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Grist, March 05,2015
▶ WALMART'S NEW "GREEN" "SUSTAINABLE" PRODUCT LABEL IS THE MOST MISLEADING YET http://grist.org/business-technology/walmarts-new-green-product-label-is-the-most-misleading-yet/
Walmart Corporate, April 10, 2014 ▶ WALMART AND WILD OATS LAUNCH EFFORT TO DRIVE DOWN ORGANIC FOOD PRICES (WHICH COULD WEAKEN "ORGANIC" LABEL REQUIREMENTS BY USDA) http://news.walmart.com/news-archive/2014/04/10/walmart-and-wild-oats-launch-effort-to-drive-down-organic-food-prices
Business Insider, February 19, 2015
- ▶ THIS CHART SHOWS WHY WAL-MART HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO RAISE WAGES http://www.businessinsider.com/wal-mart-wage-chart-2015-2
July 21, 2013 Global Research - ▶ THE WALMARTIZATION OF AGRICULTURE Walmart has become an icon of the corporate rush to keep costs low and profits high, regardless of the effects on society. They sell cheaply made goods—often produced in deplorable conditions—for low prices and keep overhead costs low by refusing to pay their workers a livable wage. It is this business strategy that catapulted them to be among the largest corporate interests in the world and allowed them to spread into virtually every corner of the United States.... The massive demand for food by our planet’s population and the proliferation of processed foods in the Walmartization of agriculture, has led to an increase in industrial mono-crop farming, particularly in regard to corn. The industrial mono-crop farming of corn is a very important part of this situation, as much of the world sweet-corn farming is used in the creation of high fructose corn syrup for processed foods. Virtually every processed food contains some amount of high fructose corn syrup, thus huge amounts of corn need to be grown. To make matters worse, American corn that is intended for high fructose corn syrup is commonly made out of GMO corn—oftentimes Monsanto “Roundup Ready” corn... http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-walmartization-of-agriculture/5336449
Institute for Local Self-Reliance, November 20, 2014
▶ NEW REPORT: WALMART'S DIRTY ENERGY SECRET http://ilsr.org/walmarts-dirty-energy-secret/
Salon, November 28, 2014
- ▶ HOW WAL-MART STOLE CHRISTMAS -- AND HIJACKED AMERICAN POLITICS http://www.salon.com/2014/11/28/how_wal_mart_stole_christmas%C2%A0%E2%80%94_and_hijacked_american_politics/
Forbes, March 05, 2015
▶ THE FED KNOWS WHY WALMART RAISED WAGES http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2015/03/05/the-fed-knows-why-walmart-raised-wages/
Bill Moyers, November 20, 2014
▶ TAX-DODGING WAL-MART HOLD ANOTHER FOOD DRIVE FOR ITS IMPOVERISHED WORKERS. Despite a massive backlash last year when news broke that Walmart was holding an in-store canned food drive asking workers to donate to one another to keep from going hungry, they're at it again. As Wal-Mart’s low-wage workers are helping each other out with food donations, the Waltons themselves, whose combined wealth is equal to that of the bottom 42 percent of American households, ”have contributed almost none of their personal fortune” to their family’s charitable foundation, according to an analysis of 23 years of tax returns conducted earlier this year by Making Change at Wal-Mart. http://billmoyers.com/2014/11/20/walmart/
AlterNet, November 18, 2013 - ▶ WAL-MART ASKS WORKERS TO DONATE FOOD TO ITS NEEDY EMPLOYEES http://www.alternet.org/wal-mart-holds-food-drive-employees-who-cant-afford-thanksgiving-dinner?akid=11155.237541.ZIXn6P&rd=1&src=newsletter925671&t=3
August 11, 2013 Alternet - ▶ IT'S TIME TO DO SOMETHING WHEN A CORPORATION LIKE WALMART WON'T PAY A LIVING WAGE http://www.alternet.org/corporate-accountability-and-workplace/its-time-do-something-when-corporation-walmart-wont-pay?paging=off
June 19, 2013 IPS - ▶ USA: TENSION RISES AS WALMART REFUSE TO PAY "LIVING WAGE" http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/07/tensions-rise-as-walmart-refuses-to-pay-living-wage/
September 12, 2013 Common Dreams - ▶ WALMART EXECS RUN LIVING WAGE BILL OUT OF D.C. TOWN http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/09/12-7
OpEdNews, December 3, 2013
- ▶ EVERYDAY LOW WAGES AT WALMART: BROUGHT TO YOU BY GOVERNMENT POLICY http://www.opednews.com/articles/Everyday-Low-Wages-at-Walm-by-Dean-Baker-Government-Crime_Jobs_Unemployed_Unemployment-131203-414.html
VIDEO "WALMARTING" THE FOOD CHAIN - THE BATTLE OVER THE FUTURE OF FOOD AND FARMING IN AMERICA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7ZYXN6XaXc
Jobs With Justice, June 25, 2014 - ▶ WALMART'S FOOD STAMP SCAM EXPLAINED IN ONE EASY CHART http://www.jwj.org/walmarts-food-stamp-scam-explained-in-one-easy-chart Truthout, June 07, 2014 - ▶ WALMART'S TOP-TO-BOTTOM TAXPAYER SUBSIDIES http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/24203-walmarts-top-to-bottom-taxpayer-subsidies
- ▶ YO WALMART. GO SUBSIDIZE YOURSELF Walmart, America’s largest private employer, raked in $17 billion in profit last year 2; its owners, the Walton family, have more wealth than the bottom 42% of Americans combined 3. But every year, Walmart’s poverty wages and extensive tax dodging cost taxpayers $7.8 BILLION in subsidies. .. and every year Walmart regularly takes advantage of $1.4 billion worth of tax breaks, free land, infrastructure assistance, and even outright grants from state and local governments http://other98.com/walmart-go-subsidize-yourself/ ▶ WAL-MART RELIES ON TAXPAYERS TO SUBSIDIZE LOW WAGES: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/31/walmart-taxpayers-house-report_n_3365814.html Marketplace, April 1, 2014 - ▶ THE SECRET LIFE OF A FOOD STAMP: BIG-BOX STORES MAKE BILLIONS OFF FOOD STAMPS . http://www.marketplace.org/topics/wealth-poverty/secret-life-food-stamp/secret-life-food-stamp
October 10, 2012 Daily Kos:
- ▶ WALMART: AMERICA'S REAL 'WELFARE QUEEN' http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/10/1141724/-Walmart-fuels-inequality-epidemic-taking-advantage-of-our-safety-net# Grist, March 11, 2014
- ▶ THIS DEPRESSING ANIMATED MAP HOW WALMART IS TAKING OVER AMERICA http://grist.org/food/map-walmart-stores-america/ Mother Jones, November 18, 2013 - ▶ WALMART ADS TARGET "LOW INCOME" CONSUMERS WITH JUNK FOOD http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/11/walmart-targets-low-income-consumers-junk-food
-- WATCH -- WALMART: THE HIGH COST OF LOW PRICES - FULL MOVIE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jazb24Q2s94
- ▶ GIANT FOOD CORPORATIONS ARE CONTROLLING OUR FOOD SUPPLY AND WALMART POLICIES TO CONTROL MONOPOLY http://seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-food/giant-food-corporations-Monsanto-DuPont-Wal-Mart-are-controlling-our-food-supply.php 26 March 2013 Alternet ▶ WALMART'S DEATH GRIP ON GROCERIES IS MAKING LIFE WORSE FOR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE http://www.alternet.org/food/walmarts-death-grip-groceries-making-life-worse-millions-people-hard-times-usa July 23, 2013 - ▶ WAL-MART'S 'INVISIBLE ARMY' OF LOBBYISTS http://www.popularresistance.org/wal-marts-invisible-army-of-lobbyists/ December 1, 2012 Grist - ▶ HOW WALMART IS COLLUDING TO DEVOUR THE FOOD SYSTEM http://grist.org/food/how-walmart-is-devouring-the-food-system/ In These Time, June 23, 2014
▶ HOW WALMART THREATENS ORGANIC FOOD http://inthesetimes.com/article/16785/how_walmart_threatens_organic_food AlertNet, November 29, 2013
- ▶ CORPORATE ELITES ARE WITNESSING A GROWING WAVE OF RESISTANCE TO THE 'WALMARTIZATION' OF OUR ECONOMY http://www.alternet.org/economy/corporate-elites-are-witnessing-growing-wave-resistance-walmartization-our-economy
Truthout, December 07, 2013 - ▶ WALMART IS NOT THE BARGAIN YOU MIGHT THINK http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/20440-walmart-is-not-the-bargain-you-might-think-it-is VIDEO "WALMARTING" THE FOOD CHAIN - THE BATTLE OVER THE FUTURE OF FOOD AND FARMING IN AMERICA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7ZYXN6XaXc
February 2, 2012 Inter Press Service IPS –
- ▶ WALMART: ONCE A FOOD CHAIN, NOW A GIANT TRILLION DOLLAR CORPORATE SUPPLY CHAIN - Part 2 WASHINGTON, Feb 2 2012 (IPS) - While Indian retailers are losing sleep over the possible entrance of multinationals like Walmart into the dense South Asian consumer market, very little thought has been given to the Indian small farmer, who stands to lose even more at the hands of the world’s biggest commercial food retailer.... http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/02/once-a-food-chain-now-a-corporate-supply-chain-ndash-part-2/
Nation of Change, February 23, 2014
- ▶ DANGEROUS INGREDIENTS: 54% OF FOOD SOLD AT WALMART IS BANNED BY WHOLE FOODS MARKET. Putting aside GMOs for the moment, how many of the groceries sold at Walmart would never be stocked on Whole Foods shelves? The 78 ingredients on their blacklist end up comprising over 54% of all the foods sold in Walmart stores. What’s more, approximately 97% of the soft drinks/soda sold at Walmart contain ingredients that Whole Foods considers “unacceptable.” http://www.nationofchange.org/dangerous-ingredients-54-food-sold-walmart-banned-whole-foods-market-1393167532
May 28 ,2013 Environment News Service ▶ WAL-MART GUILTY OF PESTICIDE CRIMES - FINED $81 MILLION FOR DUMPING http://ens-newswire.com/2013/05/28/guilty-of-pesticide-crimes-wal-mart-fined-81-million/
Truthout, April 18, 2014
- ▶ PORTLAND IS FIRST U.S. CITY TO DIVEST FUNDS FROM WALMART: SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTING ON THE RISE http://truth-out.org/news/item/23771-portland-is-first-us-city-to-divest-funds-from-walmart
Guardian, June 10, 2014 -▶ THE SUPERMARKET SLAVE TRAIL: ASIAN SLAVE LABOUR PRODUCING PRAWNS FOR SUPERMARKETS IN U.S. & U.K. Thai 'ghost ships' that enslave and even kill workers are linked to global shrimp supply chain, http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/jun/10/supermarket-prawns-thailand-produced-slave-labour ---- WATCH --- INCESTUOUS RELATIONSHIPS: THE US AGRIBUSINESSES, FOOD CORPORATIONS AND REGULATORY BODIES http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2730001051/incestuous-relationships-the-us-agribusinesses-food-corporations-and-regulatory-bodies-video September 6, 2013 - ▶ MONSANTO AND WALMART INFLUENCE SECRET TRANS PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP TRADE AGREEMENT (TPP) http://thenewamerican.com/economy/item/16480-monsanto-and-walmart-influence-secret-tpp-negotiations VIDEO REPORT August 14, 2013 The Real News
- ▶ THE U.S. HAS LOWEST MINIMUM WAGE AND MOST YOUNG PEOPLE WITHOUT JOBS AMONG WEALTHIEST COUNTRIES http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=10563
EcoWatch, February 22, 2014 -▶ STOP FEEDING THE BEAST AND START FEEDING THE PEOPLE. We have a system of predatory agriculture in which corporations pursue private gain relentlessly regardless of the social consequences. Social consequences can be defined as anything from polluting our water, land and air to impacting the health of our families to making the business of farming economically unsustainable. http://ecowatch.com/2014/02/22/stop-feeding-beast-start-feeding-people/
June 30, 2014 Global Possibilities ▶ AMERICA'S POOR ARE DEMONIZED TO JUSTIFY HUGE CUTS IN GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS WHILE FUNDING CORPORATE WELFARE http://www.globalpossibilities.org/greg-kaufman-americas-poor-are-demonized-to-justify-huge-cuts-in-govt-prgrams/ CSRWire, December 12, 2013
▶ AMID DEBATE OVER MINIMUM WAGE, NEW REPORT SHOWS TAXPAYERS SUBSIDIZE CORPORATE PAY http://www.csrwire.com/blog/posts/1144-amid-debate-over-minimum-wage-new-report-shows-taxpayers-subsidize-corporate-pay The Des Moines Register, July 11, 2014
▶ AG INTERESTS IN SOME STATES SEEK TO MAKING FARMING A RIGHT. Powerful big industrial corporate ag interests in some states want to declare farming a right to fight back against animal-welfare activists and opponents of genetically modified crops. http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2014/07/11/agriculture-interests-farming-right-amendment/12511223/ Global Research - ▶ GIANT FOOD CORPORATIONS WORK HAND-IN-GLOVE WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO DISH UP CHEAP, UNHEALTHY FOOD http://www.globalresearch.ca/giant-food-corporations-work-hand-in-glove-with-corrupt-government-agencies-to-dish-up-cheap-unhealthy-food/5324525 Truthout, January 26, 2014
- ▶ "OUR FOOD IS DISHONESTLY PRICED" : MICHAEL POLLAN ON THE FOOD MOVEMENT'S NEXT GOAL OF JUSTICE FOR FOOD WORKERS http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/21403-our-food-is-dishonestly-priced-michael-pollan-on-the-food-movements-next-goal-of-justice-for-food-workers --- WATCH --- Bill Moyers - Moyers & Company
FIGHTING FOR FARMWORKERS http://billmoyers.com/segment/baldemar-velasquez-on-fighting-for-farmworkers/
====================== LOW WAGES - MEGA PROFITS ====================== Vice News, May 15, 2014
- ▶ THE BIGGEST FAST FOOD STRIKE IN WORLD HISTORY HAS STARTED https://news.vice.com/article/its-on-the-biggest-fast-food-strike-in-world-history-has-started Nation of Change, May 17, 2014
- ▶ IN DENMARK, I'M MAKING $21 AN HOUR AT McDONALD'S. WHY AREN'T YOU http://www.nationofchange.org/i-m-making-21-hour-mcdonald-s-why-aren-t-you-1400336743 Eurasia Review, May 17, 2014
- ▶ SWITZERLAND VOTES TO SET MINIMUM WAGE AT $25/HR . Swiss workers could soon be making the highest minimum wage in the world. Among the developed countries, the USA is at the bottom with a minimum wage of $7.25/hr, Canada and England are at $7.90, France is at $10.60/hr whereas Germany’s minimum wage is at $15/hr.http://www.eurasiareview.com/17052014-switzerland-votes-set-minimum-wage-25hr/
August 10, 2013 Guardian - ▶ U.S. FAST-FOOD WORKERS IN VANGUARD OF GROWING PROTESTS AT 'STARVATION' WAGES http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/10/us-fast-food-protests-wages?utm_content=buffer2f0ca&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer July 28, 2013 Alternet
- ▶ APPLE, WALMART, McDONALD'S: WHO'S THE BIGGEST WAGE STIFFER OF ALL? http://www.alternet.org/labor/apple-walmart-mcdonalds-whos-biggest-wage-stiffer Common Dream, November 29, 2013 - ▶ BLACK FRIDAY ARRESTS AS PROTESTS TARGET WALMART POVERTY WAGES http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/11/29-7 Salon, November 29, 2013
- ▶ SENATORS BLAST WAL-MART "TRAMPLING" WORKERS' RIGHTS AS DOZENS OF ACTIVISTS ARE ARRESTED ON BLACK FRIDAY http://www.salon.com/2013/11/29/senators_blast_wal_mart_trampling_workers_rights_as_dozens_of_activists_are_arrested_on_black_friday/ VIDEO
WHY WE, AS WALMART WORKERS, ARE STANDING UP
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/11/29 Foreign Policy In Focus, December 13, 2013
-▶ NAFTA AT 20: NAFTA HAS DISPLACED WORKERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER, DEPRESSED WAGES, AND WEAKENED UNIONS http://fpif.org/nafta-20-state-north-american-worker/ PASSING THE BUCK: MORE THAN HALF OF U.S. FAST FOOD WORKERS ON PUBLIC AID, REPORT SAYS http://sco.lt/6njYXJ ===================
THE COMMERCIAL PROCESSED FOOD MARKET TOPPED SEVEN TRILLION DOLLARS AT END OF 2009, OVERTAKING EVEN THE MAMMOTH ENERGY SECTOR ====================
- ▶ PROCESSED GMO FOODS MAKE UP 70 PERCENT OF THE US DIET- WITH ABOUT 5,000 DIFFERENT CHEMICAL ADDITIVES http://sco.lt/7FPtxZ WATCH THE FUTURE OF FOOD - PART 2 Vandana Shiva http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/951852556/the-future-of-food-part-2-vandana-shiva - ▶ FROM GROWING PROFIT TO GROWING FOOD: CHALLENGING CORPORATE MONOPOLY http://sco.lt/5LyAe9 Human Rights Watch
- ▶ WITHOUT RULES: A FAILED APPROACH TO CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY http://www.hrw.org/world-report/2013/essays/112459 WATCH Democracy Now, November 27, 2013
▶ BANGLADESHI LABOR ACTIVIST FIND BURNED CLOTHES WITH WAL-MART LABELS AT SITE OF DEADLY FACTORY FIRE http://www.democracynow.org/2012/11/27/bangladeshi_labor_activist_finds_burned_clothes -- WATCH -- DOCUMENTARY:
MADE IN BANGLADESH" - THE TRAGIC GARMENT FACTORY FIRE
For many western retailers, whose clothes are made in Bangladesh, it’s business as usual. Fault Lines travels there to investigate why... http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/made-bangladesh/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TopDocumentaryFilms+%28Top+Documentary+Films+-+Watch+Free+Documentaries+Online%29 VIDEO Moyers & Company
RICHARD WOLFF ON FIGHTING FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND FAIR WAGES http://billmoyers.com/segment/richard-wolff-on-fighting-for-economic-justice-and-fair-wages/ May 21, 2013 Jeffrey Hollender - ▶ THE POVERTY CREATION INDUSTRY http://www.jeffreyhollender.com/?p=2799 --- WATCH --- Bill Moyers and Company
TAMING CAPITALISM RUN WILD http://billmoyers.com/episode/encore-taming-capitalism-run-wild/ A VIP READ: - ▶ THE ECONOMICS OF CURBING SPECULATION IN FOOD, WATER AND VITAL RESOURCES http://sco.lt/8q751t Nation of Change, November 3, 2013 ▶THE RETIREMENT DEFICIT http://www.nationofchange.org/retirement-deficit-1385823987 September 12, 2013 Breast Cancer Fund
- ▶ WALMART WILL NO LONGER SELL COSMETICS, CLEANERS, MADE WITH TARGETED LIST OF TOXIC CHEMICALS http://www.breastcancerfund.org/media/press-releases/walmart-decision.html Huffington Post Business, Stacy Malkan, September 219, 2013
- ▶ TOP 3 LESSONS FROM WALMART'S BOLD NEW CHEMICAL POLICY http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stacy-malkan/top-3-lessons-from-walmar_b_3937863.html
- ▶ HOW CORPORATE CONTROL SQUEEZES OUT SMALL FARMS, LEADING TO HIGHER PRICES http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2204939020/how-corporate-control-squeezes-out-small-farms-leading-to-higher-prices July 19, 2013 Global Possibilities - ▶ SHOULD YOU BE ABLE TO BUY FOOD DIRECTLY FROM FARMERS? U.S. REGULATORS DON'T THINK SO http://www.globalpossibilities.org/should-you-be-able-to-buy-food-directly-from-farmers-regulators-dont-think-so/ -▶ HEY, ADVERTISERS, LEAVE OUR DEFENSELESS KIDS ALONE. THE GLOBAL CORPORATE CAPTURE OF YOUNG MINDS http://sco.lt/6fhlU9 - ▶ "FOODOPOLY" = EXPOSING THE HANDFUL OF CORPORATIONS THAT CONTROL OUR FOOD SYSTEM FROM SEED TO DINNER PLATE http://sco.lt/7YSrYX - ▶ STARVED OF DEMOCRACY AND THE FIGHT AGAINST CORPORATE 'FOODOPOLY' http://sco.lt/8WdPUH - ▶ WORLD'S LARGEST FOOD COMPANIES CREATING LEGACY OF DESTRUCTION http://sco.lt/6sSzK5 - ▶ MORE, BIGGER, FASTER : WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FACTORY FARMING YOUR ANIMAL FOOD: ANTI-WHISTLE BLOWER AG GAG LAWS http://sco.lt/5n7fqD - ▶ WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OBAMA'S SECRETIVE CORPORATE "TRADE" PACTS WIPING AWAY OUR SOVEREIGNTY RIGHTS #TPP http://sco.lt/74uPth ========================= FAST FOOD, SLOW DEATH THE $500 BILLION GLOBAL CORPORATE FOOD MONOPOLY http://sco.lt/6D31xx ==================== VIDEO REPORT NewsHour PBS AMERICAN JUNK FOOD CREATING CHAOS WITH HISPANIC HEALTH, CHILDREN AND CULTURAL NORMS http://sco.lt/79H7HV - ▶ WHAT ARE WE EATING? http://sco.lt/7RN917 - ▶ SALT, SUGAR, FAT : HOW THE FOOD GIANTS HOOKED US http://sco.lt/5edsnZ - ▶ ARE WE EATING STRESS? - INDUSTRIAL FOOD PRODUCTION PUTS EXTREME STRESS ON PLANTS AND ANIMALS WE EAT http://sco.lt/5aqLTd - ▶ THE DRUG STORE IN AMERICAN MEAT http://sco.lt/6nyxoP - ▶ WAKE UP AND SMELL THE GMOs - A MOTHER'S VOICE http://sco.lt/9Dv6VF - ▶ GENE GIANTS SEEK "PHILANTHROGOPOLY" - SIX MULTINATIONAL GENE GIANTS CONTROL THE DIRECTION OF WORLD AGRICULTURE WITH SEED PATENT MONOPOLY http://sco.lt/6h3lzt - ▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS NOT THE SOLUTION FOR "FEEDING THE WORLD" http://sco.lt/77BuML VIDEO - ▶ ***"MONSANTO FOOD WARS: GMO SEEDS AND ANIMALS" http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3997411054/watch-monsanto-food-wars-gmo-seeds-and-animals THE ULTIMATE KILLING MACHINE NEW CHARGES AGAINST MONSANTO'S PESTICIDE "ROUNDUP (NEEDED FOR GMO CROPS) http://sco.lt/5bdPhx Michael Pollan: "Don't miss this VIDEO, about the next wave of herbicide-tolerant crops from Monsanto-- will make Round-Up look benign"
THIS IS VERY SERIOUS STUFF WORTHY OF YOUR DEEP CONSIDERATION
TINKERING WITH THE BIOLOGICAL MAKEUP OF HUMANS AND THE NATURAL WORLD IS NOT A "SPORT". THERE IS NO BASELINE FOR POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON OUR WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT AND OUR HEALTH. NO REGULATION, NO LABELING, LITTLE OVERSIGHT AND ONCE RELEASED INTO OUR ENVIRONMENT IT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE TO RECALL. JUST BECAUSE WE CAN DOES NOT MEAN WE SHOULD. FREE LICENSE WITHOUT RESPONSIBILITY COULD CREATE YET IRREVERSIBLE AND UNKNOWN CONSEQUENCES.
Guardian Sustainable Business, December 17, 2014
▶ TECHNOLOGY IS READY FOR SYNTHETIC FOODS. ARE YOU? UNLABELED, UNREGULATED. A new era of so-called “extreme” genetic engineering is already dawning in grocery aisles http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/dec/17/synthetic-foods-technology-labeling-gmo
Ensia, September 18, 2014
▶ A NEW GENERATION OF GMOs: IS SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY ON ITS WAY TO OUR FARMS, MARKETS AND TABLES? UNREGULATED, UNLABELED !! http://ensia.com/features/a-new-generation-of-gmos/
Farm Futures, February 18, 2015
-▶ U.S. AG GROUPS PRESS EU ON 13 PENDING APPROVALS http://farmfutures.com/story-ag-groups-press-eu-13-pending-biotech-approvals-17-124146 The Atlantic, September 25, 2014
-▶ BEYOND GMOs: THE RISE OF SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY. Experts consulted for a recent report from the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Synthetic Biology Project say potential risks demanding more research range from the creation of “new or more vigorous pests and pathogens” to “causing irreparable loss or changes in species diversity or genetic diversity within species.” http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/09/beyond-gmos-the-rise-of-synthetic-biology/380770/?single_page=true
Center for Food Safety, January 26, 2015
▶ PATENTING TREES: NEW GENETICALLY ENGINEERED TREE TO AVOID FEDERAL OVERSIGHT COMPLETELY http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/press-releases/3713/new-genetically-engineered-tree-to-avoid-federal-oversight-completely#
New York Times, January 01, 2015
-▶ BY 'EDITING' PLANT GENES, COMPANIES AVOID REGULATION... They are using a technical loophole so that what are clearly genetically engineered crops and organisms are escaping regulation,” said Michael Hansen, a senior scientist at Consumers Union ... “can have all sorts of ecological impact and no one is required to look at it.” http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/02/business/energy-environment/a-gray-area-in-regulation-of-genetically-modified-crops.html
▶ SYNTHETIC GROCERIES: EXTREME GMOs ARE COMING TO FOOD AND COSMETICS: UNTESTED, UNREGULATED, UNLABELED. Your skin will absorb these SROs into your body. There has been no peer review research conducted and no-one knows what impact they will have on both human and environmental health. http://www.syntheticisnotnatural.com/ecover-petition/ecover-synthetic-biology-natural-food/
New York Times, May 30, 2014 ▶ CORPORATIONS QUIETLY INSERTING UNTESTED SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY INTO HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/31/business/biofuel-tools-applied-to-household-soaps.html
▶ INTRODUCING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ANIMALS INTO OUR ENVIRONMENT AND BODIES http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2241145898/introducing-genetically-engineered-animals-into-our-environment-and-bodiesl
▶ GENETIC MODIFICATION STRAINS OLD FOOD AND DRUG LAWS - HOW A FISH BECOMES A DRUG AND CORN A PEST http://sco.lt/6vynBp
Center for Food Safety, November 07, 2014
-▶ POORLY TESTED GENE SILENCING TECHNOLOGY TO QUIETLY ENTER FOOD SUPPLY WITH SIMPLOT POTATO -- UNLABELED http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/press-releases/3594/poorly-tested-gene-silencing-technology-to-enter-food-supply-with-simplot-potato#
▶ TRANSGENES -- MOVING WITHOUT CONTROL To the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: Urgent request to address and halt the spread of genetically organisms into the environment! http://www.stop-the-spread-of-transgenes.org/
Responsible Innovation June 12, 2014
-▶ SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY: MISSING THE POINT http://jackstilgoe.wordpress.com/2014/06/12/letter-to-nature/
March 13, 2012 - Washington Post
▶ ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS CALL FOR TIGHTER REGULATION OF 'EXTREME GENETIC ENGINEERING' http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/environmental-groups-call-for-tighter-regulation-of-extreme-genetic-engineering/2012/03/13/gIQAzKPZAS_story.html Council for Responsible Genetics ▶ UNDERSTANDING THE ETHICAL, LEGAL, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY The purpose of the Genetic Bill of Rights is to introduce a global dialogue on the fundamental values that have been put at risk by new applications of genetics. A basic set of common principles is essential for creating a framework for understanding the ethical, legal, social and environmental implications of biotechnology. New genetic technologies pose unprecedented challenges to human integrity, individual liberty and the health of the biosphere. Since the questions that these technologies raise affect all of us, there is a pressing need to ensure the public is brought into the process of regulation and governance.... http://www.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org/Projects/CurrentProject.aspx?projectId=5
Biosafety Information Centre, October 28, 2014
▶ CBD PARTIES URGED TO REGULATE SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY
The UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) held its 12th Conference of the Parties (COP 12) from 6-17 October 2014, in Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea. In a significant decision on synthetic biology, COP 12 urged Parties to take a precautionary approach, and to establish effective measures to regulate the environmental release of any organisms, components or products resulting from synthetic biology techniques... http://www.biosafety-info.net/article.php?aid=1106
SynBioWatch, October 20, 2014
-▶ 194 COUNTRIES URGE REGULATION OF SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY NOW In a unanimous decision of 194 countries, the United Nation’s Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) today formally urged nation states to regulate synthetic biology (SynBio), a new extreme form of genetic engineering... http://www.synbiowatch.org/2014/10/regulate-synthetic-biology-now-194-countries/
Friends of the Earth, March 13, 2012
-▶ GLOBAL COALITION CALLS FOR OVERSIGHT OF SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY http://www.foe.org/news/archives/2012-03-global-coalition-calls-oversight-synthetic-biology
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The Boston Globe, July 17, 2014
-▶ HARVARD SCIENTISTS WANT GENE-MANIPULATION DEBATE http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/science/2014/07/17/harvard-scientists-propose-gene-technology-that-could-alter-organisms-wild/Ae4XBtXhwOLOeKPQlabbcP/story.html The Harvard group, in a paper published in the journal eLife, described a technology called a “gene drive.” It would allow scientists to make changes to the DNA of organisms that would spread rapidly in the wild. ORIGINAL REPORT eLife, July 17, 2014
CONCERNING RNA-GUIDED GENE DRIVES FOR THE ALTERATION OF WILD POPULATIONS. RNA-guided gene drives could potentially prevent the spread of disease, support agriculture by reversing pesticide and herbicide resistance in insects and weeds, and control damaging invasive species. However, the possibility of unwanted ecological effects and near-certainty of spread across political borders demand careful assessment of each potential application. We call for thoughtful, inclusive, and well-informed public discussions to explore the responsible use of this currently theoretical technology. http://elifesciences.org/content/3/e03401
Biosafety Information Centre, November 24, 2014
-▶ ALTERING WILD POPULATIONS THROUGH "GENE DRIVES" - WEIGHING THE RISKS. Because gene drives offer the prospect of manipulating many generations of a wild species, the risks have to be very carefully weighed against the potential benefits. In a paper published in the journal eLife, scientists from Havard call for public debate on gene drives. Given the potential for gene drives to alter entire wild populations and therefore ecosystems, they affirm that the development of this technology must include robust safeguards and methods of control. http://www.biosafety-info.net/article.php?aid=1117
Science, July 17, 2014
-▶ REGULATING GENE DRIVES. Genes in sexually reproducing organisms normally have, on average, a 50% chance of being inherited, but some genes have a higher chance of being inherited. These genes can increase in relative frequency in a population even if they reduce the odds that each organism will reproduce. Aided by technological advances, scientists are investigating how populations might be altered by adding, disrupting, or editing genes or suppressed by propagating traits that reduce reproductive capacity (1, 2). Potential beneficial uses of such “gene drives” include reprogramming mosquito genomes to eliminate malaria, reversing the development of pesticide and herbicide resistance, and locally eradicating invasive species. However, drives may present environmental and security challenges as well as benefits. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/345/6197/626
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Wired, December 21, 2014
-▶ BIOCHEMISTS ARE TURNING GENETICALLY MODIFIED YEAST INTO PERFUME AND OPOIDS http://www.wired.com/2014/12/genetically-modified-yeast/
SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY ON OUR SHELVES Alien E. coli, smart probiotics and a busy year for yeast – 2015 will see synthetic biology really hit the market. Designed on computer and put to work in vats, engineered yeasts will be churning out food flavourings, health supplements and life-saving drugs currently obtainable only from rare plants. Several of these projects are now making the jump from pilot studies to industrial production. Swiss biotech firm Evolva, for example, is teaming up with Canadian food company Cargill to market steviol glycosides that were produced in yeast. The increasingly popular zero-calorie natural sweetener is usually extracted from the plant Stevia rebaudiana. US firm Synlogic is going one step further. Rather than swallowing the products of synthetic organisms they want us to ingest the smart bugs themselves. Next year, Synlogic will begin testing its engineered probiotic bacteria, designed to move through the gut on search-and-destroy missions, policing the gut microbiome by activating certain genes in the presence of less-welcome bacteria. As these synthetic organisms start to proliferate, we need to make sure they are kept under control. That means continuing to work on creating bacteria that can only grow in specific environments. One team, for example, is expected to announce a synthetic version of Escherichia coli that can only grow when surrounded by artificial amino acids. Douglas Heaven
New York Times, October 20, 2013 -▶ SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY: EXOTIC SPICES MADE FROM RE-ENGINEERED YEAST THREATENING NATURAL SMALL WORLD FARMERS http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/21/business/whats-that-smell-exotic-scents-made-from-re-engineered-yeast.html?emc=edit_tnt_20131020&tntemail0=y&_r=0
VIDEO ▶ GENETICIST, DAVID SUZUKI, SAYS HUMANS ARE PART OF A MASSIVE EXPERIMENT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mBF1OOPdTo#t=90
LIFE IS NOT A COMPUTER Seattle Times, November 27, 2013 - -▶ REMOVING THE SOUL FROM HUMAN LIFE: -- BIOTECH BUILDS CELLS LIKE YOU BUILD AN APP http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2022349958_biofactoriesappsxml.html?syndication=rss
VIDEO REPORT
France24, May 19, 2014
PATENTING LIFE: WHERE DO THE LIMITS LIE? http://www.france24.com/en/20140517-beyond-business-patenting-life-biotechnology-intellectual-property-science-species-human-dna-gmo-gene-breast-cancer/
WATCH
France24 TV, October 02, 2013
SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY: CREATING LIFE FROM SCRATCH
A pioneering science is offering researchers the possibility to design and engineer new forms of life on a made-to-order basis.But critics are questioning whether mankind is prepared for the consequences of this unparalleled control over nature. http://www.france24.com/en/20130718-down-to-earth-dna-synthetic-biology-united-kingdom-science-biohackers-design-engineer-life/
SciDev.Net, October 10, 2012 ▶ THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY URGES PRECAUTION IN EMERGING FIELD OF SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY, CLIMATE GEOENGINEERING http://www.scidev.net/global/fisheries/news/biodiversity-meeting-calls-for-more-science-based-information-.html
Inter Press Service, October 09, 2014
-▶ SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY COULD OPEN A WHOLE NEW CAN OF WORMS. While biotechnology has been portrayed as a panacea for climate change and other societal ills, critics say these claims are largely unproven. “We are recommending a moratorium on the environmental release and the commercial use of synthetic biology, specifically because of the lack of international regulations and virtual lack of environmental and safety assessments anywhere in the world..." http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/10/synthetic-biology-could-open-a-whole-new-can-of-worms/ Biosafety Information Centre, October 09, 2014
http://www.biosafety-info.net/article.php?aid=1100
▶ STOP THE SPREAD OF TRANSGENES: Start of an international call to stop uncontrolled genetically engineered organisms spreading into the environment! http://www.stop-the-spread-of-transgenes.org/?q=node/21
VIDEO REPORT
PBS Newshour, September 23, 2014
HACKERS BREACH BIOLOGY THRESHOLD TO TRANSFORM AND CREATE NEW LIFE -- ALTERING LIFE WITH NO REGULATIONS, NO OVERSIGHT. What Impact Will they Have When Released Into Natural Environment? Can They Be Recalled If Cross-Contamination results? http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/hackers-breach-biology-transform-life-building-material/
▶ The Economic Times, November 25, 2013
NOW "MUTAGENESIS" - AS OPPOSITION TO GM CROPS GROWS, COMPANIES ARE TURNING TO "MUTANT" SEED BREEDING Mutagenesis deletes and rearranges hundreds or thousands of genes randomly, spawning mutations that are less precise than GMOs. ... The process, which faces almost no regulation, creates opportunities for companies to grab a bigger share of the $34 billion global commercial seed market. But some scientists say mutant crops are more likely to pose health risks than genetically modified ones. All breeding techniques can create plants with increased levels of naturally occurring toxins or with proteins known to cause allergic reactions....Reports from the National Academy of Sciences, representing the consensus of experts in the field, say the risk of creating unintended health effects is greater from mutagenesis than any other technique, including genetic modification. ... http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/as-opposition-to-gm-grows-companies-are-turning-to-mutant-breeding/articleshow/26334154.cms
BAN GMOs NOW A Special Report: Institute of Science in Society http://sco.lt/510SOX
-▶ OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ISSUES "BIOECONOMY BLUEPRINT: Climate Connections http://climate-connections.org/2012/04/30/obama-administration-issues-bioeconomy-blueprint/
May 5, 2012 -▶ OBAMA'S BIOECONOMY BLUEPRINT PROMOTES A GENETICALLY-ENGINEERED, SYNTHETIC BIOTECH FUTURE - Through THE NATIONAL BIOECONOMY BLUEPRINT the Obama administration is seeking to support genetic engineering as a main component of “American innovation and economic growth”... .... http://occupycorporatism.com/obamas-bioeconomy-promotes-a-genetically-engineered-future/
-▶ OBAMA'S BIOECONOMY PROMOTES A GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FUTURE - FAST TRACKING APPROVALS, WAIVING REGULATIONS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3834276755/obama-s-bioeconomy-promotes-a-genetically-engineered-future-fast-tracking-approvals-waiving-regulations
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-▶ HUMAN GENES ENGINEERED INTO EXPERIMENTAL GMO RICE BEING GROWN IN KANSAS http://www.naturalnews.com
June 13, 2013 Reuters
-▶ USA SUPREME COURT SAYS SYNTHETIC BUT NOT HUMAN EXTRACTED DNA CAN BE PATENTED - URGED BY OBAMA ADMINISTRATION http://preview.reuters.com/2013/6/13/us-top-court-says-extracted-human-dna-cannot-be
Mail OnLine, February 06, 2014
-▶ WORLD'S FIRST GENETICALLY MODIFIED BABIES BORN IN U.S. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-43767/Worlds-GM-babies-born.html#ixzz2Y86dcHec New York Times, February 23, 2014
▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED BABIES: FDA CONSIDERING APPROVAL OF RADICAL BIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES-- THIS WEEK The F.D.A. calls them mitochondrial manipulation technologies. This is a dangerous step. These techniques would change every cell in the bodies of children born as a result of their use, and these alterations would be passed down to future generations. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/24/opinion/genetically-modified-babies.html
Science Insider, October 3, 2013
▶ COMPANY'S 'DESIGNER BABY' PATENT DIVIDE BIO-ETHICISTS http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2013/10/companys-designer-baby-patent-divides-bioethicists WATCH MOVIE TRAILER
"SPLICING" - COULD IT BE OUR FUTURE
Splicing Human DNA Leads to Terrible, Terrible Things
http://video.wired.com/watch/splicing-human-dna-leads-to-terrible-terrible?mbid=marketing_paid_tp_cne_oo_outbrain
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▶ INVITRO BURGERS ANYONE? INSIDE THE COMING MEAT LAB: THE FUTURE OF FOOD http://sco.lt/6EY7hR
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
-▶ UNLEASHING GENETICALLY SALMON ONTO YOUR DINNER PLATE = NO REGULATIONS, NO OVERSIGHT - "FATALLY FLAWED" FDA ASSESSMENT http://sco.lt/8ZDraz
▶ UNPROVEN, UNREGULATED, UNLABELED GMO BANANAS FOR PREGNANT WOMEN IN INDIA: THE DANGERS OF VITAMIN A FORTIFICATION AND OVERDOSE http://sco.lt/9KuWav
▶ PATENT FOR A PIG: BIOTECH SCIENTISTS PUSH TO PATENT, "IMPROVE" TRANSGENIC GMO 'ENVIROPIGS' FOR YOU TO EAT http://sco.lt/6nOLuz
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-▶ GMO PATENTS MAY OWN OUR FORESTS: MONSANTO GMO TREES COULD DEVASTATE FOREST ECOSYSTEMS http://sco.lt/5G9P0L
KQED Quest Sciece, October 02, 2014
-▶ GLOWING PLANTS? CITY STREETS LIT BY TREES??! UNREGULATED, NO OVERSIGHT. CROSS CONTAMINATION DANGERS Scientists are worried that the plants will spread with unknown effects on soil, pollinators, native plants, birds, insects and other wildlife http://science.kqed.org/quest/2014/10/02/glowing-plants-city-streets-lit-by-trees/
-▶ BIOTECH IS RE-ENGINEERING, RE-PROGRAMMING AND PATENTING LIFE ITSELF -- IS BIOTECH OUT OF CONTROL? http://sco.lt/4thM6j
▶ MONSANTO ENTERS PHARMACEUTICAL BUSINESS, ACQUIRES KEY 'GENE SILENCING' TECHNOLOGY FOR USE IN HUMANS http://sco.lt/8Rrt6v
Friends of The Earth
-▶ SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY http://www.foe.org/search-results?x=0&y=0&q=synthetic+biology
-▶ EXTREME SYNTHETIC GENETICS. A GRAND EXPERIMENT ON HUMANITY - THE IMPLICATIONS, THE ETHICS. NO TESTING, NO REGULATION, NO LABELING http://sco.lt/6fApV3
THE NEXT GMO BIOTECH WAVE EXTREME SYNTHETIC GENETICS. THE IMPLICATIONS, THE ETHICS http://sco.lt/6TyUmv
▶ UNDER SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY LIFE AND FOOD WILL NOT BE A PRODUCT OF NATURE BUT OF A LAB AND IT WILL BE PATENTED http://sco.lt/7pchOL
-▶ WILL SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY BENEFIT OR THREATEN WILD THINGS? http://sco.lt/6fkVAv
February 25, 2013 Intern Daily -▶ GROWING MEDICINES IN GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PLANT REQUIRES STRICT NEW REGULATIONS AND OVERSIGHT http://www.interndaily.com/reports/Growing_medicines_in_plants_requires_new_regulations_999.html
- ▶ THE NEW BIOMASSTERS - SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY AND THE NEXT ASSAULT ON BIODIVERSITY AND LIVELIHOODS: ETC Group www.etcgroup.org/content/new-biomassters ▶ OBAMA QUIETLY DE-REGULATES GMO/ GENETIC BIOTECH INDUSTRY : Fast-tracking approvals, waiving regulations ... http://sco.lt/5uCx8b
--- WATCH --- A Must see VIDEO for all. Dr. David Suzuki WHAT IS GENETIC ENGINEERING ROUNDUP READY & Bt PESTICIDE GMO CROPS http://sco.lt/5n6cuP - ▶ GENE GIANTS SEEK 'PHILANTHROGOPOLY' - 6 MULTINATIONAL GENE GIANTS CONTROL THE DIRECTION OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WORLDWIDE http://sco.lt/6h3lzt
▶ OWNING THE SEEDS OF LIFE: GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SEED PATENTS AND CONTROL OF YOUR FOOD: THE GLOBAL CORPORATE MONOPOLY http://sco.lt/6FiLkv
Truthout, January 08, 2014 ▶ USDA MOVES TO APPROVE "AGENT ORANGE" GMO SEEDS http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/21069-usda-moves-to-approve-agent-orange-gmo-seeds - ▶ LARGE SCALE BIODIVERSITY IS VITAL TO MAINTAINING ECOSYSTEM AND HUMAN HEALTH http://sco.lt/5gy5Q1
KNOWN BIOTECH GENE ALTERING IN THE PIPELINE
http://www.genet-info.org/information-services/genetically-engineered-animals/ge-salmon.html -▶ UN-FAO: "GMOs IN THE PIPELINE. LOOKING TO THE NEXT FIVE YEARS in the crop, forestry, livestock, aquaculture and agro-industry sectors in developing countries" http://www.fao.org/biotech/biotech-forum/en/ ▶ -----SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY AND THE RISE OF THE 'SPIDER-GOATS' http://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/jan/14/synthetic-biology-spider-goat-genetics?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2 -▶ ------ FIRST GM CAMELS TO BE ENGINEERED FOR DRUG PRODUCTION | http://sco.lt/5L5VVB Guardian, January 30, 2014
-▶ ----- GENETICALLY MODIFIED MONKEYS CREATED WITH CUT AND PASTE DNA http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jan/30/genetically-modified-monkeys-cut-and-paste-dna-alzheimers-parkinsons -▶ ------ GM COW BRINGS BIOTECH TO A NEW LEVEL OF CREEPY http://sco.lt/62KG6T April 28, 2013 The Hindu
▶ SCIENTISTS TO GENETICALLY MODIFY COWS TO REMOVE THEIR HORNS http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/science/scientists-to-genetically-modify-cows-to-remove-their-horns/article4663180.ece -▶ SCIENCE GONE MAD: CHINA DEVELOPS 300 GENETICALLY MODIFIED DAIRY COWS FOR HUMAN BREAST MILK PRODUCTION http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3601115491/science-gone-mad-china-develops-300-genetically-modified-dairy-cows-for-human-breast-milk-production
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Truthout, August 20, 2014 ▶ APOCALYPSE OF THE "HAPPY MEAL" WORSHIPING THE GOLDEN CALF. What we set on our tables, and chow down on at fast-food restaurants, may be contributing more to the acceleration of climate change and human extinction than some of the usual carbon-emitting culprits. Throughout the world, native grasslands, forests and wild species have been burned, butchered and brutalized for cattle ranches. Our farming system of grain-fed livestock consumes resources far out of proportion to the useful dietary yield. http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/25562-apocalypse-of-the-happy-meal-worshipping-the-golden-calf
Summit County Citizens Voice, February 24, 2015
▶ ADVISORY PANEL EYES SHIFT TO MORE SUSTAINABLE DIET IN THE U.S. http://summitcountyvoice.com/2015/02/24/advisory-panel-eyes-shift-to-more-sustainable-diet-in-u-s/
TriplePundit, January 09, 2015
-▶ BEEF INDUSTRY HAVING A COW OVER POTENTIAL USDA RECOMMENDATIONS. the U.S. beef industry has long been a beneficiary of government largess with its long history of receiving federal subsidies. Most of that largess is going to four large conglomerates while smaller independent ranchers are going bankrupt. http://www.triplepundit.com/2015/01/beef-industry-cow-potential-usda-recommendations/
George Monbiot, December 16, 2014
- ▶ IF YOU MUST EAT MEAT, SAVE IT FOR CHRISTMAS : We are in perputual denial about our food : From chickens pumped with antibiotics to the environmental devastation caused by production, we need to realise we are not fed with happy farm animals http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/16/perpetual-denial-food-meat-production-environmental-devastation
In These Times, December 01, 2014
- ▶ THE ONE THING WORSE THAN BIG DAIRY'S ABUSE OF COWS THE ABUSE OF WORKERS http://inthesetimes.com/article/17348/big_dairy_work_an_udderly_bad_job
TakePart, November 02, 2012
- ▶ DAIRY INDUSTRY TRIES TO INFLATE PRICES BY SLAUGHTERING 500,000 COWS http://www.takepart.com/article/2012/11/01/dairy-industry-slapped-down-foul-play
Ian Somerhalder Foundation
- ▶ THE LIFE OF A DAIRY COW: FACTORY FARMING IN AMERICA, PART 5 http://www.isfoundation.com/campaign/creatures/factory-farming-america-part-5-life-dairy-cow
Mother Nature Network, September 18, 2013
- ▶ 20 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT COWS http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-cows
- ▶ EXCLUSIVE: UNDERCOVER INSIDE THE U.S. DAIRY INDUSTRY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1918256069/exclusive-undercover-inside-the-us-dairy-industry
One Green Planet, October 29, 2014
-▶ MILK LIFE? HOW ABOUT MILK DESTRUCTION: THE HOCKING TRUTH ABOUT THE DAIRY INDUSTRY AND THE ENVIRONMENT http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/the-dairy-industry-and-the-environment/
- ▶ ALTERING OUR COWS BY INJECTING THEM WITH rBST FORCING THEM TO PRODUCE MORE MILK http://www.seeddaily.com/reports/Cattle_flatulence_doesnt_stink_with_biotechnology_999.html April 22, 2013 - Humanosphere
- ▶ STATE DEREGULATION OF INDUSTRIAL DAIRY FARMS - ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION RESPONDS http://www.riverkeeper.org/news-events/news/preserve-river-ecology/environmental-coalition-responds-to-state-deregulation-of-industrial-dairy-farms/
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MEATONOMICS: THE DIRTY TRUTH ABOUT CHEAP MEAT http://sco.lt/5MiErp
Huffington Post Taste, October 27, 2014
- ▶ WHAT EXACTLY DOES 'HUMANELY RAISED' MEAN? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/24/humanely-raised_n_6041402.html
Guardian Sustainable Living, March 14, 2014
▶ THE ANIMAL WELFARE AND ANTITRUST ISSUES BEHIND AMERICA'S CHEAP MEAT http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/animal-welfare-america-cheap-meat-industry
Deutche Welles, October 16, 2014
▶ SUFFERING FOR MOZZARELLA: ABUSED BUFFALOES IN ITALY http://www.dw.de/suffering-for-mozzarella-abused-buffaloes-in-italy/a-17997805
VIDEO
PREMIUM ANIMAL CRUELTY HIDDEN IN BUFFALO MOZZARELLA
http://www.vier-pfoten.org/en/campaigns/farm-animals/buffalo/
One Green Planet, September 18, 2014
▶ HOW THE FOOD WE FEED FARM ANIMALS IS DESTROYING THE ENVIRONMENT http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/livestock-feed-is-destroying-the-environment/
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"DEATH ON A FACTORY FARM" [HBO Special] When Animals Become Inanimate Objects On A Corporate Balance Sheet http://sco.lt/5uDfyj
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Civil Eats, June 11, 2014 ▶ HOW CONGRESS IS MOVING TO CRUSH PROTECTIONS FOR SMALL MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCERS. Consolidation has meant “the meatpackers report huge profits, while farmers’ share of the retail dollar has gone down dramatically—and consumers still see food prices rising at the grocery store.” In Missouri, Gibbons adds, thousands of independent small and mid-size family hog farmers have gone out of business because they don’t have access to a fair market. “Because of massive corporate control of the market, we’ve lost 91 percent of hog producers in Missouri since 1985. That’s over 20,000 farmers and many, many jobs in our rural communities.” http://civileats.com/2014/06/11/how-congress-is-moving-to-crush-protections-for-small-meat-and-poultry-producers-and-why-you-should-care/
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
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Frontline PBS, October 14, 2014
THE TROUBLE WITH ANTIBIOTICS REDUCING GROWTH HORMONES USE IN FOOD ANIMALS
Up to 70 percent of all antibiotics sold in the U.S. are used in food animals. For years, farmers and ranchers have used antibiotics to help food animals grow faster on less feed. This practice, known as “growth promotion,” http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/trouble-with-antibiotics/
Grist, June 10, 2014
- ▶ A MEAT GIANT GOBBLES UP ANOTHER MEAT GIANT: GRAPHS There are problems with this kind of consolidation...“When all the power is so centralized in these behemoths, they end up writing their own rules in Congress and fighting the reforms to protect consumers and farmers”... When the Obama administration sought to reform the animal farming industry, many farmers, some visibly frightened, risked their livelihoods by speaking publicly about abuses. But industry squelched that attempt. Now, the industry lobbyists are working to reduce the number of inspectors in slaughterhouses, while speeding up the kill and processing lines. "But the chickens already move down the disassembly lines “obscenely fast, in my opinion,” http://grist.org/food/a-meat-giant-gobbles-up-another-meat-giant/
WATCH DOCUMENTARY
"MEAT THE TRUTH"
90 BILLION ANIMALS RAISED FOR FOOD PRODUCTION & CLIMATE CHANGE http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/meat-the-truth/
Seattle Organic Restaurants
-▶ THE SECRET TAKEOVER OF OUR FOOD SUPPLY BY A FEW GIANT AMERICAN CORPORATIONS AND CORPORATIONS LIKE TYSON ARE PIONEERS OF MEAT RACKET http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-food/takeover-of-our-food-by-giant-agribusinesses-Tyson-foods-meat-racket.php
- ▶ THE TRILLION DOLLAR CORPORATE GIVEAWAY: THE U.S. FARM BILL - WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW http://sco.lt/7Svsi9
Care2, May 21, 2014
▶ BILLIONS OF FOOD ANIMALS KILLED EVERY YEAR END UP IN THE TRASH http://www.care2.com/causes/billions-of-animals-killed-every-year-end-up-dumped-in-the-trash.html
-▶ FOUR-FIFTHS OF ALL BIG PHARMA ANTIBIOTICS CONSUMED BY MEAT AND POULTRY INDUSTRY http://sco.lt/5qIZnN
Alternet, August 22, 2014
-▶ THE CHEMICAL 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
VIDEO INVESTIGATION Eatocracy, May 02, 2014
▶ UNFIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION: HOW NEARLY 9 MILLION POUNDS OF BAD MEAT ESCAPED INTO THE FOOD SUPPLY http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2014/05/02/bad-meat-investigation/
WHAT NEXT? OUR ANIMALS ARE NOT INANIMATE OBJECTS Grist, January 29, 2014
-▶ POOR COWS: HARVESTING METHANE FROM PUNCTURING COW'S STOMACHS, BUT SHOULD WE? Argentinian scientists are punching holes in the sides of cattle and passing pipes through to their stomachs. The other end of the pipe goes into a bag fitted on the cow’s back. The captured gas, which is basically the same natural gas that frackers and other drillers mine out of the ground, can be burned to produce energy. That releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere instead of the methane, which is a far more potent greenhouse gas. http://grist.org/news/we-can-harvest-methane-from-cow-guts-should-we/ -▶ IT'S RIDICULOUS TO SAY COWS PRODUCE MORE METHANE THAN NATURAL GAS FRACKING http://sco.lt/8TIRX7
ANIMATED VIDEO CORPORATE FACTORY FARMING
The Brutal Basics of American Modern Farms
http://www.aspca.org/blog/factory-farming-video-brutal-basics-modern-farms
