD PANDOORA'S BOX: THE MAJORITY OF SUPPLEMENTS ARE NOW LACED WITH GMOs http://wakeup-world.com/2013/07/23/the-majority-of-supplements-are-now-laced-with-gmos/
OutsideOnline, May 12, 2014 ▶ YOUR FOOD IS POISONING YOU http://www.outsideonline.com/fitness/bodywork/performance-plate/Your-Food-Is-Poisoning-You.html WATCH GMO : WHAT'S IN YOUR FOOD? (24:00) The History and Progression of Genetically Modified Organisms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azsS9PAs2gY
March 22, 2012 Axisoflogic.com -▶ MONSANTO, A HALF-CENTURY OF HEALTH SCANDALS http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64376.shtml
Oliver De Schutter, U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Right To Food May 19, 2014 ▶ UNHEALTHY DIETS GREATER THREAT TO HEALTH THAN TOBACCO: UN EXPERT CALLS FOR GLOBAL REGULATION http://www.srfood.org/en/unhealthy-diets-greater-threat-to-health-than-tobacco-un-expert-calls-for-global-regulation
Common Dreams, April 29, 2014 ▶ USDA COLLUDES WITH CORPORATE AND BIG AG GMO TAKEOVER OF 'ORGANIC' FOOD STANDARDS (IF THEY CAN'T OWN IT, THEY'LL KILL IT) http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/04/29-2
-▶ MONSANTO CONTROLS YOUR DIET http://sco.lt/7y3prN
▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS NOT THE SOLUTION FOR "FEEDING THE WORLD" http://sco.lt/77BuML
September 2, 2013 Institute of Science in Society ▶ BEWARE, THE CHANGING FACE OF GENETIC MODIFICATION: MISLEADING CONSUMERS AND GOVERNMENTS TO AVOID REGULATION http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Beware_the_Changing_Face_of_Genetic_Modification.php
-▶ HOW MUCH LONGER CAN THE BIOTECH INDUSTRY BURY GMO DANGER SIGNALS? http://anh-europe.org/How_much_longer_can_the_biotech_industry_bury_GM_danger_signals The Cap Times, June 29, 2014 -▶ WILL GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS COLLAPSE THE FOOD SYSTEM? http://host.madison.com/news/opinion/column/jim-goodman-will-genetically-modified-crops-collapse-the-food-system/article_69f8157e-83f2-5058-ab07-e999891c5f11.html
Guardian Environment, September 05, 2014 -▶ EU UNDER PRESSURE TO ALLOW GM FOOD IMPORTS FROM US AND CANADA. Large businesses lobbying intensely to undermine safety regime in new trade deal, campaigners warn http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/05/eu-gm-food-imports-us-canada
Euractive, November 12, 2014 ▶ EU ONE STEP CLOSER TO BAN ON NATIONAL GMO CROP BANS http://www.euractiv.com/sections/agriculture-food/eu-one-step-closer-law-national-gmo-crop-bans-309927
Reuters, November 15, 2014 -▶ GERMANY TO PRESS EU FOR NATIONAL RIGHT TO BAN GMOs BEFORE 2015 HARVEST http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/14/us-grain-germany-gmo-idUSKCN0IY1ML20141114
Center for Food Safety, November 07, 2014 ▶ POORLY TESTED GENE SILENCING TECHNOLOGY TO ENTER FOOD SUPPLY WITH SIMPLOT POTATO http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/press-releases/3594/poorly-tested-gene-silencing-technology-to-enter-food-supply-with-simplot-potato#
The Salt Lake Tribune, November 15, 2014 -▶ McDONALD'S WON'T BUY IDAHO COMPANY SIMPLOTS UNLABELED GMO POTATO http://www.sltrib.com/home/1829373-155/potato-potatoes-simplot-industry-company-gmo
The Ecologist, February 5th, 2014 ▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS ARE DRIVING GENOCIDE AND ECOCIDE http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2267255/gm_crops_are_driving_genocide_and_ecocide_keep_them_out_of_the_eu.html
VIDEO REPORT Democracy Now, October 28, 2014 MONSANTO, BIG AG SPEND MULTI MILLIONS FIGHTING COLORADO, OREGON BALLOT MEASURES TO LABEL GMO FOODS http://www.democracynow.org/2014/10/28/monsanto_bigag_spend_millions_to_fight
Guardian, September 03, 2014 -▶ MAJOR CORPORATE OPPONENTS OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOOD LABELING TRIPLE LOBBYING SPENDING TO $27M IN FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2014 http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/03/genetically-modified-food-labels-lobbying-monsanto-coke
Nation of Change, May 12, 2014 -▶ BAN OR LABEL: THE HOT GMO DEBATE http://www.nationofchange.org/ban-or-label-hot-gmo-debate-1399905396 PR WATCH, April 10, 2014 ▶ GMO LOBBY WORKS TIRELESSLY AGAINST MANDATORY LABELING GMO. A coalition of genetically modified organism (GMO), pesticide, grocery and agriculture corporate trade groups are fighting mandatory labeling efforts at the state and local level by pushing preemption measures in Congress and at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/03/12431/gmo-lobby-works-tirelessly-against-mandatory-labeling THE FOOD FIGHT OF OUR LIVES June 06, 2014 -▶FOOD FIGHT, CORPORATE TRADE AGREEMENTS AND STATES' RIGHTS: DEMOCRACY OR CORPOCRACY? Angered by Monsanto and agribusiness stomping on their traditional community rights, consumers are fighting back, and so is the powerful Biotech Agri-Chemical Industry. Approximately 1,000 counties in the U.S. have explicit authority in their state constitution to allow and uphold citizen ballot initiatives. Fearing that more and more counties will launch these initiatives, factory farm and biotech interests in at least A DOZEN STATES HAVE PASSED SO-CALLED “RIGHT-TO-FARM" LEGISLATION DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE INTEREST OF CORPORATE http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_29258.cfm
Sustainable Business, May 20, 2014 ▶ GLOBAL COALITION FORMS TO TAKE ON GMO AGRICULTURE BRINGING TOGETHER 4.5 MILLION PEOPLE - A new global organization has formed to take the GMO issue on. The Global GMO Free Coalition brings together GMO-free groups across 6 continents with a total membership of over 4.5 million people. More than 60 groups are part of this first globally coordinated network that plans to take the GMO food and crop industry head on. Among the countries represented: US, UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, Russia, Georgia, Iran, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Taiwan, Australia, South Africa, New Caledonia and Ghana.Its aim, they say, is to cut through biotech industry propaganda, providing fact-based independent information to the media and governments that leads to responsible regulation in countries worldwide. http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/25722
▶ OUR GMO CORNFIELDS ARE TOO QUIET - ALL LIFE CHEMICALLY EXTERMINATED - EXCEPT THE GENE-ALTERED CORN http://sco.lt/6przzF
HuffingtonPost Green, September 15, 2014 -▶ HERBICIDE AND INSECTICIDE USE ON GMO CROPS SKYROCKETING, WHILE PRO-GMO MEDIA RUN INTERFERENCE. Former EPA Senior Scientist's New Article Sets Record Straight http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-bronner/herbicide-insecticide-use_b_5791304.html
Natural Society, June 13, 2014 ▶ EL SALVADOR PRESSURED TO TAKE GMO SEED IF THEY WANT USA FINANCIAL AID http://naturalsociety.com/us-ambassador-pressures-el-salvador-government-purchase-277-worth-monsantos-gm-poison-seed/ -▶ U.S. GOVERNMENT AGGRESSIVELY BACKS AND PROMOTES MONSANTO'S THRUST FOR WORLD DOMINANCE OF GMO GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLY http://sco.lt/8RhvPt
SPECIAL ISSUE: PAMBAZUKA NEWS GMOs, FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AND AFRICA http://pambazuka.org/en/issue/688 -▶ TURNING AFRICA INTO A GMO BONANZA FOR GIANT CORPORATIONS: Foreign Takeover of the future of farming in Africa http://sco.lt/6qmM1R
RT News, August 30, 2014 -▶ MONSANTO IN UKRAINE: IMF LOAN FOR UKRAINE ENSURES GMO GIANT A BACKDOOR INTO THE EU AS PART OF THE DEAL http://rt.com/op-edge/183956-gmo-ukraine-monsanto-imf/
▶ BILL GATES: THIS GRAND EXPERIMENT ON HUMANITY MUST STOP: Bill Gates Funds Risky, Untested, Unregulated Vitamin Fortified GMO Crops http://sco.lt/6CZccT
Truthout, April 29, 2014 -▶ SCIENCE OR MEDIA? THE SCIENCE MEDIA CENTRE SPINS PRO-GMO http://truth-out.org/news/item/23392-science-media-centre-spins-pro-gmo-line
Daily Mail, May 05, 2014 -▶ SECRET EMAILS REVEAL HOW UK MINISTERS PLOTTED WITH THE GM LOBBYISTS: DOCUMENTS SHOW HOW TWO WORKED TOGETHER ON CAMPAIGN TO WIN OVER SCEPTICAL CONSUMERS http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2621058/Secret-emails-reveal-ministers-plotted-GM-lobbyists-Documents-two-worked-campaign-win-sceptical-consumers.html Global Research, July 02, 2014 -▶ ACQUIESCING TO BIG BIOTECH: RELENTLESS DRIVE TO FORCE GMO CROPS INTO BRITAIN http://www.globalresearch.ca/acquiescing-to-big-biotech-relentless-drive-to-force-gmo-crops-into-britain/5389562 Sustainable Pulse, May 06, 2014 -▶ UK GOVERNMENT COLLUSION WITH GMO INDUSTRY EXPOSED (NOW LET'S GO FOR THE USDA TOO) http://sustainablepulse.com/2014/05/06/uk-government-gm-industry-secret-collusion-exposed/#.U2mR48f1_OQ WATCH "SEEDING DEEP DEMOCRACY - Vandana Shiva http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1054461972/seeding-deep-democracy-vandana-shiva
-▶ HOW BIOTECH CORPORATIONS AND GMO CROPS ARE THREATENING THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMANKIND ALIKE http://sco.lt/7OmezB WATCH Vandana Shiva THE FUTURE OF FOOD AND SEED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYwOTLopWIw Urban Homestead Honey, July 27, 2014 -▶ VANDANA SHIVA: MONSANTO & BIOTECH INDUSTRY PUSHING FOR WORLD MONOPOLY THROUGH GMO SEED SUPPLY http://www.urbanhomesteadhoney.com/article_detail/vandana-shiva-monsanto-biotech-industry-pushing-for-world-food-monopoly-through-seed-supply-620.html
Sydney Morning Herald, June 20, 2014 ▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED GRASS FOR DAIRY COWS SPARK CONCERN http://www.smh.com.au/environment/genetically-modified-grass-for-dairy-cows-sparks-concern-20140620-zsfzo.html BrazzilMag, August 10, 2014 - ▶ SCIENTISTS APPEAL TO POPE TO GET GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS BANNED IN BRAZIL http://www.brazzilmag.com/component/content/article/137-august-2014/13130-scientists-appeal-to-pope-to-get-gm-foods-banned-in-brazil.html WATCH POISONING PARADISE: ISLANDS AT RISK The Genetic Engineering War in Hawai'i http://sco.lt/8hNxzd RT News, August 21, 2014 -▶ END OF THE LINE: GMO PRODUCTION IN CHINA HALTED http://rt.com/news/181860-gm-china-rice-stopped/
Huffington Post Green, June 17, 2014 -▶ CHINA'S REJECTION OF GMO CORN HAS COST U.S. UP TO $2.9 BILLION http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/17/gmo-corn-china_n_5162921.html Sustainable Pulse, May 11, 2014 -▶ CHINA: WE MUST FACE THE HARM CAUSED BY IMPORTED GM SOYBEANS TO 1.3 BILLION CHINESE PEOPLE ...http://sustainablepulse.com/2014/05/11/must-face-harm-caused-imported-gm-soybeans-1-3-billion-chinese-people/#.U3MfHC_p5K4
Digital Journal, May 05, 2014 -▶ FRANCE DEFINITIVELY BANS GENETICALLY MODIFIED MON810 CORN PRODUCED BY US FIRM, MONSANTO http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/france-definitively-bans-gm-corn/article/382987 TruthOut, July 21, 2014 -▶ DO NOT GENETICALLY MODIFY MY FOOD !! http://truth-out.org/news/item/25072-do-not-gm-my-food HuffingtonPost Politics, August 02, 2014 ▶ WE CAN REVERSE CLIMATE CHANGE BY THE WAY WE GROW FOOD http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elizabeth-kucinich/the-way-we-grow-food_b_5634675.html0
--WATCH -- THE POWER OF MONSANTO OVER FARMERS A FARMER'S STORY : A DOCUMENTARY MUST WATCH http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omtYlsG1P5U
- ▶ 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 August 30, 2012 Boulder Weekly - ▶ MONSANTO'S POINT OF NO RETURN - MONSANTO'S CUT-THROAT MONOPOLY BUSINESS MODEL - SEED PATENTS, PESTICIDES, CHEMICALS, FERTILIZERS http://www.boulderweekly.com/article-9613-monsantos-point-of-no-return.html INVESTIGATIVE REPORT SOARING PESTICIDE USE AND POISONING LINKED TO GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROP PRODUCTION http://sco.lt/8iunRp The Des Moines Register, May 17, 2014 -▶ GMO AGRIBUSINESS BLAMED FOR 'SUPERWEED' CRISIS. http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/green-fields/2014/05/18/superweed-crisis-monsanto-roundup-ready/9208215/
▶ GENETIC MODIFICATION STRAINS OLD FOOD AND DRUG LAWS: HOW A FISH BECOMES A DRUG AND CORN A PEST http://sco.lt/66YF2v
Motley Fool, March 05, 2014 -▶ GMOs AND ECOCIDE: RENOWNED EXPERT SAYS GMOs POSE MORE RISK THAN WE THINK. Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have the ability to cause "an irreversible termination of life at some scale, which could be the planet." says Nassim Taleb, distinguished professor of risk engineering at New York University http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/03/05/renowned-expert-gmos-pose-more-risk-than-we-think.aspx
WATCH "WHAT ARE ROUNDUP READY & Bt PESTICIDE GMO CROPS?" A Must see VIDEO for all. Dr. David Suzuki http://sco.lt/5n6cuP
-▶ WHY ARE COUNTRIES BANNING GMO (GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS) AND ANIMALS? http://sco.lt/7l7AVV
-▶ 30 YEARS OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PLANTS - 20 YEARS OF COMMERCIAL CULTIVATION IN THE U.S. - A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT http://sco.lt/5PYIM5
▶ CORPORATE HIJACKING OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE: GENETIC ENGINEERING AND THE GLOBAL GMO INDUSTRY http://sco.lt/73IdQ9
-▶ BIOTECH IS RE-ENGINEERING, RE-PROGRAMMING AND PATENTING LIFE ITSELF -- IS BIOTECH OUT OF CONTROL? http://sco.lt/4thM6
▶ THE NEXT GMO BIOTECH WAVE: EXTREME SYNTHETIC GENETICS: THE IMPLICATION, THE ETHICS http://sco.lt/6JaFLF
▶ GENE-SPLICED GMO SALMON COMING SOON TO A PLATE NEAR YOU http://sco.lt/7vtLDF ▶ GROWING MEDICINES IN GMO PLANTS REQUIRES NEW, STRICT REGULATIONS AND OVERSIGHT - PATENT MONOPOLIES http://sco.lt/7KM4qv ▶ MONSANTO ENTERS PHARMACEUTICAL BUSINESS, ACQUIRES KEY 'GENE SILENCING' TECHNOLOGY, GMO MARIJUANA SEEDS http://sco.lt/6N2Q2j
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THE WORLD HUNGER RUSE "FEEDING THE WORLD"
BBC VIDEO REPORT A BILLION GO HUNGRY BECAUSE OF GMO FARMING Vandana Shiva http://www.sott.net/article/260505-A-billion-go-hungry-because-of-GMO-farming-Vandana-Shiva FOOD AID FOR THE 21st CENTURY: MEETING THE OBJECTIVE OR FEEDING THE CORPORATE COFFERS? http://sco.lt/6jtrlJ ▶ FINAL REPORT TO UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD. In his final report to the UN Human Rights Council after a six-year term as Special Rapporteur, Olivier De Schutter today called for the world’s food systems to be radically and democratically redesigned.... “raising food security within particularly vulnerable areas, must not be crowded out by the one-dimensional quest to produce more food,” he urged .http://www.srfood.org/en/final-report-to-un-human-rights-council
The Daily Sheeple, June 25, 2014 ▶ MONSANTO, SYNGENTA, BAYER: BIG AGRI PEDDLES "GMO GRUEL" TO THE IMPOVERISHED. Perhaps the most racists, disgusting public relations stunt yet to sell genetically modified poison to the masses and monopolize the world’s food supply. http://www.thedailysheeple.com/monsanto-syngenta-bayer-big-agri-peddles-gmo-gruel-to-the-impoverished_062014 TripleCrisis, January 14, 2014 ▶ THE DANGER OF TRUSTING CORPORATIONS TO LEAD THE FIGHT AGAINST WORLD HUNGER http://triplecrisis.com/the-danger-of-entrusting-corporations-to-lead-the-fight-against-world-hunger/ Guardian Sustainable Business, May 01, 2014 ▶ 10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/food-blog/10-things-need-to-know-global-food-system Stephanie McMillan - ▶ CONQUERED EVERYTHING - CAPITALIST FOOD PRODUCTION: A LEADING CAUSE OF HUNGER, ILLNESS, ECOCIDE, EXPLOITATION AND IMPERIALIST DOMINATION http://stephaniemcmillan.org/2012/10/26/conquered-everything/
WATCH (6:29) ANNA LAPPE AND FOOD MYTHBUSTERS DO WE NEED INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE TO FEED THE WORLD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uem2ceZMxYk
-▶ GENE GIANTS PREPARE THE GENETIC WIPE-OUT OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST IMPORTANT FOOD CROPS http://sco.lt/8LOs5J Friends of The Earth, April 24, 2014 -▶ WHO BENEFITS FROM GM CROPS REPORT 2014 http://www.foei.org/en/what-we-do/food-sovereignty/latest-news/who-benefits-from-gm-crops-2014
============================== WHY SO LITTLE GMO PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH? ============================== -▶ WHY IS THERE SO LITTLE INDEPENDENT PEER REVIEWED GMO RESEARCH? http://sco.lt/8mGIO9 Reuters, July 29, 2013 ▶ GMO COMPANIES LAUNCH WEBSITE TO FIGHT ANTI-BIOTECH MOVEMENT http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/29/us-gmo-campaign-idUSBRE96S0QX2013072 The Ecologist, July 02, 2014 -▶ GMO NEONICOTINOID INSECTICIDES ARE POISONING NOT JUST BEES BUT ENTIRE FARMLAND ECOSYSTEMS The world's most widely used insecticides have contaminated the environment across the planet so pervasively that global food production is at risk, according to a comprehensive scientific assessment of the chemicals' impacts. http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2459001/neonicotoids_are_poisoning_entire_farmland_ecosystems.html
WATCH "MONSANTO FOOD WARS: GMO SEEDS AND ANIMALS" http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3997411054/watch-monsanto-food-wars-gmo-seeds-and-animals
-▶ CUTTING BACK ON DOMINANT GMO CORN EASIER SAID THAN DONE: PATENTS, SEEDS, CORPORATE CONTROL http://sco.lt/6SxEYL EcoWatch, February 22, 2014 -▶ STOP FEEDING THE BEAST AND START FEEDING THE PEOPLE. We have a system of predatory agriculture in which corporations pursue private gain relentlessly regardless of the social consequences. Social consequences can be defined as anything from polluting our water, land and air to impacting the health of our families to making the business of farming economically unsustainable. http://ecowatch.com/2014/02/22/stop-feeding-beast-start-feeding-people/
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Global GMO Free Coalition, May 20, 2014 ▶ GLOBAL GMO FREE COALITION BRINGS TOGETHER 4.5 MILLION PEOPLE TO FIGHT BIOTECH INDUSTRY PROPAGANDA http://www.gmofreeglobal.org/ Biosafety Information Centre, May 16, 2014 ▶ INTERNATIONAL COALITION CALL TO STOP GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ORGANISMS SPREADING INTO THE ENVIRONMENT http://www.biosafety-info.net/article.php?aid=1070
VIDEOS June 12, 2014 ▶ ARGENTINA: ACTIVISTS ARRESTED & BRUTAL POLICE REPRESSION AFTER MONSANTO LAW IS APPROVED http://revolution-news.com/argentina-activists-arrested-brutal-police-repression-monsanto-law-approved/
-▶AGRIBUSINESS OVER LOCAL CITIZENS . And in Hawaii and Jackson County, Ore., where there are active initiatives in play, the biotech industry and the Farm Bureau are now pouring millions of dollars into campaigns to defeat those initiatives. http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_29258.cfm
======================== THE BILLION DOLLAR SEED PATENT GAME ======================== August 28, 2013 MintPress News -▶ HOW MONSANTO CORNERS THE WORLD'S FOOD MARKET. MONSANTO HAS A PATENT ON JUST ABOUT EVERY CROP OUT THERE http://www.mintpressnews.com/how-monsanto-corners-the-worlds-food-market/167901/ -▶ SEED PATENTS, GENETIC MANIPULATION AND CONTROL OF GLOBAL AGRICULTURE: THE GMO CORPORATE MONOPOLY http://sco.lt/6MFpqL -▶ GMO GIANT, DuPONT, HIRES EX-COPS TO 'ENFORCE' SEED PATENTS ON FARMERS: USA GOVERNMENT IMPOTENT TO INTERFERE http://sco.lt/67rT97 Guardian Sustainable Business, May 02, 2014 -▶ FIGHTING THE SEED MONOPOLY: THE OPEN SOURCE SEED INITIATIVE PROVES ALTERNATIVE TO PATENT-PROTECTED SEEDS STRANGLING AGRICULTURE http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/seed-monopoly-free-seeds-farm-monsanto-dupont
