YOUR FOOD, YOUR ENVIRONMENT, YOUR HEALTH: #Biotech #GMOs #Pesticides #Chemicals #FactoryFarms #CAFOs #BigFood

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

The Globe and Mail, November 11, 2014
AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY MUST KICK DANGEROUS ANTIBIOTIC HABIT http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health-advisor/agriculture-industry-must-kick-dangerous-antibiotic-habit/article21539131/

The Atlantic, March 23, 2015
▶  THE ANTIBIOTICS PROBLEM IN MEAT A new study suggests that a consumer demand for chicken and pork in places like India, Russia, China, and Brazil will help drive a large increase in overuse of the drugs by 2030. Is there anything we can do about it?  http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/03/the-next-big-antibiotic-resistance-threat/388430/

-▶ THE CHEMICALS GIVEN TO COMMERCIALLY RAISED LIVESTOCK, AND ADDED TO THEIR MEAT ARE A TOXIC STEW http://www.alternet.org/food/how-americans-are-duped-shoveling-huge-amounts-unhealthy-food-their-bodies

 April 19, 2012 Mother Jones:

- ▶  HOW BIG PHARMA DOMINATES MEAT SCIENCE http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2012/04/bum-steer-how-big-pharma-makes-dominates-animal-science

                                                    WATCH
                                          FIX ANTIBIOTICS:

- ▶  BIG AG, BIG PHARMA AND BIOTECH CARTEL ALL IN CAHOOTS: 80% OF ALL ANTI-BIOTICS ARE USED ON FACTORY FARM ANIMALS http://www.fixfood.org/fix-antibiotics/

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

 June 21, 2012 Grist

- ▶  YOUR MEAT ON DRUGS: 30.6 MILLION POUNDS OF IT IN 2010: WILL GROCERY STORES CUT OUT ANTIBIOTICS?

80 percent of all the antibiotics sold in the U.S. are being used on animals to spur growth and compensate for crowded, dirty conditions. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria or “superbugs” continue to show up in food and cause infections in tens of thousands of people every year ...http://grist.org/factory-farms/your-meat-on-drugs-can-grocery-stores-be-convinced-to-cut-out-antibiotics/

Living On Earth, November 7, 2013

- ▶ HOW DRUGS GIVEN TO HUMANS AND LIVESTOCK MAY BE CREATING SUPERBUGS IN NATURE (AND HUMANS)
http://www.onearth.org/articles/2013/11/oh-poop-wildlife-shows-signs-of-antibiotic-resistance

US News & World Report, November 04, 2014
  -▶ ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT HOSPITAL GERM TRACED TO U.K. LIVESTOCK, STUDY FINDS http://health.usnews.com/health-news/articles/2014/11/04/antibiotic-resistant-hospital-germ-traced-to-uk-livestock-study-finds

The Independent, November 18, 2913
- ▶  'SUPERBUGS' COULD ERASE A CENTURY OF MEDICAL ADVANCES' EXPERTS WARN - ANTIBIOTIC ABUSE http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/superbugs-could-erase-a-century-of-medical-advances-experts-warn-8944617.html

April 18, 2013 New York Times
- ▶  REPORT ON U.S. MEAT SOUNDS ALARM ON 'SUPERBUGS' http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/17/business/report-on-us-meat-sounds-alarm-on-superbugs.html?_r=0

                                            RISING RESISTANCE:        

                                                    NEW FILM

                                  Lynne Peeples, Huffington Post

 - ▶  EXPLORES SUPERBUG SPREAD AS HEALTH CONCERNS GROW -  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lynne-peeples/antibiotic-resistance-superbugs-factory-farming_b_2767267.html?utm_source=Alert-blogger&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Email%2BNotifications

Time, October 25, 2013
- ▶  NEW REPORT DETAILS PROBLEMS WITH FACTORY FARMS - DRUGS IN YOUR MEAT  http://science.time.com/2013/10/25/reports-pegs-lingering-problems-with-meat-production-in-the-u-s/

 Digital Journal, February 1, 2014
▶ USE OF DRUGS IN ANIMAL FEED REMAIN HIGH TO FATTEN ANIMALS - RISK TO HUMANS  http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/environment/use-of-drugs-in-animal-feed-remains-high/article/368462

August 27, 2013 Food and Water Watch
- ▶  BEEF OR BULL? WHAT "SILMAX" TEACHES US ABOUT INDUSTRY SCIENCE - BIG PHARMA AND YOUR MEAT http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/blogs/beef-or-bull-what-zilmax-teaches-us-about-industry-science/

August 7, 2013 Reuters
- ▶  TYSON FOODS TO SUSPEND BUYING CATTLE FED ZILMAS, GROWTH ENHANCER http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/08/us-markets-cattle-idUSBRE97702X20130808?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews