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MORE, BIGGER, FASTER WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FACTORY FARMING YOUR FOOD http://sco.lt/8usxzV
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▶ WHAT EVERY PARENT SHOULD KNOW ABOUT BLIND, FOOTLESS GMO CHICKENS, FACTORY FARMS AND THE AG-GAG BILL http://sco.lt/961xVh . VIDEO REPORT WHO'S BEHIND THE CHINESE TAKEOVER OF USA's AND WORLD'S BIGGEST PORK PRODUCER? http://sco.lt/9LONnd
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▶ 65 BILLION ANIMALS RAISED IN CORPORATE CONCENTRATION PENS: DRUGS, GMO FEED AND AG-GAG LAWS TO IMPACT US ALL http://sco.lt/6GRczB
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New York Times, March 07, 2014
▶ MEAT MAKES THE PLANET THIRSTY http://www.americasfarmers.com/2014/03/07/women-in-agriculture/
WATCH "ALMA" - A journey into the soul of humanity A powerful statement about Brazil's Amazon deforestation and the global industrial agricultural economy http://sco.lt/7RqffF
The Ecologist, June 22, 2014
▶ WE MUST RID THE AMERICAN WEST OF WELFARE RANCHING http://www.theecologist.org/campaigning/2395032/we_must_rid_the_american_west_of_welfare_ranching.html
Forbes, November 05, 2013
▶ U.S. RANCHERS INSISTENCE ON CHEAP TAX-SUPPORTED GRAZING KEEPS WOLF POPULATION IN THE CROSSHAIRS http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesmcwilliams/2013/11/05/ranchers-insistence-on-cheap-grazing-keeps-wolf-population-in-the-crosshairs/
- ▶ WELFARE RANCHING: TAKING STOCK OF PUBLIC LAND RANCHING http://publiclandsranching.org/htmlres/wr_taking_stock.htm
INVITRO BURGERS ANYONE? INSIDE THE COMING MEAT LAB: THE FUTURE OF FOOD http://sco.lt/6EY7hR
CNN, August 08, 2009
▶ IN VITRO MEAT: WOULD LAB-BURGERS BE BETTER FOR US AND THE PLANET? http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/08/07/eco.invitro.meat/ BEEF'S RAW EDGES - A YEAR LONG INVESTIGATION Kansas City Star http://www.kansascity.com/beef/
WATCH LIVE ANIMAL EXPORTS ABC AUSTRALIA AWARD-WINNING INVESTIGATION "A BLOODY BUSINESS" http://sco.lt/7cFyuf
WATCH FOLLOW UP
"ANOTHER BLOODY BUSINESS:
Investigation from ABC Australian TV
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2012/11/02/3623727.htm
April 10, 2013 - Global Possibilities - Dot Earth ▶ HUMAN SPECIES NO LONGER CAN IGNORE THE RIGHTS OF NON-HUMAN PERSONS TO HUMANE TREATMENT AND SLAUGHTER http://www.globalpossibilities.org/when-is-a-person-not-a-human-when-its-a-dolphin-or-chimp-or/
Bikyamasr, September 28, 2012 -▶ PAKISTAN BURIES 21,000 EXPORTED AUSTRALIAN SHEEP ALIVE IN LATEST AUSTRALIA LIVE EXPORT CRUELTY NEW DELHI and CAIRO: A damning report published by Animals Australia revealed that the Pakistan government has clubbed, stabbed and buried alive tens of thousands of Australian sheep (and cattle) in the latest cruelty to arise from the live export trade. http://www.bikyamasr.com/78582/pakistan-clubs-to-death-sheep-buries-others-alive-in-latest-australia-live-export-cruelty/
MORE, BIGGER, FASTER What You Need To Know About Factory Farming Your Food http://sco.lt/8usxzV Real News One, June 10, 2014
-▶ PUTTING THE ECONOMY BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT IS ENVIRONMENTAL VANDALISM AND SUICIDAL http://realnewsone.com/2014/06/10/putting-the-economy-before-the-environment-is-environmental-vandalism/ Mongabay, June 06, 2014
-▶ NEW STUDY FINDS ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE GLOBALLY MAY COST MORE THAN U.S. GDP http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0606-morgan-ecosystem-services.html
Guardian Sustainable Business, May 01, 2014 ▶ 10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/food-blog/10-things-need-to-know-global-food-system
Ecologist, November 28, 2013 -▶ DEFORMITIES, SICKNESS AND LIVESTOCK DEATHS: THE REAL COST OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED ANIMAL FEED http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2176082/deformities_sickness_and_livestock_deaths_the_real_cost_of_gm_animal_feed.html
Alternet, August 22, 2014 -▶ HOW AMERICANS ARE DUPED INTO SHOVELING HUGE AMOUNTS OF UNHEALTHY FOOD INTO THEIR BODIES. The chemical 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
VIDEO REPORT
PBS Newshour, September 15, 2014
BRINGING HEALTHIER, LOCALLY-SOURCED FOOD TO CALIFORNIA SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAMS http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/california-school-district-rewrites-menu-student-lunches/
FAST FOOD, SLOW DEATH THE $500 BILLION GLOBAL CORPORATE FOOD MONOPOLY http://sco.lt/6D31xx
Treehugger, November 19, 2013
- ▶ JUNK FOOD LOBBY WANTS FEDERAL BAN ON GMO LABELS http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/no-surprise-here-junk-food-lobby-wants-federal-ban-gmo-labels.htm
GreenBiz, January 07, 2014
- ▶ EXCLUSIVE: INSIDE McDONALD'S QUEST FOR SUSTAINABLE BEEF, OTHER FOODS http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2014/01/07/inside-mcdonalds-quest-sustainable-beef
Grist, December 27, 2013
▶ McDONALD'S WARNS ITS OWN EMPLOYEES NOT TO EAT 'UNHEALTHY' FAST FOOD http://grist.org/list/mcdonalds-mcresource-line-employee-site-advice/
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, MARCH 01, 2013
- ▶ NEW REPORT: GOVERNMENTS MUST PROTECT LAND, FOOD SYSTEMS AS TRADE LIBERALIZATION ACCELERATE LAND GRABBING http://www.iatp.org/blog/201303/new-report-governments-must-protect-land-food-systems-as-trade-liberalization-accelerate
GRAIN, May 28, 214
▶ HUNGRY FOR LAND: SMALL FARMERS FEED THE WORLD FOR LESS THAN A QUARTER OF ALL FARMLAND AS CORPORATIONS ACCELERATE LAND GRABS http://www.grain.org/article/entries/492
WATCH "LAND RUSH - WHY POVERTY?: THE UGLY RISE OF MONOCULTURE FARMING AND GLOBALIZED FOOD http://sco.lt/5z3gzB
FOOD AID FOR THE 21st CENTURY: MEETING THE OBJECTIVE OR FEEDING THE CORPORATE COFFERS? http://sco.lt/6jtrlJ
-- WATCH -- Documentary: May 3, 2011 FarmlandGrab
"PLANET FOR SALE" BIG AG BUYING UP WORLD'S FERTILE LAND http://farmlandgrab.org/post/view/18542
▶ WALL STREET, CORPORATIONS GOBBLING UP AMERICAN & FOREIGN FARMLAND THREATENING FUTURE OF U.S. AND WORLD FOOD SECURITY, AGRICULTURE & FOOD http://sco.lt/8mcmbR
Guardian Environment, May 22, 2014
▶ THE FOOD SYSTEM WE CHOOSE AFFECTS BIODIVERSITY: DO WE WANT MONOCULTURES? http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/food-system-monocultures-gm-un-diversity-day
HuffingtonPost Politics, August 02, 2014 ▶ WE CAN REVERSE CLIMATE CHANGE BY THE WAY WE GROW FOOD http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elizabeth-kucinich/the-way-we-grow-food_b_5634675.html0
BAN GMOs NOW -
A Special Institute of Science in Society Report
http://sco.lt/5CPilt http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/food-speculator/
▶ OUR INDUSTRIAL, WESTERN AGRICULTURAL FOOD SYSTEM IS DESTROYING THE EARTH AND OUR HEALTH http://sco.lt/63qRl3
WATCH ▶ "THE FOOD SPECULATOR" - FOOD SPECULATION AND THE STOCKMARKET http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/food-speculator/ WATCH
"HUNGER FOR PROFIT" (4:45)
http://www.whypoverty.net/en/video/hunger-for-profit A VIP READ ▶ THE ECONOMICS OF CURBING SPECULATION IN FOOD, WATER AND VITAL RESOURCES http://sco.lt/6znBab ALL ABOUT MEGA-PROFITS, NOTHING MORE OR LESS WATCH
"THE FOODS THAT MAKE BILLIONS" (177 min Entire Series)
The Foods that Make Billions is a 3-part series looking at how big business feeds us. By employing clever tactics and smart marketing, big business seduces the appetite of the consumer and entices people to spend and spend and spend. This is how global food and beverage empires are built. http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/foods-make-billions/
UNPRECEDENTED STUDY LANGUAGE AND CULTURE DISAPPEAR WITH ECOSYSTEM AND BIODIVERSITY LOSS http://sco.lt/8PcKsD VIDEO ENOUGHNESS: WESTERN THOUGHT vs INDIGENOUS PHILOSOPHY http://sco.lt/4kcNH7
WATER IN THE ANTHROPOCENE http://sco.lt/856DXl AN URGENT MEMO TO THE WORLD: ONE ENVIRONMENT, ONE HUMANITY, ONE PLANET http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/an-urgent-memo-to-the-world/
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La Via Campesina, October 11, 2012
▶ PEASANT INTERVENTION ON SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY: CONVENTION ON BIOLOGY. Under synthetic biology life will not be a product of nature but of a lab and it will be patented and privatized. The new life forms that synthetic biologists are developing are defined by the market and the profits that big corporations that finance this new technology expect to have. These organisms will lead to unpredictable interactions with nature, genetic contamination of our crops and threaten the health of our ecosystems.... http://viacampesina.org/en/index.php/main-issues-mainmenu-27/biodiversity-and-genetic-resources-mainmenu-37/1311-convention-on-biodiversity-la-via-campesina-intervention-on-synthetic-biology
SynBioWatch, October 20, 2014
-▶ REGULATE SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY NOW In a unanimous decision of 194 countries, the United Nation’s Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) today formally urged nation states to regulate synthetic biology (SynBio), a new extreme form of genetic engineering... http://www.synbiowatch.org/2014/10/regulate-synthetic-biology-now-194-countries/
Guardian Sustainable Business, December 17, 2014
▶ TECHNOLOGY IS READY FOR SYNTHETIC FOODS. ARE YOU? UNLABELED, UNREGULATED. A new era of so-called “extreme” genetic engineering is already dawning in grocery aisles http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/dec/17/synthetic-foods-technology-labeling-gmo
Guardian Sustainable Business, December 17, 2014
▶ TECHNOLOGY IS READY FOR SYNTHETIC FOODS. ARE YOU? UNLABELED, UNREGULATED. A new era of so-called “extreme” genetic engineering is already dawning in grocery aisle http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/dec/17/synthetic-foods-technology-labeling-gmo
Ensia, September 18, 2014
▶ A NEW GENERATION OF GMOs: IS SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY ON ITS WAY TO OUR FARMS, MARKETS AND TABLES? UNREGULATED, UNLABELED !! http://ensia.com/features/a-new-generation-of-gmos/
▶ SYNTHETIC GROCERIES: EXTREME GMOs ARE COMING TO FOOD AND COSMETICS http://www.syntheticisnotnatural.com/ecover-petition/ecover-synthetic-biology-natural-food/
Climate Confidential, September 19, 2014 ▶ BEYOND GMOs: WHAT HAPPEN WHEN SYNTHETIC DNA COMES TO THE FARM AND TABLE? http://climateconfidential.com/2014/09/19/beyond-gmos-what-happens-when-synthetic-dna-comes-to-the-farm-and-table/#more-749
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France24 TV, October 02, 2013
SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY: CREATING LIFE FROM SCRATCH
A pioneering science is offering researchers the possibility to design and engineer new forms of life on a made-to-order basis.But critics are questioning whether mankind is prepared for the consequences of this unparalleled control over nature. http://www.france24.com/en/20130718-down-to-earth-dna-synthetic-biology-united-kingdom-science-biohackers-design-engineer-life/
SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY LEAPS AHEAD OF GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
VIDEO REPORT
PBS Newshour, September 23, 2014
HACKERS BREACH BIOLOGY THRESHOLD TO TRANSFORM AND CREATE NEW LIFE -- ALTERING DNA WITH NO REGULATIONS, NO OVERSIGHT. WHAT IMPACT WILL THEY HAVE WHEN RELEASED INTO NATURAL ENVIRONMENT? CAN THEY BE RECALLED IF MAYHEM RESULTS? http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/hackers-breach-biology-transform-life-building-material/
DO WE NEED A GENETIC BILL OF RIGHTS? http://sco.lt/6jmb1l VIDEO ▶ GENETICIST, DAVID SUZUKI, SAYS HUMANS ARE PART OF A MASSIVE EXPERIMENT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mBF1OOPdTo#t=90
====================== -▶ THE NEXT GMO BIOTECH WAVE: EXTREME SYNTHETIC GENETICS. THE IMPLICATIONS, THE ETHICS http://sco.lt/6TyUmv
WILL SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY BENEFIT OR THREATEN WILD THINGS http://sco.lt/66LUbR
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"SPLICING" - COULD IT BE OUR FUTURE
Splicing Human DNA Leads to Terrible, Terrible Things
http://video.wired.com/watch/splicing-human-dna-leads-to-terrible-terrible?mbid=marketing_paid_tp_cne_oo_outbrain VIDEO REPORT
France24, May 19, 2014
PATENTING LIFE: WHERE DO THE LIMITS LIE? http://www.france24.com/en/20140517-beyond-business-patenting-life-biotechnology-intellectual-property-science-species-human-dna-gmo-gene-breast-cancer/ Responsible Innovation June 12, 2014
-▶ SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY: MISSING THE POINT http://jackstilgoe.wordpress.com/2014/06/12/letter-to-nature/ June 13, 2013 Reuters
-▶ USA SUPREME COURT SAYS SYNTHETIC BUT NOT HUMAN EXTRACTED DNA CAN BE PATENTED - URGED BY OBAMA ADMINISTRATION http://preview.reuters.com/2013/6/13/us-top-court-says-extracted-human-dna-cannot-be -▶ GENETIC MODIFICATION STRAINS OLD FOOD AND DRUG LAWS - HOW A FISH BECOMES A DRUG AND CORN A PEST http://sco.lt/6vynBp Mail OnLine, February 06, 2014
-▶ WORLD'S FIRST GENETICALLY MODIFIED BABIES BORN IN U.S. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-43767/Worlds-GM-babies-born.html#ixzz2Y86dcHec New York Times, February 23, 2014
▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED BABIES: FDA CONSIDERING APPROVAL OF RADICAL BIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES-- THIS WEEK The F.D.A. calls them mitochondrial manipulation technologies. This is a dangerous step. These techniques would change every cell in the bodies of children born as a result of their use, and these alterations would be passed down to future generations. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/24/opinion/genetically-modified-babies.html
New York Times, February 25, 2014
▶ CONSIDERING A NEW GMO BABY? http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/25/considering-a-new-g-m-o-baby/ New York Times, May 13, 2008
▶ ENGINEERING BY SCIENTIST ON EMBRYO STIRS CRITICISM http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/science/13embryo.html
-▶ BIOTECH IS RE-ENGINEERING, RE-PROGRAMMING AND PATENTING LIFE ITSELF -- IS BIOTECH OUT OF CONTROL? http://sco.lt/4thM6j
▶ -----SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY AND THE RISE OF THE 'SPIDER-GOATS' http://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/jan/14/synthetic-biology-spider-goat-genetics?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2 -▶ ------ FIRST GM CAMELS TO BE ENGINEERED FOR DRUG PRODUCTION | http://sco.lt/5L5VVB -▶ ------ GM COW BRINGS BIOTECH TO A NEW LEVEL OF CREEPY http://sco.lt/62KG6T -▶ ----- NEW GM BABIES BORN A DECADE AGO http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-food/genetically-engineered-babies.php -▶ ----- GROWING PHARMACEUTICALS IN GMO PLANT REQUIRES NEW, STRICT REGULATIONS AND OVERSIGHT - PATENT MONOPOLIES http://sco.lt/7KM4qv 12 May 2012 Natural New
-▶ --------HUMAN GENES ENGINEERED INTO EXPERIMENTAL GMO RICE BEING GROWN IN KANSAS http://www.naturalnews.com/035745_GMO_rice_human_genes_Kansas.html -▶ ------ GMO PATENTS MAY OWN OUR FORESTS: MONSANTO GMO TREES COULD DEVASTATE FOREST ECOYSTEMS http://sco.lt/5G9P0L -▶ ------ PATENT FOR A PIG: SCIENTIST "IMPROVE' TRANSGENIC GMO "ENVIROPIGS" http://sco.lt/7hrnF3
The New York Times, August 12, 2001 ▶ THE IMPACT OF THE GENE: FROM MENDEL'S PEAS TO DESIGNER BABIES http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/12/books/chapters/12-1sttudge.html
Alternet, June 13, 2014 ▶ THAT 'NATURAL' VANILLA IN YOUR ICE CREAM MAY SOON BE COMING FROM A BIOTECH LAB http://www.alternet.org/environment/natural-vanilla-your-ice-cream-may-soon-be-coming-biotech-lab
The Economic Times, November 25, 2013
▶ NOW "MUTAGENESIS" - AS OPPOSITION TO GM CROPS GROWS, COMPANIES ARE TURNING TO "MUTANT" SEED BREEDING Mutagenesis deletes and rearranges hundreds or thousands of genes randomly, spawning mutations that are less precise than GMOs. ... The process, which faces almost no regulation, creates opportunities for companies to grab a bigger share of the $34 billion global commercial seed market. But some scientists say mutant crops are more likely to pose health risks than genetically modified ones. All breeding techniques can create plants with increased levels of naturally occurring toxins or with proteins known to cause allergic reactions....Reports from the National Academy of Sciences, representing the consensus of experts in the field, say the risk of creating unintended health effects is greater from mutagenesis than any other technique, including genetic modification. ... http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/as-opposition-to-gm-grows-companies-are-turning-to-mutant-breeding/articleshow/26334154.cms
-▶ GMO GENE GIANTS STOCKPILING PATENTS ON LIFE
Nagoya, Japan -- Under the guise of developing “climate-ready” crops, the world’s largest seed and agrochemical corporations are filing hundreds of sweeping, multi-genome patents in a bid to control the world’s plant biomass, according to a report released by ETC Group http://www.etcgroup.org/fr/node/5220 Science Daily, October 14, 2013
-▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED TOBACCOS PLANTS VIABLE FOR PRODUCING ALBUMIN INTRAVENOUS PROTEIN FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131014094119.htm -▶ ------ UNLEASHING GENETICALLY SALMON ONTO YOUR DINNER PLATE = NO REGULATIONS, NO OVERSIGHT - "FATALLY FLAWED" FDA ASSESSMENT http://sco.lt/8ZDraz
ScienceAAAS, February 25, 2014 -▶ (GETTING CROPS TO TALK TO INSECTS:
HERE WE GO AGAIN: MESSING WITH GENES IN OUR FOOD SUPPLY. Note From @pdjmoo Not a word here about any potential impact on human or environmental health as both we humans and other species will be eating these "plants" or engaging with them in some way. It always interests me how the biotech industry rarely includes any reference to potential impacts on human and environmental health. We can't keep changing genes in plants and animals without long-term independent peer-reviewed research)....http://news.sciencemag.org/plants-animals/2014/02/getting-crops-talk-insects Natural News, November 21, 2013 -▶ BILL GATES GMO ZOMBIE EGGS COMING TO YOUR SUPERMARKET - UNLABELLED http://www.naturalnews.com/042997_Bill_Gates_zombie_eggs_vegan_foods.html#
BILL GATES, MONSANTO AND EUGENICS How One of the World's Wealthiest Men is Actively Promoting a Corporate Takeover of Global Health, Agriculture and Education... http://sco.lt/51EymH
▶ OBAMA QUIETLY DE-REGULATES GMO/ GENETIC BIOTECH INDUSTRY : Fast-tracking approvals, Waiving regulations, NO Oversight, NO Labeling http://sco.lt/5uCx8b
-▶ OBAMA'S BIOECONOMY PROMOTES A GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FUTURE - FAST TRACKING APPROVALS, WAIVING REGULATIONS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3834276755/obama-s-bioeconomy-promotes-a-genetically-engineered-future-fast-tracking-approvals-waiving-regulations
-▶ WHY IS THERE SO LITTLE INDEPENDENT PEER REVIEW GM RESEARCH? http://sco.lt/8mGIO9
--- RESEARCH --- -▶ CORPORATE-SPONSORED RESEARCH: ARE UNIVERSITIES RESTRICTING SCIENTISTS' STUDY OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED SEEDS? http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3996053783/corporate-sponsored-research-are-universities-restricting-scientists-study-of-genetically-modified-seeds
WATCH: May 13, 2013 Moyers and Company - Full Show: "THE WAR ON SCIENCE AND TOXIC DIS-INFORMATION http://billmoyers.com/episode/full-show-the-toxic-politics-of-science/
-▶ MONSANTO ENTERS PHARMACEUTICAL BUSINESS, ACQUIRES KEY 'GENE SILENCING' TECHNOLOGY http://sco.lt/8Qwjw1
-▶ KNOWN BIOTECH GENE ALTERING IN THE PIPELINE
http://www.genet-info.org/information-services/genetically-engineered-animals/ge-salmon.html -▶ UN-FAO: "GMOs IN THE PIPELINE. LOOKING TO THE NEXT FIVE YEARS INi the crop, forestry, livestock, aquaculture and agro-industry sectors in developing countries" http://www.fao.org/biotech/biotech-forum/en/
-▶ ARE YOU EATING CLONED PORK? CHINA ENTERS USA FOOD MARKET -- UNLABELED, UNREGULATED http://sco.lt/57VNh3
LIFE IS NOT A COMPUTER Seattle Times, November 27, 2013 - -▶ REMOVING THE SOUL FROM HUMAN LIFE: -- BIOTECH BUILDS CELLS LIKE YOU BUILD AN APP http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2022349958_biofactoriesappsxml.html?syndication=rss
-▶ THE GLOBAL CHEMICAL BIOTECH CARTEL: AN UNPRECEDENTED POWER OVER WORLD HEALTH AND AGRICULTURE http://sco.lt/6NaAqn
-▶ GENE GIANTS SEEK "PHILANTHROGOPOLY". 6 MULTINATIONAL GENE GIANTS CONTROL THE DIRECTION OF WORLD AGRICULTURE http://sco.lt/6h3lzt
-▶ SEED PATENTS & CONTROL OF GLOBAL FOOD & AGRICULTURE: THE BIOTECH, GMO CORPORATE CARTEL http://sco.lt/5LcjVR
-▶ THE CORPORATE 'PHILANTHROCAPITALISTS' TAKEOVER OF AFRICAN AND GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY http://sco.lt/6CHP3R
▶ OUR INDUSTRIAL, WESTERN AGRICULTURAL FOOD SYSTEM IS DESTROYING THE EARTH AND OUR HEALTH http://sco.lt/63qRl3
Food Democracy Now, October 30, 2013 -▶ THE FOUNDING FABLES OF INDUSTRIALIZED AGRICULTURE http://fooddemocracynow.org/blog/2013/oct/30/the_founding_fables_of_industrialized_agriculture/
BAN GMOs NOW A Special Report: Institute of Science in Society http://sco.lt/510SOX MONSANTO: A CORPORATE PROFILE From Saccharin to GE Seed - Chemicals for Food, Agriculture, War http://sco.lt/5TGVDl -▶ BILL GATES, MONSANTO AND EUGENICS: HOW ONE OF THE WORLD'S WEALTHIEST MEN IS ACTIVELY PROMOTING A CORPORATE TAKEOVER OF OUR FOOD, HEALTH AND AGRICULTURE http://sco.lt/64PsLB Scientific American -▶ DO SEED COMPANIES CONTROL GM CROP RESEARCH? http://sco.lt/7XugID RT USA, December 3, 2013 ▶ ABSOLUTE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS WANT #GMO FOOD LABELED http://rt.com/usa/gmo-labeled-majority-americans-601/#.Up5DPW6-Pr8.twitter VIDEO THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MONSANTO (FULL LENGTH) THE LEADER OF THE GLOBAL BIOTECH CARTEL http://sco.lt/7FFsXZ
Global Research, November 26, 2013 MONSANTO, THE TRANS PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP, AND GLOBAL FOOD DOMINANCE http://www.globalresearch.ca/monsanto-the-tpp-and-global-food-dominance/5359491
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George Monbiot, December 16, 2014
- ▶ IF YOU MUST EAT MEAT, SAVE IT FOR CHRISTMAS : We are in perputual denial about our food : From chickens pumped with antibiotics to the environmental devastation caused by production, we need to realise we are not fed with happy farm animals http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/16/perpetual-denial-food-meat-production-environmental-devastation
====================== THE AG GAG LAWS Now You'll Never Know http://sco.lt/57pzkn
Modern Farmer, September 19, 2014
▶ WHY IS THE USDA BUYING SUBMACHINE GUNS? http://modernfarmer.com/2014/09/usda-buying-submachine-guns/
Common Dreams, Ronnie Cummins 65 BILLION ANIMALS RAISED IN CORPORATE CONCENTRATION PENS: DRUGS, GMO FEED AND AG-GAG LAWS TO IMPACT US ALL Today, nearly 65 BILLION animals worldwide, including cows, chickens and pigs, are crammed into CAFOs (Confined Animal Feed Lots). These animals are literally imprisoned and tortured in unhealthy, unsanitary and unconscionably cruel conditions. Sickness is the norm for animals who are confined rather than pastured, and who eat GMO corn and soybeans, rather than grass and forage as nature intended. To prevent the inevitable spread of disease from stress, overcrowding and lack of vitamin D, animals are fed a steady diet of antibiotics. Those antibiotics pose a direct threat to the environment when they run off into our lakes, rivers, aquifers and drinking water. The vast majority of consumers don’t realize that nearly 95% of the meat, dairy and eggs sold in the U.S. come from CAFOs. Nor do most people realize that CAFOs represent a corporate-controlled system characterized by large-scale, centralized, low profit-margin production, processing and distribution systems.... http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/01/17-5
David Hogan, February 19, 2014
-▶ THE AG-GAG REFLEX: THE ANIMAL ENTERPRISE TERRORISM ACT'S IMPACT ON US ALL. On November 27, 2006, after heavy lobbying by the pharmaceutical and agricultural industries, the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) was quietly signed into law. The AETA makes it a terrorist offense to engage in certain speech and activity that causes an “animal enterprise” the loss of real or personal property. (There is a dispute as to whether the term ‘loss of property’ means ‘loss of profits.’) ....http://davidhoganwriter.com/2014/02/19/the-ag-gag-reflex-the-animal-enterprise-terrorism-
One Green Planet, July 03, 2014
- ▶ 'AG-GAG' — WHEN ANIMAL LAWS PROTECT THE ABUSERS, NOT THE ABUSED http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/ag-gag-when-animal-laws-protect-the-abusers-not-the-abused/
CNN, June 26, 2014
- ▶ AG-GAG LAWS: EXPOSING ANIMAL CRUELTY IS "NOT" A CRIME http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/26/opinion/potter-ag-gag-laws-animals/index.html VIDEO:
Global Possibilities, June 27, 2014
SHOCKING UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION EXPOSES BURIED-ALIVE CHICKENS AT NATION'S SECOND-LARGEST PRODUCER (We "produce" chickens now, not "raise" them) http://www.globalpossibilities.org/video-shocking-undercover-investigation-exposes-buried-alive-chickens-at-nations-second-largest-producer/
MORE, BIGGER, FASTER What You Need To Know About Factory Farming Your Food http://sco.lt/8usxzV
-▶ UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATIONS OF FACTORY FARMS AND SLAUGHTERHOUSES http://www.mercyforanimals.org/investigations.aspx
▶ THE ANIMAL WELFARE AND ANTITRUST ISSUES BEHIND AMERICA'S CHEAP MEAT http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/animal-welfare-america-cheap-meat-industry
▶ APOCALYPSE OF THE "HAPPY MEAL" WORSHIPNG THE GOLDEN CALF http://sco.lt/9Ey17x
- ▶ MEATONOMICS: THE DIRTY TRUTH ABOUT CHEAP MEAT http://sco.lt/5MiErp -▶ CHINESE ENTER US FOOD MARKET : HOGS and CHICKENS -- UNLABELLED, NO OVERSIGHT http://sco.lt/7MuubR WATCH 6 April 2013 - New York Times
VIDEO TAPING OF FARM CRUELTY IS NOW A CRIME http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/us/taping-of-farm-cruelty-is-becoming-the-crime.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 International Business Times, June 12, 2014
- ▶ FIGHTING AG-GAG LAWS WITH DRONES? JOURNALIST EYES THE SKIES FOR FACTORY-FARM INVESTIGATIONS http://www.ibtimes.com/fighting-ag-gag-laws-drones-journalist-eyes-skies-factory-farm-investigations-1599912 NEW VIDEO
AT DIARY FARM EXPOSES HEARTBREAKING CRUELTY WHILE WORKERS LAUGH http://www.care2.com/causes/new-video-exposes-heartbreaking-cruelty-while-workers-laugh-at-canadas-largest-dairy-farm.html WATCH;
"DEATH ON A FACTORY FARM [HBO] (2009) 1:27:25 Directors Tom Simon and Sarah Teale (HBOs Dealing Dogs) tell the story of an animal rights investigator who goes undercover at hog farm in Ohio to explore a whistle blowers allegations. The evidence he gathers leads to a rare prosecution and trial for animal cruelty, and a verdict that surprises nearly everyone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfiolWwzD94 - ▶ ANTI-WHISTLE BLOWER AG-GAG BILLS AIMED AT KEEPING YOU IN THE DARK ABOUT FACTORY FARMS AND YOUR FOOD http://sco.lt/7aFBUv WATCH 6 April 2013 - New York Times
VIDEO TAPING OF FARM CRUELTY IS NOW A CRIME http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/us/taping-of-farm-cruelty-is-becoming-the-crime.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 David Hogan, February 19, 2014 -▶THE AG-GAG REFLEX: THE ANIMAL ENTERPRISE TERRORISM ACT'S IMPACT ON US ALL http://davidhoganwriter.com/2014/02/19/the-ag-gag-reflex-the-animal-enterprise-terrorism-acts-impact-on-all-of-us/ March 17, 2013 - Pack Mentality
▶ ****FACTORY FARMING INDUSTRY WANTS TO HIDE ACTS OF CRUELTY AND BLOCK ANY PROTECTION FOR THE ANIMALS AND YOUR FOOD http://tomgradyonline.com/wordpress/2013/03/17/factory-farming-industry-wants-to-hide-acts-of-cruelty-and-block-any-protections-for-the-animals/ ▶ ****NEW AG-GAG LAW: REPORTING FACTORY FARM ABUSES NOW AN "ACT OF TERRORISM" http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3995524567/new-aggag-law-reporting-factory-farm-abuses-now-an-act-of-terrorism September 28, 2012 Grist
▶ ****PORK BARREL SPENDING: HOW BIG AG LOBBYIST USE FEDERAL DOLLAR TO PROTECT FACTORY FARMS http://grist.org/food/the-other-white-meat/ New Internationalist ▶ BIG AGRIBUSINESS IS FUNDING THE ECO TERRORISM ACT http://newint.org/blog/2013/04/30/eco-terrorism-act-usa/ Al Jazeera America, February 28, 2014 - ▶ IDAHO GOVERNOR SIGNS AG GAG BILL INTO LAW: ABUSE WILL NOW GO UNEXPOSED http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/2/28/idaho-gov-signs-aggagbillintolaw.html HuffPost Food For Thought, February 25, 2014
- ▶ IDAHO'S AG-GAG BILL IS A SHAMEFUL ATTEMPT TO HIDE ANIMAL CRUELTY ON FACTORY FARMS http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-runkle/idahos-aggag-bill-shamefu_b_4848923.html Alternet, December 10, 2013
- ▶ HOW BIG AGRIBUSINESS IS TRYING TO MUZZLE THE TRUTH BEHIND FACTORY FARMS http://www.alternet.org/big-agribusiness-trying-muzzle-animal-rights-activists-who-infiltrate-their-factory-farms?akid=11256.237541.4BAflB&rd=1&src=newsletter934989&t=5 One Green Planet, February 20, 2014 - ▶ SHOCKING NEW FACTORY FARM INVESTIGATION SHOW WHY WE MUST DEFEAT AG-GAG BILLS http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/shocking-new-factory-farm-investigations-show-why-we-must-defeat-ag-gag-bills/
-▶ FARM-AGEDDON: No birds. No bees. Our countryside laid waste. And billions of animals that never see a blade of grass http://sco.lt/7ztQbB VIDEO REPORT: ABC News March 15, 2013 MORE STATES MOVE TO BAN HIDDEN CAMERAS ON FARMS - NOW YOU WILL NEVER KNOW ... http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/states-move-ban-hidden-cameras-farms/story?id=18738108 VIDEO HOW WILL HISTORY REMEMBER US? A WORLD WITHOUT FACTORY FARMS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM6V6lq_p0o&feature=youtu.be VIDEO INVESTIGATION April 9, 2013 - Democracy Now AFTER ACTIVISTS COVERTLY EXPOSE ANIMAL CRUELTY IN FACTORY FARMS, SHOULD THEY BE TARGETED WITH "AG-GAG" LAWS? http://www.democracynow.org/2013/4/9/debate_after_activists_covertly_expose_animal June 17, 2013 Treehugger: ▶ AG GAG LAWS ARE GROWING THREAT TO FREE SPEECH AND FOOD SAFETY http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/ag-gag-laws-are-growing-threat-free-speech-and-food-safety.html Guardian, March 03, 2014 - ▶ US-STYLE INTENSIVE FARMING ISN'T THE SOLUTION TO CHINA'S MEAT PROBLEM. Staggering growth means China now produces a third of the world’s meat, and it hopes to do more by replicating the US model of meat production http://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2014/mar/03/us-intensive-farming-chinas-meat-problem 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 Alternet, December 19, 2013 - ▶ 6 CRIMES AGAINST NATURE PERPETRATED BY THE FOOD INDUSTRY : THE HORRORS OF FACTORY FARMING ARE MULTI-FOLD http://www.alternet.org/food/6-crimes-against-nature-perpetrated-food-industry VIDEOS OneGreenPlanet
5 POWERFUL VIDEOS ON FACTORY FARMING (WITHOUT THE GORE) http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/5-powerful-videos-on-factory-farming-without-the-gore/ Care2, November 22, 2013
- ▶ GUESS WHICH COMPANY WON'T DROP PORK SUPPLIER AFTER HORRIFIC VIDEO EXPOSES ABUSE? http://www.care2.com/causes/guess-which-company-wont-drop-pork-supplier-after-horrific-video-exposes-abuse.html VIDEO FROM FARM TO FRIDGE: THE TRUTH BEHIND YOUR MEAT PRODUCTION https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THIODWTqx5E. ▶ FEEDING DEAD ANIMALS TO LIVESTOCK - AS HORSE MEAT HYSTERIA SPREADS, EU OPENS A MAD-COW CAN OF WORKS http://sco.lt/7GrQNV ============================== THE AG-GAG WHISTLEBLOWER LAWS ==============================
DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN Businessweek, January 09, 2014
-▶ INDUSTRIAL FARMING: STATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS MAY GIVE LEGAL SHIELD TO CORPORATIONS http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-01-09/industrial-farming-state-constitutional-amendments-may-give-legal-shield July 10, 2013 Bill Moyers
▶ AG-GAG LAWS SILENCE WHISTLEBLOWERS | Eye on ALEC http://billmoyers.com/2013/07/10/alec-activists-and-ag-gag/ ▶ WHAT EXACTLY ARE ANTI-WHISTLE-BLOWER BILLS? http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/campaigns/factory_farming/fact-sheets/ag_gag.html 2013 ▶ MORE STATES MOVE TO BAN HIDDEN CAMERAS ON FARMS - NOW YOU WILL NEVER KNOW http://sco.lt/7Q7T6X WATCH WHY WE NEED WHISTLEBLOWERS
Save the forgotten animals of live export http://www.animalsaustralia.org/take_action/forgotten-animals-of-live-export July 22, 2013 Huffington Post Green
▶ ANIMAL WELFARE ACTIVISTS FILE LAWSUIT TO OVERTURN UTAH 'AG GAG' LAW http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/22/utah-ag-gag_n_3636036.html VIDEO REPORT Democracy Now
Journalists, Animal Rights Advocates File Lawsuit Against Utah "Ag-Gag" Law http://www.democracynow.org/2013/7/23/headlines/journalists_animal_advocates_file_lawsuit_against_utah_ag_gag_law VIDEO INVESTIGATION April 9, 2013 - Democracy Now
UNDERCOVER ACTIVIST DETAILS SECRET FILMING OF ANIMAL ABUSE & WHY 'AG-GAG' LAWS MAY FORCE HIM TO STOP http://www.democracynow.org/2013/4/9/undercover_activist_details_secret_filming_of March 23, 2013 - Hoosier Ag Today
▶ FARMERS FACING TOUGH OPPOSITION TO PRIVACY "WHISTLEBLOWER" LEGISLATION http://www.hoosieragtoday.com/index.php/2013/03/23/farmers-facing-tough-opposition-to-privacy-legislation/ March 6, 2013 - ▶ TURNING WHISTLEBLOWERS INTO CRIMINALS AND 'TERRORISTS' TreeHugger http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/media-reports-ag-gag-censorship-laws.html April 26, 2013 Food Safety News ▶ "AG-GAG' LAW WILL LIKELY PASS IN INDIANA http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2013/04/ag-gag-might-pass-in-indiana-unless-the-clock-defeats-it/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foodsafetynews%2FmRcs+%28Food+Safety+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader#.UXy_Y4Lyeic March 22, 2013 - EcoWatch ▶ WHISTLEBLOWER BILL WOULD CRIMINALIZE EXPOSING WRONGDOING AT FACTORY FARMS AND WOULD EXTEND TO FRACKING SITES IN PENNSYLVANIA http://ecowatch.com/2013/whistleblower-factory-farms-fracking/ 7 April, 2013 - The Verve
▶ ANIMAL CRUELTY WHISTLEBLOWERS TARGETED BY CHILLING STATE LAWS http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/7/4193524/states-passing-laws-that-prevent-filming-animal-cruelty-on-farms February 5, 2013 - Care2
▶ MORE STATES WANT TO PUNISH PEOPLE REPORTING ANIMAL ABUSE http://www.care2.com/causes/more-states-want-to-punish-people-reporting-animal-abuse.html
============ AG-GAG LAWS ============ Alternet, December 10, 2013
- ▶ HOW BIG AGRIBUSINESS IS TRYING TO MUZZLE THE TRUTH BEHIND CORPORATE FACTORY FARMS http://www.alternet.org/big-agribusiness-trying-muzzle-animal-rights-activists-who-infiltrate-their-factory-farms?akid=11256.237541.4BAflB&rd=1&src=newsletter934989&t=5 The Atlantic, March 19, 2014
-▶ THE LAW THAT MAKES IT ILLEGAL TO REPORT ON ANIMAL CRUELTY ON CORPORATE FACTORY FARMS. What makes Idaho's agricultural industry deserve special protection from journalists and activists? http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/03/the-law-that-makes-it-illegal-to-report-on-animal-cruelty/284485/ One Green Planet, May 15, 2014 -▶ AG-GAG MOVEMENT SPREADS TO AUSTRALIA AS PUBLIC FIGURES CALL ACTIVISTS "TERRORISTS" #AgGag Movement Spreads to #Australia as Public Figures Call Activists #Terrorists http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/ag-gag-movement-spreads-to-australia/ One Green Planet, February 20, 2014 - ▶ SHOCKING NEW FACTORY FARM INVESTIGATION SHOW WHY WE MUST DEFEAT AG-GAG BILLS http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/shocking-new-factory-farm-investigations-show-why-we-must-defeat-ag-gag-bills/ Salon, March 17, 2014
-▶ IDAHO'S CONTROVERSIAL AG-GAG LAW CHALLENGED IN FEDERAL COURT http://www.salon.com/2014/03/17/idahos_controversial_ag_gag_law_challenged_in_federal_court/ VIDEO
Mercy For Animals, February 19, 2014
- ▶ IDAHO AG-GAG LAW: MFA RELEASES SHOCKING NEW VIDEO OF DAIRY COW SEX ABUSE http://www.mfablog.org/2014/02/idaho-ag-gag-mfa-releases-shocking-new-video-of-dairy-cow-sex-abuse.html Al Jazeera America, February 28, 2014
- ▶ IDAHO GOVERNOR SIGNS AG GAG BILL INTO LAW: ABUSE WILL NOW GO UNEXPOSED - FURTHER PROTECTING CORPORATE PROFITS http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/2/28/idaho-gov-signs-aggagbillintolaw.html Green Is the New Red, February 20, 2014
- ▶ IDAHO AG-GAG LAW WOULD MAKE IT ILLEGAL TO PHOTOGRAPH FACTORY FARM CRUELTY http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/idaho-ag-gag-law/7635/ Food Safety News, February 20, 2014
- ▶ IDAHO'S AG-GAG BILL CLEARS STATE SENATE, HEADS TO HOUSE ON FAST TRACK http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2014/02/idahos-senate-passed-ag-gag-bill-close-to-vote-in-house/#.Uwfdf15kJK4 HuffPost Food For Thought, February 25, 2014 - ▶ IDAHO'S AG-GAG BILL IS A SHAMEFUL ATTEMPT TO HIDE ANIMAL CRUELTY ON CORPORATE FACTORY FARMS http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-runkle/idahos-aggag-bill-shamefu_b_4848923.html DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN Businessweek, January 09, 2014
-▶ INDUSTRIAL FARMING: STATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS MAY GIVE LEGAL SHIELD TO CORPORATIONS http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-01-09/industrial-farming-state-constitutional-amendments-may-give-legal-shield WisconsinWatch.org, February 08, 2014 ▶ A 6,200 COW INDUSTRIAL FARM: DISPUTED EXPANSION OF WISCONSIN MEGA DAIRY WATCHED FOR STATEWIDE IMPACT: Owners vow to protect water quality; neighbors want tighter DNR oversight The Dept of Natural Resources is defending its approval of the Kinnard Farms permit, which will allow the farm to grow by 55 percent — from 5,627 to 8,710 animal units, or about 6,200 cattle. The farm, classified as a concentrated animal feeding operation, or CAFO, because of its large size, is in the town of Lincoln in Kewaunee County... http://www.wisconsinwatch.org/2014/02/08/disputed-expansion-of-dairy-watched-for-statewide-impact/
- ▶ WHAT EVERY PARENT SHOULD KNOW ABOUT BLIND, FOOTLESS GMO CHICKENS. FACTORY FARMS AND THE AG-GAG BILL http://sco.lt/961xVh FULL REPORT INDUSTRIALIZED MEAT
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
http://www.iatp.org/issue/industrialized-meat One Green Planet, February 20, 2014 - ▶ SHOCKING NEW FACTORY FARM INVESTIGATION SHOW WHY WE MUST DEFEAT AG-GAG BILLS http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/shocking-new-factory-farm-investigations-show-why-we-must-defeat-ag-gag-bills/ =======================
BBC News, September 18, 2012 -▶ THOUSANDS OF SRI LANKANS HAVE BEEN STRUCK WITH A DEADLY FORM OF KIDNEY DISEASE. A new study points to a likely cause - pesticides and fertilisers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19628295
Summit County Citizens Voice, March 01, 2015
-▶ NEW GLOBAL MAP IDs PESTICIDE POLLUTION HOT SPOTS. The world has a long way to go to come to grips with pesticide pollution say scientists who recently created a global map showing which areas are most susceptible.Their modeling suggests that streams across about 40 percent of the planet’s surface are at risk from the application of insecticides, with the Mediterranean region, the USA, Central America and Southeast Asia among the hotspots...On average, farmers apply about 4 million tons of agricultural pesticides annually,...We know from earlier investigations for example that pesticides can reduce the biodiversity of invertebrates in freshwater ecosystems by up to 42 percent... http://summitcountyvoice.com/2015/03/01/new-map-ids-pesticide-pollution-hot-spots/ April 12, 2013 ScieDevNet -▶ AGROCHEMICALS BLAMED FOR CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE IN SRI LANKA http://www.scidev.net/en/south-asia/news/agrochemicals-blamed-for-chronic-kidney-disease-in-sri-lanka.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_news
Truthout, July 10, 2014 ▶ MONSANTO'S HERBICIDE "ROUNDUP" LINKED TO FATAL KIDNEY DISEASE EPIDEMIC http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/24876-monsantos-herbicide-linked-to-fatal-kidney-disease-epidemic-will-ckdu-topple-monsanto Addicting Info, July 10, 2014 -▶ MONSANTO HERBICIDE AND LAX REGULATIONS TIED TO KIDNEY DISEASE http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/07/10/roundup-kills/ PRI The World, September 14, 2012 ▶ SRI LANKA: KIDNEY AILMENT LINKED TO FARM CHEMICALS http://www.theworld.org/2012/09/sri-lanka-kidney-chemicals/ NEW STUDY SUGGESTS THAT MONSANTO'S POPULAR WEEDKILLER, 'ROUNDUP' S LINKED AGAIN TO FATAL KIDNEY DISEASE (CKDu) http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-food/monsantos-popular-weedkiller-roundup-glyphosate-is-linked-to-fatal-kidney-disease-ckdu.php August 21, 2012 COLOMBO - IPS -▶ STUDY LINKS KIDNEY DISEASE IN SRI LANKA'S FARM BELT TO AGROCHEMICALS A new report links the high prevalence of chronic kidney disease in Sri Lanka’s main agricultural production regions with the presence of heavy metals in the water, caused by fertiliser and pesticide use....as many as 22,000 people may have died as a result in past two decades http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/08/study-links-kidney-disease-in-sri-lankas-farm-belt-to-agrochemicals/ TO BAN OR NOT TO BAN: THE POWER OF MONSANTO
RT USA, February 05, 2015
▶ MONSANTO'S ROUNDUP PESTICIDE SYSTEM THREATENS EXTINCTION OF MONARCH BUTTERFLIES: http://rt.com/usa/229667-monsanto-monarch-butterflies-extinct/ The Ecologist, July 02, 2014
-▶ NEONICOTINOIDS ARE POISONING NOT JUST HUMANS AND BEES BUT ENTIRE FARMLAND ECOSYSTEMS The world's most widely used insecticides have contaminated the environment across the planet so pervasively that global food production is at risk, according to a comprehensive scientific assessment of the chemicals' impacts. http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2459001/neonicotoids_are_poisoning_entire_farmland_ecosystems.html Center for Public Integrity, March 13, 2014 -▶ SRI LANKA BANS MONSANTO HERBICIDE "ROUNDUP" CITING POTENTIAL LINK TO DEADLY KIDNEY DISEASE http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/03/13/14418/sri-lanka-bans-monsanto-herbicide-citing-potential-link-deadly-kidney-disease Institute of Science in Society, April 09, 2014
-▶ SRI LANKA PARTIALLY BANS PESTICIDE CONTAINING GLYPHOSATE FOR DEADLY KIDNEY DISEASE EPIDEMIC. Glyphosate’s metal-chelating activity causes bioaccumulation of toxic metals in the body, resulting in an estimated 400 000 cases in Sri Lanka and 20 000 deaths Dr Eva Sirinathsinghji http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Sri_Lanka_partially_bans_glyphosate.php THEN THE REVERSAL Center For Public Integrity, April 11, 2014 -▶ MONSANTO 'ROUNDUP' HERBICIDE GLYPHOSATE BAN IN SRI LANKA PUT ON HOLD AS PESTICIDE INDUSTRY PUSHES BACK http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/04/11/14551/herbicide-ban-hold-sri-lanka-source-deadly-kidney-disease-remains-elusive Natural News, April 20, 2014
MONSANTO PRESSURES SRI LANKA TO REVERSE BAN ON HERBICIDE BELIEVED TO BE CAUSING WIDESPREAD KIDNEY DISEASE http://www.naturalnews.com/044792_Monsanto_glyphosate_ban_kidney_disease.html# Sustainable Pulse, May 13, 2014
-▶ UNDER PRESSURE, SRI LANKA REVERSES BAN ON SALE OF MONSANTO'S "ROUNDUP" GLYPHOSATE. GM Watch comment: As for the “European glyphosate task force” mentioned in the article, which has “concluded that there is no true link” between glyphosate herbicide and chronic kidney disease, let’s hope the Sri Lankan government recognises that THIS 'TASK FORCE' IS ENTIRELY MADE UP OF THE PESTICIDE COMPANIES that make and sell glyphosate herbicide! http://sustainablepulse.com/2014/05/13/sri-lanka-lifts-ban-sale-glyphosate/#.U3Mhgi_p5K4 MYSTERY IN THE FIELDS The Center For Public Integrity, December 28, 2012 SLIDESHOW
-▶ IN SRI LANKA, NEW STEPS TARGET THOUSANDS WITH KIDNEY DISEASE - AGROCHEMICALS, PESTICIDES http://www.publicintegrity.org/2012/12/28/11985/sri-lanka-new-steps-target-mysterious-kidney-disease MORE VIDEOS / ARTICLES As kidney disease kills thousands across continents, scientists scramble for answers http://ow.ly/dN3TU Lanka Business OnLine, March 02, 2014 -▶ NEW STUDY: SRI LANKA KILLER KIDNEY DISEASE LINKED TO MONSANTO WEEDICIDE, PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/news/sri-lanka,-kidney-disease-linked-to-glysophate,-phosphate-fertilizer/2081217214 PRI's The World -▶ SRI LANKA: KIDNEY AILMENT LINKED TO FARM CHEMICALS http://ow.ly/dN3NE WATCH: "ROUNDUP" GLYPHOSATE THE ULTIMATE KILLING MACHINE: New Charge Against Monsanto's Pesticide (Needed For GMO Crops) http://sco.lt/5bdPhx Michael Pollan: "Don't miss this VIDEO, about the next wave of herbicide-tolerant crops from Monsanto-- will make Round-Up look benign" WATCH: ▶ DANGERS OF DICAMBA 2,4-D http://www.fixfood.org/features/276/dangers-of-dicamba
Pesticide Action Group, March 12, 2014
-▶ THE BIG 6: BIGGER AND BADDER. The public comment period for Dow's new genetically engineered, pesticide 2,4-D-resistant corn and soy closed. And despite comments from nearly 400,000 concerned individuals and farmers urging otherwise, USDA has signaled it will likely greenlight these new GE crops. http://www.panna.org/blog/big-6-bigger-badder
GRAIN, May 26, 2014
2,4-D SOY: WAGING WAR ON PEASANTS Global attempts by Dow AgroSciences to gain approval for new genetically-modified soybean varieties resistant to the herbicide 2,4-D have become particularly aggressive in recent months. Simultaneous applications have been filed in several of the countries where genetically engineered crops (GE or transgenic crops or GMOs) were introduced in the 1990s.
The push for approval of new transgenics is part of a broader strategy by agribusiness to make the world’s farms increasingly dependent on its toxic herbicides, thus increasing the profits it derives from selling these chemicals. The current situation is a rerun of the 1990s’ introduction of Roundup Ready (glyphosate-resistant) crops, only this time the herbicides in question are much more toxic. These weed-killers have been around for a longer time and the case for their hazardousness to human health and the environment has been well documented. http://www.grain.org/article/entries/4945-2-4-d-soy-waging-war-on-peasants
Nation of Change, March 26, 2014 ▶ DOW: THE OTHER MONSANTO http://www.nationofchange.org/dow-other-monsanto-1395841065 Digital Journal, March 10, 2014 -▶ AS DOW SEEKS GROWTH, NEW ENLIST CROP AND CHEMICALS SEEN AS KEY How Interesting they make no mention of toxic impact on environment and human health http://www.digitaljournal.com/business/business/as-dow-seeks-growth-new-enlist-crop-chemicals-seen-as-key/article/375455
HuffingtonPost Green, September 15, 2014 -▶ HERBICIDE AND INSECTICIDE USE ON GMO CROPS SKYROCKETING, WHILE PRO-GMO MEDIA RUN INTERFERENCE. Former EPA Senior Scientist's New Article Sets Record Straight http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-bronner/herbicide-insecticide-use_b_5791304.html
REPORT PESTICIDE USE ON GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS
Ramon J. Seidler, Ph.D.Former Senior Scientist at the Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development, Western Ecology Division in Corvallis OR
http://static.ewg.org/agmag/pdfs/pesticide_use_on_genetically_engineered_crops.pdf
The Ecologist, July 02, 2014
-▶ NEONICOTINOIDS ARE POISONING NOT JUST HUMANS AND BEES BUT ENTIRE FARMLAND ECOSYSTEMS The world's most widely used insecticides have contaminated the environment across the planet so pervasively that global food production is at risk, according to a comprehensive scientific assessment of the chemicals' impacts. http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2459001/neonicotoids_are_poisoning_entire_farmland_ecosystems.html May 22, 2013 Natural New
▶ OVER 800 WORLD SCIENTISTS AGREE: GM CROPS ARE NOTHING SHORT OF A BIO-WAR ON OUR FOOD http://www.naturalnews.com/040447_GMO_biowar_food.html
-▶ PESTICIDE OVERLOAD: 1.1 BILLION POUNDS USED PER YEAR http://sco.lt/7ilmE5 -▶ THE CHILD VICTIMS OF AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDE POISONING - PESTICIDE INDUSTRY DISMISSIVE http://sco.lt/8KO8GH
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT SOARING PESTICIDE USE AND POISONING LINKED TO GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROP PRODUCTION http://sco.lt/8iunRp BEYOND PESTICIDES
PESTICIDE-INDUCED DISEASES DATA BASE -- CANCER
http://www.beyondpesticides.org/health/cancer.php
Environmental Health News, October 06, 2014
-▶ PESTICIDE USE BY FARMERS LINKED TO HIGH RATES OF DEPRESSION, SUICIDES http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/2014/oct/pesticides-depression/
Global Research, May 11, 2014 -▶ MONSANTO, SYNGENTA AND BAYER CROPSCIENCE: THE GMO BIOTECH SECTOR SCIENTIFIC DEBATE: CO-OPTATION, DECEPTION AND COLLUSION http://www.globalresearch.ca/monsanto-syngenta-and-bayer-cropscience-the-gmo-biotech-sector-cant-win-the-scientific-debate-the-options-are-co-option-deception-and-collusion/5381725 WATCH
INVESTIGATION: AL JAZEERA ENGLISH
GMO BANANAS & PESTICIDES: HEAD TO HEAD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgDUftcYA84&list=PLarcyiuyaj1D4MTxuM31Uvwk40HV7oIPV&index=31 ====================== INDIA AND GMO Bt COTTON ====================== The Asian Age, June 18, 2014
-▶ INDIA'S NEW CORPORATE GOVERNMENT. Intelligence agencies are supposed to protect the safety and security of a nation and its citizens from external threats. Tragically, we now have a report from the Intelligence Bureau that promotes the very foreign interests that are threatening our seed and food sovereignty, the livelihood of our farmers and the health of our citizens. The IB report, which was commissioned by the UPA government but submitted to the newly elected NDA government, blindly promotes genetically-modified organisms (GMOs). GMOs are the source of genetically modified foods. http://www.asianage.com/columnists/generously-motivated-526
Digital Journal , July 02, 2014
-▶ GENETICALLY ENGINEERED U.S. COTTON GROWERS WANT UNLICENSED, HIGHLY TOXIC PESTICIDE USE ON 3 MILLION ACRES - FURTHER POISONING SOIL, WATER AND ALL LIFE WITHIN THE ENVIRONMENT -- EXCEPT THE COTTON http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/2031904 -▶ INDIA: 8,200 FARMERS SUICIDE: GMO PESTICIDES, GMO SEEDS, http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2409815369/india-8-200-farmers-suicide-maharashtra-state-revokes-monsanto-s-cotton-seed-license
WATCH "BITTER SEEDS" Award Winning Film, Trailer Monsanto, GMO Seeds And Indian Farmer Suicides http://sco.lt/5lJBEv -▶ INDIA'S BIOTECH INDUSTRY TRICKERY: THE POWER OF THE GMO SEED PATENT MONOPOLY http://sco.lt/6vIzMf INDIA'S MONSANTO PROTECTION ACT - DR. VANDANA SHIVA - BIOTECH INDUSTRY TRICKERY http://sco.lt/8BpmF7 The Financial Express, June 07, 2014 BIOTECH INDUSTRY ON ATTACK: YOU WILL TAKE OUR SEEDS & PESTICIDES
-▶INDIA: THREE CELLS TO BE SET UP TO USE INDUSTRY DATA TO IMPROVE PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF Bt COTTON http://m.financialexpress.com/news/three-cells-to-be-set-up-to-improve-public-perception-of-bt-cotton/1257937/ WATCH "SEEDING DEEP DEMOCRACY Vandana Shiva http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1054461972/seeding-deep-democracy-vandana-shiva -▶ INDIA - WHERE MONSANTO HIDES OUT: GENETIC ENGINEERING HAS NOT LIVED UP TO ITS' CLAIMS, SAYS SCIENTIST http://sco.lt/98AmK9 -▶ PEASANTS FOR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY: NORTH INDIAN FARMERS DESTROY MONSANTO'S GM CORN FIELD TRIALS http://sco.lt/7LtQMz
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Vandana Shiva
THE FUTURE OF FOOD AND SEED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYwOTLopWIw Pambazuka, July 24. 2014
-▶ GMOs AND FOOD SOVEREIGNTY: WHICH WAY AFRICA?