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▶ WIKILEAKS CABLE: THE US STATE DEPT'S GLOBAL BIOTECH GMO OUTREACH PROGRAM - ARM TWISTING FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS http://sco.lt/5QU4cz ▶ MEET MONSANTO'S NUMBER ONE LOBBYIST - BARACK OBAMA http://sco.lt/6q8mJN - ▶ MONSANTO'S POWER GRAB: GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOODS GIVEN IMMUNITY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT http://sco.lt/7D3awz ▶ MONSANTO, BIOTECH AGRICHEMICAL CARTEL BUYS OBAMA, THE US SENATE AND THE GLOBAL FARM http://sco.lt/8edR3Z - ▶ MONSANTO GMO TREES COULD DEVASTATE FOREST ECOSYSTEMS CREATING BIOLOGICAL DESERTS: Eradicating Real Forests to plant Monoculture BioEngineered Trees http://sco.lt/52lFDN
- ▶ THE GLOBAL CHEMICAL 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 MONSANTO: A CORPORATE PROFILE &nbs
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WATCH UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATIONS 2017, 2018 Behind closed doors, animals are suffering on factory farms Shocking undercover footage taken at a JBS supplier reveals sickening animal cruelty, including pigs punched and kicked in the face; mother pigs confined to cages so small they are unable to even turn around; and piglets painfully mutilated, suffering from untreated injuries and illness, and killed by having their heads smashed against the ground. https://mercyforanimals.org/investigations?_ga=2.240567107.19086133.1541224703-1486436995.1541224703 Mail Online January 24, 2014 - ▶ FARM-AGEDDON: TODAY'S MEGA FARMS DESTROYING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH Today, ‘mixed’ farming of animals and crops has all but disappeared, writes PHILIP LYMBERY, and has been replaced by farms specialising in one product only.... Because without fuss or fanfare, and largely unnoticed by the public, our farm animals are being disconnected from the land, disappearing from fields and moved into cramped, airless hangars and barns, with concrete beneath their feet instead of grass. And now the pressure is growing to move to the next stage of intensive farming: mega-piggeries, mega-dairies and ‘battery’-reared beef, with the genetically engineered animals and crops already common in the United States and elsewhere. It is a pressure we in this country should resist with all our might. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2545647/Farm-ageddon-No-birds-No-bees-Our-countryside-laid-waste-And-billions-animals-never-blade-grass-book-warns-terrifying-threat-todays-gram-mega-farms.html September 08, 2018 - ▶ Hurricane Florence: 3.4 MILLION CHICKENS, 5,500 HOGS DROWN IN FLORENCE'S FLOODING - WITH NO ESCAPE FROM ENCLOSED CAFOs - ▶ Thousands of pigs drown in their imprisoned confined quarters. When natural disasters like #flooding hit, animals are often victims, classified only as minor economic losses by the Meat Industry. Quillette, October 18, 2018 - ▶ WHY IT'S TIME TO END FACTORY FARMING There are over 100 billion farmed animals alive at this moment—more than ten times the number of humans. Many years from now, our descendants will look back on the use of animals for food—particularly the intense animal suffering in factory farms—as a moral atrocity https://quillette.com/2018/10/20/why-its-time-to-end-factory-farming/ #Fact: VIDEO The pork industry kills piglets who aren’t growing fast enough by slamming them head first onto concrete floors. pic.twitter.com/KpZJ9TQpm8 - ▶ FEED LOTS: THIS IS HOW YOUR BEEF IS RAISED: #CAFO Lots: Are We Allowed to See How Our Food Is Raised? A Husband and Wife Goes Out to Investigate: VIDEO 15:40 https://youtu.be/sFDpsUDE27A CivilEats, October 01, 2018 - ▶ WHY ARE SOWS IN FACTORY FARMS DYING IN SURPRISING NUMBERS? Today's sows are being bred to produce more babies faster. They're also dying early and unexpectedly in many large-scale farming operations. In a closed farrowing system, the average sow produces around 23.5 piglets per year—or 10 per litter at an industry target rate of 2.35 litters annually. Across the country, some 33.2 million pigs enter the system per year. If the sows die before the piglets are weaned, the loss can also impact their health and rate of survival. After 2-4 litters, however, most sows tend to get replaced by younger gilts who can produce piglets at a higher rate. When this happens, the sows being replaced are typically culled and sold to sausage companies like Jimmy Dean. https://civileats.com/2018/10/01/why-are-sows-in-factory-farms-dying-in-record-numbers/ CivilEats, September 27, 2018 - ▶ IOWANS UNITE TO STOP HOG FARMS FROM POLLUTING THEIR COMMUNITY Families in the Hawkeye State are joining together to stop the spread of large-scale farms that they say are polluting the environment and destroying their way of life. Between 1982 and 2012, the most recent U.S. Department of Agriculture census, total hog production in Iowa rose from 14.3 million a year to 20.5 million. During the same time period, the number of farmers producing hogs dropped from 45,768 to 6,266. In Howard County, 427 hog farms existed in 1982 and just 54 in 2012, according to census data. Those 54 farmers are producing 197,113 hogs a year, or about 3,650 hogs a farmer https://civileats.com/2018/09/27/iowans-unite-to-stop-hog-farms-from-polluting-their-community/ This is why it's called factory farming. pic.twitter.com/XnrP8nYf3O - ▶ SHOCKING: Thousands of chicks tossed in the trash. Fully conscious. This is how the Egg Industry treats *millions* of male chicks every year pic.twitter.com/ZBnPvNjddD One Green Planet - ▶ 10 ALARMING FACTS ABOUT FACTORY FARMS A deeper look into the lives of factory farmed animals reveals that we have created a huge prison system for animals where they are no longer considered sentient beings, capable of feelings, thoughts, and pain, but instead are treated as products on an assembly line from the moment they are born to the moment they are murdered https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/facts-about-the-lives-of-factory-farmed-animals/ The Atlantic, March 19, 2014 -▶ THE LAW THAT MAKES IT ILLEGAL TO REPORT ON ANIMAL CRUELTY ON CORPORATE FACTORY FARMS. What makes Idaho's agricultural industry deserve special protection from journalists and activists? http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/03/the-law-that-makes-it-illegal-to-report-on-animal-cruelty/284485/ Alternet, December 10, 2013 - ▶ HOW BIG AGRIBUSINESS IS TRYING TO MUZZLE THE TRUTH BEHIND CORPORATE FACTORY FARMS http://www.alternet.org/big-agribusiness-trying-muzzle-animal-rights-activists-who-infiltrate-their-factory-farms?akid=11256.237541.4BAflB&rd=1&src=newsletter934989&t=5 -▶ UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATIONS OF FACTORY FARMS AND SLAUGHTERHOUSES http://www.mercyforanimals.org/investigations.aspx - ▶ This pig is heroic! He put himself at risk by disrupting the slaughter of his friend. Animals are incredible. pic.twitter.com/3VFbE0IdKE Businessweek, January 09, 2014 DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN -▶ INDUSTRIAL FARMING: STATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS MAY GIVE LEGAL SHIELD TO CORPORATIONS http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-01-09/industrial-farming-state-constitutional-amendments-may-give-legal-shield - ▶ 15 PIECES OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE PROVING MEAT COMES FROM HELL. May 20, 2017 https://mercyforanimals.org/15-pieces-of-photographic-evidence-proving Huffington Post, March 17, 2014 -▶ 9 FACTS ABOUT FACTORY FARMING THAT WILL BREAK YOUR HEART (GRAPHIC PHOTOS) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/17/factory-farming-facts_n_4063892.html Collective Evolution, March 4, 2014 ▶ CORPORATE FACTORY FARMING IS DESTROYING OUR ENVIRONMENT -- 10 BILLION -- ANIMALS ARE RAISED AND KILLED FOR FOOD EACH YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES ALONE, According to the US Department of Agriculture http://www.collective-evolution.com/2013/03/04/eating-meat-destruction-of-environment/ Reuter, July 09, 2014 - ▶ ROOSTERS FERTILITY PROBLEM HITS U.S. CHICKEN SUPPLY, LIFTS PRICES: GMO Corn Feed and Inbreeding http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/09/us-chicken-supply-genetics-exclusive-idUSKBN0FE0C820140709 ANIMATED VIDEO CORPORATE FACTORY FARMING The Brutal Basics of American Modern Farms http://www.aspca.org/blog/factory-farming-video-brutal-basics-modern-farms WATTAgNet, April 08, 2014 ▶ GLOBAL ANIMAL FEEDLOT ADDITIVES MARKET TO REACH $20 BILLION BY 2020 http://www.wattagnet.com/Global_animal_feed_additives_market_to_reach_$20_billion_by_2020.html Organic Lifestyle Magazine, July 08, 2014 - ▶ FACTORY FARMED CHICKENS: THE HIDDEN COST OF CHEAP CHICKEN http://www.organiclifestylemagazine.com/factory-farmed-chickens-the-hidden-cost-of-cheap-chicken/ George Monbiot, December 16, 2014 - ▶ IF YOU MUST EAT MEAT, SAVE IT FOR CHRISTMAS : We are in perputual denial about our food : From chickens pumped with antibiotics to the environmental devastation caused by production, we need to realise we are not fed with happy farm animals http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/16/perpetual-denial-food-meat-production-environmental-devastation HuffingtonPost, February 19, 2014 -▶ FARMAGEDDON, THE TRUE COST OF CHEAP MEAT http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/sue-cross/farmageddon-the-true-cost_b_4809387.html The Telegraph, February 10, 2014 -▶ FARMAGEDDON: REVIEW OF EXPOSE OF THE NIGHTMARE WORLD OF MODERN FACTORY FARMING http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/10620308/Farmageddon-by-Philip-Lymbery-with-Isabel-Oakeshott-review.html Huffington Post Taste, October 27, 2014 - ▶ WHAT EXACTLY DOES 'HUMANELY RAISED' MEAN? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/24/humanely-raised_n_6041402.html OnEarth Magazine, February 2, 2014 -▶ HOG WILD: U.S. FACTORY FARMS ARE POISONING IOWA'S DRINKING WATER -- ALL TO FEED CHINA http://www.onearth.org/articles/2014/02/factory-farms-are-poisoning-iowa-water Guardian Sustainable Living, March 14, 2014 ▶ THE ANIMAL WELFARE AND ANTITRUST ISSUES BEHIND AMERICA'S CHEAP MEAT http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/animal-welfare-america-cheap-meat-industry Los Angeles, January 27, 2014 -▶ TO MAKE A BURGER, FIRST YOU NEED 660 GALLONS OF WATER ... http://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-dd-gallons-of-water-to-make-a-burger-20140124,0,1713014.story#axzz2rixf8e4w EurActive, January 10, 2014 -▶ 'MEAT ATLAS' SHEDS LIGHT ON HIDDEN COSTS OF BEEF, PIGMEAT http://www.euractiv.com/cap/costs-eu-meat-consumption-go-pri-news-532696 Seattle Organic Restaurants -▶ THE SECRET TAKEOVER OF OUR FOOD SUPPLY BY A FEW GIANT AMERICAN CORPORATIONS AND CORPORATIONS LIKE TYSON ARE PIONEERS OF MEAT RACKET http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-food/takeover-of-our-food-by-giant-agribusinesses-Tyson-foods-meat-racket.php Grist, January 27, 2014 -▶ U.N, WARNS US TO EAT LESS MEAT AND LAY OFF BIOFUELS, OR WE'RE IN FOR IT. We’re over consuming ourselves into environmental oblivion. Farming will eliminate forests, plains, and other wild areas nearly the size of Brazil by 2050 around the world if we can’t mend our agricultural, dietary, and biofuel-burning ways. This unsustainable drive for more growing land will result in rising hunger and more frequent riots as food prices increase. http://grist.org/news/un-warns-us-to-eat-less-meat-and-lay-off-biofuels-or-were-in-for-it/ Treehugger, January 31, 2014 ▶ WHY OUR CHILDREN NEED REAL FOOD, NOT FOOD PRODUCTS (book review) http://www.treehugger.com/green-food/why-our-children-need-real-food-not-food-products-book-review.html VIDEO FARM TO FRIDGE The Truth Behind Industrial Meat Production http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THIODWTqx5E#t=29 Food Safety News, June 30, 2014 -▶ AMA SEEKS BAN ON ANTIBIOTIC USE ON FARMS FOR GROWTH PROMOTION http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2014/06/american-medical-association-calls-for-federal-action-on-antibiotic-use-on-farms/ WATCH LIVE EXPORT "A BLOODY BUSINESS" - LIVE ANIMAL EXPORTS ***Australian TV Four Corners Investigation http://sco.lt/7cFyuf Common Dreams, Ronnie Cummins 65 BILLION ANIMALS WORLDWIDE CRAMMED INTO CAFOs (Confined Animal Feed Lots including cows, chickens and pigs, These animals are literally imprisoned and tortured in unhealthy, unsanitary and unconscionably cruel conditions. Sickness is the norm for animals who are confined rather than pastured, and who eat GMO corn and soybeans, rather than grass and forage as nature intended. To prevent the inevitable spread of disease from stress, overcrowding and lack of vitamin D, animals are fed a steady diet of antibiotics. Those antibiotics pose a direct threat to the environment when they run off into our lakes, rivers, aquifers and drinking water. The vast majority of consumers don’t realize that nearly 95% of the meat, dairy and eggs sold in the U.S. come from CAFOs. Nor do most people realize that CAFOs represent a corporate-controlled system characterized by large-scale, centralized, low profit-margin production, processing and distribution systems.... http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/01/17-5 New York Time, February 19, 2014 -▶ IS THAT SAUSAGE WORTH THIS? TURNING PIGS INTO CANNIBALS http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/20/opinion/kristof-is-that-sausage-worth-this.html?_r=0 VIDEO The Humane Society of the United States, February 20, 2014 UNDERCOVER AT IRON MAIDEN: IS YOUR SAUSAGE WORTH THIS? http://video.humanesociety.org/ Grist, January 29, 2015 -▶ POOR COWS: HARVESTING METHANE BY PUNCHING HOLES IN COWS STOMACHS: Argentinian scientists are punching holes in the sides of cattle and passing pipes through to their stomachs. The other end of the pipe goes into a bag fitted on the cow’s back. The captured gas, can be burned to produce energy. http://grist.org/news/we-can-harvest-methane-from-cow-guts-should-we/ - ▶ THE RISE OF THE 'DESIGNER' FARM ANIMAL http://action.raw.info/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=119&ea.campaign.id=22518&ea.tracking.id=1174f49c&utm_campaign=raw&utm_source=shared&utm_medium=link - ▶ PATENT FOR A PIG -- BIOTECH SCIENTISTS RACING TO RE-ENGINEER OUR FARM ANIMALS: ANIMALS LIKE ON AN INANIMATE AUTO PRODUCTION LINE http://sco.lt/7g1H3R INVESTIGATIVE REPORT WATCH 53:41) Frontline PBS, October 14, 2014 THE TROUBLE WITH ANTIBIOTICS REDUCING GROWTH HORMONES USE IN FOOD ANIMALS Up to 70 percent of all antibiotics sold in the U.S. are used in food animals. For years, farmers and ranchers have used antibiotics to help food animals grow faster on less feed. This practice, known as “growth promotion,” http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/trouble-with-antibiotics/ -▶ FOUR-FIFTHS OF BIG PHARMA ANTIBIOTICS CONSUMED BY MEAT AND POULTRY INDUSTRY (What Are You Eating?) http://sco.lt/5u5Gyn CORPORATE MONOPOLY OF OUR FOOD SUPPLY TakePart, July 10, 2014 -▶ THE LEGAL FIGHT OVER WRITING CORPORATE INDUSTRIAL FARMING INTO THE CONSTITUTION State constitutional amendments and other legal measures would protect industrial agriculture. When state legislators met to hash out new laws in the spring of 2013, farm protection or ag-gag bills were voted on across the Midwest and in agricultural states in the South and Southwest. The laws were designed to criminalize the work of animal rights activists and whistle-blowers who secretly recorded abuse or other unlawful activity in confined animal feeding operations or other farms... http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/07/10/right-farm-laws Grist, June 10, 2014 - ▶ MONOPOLIES: A MEAT GIANT GOBBLES UP ANOTHER MEAT GIANT: GRAPHS There are problems with this kind of consolidation...“When all the power is so centralized in these behemoths, they end up writing their own rules in Congress and fighting the reforms to protect consumers and farmers”... When the Obama administration sought to reform the animal farming industry, many farmers, some visibly frightened, risked their livelihoods by speaking publicly about abuses. But industry squelched that attempt. Now, the industry lobbyists are working to reduce the number of inspectors in slaughterhouses, while speeding up the kill and processing lines. "But the chickens already move down the disassembly lines “obscenely fast, in my opinion,” http://grist.org/food/a-meat-giant-gobbles-up-another-meat-giant/ The Ecologist, June 2, 2014 -▶ THE BIG TEN FOOD COMPANIES MUST JOIN THE CLIMATE FIGHT. In the fight for zero hunger in a safer climate, the silence of the food and beverage industry is not a virtue. They must cut their huge carbon emissions, campaign to protect global climate, and rethink their entire mission to encompass health and wellbeing. http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2445685 Common Dreams, March 21, 2014 -▶ RADICAL U.N. REPORT PROMOTES DEMOCRATIC CONTROL OF FOOD AND AN END TO CORPORATE DOMINATION http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/21-0 Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, January 9, 2014 - ▶ GERMANS SPEAKING OUT AGAINST INDUSTRIAL MEAT AND AGRICULTURE http://www.iatp.org/blog/201401/germans-speaking-out-against-industrial-meat-and-agriculture NationofChange, June 17, 2014 ▶ FARMERS SEE BETTER ANIMAL HEALTH WITH NON-GMO FEED, BUT SCARED TO SAY SO http://www.nationofchange.org/farmers-see-better-animal-health-non-gmo-feed-scared-say-so-1403019863 Yale Environment 260, May 27, 2014 ▶ AS CORPORATE DAIRY FARMS GROW BIGGER, NEW CONCERN ABOUT POLLUTION. Dairy operations in the U.S. are consolidating, with ever-larger numbers of cows concentrated on single farms. In states like Wisconsin, opposition to some large operations is growing after manure spills and improper handling of waste have contaminated waterways and aquifers. http://e360.yale.edu/feature/as_dairy_farms_grow_bigger_new_concerns_about_pollution/2768/ WATCH: "A RIVER OF WASTE" The Massive Pollution and History of Factory Farms - CAFOs (Confined Animal Feed Lots) http://sco.lt/6PQUk5 - ▶ WHAT EVERY PARENT SHOULD KNOW ABOUT BLIND, FOOTLESS CHICKENS, EGGS, FACTORY FARMS AND THE AG-GAG BILL http://sco.lt/71PvtJ -▶ ANIMALS RAISED IN CORPORATE CONCENTRATION PENS - DRUGS, GMO FEED AND 'AG-GAG' LAWS TO IMPACT BEYOND THE USA http://sco.lt/6jKf2H ============ AG-GAG LAWS http://sco.lt/7QskbJ ============ Mother Jones, May/June Issue ▶ HOW TO FIGHT A FACTORY FARM AND WIN: A couple of attorneys have sniffed out Big Pork' legal weak spot http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/04/law-and-odor-attorneys-big-pork-legal-weak-spot Al Jazeera America, February 28, 2014 - ▶ IDAHO GOVERNOR SIGNS AG GAG BILL INTO LAW: ABUSE WILL NOW GO UNEXPOSED - FURTHER PROTECTING CORPORATE PROFITS http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/2/28/idaho-gov-signs-aggagbillintolaw.html Green Is the New Red, February 20, 2014 - ▶ IDAHO AG-GAG LAW WOULD MAKE IT ILLEGAL TO PHOTOGRAPH FACTORY FARM CRUELTY http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/idaho-ag-gag-law/7635/ HuffPost Food For Thought, February 25, 2014 - ▶ IDAHO'S AG-GAG BILL IS A SHAMEFUL ATTEMPT TO HIDE ANIMAL CRUELTY ON CORPORATE FACTORY FARMS http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-runkle/idahos-aggag-bill-shamefu_b_4848923.html WATCH "DEATH ON A FACTORY FARM [HBO] (2009) 1:27:25 Directors Tom Simon and Sarah Teale (HBOs Dealing Dogs) tell the story of an animal rights investigator who goes undercover at hog farm in Ohio to explore a whistle blowers allegations. The evidence he gathers leads to a rare prosecution and trial for animal cruelty, and a verdict that surprises nearly everyone.