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...
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This is an alarming development for anyone who has a serious interest in food safety in America. "The person who may be responsible for more food-related illness and death than anyone in history has just been made...
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More positive press for Food Inc. "‘Robert Kenner never set out to make a terrifying film when he started Food, Inc. But along the way, he found the food industry to be stunningly secretive—and what it’s...
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Wilder,Idaho--April snowstorms, wet fields and cold weather has sugar beet plantings at least two weeks behind schedule but shouldn’t greatly affect the 2009 crop. University of Idaho Extension agent Jerry...
Do you know where your food comes from? If you're like most people the answer is likely 'no'. The makers of Food Inc. are hoping to educate you. "Bigger-breasted chickens fattened artificially. New...
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Tom Philpott reports on Monsanto's lobbying efforts in Grist. He draws an interesting comparison between the food industry and software. One difference, of cource, is that you can't grow a PC in your...
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Wilder--April snowstorms, wet fields and cold weather has sugar beet plantings at least two weeks behind schedule but shouldn’t greatly affect the 2009 crop.
University of Idaho Extension agent Jerry Neufeld...
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Farmer Suicides, the U.S.-India Nuclear Deal, Wal-Mart in India and Monsanto Farmers in India have been committing suicide in unprecedented numbers. 1 every 30 minutes. We're talking small farmers who hold...
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...
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The Monsanto Corporation wants to introduce it's genetically modified form of alfalfa into Canada. These crops are designed to work effectively with Monsanto's herbicide Roundup. If Monsanto is...
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"I read with horror this morning that over 1,500 farmers in India committed mass suicide after being driven to debt by crop failure. The crop failures, which took place in the agricultural state of Chattisgarh,...
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It is not official, but the seeds have been planted. Bill 875 has been introduced to the US Congress that can outlaw Organic and Backyard Farming. I had a feeling this would happen. When raw milk was outlawed, even...
I received this email and wanted to pass along the information, as it will be voted on in 2 weeks time and is a very scary proposal. This is a dangerous - and stupid - proposal, so I hope people get it together to protest it or block it. Food should not be centralized and...
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More craziness from the Obama house of cards. Plan to outlaw family farms and alike in the US. Someones gonna make a lot of $ from it as per usual. "And how did they get this far with such a scheme to apply insane...
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As anyone who has ever heard about what companies like Monsanto do behind closed doors would already know, biotechnology remains a gray, and apparently somewhat shady, area. There are growing concerns over the...
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