African governments are under intense pressure from within but also from big agribusiness and Western governments to embrace GMOs. Governments must resist all forms of arm-twisting and food colonialism and make their biotechnology choices based on the facts http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/92594
EcoWatch, March 27, 2014 ▶ BRAZIL SEEKS BAN ON GLYPHOSATE, MONSANTO HERBICIDE DUE TO ALARMING TOXICITY RISKS http://ecowatch.com/2014/03/27/brazil-ban-monsanto-herbicide-toxic/ SLIDESHOW New York Times, May 08, 2014
-▶ DEADLY ILLNESS IN NICARAGUA BAFFLES EXPERTS http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/09/world/americas/deadly-illness-in-nicaragua-baffles-experts.html allAfrica.com, March 14, 2014
▶ KENYA: SWEET POISON: ILLEGAL RIPENING OF FRUITS WITH TOXIC CHEMICALS EXPOSES KENYANS TO CANCER http://allafrica.com/stories/201403140378.html Pesticide Action Network, December 18, 2013 ▶ PUERTO RICO: BAYER CROPSCIENCES FINED FOR ENDANGERING PUERTO RICAN FARMWORKERS WITH PESTICIDES http://www.panna.org/blog/bayer-fined-endangering-farmworkers Inter Press Service, August 12, 2012
▶ ARGENTINA: ACTIVISTS IN ARGENTINA EXPECT LANDMARK RULING AGAINST AGROCHEMICALS http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/08/activists-in-argentina-expect-landmark-ruling-against-agrochemicals/ GM Watch, October 19, 2013
▶ ARGENTINES LINK HEALTH PROBLEMS TO GMO AGROCHEMICALS http://gmwatch.org/index.php/news/archive/2013/15121-argentines-link-health-problems-to-agrochemicals April 29, 2013 The Center for Public Integrity -▶ NEW URGENCY TARGETS MYSTERIOUS KIDNEY DISEASE IN CENTRAL AMERICA http://www.publicintegrity.org/2013/04/29/12582/new-urgency-targets-mysterious-kidney-disease-central-america
Eat Drink Better
-▶ SOYBEANS: FACTORY FARMING AND THE DESTRUCTION OF LANDS AND LIVES IN ARGENTINA http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2013/12/23/soybeans-factory-farming-destruction-argentina/
August 30, 2013 Sustainable Pulse: -▶ THE NEVER-ENDING TREADMILL OF MORE AND STRONGER PESTICIDE: -----BIOTECH INDUSTRY STARTS NEW ERA OF PESTICIDE-PROMOTING AGRICULTURE http://sustainablepulse.com/2013/08/30/biotech-industry-starts-new-era-of-pesticide-promoting-agriculture/#.UigyP7zc-RQ -▶ PESTICIDE LOBBY SPENDS MILLI0NS TO DEFEND CHEMICALS TIED TO HUMAN HEALTH AND BEE DEATHS http://sco.lt/5Fiin3 February 8, 2012 Food Integrity Campaign -▶ DROWNING IN HERBICIDE: MONSANTO IGNORES HEALTH CONCERNS http://www.foodwhistleblower.org/blog/23-2012/286-drowning-in-herbicide-monsanto-ignores-health-concerns GreenMediaInfo, June 23, 2013 ▶ EXTREME TOXICITY OF "ROUNDUP" DESTROYS GM/NON-GM 'SUBSTANTIAL EQUIVALENCE' ARGUMENT http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/monsantos-game-over-extreme-toxicity-roundup-destroys-justification-gm Treehugger, March 06, 2014 ▶ A SILENT EPIDEMIC OF NEUROTOXINS IS THREATENING OUR CHILDREN'S BRAINS http://www.treehugger.com/health/silent-epidemic-neurotoxins-threatening-our-childrens-brains.html The Nation, March 31, 2014 Edition -▶WARNING SIGNS: HOW PESTICIDES HARM THE YOUNG BRAIN. The pathbreaking CHAMACOS study has detected developmental problems in children born to mothers who toiled in California’s treated fields—but will anything change? http://www.thenation.com/article/178804/warning-signs-how-pesticides-harm-young-brain#
SILENCING THE SCIENTIST TARGETED BY HERBICIDE FIRM SYNGENTA - ALTRAZINE http://sco.lt/8VIcAz -▶ OUR CHEMICAL-LADEN WORLD: ARE THE BEES THE CANARY IN THE COAL MINE FOR HUMAN HEALTH AND WELL-BEING? http://sco.lt/4wbH61 ▶ OUR GMO CORNFIELDS ARE TOO QUIET - ALL LIFE CHEMICALLY EXTERMINATED - EXCEPT THE GENE-ALTERED CORN http://sco.lt/6przzF -▶ OUR INDUSTRIAL, WESTERN AGRICULTURAL FOOD SYSTEM IS DESTROYING THE EARTH AND OUR HEALTH http://sco.lt/63qRl3
-▶ THE GLOBAL CHEMICAL BIOTECH CARTEL - AN UNPRECEDENTED POWER OVER WORLD FOOD SUPPLY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1716244040/the-global-chemical-biotech-cartel-an-unprecedented-power-over-world-agriculture-and-human-health -▶ HOW BIOTECH CORPORATION AND GMO CROPS ARE THREATENING THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMANKIND ALIKE http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3583767396/how-biotech-corporations-and-gmo-crops-are-threatening-the-environment-and-humankind-alike BAN GMOs NOW A Special ISIS Report http://sco.lt/5CPilt PESTICIDE FACT SHEETS Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides http://www.pesticide.org/get-the-facts/pesticide-factsheets Oliver De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food March 10, 2014
-▶ DEMOCRACY AND DIVERSITY CAN MEND BROKEN FOOD SYSTEMS http://www.srfood.org/en/democracy-and-diversity-can-mend-broken-food-systems-final-diagnosis-from-un-right-to-food-expert Common Dreams, March 21, 2014
-▶ RADICAL UN REPORT PROMOTES DEMOCRATIC CONTROL OF FOOD AND AN END TO CORPORATE DOMINATION http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/21-0 -▶ 7 CRAZY THINGS PESTICIDES ARE DOING TO YOUR BODY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2367544798/7-crazy-things-pesticides-are-doing-to-your-body =▶ ARE YOU EATING 'PESTICIDE PLANTS'? THE CONNECTION BETWEEN GMO AND TOXIC PESTICIDES http://sco.lt/9JFS65 ▶ THINK THOSE CHEMICALS AND PESTICIDES IN YOUR FOOD HAVE BEEN TESTED? http://sco.lt/7QxMob ▶ BIO-RAPE OF OUR NATIVE FOOD SUPPLY. FARMERS REPORT WIDESPREAD CROSS CONTAMINATION OF GE CROPS BY BUNCH OF CORPORATE CRIMINALS: http://seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-food/bio-rape-widespread-cross-contamination-of-GMO-crops-over-native-organic-food-supply.php ▶ LOOTING THE VERY FOUNDATIONS OF LIFE: CORPORATE FINANCIALIZATION OF NATURE: A RECIPE FOR DISASTER http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/10/13
▶ CONTEMPORARY AGRICULTURE IS BURNING UP OUR PLANET http://sco.lt/9E1XDV WATCH: THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MONSANTO (FULL LENGTH) The Leader of the Global Biotech Chemical Cartel http://sco.lt/7wFWFN ▶ THE NEW CORPORATE COLONIALISM. Destruction of Planetary Life In The Name Of "Growth" http://sco.lt/696Tlx
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23 March 2013 - Los Angeles Times -▶ -▶ GENETIC MODIFICATION STRAINS OLD FOOD AND DRUG LAWS ; HOW A FISH BECOMES A DRUG, AND CORN A PEST. When is a fish not a fish but a drug? When government regulators take old laws and twist themselves into knots trying to apply them to new technology... Atlantic salmon that grow quickly thanks to a growth hormone gene from another salmon species are deemed "new animal drugs" because the Food and Drug Administration decided to regulate genetically engineered animals under the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938. A cotton plant that makes insect-killing proteins with the help of a gene from a soil bacterium is a pesticide in the eyes of the Environmental Protection Agency, which regulates the crop under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act of 1972. In what some critics deem the biggest contortion, many genetically modified crops are classified as "potential plant pests" so that the U.S. Department of Agriculture may preside over them through the Federal Plant Pest Act of 1957 — even though the key traits added to the plants have nothing to do with pests.... July 24, 2013 Elle
-▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED CORN - ALLERGIES TO #GMO CORN http://www.elle.com/beauty/health-fitness/allergy-to-genetically-modified-corn -▶ THE GLOBAL CHEMICAL BIOTECH CARTEL - AN UNPRECEDENTED POWER OVER WORLD AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN HEALTH http://www.panna.org/issues/pesticides-profit/chemical-cartel -▶ BLIND, FOOTLESS CHICKENS FOR FUTURE CAFO FACTORY FARMS http://farmwars.info/?p=7897 -▶ GMOs IN THE PIPELINE. LOOKING TO THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IN the crop, forestry, livestock, aquaculture and agro-industry sectors in developing countries" http://www.fao.org/biotech/biotech-forum/en/ -▶ KNOWN BIOTECH GENE ALTERING IN THE PIPELINE http://www.genet-info.org/information-services/genetically-engineered-animals/ge-salmon.html ▶ INTRODUCING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ANIMALS INTO OUR ENVIRONMENT AND BODIES http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2241145898/introducing-genetically-engineered-animals-into-our-environment-and-bodiesl Responsible Innovation June 12, 2014
-▶ SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY: MISSING THE POINT http://jackstilgoe.wordpress.com/2014/06/12/letter-to-nature/ June 17, 2013 Global Research
-▶ FDA APPROVES FIRST GMO FLU VACCINE -- CONTAINING REPROGRAMMED DOG KIDNEY CELLS http://www.globalresearch.ca/fda-approves-first-gmo-flu-vaccine-containing-reprogrammed-insect-virus/5338052 August 18, 2013 Care2 Causes
-▶ NOW WE'RE TURNING ANIMALS INTO FACTORIES FOR OUR DRUGS? http://www.care2.com/causes/now-were-turning-animals-into-factories-for-our-drugs.html 20 March, 2013 - The Guardian Environment -▶ MAJOR US SUPERMARKETS TO BOYCOTT GM SALMON - FIRST OF 30 OTHER GENETICALLY ALTERED SPECIES UNDER DEVELOPMENT The GM salmon is the first in some 30 other species of genetically engineered fish under development, including tilapia. Researchers are also working to bring GM cows, chickens and pigs to market.... http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/20/major-us-supermarkets-boycott-gm-salmon VIDEO REPORT RT News March 28, 2013
-▶ ' FRANKENFISH' HEADING TO YOUR DINNER PLATE AS OBAMA SIGNS 'MONSANTO PROTECTION ACT' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao7ECASd5pc WATCH (19:57) GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ORGANISMS HAVE PERVERTED SCIENCE - GENETICIST -Dr Suman Sahai: Power, Plurality and Uncertainty and The Global Politics of Scientific Advice. A fascinating talk by Dr Suman Sahai of GeneCampaign containing a powerful indictment of the science of GMOs.... http://www.gmwatch.org/gm-videosb/27-gm-in-india/14678 -▶ WHERE DOES IT STOP? CHINESE SCIENTISTS PRESENTLY EXPERIMENT WITH MORE THAN 20 GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ANIMALS: - NBC Chicago http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/genetically-engineered-salmon-176698781.html Mail OnLine, February 06, 2014
-▶ WORLD'S FIRST GENETICALLY MODIFIED BABIES BORN IN U.S. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-43767/Worlds-GM-babies-born.html#ixzz2Y86dcHec New York Times, February 23, 2014
▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED BABIES: FDA CONSIDERING APPROVAL OF RADICAL BIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES-- THIS WEEK The F.D.A. calls them mitochondrial manipulation technologies. This is a dangerous step. These techniques would change every cell in the bodies of children born as a result of their use, and these alterations would be passed down to future generations. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/24/opinion/genetically-modified-babies.html -▶ UNDER SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY LIFE WILL NOT BE A PRODUCT OF NATURE BUT OF A LAB AND IT WILL BE PATENTED AND PRIVATIZED http://sco.lt/7pchOL --- WATCH --- A Must see VIDEO for all. Dr. David Suzuki WHAT IS GENETIC ENGINEERING "WHAT ARE ROUNDUP READY & Bt PESTICIDE GMO CROPS?" http://sco.lt/5n6cuP -▶ THE FOOD FIGHT OF OUR LIVES = CROSSING PIGS AND BUTTERFLIES WITH WORMS -- NOT OKAY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1699396402/gmos-and-biotech-the-food-fight-of-our-lives-crossing-roses-with-pigs-and-butterflies-with-worms-not-to-mention-corn-with-a-virulent-bacteria -▶ PATENTING LIFE ITSELF: BIOTECH IS RE-ENGINEERING, RE-PROGRAMMING - THE ETHICS AND LEGALITIES http://sco.lt/9Hu7Tl ▶ THE NEXT GMO BIOTECH WAVE: EXTREME SYNTHETIC GENETICS: THE IMPLICATIONS, THE ETHICS http://sco.lt/6TyUmv -▶ WILL SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY BENEFIT OR THREATEN WILD THINGS? http://sco.lt/66LUbR -▶ BIODEMOCRACY OR CORPORATOCRACY http://sco.lt/7696kT -▶ BIO RE-ENGINEERING NATURE: PEACH GENOME AND POPLARS, WILLOW TREES FOR PATENTED BIOFUEL CROPS http://sco.lt/6YSHqr -▶ DID YOU KNOW? GENE ALTERED FOODS NOW LARGE PART OF AMERICAN DIET http://sco.lt/7oVxQH -▶ >> WHY GENETIC MODIFICATION OF CROPS AND LIVESTOCK IS INHERENTLY UNCONTROLLABLE AND HAZARDOUS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3075683244/why-genetic-modification-of-crops-and-livestock-is-inherently-uncontrollable-and-hazardous -▶ GROWING PHARMACEUTICALS IN GMO PLANT REQUIRES NEW, STRICT REGULATIONS AND OVERSIGHT - PATENT MONOPOLIES http://sco.lt/7KM4qv -▶ MONSANTO ENTERS PHARMACEUTICAL BUSINESS, ACQUIRES KEY 'GENE SILENCING' TECHNOLOGY FOR USE IN HUMANS http://sco.lt/8Rrt6v -▶ WE ALLOW MULTINATIONAL FOOD CORPORATIONS AND SPECULATORS TO DECIDE EVERYDAY WHO IS EATING AND LIVING, AND WHO IS STARVING AND DYING http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2973615009/we-allow-multinational-food-corporations-and-speculators-to-decide-everyday-who-is-eating-and-living-and-who-is-starving-and-dying -▶ PATENT FOR A PIG: BIOTECH SCIENTISTS PUSH TO PATENT, "IMPROVE" TRANSGENIC GMO 'ENVIROPIGS" http://sco.lt/8JZpZp -▶ ****MONSANTO GMO TREES COULD DEVASTATE FOREST ECO SYSTEMS LEAVING BIOLOGICAL DESERTS http://sco.lt/51ekyH -▶ DO WE NEED A GENETIC BILL OF RIGHTS? http://sco.lt/5D4PTN VIDEO GENETICALLY MODIFIED ANIMALS COMING TO YOUR DINNER PLATE - WHETHER YOU KNOW IT OR NOT http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3199607957/where-does-it-stop-genetically-modified-animals-coming-to-your-dinner-plate-video -▶ ----- AND NOW... GENETICALLY MODIFIED ANIMALS COULD MAKE IT TO YOUR PLATE WITH MINIMAL TESTING AND NO PUBLIC INPUT http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1979494551/and-now-genetically-modified-animals-could-make-it-to-your-plate-with-minimal-testing-and-no-public-input -▶ WHY IS THERE SO LITTLE INDEPENDENT PEER REVIEW GMO RESEARCH? http://sco.lt/5FIWcD -▶ ----- NEW GM BABIES BORN A DECADE AGO http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-food/genetically-engineered-babies.php -▶ ------PATENT FOR A PIG: SCIENTIST "IMPROVE' TRANSGENIC GMO "ENVIROPIGS" http://sco.lt/7hrnF3 -▶ ------ FIRST GM CAMELS TO BE ENGINEERED FOR DRUG PRODUCTION http://sco.lt/5L5VVB -▶ ------ GM COW BRINGS BIOTECH TO A NEW LEVEL OF CREEPY http://sco.lt/62KG6T -▶ ------ China Develops 300 Genetically Modified Dairy Cows for Human Breast Milk Production http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3601115491/science-gone-mad-china-develops-300-genetically-modified-dairy-cows-for-human-breast-milk-production -▶ ------ GMO PATENTS MAY OWN OUR FORESTS: MONSANTO GMO TREES COULD DEVASTATE FOREST ECOYSTEMS http://sco.lt/5G9P0L -▶ ------ INTRODUCING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ANIMALS INTO OUR ENVIRONMENT AND BODIES http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2241145898/introducing-genetically-engineered-animals-into-our-environment-and-bodiesl -▶ ------ UNLEASHING GENETICALLY SALMON ONTO YOUR DINNER PLATE = NO REGULATIONS, NO OVERSIGHT - "FATALLY FLAWED" FDA ASSESSMENT http://sco.lt/8ZDraz -▶ OBAMA QUIETLY DE-REGULATES GMO/ GENETIC BIOTECH INDUSTRY : Fast-tracking approvals, Waiving regulations, NO Oversight, NO Labeling http://sco.lt/5uCx8b -▶ OBAMA'S BIOECONOMY PROMOTES A GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FUTURE - FAST TRACKING APPROVALS, WAIVING REGULATIONS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3834276755/obama-s-bioeconomy-promotes-a-genetically-engineered-future-fast-tracking-approvals-waiving-regulations -▶ PATENTING LIFE: GENETICALLY MONETIZED FOOD - FOLLOW THE MONEY http://sco.lt/5YZ8vx -▶ THE GLOBAL CORPORATE MONOPOLY IN SEED PATENTS AND CONTROL OF YOUR FOOD http://sco.lt/9MJJhZ -▶ GENE GIANTS SEEK "PHILANTHROGOPOLY" - SIX MULTINATIONAL GENE GIANTS CONTROL THE DIRECTION OF AGRICULTURE WITH IMPUNITY http://sco.lt/6h3lzt -▶ FRANKENFOODS HITCH AN 'ANONYMOUS' RIDE THROUGH US CONGRESS - GMO NOW FREE FROM LIABILITY, REGULATION AND OVERSIGHT This dangerous provision, the Monsanto Protection Act, strips judges of their constitutional mandate to protect consumer and farmer rights and the environment, while opening up the floodgates for the planting of new untested genetically engineered crops, endangering farmers, citizens and the environment http://sco.lt/7cjwu1 -▶ BIOTECH AGRICHEMICAL INDUSTRY GETS IMMUNITY FROM US CONGRESS, OBAMA - RISES ABOVE COURTS http://sco.lt/8edR3Z June 5, 2013 The Daily Sheeple
-▶ NESTLE'S MARK UP WATER 52 MILLION PERCENT WHILE PATENTING BREAST MILK AND MEDICINAL PLANTS http://www.thedailysheeple.com/nestles-wet-dream-they-mark-up-water-53-million-percent_062013 -▶ OBAMA QUIETLY DE-REGULATES GMO/ GENETIC BIOTECH INDUSTRY : FAST-TRACKING APPROVALS, WAIVING REGULATIONS, OVERSIGHT AND LABELING http://sco.lt/5uCx8b BAN GMOs NOW A Special ISIS Report http://sco.lt/5CPilt -▶ >The "BIOTECH RIDER ": IS THE BIOTECH AGRICULTURAL/FOOD CARTEL ABOUT TO GAIN IMMUNITY FROM FEDERAL LAW? http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2132996096/the-monsanto-rider-is-the-biotech-agricultural-cartel-about-to-gain-immunity-from-federal-law -▶ >MONSTER BIOTECH CARTEL SNEAK ATTACK IN CONGRESS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3536061295/monsanto-sneak-attack-in-congress -▶ >THE POWERFUL OBAMA USDA ALLOW MORE GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD 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 -▶ >THE SPERM COUNT OF FRENCH MEN FELL BY A THIRD BETWEEN 1989 AND 2006 - GMO, environmental chemical exposures http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3600451819/the-sperm-count-of-french-men-fell-by-a-third-between-1989-and-2005-environmental-chemical-exposures -▶ >HORMONES FED TO LIVESTOCK MAY SKEW FISH (AND HUMAN) GENDER TOWARD MALES http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3718798300/hormones-from-livestock-operations-may-skew-fish-and-human-gender-toward-males -▶ >THE ECONOMIC COST OF FOOD MONOPOLIES Food & Water Watch http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3502513832/the-economic-cost-of-food-monopolies-food-water-watch -- WATCH -- THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MONSANTO: (FULL LENGTH) THE LEADER OF THE BIOTECH CARTEL http://sco.lt/7FFsXZ -▶ ANIMALS RAISED IN CORPORATE CONCENTRATION PENS - DRUGS AND 'AG-GAG' LAWS TO IMPACT BEYOND USA http://sco.lt/4ynuev -▶ MONSANTO BUYS OBAMA, THE US SENATE AND THE GLOBAL FARM http://sco.lt/8xdkYb -▶ U.S. GMO FOOD LABELING DRIVE GOES GLOBAL - May 25, 2013 http://sco.lt/4sEmUD -▶ UPROAR IN THE USA: DO GLOWING HOUSE PLANTS TAKE GENE TINKERING TOO FAR? http://sco.lt/8p47UH
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Seed is the essence of life. It is also the first link in the food system. Control over seed is control over food.
The Ecologist, March 26,2015
▶ CARVING UP AFRICA - AID DONORS AND AGRIBUSINESS PLOT THE GREAT SEEDS PRIVATIZATION http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2805343/carving_up_africa_aid_donors_and_agribusiness_plot_the_great_seed_privatization.html
Food First, March 23,2015
▶ GATES FOUNDATION AND USAID PLOTS WAYS OF PROFITING FROM AFRICA'S SEED SYSTEM http://foodfirst.org/press-releases/gates-foundation-plots-ways-of-profiting-from-africas-seed-systems/
African Center For Biosafety March 09, 2015 ▶ WHITE MEN MEET IN LONDON TO PLOT WAYS OF PROFITING OFF AFRICA'S SEED SYSTEM http://www.acbio.org.za/index.php/media/64-media-releases/475-white-men-meet-in-london-to-plot-ways-of-profiting-off-africas-seed-systems
GATES, AGRICULTURE, SEED AND AFRICA A TROJAN HORSE FOR GMO BIOTECH CARTEL IN SUB-SAHARA AFRICA http://sco.lt/5ZNnsX
April 23, 2013 - The South African Civil Society Information Service ▶ IS AFRICA ABOUT TO LOSE THE RIGHT TO HER SEED? Seed and the control of seed lies at the heart of agriculture. In Africa around 80% of seed comes from local and community saved seed resources. This seed is adapted to local conditions. It forms an integral part of community food security and agricultural integrity. This entire traditional system is now under threat. A broad front of commercial interests, aided and abetted by the World Bank, the American Seed Association and government agencies, along with front groups, academics and so-called philanthropists, are endeavouring to alienate this crucial resource. The international seed industry, owned by massive multinational pesticide companies involved in promoting hybrid and genetically modified (GM) seed, is both a primary beneficiary and protagonist of this thrust. While the motivation is ostensibly to assist the development of African agriculture, the impacts will be widespread and dire. http://www.sacsis.org.za/site/article/1638 SPECIAL ISSUE: PAMBAZUKA NEWS GMOs, FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AND AFRICA http://pambazuka.org/en/issue/688
▶ GMO GENE GIANTS STOCKPILING PATENTS ON LIFE Nagoya, Japan -- Under the guise of developing “climate-ready” crops, the world’s largest seed and agrochemical corporations are filing hundreds of sweeping, multi-genome patents in a bid to control the world’s plant biomass, according to a report released by ETC Group http://www.etcgroup.org/fr/node/5220
Nation of Change, May 08, 2014 -▶ OVER 76% OF THE SEED MARKET IS NOW PATENTED BY CORPORATIONS. Just six companies in the world have patented most of the seeds grown in the entire global agricultural market. http://www.nationofchange.org/over-76-seed-market-now-patented-corporations-1399558246
June 5, 2013 Corporate Europe Observatory ▶ LARGE SEED CORPORATIONS CLOSING IN ON GLOBAL CONTROL OF SEED SUPPLY http://corporateeurope.org/news/closing-our-seeds
Alternet, March 17, 2015
▶ SEED LIBRARIES ARE SPROUTING UP ACROSS THE PLANET, AND CORPORATE DOMINATED GOVERNMENTS ARE TRYING TO STOP THEM http://www.alternet.org/environment/seed-libraries-are-sprouting-across-planet-and-corporate-dominated-govts-are-trying-stop
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Treehugger, March 26,2015
SEED SHARING (as in a hobby or with neighbors) AND SEED LIBRARIES DEEMED ILLEGAL IN MANY AMERICAN STATES. The sharing of seed is an ancient practice, ensuring the survival of the human species, the local biodiversity of life, as well as local food security...open-pollinated seeds vs patented hybridized and genetically engineered varieties. http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-agriculture/seed-saving-seed-libraries-illegal-united-states.html
▶ RECLAIMING THE SEED: THE FIRST LINK IN THE FOOD CHAIN http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/1547185/reclaiming_the_seed.html
The Ecologist, August 20, 2014
▶ FREE THE SEEDS TO FEED THE WORLD: Patented and 'indentured' seeds are fast taking over the world's food supply, terminating farmers' and gardeners' ancient right to develop new varieties, and forcing them to buy seed anew for every crop. Enter the Open Source Seed Initiative ... http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2523547/free_the_seeds_to_feed_the_world.html
April 25, 2013 ▶ THE SEED OLIGARCHS http://gmo-journal.com/2013/04/25/seed-oligarchs/
COMPELLING GRAPHIC GLOBAL SEED INDUSTRY CONSOLIDATION The Cornucopia Institute
Compelling graphics detailing corporate consolidation in the global seed industry. http://www.cornucopia.org/2013/09/seed-industry-structure-dr-phil-howard-2/
Third World Network, November 14, 2014
▶ MULTINATIONAL CORPORATE SEED INDUSTRY SEEKS GLOBAL MONOPOLY ON SEEDS http://www.twnside.org.sg/title2/intellectual_property/info.service/2014/ip141107.htm
Institute of Science in Society, October 22, 2014
▶ BEWARE THE CORPORATE TAKEOVER OF SEED UNDER MANY GUISES. Monopoly of agricultural seeds by a handful of corporations. Monsanto, Syngenta and DuPont alone already own 53% of the global commercial seed market and legislative proposals and treaties are set to increase their monopoly http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Beware_the_Corporate_Takeover_of_Seed.php
▶ AP INVESTIGATION: MONSANTO MONOPOLY OF AGRICULTURAL SEED BUSINESS REVEALED Confidential contracts detailing Monsanto Co.'s business practices reveal how the world's biggest seed developer is squeezing competitors, controlling smaller seed companies and protecting its dominance over the multibillion-dollar market for genetically altered crops, an Associated Press investigation has found. http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2009/12/14/ap_investigation_monsanto_seed_biz_role_revealed/
WATCH Short Video June 19, 2013 Sustainable Pulse THE LAW OF THE SEED: “Seed is the essence of life. It is also the first link in the food system. Control over seed is control over food. Control over seed is today being shaped by new laws that are being written by the very corporations that are destroying the diversity of seed and the freedom of our food. READ FULL LAW OF THE SEED HERE: PDF http://sustainablepulse.com/2013/06/19/the-law-of-the-seed/#.UcYE3OswOic
YES Magazine, April 04, 2013 ▶ WHY THE MOST POWERFUL THING IN THE WORLD IS A SEED http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/how-cooperatives-are-driving-the-new-economy/why-the-most-powerful-thing-in-the-world-is-a-seed
WATCH 59:94
Vandana Shiva
THE FUTURE OF FOOD AND SEED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYwOTLopWIw
Open Seeds: ▶ INDUSTRIAL (GM) SEED CARTEL EXTEND THEIR DOMINANCE - NO SEED CAN BE SOLD WITHOUT PERMISSION http://open-seeds.org/bad-seed-law/
August 28, 2013 MintPress News -▶ HOW MONSANTO CORNERS THE WORLD'S FOOD MARKET. MONSANTO HAS A PATENT ON JUST ABOUT EVERY CROP OUT THERE http://www.mintpressnews.com/how-monsanto-corners-the-worlds-food-market/167901/
Common Ground, April 30, 2014 ▶ SEEDS OF FREEDOM. If we have to survive as a species, we need to reclaim our commons — of seed, of climate, of knowledge and resist the privatisation of every aspect of life. http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/04/30-9 WATCH The Hubris of The Biotech Chemical Cartel
"SEEDING DEEP DEMOCRACY" - Vandana Shiva http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1054461972/seeding-deep-democracy-vandana-shiva
April 26, 2012 Pesticide Action Network ▶ MONSANTO & BIOTECH CARTEL MOVE TO CONSOLIDATE AND MONOPOLIZE GLOBAL SEED PATENTS http://ecowatch.com/2013/corporations-win-farmers-lose-ge-seed-deals/
WATCH
New Film From "Seeds of Freedom"
"SEEDS OF SOVEREIGNTY" http://www.seedsoffreedom.info/more-films/seeds-sovereignty/ Seeds of Sovereignty shares the stories of African communities embarking on a journey to revive their traditional seed diversity, and take back control over their food systems. Forging a path toward a socially just, ecologically sane and sovereign future, they are courageously challenging the corporate, profit driven model of agriculture imposed upon them... http://www.seedsoffreedom.info/more-films/seeds-sovereignty/
October 23, 2014
▶ PATENT INDUSTRY SELLING OUT FUTURE OF OUR FOOD
http://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/sites/default/files/news/pr_new_report_about_patents_on_plants.pdf FULL REPORT http://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/en/information/background/european-patents-on-plants-and-animals
-▶ GMO GIANT, DuPONT, HIRES EX-COPS TO 'ENFORCE' SEED PATENTS ON FARMERS: USA GOVERNMENT IMPOTENT TO INTERFERE http://sco.lt/67rT97 ▶ WHY DOES MONSANTO SUE FARMERS WHO SAVE SEEDS? OWNING THE SEEDS OF LIFE http://sco.lt/7xzzFJ
WATCH MONSANTO AND THE SEEDS OF SUICIDE http://sco.lt/84jT17
▶ THE GMO SEED CARTEL - HOW BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANIES MONOPOLIZE GLOBAL SEED MARKETS http://sco.lt/6HigjJ Scientific American DO SEED COMPANIES CONTROL GM CROP RESEARCH? http://sco.lt/7XugID VIDEO "SEEDS OF FREEDOM" (10 min) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyh9-K3n4Kg&sns=em Navdanya, Dr. Vandana Shiva
The Association for Plant Breeding for the Benefit of Society ▶ IF WE RELY ON CORPORATE SEED, WE LOSE FOOD SOVEREIGNTY http://www.apbrebes.org/news/tunis-2013-if-we-rely-corporate-seed-we-lose-food-sovereignty
The Good Food, September 02, 2014
▶ SEED IS LIFE. SOIL IS LIFE. WATER IS LIFE http://www.goodfoodworld.com/2014/09/seed-is-life-soil-is-life-water-is-life/ Guardian Sustainable Business, May 02, 2014 -▶ FIGHTING THE SEED MONOPOLY: THE OPEN SOURCE SEED INITIATIVE PROVES ALTERNATIVE TO PATENT-PROTECTED SEEDS STRANGLING AGRICULTURE http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/seed-monopoly-free-seeds-farm-monsanto-dupont
TakePart, April 21, 2014
▶ A GROUP OF BREEDERS WANTS PLANT GENETICS TO BE OPEN-SOURCE. No Patenting A group of plant scientists at the University of Wisconsin, United States, is trying to bring plant breeding back into the commons and fight back against the increasing privatization of plant breeding and the seed business. http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/04/21/open-source-seed-initiative February 12, 2013 Share The World' Resources
▶ ON SEED FREEDOM AND SHARING http://www.stwr.org/food-security-agriculture/on-seed-freedom-and-sharing.html ▶ GLOBAL SEED GIANTS PATENT SEEDS REDUCING FARMERS' SEED OPTIONS http://sco.lt/8027ZB October 10, 2010 The Ecologist ▶ HOW THE GLOBAL SEED MARKET IS CONTROLLED BY MONSANTO, SYNGENTA, BAYER, DOW AND DUPONT http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_round_up/625294/revealed_how_seed_market_is_controlled_by_monsanto_syngenta_bayer_dow_dupont.html WATCH: Vandana Shiva: CORPORATE MONOPOLY OF SEEDS MUST END http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2920670940/vandana-shiva-corporate-monopoly-of-seeds-must-end May 10, 2013 ▶ GMO PATENTS TURN FARMERS SAVING SEEDS INTO "THIEVES" ~ Vandana Shiva http://southweb.org/lifewise/gmo-patents-turn-farmers-saving-seeds-into-thieves-vandana-shiva/ Pambazuka, September 25, 2014
▶ MAYAN PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT DEFEATS MONSANTO LAW IN GUATEMALA. There was a great risk that the Monsanto Law would have made criminals of already repressed small farmers who are just trying to make ends meet and doing what they have done for generations – cultivating corn and black beans for their own consumption. The Monsanto Law meant that they would not have been able to grow and harvest anything that originates from natural seeds. Farmers would be breaking the laws if these natural seeds had been mixed with patented seeds from other crops as a result of pollination or wind, unless they had had a license for the patented seed from a transnational corporation like Monsanto. .. The Monsanto Law would have given exclusivity on patented seeds to a handful of transnational companies....the Mayan people – or actually most people – in Guatemala do not agree with a policy of treating nature like a commodity to be sold off piece by piece, ...http://pambazuka.net/en/category/features/92994 VIDEOS
June 12, 2014 ▶ ARGENTINA: ACTIVISTS ARRESTED & BRUTAL POLICE REPRESSION AFTER 'MONSANTO LAW' IS APPROVED http://revolution-news.com/argentina-activists-arrested-brutal-police-repression-monsanto-law-approved/
August 19, 2013 Common Dreams
▶ 'MONSANTO LAW' BRINGS UPROAR TO CHILE OVER CONTROL OF AGRICULTURAL SEED http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/19-6 VIDEO REPORT September 15, 2013 The Real News
▶ COLUMBIA: NATIONAL FARMERS AND SOCIAL STRIKE GET SEEDS CONTROL LAWS SUSPENDED http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=10722
March 11, 2013 - Waking Times ▶ LATIN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES FIGHT TO PROTECT HEIRLOOM SEEDS FROM MONSANTO http://www.wakingtimes.com/2013/03/11/international-communities-fight-to-protect-heirloom-seeds-from-monsanto/
Reuters, July 29, 2013
-▶ GMO COMPANIES LAUNCH WEBSITE TO FIGHT ANTI-BIOTECH MOVEMENT http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/29/us-gmo-campaign-idUSBRE96S0QX20130729
Common Dreams, January 07, 2015
▶ CORPORATE FICTION IN THE AGE OF GMOs http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/01/07/corporate-fiction-age-gmos
The Asian Age, June 18, 2014
-▶ INDIA'S NEW CORPORATE GOVERNMENT AND THE POWER OF MONSANTO AND THE BIOTECH INTELLIGENCE INDUSTRY. http://www.asianage.com/columnists/generously-motivated-526 July 8, 2013 Navdanya's Diary
▶ MONSANTO'S CLIMATE RESILIENT PLANT PATENT REJECTED BY INDIA'S PATENT OFFICE, UPHELD BY THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY APPELLATE BOARD http://www.navdanya.org/blog/?p=712
-▶ PEASANTS FOR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY: NORTH INDIAN FARMERS DESTROY MONSANTO'S GM CORN FIELD TRIALS http://sco.lt/7LtQMz
May 13, 2013 IPS ▶ MEXICO: GENE GIANTS PREPARE THE GENETIC WIPE-OUT OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST IMPORTANT FOODS http://sco.lt/7TN70z
La Via Campesina, November 20, 2013 ▶ DEFENDING PEASANT SEEDS IS FIGHTING FOR OUR RIGHT TO LIFE http://viacampesina.org/en/index.php/main-issues-mainmenu-27/biodiversity-and-genetic-resources-mainmenu-37/1519-defending-peasant-seeds-is-fighting-for-our-right-to-life
Common Dreams, January 23, 2013
▶ MEXICAN PEASANT LEADERS STAGE HUNGER STRIKE AGAINST GENETICALLY MODIFIED CORN http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/01/23-5 WATCH
PBS Newshour Report, December 30, 2013
GMO SEEDS GROW INTO BIG FIGHT ON KAUAI MONEY TRUMPS HEALTH http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/environment/july-dec13/hawaiigmo_12-30.html Modern Farmer, October 24, 2013
▶ THE SEEDS OF SECURITY - MAINTAINING GENETIC DIVERSITY OF OUR FOOD. By importing seeds designed from other climates, we lose the security represented by heritage crops. Preserving heritage crops has become an important environmental aim for a number of reasons. On one hand, creating a food system that's as local as possible reduces the carbon footprint of our food. But perhaps the most important need to preserve heritage seeds is to maintain the genetic diversity of our food, which has dropped to just 20 to 30 major varieties feeding the majority of the world's population. Relying on a just a few staple crops makes our food supply more vulnerable to a whole range of potential threats, from disease to drought to pest infestations to climate change...http://modernfarmer.com/2013/10/weaning-canada-foreign-seed-dependence/ Seed Matters
THE GREATEST STORY NEVER TOLD
To get your head around why seed truly matters, you have to know the story of seed. It's quite an epic journey -- 12,000 years of relationship between people plants that transformed the world. Brace yourself for a tale that will nourish your mind
http://www.seedmatters.org/ SHORT VIDEO GENETICALLY MODIFIED SEED MONOPOLIES DESTROYING TRADITIONAL SEED MARKETS http://english.cntv.cn/2014/05/27/VIDE1401152407068669.shtml
Corporate Ethics Watch International ▶ CONTROL OF GLOBAL SEED BUSINESS REVEALED http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15489 WATCH HOW MONSANTO IS TERRIFYING THE FARMING WORLD: THE DEVIL IN THE SEEDS OF LIFE http://sco.lt/6wRNsv OUR GMO CORNFIELDS ARE TOO QUIET ALL LIFE CHEMICALLY EXTERMINATED EXCEPT THE GENE-ALTERED CORN http://sco.lt/6przzF
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▶ OWNING THE SEEDS OF LIFE PATENTS: HOW MONSANTO OUTFOXED THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION http://sco.lt/8OMWHZ
Truthout, January 08, 2014 ▶ USDA MOVES TO APPROVE "AGENT ORANGE" GMO SEEDS http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/21069-usda-moves-to-approve-agent-orange-gmo-seeds
May 15, 2013 Lifewise
▶ BIOTECH'S NEXT BIG DISASTER: SEEDS THAT EMIT MULTIPLE PESTICIDES http://southweb.org/lifewise/biotechs-next-big-disaster-seeds-that-emit-multiple-pesticides/
May 14, 2013 Common Dreams ▶ WHY IS THE BIOTECH GMO CHEMICAL INDUSTRY SO POWERFUL & UNTOUCHABLE? http://ishtarmuz.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/the-power-of-the-seed-and-the-global-corporate-monopoly-in-seed-patents/
RT USA, January 13, 2014
▶ SUPREME COURT HANDS MONSANTO VICTORY OVER FARMERS ON GMO SEED PATENTS, ABILITY TO SUE http://rt.com/usa/monsanto-patents-sue-farmers-547/
May 13, 2013 Intellectual Property Watch
▶ U.S. SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF MONSANTO IN PATENT EXHAUSTION CASE http://www.ip-watch.org/2013/05/13/us-supreme-court-rules-in-favour-of-monsanto-in-patent-exhaustion-case/
April 15, 2013 Techdirt
▶ HOW BIG AGRIBUSINESS IS HEADING OFF THE THREAT FROM SEED GENERICS -- AND FAILING TO KEEP THE PATENT BARGAIN http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130405/09003022593/how-big-agribusiness-is-heading-off-threat-generics-failing-to-keep-patent-bargain.shtml ▶ SEED MONOPOLIES and GMOs... THE BIOTECH CARTEL END GAME http://sco.lt/8uc6Px
▶ GENETICALLY MONETIZED FOOD - PATENTING LIFE - FOLLOW THE MONEY http://sco.lt/5YZ8vx August 5, 2013 Natural News ▶ MONSANTO NOW OVERRIDING NATURAL LAW BY PATENTING MULTIPLE COMMON VEGETABLES http://www.naturalnews.com/041485_Monsanto_patents_GMOs.html ▶ CANCER OF CORRUPTION, SEEDS OF DESTRUCTION: THE MONSANTO GMO WHITEWASH http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3826752991/cancer-of-corruption-seeds-of-destruction-the-monsanto-gmo-whitewash ▶ ON THE SEED AND SEED PATENT GLOBAL MONOPOLY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides?q=seeds
WATCH FULL MOVIE ▶ *** UNVEILING THE LIES OF GMO SEEDS http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=a6OxbpLwEjQ VIDEO ▶ *** THE FUTURE OF FOOD - PART 2 Vandana Shiva http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/951852556/the-future-of-food-part-2-vandana-shiva VIDEO ▶ *** MONSANTO FOOD WARS: GMO SEEDS AND ANIMALS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3997411054/watch-monsanto-food-wars-gmo-seeds-and-animals VIDEO ▶ *** "THE PERENNIAL PLATE" GMO SEED IN INDIA - HOW MONSANTO MONOPOLIZES THE GLOBAL SEED MARKET Vandana Shiva http://vimeo.com/59404290 ==================== SEED BANKS =================
▶ “DOOMSDAY SEED VAULT" IN THE ARCTIC - WHO OWNS THESE ORIGINAL SEEDS? | Global Research http://www.globalresearch.ca/doomsday-seed-vault-in-the-arctic/23503 ▶ MONSANTO AND GATES FOUNDATION HAVE MAJOR CONTROL OVER WORLD'S LARGEST SEED BANK IN NORWAY - CURRENT TV http://current.com/technology/93147558_monsanto-and-gates-foundation-have-major-control-over-large-seed-bank-in-norway.htm
Guardian Development, February 19, 2014 ▶ ETHIOPIA SEED BANK'S UNDER THREAT BY G8 DEMAND TO CHANGE SEED LAWS TO FAVOR INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE. A new push to commercialise agriculture in Africa could put the future of the continent's diverse, indigenous seeds at risk. Critics say this could, in effect, criminalise farmers' traditional practices of saving and exchanging their seeds, while allowing corporations and those who can afford the registration process to capture the market... http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/feb/19/ethiopia-seed-bank-preserving-diversity-under-threat-g8-new-alliance INVESTIGATIVE REPORT Beyond Pesticides, October 22, 2013
SOARING PESTICIDE USE AND POISONING LINKED TO GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROP PRODUCTION http://sco.lt/8iunRp May 14, 2013 Friends Of The Earth Blog ▶ NEONICOTINOID-TREATED SEEDS SNEAKED INTO CONSUMER MARKET - UNLABELLED - BEE AND POLLINATOR DIE-OFF WORSENING http://www.foe.org/news/blog/2013-03-worst-bee-die-off-in-40-years ======================== BAN GMOs NOW A Special Report, Institute of Science In Society http://sco.lt/5KV1Cz ========================
▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS NOT THE SOLUTION FOR "FEEDING THE WORLD" http://sco.lt/77BuML The Guardian, October 17, 2013 ▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED AGRICULTURE IS NOT THE ANSWER TO SEED DIVERSITY - IT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2013/oct/17/gm-agriculture-not-answer-seed-diversity -▶ DID YOU KNOW? GENE ALTERED, PESTICIDE-LADEN FOODS, NOW LARGE PART OF AMERICAN DIET - AS AMERICANS GET SICKER AND SICKER http://sco.lt/7oVxQH ▶ GENETIC MODIFICATION STRAINS OLD FOOD AND DRUG LAW: HOW A FISH BECOME A DRUG AND CORN A PEST http://sco.lt/6vynBp ▶ DO WE NEED A GENETIC BILL OF RIGHTS? http://sco.lt/6jmb1l ▶ BIODEMOCRACY OR CORPORATOCRACY - THE FOOD FIGHT OF OUR LIVES http://sco.lt/6A7kDh
Modern Farmer, December 06, 2013 - ▶ THE POST-GMO ECONOMY - RETURNING TO CONVENTIONAL SEED
http://modernfarmer.com/2013/12/post-gmo-economy/ ▶ MONSANTO: ROGUE GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SEED CONTAMINATES TRADITIONAL CROPS http://sco.lt/7owMrJ WATCH "BITTER SEEDS" Film Trailer: MONSANTO, GMO SEEDS AND INDIAN FARMER SUICIDES http://sco.lt/5F90Mr Economic Times, November 25, 2013 - ▶ AS OPPOSITION TO GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS GROWS, COMPANIES ARE TURNING TO MUTANT BREEDING http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-11-25/news/44449827_1_seed-revenue-basf-crops WATCH A DOCUMENTARY HOW MONSANTO CONTROLS GMO FARMERS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omtYlsG1P5U ▶ BIODEMOCRACY OR CORPORATOCRACY - THE FOOD FIGHT OF OUR LIVES http://sco.lt/6A7kDh WATCH:
NEW SHORT FILM 06:53
"THE FARMER, THE ARCHITECT AND THE SCIENTIST" http://vimeo.com/68119509 ▶ WHY IS OUR FOOD BEING MADE AND MODIFIED BY THE WORLD'S LARGEST PESTICIDE MANUFACTURERS? http://gmo-awareness.com/all-about-gmos/gmo-defined/ ======================= BIOTECHNOLOGY GENETICS ======================= March 14, 2013 ▶ NEW US GOVT "MONSANTO PROTECTION ACT" CONFIRMS MONSANTO POWER OVER US GOVERNMENT http://ow.ly/iXRqG Seattle Times:
▶ THE POLITICS OF ALTERED FOODS http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19991107&slug=2993667 ▶ THE GLOBAL CHEMICAL BIOTECH CARTEL - AN UNPRECEDENTED POWER OVER WORLD AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SUPPLY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1716244040/the-global-chemical-biotech-cartel-an-unprecedented-power-over-world-agriculture-and-human-health ▶ OUR PATENTED LIFE - RE-ENGINEERING, PROGRAMMING AND PATENTING LIFE ITSELF-- IS BIOTECH OUT OF CONTROL? http://sco.lt/4thM6j
========================== USA USES TRADE DEALS TO IMPRINT GMO SEEDS ========================= ▶ HOW US STATE DEPARTMENT 'TWISTS ARMS' ON MONSANTO'S BEHALF http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/14-2 May 14, 2013 Food & Water Watch PDF download Full Report
▶ BIOTECH AMBASSADORS: HOW THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT PROMOTES THE GLOBAL SEED INDUSTRIES AGENDA http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/14-2 ▶ THRU THE BACK DOOR: MEGA BIOTECH GIANTS USE NEW USA-EU TRADE DEAL TO DESTROY GMO SAFEGUARDS http://sco.lt/8E3Xsn ===================== GMO RESEARCH ===================== -▶ WHY IS THERE SO LITTLE INDEPENDENT PEER REVIEWED GMO RESEARCH? http://sco.lt/8mGIO9 April 3, 2013 - IFEX -▶ HOW THE BIOTECH INDUSTRY IS GAGGING THE SCIENCE AROUND GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD http://www.ifex.org/international/2013/04/04/seeds_of_dissent/ SILENCING THE SCIENTIST: TARGETED BY HERBICIDE FIRM SYNGENTA - "ALTRAZINE" http://sco.lt/8VIcAz
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From www.ecoearth.info- October 21, 1:00 AM EcoEarth.Info is a portal and search engine that promotes environmental sustainability public policy; including climate, forests, water and oceans. Dr. Glen Barry, Ocober 20, 2013 The natural Earth is a marvel – a complex coupling of species within ecosystems, whereby life begets life. Ecology is far more than the study of life and its environment. The word is used here as a synonym for ecosystems – the vibrant connections that emerge between species across scales, which cumulatively make life on Earth possible. Nature is far, far more than pretty plants and animals. Ecosystems make Earth habitable, providing water, food, air, shelter, and more – everything that we need and desire to live well. In naturally evolved ecosystems, from genes to individual organisms and species, to ecosystems and everything else in between, each living being present fulfills a niche which sustains itself, its neighbors, and the whole. All species uniquely express evolutionary brilliance and have a purpose, a reason for being, a right to exist, and are necessary to maintain life’s full potential. From the lowly worm to soaring eagles, to the human race – all naturally evolved life has value and relies upon all the rest. Even seemingly noxious disease organisms and man-eating predators have a role to play in maintaining ecological balance. Humankind’s demand for resources and growth overwhelms nature, our steady diminishment of ecosystems abruptly changes climate, and this is collapsing the biosphere. Global ecosystems – water, air, food, forests, oceans, wetlands, and more – are collapsing and dying under the burden of human industrial and population growth.... http://www.ecoearth.info/blog/2013/10/essay_ecology_is_the_meaning_o.asp Transition Network
▶ HOW DIFFERENT THE WORLD WOULD BE IF WE PAID THE TRUE COST OF FOOD AND FARMING? http://www.transitionnetwork.org/blogs/rob-hopkins/2013-12/how-different-would-world-be-if-we-paid-true-cost-food-and-farming The Ecologist, December 12, 2013
-▶ WHAT PRICE NATURE? : If the world is to feed a growing population against a backdrop of climate change and biodiversity loss, argues Charles Windsor, we must calculate in the cost of the damage we are causing to soils, water, climate and ecosystems... http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2194757/we_must_put_a_price_on_nature.html February 20, 2013 Guardian Sustainable Business THICH NHAT HANH: BEYOND ENVIRONMENT: FALLING BACK IN LOVE WITH MOTHER EARTH http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/zen-thich-naht-hanh-buddhidm-business-values?intcmp=239 VIDEO September 5, 2013 Treehugger
UNTIL WE GRIEVE, WE'LL NEVER PROTECT THE EARTH We'll protect what we fall in love with, that's the premise behind this video on the stunning beauty of pollination. http://www.treehugger.com/endangered-species/until-we-grieve-well-never-protect-earth.html 26 August 2010 Guardian - Living Our Values THICH NHAT HAHN: ZEN AND THE ART OF PROTECTING THE PLANET: In Rare Interview with zen buddhist master Thay warns of the threat to civilisation from climate change and the spiritual revival that is needed to avert catastrophe http://www.theguardian.com/sustainability/environment-zen-buddhism-sustainability Jan 21, 2013 Guardian Sustainable Business THICH NHAT HANH: ONLY LOVE CAN SAVE US FROM CLIMATE CHANGE Leading spiritual teacher Thay suggests that our search for fame, wealth, power and sexual gratification provides the perfect refuge for people to hide from the truth about the many challenges facing the world. Worse still, our addiction to material goods and a hectic lifestyle provides only a temporary plaster for gaping emotional and spiritual wounds, which only drives greater loneliness and unhappiness..... http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/zen-master-thich-nhat-hanh-love-climate-change March 23, 3012 - The Ecologist THICH NHAT HANH MAYBE IN 100 YEARS THERE WILL BE NO MORE HUMANS ON THE PLANET http://www.scoop.it/t/environmental-and-human-health/p/1474669518/thich-nhat-hanh-maybe-in-100-years-there-will-be-no-more-humans-on-the-planet-the-ecologist ▶ BLOG -----AN URGENT MEMO TO THE WORLD http://ow.ly/n97Vf ▶ENOUGHNESS : WESTERN THOUGHT vs INDIGENOUS PHILOSOPHY http://sco.lt/6EFbPt SEE: ▶▶ Biodiversity IS Life – #Conservation #Ecosystems #Wildlife #Rivers #Forests #Environment by @pdjmoo http://sco.lt/8D8NuL ▶▶ OUR OCEANS NEED US by @pdjmoo http://sco.lt/6wow1R ▶▶ CLIMATE CHANGE WILL IMPACT US ALL by @pdjmoo http://sco.lt/7Myakz WATCH ▶ FILM: ***"HOME" An Exquisite Dedication To the Stewards of Our Planet http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2011/03/26/home-an-exquisite-story-of-our-world/ ▶ WHY CHOOSING NATURE WILL ONLY ADVANCE HUMAN SOCIETIES http://sco.lt/6odAoL ▶ WEB-OF-LIFE UNRAVELLING - HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS VITAL FOR ALL PLANETARY LIFE http://sco.lt/8idD7J WHY THE ECONOMY NEEDS NATURE http://sco.lt/6WP6On ▶ ECO-SPIRITUALITY: TOWARDS A VALUES-BASED ECONOMIC STRUCTURE http://sco.lt/7tcgQj
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Six multinational companies dominate the agricultural input market, and they’re in cahoots. When a handful of corporations own the world’s seed, pesticide and biotech industries, they control the fate of food and farming. Between them, Monsanto, Dow, BASF, Bayer, Syngenta and DuPont control the global seed, pesticide and agricultural biotechnology markets. This kind of historically unprecedented power over world agriculture enables them to: http://www.panna.org/issues/pesticides-profit/chemical-cartel WATCH 59:94
Vandana Shiva
THE FUTURE OF FOOD AND SEED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYwOTLopWIw ▶ GENETIC ENGINEERING AND THE GMO/CHEMICAL INDUSTRY: CORPORATE HIJACKING OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3994750421/corporate-hijacking-of-food-and-agriculture-genetic-engineering-and-the-gmo-industry ▶ WHY IS OUR FOOD BEING MADE AND MODIFIED BY THE WORLD'S LARGEST PESTICIDE MANUFACTURERS? http://gmo-awareness.com/all-about-gmos/gmo-defined/ --- WATCH --- A Must see VIDEO for all. Dr. David Suzuki WHAT IS GENETIC ENGINEERING ▶ "WHAT ARE ROUNDUP READY & Bt PESTICIDE GMO CROPS?" ▶ http://sco.lt/5n6cuP INVESTIGATIVE REPORT SOARING PESTICIDE USE AND POISONING LINKED TO GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROP PRODUCTION http://sco.lt/8iunRp BEYOND PESTICIDES
PESTICIDE-INDUCED DISEASES DATA BASE -- CANCER
http://www.beyondpesticides.org/health/cancer.php Living on Earth, March 14, 2014
▶ THE SCARY NEW EVIDENCE ON BPA PLASTIC: AN ABSOLUTELY MIND-BOGGLING INVESTIGATION INTO THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY TACTICS TO KEEP YOU IN THE DARK ABOUT TOXIC PRODUCTS & EXPOSURE http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=14-P13-00011&segmentID=4 Sustainable Brands, December 09, 2013
▶ COMPANIES NEED A NEW GAME PLAN FOR CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT http://www.sustainablebrands.com/news_and_views/green_chemistry/tim-greiner/companies-need-new-game-plan-chemical-management WATCH
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UNSAFE: THE TRUTH BEHIND EVERYDAY CHEMICALS
They contribute to disease and are linked to conditions such as asthma, autism, ADHD, diabetes, cancers, infertility, cognitive disorders, obesity, reproductive disorders and birth defects. Earth Focus looks at endocrine disruptors, ubiquitous chemicals that affect development, metabolism, fertility and intelligence at extremely low doses and at what measures could be taken to better ensure public safety.
