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According to a scientific report, from Russia's Ministry of Health, Russian scientists claim they have discovered a critical link between the H1N1 influenza (Swine Flu) virus and genetically modified (GM) amylopectin potatoes consumed in massive quantities – nearly exclusively by Westerners – sold in fast food restaurants as French Fries. The World Health Organization (WHO) also supports these findings. 
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The Obama administration has indicated a shift in US development policy from "food aid" (dumping our excess production overseas) with "food security" (improving food production in foreign countries). This would be great for world’s family farmers if Obama’s plan were to ensure their access to clean water, arable land and diverse, locally adapted plants and animals. Unfortunately, President Obama seems set on replacing the bags of wheat, rice and corn with bags of pesticides, fertilizers and genetically engineered seeds. http://foodfreedom.wordpress.com/2010/07/11/dupont-monsanto-and-obama-versus-the-worlds-family-farmers/
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Havana, Jan 8 (Prensa Latina) Urban agriculture in Cuba produced 1,052,000 tons of vegetables in 2011, 105 percent of the plan, which represented about two thousand tons more, an official source told the press.
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BRINGING GOOD VIBRATIONS BACK TO FOOD - Organic Connections http://organicconnectmag.com/wp/eve-minson-bringing-good-vibrations-back-to-food/#.UUOZ5Bk0ORR
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The EU Environment Council conclusions on the EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy, show the interests of the farm lobby will weaken biodiversity protection.
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Few subjects attract more ire and debate than genetically modified foods--and Monsanto reigns over the entire industry.
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Much of the pollution in U.S. rivers and streams today comes from the manure generated by CAFOs (concentrated animal feeding operations), which confine thousands of animals on a single site. To determine the extent of the problem and how it might be better addressed, the public and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) need to know more about these facilities and the waste they produce. But unlike many other industries, #CAFOs do not regularly disclose facility-specific information to the EPA—and the powerful interests behind CAFOs want to keep it that way.
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More than 100 of the 110 municipalities (novads) of Latvia have decided that their land will be GMO-free by the end of 2012.
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It is being dubbed the second scramble for Africa: millions of acres of land are being snapped up by companies from Asia and the Middle East, our foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Rugman reports.
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We as consumers are paying the price twice for corn and ag subsides. First from our tax dollars and second by more tax dollars for heathcare costs.
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A coalition of 300 companies, organizations and doctors has filed a petition with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) fto require that all genetically engineered foods be labeled, and to protect consumer’s right to know what is in the food they are eating.
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Nations like France, which have moved to ban one of Monsanto’s GM corn varieties, were requested to be ‘penalized’ by the United States for opposing Monsanto and genetically modified foods. The information reveals just how deep Monsanto’s roots have penetrated key positions within the United States government, with the cables reporting that many U.S. diplomats work directly for Monsanto. http://www.activistpost.com/2012/01/leaked-us-to-start-trade-wars-with.html
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Although demand for organic is up, new GMO threats still linger, including a crop designed to be sprayed with a toxic chemical used in warfare.
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Use EWG's Shopper's Guide to Pesticides to reduce your exposures as much as possible, The Shopper's Guide to Pesticide in Produce will help you determine which fruits and vegetables have the most pesticide residues and are the most important to buy organic. You can lower your pesticide intake substantially by avoiding the 12 most contaminated fruits and vegetables and eating the least contaminated produce.
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South Africa's Competition Tribunal denies merger to create seed duopoly.
The tribunal last week for the first time set out its reasons for prohibiting the transaction to merge Pioneer-Pannar stating that it would have led to a permanent change to the market structure by reducing the number of major competitors in the maize seed market from three to two. The transaction would have resulted in a duopoly, with the three largest players, Monsanto, Pioneer-Pannar, being reduced to two players. The three together hold 95% of SA’s national hybrid maize seed market.
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Industry and EU regulators knew as long ago as the 1980s-1990s that Monsanto's Roundup, the world's best selling herbicide, causes birth defects – but they failed to inform the public. This is the conclusion of a new report, "Roundup and birth defects: Is the public being kept in the dark?" co-authored by a group of international scientists and researchers and released today.[1] GMWatch is an independent non-profit making organisation founded in 1998. We seek to counter the enormous corporate political power and propaganda of the biotech industry.
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Only 20% of the antibiotics sold in the U.S. are given to people who are sick with bacterial infections, such as ear and urinary tract infections and pneumonia .
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"Golden rice is a Trojan horse for pushing through GE-friendly biosafety regulations under the guise of humanitarian aid," reports Food Freedom. "Once in place, these regulations open the door for the biotech industry to bring in commercial, patented GE crops; USAID and Monsantoaccomplished exactly this in Kenya with their sweet potato project." GRAIN, November 04, 2014 FULL REPORT
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Thanks to the Occupy Wall Street movement, there's a deeper understanding about the power that corporations wield over the great majority of us. It's not just in the financial sector, but in all facets of our lives.
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Sounds good, until you dig deeper and you find the biotech, genetic engineering pr machine and fraternity is on a roll: With floods, droughts and other calamities battering deltaic Bangladesh regularly, farmers need little prompting in switching to climate-resistant varieties of rice, wheat, pulses and other staples.
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One woman in California isn't about to let a big food company get away with what she says is fraudulent advertising.
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Food is listed as a commodity on the stock exchange. When food and land is reduced to a profit, money-making proposition, without any care for the way the food is produced or damage done to environment or human health....WE ARE IN BIG TROUBLE.
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Meet dedicated natural shoppers' needs this year with new insights into their behavior. Mambo Sprouts Marketing's new survey shows organic and non-GMO is more important than ever to these core consumers.
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Zimbabwe Government Defends Decision To Ban GMOsBernamaHARARE, Jan 6 (BERNAMA-NNN-NEW ZIANA) -- Although food security is a matter of concern in Zimbabwe, the government will not allow the production of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) as a way...
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http://www.ntv.co.ke Public Health Minister Beth Mugo is now admitting that the country may have rushed into embracing genetically modified foods. Mugo says ...
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