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfiolWwzD94 Salon, March 17, 2014 -▶ IDAHO'S CONTROVERSIAL AG-GAG LAW CHALLENGED IN FEDERAL COURT http://www.salon.com/2014/03/17/idahos_controversial_ag_gag_law_challenged_in_federal_court/ VIDEO Mercy For Animals, February 19, 2014 - ▶ IDAHO AG-GAG LAW: MFA RELEASES SHOCKING NEW VIDEO OF DAIRY COW SEX ABUSE http://www.mfablog.org/2014/02/idaho-ag-gag-mfa-releases-shocking-new-video-of-dairy-cow-sex-abuse.html ======================= - ▶ MEATONOMICS: THE DIRTY TRUTH ABOUT CHEAP MEAT http://sco.lt/5MiErp -▶ IT'S RIDICULOUS TO SAY COWS PRODUCE MORE METHANE THAN NATURAL GAS FRACKING, AUTO EMISSIONS, COAL & GAS... http://sco.lt/8TIRX7 +++++A Picture Says A Thousand Words +++++ FACTORY FARMING http://ow.ly/k2pgD FEEDLOT CATTLE http://ow.ly/mEGS1 GESTATION CRATES http://ow.ly/lPLtf ANIMAL ABUSE FACTORY FARMING http://ow.ly/mHXkT -▶ CHINESE ENTER US FOOD MARKET : HOGS and CHICKENS -- UNLABELLED, NO OVERSIGHT http://sco.lt/7MuubR ▶ MORE, BIGGER, FASTER : WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FACTORY FARMING YOUR ANIMAL FOOD: ANTI-WHISTLE BLOWER AG GAG LAWS http://sco.lt/5n7fqD ===================== AGRICULTURE ===================== BBC News, March 03, 2014 -▶ FEWER CROPS FEEDING THE WORLD: INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE THREATENING FOOD SECURITY http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26382067 Mother Jones, January 10, 2014 - ▶ HOW BILL GATES IS HELPING KFC TAKE OVER AFRICA http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/01/kfc-africa-chicken-usaid-gates-foundation Eat Drink Better -▶ SOYBEANS: FACTORY FARMING AND THE DESTRUCTION OF LANDS AND LIVES IN ARGENTINA http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2013/12/23/soybeans-factory-farming-destruction-argentina/ International Center for Tropical Agriculture, March 03, 2014 -▶ GLOBALIZED DIET: MORE FOOD, LESS DIVERSITY, MORE ASSOCIATED RISKS http://www.ciatnews.cgiar.org/2014/03/03/globalized-diet-more-food-less-diversity-more-associated-risks/ Yale Environment 360, March 13, 2014 -▶ IN THE PASTURES OF COLUMBIA, COWS, CROPS AND TIMBER COEXIST. As an ambitious program in Colombia demonstrates, combining grazing and agriculture with tree cultivation can coax more food from each acre, boost farmers’ incomes, restore degraded landscapes, and make farmland more resilient to climate change. http://e360.yale.edu/feature/in_the_pastures_of_colombia_cows_crops_and_timber_coexist/2746/ -▶ WALL STREET BANKS EYE AMERICAN FARMLAND, THREATEN FUTURE OF U.S. AND WORLD AGRICULTURE http://sco.lt/4nG6Ur -▶ BIG CORPORATE AGRICULTURE CAUSES 80% OF TROPICAL DEFORESTATION - THE TERRIBLE PRICE WE PAY http://sco.lt/8DCl1d - ▶ HOW BIOTECH CORPORATIONS AND GMO CROPS ARE THREATENING THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMANKIND ALIKE http://sco.lt/7OmezB -▶ CORPORATE HIJACKING OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE: GENETIC ENGINEERING AND THE GMO INDUSTRY http://sco.lt/73IdQ9 -▶ OUR INDUSTRIAL, WESTERN AGRICULTURAL FOOD SYSTEM IS DESTROYING THE EARTH AND OUR HEALTH http://sco.lt/63qRl3 ================== USA ================== Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, February 18, 2014 -▶ BRACING FOR IMPACTS AS CHINA ENTERS INDUSTRIAL MEAT COMPLEX http://www.iatp.org/blog/201402/bracing-for-impacts-as-china-enters-industrial-meat-complex -▶ ARE YOU EATING CLONED PORK? CHINA ENTERS USA FOOD MARKET UNLABELED, UNREGULATED http://sco.lt/57VNh3 One Green Planet, February 26, 2014 ▶ HOW THE GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL FOOD COMPLEX LEAVES PEOPLE HUNGRY AND UNDERNOURISHED http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/whos-eating-the-worlds-grain/ RT News, February 24, 2014 ▶ FINALLY, SOME ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: GMO MONOCROPS MAY CAUSE MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL (AND HUMAN HEALTH) RISKS, USDA ADMITS http://rt.com/usa/usda-gmo-risk-report-537/ ▶ OUR GMO CORNFIELDS ARE TOO QUIET - ALL LIFE CHEMICALLY EXTERMINATED - EXCEPT THE GENE-ALTERED CORN http://sco.lt/6przzF ETC Group, September 06, 2013 -▶ WHO WILL FEED US? THE INDUSTRIAL FOOD CHAIN OR THE PEASANT FOOD WEBS? http://www.etcgroup.org/content/poster-who-will-feed-us-industrial-food-chain-or-peasant-food-webs INVESTIGATIVE REPORT SOARING PESTICIDE USE AND POISONING LINKED TO GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROP PRODUCTION http://sco.lt/8iunRp BEYOND PESTICIDES PESTICIDE-INDUCED DISEASES DATA BASE -- CANCER http://www.beyondpesticides.org/health/cancer.php EcoWatch, February 22, 2014 -▶ STOP FEEDING THE BEAST AND START FEEDING THE PEOPLE. We have a system of predatory agriculture in which corporations pursue private gain relentlessly regardless of the social consequences. Social consequences can be defined as anything from polluting our water, land and air to impacting the health of our families to making the business of farming economically unsustainable. http://ecowatch.com/2014/02/22/stop-feeding-beast-start-feeding-people/ September 4, 2013 NPR ▶ THERE WILL BE NO COMPETITION: HOW BIG AGRICULTURE AND USDA ARE EASING OUT SMALL FARMERS WITH NEW FOOD SAFETY RULES http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/09/04/218642746/small-farmers-in-new-england-fear-new-food-safety-rules VIDEO INVESTIGATION: "DAIRY'S DARK SIDE" http://www.mercyforanimals.org/dairy/ INDUSTRIAL DAIRY FARM http://ow.ly/m3nKA ;Union Of Concerned Scientists ▶ TOWARD HEALTHY FOOD AND FARMS: OUR AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM HAS LOST IT'S WAY http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/ The Ecologist, February 05, 2014 -▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS ARE DRIVING GENOCIDE AND ECOCIDE -- KEEP THEM OUT OF THE EU http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2267255/gm_crops_are_driving_genocide_and_ecocide_keep_them_out_of_the_eu.html -▶ WIKILEAKS: USA GOVERNMENT PUSHES MONSANTO, GMO CROPS GLOBALLY: STARTS 'TRADE WARS' WITH NATIONS OPPOSED http://sco.lt/6PzO9x VIDEO: McDONALD'S SUPERBOWL MAKEOVER ATTEMPT "PINK SLIME", WHAT PINK SLIME? http://grist.org/list/mcdonalds-pink-slime-video-superbowl-ad/ ========================== CORPORATE INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE AND OUR FOOD
========================= WATCH (6:29) ANNA LAPPE AND FOOD MYTHBUSTERS DO WE NEED INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE TO FEED THE WORLD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uem2ceZMxYk BBC News, March 03, 2014 -▶ FEWER CROPS NOW FEEDING THE WORLD: INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE THREATENS GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26382067 WATCH 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 ▶ OUR GMO CORNFIELDS ARE TOO QUIET - ALL LIFE CHEMICALLY EXTERMINATED - EXCEPT THE GENE-ALTERED CORN http://sco.lt/6przzF INFOGRAPHIC - SOIL TO SKY AGROECOLOGY vs INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE PDF http://agroecologygroup.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Soil-to-Sky-infographic.pdf -▶ ARE YOU EATING PESTICIDE PLANTS? http://sco.lt/7v6Y2T The Ecologist, January 30, 2014 -▶ THE CHEMICAL BLITZ OF PESTICIDES IN OUR FIELDS: An ordinary arable field in Sussex is sprayed with pesticides 22 times over a single growing season. Dave Goulson wonders how the bees can survive this toxic onslaught - and exactly who benefits. http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2258103/revealed_the_chemical_blitz_of_pesticides_in_our_fields.html -▶ ANOTHER REASON TO AVOID CONVENTIONAL, INDUSTRIAL WHEAT AND GRAINS: LASHINGS, UPON LASHINGS OF POWERFUL TOXIC INSECTICIDES: NEONICOTINOIDS http://lincoln-adams.wsu.edu/agriculture/NACAA-Wireworm-Control-Poster-2011.pdf ▶ FIVE HOLISTIC ALTERNATIVE FARMING METHODS: AGROECOLOGY AT ITS BEST http://sco.lt/4i3lqr WATCH DOCUMENTARY (88 min) "SEEDS OF PERMACULTURE" - ECOLOGICAL FARMING People are becoming less and less self-sufficient around the world, these local communities that were previously growing everything themselves and knew how to build their own houses out of natural materials are completely dependent on big foreign powers and import from other countries. ... http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/seeds-permaculture/ Guardian Environment, February 03, 2014 -▶ INDIGENOUS DIETS CAN FIGHT MODERN ILLNESSES, SAY HEALTH EXPERTS Unprecedented levels of chronic non-communicable diseases are prompting calls to revert to the diets of our ancestors to regain lost nutrients. It is believed that such a shift would help to improve society's relationship with the Earth and restore human and environmental health. "The rise of the industrial model of agriculture has contributed greatly to people being disconnected from the food on their plates," says Sarah Somian, a France-based nutritionist. http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/feb/03/indigenous-diets-fight-modern-illnesses WATCH Short Video "FARMED AND DANGEROUS" Chipotle's online show about the terrors of industrial farming Is http://sco.lt/7ZNsfZ EcoNews, January 28, 2014 ▶ REPORTS AFFIRM CLIMATE CHANGE COULD LEAD TO DRASTIC INCREASES IN FOOD PRICES: OLD BUSINESS MODELS WON'T WORK http://ecowatch.com/2014/01/28/climate-change-lead-to-increases-food-prices/ ▶ DECLINE IN BIODIVERSITY OF FARMED PLANTS AND ANIMALS GATHERING PACE http://sco.lt/7o99MH EurActiv, January 24, 2014 ▶ MORE CONSUMPTION NOT NECESSARY FOR HUMAN WELL-BEING, SAYS UN REPORT. Greater food system efficiency and curbs to the expansion of cropland are necessary to prevent the collapse of global ecosystems, says a report presented today (24 January) by the UN at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. http://www.euractiv.com/sustainability/greater-consumption-necessary-hu-news-532991 -▶ FARM TO FORK: THE STORY OF OUR TOXIC FOOD SYSTEM - INFOGRAPH http://sco.lt/8xKt7J WATCH 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 -▶ CHEAP FOOD, DIABETES, CANCER AND OBESITY http://sco.lt/7JtMNV - ▶ FOOD AID FOR THE 21st CENTURY: MEETING THE OBJECTIVE OR FEEDING THE BIG AG BIOTECH CHEMICAL CARTEL COFFERS? http://sco.lt/6bJSgD ▶ THE NEW CORPORATE COLONIALISM. DESTRUCTION OF PLANETARY LIFE, INDIGENOUS LAND AND LIVELIHOODS IN THE NAME OF "GROWTH" http://sco.lt/5nT3OT -▶ PESTICIDE/CHEMICAL REGULATION OVERHAUL NEEDED TO PROTECT WILDLIFE, ECOSYSTEMS AND FOOD CHAIN http://sco.lt/5oplFx -▶ THE CURSE OF PETROLEUM, CHEMICAL-BASED FERTILIZERS http://sco.lt/4iAdaz - ▶ "FOODOPOLY" = EXPOSING THE HANDFUL OF CORPORATIONS THAT CONTROL OUR FOOD SYSTEM FROM SEED TO DINNER PLATE http://sco.lt/7YSrYX - ▶ WHY ARE COUNTRIES BANNING GMO GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS AND ANIMALS? http://sco.lt/7l7AVV - ▶ STARVED OF DEMOCRACY AND THE FIGHT AGAINST CORPORATE 'FOODOPOLY' http://sco.lt/8WdPUH -▶ GENETIC ENGINEERING AND THE GMO INDUSTRY: CORPORATE HIJACKING OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3994750421/corporate-hijacking-of-food-and-agriculture-genetic-engineering-and-the-gmo-industry - ▶ THE HIDDEN WORLD OF SOIL UNDER OUR FEET - SOIL AS A LIFELINE - CLIMATE CHANGE http://sco.lt/6MYz0j -▶ FOOD, SLAVE LABOR AND THE WALMARTIZATION OF AGRICULTURE AND AMERICA http://sco.lt/8oSVBx -▶ MONSANTO ACQUIRES KEY 'GENE SILENCING' TECHNOLOGY FOR FOOD, ENTERS PHARMACEUTICAL BUSINESS http://sco.lt/6N2Q2j ======================= BIOENGINEERING AND PATENTING OUR FOOD LIFELINES -▶ BIOTECH IS RE-ENGINEERING, RE-PROGRAMMING AND PATENTING LIFE ITSELF -- IS BIOTECH OUT OF CONTROL? http://sco.lt/4thM6j - ▶ UNDER SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY LIFE WILL NOT BE A PRODUCT OF NATURE BUT OF A LAB AND IT WILL BE PATENTED AND PRIVATIZED http://sco.lt/7pchOL -▶ GENETIC MODIFICATION STRAIN OLD FOOD AND DRUG LAWS: HOW A FISH BECOMES A DRUG AND CORN A PEST http://sco.lt/66YF2v ▶ PATENT FOR A PIG: BIOTECH SCIENTISTS PUSH TO PATENT, "IMPROVE" TRANSGENIC GMO 'ENVIROPIGS' FOR YOU TO EAT http://sco.lt/6nOLuz ▶ MANIPULATING THE SEEDS OF LIFE: SEED PATENTS AND CONTROL OF YOUR FOOD http://sco.lt/7yB3XF ▶ SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY AND THE RISE OF THE 'SPIDER-GOATS' http:
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Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, January 14, 2015 - ▶ DRAWING UPON CITIZENS' VOICES: DEEP DEMOCRACY IN ACTION http://www.iatp.org/blog/201501/drawing-upon-citizens-voices-deep-democracy-in-action#sthash.CoST8wxF.dpuf
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, January 14, 2015 - ▶ DEEPENING FOOD DEMOCRACY http://www.iatp.org/documents/deepening-food-democracy
The Ecologist, June 22, 2014 ▶ WE MUST RID THE AMERICAN WEST OF WELFARE RANCHING http://www.theecologist.org/campaigning/2395032/we_must_rid_the_american_west_of_welfare_ranching.html The Des Moines Register, July 11, 2014 ▶ AG INTERESTS IN SOME STATES SEEK TO MAKING FARMING A RIGHT. Powerful big industrial corporate ag interests in some states want to declare farming a right to fight back against animal-welfare activists and opponents of genetically modified crops. http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2014/07/11/agriculture-interests-farming-right-amendment/12511223/ Huffington Post, December 27, 2013 ▶ 2014 NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS FOR BIG FOOD It was a big year for Big Food. More fast food chains pledged to stop using gestation crates. Country of origin rules -- mandating that meat suppliers label where the animal was born, raised and slaughtered -- took effect. A major food corporation and a fast food chain announced they would stop using artificial dye in some of their products. It was a big year for Big Food. More fast food chains pledged to stop using gestation crates...http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/27/new-years-resolutions-big-food_n_4452977.html ▶ ANIMALS RAISED IN CORPORATE CONCENTRATION PENS: DRUGS, GMO FEED AND 'AG-GAG' LAW TO IMPACT BEYOND USA http://sco.lt/6jKf2H WATCH; "DEATH ON A FACTORY FARM [HBO] (2009) 1:27:25 Directors Tom Simon and Sarah Teale (HBOs Dealing Dogs) tell the story of an animal rights investigator who goes undercover at hog farm in Ohio to explore a whistle blowers allegations. The evidence he gathers leads to a rare prosecution and trial for animal cruelty, and a verdict that surprises nearly everyone.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfiolWwzD94 March 20, 2013 - Pew Health Initiatives ▶ NEARLY 30 MILLION POUNDS OF ANTIBIOTICS WERE SOLD BY BIG PHARMA FOR USE IN FOOD ANIMALS http://www.pewhealth.org/reports-analysis/issue-briefs/washington-food-leaders-urge-sen-murray-to-shine-a-light-on-industrial-farms-antibiotic-use-85899461346 Economic Times, June 09, 2014 ▶ INDIA OFFICIALS SEEK TO CURB ANTIBIOTICS AND HORMONES IN ANIMAL FEED. Fearing spread of antibiotic resistance through the food chain, the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) and the agriculture ministry have directed state governments to stop the use of antibiotics and hormones in animal feed. http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-06-09/news/50448268_1_food-producing-animals-antibiotics-animal-feed Alternet, December 10, 2013 - ▶ HOW BIG AGRIBUSINESS IS TRYING TO MUZZLE THE TRUTH BEHIND FACTORY FARMS http://www.alternet.org/big-agribusiness-trying-muzzle-animal-rights-activists-who-infiltrate-their-factory-farms?akid=11256.237541.4BAflB&rd=1&src=newsletter934989&t=5 OnEarth Magazine, December 12, 2013 ▶ THEY'RE FEED WHAT TO COWS? http://www.onearth.org/articles/2013/12/you-wont-believe-the-crap-literally-that-factory-farms-feed-to-cattle New York Time, February 19, 2014 -▶ IS THAT SAUSAGE WORTH THIS? TURNING PIGS INTO CANNIBALS http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/20/opinion/kristof-is-that-sausage-worth-this.html?_r=0 VIDEO The Humane Society of the United States, February 20, 2014 UNDERCOVER AT IRON MAIDEN: IS YOUR SAUSAGE WORTH THIS? http://video.humanesociety.org/ Salon, January 12, 2014 ▶ BIG AG'S BIG LIE: FACTORY FARMS, YOUR HEALTH AND THE NEW POLITICS OF ANTIBIOTICS http://www.salon.com/2014/01/12/big_ags_big_lie_factory_farms_your_health_and_the_new_politics_of_antibiotics/ Huffington Post, December 20, 2013 ▶ THE YEAR IN FOOD: MCD'S, BIG FOOD TWEETS, GREAT READS, AND GMO SEEDS http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-bellatti/year-in-food_b_4446943.html ======================= OUR TOXIC FOOD, OBESITY AND ILL-HEALTH ======================= Green Biz, May 15, 2014 ▶ WHY WE NEED TO GO BEYOND CORN, WHEAT AND RICE http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2014/05/15/why-we-need-go-beyond-corn-wheat-and-rice ▶ WHY MANY MILLIONS OF ANIMALS, LIKE PEOPLE ARE NOW OVERWEIGHT http://sco.lt/5MB0TJ New York Times, January 21, 2014 ▶ WHEN IT COMES TO FOOD, QUANTITY DOESN'T MEAN HEALTH http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/22/opinion/bittman-abundance-doesnt-mean-health.html?emc=edit_tnt_20140122&tntemail0=y OBESITY PLUS HUGE INCREASE IN DIABETES, STROKES, HEART DISEASE ON A GLOBAL SCALE: THE AMERICAN DIET AND LIFE STYLE EXPORTED http://sco.lt/80rmld WATCH PBSNewshour Video Report - ▶ IN EL SALVADOR, AMERICAN JUNK FOOD CREATING CHAOS WITH HEALTH, CHILDREN AND CULTURAL NORMS http://sco.lt/5qSxOL 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 ▶ PASSING THE BUCK: MORE THAN HALF OF U.S. FAST FOOD WORKERS ON PUBLIC AID http://sco.lt/6njYXJ - ▶ UN: THE ERA OF EVER-LASTING PRODUCTION BASED ON MAXIMIZING PROFITS HAS REACHED ITS LIMITS http://sco.lt/6C3RoH WATCH - ▶ A SYSTEM BASED ON PROFIT IS UNSUSTAINABLE: VANDANA SHIVA http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1614565249/a-system-based-on-profits-is-unsustainable-vandana-shiva The Diplomat, January 02, 2014 ▶ VIETNAM: BACK TO ORGANIC? Worried about Food Safety, Vietnamese look again at small-scale organic farming http://thediplomat.com/2014/01/vietnam-back-to-organic/