http://www.linktv.org/video/9214/unsafe-the-truth-behind-everyday-chemicals October 7, 2010 The Ecologist ▶ HOW THE GLOBAL SEED MARKET (PATENTS, AGRICULTURE, PESTICIDES) IS CONTROLLED BY FIVE COMPANIES: MONSANTO, SYNGENTA, BAYER, DOW AND DUPONT
Graphic illustrates how just five biotech giants have increased their control of the global seed market, promoting monoculture farming and making it harder for farmers to find alternative sources of seeds
http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_round_up/625294/revealed_how_seed_market_is_controlled_by_monsanto_syngenta_bayer_dow_dupont.html December 12, 2012 Corporate Europe Observatory ▶ PUPPET ON A STRING: ARE OUR GOVERNMENTS BEING USED TO DEFEND CHEMICAL INDUSTRY IN LOBBYING BATTLE? http://corporateeurope.org/blog/efsa-used-defend-industry-lobbying-battle-chemicals AGROPOLY - September 2013
▶ A HANDFUL OF CORPORATIONS CONTROL WORLD FOOD PRODUCTION (PDF REPORT) http://www.econexus.info/publication/agropoly-handful-corporations-control-world-food-production PDF REPORT http://www.econexus.info/sites/econexus/files/Agropoly_Econexus_BerneDeclaration_wide-format.pdf September 6, 2013 Huffington Post Green
▶ EPA QUIETLY WITHDRAWS TWO KEY PROPOSED CHEMICAL SAFETY RULES http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/06/epa-chemical- Environmental Health News, September 23, 2013
▶ SPECIAL REPORT: SCIENTISTS CRITICAL OF NEW EU CHEMICAL POLICY HAVE INDUSTRY TIES, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/2013/eu-conflict The Cornucopia Institute, July 17, 2013
▶ STAND-OFF LOOMS OVER U.S. PLANS TO CUT GMO CROP OVERSIGHT - The measures could speed the path to market for big biotech companies like Monsanto and Dow Chemical that make billions of dollars from genetically altered corn, soybeans, cotton and other crops... http://www.cornucopia.org/2012/07/stand-off-looms-over-u-s-plans-to-cut-gmo-crop-oversight/ ▶ POISONOUS CHEMICAL TOXINS IN YOUR DRINKING WATER : THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY, THE EPA AND CONFLICT OF INTERESTS http://sco.lt/57ufr7 ▶ EXPOSURE TO CHEMICALS IN FOOD AND PESTICIDES - BREAST CANCER, PARKINSON'S DISEASE http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3869561061/exposure-to-chemicals-in-food-and-pesticides-breast-cancer-parkinson-s-disease -▶ BIOTECH AGRICHEMICAL INDUSTRY GETS IMMUNITY FROM U.S. CONGRESS, OBAMA - RISES ABOVE COURTS http://sco.lt/8edR3Z =▶ ARE YOU EATING 'PESTICIDE PLANTS'? THE CONNECTION BETWEEN GMO AND TOXIC PESTICIDES http://sco.lt/9JFS65 -▶ PESTICIDE OVERLOAD: 1.1 BILLION POUNDS USED PER YEAR, AND NEW USA LEGISLATION BANS RETALIATION http://sco.lt/7ilmE5 -▶ PESTICIDE LOBBY SPENDS MILLIONS TO DEFEND CHEMICALS TIED TO HUMAN HEALTH AND BEE DEATHS http://sco.lt/5Fiin3 WATCH
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UNSAFE: THE TRUTH BEHIND EVERYDAY CHEMICALS
They contribute to disease and are linked to conditions such as asthma, autism, ADHD, diabetes, cancers, infertility, cognitive disorders, obesity, reproductive disorders and birth defects. Earth Focus looks at endocrine disruptors, ubiquitous chemicals that affect development, metabolism, fertility and intelligence at extremely low doses and at what measures could be taken to better ensure public safety.
http://www.linktv.org/video/9214/unsafe-the-truth-behind-everyday-chemicals ▶ THINK THOSE CHEMICALS AND PESTICIDES IN YOUR FOOD HAVE BEEN TESTED? http://sco.lt/7QxMob ▶ CHEMICAL 'SOUP" CONNECTION BETWEEN TOXINS AND POOR HEALTH: Scientific American http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3456963803/chemical-soup-connection-between-toxins-and-poor-health-scientific-american ▶ EPA OVERSIGHT?: THE 'BAIT AND SWITCH' SALES TACTIC OF THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1245995194/epa-oversight-the-bait-and-switch-sales-tactics-of-the-chemical-industry ▶ GMO GIANT, DuPONT, HIRES EX-COPS TO 'ENFORCE' SEED PATENTS ON FARMERS - USA Govt Impotent to Interfere http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3519359029/gmo-giant-dupont-hires-ex-cops-to-enforce-seed-patents-on-farmers-usa-govt-impotent-to-interfere ▶ MILLIONS OF BEES DIE BECAUSE OF NEONICOTINOID PESTICIDES MANUFACTURED BY BAYER AND SYNGENTA AND 94% OF GMO CORN IF TREATED WITH EITHER IMIDACLOPRID OR CLOTHIANIDIN PESTICIDES http://seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-food/gmo-corn-treated-with-neonicotinoids-pesticides-manufactured-by-Bayer-Syngenta-kill-honeybees.php ▶ UN REPORT: URGENT ACTION NEEDED: GROWING HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS FROM SPREAD OF CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY: UNEP said chemicals have become so important to daily life in today's world that the value of their output has grown to $4.12 TRILLION, compared to $171 billion in 1970. http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2862196581/un-report-urgent-action-needed-growing-health-and-environmental-hazards-from-spread-of-chemical-dependency ▶ PESTICIDE/CHEMICAL REGULATION OVERHAUL NEEDED TO PROTECT WILDLIFE, ECOSYSTEMS AND FOOD CHAIN http://sco.lt/813dw1 VIDEO ISLANDS AT RISK The Genetic Engineering (GMO), Pesticide War in Hawai'i http://sco.lt/89RTVZ Independent Science News, October 30, 2013
▶ THE FOUNDING FABLES OF INDUSTRIALIZED AGRICULTURE http://www.independentsciencenews.org/un-sustainable-farming/the-founding-fables-of-industrialised-agriculture/ Common Dreams, October 20, 2013 ▶ ARGENTINA: CASE STUDY IN PERILS OF PESTICIDE - HEAVY GMO-CROP BOOM http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/10/20-1 -- WATCH -- THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MONSANTO (FULL LENGTH) THE LEADER OF THE GLOBAL BIOTECH CARTEL http://sco.lt/7FFsXZ ▶ MONSANTO: A CORPORATE PROFILE From Saccharin to GE Seed - Chemicals for Food, Agriculture, War http://sco.lt/5TGVDl ▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS NOT THE SOLUTION FOR "FEEDING THE WORLD" http://sco.lt/77BuML ▶ ARE YOU EATING 'PESTICIDE PLANTS'? THE CONNECTION BETWEEN GMO AND TOXIC PESTICIDES http://sco.lt/7QbnCz 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 ▶ MONSANTO ENTERS PHARMACEUTICAL BUSINESS, ACQUIRES KEY 'GENE SILENCING' TECHNOLOGY http://sco.lt/8Qwjw1 June 7, 2012 Grist, Tom Lasky ▶ THE MONSANTO SEED & FOOD MONOPOLY AND USA GOVT: FEDS TO FARMERS - GROW GMO SUGAR BEETS OR ELSE... http://grist.org/industrial-agriculture/feds-to-farmers-grow-gmo-beets-or-face-a-sugar-shortage/ September 4, 2013 Grist
▶ WHY ARE THERE PESTICIDES AND GMOs IN OUR NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES? http://grist.org/news/why-are-there-pesticides-and-gmos-in-our-national-wildlife-refuges/ WATCH FROGS: THE THIN GREEN LINE - A WORLD WITHOUT AMPHIBIANS http://sco.lt/5U62ML July 2, 2013 GRAIN —
▶ THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF SOYBEANS: SYNGENTA, AGRIBUSINESS AND NEOCOLONIALISM http://www.grain.org/article/entries/4749-the-united-republic-of-soybeans-take-two ▶ DUPONT, MONSANTO AND OBAMA vs WORLD'S SMALL FAMILY FARMERS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/947127277/dupont-monsanto-and-obama-versus-the-world-s-family-farmers ▶ THE 'MONSANTO RIDER': Is the Biotech Agricultural Cartel About to Gain Immunity from Federal Law? http://ow.ly/e5VnP ▶ CORPORATE POWER AND THE FINAL FRONTIER IN THE COMMODIFICATION OF LIFE http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2299601530/who-owns-nature-corporate-power-and-the-final-frontier-in-the-commodification-of-life ▶ AGRICHEMICAL GIANT, SYNGENTA, FAULTS EU PEER-REVIEWED STUDY TO CURB THEIR KILLER PESTICIDES http://sco.lt/8fqLQ1 July 16, 2013 Nation of Change
▶ GROUNDBREAKING NEW STUDY LINKS GMO TO LEUKEMIA: WHEN WILL MONSANTO STOP LYING TO US? http://www.nationofchange.org/groundbreaking-new-study-links-gmo-leukemia-when-will-monsanto-stop-lying-us-1373984961 July 8, 2013 Institute For Agriculture and Trade Policy
▶ CHEMICALS AND OBESITY http://www.iatp.org/documents/chemicals-and-obesity ▶ THE CHILD VICTIMS OF AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDE POISONING - PESTICIDE INDUSTRY DISMISSIVE http://sco.lt/8KO8GH ETC Group, September 4, 2013
▶ WHO WILL CONTROL THE AGRICULTURAL INPUTS: THE STATE OF CORPORATE CONCENTRATION, 2013 (PDF REPORT)
PUTTING THE CARTEL BEFORE THE HORSE... AND FARM, SEEDS, SOIL AND PEASANTS ETC. http://www.etcgroup.org/putting_the_cartel_before_the_horse_2013 The Top Information Post, May 28, 2013
▶ RUSSIA WARNS OBAMA: MONSANTO http://topinfopost.com/2013/05/28/russia-warns-obama-monsanto -- WATCH -- THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MONSANTO (FULL LENGTH) - THE LEADER OF THE GLOBAL BIOTECH CARTEL http://sco.lt/7FFsXZ ▶ MONSANTO: A CORPORATE PROFILE From Saccharin to GE Seed - Chemicals for Food, Agriculture, War http://sco.lt/5TGVDl July 13, 2013 Sustainable Pulse
▶ THE SINISTER MONSANTO GROUP: 'AGENT ORANGE' TO GENETICALLY MODIFIED CORN http://sustainablepulse.com/2013/07/13/the-sinister-monsanto-group-agent-orange-to-genetically-modified-corn/#.UeN6flPpiRQ August, 9, 2013 Ecowatch
▶ MONSANTO'S #GMO 'AGENT ORANGE' CROPS PLANTED IN NORTH DAKOTA BEFORE APPROVAL http://ecowatch.com/2013/monsanto-gmo-agent-orange-crops-north-dakota/ July 14, 2013 The Hindu
▶ DOW, MONSANTO ORDERED TO PAY AGENT ORANGE VICTIMS - U.S. FIRMS DENY RESPONSIBILITY http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-international/dow-monsanto-ordered-to-pay-agent-orange-victims/article4913976.ece July 14, 2013 Wake Up World
▶ WARNING: GENETICALLY MODIFIED 'AGENT ORANGE CORN' COMING SOON TO A PLATE NEAR YOU http://wakeup-world.com/2013/07/14/warning-genetically-modified-agent-orange-corn-coming-soon-to-a-plate-near-you/ June 4, 2013 Japan Times ▶ MONSANTO'S AGENT ORANGE LIES THEN, AND NOW: Toxic legacy crosses continents, spans generations http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/06/04/issues/okinawa-bacteria-toxic-legacy-crosses-continents-spans-generations/#.UbE6VuswOic July 3, 2013 The Oregonian
▶ MANY VETERANS SUFFERING FROM DISEASES LINKED TO MONSANTO'S AGENT ORANGE STILL CAN'T GET COMPENSATION http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2013/07/many_veterans_suffering_from_d.html ▶ THE CHILD VICTIMS OF AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDE POISONING - PESTICIDE INDUSTRY DISMISSIVE http://sco.lt/8KO8GH ▶ THOUSANDS OF DYING FARMERS IN SRI LANKA: STUDIES LINKS KIDNEY DISEASE TO AGROCHEMICALS http://sco.lt/6gKuMT WATCH: THE ULTIMATE KILLING MACHINE: ▶NEW CHARGES AGAINST MONSANTO'S "PESTICIDE" ROUNDUP (NEEDED FOR GMO CROPS) http://sco.lt/5bdPhx Michael Pollan: "Don't miss this VIDEO, about the next wave of herbicide-tolerant crops from Monsanto-- will make Round-Up look benign" WATCH: ▶ DANGERS OF DICAMBA http://www.fixfood.org/features/276/dangers-of-dicamba ▶ MONSANTO'S INSECTICIDE "ROUNDUP" LINKED TO PARKINSON'S, INFERTILITY AND CANCERS http://sco.lt/4pt9tJ June 7, 2011 GMWatch
▶ PUBLIC KEPT IN DARK ON ROUNDUP LINK WITH BIRTH DEFECTS - NEW REPORT http://www.gmwatch.org/latest-listing/1-news-items/13228-public-kept-in-the-dark-on-roundup-link-with-birth-defects-new-report May 13, 2013 The Guardian UK, Wenonah Hauter
▶ US STATE DEPT JOINS PUSH TO DISTRIBUTE GM CROPS AROUND THE WORLD, WHETHER PEOPLE WANT THEM OR NOT http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/14/monsanto-gm-crops-worldwide July 15, 2013 GMWatch
▶ GMOs HAVE CHANGED BRAZILIAN AGRICULTURE FOR THE WORSE, SAYS AGRONOMIST - PART 1 http://www.gmwatch.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14971 August 7, 2013 Pambazuka -
▶ GENETICALLY ENGINEERED Bt COTTON IN GHANA: THE HIDDEN AGENDA EXPOSED http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/88550 April 27, 2013 Guardian Environment
▶ INSECTICIDE FIRMS IN SECRET BID TO STOP BAN THAT COULD SAVE BEES - AND YOU http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/apr/28/europe-insecticides-ban-save-bees ▶ PESTICIDE LOBBY SPENDS MILLIONS TO DEFEND CHEMICALS TIED TO BEE DEATHS AND HUMAN HEALTH http://sco.lt/8nhcsT ▶ 'BEE FRIENDLY' PRETREATED PLANTS WITH DEADLY PESTICIDES SOLD INTO CONSUMER MARKET http://sco.lt/6CpeAD ▶ INDIA: PEASANTS DESTROY MONSANTO'S GM CORN FIELD TRIALS http://sco.lt/4sRUrx ▶ OBAMA AG BILL GIVES FREE LICENSE TO GIANT BIOTECH CARTEL TO FEED US BIOTECH PESTICIDE-RIDDEN GMO foods - NO oversight NO regulation NO Labels http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3728095577/obama-ag-bill-gives-food-mafia-free-license-to-feed-us-biotech-gmo-foods-no-oversight-no-regulation-no-public-input ▶ THE FOOD FIGHT OF OUR LIVES = CROSSING PIGS AND BUTTERFLIES WITH WORMS -- NOT OKAY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1699396402/gmos-and-biotech-the-food-fight-of-our-lives-crossing-roses-with-pigs-and-butterflies-with-worms-not-to-mention-corn-with-a-virulent-bacteria ▶ SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY LACKS OVERSIGHT AND SAFEGUARDS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1736807698/synthetic-biology-lacks-oversight-and-safeguards ▶ OBAMA'S NEW SECRETIVE GLOBAL TRADE PACTS WILL IMPACT US ALL. THREATENS SOVEREIGNTY AND PUBLIC OWNERSHIP http://sco.lt/74uPth ▶ ------- AND THEY CONTROL OUR GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLY -------------- They patent and own seeds, industrial chemical-based fertilizers, pesticides, insecticides, herbicides and many other hidden industries in the Big Agricultural and Big Food Industries. The Associated Press Report: ▶ MONSANTO's CONTROL OF GLOBAL SEED BUSINESS REVEALED - Corporate Ethics Watch International http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15489 ▶ STARVED OF DEMOCRACY AND THE FIGHT AGAINST CORPORATE 'FOODOPOLY' http://sco.lt/8WdPUH ▶ ▶ CONTEMPORARY AGRICULTURE IS BOTH POISONING AND BURNING UP OUR PLANET http://sco.lt/99tRI1 ▶ GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOOD, PROMISES AND PERILS: Mother Nature News http://www.motherearthnews.com/Real-Food/2002-10-01/Genetically-Engineered-Food-Promises-and-Perils.aspx Jan 18, 2013 ▶ MONSANTO'S GMO PATENTED SEEDS WANT TO RULE THE WORLD All part of AGENDA 21 http://www.thetruthdenied.com/news/2013/01/18/httpwww-thetruthdenied-comnewsp7561/ -- RESEARCH -- ▶ NO SEEDS, NO INDEPENDENT RESEARCH - The GMO Patent Game http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3087172079/no-seeds-no-independent-research-the-gmo-patent-game 1. This Is WHAT HAPPENS TO SCIENTISTS WHO SPEAK OUT AGAINST GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD & GLOBAL BIOTECHNOLOGY CHEMICAL CARTEL?: Immoral Maize: Extract from Don't Worry, It's Safe to Eat by Andrew Rowell http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Immoral_Maize:_Extract_from_Don%27t_Worry,_It%27s_Safe_to_Eat_by_Andrew_Rowell 2. GMO Debate Heats Up: Critics Say BIOTECH INDUSTRY MANIPULATING GENES AND SCIENCE: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/21/gmo-proposition-37-study-funding-research_n_1904535.html 3. FACT-CHECKING GMO FOODS |http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2764622953/fact-checking-about-gmo-foods BBC News -
4. SNEAK ATTACK: Bringing GMO SEEDS to your home veggie Garden -- Without Labeling http://www.slowfood.com/international/slow-stories/140082/gmos-in-the-garden-but-not-on-the-label/q=7F4DD1?-session=query_session:42F94890116902582AiY13807D80 5. DUPONT, MONSANTO AND OBAMA VS WORLD'S SMALL FAMILY FARMERS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/947127277/dupont-monsanto-and-obama-versus-the-world-s-family-farmers 6. WHO OWNS NATURE? Scientists eye nanotechnologies to boost crop yields | EurActiv http://www.euractiv.com/specialreport-agriculture/scientists-eye-nanotechnologies-news-516218?utm_source=EurActiv%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=177927e68e-newsletter_science__policymaking&utm_medium=email
▶ "FOOD INC." (2008) Obama, USDA promote and foster this stranglehold on our food supply by the global biotech food cartel ?http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3732889325/watch-again-food-inc-2008-and-obama-usda-promote-and-foster-this ▶ BEST VIDEOS countering the enormous corporate political power and propaganda of the BIOTECH FOOD industry http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3601262367/best-videos-countering-the-enormous-corporate-political-power-and-propaganda-of-the-biotech-food-industry =================MORE ARTICLES: ▶ SMELLING A CORPORATE RAT http://www.spinwatch.org/-articles-by-category-mainmenu-8/46-gm-industry/5546 ▶ EXCELLENT READ (IN KINDLE: "GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS: PROMISES, PERILS, AND THE NEED FOR PUBLIC POLICY" - This booklet will be helpful for understanding biotechnology issues and for guidance on engaging these issues at the level of public policy for the common good http://www.amazon.com/Genetically-Modified-Crops-Institute-ebook/dp/B0087SCUX2 ▶ ▶ EXPLORE MORE ON THE CHEMICAL/PESTICIDE CARTELS' GRIP ON WORLD AGRICULTURE AND OUR FOOD SUPPLY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides?q=BEES+PESTICIDES ---AND http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides?page=1&q=chemicals
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WATCH DOCUMENTARY - PART 1 (9:38)
"BIG BUCKS, BIG PHARMA" Marketing Disease and Pushing Drugs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRV0EGm2q9U
Here and Now, NPR, September 09, 2015 (Podcast Download Available) PRESCRIPTION PAINKILLERS KILL MORE PEOPLE THAN HEROIN -The pharmaceutical industry's marketing push of prescription opioids leading to massive increase in heroin use http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2015/09/09/heroin-epidemic-overprescribing
VIDEO REPORT THE MASSIVE U.S. PRESCRIPTION OPIOID DRUG ADDICTION
PBS Newshour, January 06, 2015 The United States is in the midst of a severe epidemic of prescription opioid addiction and overdose deaths. According to the CDC, this is the worst drug epidemic in United States’ history...there are more Americans dying from painkiller overdoses who are getting these medications from doctors than young people who we now see switching to heroin. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/u-s-regulate-powerful-painkillers/
September 26, 2013 Business Insider
▶ PRESCRIPTION PAINKILLERS NOW KILL MORE AMERICANS THAN HEROIN AND COCAINE http://www.businessinsider.com/painkillers-kill-more-americans-than-heroin-and-cocaine-2012-
The Atlantic, October 30, 2014
▶ THE NEW HEROIN EPIDEMIC IN AMERICA - FROM PAIN KILLERS TO OPIATES http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/10/the-new-heroin-epidemic/382020/
MORE ON THE PAIN KILLER EPIDEMIC BELOW
THE REAL VACCINE DANGER - Robert F. KennedyJr. http://www.robertfkennedyjr.com/docs/Skyhorse_USA_Today_Final_colorNZ.pdf
Institute of Science in Society, April 15, 2013 ▶ REPORT: END OF DRUG MONOPOLIES AND MEGA PROFITS? - PATENTS http://www.i-sis.org.uk/End_of_monopolies_and_megaprofits.php
HuffPost Business, February 17, 2015
▶ THE BIG PHARMA DRUG THAT IS BANKRUPTING AMERICA. How can Gilead Sciences charge $84,000 for a drug that costs less than $300 to produce? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-sachs/the-drug-that-is-bankrupt_b_6692340.html
NPR, December 30, 2013
▶ $1,000 PILL FOR HEPATITIS C SPURS DEBATE OVER DRUG PRICES AND PROFITS The drug Sovaldi will cost $1,000 per pill. A typical course of treatment will last 12 weeks and run $84,000, plus the cost of necessary companion drugs. Some patients may need treatment for twice as long. http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/12/30/256885858/-1-000-pill-for-hepatitis-c-spurs-debate-over-drug-prices
NBR, July 15, 2014
▶ HEPATITIS C DRUG SOLVADI DRAWS A RECORD $2.27 BILLION IN REVENUE IN ITS FIRST QUARTER ON THE MARKET. PUTTING IT ON PACE FOR THE FASTEST DRUG LAUNCH OF ALL TIME http://nbr.com/2014/07/15/the-next-hepatitis-c-nash/
VIDEO REPORT
Newshour PBS, April 23, 2014
WITH NO PRICE CAPS ON AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, BIG PHARMA MAKES A KILLING. New Hepatitis-C drug raises hope at a hefty price, and it's your tax dollars http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/new-hepatitis-c-drug-raises-hope-hefty-price/ ▶ PHARMACEUTICAL POLLUTION IN OUR STREAMS, RIVERS AND DRINKING (BOTTLED) WATER http://sco.lt/6RbQ5R
CBS Atlanta, June 19, 2013 ▶ STUDY: 70 PERCENT OF AMERICANS ON PRESCRIPTION DRUGS http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2013/06/19/study-70-percent-of-americans-on-prescription-drugs-one-fifth-take-5-or-more/#comment-1215312699
Truthout, April 29, 2014
▶ HAND IN HAND WITH U.S. GOVERNMENT, BIG PHARMA PUSHES FOR MORE PROFITS: CONSOLIDATING POWER http://truth-out.org/news/item/23279-hand-in-hand-with-us-government-big-pharma-pushes-for-more-profits
April 20, 2013 AlterNet ▶ 11 MAJOR DRUG COMPANIES RAKED IN $85 BILLION LAST YEAR AND LEFT MANY TO DIE WHO COULDN'T BUY THEIR PRICEY DRUGS http://www.alternet.org/11-major-drug-companies-raked-85-billion-last-year-and-left-many-die-who-couldnt-buy-their-price
July 7, 2013, Whiteout Press ▶ U.S. SUPREME COURT RULES BIG DRUG COMPANIES EXEMPT FROM LAWSUITS http://www.whiteoutpress.com/articles/q32013/supreme-court-rules-drug-companies-exempt-from-lawsuits/ Nation of Change, May 17, 2014 ▶ BIG PHARMA SPENDS $65.4 MILLION ON LOBBYING IN Q1 OF 2014. It's an astronomical amount for any industry to spend on winning over politicians and special interest groups. http://ow.ly/wXCfN June 26, 2013 Huffington Post ▶ OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AND CONGRESS PRO BIG PHARMA: INTENSIFY OPPOSITION TO GLOBAL AFFORDABLE GENERIC DRUG INDUSTRY http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/28/obama-generic-drugs_n_3513011.html
Chemistry Blog, April 29, 2014 ▶ SMELLING THE GOLDEN GRAIL: CONSOLIDATION, MEGA-MERGERS BY BIG PHARMA GIVE THEM GREATER POWER WITHIN THE HEALTH CARE BOOM REDUCING OPTIONS FOR CHEAPER DRUGS http://prospect.rsc.org/blogs/cw/2014/04/29/no-smoke-without-fire-for-pharma-mergers/
Forbes, January, 16, 2014
▶ UNDER "OBAMACARE" RISKS GROW FOR HIGH-MARGIN DRUG STOCKS http://www.forbes.com/sites/hilarykramer/2014/01/16/under-obamacare-risks-grow-for-high-margin-drug-stocks/ VIDEO REPORT
Democracy Now, October16, 2014
AN UNPROFITABLE DISEASE: IN THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF EBOLA. Ebola is not profitable for the pharmaceutical industry. "I think we need to begin to ask whether capitalism itself is not pathogenic, whether neoliberalism is not pathogenic." http://www.democracynow.org/2014/10/16/an_unprofitable_disease_in_the_political
Naked Capitalism, April 25, 2014
▶ THE STEALTHY, UGLY GROWTH OF CORPORATIZED MEDICINE http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2014/04/stealthy-ugly-growth-corporatized-medicine.html VIDEO CNN PULLING BACK THE CURTAIN ON THE PHARMACEUTICAL DRUG CARTEL http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/10/16/drug-commercials-misleading.aspx Forbes, December 26, 2013 ▶THE DARK SIDE OF BIG PHARMA http://www.forbes.com/sites/dalearcher/2013/12/26/the-dark-side-of-big-pharma-2/
VIDEO REPORT
Democracy Now
REPORT ON BIG BUCKS, BIG PHARMA Marketing Disease & Pushing Drugs http://www.democracynow.org/2007/1/19/big_bucks_big_pharma_marketing_disease
Alternet, October 06, 2014
▶ ROBERT REICH: THE REAL REASON BIG PHARMA RIPS US OFF http://www.alternet.org/corporate-accountability-and-workplace/robert-reich-real-reason-big-pharma-rips-us
April 30, 2013 - AlterNet ▶ HOW BIG PHARMA IS KILLING AMERICANS AND BANKRUPTING THE COUNTRY? Lifesaving medications and commonly prescribed drugs in America today are absurdly expensive – Ripping off Americans.... http://www.alternet.org/how-big-pharma-killing-americans-and-bankrupting-country?akid=10381.237541.JvjddF&rd=1&src=newsletter833011&t=16 Huffington Post, December 30, 1213
▶ A WONDERLAND OF PRICES: WHAT PHARMACIES PAY FOR THE DRUGS THEY BUY http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-belk/a-wonderland-of-prices-wh_b_4506166.html Huffington Post, December 15, 2013
▶ A FUNNY THING HAPPENED TO THE PRICE OF A DRUG http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-belk/drug-prices_b_4440142.html Time Magazine, February 20, 2013 ▶ BITTER PILL: WHY MEDICAL BILLS ARE KILLING US http://www.uta.edu/faculty/story/2311/Misc/2013,2,26,MedicalCostsDemandAndGreed.pdf Huffington Post, October 14, 2013 ▶ ARE YOU PAYING WAY TOO MUCH FOR YOUR MEDICATIONS? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-belk/health-care-costs_b_4066552.html
=============================== THE PAIN KILLER/HEROIN EPIDEMIC A NATION OF "JUNKIES"? =============================== Alternet, May 06, 2014 ▶ WHO IS BEHIND THE PAIN KILLER EPIDEMIC? BIG PHARMA, OF COURSE http://www.alternet.org/drugs/who-behind-opioid-epidemic-big-pharma-course Bloomberg, February 06, 2014
▶ BREAKING THE BOND OF HEROIN AND PAINKILLERS. "Many individuals who have become addicted to prescription painkillers (a group that includes OxyContin, Vicodin, Percocet and Roxicodone) at some point realize that, depending on where they live, heroin, which is pharmacologically similar, is cheaper and easier to get." http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-06/heroin-and-painkillers-come-together.html?alcmpid=view VIDEO REPORT
PBS Newshour, February 03, 2014
WHY MORE AMERICANS ARE GETTING HIGH - AND OVERDOSING - ON HEROIN. Over Prescription of Pain Killers Is a Good Starter
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/why-more-americans-getting-high-and-overdosing-heroin/ Dr. Sanjay Gupta, January 29, 2014
▶ FATAL PRESCRIPTION: AMERICA'S PAIN-PILL EPIDEMIC http://www.everydayhealth.com/news/fatal-prescription-americas-pain-pill-epidemic/ WATCH: PBS Newshour Report
▶ WOUNDED VETERANS FACING ADDICTION TO EPIDEMIC OF OVER-PRESCRIBED NARCOTIC OPIATE PAINKILLERS http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military/july-dec13/veterans_10-03.html The New Yorker, November 12, 2013
▶ NARCOTICS ON THE GO: WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PAIN-PILL EPIDEMIC? http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/currency/2013/11/who-is-responsible-for-the-pain-pill-epidemic.html PAY TO PLAY ▶ FDA TOO COSEY WITH PHARMACEUTICAL FIRMS: REGULATING THE $9 BILLION PAINKILLER MARKET JUST IN THE UNITED STATES http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/pharmaceutical-firms-paid-to-attend-meetings-of-panel-that-advises-fda-e-mails-show/2013/10/06/a02a2548-2b80-11e3-b139-029811dbb57f_story.html VIDEO REPORT RT News, December 28, 2013
LAWFUL KILLERS:
BRITS HOOKED ON LEGAL HIGHS AS GOVERNMENT TURNS BLIND EYE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgudKhxfsfQ
========================== Truthout, October 10, 2014
▶ BIG PHARMA LOBBIES HARD TO END INDIA'S DISTRIBUTION OF AFFORDABLE GENERIC DRUGS http://truth-out.org/news/item/26721-big-pharma-lobbies-hard-to-end-india-s-distribution-of-affordable-generic-drugs
Reuters, January 22, 2014
▶ DANISH GOVERNMENT WANTS ACTION AGAINST DRUG FIRMS WHO PREVENT COMPETITION http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/22/us-lundbeck-idUSBREA0L0Z920140122 Reuters, May 26, 2014
▶ A BITTER PILL AS CHINA CRACKDOWN SQUEEZES BIG PHARMA PROFIT MARGINS http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/26/china-pharmaceuticals-margins-pix-graphi-idUSL3N0OC1A220140526 July 22, 2013 Nation of Change ▶ SUPREME COURT RULES DRUG COMPANIES EXEMPT FROM LAWSUITS IN 5-4 VOTE http://www.nationofchange.org/supreme-court-rules-drug-companies-exempt-lawsuits-5-4-vote-monsanto-strategy-1374503175 May 20, 2013 New Internationalist ▶ CORPORATIONS CASHING ON ON MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSIS http://newint.org/blog/2013/05/21/dsm-big-pharma/
WATCH
Beyond Business: France24 REPORT
MONEY AND MENTAL HEALTH: DID BIG PHARMA WRITE ' THE PSYCHIATRIST'S BIBLE'? Are drug companies pushing to change the definition of mental illness for their own benefit? http://www.france24.com/en/20140315-beyond-business-dsm-manual-mental-disorders-psychiatry-economy-drug-companies-diagnostic-lobbying-illness-apa-health/ Matter, July 28, 2014
▶ IS BIG PHARMA TESTING YOUR MEDS ON HOMELESS PEOPLE?
How the destitute and the mentally ill are being used as human lab rats. The Best-Selling, Billion-Dollar Pills Tested on Homeless People. https://medium.com/matter/did-big-pharma-test-your-meds-on-homeless-people-a6d8d3fc7dfe WATCH April 30, 2013 PBS Newshour Video Investigation PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE: TOP 10 THINGS CDC SAYS YOU SHOULD KNOW http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/04/prescription-drug-abuse-top-10-things-cdc-says-you-should-know.html VIDEO REPORT September 15, 2013 PBS Newshour
TV DRUG ADS FREQUENTLY MAKE MISLEADING CLAIMS ACCORDING TO STUDY http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/09/tv-drug-ads-frequently-make-misleading-claims-according-to-study.html VIDEO REPORT
Democracy Now
▶ STUDY: PHARMACEUTICAL DRUG COMPANIES TOP MILITARY INDUSTRY IN DEFRAUDING U.S. GOVERNMENT http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/how-drug-companies-corrupt-medical-journals-20110606
====================== C A N C E R ===================== April 25, 2013 New York Times
▶ CANCER PHYSICIANS ATTACK HIGH DRUG COSTS http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/26/business/cancer-physicians-attack-high-drug-costs.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1&; WATCH Explosive Documentary "CUT, POISON, BURN" PROFITEERING CANCER INDUSTRY RIPPED WIDE OPEN http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2013/06/profiteering-cancer-industry-ripped-wide-open-by-explosive-documentary-cut-poison-burn-2672746.html April 25, 2013 - New York Times ▶ BIG PHARMA NEEDS YOU SICK: Only 10% of cancers are genetic. 90% are environmentally triggered, as CANCER drug prices hit $100,000 per year http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/26/business/cancer-physicians-attack-high-drug-costs.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0 June 26, 2012 Ecocentric
▶ ON FOOD AND PHARMACEUTICALS http://www.gracelinks.org/blog/632/on-food-and-pharmaceuticals Nation of Change, April 24, 2014 ▶ MIA IN THE WAR ON CANCER: WHERE ARE THE LOW-COST TREATMENTS? http://www.nationofchange.org/mia-war-cancer-where-are-low-cost-treatments-1398353794 The Daily Beast, April 23, 2014
▶ HOW BIG PHARMA HOLDS BACK ON THE WAR ON CANCER. Big Pharma’s focus on blockbuster cancer drugs squeezes out cheaper treatments. The result, one researcher says: ‘If we’re winning the war on cancer, we’re not winning that fast.’ http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/04/23/how-big-pharma-holds-back-in-the-war-on-cancer.html Knowledge Ecology International, January 22, 2014
▶ BAYER CEO, MARJIN DEKKERS: NEXAVAR PATENTED CANCER DRUG IS FOR "WESTERN PATIENTS WHO CAN AFFORD IT" http://keionline.org/node/1910 - ▶ LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUNA A BIG PHARMA BONANZA: THE CORPORATIZATION OF MARIJUANA IN THE USA http://sco.lt/4xaV4T
======================== DRUGGING KIDS ======================== Common Dreams, December 16, 2013 ▶ HOW BIG PHARMA MARKETS TO, AND PROFITS FROM, A 'CAN'T-PAY-ATTENTION NATION' A twenty-year marketing campaign has made highly powerful stimulants into household names... and they're just getting started http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/12/16-0 AlterNet September 20, 2013
▶ A TODDLER ON 3 DIFFERENT PSYCHIATRIC MEDS? HOW DRUGGING KIDS BECAME BIG BUSINESS. Big pharma has discovered a lucrative new market in kids.
http://www.alternet.org/drugs/toddler-3-different-psychiatric-meds-how-drugging-kids-became-big-business ▶ ANTIPSYCHOTIC PRESCRIPTION IN CHILDREN HAVE SKYROCKETED - DRUG COMPANIES AGGRESSIVE MARKETING TACTICS http://sco.lt/6RsnMv New York Times, December 16, 2013 ▶ INDEPTH INVESTIGATION: THE SELLING OF ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER. The Number of Diagnoses Soared Amid a 20-Year Drug Marketing Campaign http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/15/health/the-selling-of-attention-deficit-disorder.html Huffington Post Canada, November 22, 2013 ▶ ANTIDEPRESSANT USE HAS SOARED IN RICH COUNTRIES OVER PAST DECADE. WHO'S USING THE MOST ANTIDEPRESSANTS? http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/11/22/antidepressant-use-world-canada_n_4320429.html?ir=Canada WATCH THE SHADOW OF THALIDOMIDE The Greed of The Pharmaceutical Drug Companies
In the 1950s, thalidomide cut a wide swath of destruction across the world, leaving behind thousands of deformed infants, but that was only the beginning of the story... http://www.nytimes.com/video/2013/09/23/us/100000002455842/the-shadow-of-thalidomide.html?smid=tw-share Treehugger, January 10, 2014 ▶ COULD DOCTORS HAVE AN ULTERIOR MOTIVE IN TELLING PEOPLE NOT TO BUY MULTIVITAMINS? http://www.treehugger.com/health/could-doctors-have-ulterior-motive-telling-people-not-buy-multivitamins.html July 23, 2013 Wake Up World
▶ YET ANOTHER FRANKENFOOD PANDORA'S BOX: THE MAJORITY OF SUPPLEMENTS ARE NOW LACED WITH GMOs http://wakeup-world.com/2013/07/23/the-majority-of-supplements-are-now-laced-with-gmos Alpha Minds ▶ TOP CHILDEN'S VITAMINS FULL OF ASPARTAME, GMOs & HARMFUL CHEMICALS http://www.minds.com/blog/view/167632/top-children%E2%80%99s-vitamins-full-of-aspartame-gmos-and-harmful-chemicals ============================= OBAMA'S AFFORDABLE CARE ACT NO CAPS ON PHARMACEUTICAL OR MEDICAL DEVICE PRICING A BONANZA FOR CORPORATIONS ============================= Alternet, January 17, 2014 ▶ "OBAMACARE" COULDN'T STOP DRUG COMPANY FROM CHARGING $13,700 FOR A DRUG THAT COSTS $300. Obamacare did not cap costs of drugs, medical devices, and insurance costs -giving the industries free rein to increase prices at will. It has failed to bring the outrageous price of healthcare under control, and has instead socialized the stratospheric costs of drugs and treatment, http://www.alternet.org/obamacare-couldnt-stop-drug-company-charging-13700-drug-costs-300?akid=11415.237541.cboy1D&rd=1&src=newsletter948518&t=5 Naked Capitalism, December 5, 2013
▶ "OBAMACARE' S DRUG COVERAGE MINEFIELD - Obamacare is a stealth handout to insurers and Big Pharma. It is intended to force more healthy individuals who went uninsured into the pool, and it also allows insurers to fatten their profit margins from pre-Obamacare rules. Big Pharma benefits from a prohibition on drug re=importation... http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/12/obamacares-drug-coverage-minefield.html VIDEO REPORT
PBS NewsHour, December 31, 2013
THE BATTLE OVER PRESCRIPTION DRUG "SAVINGS"
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec13/drugs_12-31.html Money Morning, October 3, 2013 ▶ MEDICAL INDUSTRY, BIG PHARMA BIG WINNERS IN OBAMA'S NEW AFFORDABLE CARE ACT: HERE'S WHY http://moneymorning.com/ob-article/obamacare-billionaires.php?code=dis-oc-billionaires April 8, 2013 - RSN ▶ BIG PHARMA MADE $711 BILLION OVERCHARGING SENIORS AND DISABLED http://rt.com/usa/big-pharma-senior-disabled-576/
===================== ANTIBIOTICS =====================
▶ FOUR-FIFTHS OF ALL BIG PHARMA ANTIBIOTICS CONSUMED BY MEAT AND POULTRY INDUSTRY http://sco.lt/5qIZnN ▶ MAPS: THE MYSTERIOUS LINK BETWEEN ANTIBIOTICS AND OBESITY http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/11/maps-antibiotics-prescriptions-obesity-states WATCH ANTIBIOTICS IN YOUR FOOD May 1, 2013 Food And Environment Reporting 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/ Washington Post, May 06, 2014
-▶ ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT GENES ARE WIDESPREAD IN NATURE AND OUR ANIMAL FOOD SUPPLY, CREATING A GLOBAL CRISIS http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/antibiotic-resistant-genes-are-widespread-in-nature-study-finds/2014/05/08/ec608662-d53c-11e3-aae8-c2d44bd79778_story.html
Video - 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/ ▶ THE DRUG STORE IN AMERICAN MEAT: CAFOs FACTORY FARMING http://sco.lt/6nyxoP ======================== GENERIC DRUGS ======================== WATCH DIRTY MEDICINE May 13, 2013 CNN Money
▶ INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER ON GENERIC DRUG PRODUCTION CORRUPTION http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2013/05/15/ranbaxy-fraud-lipitor/ VIDEO REPORT
PBS Newshour, December 23, 2013
THE PRESCRIPTION DRUG RACKET WHY GENERIC DRUGS DON'T NECESSARILY MEAN LOWER PRICES http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec13/generics_12-23.html July 17, 2013 Los Angeles Times ▶ US SUPREME COURT RULES FOR GENERIC DRUGS, AGAINST 'PAY FOR DELAY' ON PATENTED DRUGS http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-supreme-court-generic-drugs-ruling-20130617,0,3263003.story June 17, 2013 Washington Post
▶ READ: THE US SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST BIG PHARMA "PAY TO DELAY" GENERIC DRUGS http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/06/17/read-the-supreme-court-rules-against-big-pharma/ September 2, 2013 New York Times
▶ HOW A CABAL KEEPS GENERICS SCARCE http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/03/opinion/how-a-cabal-keeps-generics-scarce.html ▶ MASSIVE FRAUD AT GENERIC LIPITOR MANUFACTURER http://www.opednews.com/articles/Investigative-Journalist-K-by-Joan-Brunwasser-130522-185.html ============================= BIG PHARMA AND PHYSICIANS ============================
▶ INDEPTH ONGOING INVESTIGATION, "DOLLARS FOR DOCS" ProPublica http://www.propublica.org/series/dollars-for-docs ProPublica DOLLARS FOR DOCS - ONLINE DATA BASE http://projects.propublica.org/docdollars/
ProPublica, December 16, 2013
▶ DOLLARS FOR DOCTORS: GLAXOSMITHKLINE TO QUIT PAYING DOCTORS FOR PROMOTIONAL TALKS http://www.propublica.org/article/glaxosmithkline-to-quit-paying-doctors-for-promotional-talks?utm_source=et&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter
Vox, September 30, 2014
▶ DOCTORS AND HOSPITALS GOT AT LEAST $3.5 BILLION FROM INDUSTRY IN JUST FIVE MONTHS http://www.vox.com/2014/9/30/6868897/you-can-now-search-for-your-doctors-pharma-payments-online-sunshine-act
Alternet, October 01, 2014
▶ BIG PHARMA BUYING OFF DOCTORS: 5 FACTS ABOUT THE CLOSE TIES BETWEEN PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES AND DOCTORS http://www.alternet.org/corporate-accountability-and-workplace/5-facts-about-creepily-close-ties-between-pharmaceutical ProPublica, March 25, 2014
▶ DOUBLE DIP: DOCTORS PAID TO ADVISE, PROMOTE DRUG COMPANIES THAT FUND THEIR RESEARCH http://www.propublica.org/article/double-dip-doctors-paid-to-advise-promote-drug-companies-that-fund-research Telegraph, January 03, 2014
▶ DRUG COMPANIES 'WITHHOLDING RESEARCH' FROM DOCTORS, MPs WARN http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/10548392/Drug-companies-withholding-research-from-doctors-MPs-warn.html
July 16, 2013 Pro Publica ▶ WHY YOU SHOULD CARE ABOUT THE DRUGS YOUR DOCTOR PRESCRIBES. ONLINE DATA BASE http://www.propublica.org/article/why-you-should-care-about-the-drugs-your-doctor-prescribes
April 18, 2013 LifeWise
▶ JUST POP A PILL: FIVE LIES PSYCHIATRY TELLS FOR POWER AND PROFIT http://southweb.org/lifewise/five-lies-psychiatry-tells-for-power-and-profit/#.UcJjJmaE8Jk May 30, 2013 AlterNet
▶ MEET THE DOCTOR BIG PHARMA CAN'T SHUT UP - The Pharmaceutical industry has compromised the Western medical establishment and hooked America on drugs http://www.alternet.org/meet-doctor-big-pharma-cant-shut?akid=10514.237541.jaojGp&rd=1&src=newsletter849201&t=3 June 20, 2013 ProPublica ▶ U.S. INSPECTOR GENERAL FAULTS MEDICARE FOR NOT TRACKING 'EXTREME' PHARMACEUTICAL PRESCRIBERS http://www.propublica.org/article/inspector-general-faults-medicare-for-not-tracking-extreme-prescribers
ProPublica, December 24, 2013 ▶ SENATORS PRESS MEDICARE FOR ANSWERS TO DRUG PROGRAM - ProPublica reporters, using Medicare’s own data, identified scores of doctors whose prescription patterns within the program bore the hallmarks of fraud. The cost of medications prescribed by one Miami doctor jumped from $282,000 to $4 million in one year http://www.propublica.org/article/senators-press-medicare-for-answers-on-drug-program ========================== -- RESEARCH -- ========================== Telegraph, January 03, 2014
▶ DRUG COMPANIES 'WITHHOLDING RESEARCH' FROM DOCTORS, MPs WARN http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/10548392/Drug-companies-withholding-research-from-doctors-MPs-warn.html Rolling Stone, June 6, 2013
▶ HOW DRUG COMPANIES CORRUPT MEDICAL JOURNALS http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/how-drug-companies-corrupt-medical-journals-20110606 July 21, 2013 The Guardian
▶ BIG PHARMA MOBILISING PATIENTS IN BATTLE OVER DRUG TRIAL DATA: The pharmaceutical industry has "mobilised" an army of patient groups to lobby against plans to force companies to publish secret documents on drugs trials BEFORE going to market http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jul/21/big-pharma-secret-drugs-trials June 28, 2013 New York Times ▶ BREAKING THE TIGHT SEAL ON PHARMACEUTICAL DRUG COMPANY RESEARCH. Pushing the world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies to open their records to outsiders in an effort to better understand the benefits and potential harms of the drugs that billions of people take every day http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/30/business/breaking-the-seal-on-drug-research.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 VIDEO REPORT &nb
farmlandgrab.org, August 04, 2014
▶ CAN 'LAND GRABS' BY FOREIGN INVESTORS IN AFRICA FEED THE HUNGRY? http://farmlandgrab.org/post/view/23794
Natural News, March 02, 2015
▶ PARAGUAYAN SMALL FARMERS FIGHT BACK AGAINST MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS DESTROYING THEIR LIVES http://www.naturalnews.com/048828_GMO_corporations_small_farmers_Paraguay.html#
-▶ WHO WILL FEED US? THE INDUSTRIAL FOOD CHAIN OR THE PEASANT FOOD WEBS? http://www.etcgroup.org/content/poster-who-will-feed-us-industrial-food-chain-or-peasant-food-webs
Oakland Institute - Report - ▶ THE GREAT LAND GRAB: RUSH FOR WORLD'S FARM LAND THREATENS FOOD SECURITY FOR THE POOR http://www.oaklandinstitute.org/great-land-grab-rush-world%E2%80%99s-farmland-threatens-food-security-poor
Food Crisis and The Global Land Grab, November 2, 2013 -▶ TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY LAND GRABS: ACCUMULATION BY AGRICULTURAL DISPOSSESSION - For the world’s people to have secure access to the quantity and quality of food needed for a decent life, the land grabs and the development of large, highly mechanized factory farms must stop... http://farmlandgrab.org/post/view/22761
June 2, 2013 The Guardian ▶ HOW INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ARE TURNED OFF THEIR LANDS - HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS SAID TO HAVE BEEN DISPLACED http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/02/indigenous-people-turned-off-land
SPECIAL ISSUE: PAMBAZUKA NEWS GMOs, FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AND AFRICA http://www.pambazuka.org/en/ WATCH THE FUTURE OF FOOD - PART 2 Vandana Shiva http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/951852556/the-future-of-food-part-2-vandana-shiva Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, March 1, 2013 -▶ GOVERNMENTS MUST PROTECT LAND, FOOD SYSTEMS AS TRADE LIBERALIZATION ACCELERATES LAND GRABBING http://iatp.org/blog-agriculture farmlandgrab.org, August 04, 2014
▶ CORPORATE INFLUENCE THROUGH THE G8 AND OBAMA'S NEW ALLIANCE FOR FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION IN AFRICA. In recent times, new partnerships models between governments, business and civil society are increasingly gaining attention. One prominent example is the "New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition" (G8NA), inaugurated at the G8 summit 2012 in the United States. This working paper concludes that the approach and objectives of the G8NA are highly problematic. The initiative serves as an enforcing mechanism for corporate driven blueprints for agriculture and sidelines national plans and international standards. It is dominated and tailored towards the interests of big corporate actors and is based on a reductionist approach of agricultural “development”. And lastly, the G8NA is poorly institutionalized and disregards fundamental principles of transparency participation and accountability. http://farmlandgrab.org/post/view/23793
farmlandgrab.org, April 01, 2014 -▶ £600 MILLION UK AID MONEY FINANCING 'CORPORATE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA' http://farmlandgrab.org/post/view/23346
Guardian, December 11, 2012
▶ U.N.: PRIVATISING AID IS A DANGEROUS STRATEGY | Olivier De Schutter | http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/dec/11/privatising-aid-dangerous
One Green Planet, February 26, 2017 ▶ HOW THE GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL FOOD COMPLEX LEAVES PEOPLE HUNGRY AND UNDERNOURISHED http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/whos-eating-the-worlds-grain/
ReliefWeb, October 13, 2014
UN CUTS SYRIA FOOD AID BY 40% OVER FUNDING SHORTFALL: AS WALL STREET PROFITS SOAR http://reliefweb.int/report/syrian-arab-republic/un-cuts-syria-food-aid-over-funding-shortfall-official
Guardian, July 02, 2014
▶ FOOD RATIONS SLASHED FOR 800,000 REFUGEE, SAYS UN Lack of funding forces food aid cuts of up to 60% and is 'worsening malnutrition', say WFP and UN refugee agency http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/jul/02/food-rations-slashed-african-refugees-un?CMP=twt_gu
Food Reserves, September 02, 2014 ▶ THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSIBILITY OF THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPEAN UNION IN THE EXPLOSION OF WORLD PRICES OF CEREAL: http://www.foodreserves.org/?p=582 Pambazuka -Voices for Freedom and Justice in Africa ▶ HOW COMPANIES FRAME ISSUES OF FOOD AND GLOBAL HUNGER FOR THEIR OWN SELF-INTEREST AND BOTTOMLINE PROFITS There is a new, but deceptive, foreign drive to end hunger in Africa through large-scale agribusiness. Yet helping poor households in rural Africa feed themselves in an affordable manner means introducing low-cost, sustainable enhancements to farming. History is riddled with examples of the poor dying of hunger when food was plentiful. Classic amongst these is the famine which wracked the West African Sahel during the early 1970s. While people were dying of hunger in Senegal, Mali and Niger, peanuts — a key sauce ingredient and source of protein across the region — were being exported to Europe.... ...The rise of philanthrocapitalism in the US, where former and current business leaders, through the strength of their foundations, have increasingly come to influence the shape and direction of US international development programmes. Central to the philanthrocapitalist worldview is a belief that private enterprise is the fundamental agent of progressive change and that business acumen trumps other forms of expertise... http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/85291
allAfrica.com: February 18, 2014 ▶ DESPITE CLIMATE CHANGE, AFRICAN CAN FEED AFRICA. There is a continuing argument as to whether the industrial agricultural revolution will solve some or all of Africa's climate change problems. However, experts maintain that industrial agriculture currently accounts for one third of all greenhouse gas emissions--the very element most responsible for climate change. Additionally, they believe that the resources and infrastructure required to operate an industrial agricultural system in Africa are impractical for smallholder farmers... http://allafrica.com/stories/201402191455.html July 14, 2013 Humanosphere, Guardian UK ▶ DONORS DON'T REALLY WANT POOR COUNTRIES TO "OWN" THEIR OWN DEVELOPMENT http://www.humanosphere.org/jp/you-know-that-thing-about/ Guardian UK - Original Article http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2013/jul/24/donors-global-south-development-aid
-▶ FROM GROWING PROFIT TO GROWING FOOD: CHALLENGING CORPORATE RULE http://sco.lt/7Dg37p
Guardian Development, February 18, 2014 ▶ AID TO AFRICA: PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT (G8) NEW PRIORITY http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/feb/18/aid-africa-private-sector-investment-priority-new-alliance
New York Times, January 21, 2014 ▶ WHEN IT COMES TO FOOD, QUANTITY DOESN'T MEAN HEALTH http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/22/opinion/bittman-abundance-doesnt-mean-health.html?emc=edit_tnt_20140122&tntemail0=y June 9, 2013 The Guardian ▶ G8 NEEDS REMINDING THE MARKET DOESN'T KNOW BEST WHEN IT COMES TO HUNGER - Partnerships with food giants such as Monsanto and Unilever will not eradicate hunger – and they might well make it worse http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/09/g8-market-hunge AFRICA G8 - FOOD SECURITY FOR WHOM? CORPORATE PROFITS vs SMALLHOLDER FARMER INTERESTS http://sco.lt/8JKbIn
GRAIN — January 21, 2015
▶ AFRICA: LAND AND SEED LAWS UNDER ATTACK: WHO IS PUSHING CHANGES IN AFRICA? World Bank, UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the Group of 8 wealthiest countries (G8), Bill Gates-funded Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the International Fertiliser Development Centre (IFDC) and others. http://www.grain.org/article/entries/5121-land-and-seed-laws-under-attack-who-is-pushing-changes-in-africa The Ecologist, July 27, 2014 ▶ OBAMA FOOD AID RAVAGES THIRD WORLD FARMERS. The US taxpayers who finance foreign food aid surely believe they are feeding starving people, writes James Bovard. But the truth is the reverse - it is undermining indigenous agriculture in recipient countries - creating famine and chronic malnutrition, while sabotaging self-sufficiency. http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2494069/obama_food_aid_ravages_third_world_farmers.html WHEN WALL STREET WENT TO AFRICA http://sco.lt/5XvSe9 WATCH
CARVING UP AFRICA
A group of executives from big companies like Monsanto and Unilever went to the Department of International Development to thank the UK government for their help in taking control of Africa's food. Thanks to UK aid money, these companies are set to make vast profits in Africa - See more at: http://www.wdm.org.uk/food-sovereignty/carving-africa#sthash.V0GSMRH4.dpuf EurActive, May 14, 2014
▶ NEW EU PRIVATE SECTOR AID CRITERIA UNDER THE MICROSCOPE The European Commission has published the first set of guidelines for involving private sector players in delivering overseas aid, a long-standing practice that has generated controversy with some NGOs for its claimed lack of transparency, accountability and potential for corporate profit-taking. ... ‘Dangerous emphasis’ on health privatisation...Using public resources to ‘leverage’ private finance is of great concern due to the high risk of profit-making motives outweighing poverty reduction objectives,” she said. http://www.euractiv.com/sections/development-policy/new-eu-private-sector-aid-criteria-under-microscope-302107 TripleCrisis, January 14, 2014
▶ THE DANGER OF TRUSTING CORPORATIONS TO LEAD THE FIGHT AGAINST WORLD HUNGER http://triplecrisis.com/the-danger-of-entrusting-corporations-to-lead-the-fight-against-world-hunger/ ▶ UN: PRIVATIZING FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL AID IS DANGEROUS. OBAMA'S AFRICA PLAN IS WRONG http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3690156835/un-privatizing-food-and-agricultural-aid-is-dangerous-obama-s-africa-plan-is-wrong Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa, July 19, 2014
▶ TOWARDS FOOD SOVEREIGNTY TO FEED AFRICA: NURTURE THE ENVIRONMENT AND PUT FARMER AT THE CENTER http://afsafrica.org/towards-food-sovereignty-to-feed-africa-nurture-the-environment-and-put-farmers-at-the-center/ April 24, 2013 - New York Times
▶ WHEN FOOD ISN'T THE ANSWER TO HUNGER http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/24/when-food-isnt-the-answer-to-hunger/ WATCH Global Voices How Do You Feed The World?
