White Cop Gets Desk Duty For Cornrows

A white Philadelphia police officer has been forced to do desk duty and cut his hair by his black superior after showing up for work with cornrows, traditionally a black hairdo. Thomas Strain, who has five years experience in his job, got taken to the inspector's office and...

Monsanto GM Corn a Disaster in South Africa

Another blow to Monsanto's credibility.  This time it's from South Africa where GMO food has failed to live up to it's promise. "(NaturalNews) Farmers in South Africa have reported an inexplicable failure to...

German court allows ban on Monsantos toxin producing seeds

The German government has been fighting Monsanto to prevent the company from introducing a genetically modified seed into the country. "A German court on Tuesday rejected an attempt by the world's leading seed...

Is this the begining of a green revolution in Africa?

With the sharp rise in global grain prices, many affluent countries with limited arable land have begun looking to Africa for food security. Countries like Angola, Tanzania and Ethiopia have already shown...

History of Oil Industry Opposition to Alcohol Fuel

The fuel of the future, according to both Henry Ford and Charles F. Kettering, was ethyl alcohol made from farm products and cellulosic materials. Ford, of course, is well known as an automotive inventor; Kettering was the head of research at...

call me sugar or sweetie, it's all the same

"tired of all of the criticism that is brought down on them, the corn refiners association (cra) has gone on the offensive and have started an ad campaign to debunk the myths about high fructose corn syrup. seems that some of the bad press that the substance received,...

So plastics can be good for the atmosphere too

Plastics that are made from materials that are biodegradable, such as corn, are attractive to the consumer, but recent studies reveal that they also generate lower greenhouse gas emissions than the...

The crop circle of love: Corny boyfriend ploughs his marriage proposal into f...

"Crop circles are more associated with aliens than love, but for romantic Robert Szabo they proved the perfect inspiration. The 27-year-old ploughed his proposal into a field before flying his shocked childhood...

Possible effects of bad weather on the US biofuel industry

At the moment, the US biofuel industry seems to follow the classic demand/ supply model when it comes to ethanol fuel prices. The supply of corn, the major constituent of ethanol fuel, has been reduced by bad...

Obama Camp Closely Linked With Ethanol

Obama Camp Closely Linked With Ethanol, Could this be why he doesn't want to Drill?"When VeraSun Energy inaugurated a new ethanol processing plant last summer in Charles City, Iowa, some of that industry’s most...

Physicist Debunks Cellphone Popcorn Viral Videos

"Physicist Debunks Cellphone Popcorn Viral Videos By Jenna Wortham June 09, 2008 | 5:37:20 PMCategories: Advertising, Video, Viral, Web/Tech   YouTube videos that show a group of friends...

Floods cause corn prices to hit record high

Corn prices hit a record high today as a result of the flooding in the Midwest.  "The worst flooding in the Midwest for 15 years sent fresh shocks to global markets and consumers on Monday as corn prices hit...

Monsanto Plans to Boost Food Supply

Is your nation facing skyrocketing food prices, widespread hunger, and an impending state of total chaos and panic? Fear not, citizens! Monsanto is here to alleviate your fears, by doubling your yield of...

Breakfast with The Brits

Brits throw away 7 million slices of bread, 666,000 eggs, 1.2 million sausages, 260,000 processed cheese slices and more than 1.5 bananas daily.   This raises a very serious question, what are The Brits...

Texas Governor Makes Right Call on Ethanol

At last, a prominent politician has called for an end to — or, at a minimum, a temporary halt to — the insanity that surrounds the push for corn ethanol. That word comes, according to a news...

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