 August 18, 2013 Care 2

- ▶  THESE DRUGS FATTEN UP CATTLE AS THEY CRIPPLE CATTLE http://www.care2.com/causes/growth-drugs-make-cattle-fat-and-also-lame-and-disabled.html

Reuters, December 30, 2013
▶ SPECIAL REPORT:
LOST HOOVES, DEAD CATTLE BEFORE MERCK HALTED ZILMAX DRUG SALES http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/30/us-zilmax-merck-cattle-special-report-idUSBRE9BT0NV20131230

 - ▶  RUSSIA TO BAN U.S. MEAT OVER RACTOPAMINE RESIDUES - HORMONE GROWTH AND LEANNESS DRUG  http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3995949627/russia-to-ban-u-s-meat-over-ractopamine-residues-hormone-growth-and-leanness-drug

 May 9, 2013 OpEd
- ▶  WORSE THAN GERMS - THE CHEMICALS USED TO DISINFECT MEAT AND SEAFOOD http://www.opednews.com/articles/Worse-than-Germs-the-Chem-by-Martha-Rosenberg-130509-976.html

April 6, 2013 - LifeWise

- ▶  USDA CAVES TO FOOD INDUSTRY PRESSURES, AGREES TO REVERSE EXISTING REGULATIONS THAT PROHIBIT USE OF THREE TOXIC MEAT PRESERVATIVES http://southweb.org/lifewise/usda-caves-to-food-industry-pressures-approves-three-new-toxic-meat-preservatives/

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FOUR-FIFTHS OF ALL BIG PHARMA ANTIBIOTICS CONSUMED BY MEAT AND POULTRY INDUSTRY  (What Are You Eating?) 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

May 9, 2013 Huffington Post Green
- ▶  ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA: BIG AG WASHES ITS HANDS OF ANY RESPONSIBILITY http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-gunther/antibioticresistant-bacte_b_3141661.html

- ▶  BY THE NUMBERS: 30.6 MILLION POUNDS OF ANTIBIOTICS ADMINISTERED TO U.S.LIVESTOCK IN 2010 http://ow.ly/bIVsm

- ▶  YOUR MEAT ON DRUGS: 80% OF ALL #ANTIBIOTICS ARE USED ON FACTORY FARM ANIMALS  http://ow.ly/bITJF

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                                                     VIDEO:

                                                 CBSNews

                      DRUGS IN FOOD A PUBLIC HEALTH RISK: REPORT

                                           http://ow.ly/bIYsR

February 28, 2013 - Newsstateman

- ▶  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

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/

Nation of Change, November 17, 2013

- ▶ 4 HARMFUL THINGS HIDING IN YOUR MEAT - In addition to antibiotics, and hormones, here are 4 other things that could be tainting your meat. http://www.nationofchange.org/4-harmful-things-hiding-your-meat-1384703292

NPR

- ▶ PHARMED FOOD - ANTIBIOTICS IN YOUR MEAT http://www.npr.org/templates/archives/archive.php?thingId=243035549

Reuters, October 22, 2013
- ▶  REPORT SLAMS CONTINUED ANTIBIOTIC USE IN U.S. LIVESTOCK http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/22/us-usa-agriculture-antibiotics-idUSBRE99L1F420131022?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews

Frontline PBS
- ▶ IS YOUR MEAT SAFE? ANTIBIOTIC DEBATE OVERVIEW http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/meat/safe/overview.html

Al Jazeera America, December 11, 2013

▶ FDA ANNOUNCES NEW GUIDELINES TO LIMIT ANTIBIOTICS IN YOUR MEAT http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/12/11/fda-announces-newguidelinestolimitantibioticsinlivestock.html

- ▶  ANTIBIOTIC USE IN FARM ANIMALS STILL BROADLY UNADDRESSED DESPITE 'FANFARE' FOR FDA MOVE http://sco.lt/8A4ZdJ

July 29, 2013 EcoWatch
- ▶  IT'S YOUR MEAT.  IT'S YOUR BODY .....U.S. BILLS AIMS TO RESTRICT ANTIBIOTIC ABUSE BY FACTORY FARMS  http://ecowatch.com/2013/restrict-antibotic-abuse-by-factory-farms/

April 8, 2013 - Wake Up World
- ▶  WHAT REALLY HAPPENS WHEN YOU TAKE ANTIBIOTICS? http://wakeup-world.com/2013/04/08/what-really-happens-when-you-take-antibiotics/

March 27, 2013 - New York Times
- ▶  ANTIBIOTICS AND THE MEAT WE EAT http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/28/opinion/antibiotics-and-the-meat-we-eat.html?_r=0

Healthy Child Healthy World, October 2013
- ▶  THE HORMONES AND ANTIBIOTICS IN YOUR MEAT http://healthychild.org/easy-steps/keep-hormones-and-antibiotics-off-the-menu/