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Wall Street Journal, January 2, 2014 - ▶ GENERAL MILLS STARTS MAKING CHEERIOS WITHOUT GMOs General Mills Inc. GIS -0.28% has started producing Cheerios free of genetically modified content, making the 73-year-old breakfast cereal one of the highest-profile brands to change in the face of growing complaints over such ingredients from activist groups and some consumers.... http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303370904579297211874270146 - ▶ GMO IN CONSUMER PROCESSED AND RAW FOODS: TOP BREAKFAST CEREALS THAT CONTAIN MONSANTO'S GMO CORN http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-foods/breakfast-cereals-monsanto-gmo-corn/ - ▶ TOP US HEALTHCARE GIANT, KAISER PERMANENTE, ISSUES WARNING ON GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOOD http://sco.lt/5ZOBZ WATCH HAWAII'S BATTLE WITH THE GMO GIANTS: ISLANDS AT RISK http://sco.lt/7w8DWz - ▶ WAKE UP AND SMELL THE GMOs - A MOTHER'S VOICE http://sco.lt/9Dv6VF March 2013 ▶ AMERICAN PROCESSED FOODS - IN COLOR TO DYE FOR by Robyn O'Brien http://organicconnectmag.com/wp/american-processed-foods-in-colors-to-dye-for/#.UU0ZIxk0ORQ ▶ WORLD'S LARGEST FOOD COMPANIES CREATING LEGACY OF DESTRUCTION http://sco.lt/6sSzK5 ▶ HOW THE JUNK FOOD INDUSTRY HAS ENCOURAGES US TO EAT OURSELVES TO DEATH http://sco.lt/9157lx WATCH THE DRUG STORE IN AMERICAN MEAT: CAFOs AND INDUSTRIAL FACTORY FARMING YOUR MEAT http://sco.lt/5pYaYr ▶ MEATONOMICS: THE DIRTY TRUTH ABOUT CHEAP MEAT http://sco.lt/5MiErp ▶ The Washington Monthly, January/February 2014 BIG BEEF IS TAXED FOR PRIVATE LOBBYISTS When you buy a Big Mac or a T-bone, a portion of the cost is a tax on beef, the proceeds from which the government hands over to a private trade group called the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. The NCBA in turn uses this public money to buy ads encouraging you to eat more beef, while also lobbying to derail animal rights and other agricultural reform activists, defeat meat labeling requirements, and defend the ongoing consolidation of the industry... http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/january_february_2014/features/big_beef048356.php VIDEO: THE PROBLEM WITH GMO FARMED SALMON http://sco.lt/6OAxkX =============================================== BIOENGINEERING, AND PATENTING OUR FOOD LIFELINES =============================================== -▶ BIOTECH IS RE-ENGINEERING, RE-PROGRAMMING AND PATENTING LIFE ITSELF -- IS BIOTECH OUT OF CONTROL? http://sco.lt/4thM6j ▶ PATENT FOR A PIG: BIOTECH SCIENTISTS PUSH TO PATENT, "IMPROVE" TRANSGENIC GMO 'ENVIROPIGS' FOR YOU TO EAT http://sco.lt/6nOLuz ▶ MANIPULATING THE SEEDS OF LIFE: SEED PATENTS AND CONTROL OF YOUR FOOD http://sco.lt/7yB3XF ▶ SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY AND THE RISE OF THE 'SPIDER-GOATS' http://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/jan/14/synthetic-biology-spider-goat-genetics?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2 -▶ HUMAN GENES ENGINEERED INTO EXPERIMENTAL GMO RICE BEING GROWN IN KANSAS http://www.naturalnews.com ▶ UNDER SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY LIFE AND FOOD WILL NOT BE A PRODUCT OF NATURE BUT OF A LAB AND IT WILL BE PATTENTED http://sco.lt/7pchOL allAfrica, January 07, 2014 ▶ OUR MODERN, WESTERN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM IS DESTROYING THE EARTH AND OUR HEALTH. Today our food comes from across the world. More importantly, it is often produced in highly destructive ways, at the lowest possible cost. Consequently our food production system is responsible for accelerating the rate of destruction of the very ecosystems we are reliant upon in order to maintain our delicate global environmental equilibrium. We cut and clear the lungs of the world, our tropical rainforests, to feed livestock or grow dishonestly named "biofuels". We bulldoze natural filtration systems and the nurseries for life like wetlands and mangrove swamps to produce luxury foods for obese populations. http://allafrica.com/stories/201401071158.html?viewall=1 Mother Jones, January 10, 2014 - ▶ HOW BILL GATES IS HELPING KFC TAKE OVER AFRICA http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/01/kfc-africa-chicken-usaid-gates-foundation =========== PESTICIDES =========== ▶ ARE YOU EATING 'PESTICIDE PLANTS'? http://sco.lt/7v6Y2T -▶ THE CHILD VICTIMS OF AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDE POISONING - PESTICIDE INDUSTRY DISMISSIVE http://sco.lt/8KO8GH -▶ PESTICIDES ARE KILLING OUR PLANET: DECIMATING DRAGONFLIES AND OTHER AQUATIC INSECTS http://sco.lt/8lqrQH Huffington Post, November 1, 2013 ▶ HOW BIG AG PROFITS FROM FOOD WASTE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-gunther/big-ag-food-waste_b_2449161.html ▶ CONTEMPORARY AGRICULTURE IS BURNING UP OUR PLANET http://sco.lt/6xupV3 ============= FOOD LABELING ============= Digital Journal, December 30, 2013 ▶ COMPANY OFFERS NEW APPROACH TO THE ORGANIC AND GMO LABELING ISSUE http://www.digitaljournal.com/biz/business/company-offers-new-approach-to-the-organic-and-gmo-labeling-issue/article/364844 Organic Consumers Association, December 31, 2013 ▶ TREACHEROUS TERRAIN AHEAD IN 2014 FOR GMO AND 'NATURAL' FOOD LABELING http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_28998.cfm ▶ GMO LABELING: WHY THE UPRISING? http://sco.lt/73oibx VIDEO INVESTIGATION Frontline, June 25, 2014 "RAPE IN THE FIELDS" For the women who pick and process the food we eat every day, getting sexually assaulted, and even raped, is sometimes part of the job. Frontline and Univision partner to tell the story of the hidden price many migrant women working in America's fields and packing plants pay to stay employed and provide for their families. This investigation is the result of a yearlong reporting effort by veteran correspondent Lowell Bergman, the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley and the Center for Investigative Reporting....http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/rape-in-the-fields/
From www.cornucopia.org- February 6, 8:05 PM February 5, 2013 - THE CORNUCOPIA INSTITUTE -▶ ARE UNIVERSITIES UNDERCUTTING THEIR OWN RESEARCHERS? In a case before the U.S. Supreme Court this month, advocates for academic researchers are urging the justices to reverse a patent-infringement decision that has given the Monsanto Company broad authority to restrict scientists’ study of genetically modified seeds. The decision, the advocates say, not only hurts farmers and fuels higher food prices; it also contributes to “the suffocation of independent scientific inquiry into transgenic crops.”.. http://www.cornucopia.org/2013/02/in-standing-up-for-big-ag-are-universities-undercutting-their-own-researchers/
HuffingtonPost Green, February 11, 2015 -▶ THE HIDDEN WAYS MANIPULATED SCIENCE HARMS OUR HEALTH, FROM MEASLES TO ORGANICS http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/11/measles-vaccine-bad-science_n_6641396.html
GOV.UK, February 11, 2015 -▶ PRIVATISING UK GOVT AGRI-FOOD RESEARCH? FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY TAKING PRIVATE INVESTMENT OF £14.5m https://www.gov.uk/government/news/food-and-environment-research-agency-new-145m-investment
Guardian Environment, April 28, 2014 ▶ WARNING OVER 'PRIVATISATION' OF UK ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE RESEARCH BODY. Unions and MPs express concern that Food and Environment Research Agency could become a private joint venture http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/28/food-and-environment-research-agency-privatisation
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Science/AAAS, February 11, 2015 -▶ AGRICULTURAL RESEARCHER RATTLED BY DEMANDS FOR DOCUMENTS FROM GROUP OPPOSED TO GMO FOODS http://news.sciencemag.org/scientific-community/2015/02/agricultural-researchers-rattled-demands-documents-group-opposed-gm
Decca Herald, May 0, 2014 -▶ SCIENTISTS FOR SALE: THE WAY MULTINATIONALS BUY ENDORSEMENTS. The push to get GMO'S into your country and onto plates is in full swing http://www.deccanherald.com/content/405309/scientists-sale-way-multinationals-buy.html Truthout, April 29, 2014 -▶ SCIENCE OR MEDIA? THE SCIENCE MEDIA CENTRE SPINS PRO-GMO FOR BRITISH GOVERNMENT INTERESTS http://truth-out.org/news/item/23392-science-media-centre-spins-pro-gmo-line University of Virginia, May 20, 2009 ▶ STUDY OFFERS KEY INSIGHTS ABOUT HOW INDUSTRY FUNDING COMPROMISES INTEGRITY OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH http://uvahealth.com/about/news-room/archives/study-offers-key-insights-about-how-industry-funding-compromises-integrity-in-academic-research -▶ PERVERTED SCIENCE -- THE MANIPULATION OF GM RESEARCH http://www.gmfreecymru.org/pivotal_papers/manipulation.htm April 3, 2013 - IFEX -▶ HOW THE BIOTECH INDUSTRY IS GAGGING THE SCIENCE AROUND GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD http://www.ifex.org/international/2013/04/04/seeds_of_dissent/ Test Biotech, April 10, 2014 -▶ NEW ANALYSIS OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MAIZE 1507. RISK RESEARCH CONTROLLED BY INDUSTRY: Will the EU Commission give the green light for cultivation in May? http://www.testbiotech.de/en/node/1032 Boulder Weekly, April 03, 2014 -▶ MUZZLED BY MONSANTO. Is Big Ag squelching research showing its new RNAi GMOs may be dangerous? http://www.boulderweekly.com/article-12640-muzzled-by-monsanto.html
June 19, 2013 Union of Concerned Scientists -▶ CORPORATE COUNTERFEIT SCIENCE - BOTH WRONG AND DANGEROUS http://blog.ucsusa.org/corporate-counterfeit-sciene-both-wrong-and-dangerous-152 January 30, 2013 Greenpeace India - -▶ MONSANTO'S GM CORN BIOSAFETY DATA QUESTIONED : Monsanto conducted the study and generated the biosafety data from its own labs in the USA. No independent research or study was conducted by our regulatory bodies before permitting these field trials.Greenpeace India http://www.greenpeace.org/india/en/news/Monsantos-GM-corn-biosafety-data-raises-serious-questions/#.URHbH7ZBYDc.twitter Environmental Health News, September 23, 2013 -▶ SPECIAL REPORT: SCIENTISTS CRITICAL OF NEW EU CHEMICAL/PESTICIDE POLICY HAS INDUSTRY TIES, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. Seventeen scientists who have criticized plans in Europe to regulate endocrine-disrupting chemicals have past or current ties to regulated industries. An investigation by Environmental Health News reveals that of 18 toxicology journal editors who signed a controversial editorial, 17 have collaborated with the chemical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, tobacco, pesticide or biotechnology industries. http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/2013/eu-conflict UPDATE: Environmental Health News, October 15, 2013 -▶ SCIENTIST WITH EXTENSIVE INDUSTRY TIES QUITS KEY SCIENTIFIC EU COMMISSION REPORTING ON PESTICIDES http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/2013/scientist-resigns July 26, 2013 Guardian Environment -▶ UK GOVERNMENT BEE SCIENTIST BEHIND CONTROVERSIAL STUDY JOINS SYNGENTA PESTICIDE CORPORATION - Government agency and pesticides industry are 'too close' http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jul/26/government-bee-scientist-pesticide-firm Summit Voice, December 05, 2013 -▶ ARCTIC SCIENTIST RESIGNS AFTER BATTLING HIS OWN FEDERAL AGENCY OVER TRANSPARENCY AND SCIENTIFIC ETHICS http://summitcountyvoice.com/2013/12/05/environment-arctic-scientist-resigns-after-battling-his-own-federal-agency-over-transparency-and-scientific-ethics/ Huffington Post Green, December 04, 2013 -▶ WHAT STATINS, TRANS FATS, AND GMOs TELL US ABOUT SCIENTIFIC CONTROVERSIES http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alison-rose-levy/what-statins-transfats-and-gmos-tell-us-about-scientific-controversies_b_4385741.html November 25, 2012 - Nation of Change -▶ SMELLING A CORPORATE RAT http://www.spinwatch.org/-articles-by-category-mainmenu-8/46-gm-industry/5546
Mother Jones, October 28, 2013 -▶ LEAKED DOCUMENTS REVEAL THE SECRET FINANCES OF A PRO-INDUSTRY SCIENCE GROUP http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/10/american-council-science-health-leaked-documents-fundraising Mail Online, March 14, 2014 ▶ SCIENTISTS HIDDEN LINKS TO THE GM FOOD GIANTS. Disturbing truth behind official report that said UK should forge on with Frankenfoods. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2581387/Scientists-hidden-links-GM-food-giants-Disturbing-truth-official-report-said-UK-forge-Frankenfoods.html Living on Earth, December 06, 2013 ▶ GMO STUDY RETRACTED: CENSORSHIP OR CAUTION http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=13-P13-00049&segmentID=2 Truthout, October 24, 2012 -▶ INSIDE THE MONSANTO INFORMATION WAR http://truth-out.org/news/item/12284-inside-the-controversy-over-a-french-gmo-study-and-the-monsanto-information-war
-▶ WHAT HAPPENS TO SCIENTISTS WHO SPEAK OUT AGAINST GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD & GLOBAL BIOTECHNOLOGY CARTEL? Immoral Maize: Extract from "Don't Worry, It's Safe to Eat" by Andrew Rowell http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Immoral_Maize:_Extract_from_Don%27t_Worry,_It%27s_Safe_to_Eat_by_Andrew_Rowell WATCH Democracy Now, February 23, 2014 SILENCING THE SCIENTIST: TARGETED BY POWERFUL HERBICIDE FIRM SYNGENTA: ALTRAZINE http://sco.lt/8VIcAz ▶ SCIENTISTS MUST ASK CORPORATIONS FOR PERMISSION BEFORE PUBLISHING INDEPENDENT RESEARCH ON GENETICALLY MODIFIED PATENTED CROPS - THAT RESTRICTION MUST END http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=do-seed-companies-control-gm-crop-research -▶ MONSANTO BLOCKS RESEARCH ON GMO SAFETY - THE POWER OF PATENTS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1243971066/monsanto-blocks-research-on-gmo-safety-the-power-of-patents
Scientific America, July20, 2009 -▶ DO SEED COMPANIES CONTROL GM CROP RESEARCH? Scientists must ask corporations for permission before publishing independent research on genetically modified crops. That restriction must end http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-seed-companies-control-gm-crop-research/ Los Angeles Times -▶ NO SEEDS, NO INDEPENDENT RESEARCH -- Companies that genetically engineer crops have a lock on what we know about their safety and benefits. Multibillion-dollar agricultural corporations, including Monsanto and Syngenta, have restricted independent research on their genetically engineered crops. They have often refused to provide independent scientists with seeds, or they've set restrictive conditions that severely limit research options.... http://articles.latimes.com/2011/feb/13/opinion/la-oe-guriansherman-seeds-20110213
-▶ IN BED WITH MONSANTO: MANY PRO-GMO CORPORATE BIOLOGISTS OWN GMO PATENTS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3472777250/in-bed-with-monsanto-many-pro-gmo-corporate-biologists-own-gmo-patents June 8, 2013 LifeWise -▶ SIX CORPORATIONS THAT CONTROL YOUR PERCEPTION - HOW MONSANTO CENSORS THE NEWS http://southweb.org/lifewise/six-corporations-that-control-your-perception/#.UbOZiTSZT4E.twitter Institute of Science in Society, March 04, 2014 ▶ SCIENTIFIC DISINFORMATION ON GMO PLUMBS NEW DEPTHS http://www.gmwatch.org/index.php/news/archive/2014/15377-muzzled-by-monsanto-over-gene-silencing-technology Food Democracy Now, September 05, 2015 -▶ BILL GATES FOUNDATION GIVES MILLIONS TO TOP UNIVERSITY TO ADD A "STRONGER VOICE" TO PRO-GMO DEBATE http://www.fooddemocracynow.org/blog/2014/sep/5
New York Times, March 15, 2014 -▶ PHILANTHROCAPITALISM: BILLIONAIRES WITH BIG IDEAS ARE PRIVATIZING AMERICAN SCIENCE http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/science/billionaires-with-big-ideas-are-privatizing-american-science.html?hp&_r=1 WATCH: "THE WAR ON SCIENCE AND TOXIC DIS-INFORMATION May 13, 2013 Moyers and Company - Full Show: http://billmoyers.com/episode/full-show-the-toxic-politics-of-science/ Global Research, May 11, 2014 -▶ MONSANTO, SYNGENTA AND BAYER CROPSCIENCE: THE GMO BIOTECH SECTOR SCIENTIFIC DEBATE: CO-OPTATION, DECEPTION AND COLLUSION http://www.globalresearch.ca/monsanto-syngenta-and-bayer-cropscience-the-gmo-biotech-sector-cant-win-the-scientific-debate-the-options-are-co-option-deception-and-collusion/5381725
Global Research, November 27, 2013 -▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED POLITICIANS: THEIR BATTLE TO PERSUADE THE PUBLIC TO ACCEPT GM FOOD http://www.globalresearch.ca/genetically-modified-politicians-their-battle-to-persuade-the-public-to-accept-gm-food/5359610
EarthOpenSource, October 21, 2013 -▶ NO SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS ON GMO SAFETY http://www.earthopensource.org/index.php/news/150
EurActive -▶ BASF’s UNIVERSITY JOB SPARKS GREEN FURTY OVER BIASED SCIENCE http://ow.ly/kMkHN
-▶ SCIENTIST THAT DISCOVERED GMO HEALTH HAZARDS IMMEDIATELY FIRED, TEAM DISMANTLED http://worldtruth.tv/scientist-that-discovered-gmo-health-hazards-immediately-fired-team-dismantled/ May 22, 2013 Natural News -▶ OVER 800 WORLD SCIENTISTS AGREE: GM CROPS ARE NOTHING SHORT OF A BIO-WAR ON OUR FOOD http://www.naturalnews.com/040447_GMO_biowar_food.html June 5, 2013 Sustainable Pulse -▶ MASSIVE DATABASE OF GMO EVIDENCE GIVES WORLDWIDE PICTURE OF HARM http://sustainablepulse.com/2013/06/07/massive-database-of-gmo-evidence-gives-worldwide-picture-of-harm/#.UbOyDeswOic
-▶ ADVERSE IMPACTS OF TRANSGENIC CROP/FOODS - A COMPILATION OF SCIENTIFIC REFERENCES WITH ABSTRACTS https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8248462/Scientific_Papers_Compiled_March_2013_coalition-for-a-gm-free-india.pdf Prevent Disease, March 7, 2013 - ▶ STUDY: SCIENTISTS OFFICIALLY LINK PROCESSED FOODS TO AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE http://preventdisease.com/news/13/030713_Scientists-Officially-Link-Processed-Foods-To-Autoimmune-Disease.shtm
Jan 18, 2013 THE GMO KILL - -▶ MONSANTO'S GMO PATENTED SEEDS WANT TO RULE THE WORLD http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3995255998/monsanto-s-gmo-patented-seeds-want-to-rule-the-world-the-gmo-kill --- WATCH --- A Must see VIDEO for all. GenetistDr. David Suzuki WHAT IS GENETIC ENGINEERING "WHAT ARE ROUNDUP READY & Bt PESTICIDE GMO CROPS?" http://sco.lt/5n6cuP
▶ CORPORATE-SPONSORED RESEARCH: ARE UNIVERSITIES RESTRICTING SCIENTISTS' STUDY OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED SEEDS? http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3996053783/corporate-sponsored-research-are-universities-restricting-scientists-study-of-genetically-modified-seeds
WATCH 59:94 Vandana Shiva THE FUTURE OF FOOD AND SEED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYwOTLopWIw
The Ecologist, November 1, 2013 ▶ THE REAL POINT OF GMO FOOD IS CORPORATE CONTROL OF FARMING http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2140802/the_real_point_of_gm_food_is_corporate_control_of_farming.html ======================= SERALINI RAT TUMOR STUDY
NEW SERALINI WEBSITE -▶ http://gmoseralini.org/en/ Scientific Research, Media Coverage, Cancer Petition http://sco.lt/4vkznV
GMWatch, November 27, 2013 SERALINI GMO PEER REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE IS CRUSHED BY INDUSTRY. Journal retraction of Séralini study is illicit, unscientific, and unethical. Hayes’ decision to retract the paper follows FCT’s appointment of Richard E. Goodman, a former Monsanto scientist and an affiliate of the GMO industry-funded group, the International Life Sciences Institute, to the specially created post of associate editor for biotechnology at the journal, early this year.[10] Goodman’s appointment in turn followed an orchestrated campaign by GMO supporters to persuade FCT to retract the study. Some critics even accused Prof Séralini of fraud, without presenting any evidence. Many of the critics had undeclared conflicts of interest with the GMO industry. http://www.gmwatch.org/index.php/news/archive/2013/15184
Living On Earth, December 06, 2013 -▶ GMO STUDY RETRACTED - CENSORSHIP OR CAUTION? http://www.loe.org/shows/shows.html?programID=13-P13-00049#feature2 -▶ WHAT'S BEHIND THE SCIENCE ACADEMIES' ATTACK ON SERALINI? http://www.gmwatch.org/latest-listing/51-2012/14362-whats-behind-the-science-academies-attack-on-seralini FOR MORE GO TO: -▶ GMWatch http://www.gmwatch.org/latest-listing/51-2012/14217 Alternet, December 11, 2013 -▶ WHO SHOULD WE BELIEVE WHEN IT COMES TO THE SAFETY OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOOD? CONFLICTING SCIENCE STUDIES http://www.alternet.org/food/who-should-you-believe-when-it-comes-safety-genetically-engineered-foods -▶ MAMMARY TUMORS, KIDNEY AND LIVER DAMAGE IN RATS FED GMO CORN IN FIRST EVER LONG-TERM STUDY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2738034736/mammary-tumors-kidney-and-liver-damage-in-rats-fed-gmo-corn-in-first-ever-long-term-study The Ecologist, November 28, 2013 -▶ DEFORMITIES, SICKNESS AND LIVESTOCK DEATHS: THE REAL COST OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED ANIMAL FEED http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2176082/deformities_sickness_and_livestock_deaths_the_real_cost_of_gm_animal_feed.html