LAND RUSH: WHY POVERTY
How do you feed the world? 75% of Mali's population are farmers, but rich, land-hungry nations like China and Saudi Arabia are leasing Mali's land in order to turn large areas into industrial export agribusiness farms. Many Malian peasants do not welcome these efforts, seeing them as yet another manifestation of imperialism. As Mali experiences a military coup, the developers are scared off but can Mali's farmers combat food shortages and escape poverty on their own terms? http://www.whypoverty.net/en/all-about/land-rush/ ▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS NOT THE SOLUTION FOR "FEEDING THE WORLD" http://sco.lt/77BuML
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THE HUNGER GAMES HOW UK AND USA GOVERNMENTS SUPPORT FOR BIG AGRIBUSINESS IS FUELING POVERTY IN AFRICA AND AROUND THE WORLD http://sco.lt/6UGd17
HOW NOT TO "FEED THE WORLD" http://sco.lt/6fKNnN
==================== The Daily Sheeple, June 25, 2014 ▶ MONSANTO, SYNGENTA, BAYER: BIG AGRI PEDDLES "GMO GRUEL" TO THE IMPOVERISHED. Perhaps the most racists, disgusting public relations stunt yet to sell genetically modified poison to the masses and monopolize the world’s food supply. http://www.thedailysheeple.com/monsanto-syngenta-bayer-big-agri-peddles-gmo-gruel-to-the-impoverished_062014
*** WATCH *** ARE GIANT AGRICULTURE FIRMS TRYING TO MONOPOLISE AND PATENT THE WORLD' FOOD SUPPLY? - INDEPTH INVESTIGATION FROM AL JAZEERA http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1038866656/are-giant-agriculture-firms-trying-to-monopolise-and-patent-the-world-s-food-supply FastCoCreate ▶ THESE TOP FOOD COMPANIES CONTROL ALMOST EVERYTHING WE EAT: There are more than 38,000 products in the average American supermarket. That means tons of choice, right? In fact, the vast majority of these products are owned by just 10 companies. Those friendly looking Green Giant pees? That's General Mills. And Odwalla juice? That's Coca Cola. This matters, of course, because we deserve to know where our food comes from--and how it's made. http://www.fastcocreate.com/3032899/see-who-actually-owns-the-food-you-eat-and-how-theyre-behaving April 3, 2013 - Politico ▶ FOOD AID FOR THE 21st CENTURY When it comes to providing hunger relief to needy people around the world, the United States has been a leader since World War II. And if early reports about the Obama administration’s 2014 budget are true, then the U.S. will have a golden opportunity to provide even more food to the hungry while spending less taxpayer dollars in the years ahead. GOING LOCAL AND REGIONAL Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/food-aid-for-the-21st-century-89545.html#ixzz2PjKVENUg
April 4, 2013 - Mother Jones ▶ OBAMA PROPOSES MAKING FOOD AID LESS INSANE http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/04/obama-proposes-making-food-aid-less-insane WATCH
"HUNGER FOR PROFIT" (4:45)
http://www.whypoverty.net/en/video/hunger-for-profit April 4, 2013 - National Public Radio
▶ A POLITICAL WAR BREWS OVER 'FOOD FOR PEACE' AID PROGRAM http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/04/04/176154775/a-political-war-brews-over-food-for-peace-aid-program
April 5, 2013 - Washington Post
▶ AID GROUPS PUSH OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO SHIFT THE WAY U.S. HELPS FEED STARVING PEOPLE ABROAD http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal_government/aid-groups-push-obama-administration-to-shift-the-way-us-helps-feed-starving-people-abroad/2013/04/05/1081e192-9deb-11e2-9219-51eb8387e8f1_story.html April 4, 2013 New York Times
▶ WHITE HOUSE SEEKS TO CHANGE INTERNATIONAL FOOD AID http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/us/politics/white-house-seeks-to-change-international-food-aid.html?_r=0 ▶ HOW DO WE FEED THE WORLD AND STILL ADDRESS THE DRIVERS OF DEFORESTATION - SKOLL WORLD FORUM - UP FOR DEBATE http://skollworldforum.org/debate-post/a-promising-initiative-to-address-deforestation-in-brazil-at-the-local-level/ Humanosphere, July 14, 2014 ▶ WHAT DOES CHINA'S WHITE PAPER TELL US ABOUT ITS FOREIGN AID SPENDING? http://www.humanosphere.org/international-politics/2014/07/chinas-white-paper-tell-us-foreign-aid-spending/ WATCH ▶ "THE FOOD SPECULATOR" - FOOD SPECULATION AND THE STOCKMARKET http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/food-speculator/
July 21, 2013 New York Times
▶ OUR COMING FOOD CRISIS AND THE FOLLY OF BIG CORPORATE AGRICULTURE - SOIL, WATER AND CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/22/opinion/our-coming-food-crisis.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 Guardian Development, March 10, 2014
-▶ FOOD SYSTEM THAT FAILS POOR COUNTRIES NEEDS URGENT REFORM, SAYS UN EXPERT http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/mar/10/food-system-poor-countries-reform-olivier-de-schutter Earth Policy Institute
▶ FULL PLANET, EMPTY PLATES - THE NEW GEOPOLITICS OF FOOD SCARCITY - RISING TEMPERATURES, RISING FOOD PRICES: http://www.earth-policy.org/books/fpep/fpepch8 Earth Policy Institute
▶ SUPPORTING DATA: FULL PLANET, EMPTY PLATES: THE NEW GEOPOLITiCS OF FOOD SCARCITY http://www.earthpolicy.org/books/fpep/fpep_data#7 WATCH BBC VIDEO REPORT
A BILLION GO HUNGRY BECAUSE OF GMO FARMING Vandana Shiva http://www.sott.net/article/260505-A-billion-go-hungry-because-of-GMO-farming-Vandana-Shiva WATCH (6:29)
ANNA LAPPE AND FOOD MYTHBUSTERS
DO WE NEED INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE TO FEED THE WORLD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uem2ceZMxYk BBC News, March 03, 2014 -▶ FEWER CROPS FEEDING THE WORLD: INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE THREATENING FOOD SECURITY http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26382067 A VIP READ ▶ THE ECONOMICS OF CURBING SPECULATION IN FOOD, WATER AND VITAL RESOURCES http://sco.lt/6znBab May 21, 2013 Jeffrey Hollender ▶ THE POVERTY CREATION INDUSTRY http://www.jeffreyhollender.com/?p=2799 World Development Movement, June 24, 2014 ▶ THE NEW SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA : INTERACTIVE INFOGRAPHIC Around the early 1900s the European colonial powers built railways to connect the interior of Africa to the ports. They used this infrastructure to export food and minerals out of Africa to feed the industrial revolution in Europe. Over a hundred years later it’s happening all over again. Take a look at our latest infographic to see how. http://www.wdm.org.uk/new-scramble-africa-food-dfid-infrastructure-extraction/
Humanosphere, October 13, 2014
▶ CRITICS SAY GATES FOUNDATION' AGRICULTURE PROGRAM WON'T HELP POOR FARMERS http://www.humanosphere.org/social-business/2014/10/critics-say-gates-foundations-agriculture-program-wont-help-poor-farmers/
▶ BILL GATES FUNDS RISKY, UNPROVEN, UNREGULATED, UNLABELED GMO BANANAS FOR PREGNANT WOMEN IN INDIA http://sco.lt/8tfFx3
AlterNet, April 09, 2014
▶ THE MAJOR PROBLEM WITH GMO SEEDS ENGINEERED TO SOLVE 3RD WORLD VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES http://www.alternet.org/food/golden-rice-and-monoculture-gmo-seeds-wont-solve-world-hunger
Guardian, June 10, 2014
▶ G8: AFRICA, LET US HELP: LOOKS SUSPICIOUSLY LIKE 1884 http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/10/african-hunger-help-g8-grab WATCH (56:27)
STEALING AFRICA: WHY POVERTY? HOW MUCH PROFIT IS FAIR?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNYemuiAOfU Guardian, February 18, 2014 ▶ G8 WANTS TO TAKE OVER AFRICA AGRICULTURE: FOR EXPORT
TANZANIA: LARGE-SCALE FARMING TURNS SMALL FARMERS INTO MERE LABOURERS http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/feb/18/tanzania-large-scale-farming-small-farmers-labourers THE 21st CENTURY CORPORATE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA
World Development Movement
-▶ STOP THE CORPORATE TAKEOVER OF AFRICA'S FOOD. Under the guise of tackling hunger, initiatives like the G8 New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, will help corporations take control over Africa’s land, seeds and markets - at the expense of small farmers. Join our campaign to oppose this twenty-first century corporate scramble for Africa. - See more at: http://www.wdm.org.uk/food#sthash.dgDwkdF0.dpuf http://www.wdm.org.uk/food April 4, 2013 - National Public Radio
▶ A POLITICAL WAR BREWS OVER 'FOOD FOR PEACE' AID PROGRAM http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/04/04/176154775/a-political-war-brews-over-food-for-peace-aid-program AFRICA - SOLD: OBAMA PUTS G8, BIG 6 BIOTECH CHEMICAL GMO GIANTS IN CHARGE OF "ENDING HUNGER" IN AFRICA http://sco.lt/7ENN8D -▶ TURNING AFRICA INTO A GMO BONANZA FOR GIANT CORPORATIONS: FOREIGN TAKEOVER OF THE FUTURE OF FARMING IN AFRICA http://sco.lt/6qmM1R EcoWatch, February 22, 2014 -▶ STOP FEEDING THE BEAST AND START FEEDING THE PEOPLE. We have a system of predatory agriculture in which corporations pursue private gain relentlessly regardless of the social consequences. Social consequences can be defined as anything from polluting our water, land and air to impacting the health of our families to making the business of farming economically unsustainable. http://ecowatch.com/2014/02/22/stop-feeding-beast-start-feeding-people/ Guardian, February 18, 2014 ▶ MALAWAI'S SMALL FARMERS KEPT IN THE DARK ABOUT G8 NEW ALLIANCE (MONSANTO, SEED PATENTS, GMO) http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/feb/18/malawi-small-farmers-g8-new-alliance The Guardian, February 18, 2014
▶ G8 NEW ALLIANCE CONDEMNED AS NEW WAVE OF COLONIALISM IN AFRICA.Critics say landmark initiative to boost agriculture and relieve poverty favours big business to the detriment of small farmers http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/feb/18/g8-new-alliance-condemned-new-colonialism Guardian Sustainable Business, October 23, 2012
▶ PLACING PROFITS ABOVE WELL BEING: CHALLENGING THE DESTRUCTIVE POWER OF THE AGRO-CHEMICAL INDUSTRY http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/blog/anna-lappe-activist-food-campaign
============================= -▶ OUR INDUSTRIAL, WESTERN AGRICULTURAL FOOD SYSTEM IS DESTROYING THE EARTH AND OUR HEALTH http://sco.lt/63qRl3 ▶ THE ROLE OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD PRODUCTION AND POVERTY ERADICATION http://sco.lt/7SRAUj
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"BIG FOOD" And Addiction
Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity http://www.yaleruddcenter.org/news.aspx?id=403 Care2, May 21, 2014 ▶ BILLIONS OF ANIMALS KILLED EVERY YEAR END UP IN THE TRASH http://www.care2.com/causes/billions-of-animals-killed-every-year-end-up-dumped-in-the-trash.html ▶ MALNUTRITION AND THE MICROBIOME. One of the tragedies of malnutrition in children is that the problems don't end when the hunger stops. A new study has shown that the microbial communities in the gut of children who experience malnutrition seem to be compromised over the long term, and don't recover even after therapy and a return to a normal diet. http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/2014/06/07/2014-06-07-6/
May 23, 2013 Global Possibilities
- ▶ GUT PUNCH: MONSANTO COULD BE DESTROYING YOUR MICROBIOME http://www.globalpossibilities.org/gut-punch-monsanto-could-be-destroying-your-microbiome/ WATCH "LAND RUSH - WHY POVERTY? The ugly rise of monoculture farming and globalized food http://sco.lt/88wCO1 -▶ LAND GRABS: HOW FOREIGN "INVESTMENTS" ARE REDISTRIBUTING WEALTH, LAND AND WATER RIGHTS ACROSS THE GLOBE http://sco.lt/96H2yv Guardian, Global Development -▶ LAND GRABS: THOUSANDS 'FORCIBLY RELOCATED' IN ETHIOPIA says HRW report http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/jan/17/ethiopia-relocation-programme-report?CMP=twt_gu -▶ BIOFUELS LAND GRAB: GUATEMALA'S FARMERS LOSE PLOTS AND PROSPERITY TO 'ENERGY INDEPENDENCE' = SLIDE SHOW : Scientific American http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2567914610/africa-chocolate-bill-gates-monsanto-and-the-genetically-modified-land-grab AllAfrica, January 07, 2014 ▶ AFRICA: OUR CONTEMPORARY, WESTERN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM IS DESTROYING THE EARTH AND OUR HEALTH Over the course of the past century our food supply has shifted from local to global. Most food our grandparents ate was grown regionally, often by neighbourhood farmers. Today our food comes from across the world. More importantly, it is often produced in highly destructive ways, at the lowest possible cost. Consequently our food production system is responsible for accelerating the rate of destruction of the very ecosystems we are reliant upon in order to maintain our delicate global environmental equilibrium. We cut and clear the lungs of the world, our tropical rainforests, to feed livestock or grow dishonestly named "biofuels". We bulldoze natural filtration systems and the nurseries for life like wetlands and mangrove swamps to produce luxury foods for obese populations... http://allafrica.com/stories/201401071158.html?viewall=1 WATCH Moyers & Company HUNGER, OBESITY AND SOARING CORPORATE PROFITS http://sco.lt/6qmBV3 Food Reserves, September 02, 2014 ▶ THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSIBILITY OF THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPEAN UNION IN THE EXPLOSION OF WORLD PRICES OF CEREAL: http://www.foodreserves.org/?p=582 -▶ CORPORATE HIJACKING OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE: GENETIC ENGINEERING AND THE GMO INDUSTRY http://sco.lt/73IdQ9
▶ THIS GRAND EXPERIMENT ON HUMAN BEINGS HAS TO STOP: Bill Gates Funds Risky, Untested, Unregulated Vitamin Fortified GMO Crops.. http://sco.lt/5uWAW9 -▶ FOREIGN CORPORATIONS DESTROYING ECOSYSTEMS, INDIGENOUS LIVELIHOODS, NULLIFYING LAND RIGHTS, CREATING DEPENDENCE AND POVERTY ON A GLOBAL SCALE http://sco.lt/9KW9wn Transition Network
▶ HOW DIFFERENT THE WORLD WOULD BE IF WE PAID THE TRUE COST OF FOOD AND FARMING? http://www.transitionnetwork.org/blogs/rob-hopkins/2013-12/how-different-would-world-be-if-we-paid-true-cost-food-and-farming VIDEO: (48:00) "WHO PROFITS FROM POVERTY?" - DOING GOOD RESPONSIBLY http://sco.lt/6VZEDB ▶ OBESITY PLUS: HUGE INCREASE IN DIABETES, STROKES, HEART DISEASE ON A GLOBAL SCALE: THE AMERICAN DIET AND LIFE STYLE EXPORTED http://sco.lt/80rmld Guardian, March 03, 2014
-▶ US-STYLE INTENSIVE FARMING ISN'T THE SOLUTION TO CHINA'S MEAT PROBLEM. Staggering growth means China now produces a third of the world’s meat, and it hopes to do more by replicating the US model of meat production http://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2014/mar/03/us-intensive-farming-chinas-meat-problem
-▶ FOOD FORESTS CAN MITIGATE RISKS OF "FEAST OR FAMINE": BIG CORPORATE AGRICULTURE IS NOT THE ANSWER http://sco.lt/5U402L
WATCH DOCUMENTARY (88 min)
"SEEDS OF PERMACULTURE" - ECOLOGICAL FARMING
People are becoming less and less self-sufficient around the world, these local communities that were previously growing everything themselves and knew how to build their own houses out of natural materials are completely dependent on big foreign powers and import from other countries. ... http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/seeds-permaculture/ INFOGRAPHIC - SOIL TO SKY
AGROECOLOGY vs INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE PDF
http://agroecologygroup.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Soil-to-Sky-infographic.pdf ▶ FIVE HOLISTIC ALTERNATIVE FARMING METHODS: AGROECOLOGY AT ITS BEST http://sco.lt/4i3lqr Common Dreams, May 23, 2014
▶ PERMACULTURE POISED TO CONQUER THE CARIBBEAN. No fertilisers, herbicides, or pesticides but a bold vision to save a region from climate change and resource scarcity http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/05/23 The Ideas Arcade, March 02, 2014
▶ GROWING FRESH VEGETABLES AND FISH TOGETHER - WITHOUT SOIL: FEEDING THE WORLD WITH AQUAPONICS http://www.theideasarcade.com/growing-food-without-soil-feeding-world-aquaponics/ ENOUGHNESS WESTERN THOUGHT vs INDIGENOUS PHILOSOPHY http://sco.lt/6EFbPt EurActiv, January 24, 2014
▶ MORE CONSUMPTION NOT NECESSARY FOR HUMAN WELL-BEING, SAYS UN REPORT http://www.euractiv.com/sustainability/greater-consumption-necessary-hu-news-532991 -▶ AMERICANS EAT THE CHEAPEST FOOD IN THE WORLD, BUT WHAT IS IT REALLY COSTING US? http://sco.lt/9FNhzd Treehugger, January 31, 2014
▶ WHY OUR CHILDREN NEED REAL FOOD, NOT FOOD PRODUCTS (book review) http://www.treehugger.com/green-food/why-our-children-need-real-food-not-food-products-book-review.html -▶ THE ETHICS OF BIG FOOD http://sco.lt/7wDiyX Mongabay, January 16, 2014
▶ POPULATION GROWTH AND ASSOCIATED FOOD DEMAND TO TAKE HEAVY TOLL ON RAINFORESTS http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0116-population-growth-food-deforestation.html VIDEO: INTO THE HEART OF ECUADOR'S YASUNI - A PENDING CORPORATE OIL PLUNDER OF INDIGENOUS LANDS http://sco.lt/5c5Z2H -▶ SHOULD COMPANIES COMPENSATE SOCIETY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIETAL DESTRUCTION FROM WHICH THEY PROFIT? http://sco.lt/8wC8LB
▶ THE CONUNDRUM AT THE HEART OF SUSTAINABILITY - OUR DISCONNECTION FROM NATURE http://sco.lt/6HVMzR DAMS, ECOCIDE AND WATER RIGHTS: BIG MONEY DRIVES EXTINCTION - INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, ECOSYSTEMS, FORESTS DEVASTATED http://sco.lt/7CsWKf -▶ THE NEW CORPORATE COLONIALISM. DESTRUCTION OF LIFE, ECOCIDE AND GENOCIDE -- ALL IN THE NAME OF 'GROWTH' http://sco.lt/8pbb7p The Economist, March 03, 2014 ▶ GIVING GENEROUSLY, WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME Last year, the WFP helped to feed over 90m people in 80 different countries. But the way it distributes food relief has been changing. In the 1960s, the organisation’s aid programmes for the developing world focussed on the distribution of food staples, often bought in developed countries, directly to the poor. Later, it was discovered that sourcing food more locally tended to be less disruptive to the local economy. Free distribution of food imported from elsewhere can undercut local food markets and cause more fundamental economic problems to occur. Buying more of it locally, it was found, tended to help farmers in the region more in the medium term.http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2014/03/world-food-programme
▶ THE ECONOMY OF ENOUGH: A BETTER PLAN THAN 'ENDLESS GROWTH' http://sco.lt/7f68zR ▶ THE WORLD IS SITTING ON A CONSUMPTION TIME BOMB http://sco.lt/92ZVcP United Nations Enviro
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Friends of The Earth, October 31, 2014 -▶ HIGH STEAKS: THE CASE FOR LESS AND BETTER MEAT. There’s a high price to pay for that juicy T-Bone from supermarkets. Most meat, poultry, eggs and dairy sold in restaurants and supermarkets in the U.S. comes from factory farms — where animals are often raised in cruel, cramped and unsanitary conditions. In order to prevent disease and promote faster growth, they are frequently pumped with doses of antibiotics. This practice has contributed to the rise of antibiotic-resistant diseases in human populations, which pose one of the greatest public health threats of our time. THE CASE FOR LESS AND BETTER MEAT ... READ ON https://medium.com/friends-of-the-earth-newsmagazine/high-steaks-827023cb0456
Alternet, April 01, 2015
▶ AMERICA'S RED MEAT HORROR SHOW: WHY WE MUST GET RID OF FACTORY FARMS. FOUR MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR TRANSNATIONAL COMPANIES —Tyson JBS, Cargill and Smithfield—produce about 85 percent of the factory farm meat in the U.S., making it difficult for ranchers to sell their livestock to anyone but the Big Four. And of course these same Big Four companies, along with their front groups such as the North American Meat Institute, are lobbying the government to ditch the 2015 dietary guidelines to “eat less red and processed meat” recommendation because they understand what that recommendation will do to their bottom lines. But what the Big Four fear even more is the thought of consumers waking up to the horrors of factory farms, and the filthy, contaminated meat that comes out of these animal prisons. http://www.alternet.org/food/americas-red-meat-horror-show-why-we-must-get-rid-factory-farms
SO YOU WANT TO EAT MEAT? FEEDLOTS vs PASTURES http://sco.lt/4qkbib
Mother Jones, March 24, 2015
▶ OUR MEAT OBSESSION MAY KILL US. BUT NOT HOW YOU THINK http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2015/03/were-going-feed-animals-67-percent-more-antibiotics-2030
HuffPostGreen, March24, 2015
▶ A MENACING MIX IN ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE: HERBICIDES, HEAVY METALS AND FACTORY FARMS http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/24/antibiotic-resistance-herbicides-heavy-metals_n_6935626.html?m=true
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/
▶ FOUR-FIFTHS OF ALL BIG PHARMA ANTIBIOTICS CONSUMED BY MEAT AND POULTRY INDUSTRY (What Are You Eating?) http://sco.lt/5u5Gyn
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August 13, 2013 Reuters Exclusive:
LAME CATTLE STIRS NEW CONCERN OVER BEEF INDUSTRY GROWTH DRUGS http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/13/us-usa-cattle-jbs-drugs-idUSBRE97C02M20130813
VIDEOS TreeHugger, January 39, 2015
▶ MEATONOMICS EXPLORES THE BIZARRE ECONOMIC FORCES THAT DRIVE MEAT & DAIRY PRODUCTION http://www.treehugger.com/green-food/meatonomics-bizarre-economic-forces-drive-meat-dairy-production.html
Alternet, March 24, 2015
▶ EXPOSING AMERICA'S BILLIONAIRE WELFARE RANCHERS. America's .01 percent like the Kochs and the Hiltons are collecting massive subsidies from the federal government http://www.alternet.org/economy/exposing-americas-billionaire-welfare-ranchers The Dodo, March 10, 2015
▶ CAUGHT RED-HANDED, MAJOR DAIRY COMPANY VOWS TO STOP CRUEL PRACTICES https://www.thedodo.com/great-lakes-cheese-welfare-1032837896.html
WATCH SHORT, SILENT VIDEO: - ▶ THE SADDEST, AND MOST BEAUTIFUL LOOK AT THE CYCLE OF FACTORY MEAT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/21/samsara-documentary_n_3791510.html
Medical Xpress, March 11, 2015
▶ INFLUENCE GAME: MEAT INDUSTRY PUSHES BACK AGAINST NEW DIETARY PROPOSAL http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-03-meat-industry-dietary.html
Inhabitat, December 20, 2014
-▶ U.S. CONGRESS IS FORBIDDING DIETARY EXPERTS FROM TALKING ABOUT FOOD=RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS http://inhabitat.com/congress-is-forbidding-dietary-experts-from-talking-about-food-related-environmental-concerns/
TriplePundit, January 09, 2015
-▶ BEEF INDUSTRY HAVING A COW OVER POTENTIAL USDA RECOMMENDATIONS. the U.S. beef industry has long been a beneficiary of government largess with its long history of receiving federal subsidies. Most of that largess is going to four large conglomerates while smaller independent ranchers are going bankrupt. http://www.triplepundit.com/2015/01/beef-industry-cow-potential-usda-recommendations/
Summit County Citizens Voice, February 24, 2015
▶ ADVISORY PANEL EYES SHIFT TO MORE SUSTAINABLE DIET IN THE U.S. http://summitcountyvoice.com/2015/02/24/advisory-panel-eyes-shift-to-more-sustainable-diet-in-u-s/
VIDEO REPORT
DW.DE February 27, 2015
ANIMAL FEED - ECOLOGICAL INSANITY?
http://www.dw.de/animal-feed-ecological-insanity/av-18286017
STUNNING AERIAL PHOTOS EcoWatch, November 28, 2014 HOW FACTORY FARMS RAVAGE THE EARTH http://ecowatch.com/2014/11/28/factory-farms-photos-mishka-henner/
MintPress, February 11, 2015
▶ YOUR DINNER Vs. THE PLANET : THE HIGH COST OF MEAT http://www.mintpressnews.com/MyMPN/dinner-vs-planet-high-cost-meat/
MEATONOMICS The Dirty Truth About Cheap Meat http://sco.lt/5MiErp
The Guardian, January 13, 2015
-▶ THE BEEF WITH McDONALD'S SUSTAINABLE BEEF http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/jan/13/sustainable-beef-mcdonalds-meat-environment
VIDEO (7:52) The Center for Investigative Reporting
August 02, 2013
THE HIDDEN COSTS OF HAMBURGERS
http://cironline.org/reports/hidden-costs-hamburgers-3701
Washington Post, February 19, 2015
-▶ THINK OF EARTH, NOT JUST YOUR STOMACH, PANEL ADVISES http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/think-of-earth-not-just-your-stomach-panel-advises/2015/02/19/b3aab734-b876-11e4-aa05-1ce812b3fdd2_story.html?tid=pm_business_pop THE DRUG STORE IN AMERICAN MEAT CAFOs AND INDUSTRIAL FACTORY FARMING YOUR MEAT http://sco.lt/5pYaYr
August 18, 2013 Care2 Causes
-▶ NOW WE'RE TURNING ANIMALS INTO FACTORIES FOR OUR DRUGS? http://www.care2.com/causes/now-were-turning-animals-into-factories-for-our-drugs.html
- ▶ UK - CAN MEAT FACTORIES BE SAFE, SLAUGHTERING 4,000 COWS, PER FACTORY, 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/ January 27, 2008 The New York Times, Mark Bittman - ▶ RETHINKING THE MEAT-GUZZLER http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/weekinreview/27bittman.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
HuffingtonPost India, January 25, 2015
- ▶MODI AND OBAMA: STOP IGNORING THE COW IN THE ROOM http://www.huffingtonpost.in/poorva-joshipura/modi-and-obama-stop-ignor_b_6536562.html
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65 BILLION ANIMALS RAISED IN CORPORATE CONCENTRATION PENS: DRUGS, GMO FEED AND 'AG-GAG' LAWS http://sco.lt/6GRczB
VIDEO
GLASS WALLS (8:17)
What happens to animals raised for meat, eggs and dairy products.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIzvFMmXCpw
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George Monbiot, December 16, 2014
- ▶ IF YOU MUST EAT MEAT, SAVE IT FOR CHRISTMAS : We are in perputual denial about our food : From chickens pumped with antibiotics to the environmental devastation caused by production, we need to realise we are not fed with happy farm animals http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/16/perpetual-denial-food-meat-production-environmental-devastation
VIDEO
INSIDE A SLAUGHTERHOUSE
The Oprah Winfrey Show
Investigative reporter Lisa Ling goes behind the scenes of a slaughterhouse to see how meat is made.
http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Inside-a-Slaughterhouse-Video
- ▶ USDA LIVE STOCK SLAUGHTER 2013 SUMMARY 04/21/2014 - lsan0414.pdf http://www.usda.gov/nass/PUBS/TODAYRPT/lsan0414.pdf
VIDEO 11:50
FARM TO FRIDGE - THE TRUTH BEHIND MEAT PRODUCTION
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=THIODWTqx5E#!
FutureFood 2050 October 23, 2014
-▶ BREEDING A HEALTHIER LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY. Improving animal welfare is crucial to long-term sustainability, says livestock expert Temple Grandin. http://futurefood2050.com/breeding-a-healthier-livestock-industry/
Stuff.co.nz , November 25, 2014
-▶ EVERYTHING IS A COMMODITY NOW: BIG JUMP IN BOBBY CALF KILL. Beef+Lamb economist Rob Davison said 2.07 million calves were culled in the year ended September, up 9.8 per cent on the comparable period last year... There seems to be no one reason for the significant rise in unwanted calves sent for "processing", as reported to Beef + Lamb NZ by the country's meat companies. http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/beef/63489037/big-jump-in-bobby-calf-kill
Truthout, November 23, 2014
-▶ IS THE GRASS-FED REALLY GREENER? BEEF PRODUCTION IN THE AMERICAS http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/27609-is-the-grass-fed-really-greener-beef-production-in-the-americas
George Monbiot, December 17, 2014
-▶OVERGROWTH: What can you say about a society whose food production must be hidden from public view? In which the factory farms and slaughterhouses supplying much of our diet must be guarded like arsenals to prevent us from seeing what happens there?
The growth rate of broiler chickens has quadrupled in 50 years: they are now killed at seven weeks(2). By then they are often crippled by their weight. Animals selected for obesity cause obesity. Bred to bulge, scarcely able to move, overfed, factory farmed chickens now contain almost three times as much fat as chickens did in 1970, and just two thirds of the protein(3). Stalled pigs and feedlot cattle have undergone a similar transformation. Meat production? No, this is fat production.
http://www.monbiot.com/2014/12/16/overgrowth/
WATCH: "A BLOODY BUSINESS" - LIVE ANIMAL EXPORTS Investigation by Australian TV Four Corners Investigation http://sco.lt/7cFyuf
DW News, November 22, 2014
-▶ EU GREENS TO CONFRONT INDUSTRIALIZED FARM LOBBY. Germany's opposition Greens have set their sights on nutrition that avoids mass livestock farming. They have accused Chancellor Angela Merkel's government of giving agriculturalized industry an unrestrained free run. http://www.dw.de/greens-to-confront-industrialized-farm-lobby/a-18080664
Wall Street Journal, December 15, 2014
-▶ CHINA'S HARD LINE ON BIOTECH BURNS U.S. HAY : Traces of GMO Alfalfa, Unapproved by Beijing, Wreak Havoc With a Formerly Booming U.S. Crop http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-hay-exports-to-china-shrivel-up-1418598477
Audubon Magazine, November-December
-▶ FOOD FIGHT: REFORMING THE FARM http://mag.audubon.org/articles/climate/food-fight-reforming-farm
Future Food, November 18, 2014
-▶ GREENER PASTURES FOR CATTLE RANCHING. Colombian farming researcher Enrique Murgueitio advocates grazing animals on wooded land to boost sustainability and production. http://futurefood2050.com/greener-pastures-for-cattle-ranching/
HuffingtonPostGreen, October 30, 2014
-▶ MEAT HAS SEASONS, JUST LIKE PRODUCE. AND HERE'S HOW FACTORY FARMING HAS MESSED WITH THAT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/30/seasonal-meat_n_6063340.html
APOCALYPSE OF THE "HAPPY MEAL" WORSHIPING THE GOLDEN CALF http://sco.lt/9Ey17x
WATCH "ALMA" A journey into the soul of humanity - A powerful statement about deforestation and the global industrial economy. -▶ "ALMA" explores the devastating impacts of the cattle industry on the Amazon and a powerful statement about the global industrial economy. Beautifully shot, alternately joyful and horrifying, Alma captures the ecological, and even spiritual, cost of meat, dairy, and leather production in the Amazon. A cinematic journey into the world's forests and the industries that are destroying them, this time heading to Brazil to explore the devastating impacts of the cattle industry. Here he creates a powerful statement about the global industrial economy and the speed with which virgin forests are being cleared for timber and new grazing land... http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8uVOYQPobzo
August 26, 2013 Mongabay
-▶ 85% OF BRAZILIAN LEATHER GOES TO MARKETS SENSITIVE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0822-tcs-walker-brazil-cattle.html
Guardian, March 10, 2013 ▶ LUXURY LEATHER AND THE AMAZON http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/03/luxury-leather-and-amazon-deforestation
The Daily Climate, November 10, 2014
-▶ GLOBAL MEAT DEMAND PLOWS UP BRAZIL'S 'UNDERGROUND FOREST' http://www.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2014/11/brazil-meat-cerrado-deforestation
Mongabay, December 18, 2014
-▶ IMPACTS OF DEFORESTATION ON AMAZONIAN RIVER ECOSYSTEMS COULD BE FAR REACHING. Vast areas of the Amazon forest are being destroyed for agricultural uses, mainly industrial-scale soybean crops, and turned into pasture land for livestock. http://news.mongabay.com/2014/1218-gfrn-tcs-gaworecki-riparian-deforestation-far-reaching.html Rainforest Alliance
-▶ THE AMAZON'S FIRST SUSTAINABLE CATTLE RANCH: CATTLE THE RIGHT WAY http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/stories/cattle-and-conservation
WATCH "DEATH ON A USA FACTORY FARM" "[HBO Special] When Animals Become Inanimate Objects On A Balance Sheet http://sco.lt/7WUGp7
- ▶ WHAT EVERY PARENT SHOULD KNOW ABOUT BLIND, FOOTLESS GMO CHICKENS, FACTORY FARMS AND THE AG-GAG BILL http://sco.lt/961xVh
In These Times, December 01, 2014
- ▶ THE ONE THING WORSE THAN BIG DAIRY'S ABUSE OF COWS THE ABUSE OF WORKERS http://inthesetimes.com/article/17348/big_dairy_work_an_udderly_bad_job
June 6, 2013 Huffington Post Green
- ▶ USDA INSPECTOR GENERAL: FOOD SAFETY AND HUMANE SLAUGHTER LAWS IGNORED WITH IMPUNITY http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-friedrich/usda-inspector-general-fo_b_3333853.html VIDEO by PAUL McCARTNEY (Former "Beatle") THE WEBSITE THE MEAT INDUSTRY DOESN'T WANT YOU TO SEE http://www.meat.org/ April 29, 2013 Green Is The New Red
- ▶ FIRST "AG-GAG' ARRESTS: FOR FILMING SLAUGHTERHOUSE -- FROM THE STREET http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/first-ag-gag-arrest-utah-amy-meyer/6948/
▶ OUR INDUSTRIAL, WESTERN AGRICULTURAL FOOD SYSTEM IS DESTROYING THE EARTH AND OUR HEALTH http://sco.lt/686Qi1
MORE, BIGGER, FASTER What You Need To Know About Factory Farming Your Food http://sco.lt/8usxzV
-▶ AMAZON RAINFORESTS: DEFORESTATION, MINING RISES AGAIN IN BRAZIL'S AMAZON IMPACTING ECOSYSTEMS, CLIMATE, DEVASTATING INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES http://sco.lt/9FG1Lt
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Modern Farmer, March 31, 2015
-▶ AMAZING NEW LAW TO STOP GIVING FARM PAYMENTS TO CORPORATE NON-FARMERS. The USDA has a variety of different programs in place to help farmers survive tough times; collectively, they’re known as the Farm Safety Net.The Farm Safety Net includes : subsidized insurance, minimum prices for commodity products like corn, wheat, and soybeans, and disaster assurance (so farmers might receive payments in the case of drought or frost, that kind of thing). This last element, and a bunch of others that are expressed via direct payments to farmers, are the focus of the loophole closing announced by the USDA. http://modernfarmer.com/2015/03/amazing-new-law-to-stop-giving-farm-payments-to-corporate-non-farmers/
Marketplace, March 11, 2015
-▶ BIG CHANGE TO FARM SUBSIDIES http://www.marketplace.org/topics/business/big-change-farm-subsidies
The Foundry, January 28, 2014
-▶ YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT'S IN THE $1 TRILLION FARM BILL DISASTER http://blog.heritage.org/2014/01/28/wont-believe-whats-1-trillion-farm-bill-disaster/
RedState, November 22, 2014
▶ AGRIBUSINESS HITS THE $10 BILLION JACKPOT SUBSIDIES, AT EXPENSE OF TAXPAYER -- AGAIN - RUNNING UP FOOD STAMPS COST. U.S. corporate farmers are about to reap a bumper harvest not just in corn and soybeans but also in new subsidies that could soar to $10 billion, blowing a hole in the government’s promise that its new five-year farm bill would save taxpayers money. http://www.redstate.com/2014/11/22/agribusiness-hits-jackpot-taxpayers-much/
Reuters, November 19, 2014
▶ U.S. FARMERS SET TO GET HUGE GOVERNMENT PAYOUTS DESPITE BUMPER HARVEST. U.S. farmers are about to reap a bumper harvest not just in corn and soybeans but also in new subsidies that could soar to $10 billion, blowing a hole in the government's promise that its new five-year farm bill would save taxpayers money. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/19/us-usa-grains-insurance-idUSKCN0J32FB20141119
EcoWatch, January 29, 2014
-▶ 5 WAYS THE FARM BILL BRINGS HOME THE BACON FOR BIG AG http://ecowatch.com/2014/01/29/5-ways-farm-bill-brings-home-big-ag/ New York Times, February 04, 2014 -▶ U.S. SENATE PASSES LONG-STALLED FARM BILL WITH CLEAR WINNERS AND LOSERS http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/05/us/politics/senate-passes-long-stalled-farm-bill.html?emc=edit_tnt_20140205&tntemail0=y&_r=0
High Country News, February 12, 2014
▶ HOW THE U.S. FARM BILL DEEPENS THE PRECIPITOUS DECLINE OF MONARCH BUTTERFLIES : Scientists fear that one of North America’s greatest migrations is in its death throes http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/policies-and-pollinators-the-feds-the-farm-bill-and-the-precipitous-decline-of-monarchs
-▶ FARM BILL GIVES MONSANTO UNBELIEVABLE POWERS OVER U.S. FOOD SUPPLY http://sco.lt/6MoQTp
Forbes, October 2, 2013 ▶ LOCKING IN THE MONOPOLY: Who Knew Betting On The Weather Could Make a Billion Dollars? Monsanto Buys Climate Corp For $930 Million http://www.forbes.com/sites/bruceupbin/2013/10/02/monsanto-buys-climate-corp-for-930-million/
RSN February 06, 2014
WHY PRESIDENT OBAMA SHOULD VETO THE FARM BILL http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/448-farm-and-food-policy/21907-why-president-obama-should-veto-the-farm-bill
The Guardian, George Monbiot February 17, 2014
▶ HOW WE ENDED UP PAYING FARMERS TO FLOOD OUR HOMES - - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/17/farmers-uk-flood-maize-soil-protection
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August 29, 2013 Global Possibilities
▶ THE "GUARANTEED INCOME" RACKET FOR USA BIG AGRICULTURE: — Desiccated corn and sun-scorched soybeans have been in high supply lately — and we’re paying through the nose for them http://www.globalpossibilities.org/u-s-government-paid-17-billion-for-weather-withered-crops-last-year/
▶ US TAXPAYERS NOW GUARANTEEING CORPORATE PROFITS - HISTORY OF THE CROP "INSURANCE" PROGRAM http://www.rma.usda.gov/aboutrma/what/history.html
CXXJune 17, 2013 Somewhat Reasonable ▶ CROP INSURANCE FOR GUARANTEEING BIG CORPORATE AGRICULTURE PROFITS EXPANDED IN U.S. SENATE 2013 FARM BILL COSTING TAXPAYERS $955 BILLION IN SUBSIDIES http://blog.heartland.org/2013/06/crop-insurance-expanded-in-senate-farm-bill/
TakePart, October 3, 2013 - ▶ MONSANTO SPENDS NEARLY $1 BILLION ON "CROP INSURANCE COMPANY" CLIMATE CORPORATION, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF USDA CROP INSURANCE PROGRAM http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/10/03/precision-farming-monsanto-buys-climate-corporation May 2, 2013 Environmental Working Group - 2013 Farm Bill -▶ TAXPAYERS GET SOAKED TO PROP UP GMO SOY AND CORN FARM INCOME - BILLIONS OF DOLLARS http://www.ewg.org/agmag/2013/05/taxpayers-get-soaked-prop-farm-income USDA July 29, 2014
-▶ USDA IMPLEMENTS KEY FARM BILL CROP INSURANCE FOR CORPORATE FARMING -- WITH YOUR TAX DOLLARS http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2014/07/0160.xml&contentidonly=true
New York Times, January 24, 2014
▶ RUNNING BELOW THE RADAR: A HIDDEN THREAT IN THE 2014 FARM BILL COMING RIGHT AT YOU. The mammoth farm bill is reportedly near a conference compromise in Congress, bristling with more tragic cuts in the food stamp program for the needy and a revision of lucrative commodity subsidies for mostly big farmers. Running below the radar is a dangerous, broadly written amendment that would threaten states’ current powers to enact their own agricultural standards — standards that can extend far beyond farmyards to consumer, worker and environmental safety. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/25/opinion/a-hidden-threat-in-the-farm-bill.html?emc=edit_tnt_20140125&tntemail0=y&_r=0
Civil Eats, June 11, 2014
▶ HOW CONGRESS IS MOVING TO CRUSH PROTECTIONS FOR SMALL MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCERS. Consolidation has meant “the meatpackers report huge profits, while farmers’ share of the retail dollar has gone down dramatically—and consumers still see food prices rising at the grocery store.” In Missouri, Gibbons adds, thousands of independent small and mid-size family hog farmers have gone out of business because they don’t have access to a fair market. “Because of massive corporate control of the market, we’ve lost 91 percent of hog producers in Missouri since 1985. That’s over 20,000 farmers and many, many jobs in our rural communities.” http://civileats.com/2014/06/11/how-congress-is-moving-to-crush-protections-for-small-meat-and-poultry-producers-and-why-you-should-care/
September 4, 2013 NPR ▶ THERE WILL BE NO COMPETITION: HOW BIG AGRICULTURE AND USDA ARE EASING OUT SMALL FARMERS WITH NEW FOOD SAFETY RULES http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/09/04/218642746/small-farmers-in-new-england-fear-new-food-safety-rules
▶ FARM-AGEDDON -▶ No birds. No bees. Our countryside laid waste. And billions of animals that never see a blade of grass http://sco.lt/7ztQbB
April 4, 2013 - Grist - ▶ WHITE HOUSE GUTS THE NEW SAFETY RULES IN FAVOR OF CORPORATIONS http://grist.org/food/oh-rot-the-white-house-just-gutted-the-new-food-safety-rules/?utm_campaign=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter
March 12, 2012 Thomson Reuters Foundation ▶ GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM AN INTERNATIONAL "PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTER": UN FOOD EXPERT http://www.trust.org/item/?map=global-food-system-an-international-public-health-disaster-un-food-expert/ Environmental Working Group, November 4, 2013
▶ BIPARTISAN COALITION WOULD LINK LAND CONSERVATION TO 2013 FARM SUBSIDIES http://www.ewg.org/agmag/2013/11/bipartisan-support-compliance
VIDEO REPORT WHO'S BEHIND THE CHINESE TAKEOVER OF USA's AND WORLD'S BIGGEST PORK PRODUCER? TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE HUGE FARM BILL SUBSIDIES http://sco.lt/9LONnd
- ▶ ANIMALS RAISED IN CORPORATE CONCENTRATION PENS - DRUGS AND AG-GAG LAWS TO IMPACT BEYOND USA http://sco.lt/4ynuev
Mother Jones, May 07, 2014
-▶ OUR ALARMING FOOD FUTURE, EXPLAINED IN 7 CHARTS http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/05/6-alarming-facts-food-and-global-warming -▶ EXPORTING OUR FOOD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER: WHAT TRIGGERED HIGH MILK PRICES http://www.farmanddairy.com/top-stories/triggered-high-milk-prices-exports/176168.html
▶ THE HUNGER GAMES ▶ HOW UK, USA SUPPORT FOR BIG AGRIBUSINESS IS FUELING POVERTY http://sco.lt/8ked9N December 14, 2012: ▶ MONSANTO AG BILL GIVES CARTE BLANCHE TO BIOTECH GMO SEEDS WITHOUT OVERSIGHT OR REGULATION http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3728095577/monsanto-ag-bill-gives-carte-blanche-to-biotech-gmo-seeds-without-oversight-or-regulation
Salon, December 29, 2013
-▶ MONSANTO'S SCARY NEW SCHEME: WHY DOES IT REALLY WANT ALL THIS DATA? As biotech giant pays huge sums for data analysis about farms, many are terrified about how it might be harnessed http://www.salon.com/2013/12/29/monsantos_scary_new_scheme_why_does_it_really_want_all_this_data/
The Des Moines Register, July 29, 2014
- ▶ MONSANTO AND MEGA CORPORATIONS FINALLY HAVE A SEAT AT THE WHITE HOUSE TABLE UNDER THE GUISE OF CLIMATE CHANGE: SELF INTEREST AND MEGA PROFITS & CONTROL OVER REGULATIONS http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2014/07/29/climate-change-obama/13325835/ October 2, 2013 Salon
-▶ MONSANTO' BIG FARM DATA TAXPAYER RIPOFF http://www.salon.com/2013/10/02/monsantos_big_data_taxpayer_ripoff/
-▶ 15 YEARS OF GM SOYBEANS IN ARGENTINA: THE TRUE COST OF GMO SOY http://sco.lt/5PG1bd April 25, 2013 Earth In Transition
-▶ SOY - THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE POISONOUS - A SCORECARD ON SOME OF BEST KNOWN SOY PRODUCTS http://www.earthintransition.org/2013/04/soy-the-good-the-bad-and-the-poisonous/ INFOGRAPHIC: FIELDS OF GOLD - RAPID RISE OF THE U.S. CORN INDUSTRY Lashings of Pesticides Creating Biological Deserts http://flapjackmedia.com/2013/09/04/corn/ February 18, 2013 Common Dreams ▶ INDUSTRIAL AG TRIGGERS DEVASTATING 'WEB' OF POLLUTION http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/02/18-2
July 21, 2013 New York Times
▶ OUR COMING FOOD CRISIS AND THE FOLLY OF BIG CORPORATE AGRICULTURE - SOIL, WATER AND CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/22/opinion/our-coming-food-crisis.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
WATCH Moyers & Company HUNGER IN AMERICA: Kids Going Hungry, Obesity Rising As Corporate Profits Soar http://sco.lt/8RymTR June 29, 2013
-▶ CORPORATE PROFITS SOAR AS AMERICANS STRUGGLE TO GET BY http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/06/29/corporate-profits-soar-as-americans-struggle-to-get-by/ FOOD AID FOR THE 21st CENTURY MEETING THE OBJECTIVE OR FEEDING THE BIG AG BIOTECH COFFERS http://sco.lt/6bJSgD
Organic Consumers Association, September 11, 2014
HOW INDUSTRIAL AG IS MAKING THE SOIL -- AND US -- UNHEALTHY http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_30899.cfm
SOIL AS A LIFELINE: THE HIDDEN WORLD OF SOIL UNDER OUR FEET http://sco.lt/6kqJaT
Guardian Environment, George Monbiot, June 05, 2014 - ▶ THE U.S. FARMING LOBBY HAS WRECKED EFFORTS TO DEFEND OUR SOIL http://www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2014/jun/05/the-farming-lobby-has-wrecked-efforts-to-defend-our-soil June 6, 2013 Big Picture Agriculture - ▶ A RECIPE FOR SOIL DISASTER - TODAY'S USA FARM POLICY http://www.bigpictureagriculture.com/2013/06/soil-erosion-in-iowa-and-the-u-s-377.html
▶ THE POWERFUL USDA ALLOW MORE GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS WITH Bt TOXIC PESTICIDES TO MARKET, DESPITE SERIOUS HEALTH CONCERNS http://sco.lt/7VOZZx
▶ ARE GIANT AGRICULTURE FIRMS TRYING TO MONOPOLISE AND PATENT THE WORLD'S FOOD SUPPLY? http://sco.lt/8d5byj
AGROPOLY - September 2013
▶ A HANDFUL OF CORPORATIONS CONTROL WORLD FOOD PRODUCTION (PDF REPORT) http://www.econexus.info/publication/agropoly-handful-corporations-control-world-food-production PDF REPORT http://www.econexus.info/sites/econexus/files/Agropoly_Econexus_BerneDeclaration_wide-format.pdf
-▶ GENETIC ENGINEERING AND THE GMO INDUSTRY: CORPORATE HIJACKING OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3994750421/corporate-hijacking-of-food-and-agriculture-genetic-engineering-and-the-gmo-industry ▶ OUR INDUSTRIAL, WESTERN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM IS DESTROYING THE EARTH AND OUR HEALTH http://sco.lt/7Ueckb -▶ BIOTECH AGRICHEMICAL INDUSTRY GETS IMMUNITY FROM U.S. CONGRESS, OBAMA - RISES ABOVE COURTS http://sco.lt/8edR3Z September 28, 2012 Grist ▶ PORK BARREL SPENDING: HOW BIG AG LOBBYIST USE FEDERAL DOLLAR TO PROTECT FACTORY FARMS http://grist.org/food/the-other-white-meat/ Forbes, October 30, 2013
- ▶ U.S. PORK WALLOWS IN DANGEROUS ANTIBIOTICS, POLLUTION, WELFARE VIOLATIONS http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesmcwilliams/2013/10/30/u-s-pork-wallows-in-dangerous-antibiotics-pollution-welfare-violations/ August 4, 2013 New York Time
▶ MEGA U.S. HOG FARMS BATTLING TO CONTAIN DEADLY VIRUS... http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/05/us/hog-producers-battling-to-contain-virus-that-has-killed-piglets-by-the-thousands.html WATCH 6 April 2013 - New York Times
VIDEO TAPING OF FARM CRUELTY IS NOW A CRIME http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/us/taping-of-farm-cruelty-is-becoming-the-crime.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 July 23, 2013 Cornucopia Institute
- ▶ FDA AND USDA COLLUDE TO ELIMINATE TRUE ORGANIC EGG PRODUCTION, FAVORING INDUSTRIAL FACTORY FARMS http://www.cornucopia.org/2013/07/fdausda-collude-to-eliminate-true-organic-egg-production/ MORE, BIGGER, FASTER - What You Need To Know About Factory Farming Your Food http://sco.lt/8usxzV July 10, 2013 Bill Moyers ▶ AG-GAG LAWS SILENCE WHISTLEBLOWERS | Eye on ALEC http://billmoyers.com/2013/07/10/alec-activists-and-ag-gag/ Truthout, December 21, 2013
- ▶ BILLS IN U.S. CONGRESS CRACK DOWN ON WHISTLEBLOWERS - NOW YOU WILL NEVER KNOW http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/20777-bills-in-congress-crackdown-on-whistleblowers ▶ NEW BILL H.R. 5961, SEEKS TO PREVENT EPA FROM FLYING OVER LARGE-SCALE LIVESTOCK OPERATIONS as part of their effort to enforce the Clean Water Act against the biggest polluters of waterways in the country. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-edwards/keeping-secrets-down-on-t_b_1736929.html ▶ HOW BIG AGRIBUSINESS IS INITIATING AND FUNDING THE ECO TERRORISM ACT http://newint.org/blog/2013/04/30/eco-terrorism-act-usa/ April 24, 2013 Mother Jones Tom Philpott
▶ OBAMA ADMIN. ON VERGE OF DRAMATICALLY SCALING BACK OVERSIGHT OF US' LARGEST CHICKEN & TURKEY SLAUGHTERHOUSES http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2013/04/usda-inspectors-poultry-kill-lines-chicken WATCH April 13, 2013 The Real News VIDEO REPORT - ▶ OBAMA BUDGET PLANS ON REPLACING USDA POULTRY INSPECTORS WITH INDUSTRY SELF REGULATION http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&; WATCH: "A RIVER OF WASTE" THE HISTORY OF FACTORY FARMS - CAFOs Beginning with a history of the American food system, River of Waste shows its evolution to large-scale corporate farms where pollution and use of growth hormones threaten both individual health and the future of our planet http://sco.lt/5WwPVx Nation of Change ▶ HOW FACTORY FARMING CONTRIBUTES TO GLOBAL WARMING http://www.nationofchange.org/how-factory-farming-contributes-global-warming-1358786945 MEATONOMICS: The Dirty Truth About Cheap Meat http://sco.lt/5MiErp - ▶ FOUR-FIFTHS OF ALL BIG PHARMA ANTIBIOTICS CONSUMED BY MEAT AND POULTRY INDUSTRY http://sco.lt/5qIZnN WATCH A Must see VIDEO for all. Dr. David Suzuki - : ▶ "WHAT ARE ROUNDUP READY & Bt PESTICIDE GMO CROPS? ▶ http://sco.lt/5n6cuP
HuffingtonPost Green, September 15, 2014
-▶ HERBICIDE AND INSECTICIDE USE ON GMO CROPS SKYROCKETING, WHILE PRO-GMO MEDIA RUN INTERFERENCE. Former EPA Senior Scientist's New Article Sets Record Straight http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-bronner/herbicide-insecticide-use_b_5791304.html
REPORT PESTICIDE USE ON GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS
Ramon J. Seidler, Ph.D.Former Senior Scientist at the Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development, Western Ecology Division in Corvallis OR
http://static.ewg.org/agmag/pdfs/pesticide_use_on_genetically_engineered_crops.pdf Stanford Social Innovation Review, September 30, 2013 ▶ REMAKING THE FOOD SYSTEM http://www.ssireview.org/blog/entry/remaking_the_food_system?utm_source=Enews&utm_medium=email&utm_content=1&utm_campaign=From_Blog EurActiv, 22 July 2011
-▶ INTENSIVE FARMING: ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE? http://www.euractiv.com/cap/intensive-farming-ecologically-s-linksdossier-506029 ▶ THE CURSE OF PETROLEUM, CHEMICAL-BASED FERTILIZERS http://sco.lt/4iAdaz SustainAbility, December 24, 2013
- ▶ TOXIC TIMEBOMB - NEONICOTINOIDS, CHEMICALS, PESTICIDES IN YOUR FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT http://www.sustainability.com/blog/ten-trends-from-2013-toxics-timebomb#.Urns-vZQ1K4
-- WATCH -- ▶ THE ULTIMATE KILLING MACHINE ▶ http://sco.lt/5bdPhx NEW CHARGES AGAINST MONSANTO'S "PESTICIDE" ROUNDUP GLYPHOSATES Global Research, November 26, 2013
▶ MONSANTO, THE TRANS PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP AND GLOBAL FOOD DOMINANCE http://www.globalresearch.ca/monsanto-the-tpp-and-global-food-dominance/5359491 WATCH "WHAT ARE ROUNDUP READY & Bt PESTICIDE GMO CROPS? http://sco.lt/5n6cuP INVESTIGATIVE REPORT SOARING PESTICIDE USE AND POISONING LINKED TO GE CROP PRODUCTION http://sco.lt/8iunRp
-▶ FOOD, SLAVE LABOR AND THE WALMARTIZATON OF AGRICULTURE AND AMERICA http://sco.lt/8oSVBx
▶ HOW BIG FOOD CORPORATIONS LOBBY AND MARKET OBESITY TO CHILDREN http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1779948476/how-big-food-corporations-lobby-and-market-obesity-to-children
▶ THE GLOBAL CHEMICAL BIOTECH CARTEL - AN UNPRECEDENTED POWER OVER WORLD AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN HEALTH http://sco.lt/9MtkYL March 21, 2013 -▶ US GOVERNMENT FUNDING BILL STRIPS FEDERAL COURTS OF THEIR POWER TO RULE OVER BIOTECH INDUSTRY AND GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD AND ANIMALS http://sco.lt/6kO2Xh
-▶ OBAMA QUIETLY DE-REGULATES GMO/ GENETIC BIOTECH INDUSTRY : Fast-tracking approvals, waiving regulations ... http://sco.lt/5uCx8b March 14, 2013 -▶ NEW US GOVT "MONSANTO PROTECTION ACT" CONFIRMS MONSANTO POWER OVER US GOVERNMENT http://ow.ly/iXRqG
MONSANTO: A CORPORATE PROFILE From Chemical Warfare to Saccharin to GE Seed, Killer Pesticides & Pharmaceutical... http://sco.lt/80C7fd
▶ WE'RE ON THE BRINK OF THE WORST DROUGHT IN 1,000 YEARS http://sco.lt/74mbHF -- WATCH -- ▶ THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MONSANTO (FULL LENGTH) ▶ The Leader of the Biotech Chemical GMO Cartel http://sco.lt/6YOJpx -▶ NEW SECRETIVE GLOBAL TRADE PACTS WILL IMPACT US ALL AS SOVEREIGNTY RIGHT NEGOTIATED AWAY - CORPORATE GOVERNANCE http://sco.lt/6P14JF - ▶ MORE ON CORPORATE INDUSTRIAL FARMING http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides?q=big+ag - ▶ MORE ON CORPORATE FACTORY FARMS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides?q=factory+farming
ANOTHER INSANE IRRESPONSIBLE RUSH TO MARKET OF YET ANOTHER UNTESTED BIOTECHNOLOGY THAT COULD HARM BOTH HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Alternet, February 23, 2014 - ▶ NANOPARTICLES ARE IN OUR FOOD, CLOTHING AND MEDICINE AND NO ONE KNOWS FOR SURE HOW DANGEROUS THEY ARE Inside nanotechnology’s little universe of big unknowns... http://www.alternet.org/environment/nanoparticles-are-our-food-clothing-and-medicine-and-no-one-knows-sure-how-dangerous
Summit County Citizens Voice, April 03, 2015
- ▶ EPA TO START TRACKING NANOSCALE CHEMICALS. Despite the promise of nanoscale materials, scientists know there is potential for negative environmental impacts. In a 2012 study, researchers with the University of Alaska and the U.S. Geological Survey found that carbon nanotubes can kill aquatic organisms. Other studies show impacts on plant growth, and damage to nerve cells of trout. And in 2011, studies of Arctic soil samples suggest that silver nanoparticles — commonly used in anti-bacterial agents — are killing important nitrogen-fixing bacteria in remote areas generally thought to be free of pollution. http://summitcountyvoice.com/2015/04/03/environment-epa-to-start-tracking-nanoscale-chemicals/
Seattle Organic Restaurants
- ▶ DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU MAY BE INGESTING 100 TRILLION NANOPARTICLES EVERY SINGLE DAY? Researchers warn that nanoparticles in food, vitamins, cosmetics, pesticides and pharmaceutical drugs could be harming your health http://seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-food/nanoparticles-in-food-vitamins-pharmaceutical-drugs-could-harm-your-health.php
November 20, 2012 - Kansas City Star - ▶ THE NEXT CRISIS: UNREGULATED, UNTESTED NANOTECHNOLOGY BREAKTHROUGH COULD POSE THREAT TO ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND YOUR HEALTH. Fast-developing know-how makes our khakis resist stains, artificial bones more practical and diesel burn more efficiently.That nanotechnology builds microscopic wonders inhabiting a man-made universe that smothers stink and mops up pollution by working on a scale that makes a dust mite look gargantuan. Research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences earlier this year, raises fresh worries about nanotechnology. Some critics say it’s becoming quickly integrated into the modern economy and the world environment faster than scientists can sort out its potential dangers.“We need to put together a model where we’re thinking this through before we get to a point that we can’t undo it,” said Patty Lovera, an assistant director of the consumer advocacy group Food & Water Watch. Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article311338/Nanotechnology-breakthroughs-could-pose-threat-to-Midwest-crops.html
REPORT
NANOTECHNOLOGY http://documents.foodandwaterwatch.org/doc/nanotechEurope.pdf Food & Water Watch
http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/food/foodsafety/questionable-technologoies/nanotechnology/
Modern Farmer, January 15, 2015
- ▶ EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT NANOPESTICIDES. ...the unique physical properties of the nano-scale call into question the particles’ environmental fate. Once they’re sprayed on fields, will they clump on crops or slide through the soil into water bodies? Most worrisome, Harper wonders whether they will be readily taken up by organisms that aren’t pests (such as bees or fish), and how long they will persist in the environment — properties that could radically change with size. “We just don’t know,” ...