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 - ▶  PHARMACEUTICAL, ANTIBIOTIC, CHEMICAL, PESTICIDE POLLUTION IN OUR STREAMS, RIVER AND DRINKING WATER http://sco.lt/7rpdbN

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NPR, November 4, 2014
- ▶  WHY ARE PIG FARMERS STILL USING GROWTH-PROMOTING DRUG? http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/11/04/241603861/why-are-pig-farmers-still-using-growth-promoting-drugs

 - ▶ COULD EATING LESS MEAT HELP SAVE THE PLANET AND AVOID AN ECOLOGICAL DISASTER?  http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3304266960/could-eating-less-meat-help-save-the-planet-and-avoid-an-ecological-disaster

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                                     Ecowatch, Jan 29, 2013

                                           AMERICAN MEAT

AMERICAN MEAT is a solutions-oriented documentary chronicling the current state of the U.S. meat industry. Featuring farmers across America, it takes an even-handed look at animal husbandry.... http://ecowatch.org/p/food/factory-farming-food/

                                  TODAY'S SEAFOOD SPECIAL

PIG MANURE, ANTIBIOTICS, AND DIARRHEA BUGS: AQUACULTURE AND FOOD LABELING http://sco.lt/8JKvc9

                                                 MEATONOMICS:

                          THE DIRTY TRUTH ABOUT CHEAP MEAT

                                            http://sco.lt/5MiErp

          SO YOU WANT TO EAT MEAT? FEEDLOTS vs PASTURES             

                                     http://sco.lt/78Q26r

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                                            FACTORY FARMS

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 65 BILLION ANIMALS RAISED IN CORPORATE CONCENTRATION PENS:  DRUGS, GMO FEED AND 'AG-GAG' LAWS  http://sco.lt/6GRczB

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November 24, 2010 OurWorld 2.0
- ▶ THE SHAME OF CONCENTRATED ANIMAL BEEF FEEDLOTS http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/the-shame-of-concentrated-animal-feedlots/

March 19, 2013 - Huffington Post

- ▶  WHY EVERYONE SHOULD BE ANGRY ABOUT FACTORY FARMING http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anjali-sareen/factory-farming_b_2904891.html

- ▶  THE RAW TRUTH OF FACTORY FARMING http://www.raw.info/

#GMO

- ▶  BLIND, FOOTLESS CHICKENS FOR FUTURE CAFO FACTORY FARMS  http://farmwars.info/?p=7897

                                                        VIDEO

                                  Treehugger, August 15, 2013

               THE MECHANIZATION OF OUR MEAT, FOOD SUPPLY
Without any words, the film makes a statement about the production of meat, its mechanization and the people and animals involved in that process. http://www.treehugger.com/green-food/wordless-comment-overconsumption.html

Globe and Mail, October 05, 2012
- ▶ CAN MEAT FACTORIES BE SAFE SLAUGHTERING 4,000 COW 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/

Huffington Post, January 03, 2014
- ▶ THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR EVOLUTION BEYOND KILLING FOR FOOD - A PIG FARMER SPEAKS OUT  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-comis/the-importance-of-our-evolution-beyond-killing-for-food_b_4518133.html?ir=Green&ref=topbar

June 20, 2013 New York Times
- ▶  USDA APPROVES A LABEL FOR MEAT FROM ANIMALS FED A DIET FREE OF GENE-MODIFIED PRODUCTS http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/21/business/us-approves-a-label-for-meat-from-animals-fed-a-diet-free-of-gene-modified-products.html?_r=0

                              An Image Says A Thousand Words                  

                                         FEEDLOT CATTLE

                                        http://ow.ly/mEGS1

Environmental News Network

- ▶  4.3 BILLION CONFINED FARM ANIMALS POSE ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS - CAFOs - http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/44174

November 24, 2010 OurWorld 2.0
- ▶  THE SHAME OF CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDLOTS http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/the-shame-of-concentrated-animal-feedlots/

                                                       VIDEO
HOW WILL HISTORY REMEMBER US?  A WORLD WITHOUT FACTORY FARMS?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM6V6lq_p0o&feature=youtu.be

- ▶  MORE, BIGGER, FASTER : WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FACTORY FARMING YOUR ANIMAL FOOD: Anti-Whistle-blower Ag-Gag Laws To Shut Down Public's "Right To Know' http://sco.lt/5n7fq

 - ▶  ANTI WHISTLE-BLOWER AG-GAG BILLS AIMED AT KEEPING YOU IN THE DARK ABOUT FACTORY FARMS - AND YOUR FOOD  http://sco.lt/7aFBUv

                                                 VIDEO

                        by PAUL McCARTNEY  (Former "Beatle")

THE WEBSITE THE MEAT INDUSTRY DOESN'T WANT YOU TO SEE                                        http://www.meat.org/