GMO DANGERS REPORTED BY GENETIC ENGINEERS http://organicconnectmag.com/gmo-dangers-as-reported-by-genetic-engineers/#.Us-UnvZQ1K5 =========================== BAN GMOs NOW - A SPECIAL ISIS REPORT http://sco.lt/5KV1Cz Actionbioscience, June 2001 -▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS: ARE THEY A RISK TO HUMAN/ANIMAL HEALTH? http://www.actionbioscience.org/biotechnology/pusztai.html TWN Biotechnology & Biosafety Series -▶ POTENTIAL HEALTH EFFECTS OF FOODS DERIVED FROM GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS: WHAT ARE THE ISSUES? http://www.twnside.org.sg/title2/biosafety/pdf/bio14.pdf -▶ GMO SOY REPEATEDLY LINKED TO STERILITY, INFANT MORTALITY, BIRTH DEFECTS http://sco.lt/4j6PLN This in May 2009 !! - The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) -▶ THE TRUTH IS OUT ON GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS - AND IT'S NOT PRETTY http://www.foodmatters.tv/_webapp/the%20truth%20is%20out%20on%20genetically%20modified%20foods%20-%20and%20it%27s%20not%20pretty
Forbes, August 26, 2013 -▶ JUST BECAUSE SCIENCE CAN GENETICALLY ENGINEER FOODS, DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULD http://www.forbes.com/sites/bethhoffman/2013/08/26/why-genetically-modifying-food-is-a-bad-idea/ The Economic Times, November 25, 2013 -▶ AS OPPOSITION TO GM CROPS GROWS, COMPANIES ARE TURNING TO MUTANT BREEDING http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/as-opposition-to-gm-grows-companies-are-turning-to-mutant-breeding/articleshow/26334154.cms The Observer, John Vidal, February 03, 2013 -▶ IT'S HARD TO TRUST GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD WHEN IT IS IN THE GRIP OF A FEW GLOBAL GIANTS http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/feb/03/gm-food-grip-global-giants
-▶ WHY ARE COUNTRIES BANNING GMO GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS AND ANIMALS? http://sco.lt/7l7AVV The Economic Times, November 25, 2013 -▶ AS OPPOSITION TO GM CROPS GROWS, COMPANIES ARE TURNING TO MUTANT BREEDING http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/as-opposition-to-gm-grows-companies-are-turning-to-mutant-breeding/articleshow/26334154.cms
RT USA, December 3, 2013 ABSOLUTE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS WANT #GMO FOOD LABELED http://rt.com/usa/gmo-labeled-majority-americans-601/#.Up5DPW6-Pr8.twitter Reuters, April 25, 2013 -▶ U.S. GMO FOOD LABELING DRIVE HAS BIOTECH INDUSTRY BITING BACK http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/25/us-usa-gmo-labeling-idUSBRE93O18S20130425 The Grio, November 27, 2013 ▶ 'FRESH FOOD' - WHAT ARE YOU REALLY EATING http://thegrio.com/2013/11/27/fresh-food-what-are-you-really-eating/ Scientific American -▶ DO SEED COMPANIES CONTROL GM CROP RESEARCH? http://sco.lt/7XugID WATCH May 13, 2013 Moyers and Company - Full Show: "THE WAR ON SCIENCE AND TOXIC DIS-INFORMATION http://billmoyers.com/episode/full-show-the-toxic-politics-of-science/ May 18, 2013 Moyers and Company ▶ "BLINDING US FROM SCIENCE" | Q&A http://billmoyers.com/2013/05/18/blinding-us-from-science/ Organic Connections -▶ GMOs, RESEARCH AND THE NEXT PINK SLIME http://organicconnectmag.com/gmos-next-pink-slime/#.UlubsSTc-RS -▶ UN-FAO: "GMOs IN THE PIPELINE. LOOKING TO THE NEXT FIVE YEARS INi the crop, forestry, livestock, aquaculture and agro-industry sectors in developing countries" http://www.fao.org/biotech/biotech-forum/en/
-▶ DO WE NEED A GENETIC BILL OF RIGHTS? http://sco.lt/6jmb1l 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? - http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/946593435/the-seed-patent-game-do-seed-companies-control-gm-crop-research-scientific-american
Pambazuka, July 24. 2014 -▶ GMOs AND FOOD SOVEREIGNTY: WHICH WAY AFRICA? cc PHYS African governments are under intense pressure from within but also from big agribusiness and Western governments to embrace GMOs. Governments must resist all forms of arm-twisting and food colonialism and make their biotechnology choices based on the facts http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/92594
-▶ HUNDREDS PROTEST DEMANDING OBAMA HALT APPROVAL OF GE FOODS AND END INTIMIDATION CAMPAIGN OVER GMOs http://sco.lt/96Svh3 -▶ 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 -▶ GENETIC ENGINEERING AND THE GMO INDUSTRY: CORPORATE HIJACKING OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3994750421/corporate-hijacking-of-food-and-agriculture-genetic-engineering-and-the-gmo-industry -▶ CONTEMPORARY AGRICULTURE IS BURNING UP OUR PLANET http://sco.lt/9E1XDV
================= GMO AND PESTICIDES ================= WATCH; POISONING PARADISE: ISLANDS AT RISK The Genetic Engineering War in Hawai'i http://sco.lt/8hNxzd
The Grocer, September 19, 2012 ▶ MONSANTO WEEDKILLER AND GM MAIZE IN 'SHOCKING' CANCER STUDY http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/topics/technology-and-supply-chain/monsanto-weedkiller-and-gm-maize-in-shocking-cancer-study/232603.article VIDEO September 19, 2012 -▶ EXPERTS DISCUSS THE FINDING OF THE ROUNDUP/GM CANCER TRIAL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SzXvBwvhd4&feature=youtu.be&a
▶ COMPROMISED USDA ALLOWS MORE GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS WITH Bt TOXIC PESTICIDES TO MARKET, DESPITE SERIOUS HEALTH CONCERNS http://sco.lt/7VOZZx INVESTIGATIVE REPORT SOARING PESTICIDE USE AND POISONING LINKED TO GE CROP PRODUCTION http://sco.lt/8iunRp -- WATCH -- ▶ ROUNDUP: THE ULTIMATE KILLING MACHINE ▶ http://sco.lt/5bdPhx New Charges Against Monsanto's Pesticide 'Roundup' Glyphosates ▶ Michael Pollan: "DON'T MISS THIS VIDEO **** DANGERS OF DICAMBA- Roundup's Next Generation. The next wave of herbicide-tolerant crops from Monsanto-- will make Round-Up look benign" http://www.fixfood.org/features/276/dangers-of-dicamba
WATCH: "MONSANTO FOOD WARS: GMO SEEDS AND ANIMALS" http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3997411054/watch-monsanto-food-wars-gmo-seeds-and-animals
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Huffington Post May 14 2015 - ▶ GMO ORANGES COME ONE STEP CLOSER TO MARKET HERE'S WHY YOU SHOULD CARE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/14/gmo-oranges-citrus-greening-southern-gardens_n_7244858.html
Natural News, February 14, 2015 - ▶ GMOs INVADE FRUIT INDUSTRY: APPLES, PEARS, CHERRIES AND PEACHES ALL TO BECOME UNLABELED GMO http://www.naturalnews.com/048633_GMO_apples_genetically_modified_fruit_apple_polyphenols.html#
THE LATEST PR PLOY BY THE BIOTECH INDUSTRY TO CONVINCE YOU THAT BENEVOLENT GMOs ARE GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH: DON'T BUY THE HYPE
Huffington Post Green, April 01,2015 - ▶ GENETICALLY-ENGINEERED PINEAPPLES, TOMATOES AND VEGETABLE OILS COULD RECEIVE APPROVAL IN COMING YEARS http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/01/next-generation-gmos-pineapples_n_6982408.html
Sustainable Pulse, June 18, 2014 ▶ THE REASON EUROPE BAN AMERICAN APPLES. It’s sad when one of the biggest ‘super powers’ can’t even export a quintessentially American food to another country because it is too toxic to eat. But apples treated with diphenylamine (DPA), a substance which keeps them from turning brown for months at a time when they are kept in storage, is now a sore spot for importers of American apples http://www.nationofchange.org/reason-europe-bans-american-apples-1403109800
TruthOut, February 25, 2015 ▶ EAT AT YOUR OWN RISK: FLAWED FDA RISK ASSESSMENTS STRENGTHEN ARGUMENTS FOR LABELING GMOs http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/29287-eat-at-your-own-risk-flawed-fda-risk-assessments-strengthen-arguments-for-labeling-gmos#
NaturalNews, July 05, 2014 -▶ CANCER DEATH RATES ARE TWICE AS HIGH WHERE GM (Genetically Modified) CROPS AND THEIR AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS ARE USED http://www.naturalnews.com/045874_cancer_rates_Argentina_agrochemicals.html
European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility, October 21, 2013 ▶ THERE IS NO CONSENSUS ON GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD SAFETY http://www.ensser.org/increasing-public-information/no-scientific-consensus-on-gmo-safety/
Feb 2, 2013 - John Vidal, The Guardian -▶ IT'S HARD TO TRUST GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD WHEN IT IS IN THE GRIP OF A FEW GLOBAL GIANTS http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/feb/03/gm-food-grip-global-giants
The Ecologist, March 26, 2015 - ▶ 'ALTERED GENES, TWISTED TRUTH' : JANE GOODALL ON THE GREAT GMO DECEPTION http://www.theecologist.org/reviews/2782286/altered_genes_twisted_truth.html
-▶ CHEMICAL WARFARE: HORRIFIC BIRTH DEFECTS LINKED TO TOMATO PESTICIDES: - GMO TOXIC 'FLAVRSAVR" TOMATO RE-EMERGES http://sco.lt/5bbOJl
RT USA, March 31, 2015 - ▶ PESTICIDES ON FRUITS AND VEGETABLES COULD ACCOUNT FOR 49 PERCENT LOSS IN SPERM COUNT: HARVARD STUDY http://rt.com/usa/245453-pesticides-fruit-vegetables-sperm/
-▶ ARE YOU EATING 'PESTICIDE PLANTS'? ALTERING OUR GENES http://sco.lt/6WMIBV
Medical News Today, April 01, 2015 - ▶ EATING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES WITH HIGH PESTICIDE RESIDUE MAY AFFECT SPERM QUALITY http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/291828.php
The Ecologist, February 23, 2015 ▶ THERE IS NO SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS ON GMO SAFETY http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2766504/there_is_no_scientific_consensus_on_gmo_safety.html
September 2, 2013 Institute of Science in Society ▶ BEWARE, THE CHANGING FACE OF GENETIC MODIFICATION: MISLEADING CONSUMERS AND GOVERNMENTS TO AVOID REGULATION http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Beware_the_Changing_Face_of_Genetic_Modification.php
▶ GMO TOXIC HERBICIDE "ROUNDUP" GLYPHOSATE HORMONE INHIBITOR IN OUR FOOD CHAIN http://sco.lt/5IGifZ
-▶ WHY IS THERE SO LITTLE INDEPENDENT PEER REVIEW GMO RESEARCH? http://sco.lt/5FIWcD
▶ GENETIC MODIFICATION STRAINS OLD FOOD AND DRUG LAWS: HOW A FISH BECOMES A DRUG AND CORN A PEST http://sco.lt/6vynBp
▶ HOW GMO FOODS AFFECT HEALTH : GENE ALTERED FOODS NOW LARGE PART OF AMERICAN DIET http://sco.lt/61Pv17
APPLES
July 27, 2013 New York Times ▶ A RACE TO SAVE THE APPLE AND ORANGE BY ALTERING ITS DNA Growers turned to genetics in hopes of building a tougher orange tree. But what intervention would the public accept? The idea of eating plants and animals whose DNA has been manipulated in a laboratory — called genetically modified organisms, or G.M.O.’s — still spooks many people. Critics worry that such crops carry risks not yet detected, and distrust the big agrochemical companies that have produced the few in wide use. And hostility toward the technology, long ingrained in Europe, has deepened recently among Americans as organic food advocates, environmentalists and others have made opposition to it a pillar of a growing movement for healthier and ethical food choices.... http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/science/a-race-to-save-the-orange-by-altering-its-dna.html?ref=science&_r=0
Truthout, February 23, 2015 ▶ USDA APPROVE USDA APPROVES, "UNTESTED, INHERENTLY RISKY" GMO APPLE DESPITE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PETITIONS ASKING THE USDA TO REJECT IT Given that the dsRNA from our food, and presumably the Frankenapple, will enter the bloodstream and cells of consumers, safety research should be done BEFORE this GMO apple is put on the grocery shelf to prove that the dsRNA that enters consumers' bodies will not harm them. To date, no such research has been reported, so the Frankenapple is flying in the dark.... AND MORE PESTICIDES http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/29261-usda-approves-untested-inherently-risky-gmo-apple
National Journal, February 20, 2015 ▶ WOULD YOU BUY A GENETICALLY MODIFIED APPLES THAT DOESN'T GO BROWN? IMPACT ON HUMAN AND ECOSYSTEM HEALTH MUST BE ASSESSED.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/economy/would-you-buy-a-genetically-modified-apple-that-doesn-t-go-brown-20150220
Guardian, February 14, 2015 ▶ CANADIAN COMPANY'S GENETICALLY MODIFIED APPLES WIN U.S. APPROVAL http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/14/canadian-companys-genetically-modified-apples-win-us-approval
Common Dreams, December 10, 2012 -▶ CONSUMER CHOICE: AS AMERICAN AS A GENETICALLY-ALTERED DNA APPLE PIE -- WITH LASHINGS OF PESTICIDES http://www.commondreams.org/views/2012/10/10/consumer-choice-american-genetically-altered-apple-pie
DailyMail Online, March 09, 2012 -▶ HOW THOSE PESTICIDES PERSIST EVEN WHEN YOU WASH YOUR FRUIT AND VEG http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2112767/How-pesticides-persist-wash-fruit-veg.html
The Cornucopia Institute, December 6, 2013 -▶ GMO APPLES -- TELL THE FDA and USDA NO TO GMO APPLES - NO LABELS, NO REGULATIONS http://www.cornucopia.org/2013/12/crushed-nutsrotten-apples-pasteurized-nuts-gmo-apples-tell-fda-usda/ The actual genetic engineering process includes insertion of nptII, neomycin phosphotransferase type II gene from E. coli Tn5. This gene allows the transformed apple tissue to grow on a medium containing the antibiotic kanamycin but confers no benefit to the apple plant. Every cell of every GE apple tree, including the fruit and the tree roots, will show resistance to kanamycin. Kanamycin is a commonly used antibiotic in human medicine, used to treat a wide variety of infections. Eating an Arctic Apple could transfer the gene for kanamycin resistance into your digestive system. A similar transfer has been demonstrated with GE soy. There is a real possibility that bacteria in the human digestive systems could develop kanamycin resistance. Antibiotic resistance is a major concern among medical professionals. Furthermore, the GE apple’s DNA can also spread to bacteria on the plant and in the soil. Orchardists might very well find that controlling diseases of special concern like fireblight in orchards may become much more difficult. And in the soil environment, the GE DNA can persist for at least a year, where it can be taken up by natural soil bacteria and then incorporated into their genetic structure. There is no proof that Arctic Apples are harmless, but there is certainly reason to suspect that they may be harmful to humans, wildlife, and the soil environment. Urge the USDA to reject approval of the Arctic Apple. The unknown risks far outweigh the cosmetic value of an apple that doesn’t brown when sliced... http://www.cornucopia.org/2013/12/crushed-nutsrotten-apples-pasteurized-nuts-gmo-apples-tell-fda-usda/ NationofChange, October 14, 2013 ▶ CONSUMERS PETITION AGAINST NEW GMO APPLE http://www.nationofchange.org/consumers-petition-against-new-gmo-apple-1381760770
May 31, 2013 Healthy Life ▶ GMO APPLES MAY BE DEREGULATED BY THE END OF 2013 http://www.undergroundhealth.com/gmo-apples/
Environmental Working Group, April 24, 2014 ▶ MOST U.S. CONVENTIONAL APPLES COATED WITH CARCINOGENIC CHEMICAL BANNED IN EUROPE. USDA pesticide residue tests of apples find DPA more often and at greater concentrations than most other pesticide residues. DPA is also detected in apple juice and applesauce and, less often, on pears and in pear baby food. It is regulated as a pesticide, but its primary function is a “growth regulator” or antioxidant that slows fruit skin discoloration during storage. http://www.ewg.org/release/most-us-apples-coated-chemical-banned-europe-0
Sustainable Pulse, June 18, 2014 ▶ THE REASON EUROPE BAN AMERICAN APPLES. It’s sad when one of the biggest ‘super powers’ can’t even export a quintessentially American food to another country because it is too toxic to eat. But apples treated with diphenylamine (DPA), a substance which keeps them from turning brown for months at a time when they are kept in storage, is now a sore spot for importers of American apples http://www.nationofchange.org/reason-europe-bans-american-apples-1403109800 American consumers and farmers are rejecting a technology they once embraced. Let's not make the same mistakes/ http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/16/america-gm-backlash-consumers-farmers-britain
ORANGES July 29, 2013 Grist - Nathanael Johnson ▶ ORANGE YOU READY FOR A TALL GLASS OF GMOs? http://grist.org/food/orange-you-ready-for-a-tall-glass-of-gmos/ August 29, 2013 Treehugger ▶ FLORIDA CITRUS GROWER FINED $1,500 FOR KILLING MILLIONS OF BEES http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/citrus-grower-accused-killing-millions-bees-faces-1500-fine.html ▶ WOULD YOU EAT THESE ORANGES, DOUSED WITH LASHINGS OF POISONOUS PESTICIDES? REMEMBER: ORANGE JUICE IS CRUSHED WITH THE SKINS ON http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/30/citrus-greening_n_3780984.html?ref=topbar May 15, 2013 Natural News ▶ ORANGES AND LEMONS BEING TREATED WITH CHEMICAL FUNGICIDES AND PESTICIDES THAT CAUSE CANCER AND THYROID PROBLEMS http://www.naturalnews.com/040339_imazalil_pesticides_oranges.html
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April 10, 2013 - The Cornucopia Institute -▶ ANTIBIOTICS IN ORGANIC TREE FRUIT PRODUCTION - SIMPLE QUESTIONS/ANSWERS http://www.cornucopia.org/2013/04/antibiotics-in-organic-tree-fruit-production-simple-questionsanswers/ April 8, 2013 - Take Part -▶ SURPRISE: ANTIBIOTICS ARE ALLOWED IN ORGANIC APPLE AND PEAR FARMING http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/04/06/antibiotic-use-organic-apples-pears
Center for Food Safety, September 19, 2013 -▶ AND MAKE SURE YOU PEEL YOUR ORGANIC FRUIT: Tell the National Organic Standards Board to End the Use of Antibiotics in Organic Apple and Pear Production http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/1881/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12063
▶ ORGANIC FOOD - WHAT IS AN 'ORGANIC' LABEL REALLY WORTH? http://sco.lt/85NBiL
- ▶ FOUR-FIFTHS OF ALL BIG PHARMA ANTIBIOTICS CONSUMED BY MEAT AND POULTRY INDUSTRY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3996846188/four-fifths-of-all-big-pharma-antibiotics-consumed-by-meat-and-poultry-industry-what-are-you-eating
TruthOut, February 25, 2015 ▶ EAT AT YOUR OWN RISK: FLAWED FDA RISK ASSESSMENTS STRENGTHEN ARGUMENTS FOR LABELING GMOs http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/29287-eat-at-your-own-risk-flawed-fda-risk-assessments-strengthen-arguments-for-labeling-gmos#
-▶ RE-ENGINEERING ANIMALS IN LUST FOR PROFITS ... and into our environment, food and bodies - No Regulation, No Oversight, No Labeling... http://sco.lt/6n7JtB
-▶ THINK THOSE CHEMICALS AND PESTICIDES IN YOUR FOOD HAVE BEEN TESTED? http://sco.lt/7QxMob ▶ PLACING PROFITS AHEAD OF WELL BEING: CHALLENGING THE DESTRUCTIVE POWER OF AGRO-CHEMICAL INDUSTRY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3070968001/placing-profits-ahead-of-wellbeing-challenging-the-destructive-power-of-agro-chemical-industry
-▶ WHY ARE COUNTRIES BANNING GMO GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS, FOOD AND ANIMALS http://sco.lt/7l7AVV
-▶ BILL GATES FUNDS RISKY, UNPROVEN, UNREGULATED, UNLABELED GMO BANANAS FOR PREGNANT WOMEN IN INDIA: THE DANGERS: http://sco.lt/9KuWav
HOW GMO FOODS AFFECT HEALTH
GENE ALTERED FOODS NOW LARGE PART OF AMERICAN DIET http://sco.lt/61Pv17
-▶ BIODEMOCRACY OR CORPORATOCRACY http://sco.lt/7696kT Op Ed, October 31, 2013 -▶ HOW MONSANTO AND FRIENDS PUT THE FRANKENSTEIN IN FRANKENFOODS http://www.opednews.com/articles/How-Monsanto-and-Friends-P-by-John-Moffett-Corn_Food_Genetically-Modified-Food-GMO_Glyphosate-131031-344.html -▶ RE-ENGINEERING, RE-PROGRAMMING AND PATENTING LIFE ITSELF - THE ETHICS, MORALS AND LEGALITY - http://sco.lt/6M35KD A MUST SEE VIDEO DAVID SUZUKI "BIOTECHNOLOGY GENETICS IS OUT OF CONTROL" http://sco.lt/4lxOIj
▶ THE NEXT GMO BIOTECH WAVE: EXTREME SYNTHETIC GENETICS: THE IMPLICATIONS, THE ETHICS http://sco.lt/6TyUmv ▶ INVITRO BURGERS ANYONE? INSIDE THE COMING MEAT LAB: THE FUTURE OF FOOD http://sco.lt/5BxPOL
▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS NOT THE SOLUTION TO "FEEDING THE WORLD" http://sco.lt/9Gdbxh