http://modernfarmer.com/2015/01/everything-need-know-nanopesticides/
Inhabitat, April 10, 2014
- ▶ SCIENTISTS FIND THAT NANOPARTICLES IN YOUR CLOTHING, TOYS AND COSMETICS MAY DAMAGE DNA http://inhabitat.com/scientists-find-that-tiny-particles-in-clothing-toys-and-cosmetics-may-damage-dna/ November 2012 EMagazine - ▶ NANO-PESTICIDES SNEAKED ONTO THE MARKET (AND CONSUMER PRODUCTS) WITHOUT REGULATION OR OVERSIGHT http://www.emagazine.com/magazine/stunted-growth/
Seed Daily, April 24, 2012 - ▶ BIOTECH STUDY FIND EVIDENCE NANOPARTICLES ALTER AND DAMAGE DNA IN OUR FOOD CROPS http://www.seeddaily.com/reports/Study_finds_evidence_nanoparticles_may_increase_plant_DNA_damage_999.html Mother Jones, Tom Philpott, June 11, 2014
- ▶ ARE NANOPARTICLES FROM PACKAGING GETTING INTO YOUR FOOD? http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/06/nano-sized-particles-food-packaging-how-big-problem Orion Magazine, January/February 2013
- ▶ NANOPARTICLES ARE IN OUR FOOD, CLOTHING AND MEDICINE -- AND NO ONE KNOWS FOR SURE HOW DANGEROUS THEY MIGHT BE http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/7278 EMagazine, November 20, 2012 - ▶ SAFE FOR CONSUMPTION? NOW ITS NANOPARTICLES IN OUR FOOD http://www.emagazine.com/magazine/safe-for-consumption/ LifeWise, September 25, 2013
- ▶ WHY IS THE FOOD INDUSTRY POISONING US WITH TRILLIONS OF NANOPARTICLES? http://southweb.org/lifewise/why-is-the-food-industry-poisoning-us-with-trillions-of-nanoparticles/ EurActive, March 12, 2014
- ▶ EU PARLIAMENT REJECTS DRAFT EU LAW ALLOWING NANOMATERIALS IN FOOD http://www.euractiv.com/health/parliament-opposes-commission-na-news-534093 December 3, 2012 = Grist - ▶ NANOPARTICLES IN YOUR FOOD: YOU'RE ALREADY EATING THEM: What's engineered in a lab, added to processed foods, and never labeled? If you thought GMOs were mysterious, try nanoparticles. ... the growing role of nanotechnology in food and agriculture, the current lack of oversight and regulations, and the growing consensus that more information and transparency are both sorely needed in relation to this growing field.... http://grist.org/food/nanoparticles-in-your-food-youre-already-eating-them/ - ▶ EATING NANO http://www.emagazine.com/magazine/eating-nano/ ScienceNews, March 12, 2012
- ▶ NANOPOLLUTANTS CHANGE BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY https://www.sciencenews.org/article/nanopollutants-change-blood-vessel-reactivity
- ▶ NANOMATERIAL RISKS - IN YOUR FOOD, CLOTHING, EVERYWHERE...UNKNOWN RISKS AND IMPACTS ON HUMAN, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH http://sco.lt/93lLIv
LET'S HOPE WE DON'T REPEAT THIS MERMAID TEARS: MICROBEADS AND MICROPLASTICS IN BEAUTY PRODUCTS A THREAT TO OUR OCEAN AND RIVERS http://sco.lt/50DEtV Wall Street Daily, March 25, 2014
- ▶ BIOTECH STOCKS: The Breakthrough Biotech That’s Up 500%… And Counting http://www.wallstreetdaily.com/2014/03/25/biotech-stocks-inovio-pharmaceuticals/ Guardian Environment, January 23, 2013
- ▶ EUROPE IGNORING WARNINGS ABOUT BEE DEATHS, GM FOOD AND NANOTECHNOLOGY according to an 800-page report by the European Environment Agency http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/jan/23/europe-failed-learn-environmental-lessons Chicago Tribune, July 10, 2012 - ▶ SCIENTISTS: NANOTECH-BASED PRODUCTS OFFER GREAT POTENTIAL BUT UNKNOWN RISKS http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-07-10/health/ct-met-nanotechnology-20120710_1_nanoparticles-sunscreens-chad-mirkin Yale Environment 360, January 29, 2012 - ▶ PANEL URGES COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF NANOTECHNOLOGY SAFETY http://e360.yale.edu/digest/panel_urges_comprehensive_study_of_nanotechnology_safety/3306/ Environmental Leader, December 13, 2012 - ▶ EPA EXAMINES NANOMATERIAL RISKS http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/12/13/epa-examines-nanomaterial-risks/November22, 2012 Environmental Leader ScienceNews, August 22, 2012 - ▶ NANO-SIZED POLLUTANTS POSE CROP RISKS TRIGGERING A HOST OF CHANGES TO PLANTS' GROWTH AND HEALTH http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/343143/title/Nanosized_pollutants_pose_crop_risks Seed Daily, November 24, 2012 - ▶ NANOMATERIALS IN YOUR FOOD: SOYBEANS SUSCEPTIBLE TO MAN-MADE MATERIALS IN SOIL http://www.seeddaily.com/reports/Soybeans_Susceptible_to_Man_Made_Materials_in_Soil_999.html - ▶ NANOPARTICLE 'RISK TO FOOD CROPS, FOULING OUR SOILS -- AND MAYBE YOU http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19320267 EurActive, November 23, 2012
- ▶ SCIENTISTS EYE NANOTECHNOLOGIES TO BOOST CROP YIELDS http://www.euractiv.com/specialreport-agriculture/scientists-eye-nanotechnologies-news-516218
ARE YOU EATING 'PESTICIDE PLANTS'? ALTERING OUR GENES http://sco.lt/6WMIBV
- ▶ THINK THOSE 80,000 CHEMICALS AND PESTICIDES IN YOUR FOOD & ENVIRONMENT HAVE BEEN TESTED? http://sco.lt/91jqHh New York Times, May 30, 2014 ▶ CORPORATIONS QUIETLY INSERTING UNTESTED SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY INTO HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS. The processes using synthetic biology involve techniques that more extensively alter genetic code. Those include “artificial gene synthesis,” in which DNA is created on computers and inserted into organisms, and other methods for changing DNA sequences and genes within organisms to alter their function. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/31/business/biofuel-tools-applied-to-household-soaps.html
DO WE NEED A GENETIC BILL OF RIGHTS? Beyond GMOs. The Rise of Synthetic Biology. Patenting Life http://sco.lt/99sJJh
▶ HOW YOU BECAME A GUINEA PIG FOR THE CHEMICAL AND BIOTECH CORPORATIONS http://sco.lt/76tCpl
Environmental Health News, September 23, 2013
▶ SPECIAL REPORT: SCIENTISTS CRITICAL OF NEW EU CHEMICAL POLICY HAVE INDUSTRY TIES, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/2013/eu-conflict Living on Earth, March 14, 2014
▶ THE SCARY NEW EVIDENCE ON BPA PLASTIC: AN ABSOLUTELY MIND-BOGGLING INVESTIGATION INTO THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY TACTICS TO KEEP YOU IN THE DARK ABOUT TOXIC PRODUCTS & EXPOSURE http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=14-P13-00011&segmentID=4 ▶ POISONOUS CHEMICAL TOXINS IN YOUR DRINKING WATER : THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY, THE EPA AND CONFLICT OF INTERESTS http://sco.lt/57ufr7 - ▶ PESTICIDE/CHEMICAL REGULATION OVERHAUL NEEDED TO PROTECT WILDLIFE, ECOSYSTEMS AND FOOD CHAIN http://sco.lt/813dw1 - ▶ BIOTECH IS RE-ENGINEERING, RE-PROGRAMMING AND PATENTING LIFE ITSELF: THE ETHICS AND LEGALITIES http://sco.lt/5GPxwX - ▶ OBAMA TO DE-REGULATE GMO GENETIC BIOTECH INDUSTRY : Fast-tracking approvals, waiving regulations and liability http://sco.lt/5uCx8b - ▶ THE GLOBAL CHEMICAL BIOTECH CARTEL - AN UNPRECEDENTED POWER OVER WORLD FOOD SUPPLY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1716244040/the-global-chemical-biotech-cartel-an-unprecedented-power-over-world-agriculture-and-human-health
From www.cornucopia.org- February 6, 8:05 PM February 5, 2013 - THE CORNUCOPIA INSTITUTE -▶ ARE UNIVERSITIES UNDERCUTTING THEIR OWN RESEARCHERS? In a case before the U.S. Supreme Court this month, advocates for academic researchers are urging the justices to reverse a patent-infringement decision that has given the Monsanto Company broad authority to restrict scientists’ study of genetically modified seeds. The decision, the advocates say, not only hurts farmers and fuels higher food prices; it also contributes to “the suffocation of independent scientific inquiry into transgenic crops.”.. http://www.cornucopia.org/2013/02/in-standing-up-for-big-ag-are-universities-undercutting-their-own-researchers/
HuffingtonPost Green, February 11, 2015
-▶ THE HIDDEN WAYS MANIPULATED SCIENCE HARMS OUR HEALTH, FROM MEASLES TO ORGANICS http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/11/measles-vaccine-bad-science_n_6641396.html
GOV.UK, February 11, 2015
-▶ PRIVATISING UK GOVT AGRI-FOOD RESEARCH? FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY TAKING PRIVATE INVESTMENT OF £14.5m https://www.gov.uk/government/news/food-and-environment-research-agency-new-145m-investment
Guardian Environment, April 28, 2014
▶ WARNING OVER 'PRIVATISATION' OF UK ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE RESEARCH BODY. Unions and MPs express concern that Food and Environment Research Agency could become a private joint venture http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/28/food-and-environment-research-agency-privatisation
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Science/AAAS, February 11, 2015
-▶ AGRICULTURAL RESEARCHER RATTLED BY DEMANDS FOR DOCUMENTS FROM GROUP OPPOSED TO GMO FOODS http://news.sciencemag.org/scientific-community/2015/02/agricultural-researchers-rattled-demands-documents-group-opposed-gm
Decca Herald, May 0, 2014
-▶ SCIENTISTS FOR SALE: THE WAY MULTINATIONALS BUY ENDORSEMENTS. The push to get GMO'S into your country and onto plates is in full swing http://www.deccanherald.com/content/405309/scientists-sale-way-multinationals-buy.html Truthout, April 29, 2014
-▶ SCIENCE OR MEDIA? THE SCIENCE MEDIA CENTRE SPINS PRO-GMO FOR BRITISH GOVERNMENT INTERESTS http://truth-out.org/news/item/23392-science-media-centre-spins-pro-gmo-line University of Virginia, May 20, 2009 ▶ STUDY OFFERS KEY INSIGHTS ABOUT HOW INDUSTRY FUNDING COMPROMISES INTEGRITY OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH http://uvahealth.com/about/news-room/archives/study-offers-key-insights-about-how-industry-funding-compromises-integrity-in-academic-research -▶ PERVERTED SCIENCE -- THE MANIPULATION OF GM RESEARCH http://www.gmfreecymru.org/pivotal_papers/manipulation.htm April 3, 2013 - IFEX -▶ HOW THE BIOTECH INDUSTRY IS GAGGING THE SCIENCE AROUND GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD http://www.ifex.org/international/2013/04/04/seeds_of_dissent/ Test Biotech, April 10, 2014
-▶ NEW ANALYSIS OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MAIZE 1507. RISK RESEARCH CONTROLLED BY INDUSTRY: Will the EU Commission give the green light for cultivation in May? http://www.testbiotech.de/en/node/1032 Boulder Weekly, April 03, 2014
-▶ MUZZLED BY MONSANTO. Is Big Ag squelching research showing its new RNAi GMOs may be dangerous? http://www.boulderweekly.com/article-12640-muzzled-by-monsanto.html
June 19, 2013 Union of Concerned Scientists
-▶ CORPORATE COUNTERFEIT SCIENCE - BOTH WRONG AND DANGEROUS http://blog.ucsusa.org/corporate-counterfeit-sciene-both-wrong-and-dangerous-152 January 30, 2013 Greenpeace India - -▶ MONSANTO'S GM CORN BIOSAFETY DATA QUESTIONED : Monsanto conducted the study and generated the biosafety data from its own labs in the USA. No independent research or study was conducted by our regulatory bodies before permitting these field trials.Greenpeace India http://www.greenpeace.org/india/en/news/Monsantos-GM-corn-biosafety-data-raises-serious-questions/#.URHbH7ZBYDc.twitter Environmental Health News, September 23, 2013 -▶ SPECIAL REPORT: SCIENTISTS CRITICAL OF NEW EU CHEMICAL/PESTICIDE POLICY HAS INDUSTRY TIES, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. Seventeen scientists who have criticized plans in Europe to regulate endocrine-disrupting chemicals have past or current ties to regulated industries. An investigation by Environmental Health News reveals that of 18 toxicology journal editors who signed a controversial editorial, 17 have collaborated with the chemical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, tobacco, pesticide or biotechnology industries. http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/2013/eu-conflict UPDATE: Environmental Health News, October 15, 2013
-▶ SCIENTIST WITH EXTENSIVE INDUSTRY TIES QUITS KEY SCIENTIFIC EU COMMISSION REPORTING ON PESTICIDES http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/2013/scientist-resigns July 26, 2013 Guardian Environment
-▶ UK GOVERNMENT BEE SCIENTIST BEHIND CONTROVERSIAL STUDY JOINS SYNGENTA PESTICIDE CORPORATION - Government agency and pesticides industry are 'too close' http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jul/26/government-bee-scientist-pesticide-firm Summit Voice, December 05, 2013
-▶ ARCTIC SCIENTIST RESIGNS AFTER BATTLING HIS OWN FEDERAL AGENCY OVER TRANSPARENCY AND SCIENTIFIC ETHICS http://summitcountyvoice.com/2013/12/05/environment-arctic-scientist-resigns-after-battling-his-own-federal-agency-over-transparency-and-scientific-ethics/ Huffington Post Green, December 04, 2013
-▶ WHAT STATINS, TRANS FATS, AND GMOs TELL US ABOUT SCIENTIFIC CONTROVERSIES http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alison-rose-levy/what-statins-transfats-and-gmos-tell-us-about-scientific-controversies_b_4385741.html November 25, 2012 - Nation of Change -▶ SMELLING A CORPORATE RAT http://www.spinwatch.org/-articles-by-category-mainmenu-8/46-gm-industry/5546
Mother Jones, October 28, 2013
-▶ LEAKED DOCUMENTS REVEAL THE SECRET FINANCES OF A PRO-INDUSTRY SCIENCE GROUP http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/10/american-council-science-health-leaked-documents-fundraising Mail Online, March 14, 2014
▶ SCIENTISTS HIDDEN LINKS TO THE GM FOOD GIANTS. Disturbing truth behind official report that said UK should forge on with Frankenfoods. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2581387/Scientists-hidden-links-GM-food-giants-Disturbing-truth-official-report-said-UK-forge-Frankenfoods.html Living on Earth, December 06, 2013
▶ GMO STUDY RETRACTED: CENSORSHIP OR CAUTION http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=13-P13-00049&segmentID=2 Truthout, October 24, 2012 -▶ INSIDE THE MONSANTO INFORMATION WAR http://truth-out.org/news/item/12284-inside-the-controversy-over-a-french-gmo-study-and-the-monsanto-information-war
-▶ WHAT HAPPENS TO SCIENTISTS WHO SPEAK OUT AGAINST GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD & GLOBAL BIOTECHNOLOGY CARTEL? Immoral Maize: Extract from "Don't Worry, It's Safe to Eat" by Andrew Rowell http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Immoral_Maize:_Extract_from_Don%27t_Worry,_It%27s_Safe_to_Eat_by_Andrew_Rowell WATCH Democracy Now, February 23, 2014 SILENCING THE SCIENTIST: TARGETED BY POWERFUL HERBICIDE FIRM SYNGENTA: ALTRAZINE http://sco.lt/8VIcAz ▶ SCIENTISTS MUST ASK CORPORATIONS FOR PERMISSION BEFORE PUBLISHING INDEPENDENT RESEARCH ON GENETICALLY MODIFIED PATENTED CROPS - THAT RESTRICTION MUST END http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=do-seed-companies-control-gm-crop-research -▶ MONSANTO BLOCKS RESEARCH ON GMO SAFETY - THE POWER OF PATENTS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1243971066/monsanto-blocks-research-on-gmo-safety-the-power-of-patents
Scientific America, July20, 2009
-▶ DO SEED COMPANIES CONTROL GM CROP RESEARCH? Scientists must ask corporations for permission before publishing independent research on genetically modified crops. That restriction must end http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-seed-companies-control-gm-crop-research/ Los Angeles Times -▶ NO SEEDS, NO INDEPENDENT RESEARCH -- Companies that genetically engineer crops have a lock on what we know about their safety and benefits. Multibillion-dollar agricultural corporations, including Monsanto and Syngenta, have restricted independent research on their genetically engineered crops. They have often refused to provide independent scientists with seeds, or they've set restrictive conditions that severely limit research options.... http://articles.latimes.com/2011/feb/13/opinion/la-oe-guriansherman-seeds-20110213
-▶ IN BED WITH MONSANTO: MANY PRO-GMO CORPORATE BIOLOGISTS OWN GMO PATENTS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3472777250/in-bed-with-monsanto-many-pro-gmo-corporate-biologists-own-gmo-patents June 8, 2013 LifeWise
-▶ SIX CORPORATIONS THAT CONTROL YOUR PERCEPTION - HOW MONSANTO CENSORS THE NEWS http://southweb.org/lifewise/six-corporations-that-control-your-perception/#.UbOZiTSZT4E.twitter Institute of Science in Society, March 04, 2014 ▶ SCIENTIFIC DISINFORMATION ON GMO PLUMBS NEW DEPTHS http://www.gmwatch.org/index.php/news/archive/2014/15377-muzzled-by-monsanto-over-gene-silencing-technology Food Democracy Now, September 05, 2015
-▶ BILL GATES FOUNDATION GIVES MILLIONS TO TOP UNIVERSITY TO ADD A "STRONGER VOICE" TO PRO-GMO DEBATE http://www.fooddemocracynow.org/blog/2014/sep/5
New York Times, March 15, 2014
-▶ PHILANTHROCAPITALISM: BILLIONAIRES WITH BIG IDEAS ARE PRIVATIZING AMERICAN SCIENCE http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/science/billionaires-with-big-ideas-are-privatizing-american-science.html?hp&_r=1 WATCH: "THE WAR ON SCIENCE AND TOXIC DIS-INFORMATION May 13, 2013 Moyers and Company - Full Show: http://billmoyers.com/episode/full-show-the-toxic-politics-of-science/ Global Research, May 11, 2014 -▶ MONSANTO, SYNGENTA AND BAYER CROPSCIENCE: THE GMO BIOTECH SECTOR SCIENTIFIC DEBATE: CO-OPTATION, DECEPTION AND COLLUSION http://www.globalresearch.ca/monsanto-syngenta-and-bayer-cropscience-the-gmo-biotech-sector-cant-win-the-scientific-debate-the-options-are-co-option-deception-and-collusion/5381725
Global Research, November 27, 2013
-▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED POLITICIANS: THEIR BATTLE TO PERSUADE THE PUBLIC TO ACCEPT GM FOOD http://www.globalresearch.ca/genetically-modified-politicians-their-battle-to-persuade-the-public-to-accept-gm-food/5359610
EarthOpenSource, October 21, 2013 -▶ NO SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS ON GMO SAFETY http://www.earthopensource.org/index.php/news/150
EurActive -▶ BASF’s UNIVERSITY JOB SPARKS GREEN FURTY OVER BIASED SCIENCE http://ow.ly/kMkHN
-▶ SCIENTIST THAT DISCOVERED GMO HEALTH HAZARDS IMMEDIATELY FIRED, TEAM DISMANTLED http://worldtruth.tv/scientist-that-discovered-gmo-health-hazards-immediately-fired-team-dismantled/ May 22, 2013 Natural News
-▶ OVER 800 WORLD SCIENTISTS AGREE: GM CROPS ARE NOTHING SHORT OF A BIO-WAR ON OUR FOOD http://www.naturalnews.com/040447_GMO_biowar_food.html June 5, 2013 Sustainable Pulse
-▶ MASSIVE DATABASE OF GMO EVIDENCE GIVES WORLDWIDE PICTURE OF HARM http://sustainablepulse.com/2013/06/07/massive-database-of-gmo-evidence-gives-worldwide-picture-of-harm/#.UbOyDeswOic
-▶ ADVERSE IMPACTS OF TRANSGENIC CROP/FOODS - A COMPILATION OF SCIENTIFIC REFERENCES WITH ABSTRACTS https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8248462/Scientific_Papers_Compiled_March_2013_coalition-for-a-gm-free-india.pdf Prevent Disease, March 7, 2013
- ▶ STUDY: SCIENTISTS OFFICIALLY LINK PROCESSED FOODS TO AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE http://preventdisease.com/news/13/030713_Scientists-Officially-Link-Processed-Foods-To-Autoimmune-Disease.shtm
Jan 18, 2013 THE GMO KILL - -▶ MONSANTO'S GMO PATENTED SEEDS WANT TO RULE THE WORLD http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3995255998/monsanto-s-gmo-patented-seeds-want-to-rule-the-world-the-gmo-kill --- WATCH --- A Must see VIDEO for all. GenetistDr. David Suzuki WHAT IS GENETIC ENGINEERING "WHAT ARE ROUNDUP READY & Bt PESTICIDE GMO CROPS?" http://sco.lt/5n6cuP
▶ CORPORATE-SPONSORED RESEARCH: ARE UNIVERSITIES RESTRICTING SCIENTISTS' STUDY OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED SEEDS? http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3996053783/corporate-sponsored-research-are-universities-restricting-scientists-study-of-genetically-modified-seeds
WATCH 59:94
Vandana Shiva
THE FUTURE OF FOOD AND SEED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYwOTLopWIw
The Ecologist, November 1, 2013
▶ THE REAL POINT OF GMO FOOD IS CORPORATE CONTROL OF FARMING http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2140802/the_real_point_of_gm_food_is_corporate_control_of_farming.html ======================= SERALINI RAT TUMOR STUDY
NEW SERALINI WEBSITE -▶ http://gmoseralini.org/en/ Scientific Research, Media Coverage, Cancer Petition http://sco.lt/4vkznV
GMWatch, November 27, 2013 SERALINI GMO PEER REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE IS CRUSHED BY INDUSTRY. Journal retraction of Séralini study is illicit, unscientific, and unethical. Hayes’ decision to retract the paper follows FCT’s appointment of Richard E. Goodman, a former Monsanto scientist and an affiliate of the GMO industry-funded group, the International Life Sciences Institute, to the specially created post of associate editor for biotechnology at the journal, early this year.[10] Goodman’s appointment in turn followed an orchestrated campaign by GMO supporters to persuade FCT to retract the study. Some critics even accused Prof Séralini of fraud, without presenting any evidence. Many of the critics had undeclared conflicts of interest with the GMO industry.
http://www.gmwatch.org/index.php/news/archive/2013/15184
Living On Earth, December 06, 2013
-▶ GMO STUDY RETRACTED - CENSORSHIP OR CAUTION? http://www.loe.org/shows/shows.html?programID=13-P13-00049#feature2 -▶ WHAT'S BEHIND THE SCIENCE ACADEMIES' ATTACK ON SERALINI? http://www.gmwatch.org/latest-listing/51-2012/14362-whats-behind-the-science-academies-attack-on-seralini FOR MORE GO TO:
-▶ GMWatch http://www.gmwatch.org/latest-listing/51-2012/14217 Alternet, December 11, 2013
-▶ WHO SHOULD WE BELIEVE WHEN IT COMES TO THE SAFETY OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOOD? CONFLICTING SCIENCE STUDIES http://www.alternet.org/food/who-should-you-believe-when-it-comes-safety-genetically-engineered-foods -▶ MAMMARY TUMORS, KIDNEY AND LIVER DAMAGE IN RATS FED GMO CORN IN FIRST EVER LONG-TERM STUDY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2738034736/mammary-tumors-kidney-and-liver-damage-in-rats-fed-gmo-corn-in-first-ever-long-term-study The Ecologist, November 28, 2013
-▶ DEFORMITIES, SICKNESS AND LIVESTOCK DEATHS: THE REAL COST OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED ANIMAL FEED http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2176082/deformities_sickness_and_livestock_deaths_the_real_cost_of_gm_animal_feed.html
GMO DANGERS REPORTED BY GENETIC ENGINEERS http://organicconnectmag.com/gmo-dangers-as-reported-by-genetic-engineers/#.Us-UnvZQ1K5 =========================== BAN GMOs NOW - A SPECIAL ISIS REPORT http://sco.lt/5KV1Cz Actionbioscience, June 2001
-▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS: ARE THEY A RISK TO HUMAN/ANIMAL HEALTH? http://www.actionbioscience.org/biotechnology/pusztai.html TWN Biotechnology & Biosafety Series
-▶ POTENTIAL HEALTH EFFECTS OF FOODS DERIVED FROM GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS: WHAT ARE THE ISSUES? http://www.twnside.org.sg/title2/biosafety/pdf/bio14.pdf -▶ GMO SOY REPEATEDLY LINKED TO STERILITY, INFANT MORTALITY, BIRTH DEFECTS http://sco.lt/4j6PLN This in May 2009 !! - The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) -▶ THE TRUTH IS OUT ON GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS - AND IT'S NOT PRETTY http://www.foodmatters.tv/_webapp/the%20truth%20is%20out%20on%20genetically%20modified%20foods%20-%20and%20it%27s%20not%20pretty
Forbes, August 26, 2013 -▶ JUST BECAUSE SCIENCE CAN GENETICALLY ENGINEER FOODS, DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULD http://www.forbes.com/sites/bethhoffman/2013/08/26/why-genetically-modifying-food-is-a-bad-idea/ The Economic Times, November 25, 2013 -▶ AS OPPOSITION TO GM CROPS GROWS, COMPANIES ARE TURNING TO MUTANT BREEDING http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/as-opposition-to-gm-grows-companies-are-turning-to-mutant-breeding/articleshow/26334154.cms The Observer, John Vidal, February 03, 2013 -▶ 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
-▶ WHY ARE COUNTRIES BANNING GMO GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS AND ANIMALS? http://sco.lt/7l7AVV The Economic Times, November 25, 2013
-▶ AS OPPOSITION TO GM CROPS GROWS, COMPANIES ARE TURNING TO MUTANT BREEDING http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/as-opposition-to-gm-grows-companies-are-turning-to-mutant-breeding/articleshow/26334154.cms
RT USA, December 3, 2013
ABSOLUTE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS WANT #GMO FOOD LABELED http://rt.com/usa/gmo-labeled-majority-americans-601/#.Up5DPW6-Pr8.twitter Reuters, April 25, 2013
-▶ U.S. GMO FOOD LABELING DRIVE HAS BIOTECH INDUSTRY BITING BACK http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/25/us-usa-gmo-labeling-idUSBRE93O18S20130425 The Grio, November 27, 2013
▶ 'FRESH FOOD' - WHAT ARE YOU REALLY EATING http://thegrio.com/2013/11/27/fresh-food-what-are-you-really-eating/ Scientific American -▶ DO SEED COMPANIES CONTROL GM CROP RESEARCH? http://sco.lt/7XugID WATCH May 13, 2013 Moyers and Company - Full Show: "THE WAR ON SCIENCE AND TOXIC DIS-INFORMATION http://billmoyers.com/episode/full-show-the-toxic-politics-of-science/ May 18, 2013 Moyers and Company ▶ "BLINDING US FROM SCIENCE" | Q&A http://billmoyers.com/2013/05/18/blinding-us-from-science/ Organic Connections -▶ GMOs, RESEARCH AND THE NEXT PINK SLIME http://organicconnectmag.com/gmos-next-pink-slime/#.UlubsSTc-RS -▶ UN-FAO: "GMOs IN THE PIPELINE. LOOKING TO THE NEXT FIVE YEARS INi the crop, forestry, livestock, aquaculture and agro-industry sectors in developing countries" http://www.fao.org/biotech/biotech-forum/en/
-▶ DO WE NEED A GENETIC BILL OF RIGHTS? http://sco.lt/6jmb1l WATCH SEEDING DEEP DEMOCRACY Vandana Shiva http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1054461972/seeding-deep-democracy-vandana-shiva -▶ THE SEED PATENT GAME: Do Seed Companies Control GM Crop Research? - http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/946593435/the-seed-patent-game-do-seed-companies-control-gm-crop-research-scientific-american
Pambazuka, July 24. 2014
-▶ GMOs AND FOOD SOVEREIGNTY: WHICH WAY AFRICA?
cc PHYS African governments are under intense pressure from within but also from big agribusiness and Western governments to embrace GMOs. Governments must resist all forms of arm-twisting and food colonialism and make their biotechnology choices based on the facts http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/92594
-▶ HUNDREDS PROTEST DEMANDING OBAMA HALT APPROVAL OF GE FOODS AND END INTIMIDATION CAMPAIGN OVER GMOs http://sco.lt/96Svh3 -▶ THE GLOBAL CHEMICAL BIOTECH CARTEL - AN UNPRECEDENTED POWER OVER WORLD GOOD SUPPLY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1716244040/the-global-chemical-biotech-cartel-an-unprecedented-power-over-world-agriculture-and-human-health -▶ GENETIC ENGINEERING AND THE GMO INDUSTRY: CORPORATE HIJACKING OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3994750421/corporate-hijacking-of-food-and-agriculture-genetic-engineering-and-the-gmo-industry -▶ CONTEMPORARY AGRICULTURE IS BURNING UP OUR PLANET http://sco.lt/9E1XDV
================= GMO AND PESTICIDES ================= WATCH; POISONING PARADISE: ISLANDS AT RISK The Genetic Engineering War in Hawai'i http://sco.lt/8hNxzd
The Grocer, September 19, 2012 ▶ MONSANTO WEEDKILLER AND GM MAIZE IN 'SHOCKING' CANCER STUDY http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/topics/technology-and-supply-chain/monsanto-weedkiller-and-gm-maize-in-shocking-cancer-study/232603.article VIDEO September 19, 2012 -▶ EXPERTS DISCUSS THE FINDING OF THE ROUNDUP/GM CANCER TRIAL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SzXvBwvhd4&feature=youtu.be&a
▶ COMPROMISED USDA ALLOWS MORE GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS WITH Bt TOXIC PESTICIDES TO MARKET, DESPITE SERIOUS HEALTH CONCERNS http://sco.lt/7VOZZx INVESTIGATIVE REPORT SOARING PESTICIDE USE AND POISONING LINKED TO GE CROP PRODUCTION http://sco.lt/8iunRp -- WATCH -- ▶ ROUNDUP: THE ULTIMATE KILLING MACHINE ▶ http://sco.lt/5bdPhx New Charges Against Monsanto's Pesticide 'Roundup' Glyphosates ▶ Michael Pollan: "DON'T MISS THIS VIDEO **** DANGERS OF DICAMBA- Roundup's Next Generation. The next wave of herbicide-tolerant crops from Monsanto-- will make Round-Up look benign" http://www.fixfood.org/features/276/dangers-of-dicamba
WATCH: "MONSANTO FOOD WARS: GMO SEEDS AND ANIMALS" http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3997411054/watch-monsanto-food-wars-gmo-seeds-and-animals
▶ THINK THOSE 80,000+ CHEMICALS AND PESTICIDES IN YOUR FOOD & ENVIRONMENT HAVE BEEN TESTED? http://sco.lt/91jqHh ------------------------------------------------------------
-▶ WHY THE UPRISING: Global Marches Challenge Monsanto and The Global Corporate Biotech Cartel's Dominance | @scoopit http://sco.lt/7SEDnV ▶ MORE ON GMO RESEARCH: http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides?q=GMO+RESEARCH v2
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= SMOs vs GMOs -▶ COUNCIL FOR RESPONSIBLE GENETICS - GENE WATCH Synthetic biology is a nascent but rapidly growing field, worth over $1.6 billion in annual sales today and expected to grow to 10.8 billion by 2016. Many of the largest energy, chemical, forestry, pharmaceutical, food and agribusiness corporations are investing in synthetic biology research and development or establishing joint ventures, and a handful of products have already reached the cosmetic, food, and medical sectors with many others not far behind. Much of this focus is being placed on agriculture applications to become the next wave of GMOs - let's call them synthetically modified organisms (SMOs)....
WATCH
France24 TV, October 02, 2013
SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY: CREATING LIFE FROM SCRATCH
A pioneering science is offering researchers the possibility to design and engineer new forms of life on a made-to-order basis.But critics are questioning whether mankind is prepared for the consequences of this unparalleled control over nature. http://www.france24.com/en/20130718-down-to-earth-dna-synthetic-biology-united-kingdom-science-biohackers-design-engineer-life/ WATCH April 15, 2013 PBS Newshour U.S. SUPREME COURT TACKLES CASE OF PATENT LAW, HUMAN vs SYNTHETIC GENETICS http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/jan-june13/scotus_04-15.html
June 13, 2013 Reuters
-▶ USA SUPREME COURT SAYS SYNTHETIC BUT NOT HUMAN EXTRACTED DNA CAN BE PATENTED - URGED BY OBAMA ADMINISTRATION http://preview.reuters.com/2013/6/13/us-top-court-says-extracted-human-dna-cannot-be
-▶ THE PERILS OF SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY What's different and possibly more hazardous about synthetic biology is that the DNA sequences and genes being used are increasingly different than those found in nature. While some of these developments sound promising, synthetic biology also has a dark side. If an SMO were to be released into the environment, either intentionally (say, as an agricultural crop) or unintentionally from a lab, they could have serious and irreversible impacts on the ecosystem. Synthetic organisms may become our next invasive organisms, finding an ecological niche, displacing wild populations and disrupting entire ecosystems.8 SMOs will lead to genetic pollution-as happens commonly with GMOs-and create synthetic genetic pollution which will be impossible to clean up or recall. Using genes synthesized on a computer instead of those originally found in nature also raises questions about human safety and the possibility that SMOs could become a new source of food allergens or toxins... Biotechnology is already regulated poorly in the U.S., and SMOs will only push the boundaries of this antiquated regulatory system. For example, the U.S. Department of Agriculture regulates GMOs through plant pest laws, since most have been engineered through a plant virus. Synthetic biology opens up the possibility for GMOs to be created without plant viruses, meaning those crops may be completely unregulated by the USDA-or any agency.,, http://www.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org/GeneWatch/GeneWatchPage.aspx?pageId=458
SynBioWatch, October 20, 2014
-▶ REGULATE SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY NOW In a unanimous decision of 194 countries, the United Nation’s Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) today formally urged nation states to regulate synthetic biology (SynBio), a new extreme form of genetic engineering... http://www.synbiowatch.org/2014/10/regulate-synthetic-biology-now-194-countries/ Center for Food Safety, May 05, 2014
-▶ SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY: RE-BRANDING EXTREME GENETIC ENGINEERING : HOW TO PULL THE WOOL OVER CONSUMER'S EYES A group of synthetic biology companies and a representative from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) held a meeting called the SynBioBeta Cultured Food Forum about how to market foods and food additives to the consumer made from extreme forms of genetic engineering as “natural” and “sustainable.” Whenever you read or hear the term synthetic biology, remember that it is a euphemism for extreme genetic engineering... http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/blog/3126 /synthetic-biology-rebranding-extreme-genetic-engineering#
VIDEO REPORT
PBS Newshour, September 23, 2014
HACKERS BREACH BIOLOGY THRESHOLD TO TRANSFORM AND CREATE NEW LIFE -- http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/hackers-breach-biology-transform-life-building-material/
DO WE NEED A GENETIC BILL OF RIGHTS? http://sco.lt/6jmb1l
Climate Confidential, September 19, 2014 ▶ BEYOND GMOs: WHAT HAPPEN WHEN SYNTHETIC DNA COMES TO THE FARM AND TABLE? http://climateconfidential.com/2014/09/19/beyond-gmos-what-happens-when-synthetic-dna-comes-to-the-farm-and-table/#more-749
March 13, 2012 - Washington Post -▶ ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS CALL FOR TIGHTER REGULATION OF 'EXTREME GENETIC ENGINEERING' http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/environmental-groups-call-for-tighter-regulation-of-extreme-genetic-engineering/2012/03/13/gIQAzKPZAS_story.html
-▶ USDA’s BIOTECHNOLOGY FLIMSY DEREGULATION PROCESS http://blogs.usda.gov/2011/06/28/usda%E2%80%99s-biotechnology-deregulation-process/ NO Independent Peer Reviewed Studies, NO Independent studies on impact on human or ecosystems or animals who eat this re-engineered food either, NO Regulations for crop contamination.
VIDEO ▶ GENETICIST, DAVID SUZUKI, SAYS HUMANS ARE PART OF A MASSIVE EXPERIMENT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mBF1OOPdTo#t=90
-▶ WHAT IS SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY? http://libcloud.s3.amazonaws.com/93/41/1/971/Issue_brief_-_Synthetic_biology_101.pdf REPORT TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION November 2009, Brussels.