  - ▶  rBST ARTIFICIAL GROWTH HORMONES:  ALTERING OUR COWS TO ELIMINATE "STENCH" AND PRODUCE MORE MILK, SHORTENING THEIR PRODUCTION LIVES,  BY INJECTING THEM WITH rBST http://www.seeddaily.com/reports/Cattle_flatulence_doesnt_stink_with_biotechnology_999.html

- ▶  BREAST CANCER FUND - HORMONES PUMPED INTO DAIRY COWS
Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH)/Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin (rBST) . THE GIST: This hormone is injected into dairy cows to increase milk production and is found in milk, ice cream, buttermilk, cheese, yogurt and other dairy products. Though research outcomes are mixed, several human studies have linked dairy consumption with increased risk for breast cancer http://www.breastcancerfund.org/clear-science/chemicals-glossary/bovine-growth-hormone.html

Stonyfield Farms
- ▶  WHY WE OPPOSE rBST, HORMONES , WHAT YOU CAN DO
A synthetic version of bovine growth hormone, rBST boosts milk production by 10–25%. USDA organic standards strictly forbid its use, and Canada and the EU have banned it. Here’s why we oppose the use of rBST http://www.stonyfield.com/healthy-people/our-yogurt/why-we-oppose-rbst

Union of Concerned Scientsts

▶  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

▶  FEEDING DEAD ANIMALS TO LIVESTOCK - AS HORSEMEAT HYSTERIA SPREADS, EU OPENS A MAD-COW CAN OF WORKS http://sco.lt/7GrQNV

 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

Food Safety News, December 11, 2013
WHAT WE NEED IN THE USA:
- ▶  EU TO EXPAND MEAT ORIGIN LABELING IN 2015. The European Union plans to introduce origin labeling for pork, poultry, sheep and goat meat that will include information on where the animals were born, raised and slaughtered. http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2013/12/eu-will-introduce-origin-labels-for-meat/#.UqkLbvbpiRQ

 Nation of Change, September 21, 2013

- ▶  CORPORATIONS/LOBBYISTS RULE: GOODBYE ORGANIC EGGS
 PROPOSED FDA FOOD SAFETY RULES SUPPORT FACTORY FARM CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND THREATEN TRUE FAMILY FARMING - : http://www.nationofchange.org/proposed-fda-food-safety-rules-support-factory-farming-threaten-family-farms-1379774141

 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

August 8, 2013 Organic Consumers Association
▶  TORTURING ANIMALS WITH MONSANTO'S GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FEED http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_28062.cfm

June 27, 2013 Nation of Change

▶  FIRST LONG TERM STUDY RELEASED ON PIGS, CATTLE WHO EAT GMO SOY AND CORN OFFER FRIGHTENING RESULTS http://www.nationofchange.org/first-long-term-study-released-pigs-cattle-who-eat-gmo-soy-and-corn-offers-frightening-results-13723

                                                       WATCH

      80% OF ALL ANTI-BIOTICS ARE USED ON FACTORY FARM ANIMALS

                              http://www.fixfood.org/fix-antibiotics/

- ▶  INVITRO BURGERS ANYONE? INSIDE THE COMING MEAT LAB; THE FUTURE OF FOOD http://sco.lt/5RSF8r

March 8, 2013 The New Yorker
- ▶  THE MEAT OF THE FUTURE IS AN IMPOSTER http://www.wired.com/business/2013/05/future-meat/

- ▶  THE DUMMYING DOWN OF COMMODITY BEEF- BuedelFineMeats http://www.buedelmeatup.com/2013/03/04/beta-agonists-the-dummying-down-of-commodity-beef/

- ▶  BEEF'S RAW EDGES - OUR INDUSTRIALIZED FOOD SYSTEM - PART 1  http://sco.lt/5gZpWT

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                                INDUSTRIAL PORK FACTORIES

                             An Image Says A Thousand Words

                         FACTORY FARM 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/

- ▶  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

- ▶  CAFOs (Confined Animal Feed Operations): THE TRAGEDY OF INDUSTRIAL ANIMAL FACTORIES: http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1845482799/cafo-the-tragedy-of-industrial-animal-factories

- ▶  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

         +++++++++++++++"ENVIROPIGS" +++++++++++++++++++

Rather Than Find An Alternative to Extreme Factory Farming, The Biotech Industry is altering our animals to keep "more of the same" mega-profit factory farming going, with little regulation, oversight, or labeling for consumers:

- ▶  PATENT FOR A PIG:  BIOTECH SCIENTISTS "IMPROVE" TRANSGENIC GMO "ENVIROPIGS" http://sco.lt/7hrnF3

MORE ON CAFOs (Confined Animal Feeding Lots)

http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides?q=CAFO

http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides?q=factory+farming

http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides?q=factory+farms