January 26, 2012 Elephant Journal ▶ 10 REASONS I LOVE MONSANTO http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/01/10-reasons-i-love-monsanto/
BAN GMOs NOW - A Special Institute of Science in Society Report http://sco.lt/5CPilt
▶ WHY THE UPRISING: Global Marches Challenge Monsanto, GMOs and The Global Corporate Biotech Cartel's Dominance http://sco.lt/73oibx ▶ ALL ABOUT GMOs: YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: #Biotech #GMOs #Pesticides #Chemicals #FactoryFarms #CAFOs #BigFood by @pdjmoo on @scoopit http://sco.lt/7uy3aD WATCH THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MONSANTO (FULL LENGTH) The Leader of the Biotech, Chemical, Ag Cartel http://sco.lt/4ukXE9
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14 Jan 2013 World Development Movement MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS' HUNGER GAMES The UK government is yet again undermining grassroots poverty alleviation by channelling UK aid towards huge agribusiness. The Hunger Games, a report recently published by War on Want, criticises the Department for International Development (DfID) for working with the ‘who’s who’ of agrochemical and GM seed companies including Monsanto, Unilever and Syngenta. In coalition with these companies, DfID is funding dodgy agricultural initiatives such as the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). This initiative in particular seeks to “trigger a uniquely African green revolution” by promoting networks of GM seed and agrochemical providers to small farmers.... http://www.wdm.org.uk/multinational-corporations/hunger-games ▶ REPORT: THE HUNGER GAMES 2012 - DOWNLOAD.pdf http://www.waronwant.org/attachments/The%20Hunger%20Games%202012.pdf
farmlandgrab.org, April 01, 2014 -▶ £600 MILLION UK AID MONEY FINANCING 'CORPORATE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA' http://farmlandgrab.org/post/view/23346
ReliefWeb, October 13, 2014 2014 HUNGER INDEX: THE CHALLENGE OF HIDDEN HUNGER. Report says food quality is equally important as quantity. A staggering 2 billion people get so little essential vitamins and minerals from the foods they eat that they remain undernourished, according to the 2014 Global Hunger Index (GHI) being released today by the International Food Policy Research Institute, Welthungerhilfe, and Concern Worldwide. http://reliefweb.int/report/world/2014-global-hunger-index-challenge-hidden-hunger
New York Times, January 21, 2014 ▶ WHEN IT COMES TO FOOD, QUANTITY DOESN'T MEAN HEALTH http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/22/opinion/bittman-abundance-doesnt-mean-health.html?emc=edit_tnt_20140122&tntemail0=y
Food Reserves, September 02, 2014 ▶ THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSIBILITY OF THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPEAN UNION IN THE EXPLOSION OF WORLD PRICES OF CEREAL: http://www.foodreserves.org/?p=582
ReliefWeb, October 13, 2014 ▶ UN CUTS SYRIA FOOD AID BY 40% OVER FUNDING SHORTFALL: AS WALL STREET PROFITS SOAR http://reliefweb.int/report/syrian-arab-republic/un-cuts-syria-food-aid-over-funding-shortfall-official
Guardian, July 02, 2014 ▶ WALL STREET SKYROCKETS: FOOD RATIONS SLASHED FOR 800,000 REFUGEE, SAYS UN Lack of funding forces food aid cuts of up to 60% and is 'worsening malnutrition', say WFP and UN refugee agency http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/jul/02/food-rations-slashed-african-refugees-un?CMP=twt_gu
SEED IS LIFE. SOIL IS LIFE. WATER IS LIFE "Climate Smart Agriculture" as a Trojan Horse
http://sco.lt/5WLUAr
La Via Campesina, September 23, 2014 ▶ UNMASKING BIG CORPORATE "CLIMATE SMART" AGRICULTURE http://viacampesina.org/en/index.php/actions-and-events-mainmenu-26/1670-un-masking-climate-smart-agriculture
▶ BEWARE OF A CALL FOR A "GREENER REVOLUTION' CORPORATE TAKEOVER OF GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLY http://sco.lt/7sYm1Z
WATCH THE MYTH OF THE AFRICAN 'GREEN REVOLUTION' http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1562042292/the-myth-of-the-african-green-revolution-video-vandana-shiva
The Ecologist, September 22, 2014 ▶ COCA-COLA IS NOT THE SOLUTION TO HUNGER IN AFRICA http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2563446/cocacola_is_not_the_solution_to_hunger_in_africa.html
PR Watch, May 25, 2012 ▶ HOW THE U.S. SOLD AFRICA TO MULTINATIONALS LIKE MONSANTO, CARGILL, DUPONT, PEPSICO AND OTHERS http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/05/11530/how-us-sold-africa-multinationals-monsanto-cargill-dupont-pepsico-and-others
▶ INTERNATIONAL FOOD AID: DUPONT, MONSANTO AND OBAMA VERSUS THE WORLD'S FAMILY FARMERS http://sco.lt/7IhzBB
The Ecologist, July 27, 2014 ▶ OBAMA FOOD AID RAVAGES THIRD WORLD FARMERS. The US taxpayers who finance foreign food aid surely believe they are feeding starving people, writes James Bovard. But the truth is the reverse - it is undermining indigenous agriculture in recipient countries - creating famine and chronic malnutrition, while sabotaging self-sufficiency. http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2494069/obama_food_aid_ravages_third_world_farmers.html Pambazuka -Voices for Freedom and Justice in Africa ▶ HOW COMPANIES FRAME ISSUES OF FOOD AND GLOBAL HUNGER FOR THEIR OWN SELF-INTEREST AND BOTTOMLINE PROFITS There is a new, but deceptive, foreign drive to end hunger in Africa through large-scale agribusiness. Yet helping poor households in rural Africa feed themselves in an affordable manner means introducing low-cost, sustainable enhancements to farming. History is riddled with examples of the poor dying of hunger when food was plentiful. Classic amongst these is the famine which wracked the West African Sahel during the early 1970s. While people were dying of hunger in Senegal, Mali and Niger, peanuts — a key sauce ingredient and source of protein across the region — were being exported to Europe.... ...The rise of philanthrocapitalism in the US, where former and current business leaders, through the strength of their foundations, have increasingly come to influence the shape and direction of US international development programmes. Central to the philanthrocapitalist worldview is a belief that private enterprise is the fundamental agent of progressive change and that business acumen trumps other forms of expertise... http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/85291
-▶ THE CORPORATE 'PHILANTHROCAPITALISTS' TAKEOVER OF AFRICAN AND GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY http://sco.lt/6CHP3R July 14, 2013 Humanosphere, Guardian UK ▶ DONORS DON'T REALLY WANT POOR COUNTRIES TO "OWN" THEIR OWN DEVELOPMENT http://www.humanosphere.org/jp/you-know-that-thing-about/ Guardian UK - Original Article http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2013/jul/24/donors-global-south-development-aid
▶ GENE GIANTS SEEK "PHILANTHROGOPOLY" - 6 MULTINATIONAL GENE GIANTS CONTROL THE DIRECTION OF AGRICULTURE http://sco.lt/6h3lzt
THE 21st CENTURY CORPORATE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA World Development Movement -▶ STOP THE CORPORATE TAKEOVER OF AFRICA'S FOOD. Under the guise of tackling hunger, initiatives like the G8 New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, will help corporations take control over Africa’s land, seeds and markets - at the expense of small farmers. Join our campaign to oppose this twenty-first century corporate scramble for Africa. - See more at: http://www.wdm.org.uk/food#sthash.dgDwkdF0.dpuf http://www.wdm.org.uk/food ▶ UN: 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
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FOOD AID FOR THE 21st CENTURY MEETING THE OBJECTIVE...OR FEEDING THE BIG AG BIOTECH CHEMICAL CARTEL GRAVY TRAIN? http://sco.lt/6jtrlJ
HOW NOT TO "FEED THE WORLD" http://sco.lt/6fKNnN
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▶ AMERICANS EAT THE CHEAPEST FOOD IN THE WORLD, BUT WHAT IS IT REALLY COSTING US? OBESITY PLUS http://sco.lt/6nvbQf
▶ OBESITY PLUS: HUGE INCREASE IN DIABETES, STROKES, HEART DISEASE ON A GLOBAL SCALE: THE AMERICAN DIET AND LIFE STYLE EXPORTED http://sco.lt/80rmld WATCH Moyers & Company HUNGER, OBESITY AND SOARING CORPORATE PROFITS http://sco.lt/6qmBV3 SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE: MULTI-NATIONAL FOOD COMPANIES AND AGRICULTURE ARE MAKING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN PROFITS, WALL STREET HITS AN ALL TIME HIGH...AND THIS ...... Guardian, July 02, 2014 ▶ FOOD RATIONS SLASHED FOR 800,000 REFUGEE, SAYS UN Lack of funding forces food aid cuts of up to 60% and is 'worsening malnutrition', say WFP and UN refugee agency http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/jul/02/food-rations-slashed-african-refugees-un?CMP=twt_gu
Earth Policy Institute ▶ FULL PLANET, EMPTY PLATES - THE NEW GEOPOLITICS OF FOOD SCARCITY - RISING TEMPERATURES, RISING FOOD PRICES: http://www.earth-policy.org/books/fpep/fpepch8 Earth Policy Institute ▶ SUPPORTING DATA: FULL PLANET, EMPTY PLATES: THE NEW GEOPOLITiCS OF FOOD SCARCITY http://www.earthpolicy.org/books/fpep/fpep_data#7 A VIP READ: ▶ THE ECONOMICS OF CURBING SPECULATION IN FOOD, WATER AND VITAL RESOURCES http://sco.lt/6znBab WATCH "THE FOOD SPECULATOR" - FOOD SPECULATION AND THE STOCKMARKET http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/food-speculator/
▶ BEWARE OF A CALL FOR A "GREENER REVOLUTION' CORPORATE TAKEOVER OF GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLY http://sco.lt/7sYm1Z WATCH THE MYTH OF THE AFRICAN 'GREEN REVOLUTION' - Vandana Shiva http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1562042292/the-myth-of-the-african-green-revolution-video-vandana-shiva
-▶ TURNING AFRICA INTO A GMO BONANZA FOR GIANT CORPORATIONS: FOREIGN TAKEOVER OF THE FUTURE OF FARMING IN AFRICA http://sco.lt/6qmM1R AFRICA - SOLD: OBAMA PUTS BIG 6 CHEMICAL GMO GIANTS IN CHARGE OF '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 WATCH "HUNGER FOR PROFIT" (4:45) http://www.whypoverty.net/en/video/hunger-for-profit May 21, 2013 Jeffrey Hollender ▶ THE POVERTY CREATION INDUSTRY http://www.jeffreyhollender.com/?p=2799 The Guardian, February 18, 2014 ▶ G8 NEW ALLIANCE CONDEMNED AS NEW WAVE OF COLONIALISM IN AFRICA. Critics say landmark initiative to boost agriculture and relieve poverty favours big business to the detriment of small farmers http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/feb/18/g8-new-alliance-condemned-new-colonialism World Development Movement, June 24, 2014 ▶ THE NEW SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA : INTERACTIVE INFOGRAPHIC Around the early 1900s the European colonial powers built railways to connect the interior of Africa to the ports. They used this infrastructure to export food and minerals out of Africa to feed the industrial revolution in Europe. Over a hundred years later it’s happening all over again. Take a look at our latest infographic to see how. http://www.wdm.org.uk/new-scramble-africa-food-dfid-infrastructure-extraction/ AFRICA G8 - FOOD SECURITY FOR WHOM? CORPORATE PROFITS vs SMALLHOLDER FARMER INTERESTS http://sco.lt/8JKbIn PR Watch, May 25, 2012 ▶ HOW THE U.S. SOLD AFRICA TO MULTINATIONALS LIKE MONSANTO, CARGILL, DUPONT, PEPSICO AND OTHERS http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/05/11530/how-us-sold-africa-multinationals-monsanto-cargill-dupont-pepsico-and-others ▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS NOT THE SOLUTION FOR "FEEDING THE WORLD" http://sco.lt/77BuML WATCH 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 August 15, 2013 War on Want ▶ AFRICAN FOOD SOVEREIGNTY UNDER ATTACK BY CORPORATE INTERESTS http://www.waronwant.org/news/latest-news/17964-food-sovereignty-under-attack-by-corporate-interests
WHEN WALL STREET WENT TO AFRICA http://sco.lt/7znTf7
▶ THE GLOBAL BIOTECH CORPORATE TAKEOVER OF AFRICA: WHO BENEFITS, WHO LOSES? http://sco.lt/7TWVwP June 28, 2013 Nation Of Change ▶ COMMERCIAL COLONISATION OF AFRICA: Driven overwhelmingly by self-interest and profit, the current crop of "investors" differ little from their colonial ancestors. http://www.nationofchange.org/commercial-colonisation-africa-1372434364 WATCH Global Voices How Do You Feed The World? LANDRUSH: WHY POVERTY How do you feed the world? 75% of Mali's population are farmers, but rich, land-hungry nations like China and Saudi Arabia are leasing Mali's land in order to turn large areas into industrial export agribusiness farms. Many Malian peasants do not welcome these efforts, seeing them as yet another manifestation of imperialism. As Mali experiences a military coup, the developers are scared off but can Mali's farmers combat food shortages and escape poverty on their own terms? http://www.whypoverty.net/en/all-about/land-rush/
▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS NOT THE SOLUTION FOR "FEEDING THE WORLD" http://sco.lt/77BuML
June 22, 2013 Global Reseach ▶ BIOTECHNOLOGY, GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE LOCAL ECONOMY http://www.globalresearch.ca/biotechnology-genetically-modified-crops-and-the-destruction-of-the-local-economy/5340058 June 2, 2013 The Guardian ▶ HOW INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ARE TURNED OFF THEIR LANDS - HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS SAID TO HAVE BEEN DISPLACED http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/02/indigenous-people-turned-off-land -▶ CORPORATE HIJACKING OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE: GENETIC ENGINEERING AND THE GMO INDUSTRY http://sco.lt/73IdQ9 Humanosphere, July 14, 2014 ▶ WHAT DOES CHINA'S WHITE PAPER TELL US ABOUT ITS FOREIGN AID SPENDING? http://www.humanosphere.org/international-politics/2014/07/chinas-white-paper-tell-us-foreign-aid-spending/ ================= G8 ================= March 11, 2013 GRAIN — ▶ THE G8 AND LAND GRABS IN AFRICA http://www.grain.org/article/entries/4663-the-g8-and-land-grabs-in-africa Redress Information & Analysis , June 27 2013 ▶ THE G8’s COMMERCIAL COLONIZATION OF AFRICA http://www.redressonline.com/2013/06/the-g8s-commercial-colonization-of-africa/ July 3, 2013 World Development Movement ▶ AFRICAN GROUPS REJECT G8 CORPORATE FOOD PLAN AS 'COLONIALISM' http://www.wdm.org.uk/multinational-corporations/african-groups-reject-g8-corporate-food-plan-%E2%80%98colonialism%E2%80%99 June 7, 2013 Guardian ▶ G8's NEW ALLIANCE FOR FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION IS A FLAWED PROJECT. The UK government claims to be commited to ending hunger yet supports a scheme that, billed as good for Africa, is anything but http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2013/jun/07/g8-new-alliance-flawed-project June 9, 2013 The Guardian ▶ G8 NEEDS REMINDING THE MARKET DOESN'T KNOW BEST WHEN IT COMES TO HUNGER - Partnerships with food giants such as Monsanto and Unilever will not eradicate hunger – and they might well make it worse http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/09/g8-market-hunge June 21, 2013 Food Crisis and The Global Land Grab ▶ REPORT: WILL THE NEW US-LED G8 ALLIANCE HELP OR INCREASE AFRICA'S POOR - Critics say this seemingly noble effort - among wealthy nations, African leaders and international corporations - to increase private sector investment in agriculture, is precisely the problem. Several NGOs and civil society organisations say this solution focuses too heavily on private investment and is the wrong solution to a complex and growing hunger crisis. Among the concerns is that smallholder farmers could be pushed out of their land to make way for large, powerful international corporations. - See more at: http://farmlandgrab.org/post/view/22241#sthash.qbAs02Ik.dpuf Will the New Alliance help Africa's poor? http://ow.ly/msJax ▶ THE GMO JUGGERNAUT: FULL LIST OF COMPANIES INVOLVED IN G8's MULTI-NATIONAL GMO TAKEOVER: All Powerful Corporations Form Global Cartel to push genetically engineered, biotech food onto the world. Full Listing of Participants http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition ====================== ▶ LAND GRABS: HOW FOREIGN "INVESTMENTS" ARE REDISTRIBUTING WEALTH, LAND AND WATER ACROSS THE GLOBE http://sco.lt/96H2yv July 18, 2013 Sahara Reporter ▶ AFRICA UNDER PRESSURE TO ACCEPT GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD AND MONCULTURE FARMING SAYS NNIMMO BASSEY http://saharareporters.com/video/africa-under-pressure-accept-gmos-says-nnimmo-bassey ▶ TURNING AFRICA INTO A GMO BONANZA FOR GIANT CORPORATIONS: FOREIGN TAKEOVER OF THE FUTURE OF FARMING IN AFRICA http://sco.lt/7CNCwj ▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS NOT THE SOLUTION FOR "FEEDING THE WORLD" http://sco.lt/77BuML June 24, 2013 Guardian ▶ GM CROPS WON'T HELP FARMERS - UK IS WRONG http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2013/jun/24/gm-crops-african-farmers ▶ THIS YOU MUST KNOW.... U.S. GOVERNMENT AGGRESSIVELY BACKS MONSANTO'S THRUST FOR CONTROL OF GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLY http://sco.lt/9GmoHx June 21, 2013 Mail Online ▶ WHY DID THE UK TORY MINISTERS CHANGE THEIR TUNE ON GM FOOD? THE SECRET SUMMIT OF THE BIOTECH LOBBY GIANTS http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2346246/Why-did-Tories-change-tune-GM-food-We-expose-secret-summit-slick-lobbyists-bio-tech-giants-seduced-willing-Ministers.html June 20, 2013 Guardian Environment ▶ PROPAGANDA FOR AGRIBUSINESS? UK SHOULD PROVIDE GM CROP TECHNOLOGY TO POOR COUNTRIES http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/20/gm-crops-food-crisis-owen-paterson WATCH INCESTUOUS RELATIONSHIPS: THE US AGRIBUSINESSES, FOOD CORPORATIONS AND REGULATORY BODIES http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2730001051/incestuous-relationships-the-us-agribusinesses-food-corporations-and-regulatory-bodies-video ▶ U.S. GOVERNMENT AGGRESSIVELY BACKS AND PROMOTES MONSANTO'S THRUST FOR CONTROL OF GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLY http://sco.lt/8RhvPt ▶ THRU THE BACK DOOR: MEGA BIOTECH GIANTS USE NEW USA-EU TRADE DEAL TO DESTROY GMO SAFEGUARDS http://sco.lt/8E3Xsn ▶ WIKILEAKS CABLE: THE US STATE DEPT'S GLOBAL BIOTECH GMO OUTREACH PROGRAM - ARM-TWISTING FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS WITH 'TRADE WARS' http://sco.lt/52rirp VIDEO: USAID PUSHES MONSANTO GMO CORN ON NEPAL http://sco.lt/7TIxLl ▶ USA AND OBAMA PUSHES GM FOODS ON GHANA, AFRICA: 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-fda DW.DE English, October 28, 2013 ▶ FIGHTING HUNGER THROUGH SUSTAINABLE FARMING Until now, many have believed that intensive farming is the answer to famine and malnutrition around the world. But now experts are challenging this idea, propagating quality and variety over quantity. http://www.dw.de/fighting-hunger-through-sustainable-farming/a-17186491
▶ SEED PATENTS AND CONTROL OF GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLY http://sco.lt/7YRIif ▶ LAND GRABBING AND THE GREAT FOOD / BIOFUEL ROBBERY - A NEW CORPORATE COLONIALISM http://sco.lt/7bBke1
▶ THE GLOBAL CHEMICAL 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 ▶ 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 QUIETLY DE-REGULATES GMO/ GENETIC BIOTECH INDUSTRY : "*Fast-tracking" approvals, waiving regulations, liabilities http://sco.lt/5uCx8b
▶ CORPORATE GOVERNANCE? NEW SECRETIVE GLOBAL TRADE PACTS WILL IMPACT US ALL AS SOVEREIGN RIGHTS NEGOTIATED AWAY http://sco.lt/6P14JF April 23, 2013 ▶ 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 May 2013 National Geographic ▶ THE CURSE OF INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL-BASED FERTILIZER If we don’t watch out, agriculture could destroy our planet. Here’s how to grow all the food we need with fewer chemicals. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/fertilized-world/charles-text April 24, 2013 EurActive ▶ USA PLAN FOR EU-STYLE FOOD AID POLICY SEEN AS BOOST FOR LOCAL FARMERS AND NUTRITION http://www.euractiv.com/specialreport-nutrition-child-su/us-shift-eu-food-aid-policy-seen-news-519329?utm_source=EurActiv%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=227a546ac6-newsletter_agriculture__food&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bab5f0ea4e-227a546ac6-245661818