******ETHICS OF SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY******
THE EUROPEAN GROUP ON ETHICS IN SCIENCE AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION - 87 Page Official PDF REPORT http://www.erasynbio.eu/lw_resource/datapool/_items/item_15/ege__opinion25_en.pdf
May 5, 2012 -▶ OBAMA'S BIO-ECONOMY BLUEPRINT PROMOTES A GENETICALLY-ENGINEERED, SYNTHETIC BIOTECH FUTURE - Through THE NATIONAL BIOECONOMY BLUEPRINT the Obama administration is seeking to support genetic engineering as a main component of “American innovation and economic growth”... .... http://occupycorporatism.com/obamas-bioeconomy-promotes-a-genetically-engineered-future/
-▶ OBAMA QUIETLY DE-REGULATES GMO/ GENETIC BIOTECH INDUSTRY : Fast-tracking approvals, waiving regulations ... http://sco.lt/5uCx8b The ETC Group -▶ THE NEW BIOMASSTERS - SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY AND THE NEXT ASSAULT ON BIODIVERSITY AND LIVELIHOODS www.etcgroup.org/content/new-biomassters
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-▶ USA FORESTS BEING POISONED AND SUPPRESSED FOR A $13 BILLION GMO TREE ANNUAL BUSINESS (AND ON PUBLIC LANDS) http://sco.lt/52TLAf -▶ MONSANTO GMO TREES COULD DEVASTATE FOREST ECOSYSTEMS LEAVING BIOLOGICAL DESERTS http://sco.lt/52lFDN Responsible Innovation June 12, 2014
-▶ SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY: MISSING THE POINT http://jackstilgoe.wordpress.com/2014/06/12/letter-to-nature/ France24 TV
-▶ PATENTING LIFE: WHERE DO THE LIMITS LIE? http://www.france24.com/en/20140517-beyond-business-patenting-life-biotechnology-intellectual-property-science-species-human-dna-gmo-gene-breast-cancer/
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UNDER SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY, LIFE WILL NOT BE A PRODUCT OF NATURE BUT OF A LAB AND IT WILL BE PATENTED AND PRIVATIZED http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2995205047/under-synthetic-biology-life-will-not-be-a-product-of-nature-but-of-a-lab-and-it-will-be-patented-and-privatized
WILL SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY BENEFIT OR THREATEN WILD THINGS http://sco.lt/66LUbR
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▶ SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY: THE NEXT GENERATION OF GENETIC ENGINEERING http://southweb.org/lifewise/synthetic-biology-the-next-generation-of-genetic-engineering/ 23 March, 2013 - Los Angeles Times -▶ GENETIC MODIFICATION STRAINS OLD FOOD AND DRUG LAWS - HOW A FISH BECOMES A DRUG AND CORN A PEST http://sco.lt/6vynBp -▶ RE-ENGINEERING, RE-PROGRAMMING AND PATENTING LIFE ITSELF - THE ETHICS, MORALS AND LEGALITY - http://sco.lt/6M35KD -▶ GMOs AND BIOTECH: THE FOOD FIGHT OF OUR LIVES - CROSSING PIGS AND BUTTERFLIES WITH WORMS, NOT... http://sco.lt/4olIPJ -▶ BIO RE-ENGINEERING NATURE: PEACH GENOME AND POPLARS, WILLOW TREES FOR PATENTED BIO FUEL CROPS http://sco.lt/6YSHqr -▶ MONSANTO GMO TREES COULD DEVASTATE FOREST ECOSYSTEMS http://sco.lt/51ekyH Science Daily, October 14, 2013
-▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED TOBACCOS PLANTS VIABLE FOR BIOFUELS AND FOR PRODUCING HUMAN ALBUMIN INTRAVENOUS PROTEIN FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131014094119.htm ======================== VIDEO REPORT
RT America, May 22, 2014
-▶ SCIENTISTS WORKING ON 'DE-EXTINCTION' OF WOOLY MAMMOTH: SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY CREATING LIFE : JUST BECAUSE WE CAN, SHOULD WE? Discussion with Professor Ross MacPhee, a curator at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The Pros and Cons, The Dangers and Impacts on the planet, environment and health https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHFi6Bk1ihI -▶ POOR COUNTRIES URGED TO GET READY FOR SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY ONSLAUGHT http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1715762752/poor-countries-urged-to-get-ready-for-synthetic-biology-onslaught June 14, 2013 ETC Group
-▶ SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY: THE BIOECONOMY OF LANDLESSNESS AND HUNGER http://www.etcgroup.org/content/synthetic-biology-bioeconomy-landlessness-and-hunger Council for Responsible Genetics
-▶ THE STATE OF THE SCIENCE - GENE WATCH http://www.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org/GeneWatch/GeneWatchPage.aspx?pageId=464
WATCH "THE WAR ON SCIENCE AND TOXIC DIS-INFORMATION Moyers and Company - Full Show: http://billmoyers.com/episode/full-show-the-toxic-politics-of-science/ May 18, 2013 Moyers and Company
-▶ "BLINDING US FROM SCIENCE" | Q&A http://billmoyers.com/2013/05/18/blinding-us-from-science/
-▶ UPROAR IN THE USA: DO GLOWING HOUSE PLANTS TAKE GENE TINKERING TOO FAR? http://sco.lt/8p47UH ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
GMO FOOD & AGRICULTURE
28 March, 2013 - Nation of Change
-▶ BIO-DEMOCRACY OR CORPORATOCRACY: THE FOOD FIGHT OF OUR LIVES http://www.nationofchange.org/biodemocracy-or-corporatocracy-food-fight-our-lives-1364483920http://ow.ly/jA9xQ
April 3, 2013 - IFEX -▶ HOW THE BIOTECH INDUSTRY IS GAGGING THE SCIENCE AROUND GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD http://www.ifex.org/international/2013/04/04/seeds_of_dissent/ IMPORTANT WATCH SUPERB VIDEO by Geneticist, David Suzuki: WHAT ARE "ROUNDUP" READY AND Bt GMO PESTICIDE READY CROPS? http://sco.lt/7804v3 July 19, 2013 Global Possibilities
-▶ USDA RESEARCHERS CALL FOR SAFETY TESTING ON NEW RNAi GMOs AND PESTICIDES http://www.globalpossibilities.org/usda-researchers-call-for-safety-testing-on-rnai-gmos-and-pesticides/
-▶ HOW BIOTECH CORPORATIONS AND GMO CROPS ARE THREATENING THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMANKIND ALIKE http://sco.lt/7OmezB
-▶ THE NEXT GENERATION OF GMOs COULD BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS - COULD HAVE ADVERSE HEALTH AFFECT FOR HUMAN http://sco.lt/7ynjAP ▶ The Economic Times, November 25, 2013
AS OPPOSITION TO GM CROPS GROWS, COMPANIES ARE TURNING TO MUTANT BREEDING http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/as-opposition-to-gm-grows-companies-are-turning-to-mutant-breeding/articleshow/26334154.cms -▶ GENE GIANTS STOCKPILING PATENTS ON LIFE Nagoya, Japan -- Under the guise of developing “climate-ready” crops, the world’s largest seed and agrochemical corporations are filing hundreds of sweeping, multi-genome patents in a bid to control the world’s plant biomass, according to a report released by ETC Group http://www.etcgroup.org/fr/node/5220 -▶ GENE GIANTS SEEK 'PHILANTHROGOPOLY" - 6 MULTINATIONAL GENE GIANTS CONTROL THE DIRECTION OF AGRICULTURE http://sco.lt/6h3lzt BAN GMOs NOW - A Special ISIS Report http://sco.lt/5CPilt April 26, 2012 Pesticide Action Network -▶ MONSANTO & BIOTECH CARTEL MOVE TO CONSOLIDATE AND MONOPOLIZE GLOBAL GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SEED PATENTS http://ecowatch.com/2013/corporations-win-farmers-lose-ge-seed-deals/ -▶ NO PATENTS ON SEEDS: Open letter To Members of the European Parliament and European Commission http://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/en/recent-activities/open-letter-members-european-parliament-and-european-commission Michael Pollan: "Don't miss this video, about the next wave of herbicide-tolerant crops from Monsanto-- will make Round-Up look benign" VIDEO: DANGERS OF DICAMBA http://www.fixfood.org/features/276/dangers-of-dicamba -▶ THE GLOBAL CHEMICAL BIOTECH CARTEL - AN UNPRECEDENTED POWER OVER AGRICULTURE AND WORLD FOOD SUPPLY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1716244040/the-global-chemical-biotech-cartel-an-unprecedented-power-over-world-agriculture-and-human-health -▶ WHY IS OUR FOOD BEING MADE AND MODIFIED BY THE WORLD'S LARGEST PESTICIDE MANUFACTURERS? http://gmo-awareness.com/all-about-gmos/gmo-defined/ -▶ THE GMO SEED CARTEL - HOW BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANIES MONOPOLIZE GENETICALLY ENGINEERED GLOBAL SEED MARKETS AND THUS OUR FOOD http://sco.lt/5P9IyP -----------WATCH----------------
-▶ MONSANTO FOOD WARS: GMO SEEDS AND ANIMALS Monsanto Food Wars: GMO Seeds and Animals http://sco.lt/7VzazJ WATCH THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MONSANTO (FULL LENGTH) THE LEADER OF THE CHEMICAL BIOTECH CARTEL http://sco.lt/7FFsXZ
THE UPRISING: Global GMO food labeling drive - May 25 and July 4, 2013 http://sco.lt/7wlInJ
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MORE, BIGGER, FASTER - What You Need To Know About Factory Farming Your Food
George Monbiot, December 16, 2014
- ▶ IF YOU MUST EAT MEAT, SAVE IT FOR CHRISTMAS : We are in perputual denial about our food : From chickens pumped with antibiotics to the environmental devastation caused by production, we need to realise we are not fed with happy farm animals http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/16/perpetual-denial-food-meat-production-environmental-devastation
Care2, May 26, 2014
-▶ 2,000 PIGS DIE AFTER FALLING INTO THEIR OWN WASTE TANK ON FACTORY FARM http://www.care2.com/causes/2000-pigs-die-after-falling-into-their-own-waste-tank-on-factory-farm.html# One Green Planet, September 18, 2014
-▶ HOW THE FOOD WE FEED FARM ANIMALS IS DESTROYING THE ENVIRONMENT http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/livestock-feed-is-destroying-the-environment/ ▶ 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
APOCALYPSE OF THE "HAPPY MEAL" . WORSHIPING THE GOLDEN CALF http://sco.lt/9Ey17x
STONED PIGS: Marijuana waste helps turn pot-eating pigs into tasty pork roast http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/20/us-usa-marijuana-pigs-idUSBRE94J0PL20130520?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews Mail Online January 24, 2014 - ▶ FARM-AGEDDON: TODAY'S MEGA FARMS DESTROYING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH Today, ‘mixed’ farming of animals and crops has all but disappeared, writes PHILIP LYMBERY, and has been replaced by farms specialising in one product only.... Because without fuss or fanfare, and largely unnoticed by the public, our farm animals are being disconnected from the land, disappearing from fields and moved into cramped, airless hangars and barns, with concrete beneath their feet instead of grass. And now the pressure is growing to move to the next stage of intensive farming: mega-piggeries, mega-dairies and ‘battery’-reared beef, with the genetically engineered animals and crops already common in the United States and elsewhere. It is a pressure we in this country should resist with all our might. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2545647/Farm-ageddon-No-birds-No-bees-Our-countryside-laid-waste-And-billions-animals-never-blade-grass-book-warns-terrifying-threat-todays-gram-mega-farms.html Mother Jones, September 13, 2014
-▶ HOW SUPERBUGS HITCH A RIDE FROM HOG FARMS INTO YOUR COMMUNITY http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/09/think-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria-stop-factory-farm-door-think-again August 4, 2013 New York Time ▶ MEGA U.S. HOG FARMS BATTLING TO CONTAIN DEADLY VIRUS... http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/05/us/hog-producers-battling-to-contain-virus-that-has-killed-piglets-by-the-thousands.html 13 February, 2013 Mother Jones ▶ FOUR-FIFTHS OF ALL BIG PHARMA ANTIBIOTICS CONSUMED BY MEAT AND POULTRY INDUSTRY - WHAT ARE YOU EATING? http://sco.lt/5qIZnN 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/ Globe and Mail, October05, 2012 - ▶ CAN MEAT FACTORIES BE SAFE SLAUGHTERING 4,000 COWS 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/ WATCH;
"DEATH ON A FACTORY FARM [HBO] (2009) 1:27:25 Directors Tom Simon and Sarah Teale (HBOs Dealing Dogs) tell the story of an animal rights investigator who goes undercover at hog farm in Ohio to explore a whistle blowers allegations. The evidence he gathers leads to a rare prosecution and trial for animal cruelty, and a verdict that surprises nearly everyone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfiolWwzD94 - ▶ ANTI-WHISTLE BLOWER AG-GAG BILLS AIMED AT KEEPING YOU IN THE DARK ABOUT FACTORY FARMS AND YOUR FOOD http://sco.lt/7aFBUv
Modern Farmer, September 19, 2014
▶ WHY IS THE USDA BUYING SUBMACHINE GUNS? http://modernfarmer.com/2014/09/usda-buying-submachine-guns/ TakePart, July 10, 2014
FORGET AG-GAG LAWS: THIS SUMMER'S LEGAL FIGHT IS OVER THE RIGHT TO FARM. State constitutional amendments and other legal measures would protect industrial agriculture. When state legislators met to hash out new laws in the spring of 2013, farm protection or ag-gag bills were voted on across the Midwest and in agricultural states in the South and Southwest. The laws were designed to criminalize the work of animal rights activists and whistle-blowers who secretly recorded abuse or other unlawful activity in confined animal feeding operations or other farms. With ever fewer, ever larger companies controlling America’s farmland, whose right to farm is being protected? http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/07/10/right-farm-laws
April 4, 2013 - Grist ▶ WHITE HOUSE GUTS THE NEW SAFETY RULES IN FAVOR OF CORPORATIONS http://grist.org/food/oh-rot-the-white-house-just-gutted-the-new-food-safety-rules/?utm_campaign=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter Star Tribune, June 08, 2014
-▶ CONSUMER PRESSURE LEADS AGRIBIZ COLOSSUS CARGILL TO GIVE PIGS MORE ROOM. Pork producers across the United States have long kept their sows in small, barred stalls or crates, with so little space they can’t turn around. Agribusiness colossus Cargill and its big corporate competitors have deep pockets. http://www.startribune.com/business/262257761.html 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 VIDEO (06:58)
Take Part, June 09, 2014
HERE'S THE SECRET TO MARKETING FACTORY-FARMED MEAT TO THE MASSES http://www.takepart.com/video/2014/06/09/how-sell-factory-farmed-meat ANIMATED VIDEO WHAT IS FACTORY FARMING? http://sco.lt/8DHbmL ▶ REVEALED: THE SECRET HORROR OF THE WORLD'S MEGA FACTORY FARMS - The Ecologist http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/1122016 ▶ 4.3 BILLION (NOW 10 BILLION) CONFINED FARM ANIMALS - CAFOs (Confined Animal Feed Operations http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1480506468/cafos-4-3-billion-confined-farm-animals-pose-environmental-and-public-health-risks Care2, May 21, 2014
▶ BILLIONS OF FOOD ANIMALS KILLED EVERY YEAR END UP IN THE TRASH http://www.care2.com/causes/billions-of-animals-killed-every-year-end-up-dumped-in-the-trash.html Huffington Post, March 17, 2014 -▶ 9 FACTS ABOUT FACTORY FARMING THAT WILL BREAK YOUR HEART (GRAPHIC PHOTOS) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/17/factory-farming-facts_n_4063892.html +++A Picture Says A Thousand Words+++ FACTORY FARMING http://ow.ly/j6YZF VIDEO
The Humane Society of the United States, February 20, 2014
UNDERCOVER AT IRON MAIDEN: IS YOUR SAUSAGE WORTH THIS? http://video.humanesociety.org/ Mother Jones July/August Issue
▶ GAGGED BY BIG AG http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/06/ag-gag-laws-mowmar-farms VIDEO REPORT April 10, 2013 - Al Jazeera
LEGALISING ANIMAL ABUSE IN THE USA? Inside Story Americas http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestoryamericas/2013/04/201341083057617468.html ▶ CORPORATE INDUSTRIAL FACTORY FARMING TREAT OUR ANIMALS LIKE INANIMATE AUTO PRODUCTION LINES http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2841587423/corporate-industrial-factory-farming-treats-our-animals-like-objects-on-an-auto-production-line-you-are-what-you-eat ▶ CAFO: THE TRAGEDY OF INDUSTRIAL ANIMAL FACTORIES: http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1845482799/cafo-the-tragedy-of-industrial-animal-factories ▶ THE RAW TRUTH OF FACTORY FARMING http://www.raw.info/ 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 Economic Times, June 09, 2014
INDIA OFFICIALS SEEK TO CURB ANTIBIOTICS AND HORMONES IN ANIMAL FEED. Fearing spread of antibiotic resistance through the food chain, the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) and the agriculture ministry have directed state governments to stop the use of antibiotics and hormones in animal feed. They have also called for strict implementation of a 2012 law, which mandates a gap between the time an animal is given a drug for medical purposes and sale of food products from that animal. http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-06-09/news/50448268_1_food-producing-animals-antibiotics-animal-feed VIDEO HOW WILL HISTORY REMEMBER US? A WORLD WITHOUT FACTORY FARMS? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM6V6lq_p0o&feature=youtu.be Jan 29, 2013 - Humane Society FACTORY FARMING FACT SHEETS Agribusiness has introduced anti-whistle-blower or “ag-gag” bills in numerous states aimed at making whistle-blowing on factory farms essentially impossible. Whistle-blowing employees have played a vital role in exposing animal abuse, unsafe working conditions, and environmental problems on industrial factory farms. The agribusiness industry's response to these exposés has not been to prevent the abuses, but rather to try to prevent the American people from finding out about the abuses in the first place... http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/campaigns/factory_farming/fact-sheets/ag_gag.html#id=album-185&num=content-3312 ▶ SCIENTIFIC PAPER ARGUES AGAINST FACTORY FARMS "FEEDING THE WORLD" http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3995263792/scientific-paper-argues-against-factory-farms-feeding-the-world HuffingtonPost, February 19, 2014 -▶ FARMAGEDDON, THE TRUE COST OF CHEAP MEAT http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/sue-cross/farmageddon-the-true-cost_b_4809387.html The Telegraph, February 10, 2014
-▶ FARMAGEDDON: REVIEW OF EXPOSE OF THE NIGHTMARE WORLD OF MODERN FACTORY FARMING http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/10620308/Farmageddon-by-Philip-Lymbery-with-Isabel-Oakeshott-review.html WATCH THE MOST SHOCKINGLY BEAUTIFUL SHORT VIDEO ABOUT FACTORY FARMING - FROM AUSTRALIA http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3123800365/watch-the-most-shockingly-beautiful-video-about-factory-farming-from-australia ▶ WELL-TREATED ANIMALS ARE VASTLY SUPERIOR NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS OVER FACTORY FARMED ANIMALS http://ecowatch.org/2012/well-treated-animals/ ▶ HOW BIG AGRIBUSINESS IS INITIATING AND FUNDING THE ECO TERRORISM ACT http://newint.org/blog/2013/04/30/eco-terrorism-act-usa/ ▶ ANTI-WHISTLE BLOWER AG-GAG LAWS AIMED AT KEEPING YOU IN THE DARK ABOUT YOUR FACTORY FARMED FOOD - PIGS, CHICKENS, VEAL, BEEF, DAIRY, TURKEY, DUCKS http://sco.lt/7aFBUv Center for Food Safety
ABOUT FACTORY FARMS http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/search/factory-farms August 2, 2012 - Pew Environmental Group ▶ FROM THE BACKYARD GRILL TO THE PICNIC BASKET , Americans seem to have a love affair with meat and poultry. From the backyard grill to the picnic basket, To supply that demand, livestock production has turned to concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) as the new business model, growing high volumes of cows, pigs, and poultry within short time spans and in the smallest spaces possible.... http://www.pewenvironment.org/news-room/opinions/animal-waste-waterways-and-drinking-water-85899409190 March 19, 2013 - Huffington Post ▶ WHY EVERYONE SHOULD BE ANGRY ABOUT CORPORATE FACTORY FARMING http://sco.lt/7kUpVp ▶ HOW FACTORY FARMING CONTRIBUTES TO GLOBAL WARMING | NationofChange http://www.nationofchange.org/how-factory-farming-contributes-global-warming-1358786945 Worldwatch Institute
▶ AGRICULTURE AND FACTORY FARM LIVESTOCK REMAIN MAJOR SOURCES OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ... http://www.worldwatch.org/agriculture-and-livestock-remain-major-sources-greenhouse-gas-emissions-1
===================== PIG 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/ July 12, 2013 Care2
▶ STAND WITH RYAN GOSLING: NO MORE GESTATION CRATES FOR PIGS http://www.care2.com/causes/stand-with-ryan-gosling-no-more-gestation-crates-for-pigs.html June 6, 2013 Global Possibilities
▶ ****6 HORRIFYING THINGS ABOUT PORK EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW http://www.globalpossibilities.org/6-horrifying-things-about-pork-everyone-should-know/ WATCH: "A RIVER OF WASTE" THE HISTORY OF FACTORY FARMS - CAFOs Beginning with a history of the American food system, River of Waste shows its evolution to large-scale corporate farms where pollution and use of growth hormones threaten both individual health and the future of our planet http://sco.lt/5WwPVx ▶ NEW BILL H.R. 5961, SEEKS TO PREVENT EPA FROM FLYING OVER LARGE-SCALE LIVESTOCK OPERATIONS as part of their effort to enforce the Clean Water Act against the biggest polluters of waterways in the country. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-edwards/keeping-secrets-down-on-t_b_1736929.html March 20, 1013 - HuffingtonPost Green ▶ IS THE PORK INDUSTRY PUSHING BACK AGAINST GESTATION CRATE BANS? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/20/gestation-crate-bon-appetit-pork-network_n_2916146.html?ref=topbar 26 March 2013 - Tom Philpott - Mother Jones ▶ HOGWASH: BIG AG'S BAN ON CAGING PREGNANT PIGS IS JUST FOR SHOW http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2013/03/pork-industry-flack-gestation-crate-ban-showSTONEDhttp://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2013/03/pork-industry-flack-gestation-crate-ban-show ============================ RAISING PORK AS A "PRODUCT" ON A PRODUCTION LINE ============================
VIDEO REPORT WHO'S BEHIND THE CHINESE TAKEOVER OF USA's AND WORLD'D LARGEST PORK PRODUCER? http://sco.lt/6JwAOv
Forbes, October 30, 2013 - ▶ U.S. PORK WALLOWS IN DANGEROUS ANTIBIOTICS, POLLUTION, WELFARE VIOLATIONS http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesmcwilliams/2013/10/30/u-s-pork-wallows-in-dangerous-antibiotics-pollution-welfare-violations/ Huffington Post, January 10, 2014
- ▶ U.S. PORK PRODUCERS CALL FOR MORE HUMANE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS AFTER DECADES OF ABUSE AND PROTESTS http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/10/-pork-producers-humane_n_4572968.html?ref=topbar July 1, 2013 Grist
▶ FARMERS ARE FEEDING THEIR PIGS MARIJUANA TO REDUCE THEIR CAGED SUFFERING http://grist.org/list/farmers-are-getting-their-pigs-high-so-you-can-eat-pot-infused-bacon/ ▶ 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 ▶ LIKE AUTOS ON A PRODUCTION LINE:
July 21, 2013 Free From Harm
IS USING 2,700 SOWS TO PRODUCE 75,000 PIGS ANNUALLY FAIR? OAKS FARMS, THE LATEST "AGRITOURISM" DESTINATION: http://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/article_7c7063d3-e336-5d1c-b7da-cdf8852c5f5d.html#.Ue15bezytDw.twitter June 21, 2013 Living on Earth: ▶ ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS FOR PIGS FED GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD (So What's It Doing To You?) http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=13-P13-00025&segmentID=1 July 4, 2013 Environmental Protection ▶ FARMWORKER STUDY TIES DRUG-RESISTANT STAPH TO ANIMAL ANTIBIOTICS http://eponline.com/articles/2013/07/04/drug-resistant-staph.aspx ======================== INDUSTRIAL CHICKEN/POULTRY FACTORIES An Image Says A Thousand Words
Factory farming chickens http://ow.ly/mv1lU ======================== June 27, 2013
▶ THE FUTURE OF BIG CHICKEN
More than a BILLION chickens are raised and slaughtered each year in Georgia ALONE, the poultry capital of the world... http://clatl.com/atlanta/the-future-of-big-chicken/Content?oid=8528249 September 4, 2013 Reuters ▶ USDA CRITICIZED FOR WORK ON POULTRY PLANT FOOD SAFETY PROJECT http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/04/us-usa-usda-poultry-report-idUSBRE98314420130904 VIDEO ▶ **** EXTREME CRUELTY EXPOSED AT MAJOR EGG FACTORY - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=embnwQ7ohTc ▶ BLIND, FOOTLESS CHICKENS FOR FUTURE CAFO FACTORY FARMS http://farmwars.info/?p=7897 VIDEO FULL GROWN CHICKEN IN 49 DAYS Growth Hormones For Rapid Growth, 'Efficiency' and Fast Profits http://sco.lt/5Za1o1 Der Spiegel English, October 16, 2013
- ▶ ETHICAL FARMING: GERMANY PONDERS THE SUPER CHICKEN http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/lohmann-dual-breed-of-super-chicken-could-cut-down-on-chick-culling-a-927902.html ▶ YOUR CHICKENS ARE RAISED ON A STEADY DIET OF PRESCRIPTION, OVER-THE-COUNTER AND EVEN BANNED DRUGSa - CAFOs http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1578060397/your-chickens-are-raised-on-a-steady-diet-of-prescription-over-the-counter-and-even-banned-drugs-cafos ▶ 80,000 CHICKEN FACTORY FARM (CAFO) PROJECT HAS ORGANIC FARMER WORRIED http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2577673216/80-000-chicken-farm-cafo-project-has-organic-farmer-worried ▶ CHICKEN CONCENTRATION CAMPS: GROUPS FILE MOTION TO STOP FARMS FROM USING WATERWAYS AS DUMPING GROUNDS http://sco.lt/5TfhOj ▶ TURKEY TROUBLE: GENETICS GONE TOO FAR? http://science.kqed.org/quest/2012/11/19/turkey-trouble-genetics-gone-too-far/ March 21, 2013 - MyFDL
▶ HOW THE POULTRY INDUSTRY IS GRINDING UP WORKERS' HEALTH AND RIGHTS http://my.firedoglake.com/meeshellchen/2013/03/21/how-the-poultry-industry-is-grinding-up-workers-health-and-rights/ -------WATCH------ VIDEO ▶ **** SO YOU WANT TO EAT INDUSTRIAL FACTORY FARMED EGGS? California Egg Farm Investigation | Mercy For Animals http://ow.ly/kXbz1 VIDEO ▶ ***** EXTREME CRUELTY EXPOSED AT MAJOR EGG FACTORY http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=embnwQ7ohTc VIDEO ▶ **** SO YOU WANT TO EAT FOIE GRAS? Ducks Cruelly Force-Fed for Enlarged Livers - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW2uiw-p_js =========================== INDUSTRIAL DAIRY FARM FACTORIES A Picture Says A Thousand Words http://ow.ly/m3nKA =========================== WATCH THE INDUSTRIAL DAIRY INDUSTRY IN 60 SECONDS FLAT - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZcUrWAK-8Q#at=47 Mother Jones, April 10, 2014 ▶ TURNS OUT YOUR 'HORMONE-FREE' MILK IS FULL OF SEX HORMONES http://www.motherjones.com/media/2014/04/milk-hormones-cancer-pregnant-cows-estrogen ▶ ALTERING OUR COWS BY INJECTING THEM WITH rBST FORCING THEM TO PRODUCE MORE MILK http://www.seeddaily.com/reports/Cattle_flatulence_doesnt_stink_with_biotechnology_999.html
Global Research, September 17, 2014
BILL GATES DONATES $5.6 MILLION TO CORNELL UNIVERSITY WHICH HELPED MONSANTO PROMOTE GMO BOVINE GROWTH HORMONE.
Want to know just how far Gates’ money reaches to promote GMOs and other unhealthy ‘scientific’ discoveries touted as boons to society? Look no further than Cornell University, the institution that tells us Monsanto’s rBST (also known as rBGH) - a genetically engineered growth hormone used to make cows produce more milk – is safe. http://www.globalresearch.ca/bill-gates-donates-5-6-million-to-cornell-university-that-helped-monsanto-promote-gmo-bovine-growth-hormone-rbst/5402471
▶ DAIRY PRODUCTION ON FACTORY FARMS: HOW COWS ARE USED FOR INDUSTRIAL MILK http://www.farmsanctuary.org/learn/factory-farming/dairy/ ▶ THE INDUSTRIAL MILK FACTORY, IT'S NO DAIRY http://www.factory-farming.com/milk_factory.html VIDEO INVESTIGATION: DAIRY'S DARK SIDE http://www.mercyforanimals.org/dairy/ Ian Somerhalder Foundation
▶ FACTORY FARMING IN AMERICA, PART 5: THE LIFE OF A DAIRY COW http://www.isfoundation.com/campaign/creatures/factory-farming-america-part-5-life-dairy-cow Ganaderia Mexico
▶ OUR INCREDIBLE DISCONNECT FROM OUR FARM ANIMALS: INVESTING IN ROBOTIC MILKING FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS http://ganaderiamexico.blogspot.com/2013/03/investing-in-robotic-milking-for-future.html April 22, 2013 - Humanosphere
▶ STATE DEREGULATION OF INDUSTRIAL DAIRY FARMS - ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION RESPONDS http://www.riverkeeper.org/news-events/news/preserve-river-ecology/environmental-coalition-responds-to-state-deregulation-of-industrial-dairy-farms May 23, 2013 The Ecologist
▶ IS THERE GRASS IN THAT MILK? FREE-RANGE MILK http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/1938283/is_there_grass_in_that_milk.html ========================== FEEDLOT CATTLE An Image Says A Thousand Words http://ow.ly/mEGS1 ========================== October 5, 2012: - The Globe and Mail ▶ ****CAN MEAT FACTORIES BE SAFE, AT 4000 COWS A DAY, 3000 STEAKS A MINUTE? http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/can-meat-factories-be-safe-at-4000-cows-a-day-3000-steaks-a-minute/article4593690/
MEATONOMICS The huge “externalized” costs the animal food system imposes on taxpayers, animals and the environment http://sco.lt/5zvTyT July 10, 2013 Grist ▶ MEAT INDUSTRY DOESN'T WANT TO TELL YOU WHERE YOUR MEAT COMES FROM http://grist.org/news/meat-industry-doesnt-want-to-tell-you-where-your-meat-comes-from/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=socialflow ▶ THE DRUG STORE IN AMERICAN MEAT: CAFOs AND INDUSTRIAL FACTORY FARMING YOUR MEAT http://sco.lt/5pYaYr April 4, 2013 - Grist
▶ WHITE HOUSE GUTS THE NEW SAFETY RULES IN FAVOR OF CORPORATIONS http://grist.org/food/oh-rot-the-white-house-just-gutted-the-new-food-safety-rules/?utm_campaign=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter June 6, 2013 Huffington Post Green ▶ ****USDA INSPECTOR GENERAL: FOOD SAFETY AND HUMANE SLAUGHTER LAWS IGNORED WITH IMPUNITY http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-friedrich/usda-inspector-general-fo_b_3333853.html Feb 28, 2013 - New Statesman ▶ 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 ▶ AMERICAN MEAT: SUSTAINABLE FARMING vs CAFOs CORPORATE FACTORY FARMING http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3996006334/american-meat-sustainable-farming-vs-cafos-factory-farming ▶ OUR INDUSTRIALIZED FOOD SYSTEM - PART 1 - BEEF'S RAW EDGES http://sco.lt/5gZpWT
====================== ANTIBIOTICS IN OUR FOOD ====================== 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 - ▶ PHARMED FOOD - Antibiotics in Your Meat http://www.npr.org/templates/archives/archive.php?thingId=243035549 ▶ ANTIBIOTIC USE IN FARM ANIMALS STILL BROADLY UNADDRESSED DESPITE 'FANFARE' FROM FDA http://sco.lt/8A4ZdJ ▶ ALTERING OUR COWS BY INJECTING THEM WITH rBST FORCING THEM TO PRODUCE MORE MILK http://www.seeddaily.com/reports/Cattle_flatulence_doesnt_stink_with_biotechnology_999.html 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/ Environmental Working Group Fulll Report
▶ MEAT AND ANTIBIOTICS - 2013 MEAT EATERS GUIDE http://www.ewg.org/meateatersguide/superbugs/ April 26, 2013 Huffington Post Green Andrew Gunther:
▶ ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA: BIG AG WASHES ITS HANDS OF ANY RESPONSIBILITYhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-gunther/antibioticresistant-bacte_b_3141661.html 28 March, 2013 - Earth In Transition ▶ NEW DANGERS FROM FACTORY FARM BACTERIA AND ANTIBIOTICS http://www.earthintransition.org/2013/03/new-dangers-from-factory-farm-bacteria- ▶ THE DRUG STORE IN AMERICAN MEAT: CAFOs Factory Farming http://sco.lt/6nyxoP March 20, 2013 - Pew Health Initiatives ▶ SHINING A LIGHT ON INDUSTRIAL FARMS ANTIBIOTIC USE - 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 ================= SLAUGHTER HOUSES ================= VIDEO by PAUL McCARTNEY (Former "Beatle") ▶ THE WEBSITE THE MEAT INDUSTRY DOESN'T WANT YOU TO SEE http://www.meat.org/ October 5, 2012: - The Globe and Mail ▶ CAN MEAT FACTORIES BE SAFE, AT 4000 COWS A DAY, 3000 STEAKS A MINUTE? http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/can-meat-factories-be-safe-at-4000-cows-a-day-3000-steaks-a-minute/article4593690/ The Atlantic, September 25, 2013
- ▶ WHY AGRICULTURE NEEDS MORE WOMEN http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/09/agriculture-needs-more-women/279987/ April 10, 2013 - Global Possibilities - Dot Earth ▶ HUMAN SPECIES NO LONGER CAN IGNORE THE RIGHTS OF NON-HUMAN PERSONS TO HUMANE TREATMENT AND SLAUGHTER http://www.globalpossibilities.org/when-is-a-person-not-a-human-when-its-a-dolphin-or-chimp-or/ VIDEO March 22, 2013 - Care2 VEAL CALVES TOO WEAK TO STAND WILL NOT BE SLAUGHTERED - USDA http://s.einnews.com/VuigRh4iLP http://ow.ly/jmkEG April 28, 2012 Huffington Post Green
▶ USDA INSPECTOR GENERAL: FOOD SAFETY AND HUMANE SLAUGHTER LAWS IGNORED WITH IMPUNITY http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-friedrich/usda-inspector-general-fo_b_3333853.html ▶ USDA CLOSES SLAUGHTERHOUSE AFTER VIDEO SHOWING SICKENING ANIMAL CRUELTY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2480542878/usda-closes-slaughterhouse-after-video-showing-sickening-animal-cruelty &nbs
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VIDEO REPORT PBS Newshour, September 12, 2014 "Processing 10,000 pigs per day" USA Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork producer, was acquired by a Chinese firm in 2013 for nearly $5 billion -- more than the company’s market value. The surprising purchase caused some lawmakers to wonder if there might be a hidden player. As part of the series Food for 9 Billion, Nathan Halverson of the Center for Investigative Reporting examines how the Chinese government is involved. Continue reading → http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/whos-behind-chinese-takeover-worlds-biggest-pork-producer
Reveal, January 24, 2015
- ▶ HOW CHINA PURCHASED A PRIME CUT OF AMERICA'S PORK INDUSTRY http://www.revealnews.org/article/how-china-purchased-a-prime-cut-of-americas-pork-industry/
VIDEO INVESTIGATION
June 6, 2013 Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
- ▶ UNDERSTANDING SHUANGHUI'S ACQUISITION OF SMITHFIELD, USA's LARGEST CAFO PORK PRODUCER http://www.iatp.org/blog/201306/%E2%80%9Ctwo-converging-rivers%E2%80%9D-understanding-shuanghui%E2%80%99s-acquisition-of-smithfield
The Economist, December 2, 2014
- ▶ SWINE IN CHINA: EMPIRE OF THE PIG China’s insatiable appetite for pork is a symbol of the country’s rise. It is also a danger to the world. Some industrial facilities, often owned by the state or by multinationals, produce as many as 100,000 swine a year. These are born and live for ever on slatted metal beds; most never see direct sunlight; very few ever get to breed. The pigs themselves have changed physically, too. Three foreign breeds now account for 95% of them http://www.economist.com/news/christmas-specials/21636507-chinas-insatiable-appetite-pork-symbol-countrys-rise-it-also
May 29, 2013 Reuters
- ▶ CHINA'S APPETITE FOR PORK SPURS $4.7 BILLION BUYOUT OF USA LARGEST PORK PRODUCER - SMITHFIELD http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/29/us-shuanghui-idUSBRE94S0K920130529
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RT News, December 23, 2014
SPY DRONES EXPOSE SMITHFIELD FOODS FACTORY FARMS
http://rt.com/usa/216571-pig-waste-pollution-drone/
USA GOVERNMENT HIDING BEHIND "NATIONAL SECURITY"...AGAIN. BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, US CONGRESS QUIETLY SELLING OUR MEAT, POULTRY AND MILK OUT FROM UNDER US TO CHINA.
September 6, 2013 Agri Pulse
- ▶ U.S. REGULATORS, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, QUIETLY GIVES CHINA APPROVAL TO PURCHASE SMITHFIELD, AMERICA'S LARGEST FACTORY FARM HOG PRODUCER. The merger has drawn congressional scrutiny in regards to food safety, as well as concerns about drug safety. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., noted that because the CFIUS review includes issues of national security, it is done in secret with no public oversight or transparency. “It remains unclear what factors the [CFIUS] took into account in making its decision,” Stabenow said. “We still do not know if the potential impact on American food security, the transfer of taxpayer funded innovation to a foreign competitor, or China's protectionist trade barriers were considered.” http://www.agri-pulse.com/U.S.-federal-panel-gives-approval-to-Chinese-firms-purchase-of-Smithfield-09062013.asp
September 6, 2013 Agri Pulse - ▶ THE RAPID AND QUIET APPROVAL BY USDA OF CHINA'S PURCHASE OF 1/4 OF USA FACTORY FARMED HOGS -SMITHFIELD http://www.agri-pulse.com/U.S.-federal-panel-gives-approval-to-Chinese-firms-purchase-of-Smithfield-09062013.asp
June 5, 2013 Huffington Post Green - ▶ WHAT'S THE CONNECTION TO CHINA, U.S. PIGS AND THE SMITHFIELD-SHANHUI DEAL? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mia-macdonald/world-environment-day-2013_b_3387207.html
June 3, 2013 Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy - ▶ CHINA'S SHANGHUI ACQUIRES USA SMITHFIELD CONFINED ANIMAL FOOD OPERATIONS : THE VIEW FROM CHINA PART ONE http://www.iatp.org/blog/201306/shuanghui-acquires-smithfield-the-view-from-china-part-one
Farm News: October 25, 2013
- ▶ OUTSIDE VIEW: CHINA'S OWNERSHIP OF AN ICONIC AMERICAN FOOD COMPANY: SMITHFIELD FOODS AND HOG FACTORIES http://www.seeddaily.com/reports/Outside_View_Chinas_ownership_of_an_iconic_American_food_company_999.html
May 31, 2013 Food and Environment Reporting
- ▶ BIG CHINESE PORK DEAL COMES AMID FRICTION OVER LIVESTOCK DRUG http://thefern.org/2013/05/big-pork-deal-comes-amid-friction-over-livestock-drug/
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CHINESE ENTERS US FOOD MARKET CHICKENS BOUND FOR USA -- UNLABELLED, UNREGULATED http://sco.lt/7MuubR
September 6, 2013 Elephant Journal - ▶ CHINESE MEAT "IMPORT" QUIETLY APPROVED BY USDA: NO LABELING, NO REGULATIONS, NO OVERSIGHT : United States Department of Agriculture has agreed to allow four Chinese chicken processing plants to export their meat into our country. “There will be no US officials present at the Chinese processing plants and consumers won’t know where their food comes from because processed meat does not require a point of origin label.” http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/09/dont-be-chicken-chinese-meat-import-now-usda-approved/
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ARE YOU EATING CLONED PORK? IMPORTED, UNLABELED, UNREGULATED http://sco.lt/5Pfi1B
Guardian, March 03, 2014
- ▶ US-STYLE INTENSIVE FARMING ISN'T THE SOLUTION TO CHINA'S MEAT PROBLEM. Staggering growth means China now produces a third of the world’s meat, and it hopes to do more by replicating the US model of meat production http://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2014/mar/03/us-intensive-farming-chinas-meat-problem
New York Times, July 31, 2014
WEAK LINKS IN CHINA'S FOOD CHAIN WHEN CHINA TRIED TO COMPLETELY RECREATE THE U.S. FACTORY FARM POULTRY "PRODUCTION" SYSTEM http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/01/business/international/weak-links-in-chinas-food-chain.html?_r=0
CHINA'S RIVER OF DEAD PIGS - 17,000 OF THEM http://sco.lt/6MagyX
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VIDEO REPORT - USA MILK TO CHINA Newshour June 13, 2013 - ▶ CHINA NEEDS MILK: SHOULD WE BE SHIPPING OUR PRECIOUS WATER AND CREATING AN ENVIRONMENTAL NIGHTMARE TO SUPPLY CHINA WITH MILK? http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/06/food-for-9-billion-california.html
June 13, 2013 The Center for Investigative Reporting
- ▶ ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS SURFACE AS CALIFORNIA AIMS TO MILK CHINA'S DAIRY DEMAND http://cironline.org/node/4726
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FACTORY FARMING IMAGES http://ow.ly/k6dGP
- ▶ 65 BILLION ANIMALS RAISED IN CORPORATE CONCENTRATION PEN: DRUGS, GMO FEED AND 'AG-GAG' LAWS http://sco.lt/6GRczB
Mother Jones, September 13, 2014
- ▶ HOW SUPERBUGS HITCH A RIDE FROM HOG FARMS INTO YOUR COMMUNITY http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/09/think-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria-stop-factory-farm-door-think-again
- ▶ EATING WITH OUR EYES CLOSED: LEGALIZING CORPORATE FACTORY FARMING ABUSE & PRACTICES http://sco.lt/6maFxB
OnEarth Magazine, February 2, 2014
-▶ HOG WILD: U.S. FACTORY FARMS ARE POISONING IOWA'S DRINKING WATER -- ALL TO FEED CHINA http://www.onearth.org/articles/2014/02/factory-farms-are-poisoning-iowa-water
March 14, 2013 - Mother Jones - ▶ CHINA'S DEAD HOG SCANDAL IS GROSS - BUT SO ARE THE HOG FECES IN THE US WATERWAYS http://sco.lt/5J0QEr
July 12, 2013 Scientific American
- ▶ DEFECATION NATION: PIG WASTE LIKELY TO RISE IN U.S. FROM CHINA BUSINESS DEAL http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=smithfield-pig-waste
WATCH "A RIVER OF WASTE " Beginning with a history of the American food system, River of Waste shows its evolution to large-scale corporate farms where pollution and use of growth hormones threaten both individual health and the future of our planet http://sco.lt/5WwPVx
March 14, 3013 - Mother Jones - ▶ IOWA'S FACTORY LIVESTOCK FARMS CHURN OUT MORE UNTREATED WASTE THAN THE HUMAN SEWAGE OUTPUT OF THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2013/03/chinas-dead-hog-scandal-gross%E2%80%94-so-are-our-factories-farms
- ▶ STOP FACTORY FARMS FROM POLLUTING OUR WATERWAYS WITH DRUGS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3643934709/groups-file-motion-to-stop-factory-farms-from-using-waterways-as-dumping-grounds
Mother Jones, September 13, 2014
- ▶ HOW SUPERBUGS HITCH A RIDE FROM HOG FARMS INTO YOUR COMMUNITY http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/09/think-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria-stop-factory-farm-door-think-again
Alternet, December 10, 2013
- ▶ HOW BIG AGRIBUSINESS IS TRYING TO MUZZLE THE TRUTH BEHIND FACTORY FARMS http://www.alternet.org/big-agribusiness-trying-muzzle-animal-rights-activists-who-infiltrate-their-factory-farms?akid=11256.237541.4BAflB&rd=1&src=newsletter934989&t=5
Mother Jones July/August Issue - ▶ GAGGED BY BIG AG http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/06/ag-gag-laws-mowmar-farms
June 17, 2013 Treehugger NEED TO KNOW: - ▶ AG GAG LAWS ARE GROWING THREAT TO FREE SPEECH AND FOOD SAFETY http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/ag-gag-laws-are-growing-threat-free-speech-and-food-safety.html
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
VIDEO Organic News USA -
Find out more about factory farming & the state of the food industry - This powerful film changed the way millions of Americans eat. Find out why http://www.streamorganic.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/news-mainmenu-2/1-latest/4610-organic-news-usa-find-out-more-about-factory-farming-a-the-state-of-the-food-industry-this-powerful-film-changed-the-way-millions-of-.html -- WATCH -- "FOOD, INC" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkL2Q_kCRms
MEATONOMICS The huge “externalized” costs the animal food system imposes on taxpayers, animals and the e... http://sco.lt/5zvTyT
MORE, BIGGER, FASTER What You Need To Know About Factory Farming Your Food http://sco.lt/8usxzV
AND IT'S ALL JUST THE BEGINNING OF .....
- ▶ NEW SECRETIVE CORPORATE TRANS PACIFIC TRADE DEAL WILL IMPACT US ALL AS OUR RIGHTS AND REGULATIONS ARE NEGOTIATED AWAY http://sco.lt/62UixN
FARM-AGEDDON No birds. No bees. Our countryside laid waste. And billions of animals that never see a blade of grass http://sco.lt/7ztQbB
MORE ON FACTORY FARMS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides?q=FACTORY+FARMS
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Radio New Zealand, April 16, 2015
-▶ VANUATU BAN GM SEED IMPORTS FROM THE RELIEF EFFORT http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/programmes/datelinepacific/audio/20174984/vanuatu-ban-gm-seed-imports-from-the-relief-effort
RT News, April 17, 2015
-▶ EU POISED TO LET IN NEW GM PRODUCTS, INTRODUCE NON-HEALTH - OPT-OUTS. The EU is expected to permit over a dozen new genetically modified agricultural products into its market. Individual countries would reportedly be able to ban GM products, as long as they don’t challenge the science behind authorizations. http://rt.com/news/250493-eu-gmo-rules-products/
WATCH: "MONSANTO FOOD WARS: GMO SEEDS AND ANIMALS" http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3997411054/watch-monsanto-food-wars-gmo-seeds-and-animals
August 28, 2013 MintPress News
-▶ HOW MONSANTO CORNERS THE WORLD'S FOOD MARKET. MONSANTO HAS A PATENT ON JUST ABOUT EVERY CROP OUT THERE
http://www.mintpressnews.com/how-monsanto-corners-the-worlds-food-market/167901/ RT USA, January 13, 2014
▶ SUPREME COURT HANDS MONSANTO VICTORY OVER FARMERS ON GMO SEED PATENTS, ABILITY TO SUE http://rt.com/usa/monsanto-patents-sue-farmers-547/
The Nation, October 29, 2013
-▶ TWENTY-SIX COUNTRIES BAN GMOs —WHY WON'T THE U.S.? http://www.thenation.com/blog/176863/twenty-six-countries-ban-gmos-why-wont-us
Huffington Post Green, June 17, 2014
-▶ CHINA'S REJECTION OF GMO CORN HAS COST U.S. UP TO $2.9 BILLION http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/17/gmo-corn-china_n_5162921.html Sustainable Pulse, June 11, 2014
-▶ KYRGZSTAN BECOMES ONE OF FIRST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD TO BAN CULTIVATION OF GM CROPS AND IMPORT AND SALE OF GMO PRODUCTS http://sustainablepulse.com/2014/06/11/kyrgyzstan-bans-gmo-products-gm-crops/#.U6HiDS_1_OR Digital Journal, May 05, 2014
-▶ FRANCE DEFINITIVELY BANS GENETICALLY MODIFIED MON810 CORN PRODUCED BY US FIRM, MONSANTO http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/france-definitively-bans-gm-corn/article/382987 African Centre for Biosafety, March 17, 2014
▶ SOUTH AFRICA: MONSANTO FORCED TO WITHDRAW UNSUBSTANTIATED ADVERTISING CLAIMS ON BENEFITS OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS http://www.acbio.org.za/index.php/media/64-media-releases/454-monsanto-forced-to-withdraw-unsubstantiated-and-misleading-advertising-claims-on-benefits-of-gm-crops-advertising-standards-authority-of-south-africa
▶ GMO-FREE REGIONS BY COUNTRY http://www.gmo-free-regions.org/gmo-free-regions.html Natural Revolution, June 10, 2013
▶ LIST OF COUNTRIES THAT BAN GMO CROPS AND/OR REQUIRE GE FOOD LABELS http://naturalrevolution.org/list-of-countries-that-ban-gmo-crops-and-require-ge-food-labels/ Sustainable Pulse, October 12, 2013 ▶ MEXICO BANS GMO CORN EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY http://sustainablepulse.com/2013/10/12/mexico-judge-orders-total-ban-of-gm-maize-crops-over-environmental-harm/#.Ul2sPSTc-RQ
Health Impact News, March 18, 2014 -▶ MEXICO BANS GM SOY IN CAMPECHE REGION http://healthimpactnews.com/2014/mexico-bans-gm-soy-in-campeche-region/
Food Democracy Now, October 11, 2013
▶ MEXICO JUDGE RULES THAT GMOs ARE IMMINENT THREAT - BANS MONSANTO'S GMO CORN http://fooddemocracynow.org/blog/2013/oct/11/breaking_mexico_judge_rules_that_GMOs_are_threat/ Sustainable Pulse, March 14, 2014
▶ BRAZIL: HISTORIC COURT RULING STOPS CULTIVATION OF BAYER'S GM MAIZE http://sustainablepulse.com/2014/03/14/historic-court-ruling-stops-cultivation-bayers-gm-maize-brazil/#.UycO6Fy4sdt
Sustainable Pulse, October 13, 2013 ▶ BRAZIL JUDGE RULES AGAINST MONSANTO OVER RESTRICTIVE GMO SEED AGREEMENTS http://sustainablepulse.com/2013/10/13/brazil-judge-rules-against-monsanto-over-seed-agreements/#.Ul2kSSTc-RQ
Nation of Change, March 22, 2014
▶ MAYANS WIN HUGE BATTLE TO BAN #GMO SOY CROPS (SUICIDE BEANS) http://www.nationofchange.org/mayans-win-huge-battle-ban-gmo-soy-crops-1395501128
NationofChange, August 15, 2014
-▶ FRENCH PRESIDENT MAINTAINS MONSANTO GMO-CORN BAN http://www.nationofchange.org/french-president-maintains-monsanto-gmo-corn-ban-1376575830 Reuters, February 17, 2014
▶ FRANCE MOVES TO BAN GENETICALLY MODIFIED MAIZE PLANTING IN SHORT, LONG TERM: AHEAD OF PRO-BUSINESS EUROPEAN COMMISSION APPROVAL http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/17/us-france-gmo-idUSBREA1G13020140217
Reuters, March 19, 2012
▶ FRANCE RESTORES BAN ON GMO MAIZE CROPS http://planetark.org/wen/64956
Sustainable Pulse, January 16, 2014
▶ EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT REJECTS CULTIVATION OF GM MAIZE 1507 http://sustainablepulse.com/2014/01/16/european-parliament-rejects-cultivation-gm-maize-1507/#.Uto8dPbTlcw
Digital Journal, February 15, 2014 ▶ EUROPE TO MOVE AHEAD WITH GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PESTICIDE LADEN CROPS http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/environment/europe-moves-ahead-with-gm-crops/article/370949
The Guardian, January 9, 2014 ▶ AUSTRALIA, STATE OF TASMANIA TO CONTINUE MORATORIUM ON GM CROPS AND ANIMALS The Tasmanian government will indefinitely extend a ban on genetically modified crops and animals in the state's products... http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/09/tasmania-gm Australian Broadcasting News, January 10, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIA: TASMANIA'S BAN ON GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS MADE INDEFINITE IN BID TO PROTECT CLEAN, GREEN BRAND http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-09/tasmania27s-gmo-ban-extended-indefinitely/5192112 Dr Judy Carman Live on Tasmania's GMO Ban DR JUDY CARMAN, Associate Professor in Biochemistry at Flinders University; Director of the Institute of Health and Enviornmental Research, on the genetically modified organisms (GMO) moratorium in Tasmania and what that means for Tasmania. (00-8:40) LISTEN HERE http://ow.ly/stS8s
GM WATCH, March 2, 2011
▶ AUSTRALIAN KELLOGGS AGREES TO PRODUCE FOOD WITHOUT GENETICALLY MODIFIED INGREDIENTS http://www.gmwatch.org/latest-listing/1-news-items/12949-kelloggs-agrees-to-non-gm-policy
▶ POLAND IS LATEST NATION TO BAN MONSANTO'S GMO MAIZE http://sco.lt/6XFUDh Natural News Buzz, January 09, 2014
▶ SUDAN BLOCKS IMPORT OF GM SOYBEANS, CONSIDERS TOTAL BAN ON GM FOODSTUFFS http://buzz.naturalnews.com/001110-Sudan-GM_food-total_ban.html ▶ INDIA: 8,200 FARMERS SUICIDE: MAHARASHTRA TATE REVOKES MONSANTO'S GMO COTTON SEED LICENSE http://sco.lt/8HhicL Global Research, January 07, 2014
▶ BANGLADESH: FARMERS SAY NO TO GENETICALLY MODIFIED VEGETABLES http://www.globalresearch.ca/bangladesh-farmers-say-no-to-gm-vegetables/5364226
▶ NAMIBIA: AGRONOMIC BOARD CONDEMNS GENETICALLY MODIFIED MAIZE IN RETAIL PRODUCTS http://www.economist.com.na/2011-12-07-11-05-31/agriculture/2691-agronomic-board-condemns-genetically-modified-maize-in-retail-products
RT News, January 09, 2014
▶ ARGENTINA: MONSANTO GMO SEED PLANT CONSTRUCTION HALTED IN ARGENTINA http://rt.com/news/monsanto-argentina-plant-halted-343/ GM Watch, October 19, 2013
▶ ARGENTINES LINK HEALTH PROBLEMS TO GMO AGROCHEMICALS http://gmwatch.org/index.php/news/archive/2013/15121-argentines-link-health-problems-to-agrochemicals
The Top Information Post, May 28, 2013
▶ RUSSIA WARNS OBAMA: MONSANTO http://topinfopost.com/2013/05/28/russia-warns-obama-monsanto
WATCH; POISONING PARADISE: ISLANDS AT RISK The Genetic Engineering War in Hawai'i http://sco.lt/8hNxzd
EcoWatch, January 09, 2014 ▶ MAINE GOVERNOR SIGNS GMO FOOD LABELING BILL INTO LAW http://ecowatch.com/2014/01/09/maine-governor-signs-gmo-food-labeling-bill/
Huffington Post Green, October 29, 2013
▶ LOS ANGELES PROPOSES BANNING THE GROWTH, SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED SEEDS The motion would not affect the sale of food containing genetically modified ingredients. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/21/los-angeles-ban-gmo_n_4137166.html
▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS NOT THE SOLUTION FOR "FEEDING THE WORLD" http://sco.lt/77BuML
Sustainable Pulse, November 12, 2013
▶ SPREAD OF GM CROPS ILLEGALLY OUT OF CONTROL IN MANY COUNTRIES. Testbiotech published the first global overview showing how genetically engineered plants (GM crops) such as maize, rice, cotton, oilseed rape, bentgrass and poplar trees are spreading uncontrollably. This is happening in regions and countries such as the USA and Canada, Middle America, Japan, China, Australia and Europe. In many cases, the plants have escaped far beyond the fields into the environment. In some regions, the transgenes have already moved into populations of wild relatives.... http://sustainablepulse.com/2013/11/12/spread-of-gm-crops-out-of-control-in-many-countries-breaking-news/#.UoLV-o3piRQ
======================== 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 May 14, 2013 Center for Food Safety ▶ BEST PUBLIC RELATIONS MONEY CAN BUY - A GUIDE TO FOOD INDUSTRY FRONT GROUPS http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/blog/2212/best-public-relations-money-can-buy--a-guide-to-food-industry-front-groups?utm_content=buffer70f8f
This in May 2009 !! - The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) -▶ THE TRUTH IS OUT ON GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS - AND IT'S NOT PRETTY http://foodmatters.tv/articles-1/the-truth-is-out-on-genetically-modified-foods-and-its-not-pretty ▶ HOW GMO FOODS AFFECT HEALTH - GENE ALTERED FOODS NOW LARGE PART OF AMERICAN DIET http://sco.lt/7oVxQH THE COUNTER RETALIATION U.S. GOVERNMENT AGGRESSIVELY BACKS & PROMOTES MONSANTO, BIOTECH THRUST FOR CONTROL OF GLOBAL GMO FOOD - WITH TRADE DEAL ARM-TWISTING http://sco.lt/5AJ1Pt ▶ WHY IS THERE SO LITTLE INDEPENDENT PEER REVIEW GMO RESEARCH? http://sco.lt/8mGIO9
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EcoWatch, March 14, 2014
▶ 'BIG FOOD' READY FOR COSTLY BATTLE AS STATES CONSIDER GMO LABELING BILLS ‘ http://ecowatch.com/2014/03/14/big-food-battle-states-gmo-labeling-bills/ RT News, February 24, 2014 ▶ FINALLY, SOME ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: GMO CROPS MAY CAUSE MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL (AND HUMAN HEALTH) RISKS, USDA ADMITS http://rt.com/usa/usda-gmo-risk-report-537/ -▶ MONSANTO'S TOXIC HERBICIDE, 'ROUNDUP', (GLYPHOSATE) HORMONE INHIBITOR IN OUR FOOD CHAIN http://sco.lt/7Ic9AH
THE ULTIMATE KILLING MACHINE:
New Charges Against Monsanto's "Pesticide" Roundup
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OUR GMO CORNFIELDS ARE TOO QUIET ALL LIFE CHEMICALLY EXTERMINATED - EXCEPT THE GENE-ALTERED CORN http://sco.lt/6przzF
--- WATCH --- A Must see VIDEO for all. GenetistDr. David Suzuki WHAT IS GENETIC ENGINEERING "WHAT ARE ROUNDUP READY & Bt PESTICIDE GMO CROPS?" http://sco.lt/5n6cuP ▶ A RACE TO SAVE THE APPLE AND ORANGE BY ALTERING ITS DNA: EUROPE BANS AMERICAN APPLES: Pesticides, Antibiotics on Your Fruit and Veggies http://sco.lt/6ljP1t INVESTIGATIVE REPORT: SOARING PESTICIDE USE AND POISONING LINKED TO GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROP PRODUCTION http://sco.lt/8iunRp
BEYOND PESTICIDES
PESTICIDE-INDUCED DISEASES DATA BASE -- CANCER
http://www.beyondpesticides.org/health/cancer.php
Guardian Environment, January 16, 2014 ▶ AMERICA'S GM (GMO) BACKLASH SHOULD GIVE BRITAIN FOOD FOR THOUGHT 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
CivilEats, January 14, 2014 ▶ GMOs: WHAT'S REALLY AT STAKE: Anna Lappe http://civileats.com/2014/01/14/grists-coverage-on-gmos-whats-really-at-stake/
▶ GMO IN CONSUMER PROCESSED AND RAW FOODS: TOP BREAKFAST CEREALS THAT CONTAIN MONSANTO'S GMO CORN http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-foods/breakfast-cereals-monsanto-gmo-corn/ BAN GMOs NOW A Special ISIS Report http://sco.lt/5CPilt PESTICIDE FACT SHEETS Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides http://www.pesticide.org/get-the-facts/pesticide-factsheets FRANCE24 , January 13, 2014
▶ U.S. 'SUPERWEEDS' EPIDEMIC SHINES SPOTLIGHT ON GMOs http://www.france24.com/en/20140113-us-superweeds-epidemic-shines-spotlight-gmos/
The Times of India, March 19, 2014 ▶ NATURE FIGHTS BACK: WORM EVOLVES TO EAT CORN THAT WAS GENETICALLY ENGINEERED TO KILL IT http://linkis.com/indiatimes.com/oVOCu Reuters, October 23, 2013 ▶ ANALYSIS: LACK OF CROP ROTATION SLOWLY TURNS ARGENTINE PAMPAS INTO SAND http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/23/us-argentina-soils-analysis-idUSBRE99M0G120131023 Green America, January 2, 2014
▶ VICTORY FOR CONSUMERS: GENERAL MILLS ANNOUNCES THAT ORIGINAL CHEERIOS ARE NOW NON-GMO http://www.greenamerica.org/about/newsroom/releases/2014-01-02-non-GMO-Cheerios.cfm ▶ “FATALLY FLAWED" FDA ASSESSMENT TO UNLEASH GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SALMON ONTO YOUR DINNER PLATE, NO REGULATIONS, NO OVERSIGHT, NO LABELING http://sco.lt/8ZDraz ▶ INTRODUCING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ANIMALS INTO OUR ENVIRONMENT AND BODIES http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2241145898/introducing-genetically-engineered-animals-into-our-environment-and-bodiesl ▶ THE FOOD FIGHT OF OUR LIVES = CROSSING PIGS AND BUTTERFLIES WITH WORMS -- NOT OKAY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1699396402/gmos-and-biotech-the-food-fight-of-our-lives-crossing-roses-with-pigs-and-butterflies-with-worms-not-to-mention-corn-with-a-virulent-bacteria ▶ PATENT FOR A PIG: Biotech Scientists Push to Patent, "improve" transgenic GMO 'Enviropigs' http://sco.lt/6nOLuz ▶ THE FOUR STEPS REQUIRED TO KEEP MONSANTO OUT OF YOUR GARDEN http://sco.lt/6iFQdl ▶ ARE GIANT AGRICULTURE FIRMS TRYING TO MONOPOLISE AND PATENT THE WORLD'S FOOD SUPPLY? http://sco.lt/8d5byj -▶ THE CORPORATE 'PHILANTHROCAPITALISTS' TAKEOVER OF AFRICAN AND GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY http://sco.lt/6CHP3R
▶ PROCESSED AND GMO FOODS MAKE UP 70 PERCENT OF THE US DIET- WITH ABOUT 5,000 DIFFERENT CHEMICAL ADDITIVES http://sco.lt/7FPtxZ ====================== SCIENCE ====================== ▶ WHY IS THERE SO LITTLE INDEPENDENT PEER REVIEWED GMO RESEARCH? http://sco.lt/8mGIO9
TruthOut, January 08, 2014 ▶ USDA MOVES TO APPROVE 'AGENT ORANGE' GMO SEEDS http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/21069-usda-moves-to-approve-agent-orange-gmo-seeds May 22, 2013 Natural New
-▶ OVER 800 WORLD SCIENTISTS AGREE: GM CROPS ARE NOTHING SHORT OF A BIO-WAR ON OUR FOOD http://www.naturalnews.com/040447_GMO_biowar_food.html -▶ BENBROOK STUDY ON GM CROP AND PESTICIDES http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2664441577/benbrook-study-on-gm-crops-and-pesticides - ▶ GMO EVIDENCE
GMO library based on Seralini research of Gilles-Eric Sealini in GMOs, glyphosate. http://gmoevidence.com/ June 5, 2013 Sustainable Pulse
-▶ MASSIVE DATABASE OF GMO EVIDENCE GIVES WORLDWIDE PICTURE OF HARM http://sustainablepulse.com/2013/06/07/massive-database-of-gmo-evidence-gives-worldwide-picture-of-harm/#.UbOyDeswOic SILENCING THE SCIENTIST TARGETED BY HERBICIDE FIRM SYNGENTA - "ALTRAZINE" http://sco.lt/8VIcAz Prevent Disease, March 7, 2013
- ▶ STUDY: SCIENTISTS OFFICIALLY LINK PROCESSED FOODS TO AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE http://preventdisease.com/news/13/030713_Scientists-Officially-Link-Processed-Foods-To-Autoimmune-Disease.shtm World Chaos News, June 17, 2013 ▶ HUMAN GENES ENGINEERED INTO EXPERIMENTAL GMO RICE BEING GROWN IN KANSAS The only known GMO with inbred human traits in cultivation today, a GM rice product made by biotechnology company Ventria Bioscience is currently being grown on 3,200 acres in Junction City, Kansas — and possibly elsewhere — and most people have no idea about it. Since about 2006, Ventria has been quietly cultivating rice that has been genetically modified (GM) with genes from the human liver for the purpose of taking the artificial proteins produced by this “Frankenrice” and using them in pharmaceuticals.
http://aworldchaos.wordpress.com/2013/06/17/human-genes-engineered-into-experimental-gmo-rice-being-grown-in-kansas/ Nation of Change, October 20, 2013 ▶ POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS GMO 'GOLDEN RICE' FED TO CHINESE CHILDREN AS GUINEA PIGS http://www.nationofchange.org/potentially-dangerous-gmo-golden-rice-fed-chinese-children-without-warning-1382281851 ▶ 30 YEARS OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PLANTS - 20 YEARS OF COMMERCIAL CULTIVATION IN THE U.S. - A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT http://sco.lt/5PYIM5 June 10, 2013 Phys Org
▶ BIOTECH GMO CROPS vs PESTS: SUCCESSES AND FAILURES FROM THE FIRST BILLION ACRES http://phys.org/news/2013-06-pests-resistant-gm-crops.html Collective-Evolution, January 09, 2014 ▶ CONFIRMED: DNA FROM GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS CAN BE TRANSFERRED INTO HUMANS WHO EAT THEM http://www.collective-evolution.com/2014/01/09/confirmed-dna-from-genetically-modified-crops-can-be-transfered-to-humans-who-eat-them-2/
▶ MONSANTO GMO TREES COULD DEVASTATE FOREST ECOSYSTEMS - LEAVING A BIOLOGICAL DESERT http://sco.lt/51ekyH ▶ THE NEXT GMO BIOTECH WAVE: EXTREME SYNTHETIC GENETICS: THE IMPLICATIONS. THE ETHICS http://sco.lt/6TyUmv ▶ 21st CENTURY PATENTING OF LIFE: BIOTECH IS RE-ENGINEERING, RE-PROGRAMMING AND PATENTING LIFE ITSELF. THE ETHICS AND LEGALITIES http://sco.lt/9Hu7Tl ▶ MANIPULATING THE SEEDS OF LIFE: SEED PATENTS AND CONTROL OF YOUR FOOD - THE GLOBAL CORPORATE MONOPOLY The Global Corporate Monopoly http://sco.lt/7yB3XF ▶ THE NEXT GMO BIOTECH WAVE: EXTREME SYNTHETIC GENETICS. THE IMPLICATIONS, THE ETHICS http://sco.lt/6JaFLF ========================== PESTICIDES AND INDUSTRIAL GMO AGRICULTURE ========================== October 3, 2012 ▶ HOW GMOs UNLEASHED A PESTICIDE GUSHER http://www.carighttoknow.org/gmos_unleashed_a_pesticide_gusher ▶ OUR GMO CORNFIELDS ARE TOO QUIET - ALL LIFE CHEMICALLY EXTERMINATED - EXCEPT THE GENE-ALTERED CORN http://sco.lt/6przzF The Ecologist, December 31, 2013 ▶ HARMFUL GMO WEEDKILLER IN YOUR BREAD AND CEREAL BARS http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2217533/harmful_weedkiller_in_your_bread_and_cereal_bars.html ▶ THE CHILD VICTIMS OF AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDE POISONING - PESTICIDE INDUSTRY DISMISSIVE http://sco.lt/8KO8GH ▶ THOUSANDS OF DYING FARMERS IN SRI LANKA: STUDIES LINKS KIDNEY DISEASE TO GMO AGROCHEMICALS http://sco.lt/6gKuMT WATCH: THE ULTIMATE KILLING MACHINE: NEW CHARGES AGAINST MONSANTO'S "PESTICIDE" ROUNDUP (NEEDED FOR GMO CROPS) http://sco.lt/5bdPhx Michael Pollan: "Don't miss this VIDEO, about the next wave of herbicide-tolerant crops from Monsanto-- will make Round-Up look benign" WATCH: ▶ DANGERS OF DICAMBA http://www.fixfood.org/features/276/dangers-of-dicamba ▶ MONSANTO'S INSECTICIDE "ROUNDUP" LINKED TO PARKINSON'S, INFERTILITY AND CANCERS http://sco.lt/4pt9tJ ▶ ARE YOU EATING 'PESTICIDE PLANTS'? THE CONNECTION BETWEEN GMO AND TOXIC PESTICIDES http://sco.lt/7QbnCz ▶ BEE-KILLING CHEMICALS LURK INSIDE YOUR FOOD: AGROCHEMICALS THREAT TO WILD BEES, FOOD SECURITY AND BIODIVERSITY http://sco.lt/8mGvg1 ▶ 37 MILLION BEES FOUND DEAD IN ONTARIO, CANADA AFTER PLANTING LARGE GMO CORN FIELD TREATED WITH NEONICOTINOID CLASS PESTICIDES http://seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-food/neonicotinoids-pesticides-colony-collapse-of-honeybees-suppressing-immune-system.php - ▶ TRACKING THE CAUSES OF MASSIVE MONARCH BUTTERFLY DECLINE: GMOs, PESTICIDES, HABITAT LOSS DUE TO MEGA MONOCROP FARMING http://sco.lt/8iXChl BATTLE FOR THE BEES Dying Bees Raise Alarm For Humans - Europe Bans Pesticide http://sco.lt/6e9Rdh - ▶ YOUR BODY IS A CORPORATE TEST TUBE: HOW YOU BECAME A GUINEA PIG FOR THE CHEMICAL AND BIOTECH FOOD CORPORATIONS http://sco.lt/5dp0wz WHY THE UPRISING? GLOBAL MARCHES AND GMO LABELING INITIATIVES http://sco.lt/86ioWP -▶ GMO FACTS: THE NON-GMO PROJECT http://www.nongmoproject.org/learn-more/ ======================== ▶ MONSANTO ENTERS PHARMACEUTICAL, MARJUANA BUSINESS, ACQUIRES KEY 'GENE SILENCING' TECHNOLOGY http://sco.lt/6N2Q2j
▶ OBAMA QUIETLY DE-REGULATES GMO/ GENETIC BIOTECH INDUSTRY : Fast-tracking approvals, waiving regulations ... http://sco.lt/5uCx8b ▶ THE GLOBAL CHEMICAL BIOTECH CARTEL: AN UNPRECEDENTED POWER OVER WORLD AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN HEALTH http://sco.lt/6NaAqn -▶ USA TO START 'TRADE WARS' WITH NATIONS OPPOSED TO MONSANTO, GMO CROPS http://sco.lt/6PzO9x ▶ THE POST-GMO ECONOMY - HOW MONSANTO IS TERRIFYING THE FARMING WORLD http://sco.lt/6wRNsv Al Jazeera January 23, 2013 ▶ MONSANTO Versus THE PEOPLE http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/01/201311071754973439.html WATCH The World According to Monsanto (FULL LENGTH) The Leader of the Biotech, Chemical, Ag Cartel http://sco.lt/4ukXE9 ▶ HOW YOU BECAME A GUINEA PIG FOR THE CHEMICAL AND BIOTECH CORPORATIONS http://sco.lt/76tCpl WAKE UP AND SMELL THE GMOs - A MOTHER'S VOICE http://sco.lt/9Dv6VF WATCH SEEDING DEEP DEMOCRACY Vandana Shiva http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1054461972/seeding-deep-democracy-vandana-shiva
▶ ARE YOU EATING CLONES PIG? CHINA ENTERS USA FOOD MARKET, UNLABELED, UNREGULATED http://sco.lt/9IkFmr ▶ U.S. PORK PRODUCERS CALL FOR MORE HUMANE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS AFTER DECADES OF ABUSE AND PROTESTS http://sco.lt/6jKf2H ▶ ANIMALS RAISED IN CORPORATE CONCENTRATION PENS: DRUGS, GMO FEED AND 'AG-GAG' LAW TO IMPACT BEYOND USA http://sco.lt/6jKf2H ▶ WHAT EVERY PARENT SHOULD KNOW ABOUT BLIND, FOOTLESS CHICKENS, FACTORY FARMS AND THE AG-GAG BILL http://sco.lt/71PvtJ OBESITY PLUS: ▶ AMERICANS 'ARE SICKER AND DIE YOUNGER' THAN PEOPLE IN OTHER WEALTHY NATIONS http://sco.lt/7k5Iu1
The Atlantic, September 25, 2013 -▶ WHY AGRICULTURE NEEDS MORE WOMEN http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/09/agriculture-needs-more-women/279987/ ▶ ERADICATING ECOCIDE: WHY BUSINESS LEADERS MUST STEP UP TO THE CHALLENGE http://sco.lt/56vkOH WHY THE UPRISING? Global Marches And GMO Labeling Initiatives http://sco.lt/86ioWP
CAN WE DOMESTICATE WILD FISH -- AND SHOULD WE?
