That pretty little red orb hides a lot of dirty secrets. I just finished reading Barry Estabrook's Tomatoland: How Modern Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit, and am profoundly unsettled.... http://noteasytobegreen.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/reasons-never-to-buy-another-winter-tomato/
Nation of Change, September 17, 2013
SQEEZING MORE PROFITS FROM CRUMMY TOMATOES http://www.nationofchange.org/squeezing-more-profits-crummy-tomatoes-1379431736
August 28, 2013 Telegraph
HIGH PESTICIDE LEVELS FOUND ON COMMON FRUITS
Common pesticides found as residues on food included Chlorpyrifos, which some experts claim could be harming honey bees, and Carbendazim, which has been linked to developmental problems in animal studies. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/10270460/High-pesticide-levels-found-on-common-fruits.html
>>>>>BUYING UP THE OPPOSITION:
Giant agri-food corporations are gobbling up most of the nation’s $30 BILLION yearly organic food industry : USDA Organic Label Useless. http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2134279587/buying-up-the-opposition-giant-agri-food-corporations-are-gobbling-up-most-of-the-nation-s-30-billion-yearly-organic-food-industry-making-usda-organic-label-useless
June 2, 2013 Nation Of Change
MONSANTO AND GMOs CONTINUE TO MAKE US STERILE WHILE INFERTILITY BUSINESS BOOMS http://www.nationofchange.org/monsanto-and-gmos-continue-make-us-sterile-while-infertility-business-booms-1370181154
>>>> THE POWERFUL USDA ALLOWS MORE GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS TO MARKET DESPITE SERIOUS HEALTH CONCERNS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3337601961/the-powerful-usda-allows-more-genetically-modified-foods-to-market-despite-serious-health-concerns
CHEMICAL WAREFARE: HORRIFIC BIRTH DEFECTS LINKED TO TOMATO PESTICIDES: - GMO TOXIC 'FLAVRSAVR" TOMATO RE-EMERGES http://sco.lt/5bbOJl
THE CHILD VICTIMS OF AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDE POISONING - PESTICIDE INDUSTRY DISMISSIVE http://sco.lt/8KO8GH
***** GMOs AND BIOTECH: THE FOOD FIGHT OF OUR LIVES: CROSSING ROSES WITH PIG AND BUTTERFLIES WITH WORMS -- NOT OKAY http://sco.lt/4olIPJ
GENETIC MODIFICATION STRAINS OLD FOOD AND DRUG LAWS - HOW A FISH BECOMES A DRUG AND CORN A PEST http://sco.lt/6vynBp
OUR GMO CORNFIELDS ARE TOO QUIET - ALL LIFE CHEMICALLY EXTERMINATED - EXCEPT THE GENE-ALTERED CORN http://sco.lt/6przzF
****MONSANTO GMO TREES COULD DEVASTATE FOREST ECO SYSTEMS LEAVING BIOLOGICAL DESERTS http://sco.lt/51ekyH