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Humanosphere, October 13, 2014 ▶ CRITICS SAY GATES FOUNDATION' AGRICULTURE PROGRAM WON'T HELP POOR FARMERS http://www.humanosphere.org/social-business/2014/10/critics-say-gates-foundations-agriculture-program-wont-help-poor-farmers/
▶ THIS GRAND EXPERIMENT ON HUMAN BEINGS HAS TO STOP: Bill Gates Funds Risky, Untested, Unregulated Vitamin Fortified GMO Crops.. http://sco.lt/5uWAW9 VIDEO: THE CHARITABLE-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX - PETER BUFFET http://sco.lt/6u5osj ▶ BILL GATES, MONSANTO AND EUGENICS: HOW ONE OF THE WORLD'S WEALTHIEST MEN IS ACTIVELY PROMOTING A GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD CORPORATE COUP D'ETAT http://sco.lt/8Csev3 ▶ GATES AS A TROJAN HORSE FOR BIOTECH CARTEL: POURS MILLIONS INTO GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS IN SUB-SAHARA AFRICA http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3441602427/gates-as-a-trojan-horse-for-biotech-cartel-gates-foundation-pours-10-million-into-genetically-modified-crops ▶ AFRICAN AGRICULTURE ON "AGRA" FUNDED BY BILL GATES IS A MAJOR ASSAULT ON SEED SOVEREIGNTY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1190139706/african-agriculture-agra-alliance-for-a-green-revolution-in-africa-is-a-major-assault-on-seed-sovereignty ▶ GATES FOUNDATION-LED GREEN REVOLUTION PROMOTES FALSE SOLUTIONS TO HUNGER IN AFRICA http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2792758616/gates-foundation-led-green-revolution-promotes-false-solutions-to-hunger-in-africa ▶ A CONTRARIAN VIEW OF THE GATES' ALLIANCE FOR A GREEN REVOLUTION IN AFRICA http://www.africanagricultureblog.com/2012/10/a-contrarian-view-of-alliance-for-green.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+africanagricultureblog%2FNaEx+%28African+Agriculture%29 WATCH: THE KAMBURU STORY - KENYA - WHY WE DON'T NEED BILL GATES AND AGRA BIG INDUSTRIAL GMO AGRICULTURE http://vimeo.com/7096771
▶ MORE ON THE GATES AS A TROJAN HORSE FOR GLOBAL BIOTECH CARTEL http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides?q=gates =====================
▶ CORPORATE GOVERNANCE? OBAMA'S NEW SECRETIVE GLOBAL TRADE PACTS WILL IMPACT US ALL AS SOVEREIGN RIGHTS NEGOTIATED AWAY http://sco.lt/6P14JF SEE: AFRICA'S "GREEN" REVOLUTION http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides?q=green+revolution MORE ON THE FIGHT FOR THE FOOD SOUL OF AFRICA http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides?q=bill+gates http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides?q=AFRICA
▶ OXFAM: WORLD'S LARGEST FOOD COMPANIES CREATING LEGACY OF DESTRUCTION http://sco.lt/6sSzK5 ▶ HOW THE JUNK FOOD INDUSTRY HAS ENCOURAGED US TO EAT OURSELVES TO DEATH http://sco.lt/6xAPtx
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April 3, 2013 Food and Water Watch - ▶ MONSANTO'S HISTORY PEDDLING CHEMICALS FOR FOOD, AGRICULTURE AND WAR. The consumer advocacy nonprofit Food & Water Watch released its report, Monsanto: A Corporate Profile.,,, Excerpt: "People need to know about Monsanto's history as a heavy industrial chemical manufacturer; a reality at odds with the environmentally friendly, feed-the-world image that the company spends millions trying to convey." http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/pressreleases/from-saccharin-to-ge-seed-report-profiles-monsantos-history-peddling-chemicals-for-food-agriculture-war/ April 3, 2013 Food and Water Watch MONSANTO: A CORPORATE PROFILE (Download Full Report) http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/reports/monsanto-a-corporate-profile/ CONNECT THE DOTS: Monsanto Controls Global Agricultural Seed Supply; Monsanto Controls Pesticides Required by the GMO Seeds; Monsanto Has Patents on Most Plants We Consume to re-engineer at will for mega-profits, including drugs. Monsanto now owns world's largest climate/weather data where even the Pentagon goes to for first look at trends; Monsanto in prime position to develop and control earth services; Monsanto enters pharmaceutical business; Monsanto has US Government 200% Behind it in "trade wars" over genetically modified food, seeds and patents; Monsanto gets public lands for genetically engineered forests leaving biological wastelands. Monsanto is a mega-global monopoly. Add your own dots. ====================== The Des Moines Register, July 29, 2014 - ▶ MONSANTO AND MEGA CORPORATIONS FINALLY HAVE A SEAT AT THE WHITE HOUSE TABLE UNDER THE GUISE OF CLIMATE CHANGE: SELF INTEREST AND MEGA PROFITS & CONTROL OVER REGULATIONS http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2014/07/29/climate-change-obama/13325835/ The DesMoines Register, July 29, 2014 - ▶ WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCES PACT TO "HELP" AG BATTLE CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2014/07/29/climate-change-obama/13325835/ USDA Blog, July 29, 2014 COLLUSION AND NEPOTISM: UNLEASHING CLIMATE DATA TO EMPOWER AMERICA'S AGRICULTURAL SECTOR? MONSANTO BUYS WEATHER BIG DATA COMPANY CLIMATE CORPORATION FOR AROUND #1.1B http://blogs.usda.gov/2014/07/29/unleashing-climate-data-to-empower-americas-agricultural-sector/ VIDEO TechCrunch, October 2, 2013 ▶ MONSANTO BUYS WEATHER BIG DATA COMPANY CLIMATE CORPORATION FOR AROUND #1.1B Interview Monsanto VP of Global Strategy Kerry Preete and Friedberg this morning about the acquisition, and Monsanto’s bad rep. For an interview about farm tech, it’s worth a watch.http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/02/monsanto-acquires-weather-big-data-company-climate-corporation-for-930m/ ▶ Forbes, October 2, 2013 MONSANTO ENTERS WEATHER INSURANCE BUSINESS SUBSIDIZED BY USA GOVT: BUYS CLIMATE CORP FOR $930 MILLION http://www.forbes.com/sites/bruceupbin/2013/10/02/monsanto-buys-climate-corp-for-930-million/ June 17, 2013 Somewhat Reasonable ▶ YOUR TAX DOLLARS: CROP INSURANCE FOR BIG CORPORATE AGRICULTURE EXPANDED IN U.S. SENATE 2013 FARM BILL COSTING TAXPAYERS $955 BILLION IN SUBSIDIES http://blog.heartland.org/2013/06/crop-insurance-expanded-in-senate-farm-bill/ Tech News & Analysis, October 2, 2013 - ▶ WHEN DATA MEETS AGRICULTURE: MONSANTO TO BUY CLIMATE CORP FOR $1B - CLIMATE GEO-ENGINEERING IS CHEMICAL GEO-ENGINEERING http://gigaom.com/2013/10/02/when-data-meets-agriculture-monsanto-to-buy-climate-corp-for-930m/ TakePart, October 3, 2013 - ▶ MONSANTO SPENDS NEARLY $1 BILLION ON "CROP INSURANCE COMPANY" CLIMATE CORPORATION http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/10/03/precision-farming-monsanto-buys-climate-corporation STRANGE BED FELLOWS ========================== MONSANTO, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND EBOLA Natural News, July 31, 2014 - ▶MONSANTO AND DEPT. OF DEFENSE FUND PHARMA COMPANY THAT COULD EARN BILLIONS FROM EBOLA VIRUS: PATENTS http://www.naturalnews.com/046259_Ebola_outbreak_drug_treatments_Monsanto.html# ▶ MONSANTO ENTERS PHARMACEUTICAL BUSINESS, ACQUIRES KEY 'GENE SILENCING' TECHNOLOGY, GMO MARIJUANA SEEDS http://sco.lt/6N2Q2j August 14, 2013 Chicago Now - ▶ MONSANTO PREPARES TO BUILD LEGAL MEDICAL MARIJUANA EMPIRE WITH GMO SEEDS, PESTICIDES AND FRANKENWEED http://www.chicagonow.com/wild-side-chicago/2013/08/monsanto-ready-to-enter-medical-marijuana-war/ -▶ MONSANTO GENETICALLY MODIFIED TREES DEVASTATE FOREST ECOSYSTEMS CREATING A POISONED BIOLOGICAL DESERT http://sco.lt/52lFDN MAY 12, 2011 -GMO Awareness - ▶ MONSANTO'S DIRTY DOZEN - NOT JUST GMOs AND CHEMICALS When you take a moment to reflect on the history of product development at Monsanto, what do you find? Here are twelve products that Monsanto has brought to market. See if you can spot the pattern.... http://gmo-awareness.com/2011/05/12/monsanto-dirty-dozen/ March 20, 2013 - ▶ POLITICAL CORRUPTION: MONSANTO AND IT'S CONTROL OVER WORLD GOVERNMENTS Monsanto; one of the most hated companies in America has had a long history of corruption, producing the most toxic chemicals and pesticides, food monopoly and market control http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-food/political-corruption-Monsanto.php VIDEO Yahoo Finance, July 21, 2013 - ▶ HOW MONSANTO CONTROLS THE GOVERNMENT http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/monsanto-controls-government-chris-parker-135253110.html DProgram.net, April 13, 2014 - ▶ NEW HEAD OF USA HUMAN HEALTH SERVICES STEEPED IN BIOTECH INDUSTRY COLLUSION, BIOPIRACY AND WESTERN DOMINATION OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES http://dprogram.net/2014/04/13/sylvia-burwell-replacement-resigning-kathleen-sebelius-ran-common-core-bill-gates-vaccines-gmos-africa/ - ▶ USA GOVERNMENT STARTS 'TRADE WARS' WITH NATIONS OPPOSED TO MONSANTO GMO CROPS http://sco.lt/8HSNCD April 2, 2013 - ▶ MONSANTO, BIOTECH AGRICHEMICAL CARTEL BUYS OBAMA, THE US SENATE AND THE GLOBAL FARM http://sco.lt/8edR3Z - ▶ OBAMA QUIETLY DE-REGULATES GMO/ GENETIC BIOTECH INDUSTRY : FAST TRACKING APPROVALS, WAIVING REGULATIONS, OVERSIGHT http://sco.lt/5uCx8b - ▶ THE DARK HISTORY OF MONSANTO http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-foods/dark-history-monsanto/ WATCH ▶ Ben Swann Truth in Media: MONSANTO AND CRONY CAPITALISM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YC7M6j-dGs ▶ The Economic Times, November 25, 2013 AS OPPOSITION TO GM CROPS GROWS, COMPANIES ARE TURNING TO MUTANT BREEDING http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/as-opposition-to-gm-grows-companies-are-turning-to-mutant-breeding/articleshow/26334154.cms Reuters, July 29, 2014 - ▶ U.S. GMO CROP COMPANIES DOUBLE DOWN ON ANTI-LABELING EFFORTS SPENDING TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/29/us-usa-gmo-labeling-idUSKBN0FY1J720140729 BAN GMOs NOW - A SPECIAL Institute of Science in Society REPORT http://sco.lt/5KV1Cz - ▶ MONSANTO CONTROLS YOUR DIET http://sco.lt/7y3prN AlterNet, October 9, 2013 - ▶ MEET THE OPPOSITE OF MONSANTO - THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT REALLY FEED THE WORLD http://www.alternet.org/food/meet-opposite-monsanto-these-are-folks-really-feed-world -▶ BIOTECH IS RE-ENGINEERING, RE-PROGRAMMING AND PATENTING LIFE ITSELF -- IS BIOTECH OUT OF CONTROL? http://sco.lt/4thM6 ======================= - ▶ August 30, 2012 Boulder Weekly MONSANTO'S POINT OF NO RETURN - MONSANTO'S CUT-THROAT MONOPOLY BUSINESS MODEL - SEED PATENTS, PESTICIDES, CHEMICALS, FERTILIZERS http://www.boulderweekly.com/article-9613-monsantos-point-of-no-return.html VIDEO MONSANTO FOOD WARS: GMO SEEDS AND ANIMALS http://sco.lt/7VzazJ AlterNet, April 13, 2013 - ▶ HOW MONSANTO WENT FROM SELLING ASPIRIN TO CONTROLLING OUR FOOD SUPPLY http://www.alternet.org/food/how-monsanto-went-selling-aspirin-controlling-our-food-supply - ▶ HOW MONSANTO IS TERRIFYING THE FARMING WORLD: THE DEVIL IN THE SEEDS OF LIFE http://sco.lt/6wRNsv Salon, April 22, 2013 - ▶ MONSANTO CONTROLS YOUR DIET http://www.salon.com/2013/04/22/monsanto_controls_your_diet_partner/ April 3, 2013 - IFEX - ▶ HOW THE BIOTECH INDUSTRY IS GAGGING THE SCIENCE AROUND GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD http://www.ifex.org/international/2013/04/04/seeds_of_dissent/ VIDEO REPORT Al Jazeera, April 2, 2013 - ▶ THE CONTROVERSIAL MONSANTO PROTECTION ACT : WHY DID OBAMA SIGN THEIR IMMUNITY INTO LAW http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestoryamericas/2013/04/2013428059717911.html?utm_content=rssautomatic&utm_campaign=twitter&utm_source=SocialFlow&utm_term=june&utm_medium=tweet - ▶ THE GLOBAL CHEMICAL 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 - ▶ THE NEW BIOMASSTERS - SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY AND THE NEXT ASSAULT ON BIODIVERSITY AND LIVELIHOODS: ETC Group www.etcgroup.org/content/new-biomassters - ▶ WATCH - ▶ WHAT ARE ROUNDUP READY AND Bt PESTICIDE AND GMO CROPS? A great explanation on the impact of genetically engineering our environment and food by David Suzuki, Geneticist http://sco.lt/7804v3 February 8, 2012 Food Integrity Campaign - ▶ DROWNING IN HERBICIDE: MONSANTO IGNORES HEALTH CONCERNS http://www.foodwhistleblower.org/blog/23-2012/286-drowning-in-herbicide-monsanto-ignores-health-concerns January 27, 2013 Collective Evolution - ▶ THREE FACTS EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MONSANTO http://www.collective-evolution.com/2013/01/27/occupy-monsanto-3-facts-everybody-should-know/ US National Institute of Health - ▶ CHEMICAL TOXINS: A RESEARCH PAPER TO EXPLAIN THE GLOBAL OBESITY EPIDEMIC http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12006126 FULL DOCUMENTARY - ▶ "THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MONSANTO" - ▶ The Leader of The Global Biotech Chemical GMO Cartel http://sco.lt/7FFsXZ - ▶ BIO-DEMOCRACY OR CORPORATOCRACY? THE FOOD FIGHT OF OUR LIVES http://sco.lt/7696kT WATCH GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS IN AMERICA http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Vd_X1-moZkc#! - ▶ A BILLION GO HUNGRY BECAUSE OF GMO FARMING : Vandana Shiva http://www.sott.net/article/260505-A-billion-go-hungry-because-of-GMO-farming-Vandana-Shiva ================================= MONSANTO'S STRANGEHOLD ON SEEDS -WATCH "SEEDING DEEP DEMOCRACY - Vandana Shiva http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1054461972/seeding-deep-democracy-vandana-shiva - ▶ IT ALL BEGINS WITH THE SEED: THE POWER OF THE SEED AND THE GLOBAL CORPORATE MONOPOLY ON SEED PATENTS -- AND YOUR FOOD http://sco.lt/9MJJhZ - ▶ MONSANTO - WHY DOES MONSANTO SUE FARMERS WHO SAVE SEEDS? OWNING THE SEEDS OF LIFE http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3995046018/monsanto-why-does-monsanto-sue-farmers-who-save-seeds-owning-the-seeds-of-life - ▶ SEED MONOPOLIES AND GMOs - THE BIOTECH CARTEL END GAME - THE POINT OF NO RETURN http://www.boulderweekly.com/article-9613-monsantos-point-of-no-return.html ========================= IN OUR CHEMICALLY DEPENDENT WORLD, MONSANTO RULES - PESTICIDES, CHEMICALS -- ========================= ▶ MONSANTO'S POWER GRAB: GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOODS GIVEN IMMUNITY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT http://sco.lt/7D3awz Dprogram.net, April 13, 2014 ▶ SYLVIA BURWELL, NEW USA HUMAN HEALTH SERVICES HEAD, RAN COMMON CORE, BILL GATES VACCINES AND GMOs IN AFRICA http://dprogram.net/2014/04/13/sylvia-burwell-replacement-resigning-kathleen-sebelius-ran-common-core-bill-gates-vaccines-gmos-africa/ ▶ MONSANTO ENTERS PHARMACEUTICAL BUSINESS, ACQUIRES KEY 'GENE SILENCING' TECHNOLOGY, GMO MARIJUANA SEEDS http://sco.lt/6N2Q2j
-▶ BIOTECH IS RE-ENGINEERING, RE-PROGRAMMING AND PATENTING LIFE ITSELF -- IS BIOTECH OUT OF CONTROL? http://sco.lt/4thM6 March 29, 2013 EWG Environmental Working Group - ▶ A LOOPHOLE FOR PESTICIDES PUTS PUBLIC'S HEALTH AT RISK - the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved roughly 11,000 pesticides intended for use in agriculture, inside homes, on lawns, in hand soaps, on clothing and other consumer goods with little or no safety tests, according to a multi-year investigation by the Natural Resources Defense Council. http://www.ewg.org/enviroblog/2013/03/loophole-pesticides-risks-public-health April 27, 2013 Guardian Environment - ▶ INSECTICIDE FIRMS IN SECRET BID TO STOP BAN THAT COULD SAVE BEES - AND YOU http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/apr/28/europe-insecticides-ban-save-bees - ▶ POISONED FOR PROFIT - HOW CHEMICAL/PESTICIDE TOXINS ARE MAKING OUR CHILDREN CHRONICALLY ILL http://www.poisonedforprofit.net/ April 3, 2013 Common Dreams - ▶ CHEMICAL DISASTERS, AGENT ORANGE, AND GMOs: MONSANTO'S LEGACY TRACED http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/04/03-2 - ▶ THINK THOSE CHEMICALS AND PESTICIDES IN YOUR FOOD HAVE BEEN TESTED? http://sco.lt/7QxMob April 18, 2013 - New York Times - ▶ A TOOTHLESS 1976 LAW ON TOXIC CHEMICALS http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/19/opinion/a-toothless-law-on-toxic-chemicals.html?_r=1 - ▶ BATTLE FOR THE BEES: TENS OF MILLONS OF DYING BEES RAISE ALARM FOR HUMAN: EUROPE BANS PESTICIDE http://sco.lt/8QOFgv - ▶ CONTEMPORARY AGRICULTURE IS BURNING UP OUR PLANET http://sco.lt/6x8dHN - ▶ THE HUNGER GAMES - HOW UK, USA SUPPORT FOR BIG AGRIBUSINESS IS FUELING POVERTY http://sco.lt/8ked9N - ▶ OBAMA QUIETLY DE-REGULATES GMO/ GENETIC BIOTECH INDUSTRY : Fast-tracking approvals, waiving regulations ... http://sco.lt/5uCx8b ===================================== - CHEMICALLY GEOENGINEERING THE CLIMATE -- Tech News & Analysis, October 2, 2013 - ▶ WHEN DATA MEETS AGRICULTURE: MONSANTO TO BUY CLIMATE CORP FOR $1B - CLIMATE GEO-ENGINEERING IS CHEMICAL GEO-ENGINEERING http://gigaom.com/2013/10/02/when-data-meets-agriculture-monsanto-to-buy-climate-corp-for-930m/ VIDEO: CLIMATE CHEMICAL GEOENGINEERING RIGHT DOWN MONSANTO'S ALLEY Can We Save the Planet by Messing with Nature? http://sco.lt/5w8RM1 TakePart, October 3, 2013 - ▶ MONSANTO SPENDS NEARLY $1 BILLION ON "CROP INSURANCE COMPANY" CLIMATE CORPORATION http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/10/03/precision-farming-monsanto-buys-climate-corporation VIDEO DR VANDANA SHIVA "RIGHTS OF NATURE" 2014 TRIBUNAL PRESIDENT STATEMENT http://sco.lt/6qeJU1 Global Research, January 3, 3002 WEATHER WARFARE: WASHINGTON'S NEW WORLD ORDER WEAPONS HAVE THE ABILITY TO TRIGGER CLIMATE CHANGE http://ow.ly/pusBf http://www.globalresearch.ca/washington-s-new-world-order-weapons-have-the-ability-to-trigger-climate-change/205 - ▶ MOM'S SPEAK OUT ON GMOs April 7, 2013 - Nation of Change - ▶ WHAT EVERY PARENT SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MONSANTO http://www.nationofchange.org/what-every-parent-should-know-about-monsanto-1365343178 WATCH TED VIDEO - ▶ FORMER WALL STREET FOOD INDUSTRY ANALYST TURNED 'REAL FOOD' MOM EVANGELIST - ROBYN O'BRIEN http://sco.lt/5zL0fR - ▶ MOMS ACROSS AMERICA SLAM GMOs WORLDWIDE : Exclusive Video Blog http://sustainablepulse.com/2013/04/07/moms-across-america-slam-gmos-worldwide-exclusive-video-blog/#.UWHo-Rk0ORQ
October 3, 2012 - ▶ MONSANTO WANTS TO TURN FOOD CROPS INTO GENE-ALTERING 'DRUGS". The Monsanto company has forged a new partnership with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company whose primary focus seems to be on figuring out how to best crack the genetic code so as to manipulate the way genes inherently express themselves. And based on the agreement the two companies have made publicly with one another, it appears as though Monsanto is planning to utilize Alnylam's proprietary gene-silencing technologies in its emerging agricultural pursuits, which will likely spawn a whole new category of problems for humanity and the planet at large. Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/037409_Monsanto_gene_silencing_pharmaceuticals.html#ixzz28IvnNsl
- ▶ GROWING PHARMACEUTICALS IN GMO PLANT REQUIRES NEW, STRICT REGULATIONS AND OVERSIGHT - PATENT MONOPOLIES http://sco.lt/7KM4qv
\What Are The Human and Environmental Health Mishap Cross-Pollination Threats to the Natural World and Other Species Coming In contact with these GMO plants grown in open fields? (pollinators, birds, animals, insects). How Will They Be Regulated, Labeled and What Oversight Exists? How will we know if the food plants we are eating are modified or "drug" contaminated?
Natural News, July 31, 2014 - ▶ MONSANTO AND DEPT. OF DEFENSE FUND PHARMA COMPANY THAT COULD EARN BILLIONS FROM "EBOLA" VIRUS: PATENTS http://www.naturalnews.com/046259_Ebola_outbreak_drug_treatments_Monsanto.html#
Fox News, August 15, 2014 - ▶ "EBOLA" PUTS FOCUS ON DRUGS MADE FROM GMO TOBACCO PLANTS http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/08/15/ebola-puts-focus-on-drugs-made-from-tobacco-plants/
Guardian Environment, February 19, 2014 - ▶ ANTI-HIV DRUG MADE FROM GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS BEGINS TRIALS IN HUMANS http://www.theguardian.com/science/2011/jul/19/anti-hiv-drug-gm-plants?CMP=twt_gu
Reuter, August 17, 2014 'PLANTIBODIES' DRUGS ADVANCE AS BIG PHARMA STANDS ASIDE http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/17/us-health-ebola-plants-analysis-idUSKBN0GH0DU20140817
April 19, 2013 PharmaTimes OnLine - ▶ BIG BIOTECH GROWTH "OUTPACING BIG PHARMA" http://www.pharmatimes.com/Article/13-04-19/Big_Biotech_growth_%E2%80%9Coutpacing_Big_Pharma%E2%80%9D.aspx
- ▶ DO WE NEED A GENETIC BILL OF RIGHTS? http://sco.lt/6jmb1l
- ▶ ENDING DRUG MONOPOLIES, MEGA PROFIT AND STRANGLEHOLD ON PATENTS - PEOPLE ARE DYING http://sco.lt/5BKosr
Rolling Stone, June 6, 2013 ▶ HOW DRUG COMPANIES CORRUPT MEDICAL JOURNALS http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/how-drug-companies-corrupt-medical-journals-20110606
VIDEO ELANCO IS BECOMING THE MONSANTO OF THE ANIMAL DRUG INDUSTRY http://www.opednews.com/articles/Watch-Elanco-is-Becoming-by-Martha-Rosenberg-Animal-Cruelty_Animal-Welfare_Animals_Animals-140817-818.html
- ▶ WILL SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY BENEFIT OR THREATEN WILD THINGS? http://sco.lt/6fkVAv
Institute of Science in Society UK - ▶ DRUG MONOPOLIES, MEGA PROFITS AND PATENTS http://www.i-sis.org.uk/End_of_monopolies_and_megaprofits.php
- ▶ FIRST GM CAMELS TO BE ENGINEERED FOR DRUG PRODUCTION http://sco.lt/5L5VVB
- ▶ HOW A FISH BECOMES A DRUG AND CORN A PEST: GENETIC MODIFICATION STRAINS OLD FOOD AND DRUG LAWS http://sco.lt/6vynBp
New York Times, January 27, 2014 - ▶ GENETIC WEAPON AGAINST INSECTS RAISES HOPE AND FEAR IN FARMING http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/business/energy-environment/genetic-weapon-against-insects-raises-hope-and-fear-in-farming.html
-▶ CONTAMINATION DANGER: GM FRUIT FLIES, MOSQUITOES MASS RELEASED INTO ENVIRONMENT WITH UNKNOWN DANGERS http://sco.lt/6sbvkn
==================== MARIJUANA August 14, 2013 Chicago Now - ▶ MONSANTO PREPARES TO BUILD LEGAL MEDICAL MARIJUANA EMPIRE WITH GMO SEEDS, PESTICIDES AND FRANKENWEED http://www.chicagonow.com/wild-side-chicago/2013/08/monsanto-ready-to-enter-medical-marijuana-war/ All Voices, January 12, 2014 ▶ MONSANTO PLANS TO PATENT GENETICALLY MODIFIED MARIJUANA BRAND IN URUGUAY http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/16317833-monsanto-plans-to-patent-genetically-modified-marijuana-brand-in-uruguay Times-Standard Online, November 30, 2013 ▶ PESTICIDE-LADEN POT: THE DANGERS OF LURKING CONTAMINANTS AND PESTICIDES WITH COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEMS. Humboldt State University, Jeffrey Raber said a recent study he conducted found that up to 70 percent of the pesticides found on a marijuana bud can transfer to the smoke being inhaled.."It's much like injecting it directly into your blood stream.”... ...especially in the medical patient context,” Raber said. “These are people that are immunocompromised, they're undergoing chemotherapy, they're very sick with antibacterial loads. We can't be subjecting them to more of these types of potentially harmful contaminants when they're looking to this as a medicine source.” http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_24628828/what-are-you-smoking-study-finds-pesticides-transfer ▶ MONSANTO, GMO, LEGISLATION: THE CORPORATIZATION OF MARIJUANA IN THE USA http://sco.lt/4xaV4T ====================
July 23, 2013 Wake Up World - ▶ THE MAJORITY OF SUPPLEMENTS ARE NOW LACED WITH GMOs http://wakeup-world.com/2013/07/23/the-majority-of-supplements-are-now-laced-with-gmos/
▶ HOW BIOTECH CORPORATIONS AND GMO CROPS ARE THREATENING THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMANKIND ALIKE http://sco.lt/7OmezB
- ▶ THE NEW BIOMASSTERS - SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY AND THE NEXT ASSAULT ON BIODIVERSITY AND LIVELIHOODS: ETC Group www.etcgroup.org/content/new-biomassters
- ▶ POLITICAL CORRUPTION: MONSANTO AND ITS INFLUENCE OVER GOVERNMENTS WORLDWIDE http://sco.lt/51FzRx
Dprogram.net, April 13, 2014 ▶ SYLVIA BURWELL, NEW USA HUMAN HEALTH SERVICES HEAD, RAN COMMON CORE, BILL GATES VACCINES AND GMOs IN AFRICA http://dprogram.net/2014/04/13/sylvia-burwell-replacement-resigning-kathleen-sebelius-ran-common-core-bill-gates-vaccines-gmos-africa/
VIDEO REPORT France24, May 19, 2014 PATENTING LIFE: WHERE DO THE LIMITS LIE? http://www.france24.com/en/20140517-beyond-business-patenting-life-biotechnology-intellectual-property-science-species-human-dna-gmo-gene-breast-cancer/ August 26, 2013 Natural Society - ▶ NEW GMO WHEAT CAN SILENCE HUMAN GENES, CAUSING EARLY DEATH http://naturalsociety.com/csiro-gmo-wheat-silence-human-genes-early-death/ 28 March, 2013 Council For Responsible Genetics - ▶ GENE PATENTS PUT PATIENTS AT RISK http://www.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org/blog/post/Gene-patents-put-patients-at-risk.aspx - ▶ UNDER SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY LIFE WILL NOT BE A PRODUCT OF NATURE BUT OF A LAB AND IT WILL BE PATENTED AND PRIVATIZED http://sco.lt/7pchOL
RT USA, January 13, 2014 ▶ SUPREME COURT HANDS MONSANTO VICTORY OVER FARMERS ON GMO SEED PATENTS, ABILITY TO SUE http://rt.com/usa/monsanto-patents-sue-farmers-547/ August 28, 2013 MintPress News -▶ HOW MONSANTO CORNERS THE WORLD'S FOOD MARKET. MONSANTO HAS A PATENT ON JUST ABOUT EVERY CROP OUT THERE http://www.mintpressnews.com/how-monsanto-corners-the-worlds-food-market/167901/ BAN GMOs NOW A Special Report: Institute of Science in Society http://sco.lt/510SOX
July 23, 2013 Wake Up World - ▶ THE MAJORITY OF SUPPLEMENTS ARE NOW LACED WITH GMOs http://wakeup-world.com/2013/07/23/the-majority-of-supplements-are-now-laced-with-gmos/ - ▶ CHEMICALS/PHARMACEUTICALS... The MOST DANGEROUS and PROFITABLE INDUSTRY in the WORLD! http://www.helpingwomenonline.com/Pharmaceutical_Companies.html
================================= June 25, 2013 Natural Society - ▶ SPECIES ALTERATION: IS GMO REWIRING OUR DNA? http://naturalsociety.com/species-alteration-is-gmo-rewiring-our-dna/ - ▶ RE-ENGINEERING, PROGRAMMING AND PATENTING LIFE ITSELF http://sco.lt/4thM6j
- ▶ OBESITY, CANCER, DIABETES - TOXIC PROCESSED FOODS, CHEMICALS, PESTICIDES, GENE-ALTERED FOOD: WHAT ARE WE EATING? With little or no independent peer reviewed research are we embarking on a dangerous human experiment that may alter the human genes for generations to come? WATCH A MUST SEE VIDEO DAVID SUZUKI "BIOTECHNOLOGY GENETICS IS OUT OF CONTROL" http://sco.lt/4lxOIj
- ▶ GENE GIANTS SEEK 'PHILANTHROGOPOLY' - 6 MULTINATIONAL GENE GIANTS CONTROL THE DIRECTION OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WORLDWIDE http://sco.lt/6h3lzt ▶ MONSANTO'S POWER GRAB: GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOODS GIVEN IMMUNITY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT http://sco.lt/7D3awz August 28, 2013 MintPress News -▶ HOW MONSANTO CORNERS THE WORLD'S FOOD MARKET. MONSANTO HAS A PATENT ON JUST ABOUT EVERY CROP OUT THERE http://www.mintpressnews.com/how-monsanto-corners-the-worlds-food-market/167901/ Truthout, January 08, 2014 ▶ USDA MOVES TO APPROVE "AGENT ORANGE" GMO SEEDS http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/21069-usda-moves-to-approve-agent-orange-gmo-seeds ▶ OWNING THE SEEDS OF LIFE: SEED PATENTS AND CONTROL OF YOUR FOOD: THE GLOBAL CORPORATE MONOPOLY http://sco.lt/6FiLkv
The Economic Times, November 25, 2013 ▶ NOW "MUTAGENESIS" - AS OPPOSITION TO GM CROPS GROWS, COMPANIES ARE TURNING TO "MUTANT" SEED BREEDING Mutagenesis deletes and rearranges hundreds or thousands of genes randomly, spawning mutations that are less precise than GMOs. ... The process, which faces almost no regulation, creates opportunities for companies to grab a bigger share of the $34 billion global commercial seed market. But some scientists say mutant crops are more likely to pose health risks than genetically modified ones. All breeding techniques can create plants with increased levels of naturally occurring toxins or with proteins known to cause allergic reactions....Reports from the National Academy of Sciences, representing the consensus of experts in the field, say the risk of creating unintended health effects is greater from mutagenesis than any other technique, including genetic modification. ... http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/as-opposition-to-gm-grows-companies-are-turning-to-mutant-breeding/articleshow/26334154.cms WATCH ROUND-UP: THE ULTIMATE KILLING MACHINE: New Charges Against Monsanto's GMO "Pesticide" Roundup http://sco.lt/63470L WATCH THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MONSANTO (FULL LENGTH) The Leader of the Biotech Cartel http://sco.lt/7FFsXZ
MONSANTO - A CORPORATE PROFILE From War Chemicals to Saccharin to GE Patented Seed to Agricultural Chemicals/Pesticides http://sco.lt/5TGVDl
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April 25, 2013 EurActive ▶ PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY PATENTING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE ON PLANT-BASED MEDICINES, WITHOUT COMPENSATION. THAT IS ABOUT TO CHANGE The European Parliament is debating a draft biopiracy law requiring industry to compensate indigenous people if it makes commercial use of local knowledge such as plant-based medicines... from the predatory attitude of big European Pharmaceutical companies http://www.euractiv.com/health/eu-mulls-biopiracy-law-news-519381
- ▶ “FATALLY FLAWED" FDA ASSESSMENT TO UNLEASH PATENTED GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SALMON ONTO YOUR DINNER PLATE: NO REGULATION, NO OVERSIGHT, NO LABELING http://sco.lt/7Ksakj
▶ HOW BIOTECH CORPORATIONS AND GMO CROPS ARE THREATENING THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMANKIND ALIKE http://sco.lt/7OmezB
THIS GRAND EXPERIMENT ON HUMANITY MUST STOP: GMO Bill Gates Funds Risky, Untested, Unregulated Vitamin Fortified Bananas and Rice http://sco.lt/6CZccT WATCH; POISONING PARADISE: ISLANDS AT RISK The Genetic Engineering War in Hawai'i http://sco.lt/8hNxzd WATCH: "MONSANTO FOOD WARS: GMO SEEDS AND ANIMALS" http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3997411054/watch-monsanto-food-wars-gmo-seeds-and-animals WATCH 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 WATCH: "SEEDING DEEP DEMOCRACY Vandana Shiva http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1054461972/seeding-deep-democracy-vandana-shiva WATCH: THE FUTURE OF FOOD - PART 1, 2, 3 http://southweb.org/lifewise/gmo-patents-turn-farmers-saving-seeds-into-thieves-vandana-shiva/ - ▶ OBAMA QUIETLY DE-REGULATES GMO/ GENETIC BIOTECH INDUSTRY : Fast-tracking approvals, waiving regulations ... http://sco.lt/5uCx8b
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT Beyond Pesticides, October 22, 2013 ▶ SOARING PESTICIDE USE AND POISONING LINKED TO GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROP PRODUCTION http://sco.lt/8iunRp
=================== BAN GMOs NOW - A Special Institute of Science In Society Report http://sco.lt/5CPilt ===================
▶ THINK THOSE CHEMICAL AND PESTICIDES IN YOUR FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT HAVE BEEN TESTED? http://sco.lt/72z4gD
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GeneWatch: Council for Responsible Genetics by Phil Bereano, JD, professor emeritus at the University of Washington and a co-founder of the Council for Responsible Genetics. From 2009 to 2011, Bill Gates' foundation spent $478,302,627 to influence African agricultural development. Adding in the value of agricultural grants going to multiple regions and those for 2012, the Foundation's outlay to influence African agriculture is around $1 billion. Of course, Gates is not an African, not a scholar of Africa, not a farmer, and not a development expert. But he is a very rich man, and he knows how he wants to remake the world. Gates' support for ag development strategies favors industrial, high-tech, capitalist market approaches. In particular, his support for genetically engineered crops as a solution for world hunger is of concern to those of us - in Africa and the U.S. - involved in promoting sustainable, equitable agricultural policies. First, his technocratic ideology runs counter to the best informed science.... http://www.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org/GeneWatch/GeneWatchPage.aspx?pageId=459 August 8, 2013 Tech Rights GATES FOUNDATION EXPANDS TO AFRICA TO PROFIT FROM WORLD'S POOREST http://techrights.org/2013/08/08/occupying-africa/ Ganaderia Mexico BILL GATES DEFENDS FOCUS ON HIGH-TECH AGRICULTURE AND HIS INVESTMENT IN GENETICALLY ENGINEERED AG http://ganaderiamexico.blogspot.com/2012/03/bill-gates-defends-focus-on-high-tech.html GENE GIANTS SEEK 'PHILANTHRGOPOLY http://sco.lt/9LCrj7 WORLD'S TWO RICHEST MEN -- GATES AND SLIM -- LAUNCH BIOTECH GMO AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER IN MEXICO http://sco.lt/5ig9q5 March 21, 2013 Humanosphere GATES-BACKED EXPERIMENTAL MALARIA VACCINE CONTINUES TO DISAPPOINT (Are We Experimenting on Human Being?) http://www.humanosphere.org/jp/gates-backed-experimental-malaria-vaccine-continues- DO WE NEED A GENETIC BILL OF RIGHTS? - Council for Responsible Genetics http://www.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org/Projects/CurrentProject.aspx?projectId=5 MORE ON THE GATES AS A TROJAN HORSE FOR GLOBAL BIOTECH CARTEL http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides?q=gates
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