WATCH
SALMON CONFIDENTIAL 1:09:14
2013 British Columbia Documentary
INDUSTRIAL SALMON FISH FARMS
DESTROYING NATURAL WILD SALMON POPULATION
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2AUHpuJzac
VIDEO REPORT DW.DE, Global 3000 April 11, 2013 ▶ THE PROBLEM WITH FARMED SALMON - AQUAFARMING IN CANADA Aquaculture-grown fish and seafood is becoming increasingly common. Worldwide, more fish than cattle are farmed. But the booming fish industry is causing environmental problems. Medications, pesticides and parasites are escaping from open-water farms and contaminating the ecosystem. .... http://www.dw.de/aquaculture-in-canada-the-problem-with-farmed-salmon/av-17200460
VIDEO Indiegogo
CANADA'S GMO SALMON GOES ON TRIAL http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/canada-s-gmo-salmon-goes-on-trial Summit Voice, March 11, 2014
▶ DO FARMED SALMON THREATEN WILD POPULATIONS? http://summitcountyvoice.com/2014/03/11/do-farmed-salmon-threaten-wild-populations/
Dr. David Suzuki, April 29, 2014
SALMON FARMS vs. WILD SALMON HAS ANYTHING CHANGED AFTER A DECADE OF CONTROVERSY? http://ecowatch.com/2014/04/29/salmon-farms-wild-salmon-controversy/ The Common Sense Canadian, April 17, 2014
▶ CANADA: HARPER GOVERNMENT GUTS FISH FARM REGULATIONS JEOPARDIZING THREATENED WILD SALMON POPULATION http://commonsensecanadian.ca/REPORTED_ELSEWHERE-detail/canadian-government-dumps-wild-salmon-population-new-fish-farming-regulations/
The Press Democrat, September 29, 2014
-▶ GOV. BROWN SIGNS BILL BANNING COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF GENETICALLY ALTERED SALMON IN CALIFORNIA http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/2901588-181/governor-signs-bill-banning-commercial The True Food Network -▶ OBAMA TO MOVE FORWARD ON GMO SALMON APPROVAL, REGARDLESS OF 400,000 SIGNATURES... http://truefoodnow.org/2012/12/21/obama-administration-snubs-risks-moves-forward-with-ge-salmon-approval/
The Guardian, October 29, 2014
-▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED SALMON COMPANY, AQUABOUNTY, FINED BY PANAMA http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/oct/29/panama-regulators-could-slow-us-approval-of-gm-salmon
▶ THE BUSINESS CASE FOR SEAFOOD TRACEABILITY - ECO LABELING http://sco.lt/5EgPZ3 ▶ GENE-SPLICED GMO SALMON, COMING SOON TO A PLATE NEAR YOU http://sco.lt/6z3E1J Fox New, March 11, 2014
▶ GMO SALMON MAY SOON HIT THE FOOD STORES, BUT WILL ANYONE BUY IT? http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2014/03/11/gmo-salmon-may-soon-hit-food-stores-but-will-anyone-buy-it/ VIDEO: TAMING THE BLUE FRONTIER - AQUACULTURE http://sco.lt/6rDjaT World Fishing & Aquaculture, January 14, 2014- ▶ NEW TEST FOR SALMON DNA TRACING FOR ESCAPED FARMED SALMON : Farmed salmon can now be more efficiently tested to trace where they have come from http://www.worldfishing.net/news101/industry-news/new-test-for-salmon-dna-tracing Treehugger, December 30, 2013
-▶ USA FRANKENFISH SWIMS PAST ANOTHER REGULATORY HURDLE http://www.treehugger.com/green-food/frankenfish-swims-past-another-regulatory-hurdle.html
VIDEO: "RUNNING THE GAUNTLET" Salmon, Dams, Energy and Ecocide http://sco.lt/7rqGyv
-▶THE END OF THE LINE - THE FUTURE OF FISH http://sco.lt/6iHUW1 ▶ “FATALLY FLAWED" FDA ASSESSMENT TO UNLEASH GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SALMON ONTO YOUR DINNER PLATE, NO REGULATIONS, NO OVERSIGHT, NO LABELING http://sco.lt/8ZDraz ▶ IS GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SALMON SAFE AND ETHICAL? CORPORATIONS 'CREATING AND OWNING/ LIFE http://sco.lt/8UFZVx Organic Authority, April 11, 2012
▶ FROM LAWN TO FISHING LINE: PESTICIDES POISONING WEST COAST SALMON http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/from-lawn-to-line-home-pesticides-poisoning-west-coast-salmon/
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THIS GRAND EXPERIMENT ON HUMANITY MUST STOP: Bill Gates Funds Risky, Untested, Unregulated GMO Bananas and Rice
DON'T BE MISLED BY THIS HYPERBOL...IT'S ALL ABOUT MONEY AND CONTROL OF OUR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE THROUGH SEED PATENTS AND LASHINGS UPON LASHINGS OF PESTICIDES REQUIRED FOR GMO CROPS. IT'S A TRILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS. UNTESTED, UNREGULATED, UNLABELED. THIS GRAND EXPERIMENT ON NATURE AND HUMAN HEALTH MUST STOP!
The Independent, March 22,2015
GMO BANANAS: THE GM CROPS DEBATE MOVES TO AFRICA --AND IT'S JUST AS NOISY http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/the-gm-crops-debate-moves-to-africa--and-its-just-as-noisy-10126512.html#
Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa, December 10, 2014
-▶ U.S. HUMAN TRIALS OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED BANANA FOR AFRICA WIDELY CONDEMNED http://afsafrica.org/us-human-trials-of-gm-banana-for-africa-widely-condemned/
SPECIAL ISSUE: PAMBAZUKA NEWS GMOs, FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AND AFRICA http://www.pambazuka.org/en/
December 09, 2014
-▶ OPEN LETTER OPPOSING HUMAN FEEDING TRIALS INVOLVING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED BANANA http://afsafrica.org/afsa-open-letter-opposing-human-feeding-trials-involving-gm-banana/
Institute of Science In Society, December 10, 2014
▶ MARKED DETERIORATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH PARALLELS INCREASE IN GM CROPS AND GLYPHOSATE USE, US GOVERNMENT DATA SHOWS http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Deterioration_of_Public_Health.php
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/
The Institute of Science in Society, May 29, 2013 -▶ 800 SCIENTISTS DEMAND GLOBAL GMO "EXPERIMENT" END http://wewillblowyourmind.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/800-scientists-demand-global-gmo.html?m=1
-▶ DID YOU KNOW? GENE ALTERED FOODS NOW LARGE PART OF AMERICAN DIET - AS AMERICANS GET SICKER AND SICKER http://sco.lt/7oVxQH
VIDEO (5:45) GENETICIST, DAVID SUZUKI SAYS HUMANS ARE PART OF A MASSIVE EXPERIMENT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mBF1OOPdTo#t=90
May 8, 2013 Seeds of Freedom ▶ INDIA: NAVDANYA LAUNCHES "NO" TO GMO BANANA CAMPAIGN http://www.seedsoffreedom.info/navdanya-launches-no-to-gmo-banana-campaign/ Sustainable Pulse, May 2, 2013 ▶ CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED TO STOP BILL GATES' FUNDED GMO BANANAS http://sustainablepulse.com/2013/05/02/campaign-launched-to-stop-bill-gates-funded-gmo-bananas/#.UYYwQoLyeic
Philanthropy News Digest, October 28, 2014
-▶ GATES FOUNDATION AWARDS ITSELF $13.8 MILLION TO BOOST GENETICALLY RE-ENGINEERED BANANA PRODUCTION http://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/gates-foundation-awards-13.8-million-to-boost-banana-production
The Ecologist, November 24, 2014
-▶ WHY IS BILL GATES BACKING RED BANANA 'BIOPIRACY'? http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2648196/why_is_bill_gates_backing_gmo_red_banana_biopiracy.html
CNet, June 16, 2014 ▶ BILL GATES-FUNDED SUPER BANANAS READY FOR HUMAN TESTING IN USA. A Six week trial is farcical when people eat these every day of their life. http://www.cnet.com/news/super-bananas-to-start-human-trials-in-us/
Humanosphere, October 13, 2014
▶ CRITICS SAY GATES FOUNDATION' AGRICULTURE PROGRAM WON'T HELP POOR FARMERS http://www.humanosphere.org/social-business/2014/10/critics-say-gates-foundations-agriculture-program-wont-help-poor-farmers/
GRAIN, November 04, 2014
-▶ HOW DOES THE GATES FOUNDATION SPEND IT MONEY TO "FEED THE WORLD" http://www.grain.org/article/entries/5064-how-does-the-gates-foundation-spend-its-money-to-feed-the-world
Food Democracy Now, September 05, 2015
-▶ BILL GATES FOUNDATION GIVES MILLIONS TO TOP UNIVERSITY TO ADD A "STRONGER VOICE" TO PRO-GMO DEBATE http://www.fooddemocracynow.org/blog/2014/sep/5
Radio Australia News, April 01, 2012 OH, THE HYPE ▶ BANANAS TO HELP PREGNANT WOMEN IN INDIA? Genetically Modified Bananas from the Australian state of Queensland could soon be "helping" to save the lives of pregnant mothers in India. http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/asia/2012-03-09/423310
Yahoo 7 News, June 15, 2014
▶ UNPROVEN PR HYPE: ALL FOR A BUCK GENETICALLY MODIFIED QUEENSLAND BANANAS TO "JOIN FIGHT AGAINST CATASTROPHIC RESULTS OF VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY IN AFRICA" https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/24239016/genetically-modified-queensland-bananas-to-join-fight-against-catastrophic-results-of-vitamin-a-deficiency-in-africa/
Global Research, June 21, 2014
▶ “SUPER BANANAS FOR BROWN PEOPLE" - MONSANTO, SYNGENTA, BAYER: BIG AGRI PEDDLES "GMO GRUEL" TO THE IMPOVERISHED http://www.globalresearch.ca/monsanto-syngenta-bayer-big-agri-peddles-gmo-gruel-to-the-impoverished/5387960
▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS NOT THE SOLUTION FOR "FEEDING THE WORLD" http://sco.lt/77BuML
====================== GM GOLDEN "FORTIFIED" RICE AND VITAMIN A OVERDOSE http://sco.lt/88C1AX
====================== EarthTechling, August 21, 2014
▶ IS OVER-FORTIFIED FOOD DANGEROUS TO OUR HEALTH http://earthtechling.com/2014/08/dear-earthtalk-is-over-fortified-food-dangerous-to-our-health
Digital Journal, June 24, 2014
▶ STUDY: FORTIFIED CEREAL MAY ENDANGER KIDS WITH MEGADOSES http://www.digitaljournal.com/life/food/study-fortified-cereal-may-endanger-kids-with-megadoses/article/387594
-▶ GROWING MEDICINES, ARTIFICIAL VITAMINS IN GMO PLANTS REQUIRES NEW, STRICT REGULATIONS AND OVERSIGHT - PATENTING PLANTS http://sco.lt/5H7cZt
▶ MONSANTO ENTERS PHARMACEUTICAL BUSINESS, ACQUIRES KEY 'GENE SILENCING' TECHNOLOGY http://sco.lt/8Qwjw1
Natural News, July 19, 2011
-▶ COMING SOON: GMO VACCINES CONTAINED IN OUR FOOD http://www.naturalnews.com/033047_GMOs_vaccines.html Natural New, May 05, 2012
▶ BILL GATES AND GAVI WANTS TO IMMUNIZE EVERY KID ON EARTH - http://www.naturalnews.com/035777_GAVI_immunization_children.html
AlterNet, April 09, 2014
▶ THE MAJOR PROBLEM WITH GMO SEEDS ENGINEERED TO SOLVE 3RD WORLD VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES http://www.alternet.org/food/golden-rice-and-monoculture-gmo-seeds-wont-solve-world-hunger
July 23, 2013 Wake Up World -▶ THE MAJORITY OF SUPPLEMENTS ARE NOW LACED WITH GMOs http://wakeup-world.com/2013/07/23/the-majority-of-supplements-are-now-laced-with-gmos/
====================== VITAMIN A OVERDOSE ====================== Many of the "vitamin" fortified GMO crops are the only source of food in impoverished nation and/or the multiple crops being fortified mean each meal they are getting yet another dose of a vitamin whether they need it or not risking serious health symptoms from overdose. "Recent tests have revealed that a substantial amount of vitamin A can be obtained by eating only 60g of cooked golden rice. " What is not being addressed is the issue of Vitamin A overdose and poisoning. ▶ VITAMIN A OVERDOSE, VITAMIN A TOXITY, TOO MUCH VITAMIN A http://www.antioxidantsdetective.com/vitamin-a-overdose.html ▶ VITAMIN A OVERDOSE SYMPTOMS, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENTS AND CAUSES - http://www.rightdiagnosis.com/v/vitamin_a_overdose/intro.htm Livestrong.com ▶ SIGNS OF A VITAMIN A OVERDOSE http://www.livestrong.com/article/345535-signs-of-a-vitamin-a-overdose/
May 21, 2013 Harvest Plus ▶ MORE VITAMIN A POSSIBLE FROM GMO CASSAVA Says New Study http://www.harvestplus.org/content/more-vitamin-possible-cassava-says-new-study
NO REGULATION, NO OVERSIGHT, NO LABELING We need to proceed with great caution about gene-altered "fortified" food that has no boundaries or dosage warnings and no regulation or labels. Whether your body needs the "fortification" it or not, it will enter your digestive system risking Vitamin A overdose, reactions, allergies and deaths. More dangerous is that potential spread of these gene-altered crops into traditional bananas without us knowing it, impacting surrounding biodiversity, wildlife and pollinators.
- ▶ OUR GMO CORNFIELDS ARE TOO QUIET: ALL LIFE CHEMICALLY EXTERMINATED EXCEPT THE TOXIC BT CORN http://sco.lt/9Lh4iX
======================= BAN GMOs NOW - SPECIAL REPORT Institute of Science in Society @ISISscience =======================
-▶ A RACE TO SAVE THE APPLE AND ORANGE BY ALTERING IT'S DNA http://sco.lt/5mZ6H3 June 21, 2013 Global Research -▶ GENETICALLY-MODIFIED Bt EGGPLANT FOUND TO BE UNSAFE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION, ENVIRONMENT http://www.globalresearch.ca/genetically-modified-eggplant-found-to-be-unsafe-for-human-consumption-environment/5339915
Motley Fool, March 05, 2014 -▶ GMOs AND ECOCIDE: RENOWNED EXPERT SAYS GMOs POSE MORE RISK THAN WE THINK. Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have the ability to cause "an irreversible termination of life at some scale, which could be the planet." says Nassim Taleb, distinguished professor of risk engineering at New York University http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/03/05/renowned-expert-gmos-pose-more-risk-than-we-think.aspx
Huffington Post Green, June 17, 2014
-▶ CHINA'S REJECTION OF GMO CORN HAS COST U.S. UP TO $2.9 BILLION http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/17/gmo-corn-china_n_5162921.html
-▶ WHY ARE COUNTRIES BANNING GMO GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS, ANIMALS AND FOOD? http://sco.lt/7l7AVV
May 17, 2013 Natural News ▶ YOU EAT THIS POISON: SYSTEMIC PESTICIDES ARE PENETRATING DEEP INTO PLANT TISSUES, DESTROYING BEETLES, TREES, BEES AND HUMAN HORMONES http://www.naturalnews.com/040377_systemic_pesticides_bee_populations_hormones.html
-▶ U.S. GOVERNMENT AGGRESSIVELY BACKS AND PROMOTES MONSANTO'S THRUST FOR WORLD DOMINANCE OF GMO GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLY http://sco.lt/8RhvPt
August 12, 2013 Telegraph -▶ PRINCE CHARLES WARNS GM CROPS RISK CAUSING THE BIGGEST-EVER ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/3349308/Prince-Charles-warns-GM-crops-risk-causing-the-biggest-ever-environmental-disaster.html
--- WATCH --- A Must see VIDEO for all. Genetist Dr. David Suzuki WHAT IS GENETIC ENGINEERING "WHAT ARE ROUNDUP READY & Bt PESTICIDE GMO CROPS?" http://sco.lt/5n6cuP
=========================== WHY SO LITTLE GMO SAFETY RESEARCH? =========================== -▶ CORPORATE-SPONSORED RESEARCH: ARE UNIVERSITIES RESTRICTING SCIENTISTS' STUDY OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED SEEDS? http://sco.lt/6OJrVJ -▶ DO SEED COMPANIES CONTROL GM CROP RESEARCH? - Scientific American http://sco.lt/7XugID April 3, 2013 - IFEX
-▶ HOW THE BIOTECH INDUSTRY IS GAGGING THE SCIENCE AROUND GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD http://www.ifex.org/international/2013/04/04/seeds_of_dissent/ The Institute of Science in Society, May 29, 2013 -▶ 800 SCIENTISTS DEMAND GLOBAL GMO "EXPERIMENT" END http://wewillblowyourmind.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/800-scientists-demand-global-gmo.html?m=1 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/
August, 9, 2013 Ecowatch -▶ MONSANTO'S #GMO 'AGENT ORANGE' CROPS PLANTED IN NORTH DAKOTA BEFORE APPROVAL http://ecowatch.com/2013/monsanto-gmo-agent-orange-crops-north-dakota/
WATCH 59:94
Vandana Shiva
THE FUTURE OF FOOD AND SEED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYwOTLopWIw
-▶ THE GMO SEED CARTEL - HOW BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANIES MONOPOLIZE GLOBAL SEED MARKETS http://sco.lt/6HigjJ
- ▶ DO WE NEED A GENETIC BILL OF RIGHTS? http://sco.lt/6jmb1l
============= BANANAS ============
EDUCATE YOURSELF !! WE DO NOT NEED GENETICALLY ENGINEERED BANANAS - IT'S PURE HYPE, REQUIRING LASHINGS OF PESTICIDES FOR CORPORATE COFFERS AND PATENTING OF SEEDS
Guardian Environment, Sepember 19, 2013
▶ THE PLAGUE OF MONOCROPS: WHY BANANAS ARE GIVING CAIMANS BAD BLOOD, EXPOSING IMPACT OF HEAVILY PESTICIDE SPRAYED PLANTATIONS http://www.theguardian.com/environment/world-on-a-plate/2013/sep/19/bananas-pesticides-spectacled-caiman-costa-rica
▶ WARNING! BANANAS SOLD IN USA ARE GENETICALLY MODIFIED - UNLABELED, UNTESTED, UNREGULATED http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/2014/06/warning-bananas-sold-in-usa-are-genetically-modified/ WATCH
INVESTIGATION: AL JAZEERA ENGLISH
GMO BANANAS & PESTICIDES: HEAD TO HEAD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgDUftcYA84&list=PLarcyiuyaj1D4MTxuM31Uvwk40HV7oIPV&index=31
Working In These Times, August 15, 2012
▶ FILIPINO BANANA WORKERS FRUSTRATED IN BATTLE OVER DOLE'S PESTICIDES http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/13680
WATCH
BANANAS! Trailer
In the suspenseful documentary BANANAS!*, filmmaker Fredrik Gertten sheds new light on the global politics of food, tackling Dole Food in a ground-breaking legal battle for their use of a banned pesticide on GMO Banana crops, that was known by the company to cause sterility.
http://www.bananasthemovie.com/
WATCH 54:03 BIG BOYS GONE BANANAS : DOLE'S CORPORATE GREED AND INTIMIDATION TACTICS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RlNopfAV-o WATCH : 48:20
THE MIRACLE OF GROWING THE NATURAL "BANANA" WITHOUT LASHINGS OF PESTICIDES OR GENETIC MANIPULATION https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gya6yu3zKuo
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GATES AND AFRICA: A TROJAN HORSE FOR GMO BIOTECH CARTEL IN SUB-SAHARA AFRICA http://sco.lt/5ZNnsX
▶ BILL GATES, MONSANTO, AND EUGENICS: HOW ONE OF THE WORLD'S WEALTHIEST MEN IS ACTIVELY PROMOTING A CORPORATE TAKEOVER OF GLOBAL AGRICULTURE http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1349882762/bill-gates-monsanto-and-eugenics-how-one-of-the-world-s-wealthiest-men-is-actively-promoting-a-corporate-takeover-of-global-agriculture
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FOOD AID FOR THE 21st CENTURY: MEETING THE OBJECTIVE...OR FEEDING THE CORPORATE COFFERS? http://sco.lt/6jtrlJ
AFRICA - SOLD: OBAMA PUTS G8, BIG 6 BIOTECH CHEMICAL GMO GIANTS IN CHARGE OF "ENDING HUNGER" IN AFRICA http://sco.lt/7ENN8D HOW NOT TO "FEED THE WORLD" http://sco.lt/6fKNnN
========================= ▶ THE CORPORATE 'PHILANTHROCAPITALISTS' TAKEOVER OF AFRICAN AND GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY http://sco.lt/6CHP3R
=========================== WATCH; POISONING PARADISE: ISLANDS AT RISK The Genetic Engineering War in Hawai'i http://sco.lt/8hNxzd AN ISSUE OF ETHICS: THERE ARE NO LAWS OR ANY ONE AGENCY GOVERNING THESE EXPERIMENTS WITH OUR LIVES. MANIPULATING OUR FOOD WITHOUT INDEPENDENT PEER REVIEWED HEALTH STUDIES FOR IMPACT ON BOTH HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH IS A SERIOUS MORAL ISSUE AND HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE. NO LABELS, NO REGULATIONS, NO OVERSIGHT - ▶ BIOTECH IS RE-ENGINEERING, RE-PROGRAMMING AND PATENTING LIFE ITSELF: THE ETHICS AND LEGALITIES http://sco.lt/5GPxwX
▶ ETC Group GENE GIANTS STOCKPILE PATENTS ON "CLIMATE-READY" CROPS IN BID TO BECOME BIOMASSTERS http://www.etcgroup.org/content/gene-giants-stockpile-patents-%E2%80%9Cclimate-ready%E2%80%9D-crops-bid-become-biomassters-0
22 Feb 2013 - Wake Up World
▶ HUMAN AND SYNTHETIC HORMONES NOW CONTAMINATE FRESH PRODUCE http://wakeup-world.com/2013/02/22/human-and-synthetic-hormones-now-contaminate-fresh-produce/
April 15, 2013 PBS NEWSHOUR VIDEO:
▶ U.S. SUPREME COURT TACKLES CASE OF PATENT LAW, HUMAN GENETICS http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/jan-june13/scotus_04-15.html -▶ GMOs AND BIOTECH: THE FOOD FIGHT OF OUR LIVES: CROSSING ROSES WITH PIG AND BUTTERFLIES WITH WORMS -- NOT OKAY http://sco.lt/4olIPJ -▶ WHY GENETIC MODIFICATION OF CROPS AND LIVESTOCK IS INHERENTLY UNCONTROLLABLE AND HAZARDOUS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3075683244/why-genetic-modification-of-crops-and-livestock-is-inherently-uncontrollable-and-hazardous VIDEO THE FUTURE OF FOOD - PART 2 Vandana Shiva http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/951852556/the-future-of-food-part-2-vandana-shiva ▶ HOW BIOTECH CORPORATIONS AND GMO CROPS ARE THREATENING THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMANKIND ALIKE http://sco.lt/7OmezB -▶ CORPORATE HIJACKING OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE: GENETIC ENGINEERING AND THE GMO INDUSTRY http://sco.lt/73IdQ9 -▶ GENE GIANTS SEEK "PHILANTHROGOPOLY" - 6 MULTINATIONAL GENE GIANTS CONTROL THE DIRECTION OF OUR LIVES http://sco.lt/6h3lzt -▶ ARE YOU EATING PESTICIDE PLANTS? THE CONNECTION BETWEEN GMO AND TOXIC PESTICIDES http://sco.lt/9JFS65 ---- WATCH --- THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MONSANTO (FULL LENGTH) The Leader of the Biotech Cartel http://sco.lt/7CoHSb
April 12, 2013 DotEarth New York Times -▶ WILL SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY BENEFIT OR THREATEN WILD THINGS? Biologists and biological engineers meet to explore the impacts, for better and worse, of synthetic life on wild life....an emerging force that will, in ways both direct and indirect, shape the face of what we used to call “nature” or “wildlife.”... http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/12/will-synthetic-biology-benefit-or-threaten-wild-things/?smid=tw-dotearth&seid=auto SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY - A PRIMER - ETC Group
http://www.etcgroup.org/issues/synthetic-biology Al Jazeera America, November 9, 2013
-▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED MOSQUITOES SETS OFF UPROAR IN FLORIDA KEYS http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/11/9/genetically-modifiedmosquitoessetoffuproarinfloridakeys.html One Green Planet, September 27, 2013
-▶ WILDLIFE: THE NEXT BIG THING IN GENETIC MODIFICATION? http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/can-genetic-modification-save-endangered-species/ TWN Biotechnology & Bioafety Series
-▶ BUZZ OR BUST FOR GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PATENTED INSECTS http://www.twn.my/title2/biosafety/bio16.htm New York Times, January 27, 2014 - ▶ GENETIC WEAPON AGAINST INSECTS RAISES HOPE AND FEAR IN FARMING http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/business/energy-environment/genetic-weapon-against-insects-raises-hope-and-fear-in-farming.html =========================
CONTAMINATION DANGER: GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INSECTS MASS RELEASE INTO ENVIRONMENT WITH UNKNOWN DANGERS http://sco.lt/5zGb2H
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Inter Press Service, October 09, 2014
SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY COULD OPEN A WHOLE NEW CAN OF WORMS. While biotechnology has been portrayed as a panacea for climate change and other societal ills, critics say these claims are largely unproven. “We are recommending a moratorium on the environmental release and the commercial use of synthetic biology, specifically because of the lack of international regulations and virtual lack of environmental and safety assessments anywhere in the world..." http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/10/synthetic-biology-could-open-a-whole-new-can-of-worms/Biosafety Information Centre, October 09, 2014
-▶ SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY COULD OPEN A WHOLE NEW CAN OF WORMS http://www.biosafety-info.net/article.php?aid=1100 Responsible Innovation June 12, 2014
-▶ SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY: MISSING THE POINT http://jackstilgoe.wordpress.com/2014/06/12/letter-to-nature/ WATCH
France24 TV, October 02, 2013
SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY: CREATING LIFE FROM SCRATCH
A pioneering science is offering researchers the possibility to design and engineer new forms of life on a made-to-order basis.But critics are questioning whether mankind is prepared for the consequences of this unparalleled control over nature. http://www.france24.com/en/20130718-down-to-earth-dna-synthetic-biology-united-kingdom-science-biohackers-design-engineer-life/ -▶ WHY WE NEED INSECTS: EVEN PESKY ONES http://sco.lt/5m8LoX February 29, 2013 Smithsonian -▶ BIRDS NEED INSECTS TOO: COULD RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING WILD INSECTS TRIGGER A GLOBAL CROP CRISIS? http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2013/02/could-disappearing-wild-insects-trigger-a-global-crop-crisis/ Science NOW, October 7, 2013 -▶ CYBORG COCKROACH SPARKS ETHICS DEBATE http://news.sciencemag.org/brain-behavior/2013/10/cyborg-cockroach-sparks-ethics-debate Center for Food Safety, May 05, 2014
SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY: RE-BRANDING EXTREME GENETIC ENGINEERING : HOW TO PULL THE WOOL OVER CONSUMER'S EYES A group of synthetic biology companies and a representative from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) held a meeting called the SynBioBeta Cultured Food Forum about how to market foods and food additives to the consumer made from extreme forms of genetic engineering as “natural” and “sustainable.” Whenever you read or hear the term synthetic biology, remember that it is a euphemism for extreme genetic engineering... http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/blog/3126/synthetic-biology-rebranding-extreme-genetic-engineering#
VIDEO REPORT
RT America, May 22, 2014
-▶ SCIENTISTS WORKING ON 'DE-EXTINCTION' OF WOOLY MAMMOTH: SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY CREATING LIFE : JUST BECAUSE WE CAN, SHOULD WE? Discussion with Professor Ross MacPhee, a curator at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The Pros and Cons, The Dangers and Impacts on the planet, environment and health https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHFi6Bk1ihI -▶ UNDER SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY, LIFE WILL NOT BE A PRODUCT OF NATURE BUT OF A LAB AND IT WILL BE PATENTED AND PRIVATIZED http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2995205047/under-synthetic-biology-life-will-not-be-a-product-of-nature-but-of-a-lab-and-it-will-be-patented-and-privatized -▶ THE NEW BIOMASSTERS - MARKETING SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY AND THE NEXT ASSAULT ON BIODIVERSITY AND LIVELIHOODS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1849165755/the-new-biomassters-marketing-synthetic-biology-and-the-next-assault-on-biodiversity-and-livelihoods ======================
-▶ DO WE NEED A GENETIC BILL OF RIGHTS? http://sco.lt/6jmb1l France24 TV
-▶ PATENTING LIFE: WHERE DO THE LIMITS LIE? http://www.france24.com/en/20140517-beyond-business-patenting-life-biotechnology-intellectual-property-science-species-human-dna-gmo-gene-breast-cancer/ -▶ EXTREME SYNTHETIC GENETICS COMING TO YOUR FOOD AND COSMETICS: A GRAND EXPERIMENT ON HUMANITY -- THE IMPLICATIONS, THE ETHICS - NO TESTING, NO REGULATION, NO LABELING http://sco.lt/6fApV3 23 March, 2013 - Los Angeles Times -▶ GENETIC MODIFICATION STRAINS OLD FOOD AND DRUG LAWS - HOW A FISH BECOMES A DRUG AND CORN A PEST http://sco.lt/6vynBp -▶ RE-ENGINEERING, RE-PROGRAMMING AND PATENTING LIFE ITSELF - THE ETHICS, MORALS AND LEGALITY - http://sco.lt/6M35KD -▶ GMOs and BIOTECH: THE FOOD FIGHT OF OUR LIVES - CROSSING ROSES WITH PIGS AND BUTTERFLIES WITH WORMS http://sco.lt/4olIPJ Nature Journal, September 25, 2013
-▶ GENE TWEAKING FOR CONSERVATION? OR BILLION DOLLAR BONANZA FOR BIOTECH INDUSTRY PATENTING LIFE? Note: The issue is posed as climate change, when in fact the issue is habitat loss, pollution, poaching and creating imbalance within our natural ecosystems...all man-made. Artificially altering our wildlife and nature will not change these basic essential facts that all life depends upon to survive... and the question arises "Who Will Own These Gene-Altered Animal Patents?" The patenting of seed to control global food and agriculture has shown us that we should not rush into this believing the biotech industry has the well-being of the planet at heart. http://www.nature.com/news/ecology-gene-tweaking-for-conservation-1.13790 -▶ GROWING MEDICINES, ARTIFICIAL VITAMINS IN GMO PLANTS REQUIRES NEW, STRICT REGULATIONS AND OVERSIGHT - PATENTING PLANTS http://sco.lt/5H7cZt -▶ MONSANTO ENTERS PHARMACEUTICAL BUSINESS, ACQUIRES KEY 'GENE' SILENCING TECHNOLOGY : GMO MARIJUANA SEEDS http://sco.lt/6N2Q2j -▶ HOW BIOTECH CORPORATIONS AND GMO CROPS ARE THREATENING THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMANKIND ALIKE http://sco.lt/7OmezB WATCH A MUST SEE VIDEO DAVID SUZUKI "BIOTECHNOLOGY GENETICS IS OUT OF CONTROL" http://sco.lt/4lxOIj The Economic Times, November 25, 2013
-▶ AS OPPOSITION TO GM CROPS GROWS, COMPANIES ARE TURNING TO MUTANT BREEDING http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/as-opposition-to-gm-grows-companies-are-turning-to-mutant-breeding/articleshow/26334154.cms GMO FORESTS AND BIOLOGICAL DESERTS -▶ USA FORESTS BEING POISONED AND SUPPRESSED FOR A $13 BILLION GMO TREE ANNUAL BUSINESS (AND ON PUBLIC LANDS) http://sco.lt/52TLAf -▶ MONSANTO GMO TREES COULD DEVASTATE FOREST ECOSYSTEMS LEAVING BIOLOGICAL DESERTS http://sco.lt/52lFDN ====================== BIOTECH CHEMICAL INDUSTRY AND POLLINATOR ECOCIDE ====================== CBC News, June 04, 2014
-▶ MONARCH BUTTERFLY DECLINE LINKED TO SPREAD OF GMO CROPS AND THEIR PESTICIDES http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/monarch-butterfly-decline-linked-to-spread-of-gm-crops-1.2665131 -▶ MONARCH BUTTERFLY MIGRATION PLUNGE: THE PERFECT STORM == GMO CROPS AND PESTICIDES http://sco.lt/4kE3e5 July 3, 2013 Nature World News
-▶ GMO SEED COATED PESTICIDE ALTERING GENES IN HONEY BEES http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/2778/20130703/pesticide-altering-genes-honey-bees.htm April 8, 2013 Earth First -▶ PESTICIDES HAVE KILLED OFF SO MANY BEES, NOW ROBOTIC BEES TO POLLINATE CROPS http://earthfirstnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/robotic-bees-to-pollinate-monsanto-crops/ Seattle Organic Restaurants:
-▶ ----THE DEATH OF HONEYBEES HAS LED TO THE BIRTH OF ROBOTIC BEES AND COMPANIES WHO ARE IN BED WITH MONSANTO http://seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-food/deaths-of-honey-bees-robotic-bees-monsanto-owned-food-companies.php -▶ THE GLOBAL CHEMICAL BIOTECH CARTEL: AN UNPRECEDENTED POWER OVER WORLD AGRICULTURE, HUMAN HEALTH AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT http://sco.lt/9MtkYL -▶ WHAT'S IN YOUR GARDEN? PLANTS SOLD TO CONSUMERS AS 'BEE FRIENDLY' PRETREATED WITH DEADLY PESTICIDES http://sco.lt/8ouDvV BATTLE FOR THE BEES Dying Bees Raise Alarm For Humans - Europe Bans Pesticide http://sco.lt/8QOFgv -▶ PESTICIDE/INSECTICIDE REGULATION OVERHAUL NEEDED TO PROTECT WILDLIFE, ECOSYSTEMS AND FOOD CHAIN http://sco.lt/8NIKcT August 30, 2013 Sustainable Pulse: -▶ THE NEVER-ENDING TREADMILL OF MORE AND STRONGER PESTICIDE: -----BIOTECH INDUSTRY STARTS NEW ERA OF PESTICIDE-PROMOTING AGRICULTURE http://sustainablepulse.com/2013/08/30/biotech-industry-starts-new-era-of-pesticide-promoting-agriculture/#.UigyP7zc-RQ WATCH ROUND-UP: THE ULTIMATE KILLING MACHINE: GMOs. New Charges Against Monsanto's "Pesticide" Roundup http://sco.lt/63470L -▶ WE'VE ALREADY RAVAGED OUR ENVIRONMENT WITH GMO (GENE-ALTERED FOODS) http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides -▶ 30 YEARS OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PLANTS - 20 YEARS OF COMMERCIAL CULTIVATION IN THE U.S. - A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT http://sco.lt/5PYIM5 MONSANTO: A CORPORATE PROFILE From Saccharin to GE Seed - Chemicals for Food, Pesticides for Agriculture. War Against Natural Systems http://sco.lt/5TGVDl -▶ NEW 'MONSANTO PROTECTION ACT' GIVES IMMUNITY FROM FEDERAL LAW, MINIMUM REGULATION AND OVERSIGHT TO BIOTECH INDUSTRY http://sco.lt/5I0Oi9 -▶ OBAMA QUIETLY DE-REGULATES GMO/ GENETIC BIOTECH INDUSTRY : Fast-tracking approvals, waiving regulations ... http://sco.lt/5uCx8b -- WATCH -▶ MONSANTO FOOD WARS, GMO SEEDS AND ANIMALS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3997411054/watch-monsanto-food-wars-gmo-seeds-and-animals -▶ CONTEMPORARY MONOCULTURE AGRICULTURE IS BURNING UP OUR PLANET http://sco.lt/6xIJJx HOW SMART ARE PLANTS? THE INCREDIBLE PLANT "BRAIN" COMMUNICATION http://sco.lt/6uwPcP -▶ HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS: HOW BIODIVERSITY COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE http://sco.lt/7rCeWH -▶ KEEPING NATURE IN OUR FUTURE: HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS ESSENTIAL FOR ECONOMIC AND PLANETARY SURVIVAL http://sco.lt/5863W5 -▶ TREE HEALTH LINKED WITH HUMAN HEALTH - OUR INTERCONNECTED LIVES http://sco.lt/85WZ2v ERADICATING ECOCIDE WHY BUSINESS LEADERS MUST STEP UP TO THE CHALLENGE http://sco.lt/56vkOH VIDEO: THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MONSANTO (FULL LENGTH) The Leader of the Biotech Chemical Cartel http://sco.lt/7FFsXZ
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- ▶ IS MEAT FROM CLONED ANIMALS DANGEROUS? The EU is at sixes and sevens - the European Commission (pro corporate) is in favor of allowing the consumption of meat from cloned animals, the European Parliament has voted for a ban. What exactly is clone-meat? Here are the facts. http://www.dw.com/en/is-meat-from-cloned-animals-dangerous/a-18701771
BBC News, January 13, 2014
- ▶ CHINA CLONING PIGS ON AN 'INDUSTRIAL SCALE - CLONE UPON CLONE UPON CLONE -The scale of ambition is staggering. BGI is not only the world's largest centre for cloning pigs - it's also the world's largest centre for gene sequencing. In neighbouring buildings, there are rows of gene sequencers - machines the size of fridges operating 24 hours a day crunching through the codes for life. To illustrate the scale of this operation, Europe's largest gene sequencing centre is the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute near Cambridge. It has 30 machines. BGI has 156 and has even bought an American company that makes them. BGI's chief executive, Wang Jun, tells me how they need the technology to develop ever FASTER, CHEAPER ways of reading genes. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25576718
TechnicalCommunication - ▶ ARE YOU EATING CLONED MEAT? FDA APPROVES CLONED MEAT -- WITHOUT LABELING, REGULATION OR OVERSIGHT The FDA stated in 2008 that the food from cloned cattle, swine and goats was safe and it would not require labeling http://techcomm.wikidot.com/are-you-eating-cloned-meat
New York Times,
- ▶ RESEARCHERS FIND BIG RISK OF DEFECT IN CLONING ANIMALS http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/25/world/researchers-find-big-risk-of-defect-in-cloning-animals.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
- ▶ ANIMAL WELFARE: END ANIMAL CLONING http://www.endanimalcloning.org/animalwelfare.shtml
Farming UK, February 24, 2014 - ▶ CLONED ANIMALS ENTERING THE FOOD CHAIN - U.K. MEPs SAY NO http://www.farminguk.com/news/No-food-from-cloned-animals-MEPs-tell-Commission_27406.html
Huffington Post UK, December 4, 2013 - ▶ UK AGREES UK £45m PIG SEMEN EXPORT DEAL WITH CHINA http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/channel-search?q=UK+Agrees+%C2%A345m+Pig+Semen+Export+Deal+With+China&s_it=aoluk-huffpo-V1 "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: Repeated Cloning can create deformities and sickness from inbreeding. - ▶ 'ENVIROPIGS' : PATENT FOR A TRANSGENIC PIG http://sco.lt/7hrnF3 AlterNet, October 30, 2013
- ▶ RACTOPAMINE: THE MEAT ADDITIVE ON YOUR PLATE THAT'S BANNED ALMOST EVERYWHERE BUT AMERICA http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/ractopamine-meat-additive-your-plate-thats-banned-almost-everywhere-america
- ▶ 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
▶ INTRODUCING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ANIMALS INTO OUR ENVIRONMENT AND BODIES http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2241145898/introducing-genetically-engineered-animals-into-our-environment-and-bodiesl
▶ OUR 21ST CENTURY PATENTED LIFE - RE-ENGINEERING, PROGRAMMING AND PATENTING LIFE ITSELF -- IS BIOTECH OUT OF CONTROL? http://sco.lt/4thM6j ======================= CHINA =======================
- ▶ CHINA BUYS BIGGEST USA CAFO HOG FACTORY FARM "SMITHFIELD" AND CHINA'S RIVER OF DEAD PIGS - 17,000 OF THEM http://sco.lt/5XuHZp
- ▶ CHINESE ENTERS USA CHICKEN AND HOG FACTORY FARM MARKET -- UNLABELLED, UNREGULATED http://sco.lt/9HKT33
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June 6, 2013 Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
- ▶ INVESTIGATION: UNDERSTANDING SHUANGHUI'S ACQUISITION OF USA's BIGGEST PORK PRODUCER, SMITHFIELD http://www.iatp.org/blog/201306/%E2%80%9Ctwo-converging-rivers%E2%80%9D-understanding-shuanghui%E2%80%99s-acquisition-of-smithfield May 31, 2013 Food and Environment Reporting - ▶ BIG CHINESE PORK DEAL COMES AMID FRICTION OVER LIVESTOCK DRUG http://thefern.org/2013/05/big-pork-deal-comes-amid-friction-over-livestock-drug/
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, February 18, 2014
-▶ BRACING FOR IMPACTS AS CHINA ENTERS INDUSTRIAL MEAT COMPLEX. IATP is excited to announce the release of a series of new reports looking in-depth at China’s feed, pork, poultry and dairy sectors, the past and future trajectory of the industry, and global impacts of China’s efforts to balance grain self-sufficiency and the desire to provide cheap meat. China's transition to an industrial, resource-intensive model of livestock production could have major implications around the world, impacting farmers, public health and the environment. http://www.iatp.org/blog/201402/bracing-for-impacts-as-china-enters-industrial-meat-complex
Wired, February 21, 2014 ▶ FROM BIRD FLU TO BIG FARMS: THE RISE OF CHINA'S MEGA AGRICULTURE http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2014/02/iatp-china/
===================== USA FACTORY FARMS ===================== FARM-AGEDDON: No birds. No bees. Our countryside laid waste. And billions of animals that never see a blade of grass http://sco.lt/7ztQbB
WATCH: "A RIVER OF WASTE' The Massive Pollution and History of Factory Farms - CAFOs http://sco.lt/7YFU9J
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 - ▶ MORE, BIGGER, FASTER : WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FACTORY FARMING YOUR ANIMAL FOOD: Anti-Whistle-blower Ag-Gag Laws http://sco.lt/8usxzV - ▶ 4 WAYS THE TRANS-PACIFIC TRADE DEAL IS AWFUL FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND YOUR FOOD http://sco.lt/7JIOUz The Liberty Beacon, January 17, 2014
BIG AG'S BIG LIE: FACTORY FARMS, YOUR HEALTH AND THE NEW POLITICS OF ANTIBIOTICS http://www.thelibertybeacon.com/2014/01/17/big-ags-big-lie-factory-farms-your-health-and-the-new-politics-of-antibiotics/ - ▶ WHAT ARE YOU EATING? FOUR-FIFTHS OF ALL BIG PHARMA ANTIBIOTICS CONSUMED BY MEAT AND POULTRY INDUSTRY http://sco.lt/5qIZnN VIDEO: - ▶ THE DRUG STORE IN AMERICAN MEAT: CAFOs AND INDUSTRIAL FACTORY FARMING YOUR MEAT http://sco.lt/5pYaYr ▶ THE FOOD FIGHT OF OUR LIVES = CROSSING PIGS AND BUTTERFLIES WITH WORMS -- NOT OKAY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1699396402/gmos-and-biotech-the-food-fight-of-our-lives-crossing-roses-with-pigs-and-butterflies-with-worms-not-to-mention-corn-with-a-virulent-bacteria
-▶ UNDER SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY LIFE WILL NOT BE A PRODUCT OF NATURE BUT OF A LAB AND IT WILL BE PATENTED AND PRIVATIZED http://sco.lt/7pchOL KNOWN BIOTECH GENE ALTERING IN THE PIPELINE http://www.genet-info.org/information-services/genetically-engineered-animals/ge-salmon.html ----- NEW GM BABIES BORN A DECADE AGO http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-food/genetically-engineered-babies.php ------ PATENT FOR A PIG: SCIENTIST "IMPROVE' TRANSGENIC GMO "ENVIROPIGS" http://sco.lt/7hrnF3 ------ FIRST GM CAMELS TO BE ENGINEERED FOR DRUG PRODUCTION | @scoopit http://sco.lt/5L5VVB ------ GM COW BRINGS BIOTECH TO A NEW LEVEL OF CREEPY http://sco.lt/62KG6T ------ SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY AND THE RISE OF THE 'SPIDER-GOATS' http://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/jan/14/synthetic-biology-spider-goat-genetics?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2 ------ UNLEASHING GENETICALLY SALMON ONTO YOUR DINNER PLATE = NO REGULATIONS, NO OVERSIGHT - "FATALLY FLAWED" FDA ASSESSMENT http://sco.lt/8ZDraz ----- GROWING PHARMACEUTICALS IN GMO PLANT REQUIRES NEW, STRICT REGULATIONS AND OVERSIGHT - PATENT MONOPOLIES http://sco.lt/7KM4qv ------ BIO RE-ENGINEERING NATURE: PEACH GENOME AND POPLARS, WILLOW TREES FOR BIOFUELS (AND PATENTING) http://sco.lt/8WvNKb ------ GMO PATENTS MAY OWN OUR FORESTS: MONSANTO GMO TREES COULD DEVASTATE FOREST ECOYSTEMS http://sco.lt/5G9P0L ▶ “FATALLY FLAWED" FDA ASSESSMENT TO UNLEASH GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SALMON ONTO YOUR DINNER PLATE, NO REGULATIONS, NO OVERSIGHT, NO LABELING http://sco.lt/8ZDraz
- ▶ THE RAW TRUTH OF FACTORY FARMING http://www.raw.info/ #GMO - ▶ ANIMALS RAISED IN CORPORATE CONCENTRATION PENS - DRUGS, GMO FEED AND 'AG-GAG' LAWS TO IMPACT BEYOND USA http://sco.lt/6jKf2H
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 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/ 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 - ▶ MEATONOMICS: THE HUGE EXTERNALIZED COSTS THE ANIMAL FOOD SYSTEM IMPOSES ON TAXPAYERS, ANIMALS, THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH http://sco.lt/6b0Aj3
-- WATCH -- August 13, 2013 Reuters Exclusive:
LAME CATTLE STIRS NEW CONCERN OVER BEEF INDUSTRY GROWTH DRUGS http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/13/us-usa-cattle-jbs-drugs-idUSBRE97C02M20130813
Huffington Post Green, December 04, 2013
- ▶ HUMANS GROWING MORE CARNIVOROUS, GLOBAL FOOD STUDY SHOWS http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/03/humans-carnivorous_n_4377206.html
Environmental Working Group, September 13, 2013
▶ MAJOR CORPORATIONS TAKE KEY STEPS TO PUT CONSUMER HEALTH FIRST http://www.ewg.org/enviroblog/2013/09/major-corporations-placing-their-consumers-health-first - ▶ OBAMA'S NEW SECRETIVE GLOBAL TRADE PACTS WILL IMPACT US ALL. THREATENS SOVEREIGNTY AND PUBLIC OWNERSHIP http://sco.lt/8kBcEj - ▶ WALL STREET BANKS EYE AMERICAN FARMLAND, THREATEN FUTURE OF U.S. AGRICULTURE: DRIVING INDUSTRIAL FOOD SYSTEM http://sco.lt/6ZQ9OD
▶ CONTEMPORARY CORPORATE AGRICULTURE IS BURNING UP OUR PLANET http://sco.lt/6xupV3
================== GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD, UNREGULATED, UNLABELED ================== ▶ WHY ARE COUNTRIES BANNING GMO GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS AND ANIMALS? http://sco.lt/7l7AVV
WATCH: MONSANTO FOOD WARS: GMO SEEDS AND ANIMALS http://sco.lt/7VzazJ
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MEATONOMICS: Few consumers are aware of the economic forces behind the production of meat, fish, eggs, and dairy. Yet omnivore and herbivore alike, the forces of meatonomics affect us in many ways. http://www.alternet.org/books/public-getting-totally-ripped-price-meat-and-doesnt-know-it?akid=10871.237541.fpaZ-u&rd=1&src=newsletter890528&t=12 ▶ MEATONOMICS WEBSITE: http://meatonomics.com/the-book/
VIDEOS TreeHugger, January 39, 2015
▶ MEATONOMICS EXPLORES THE BIZARRE ECONOMIC FORCES THAT DRIVE MEAT & DAIRY PRODUCTION http://www.treehugger.com/green-food/meatonomics-bizarre-economic-forces-drive-meat-dairy-production.html
HIGH STEAKS http://sco.lt/5G3rBB
George Monbiot, December 16, 2014
- ▶ IF YOU MUST EAT MEAT, SAVE IT FOR CHRISTMAS : We are in perputual denial about our food : From chickens pumped with antibiotics to the environmental devastation caused by production, we need to realise we are not fed with happy farm animals http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/16/perpetual-denial-food-meat-production-environmental-devastation
-▶ 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
August 22, 2013 AlterNet
- ▶ THE PUBLIC IS GETTING TOTALLY RIPPED OFF ON THE PRICE OF MEAT, AND DOESN'T KNOW IT http://www.alternet.org/books/public-getting-totally-ripped-price-meat-and-doesnt-know-it FULL REPORT INDUSTRIALIZED MEAT
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
http://www.iatp.org/issue/industrialized-meat The Washington Monthly, January/February 2014 ▶ BIG BEEF IS TAXED FOR PRIVATE LOBBYISTS When you buy a Big Mac or a T-bone, a portion of the cost is a tax on beef, the proceeds from which the government hands over to a private trade group called the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. The NCBA in turn uses this public money to buy ads encouraging you to eat more beef, while also lobbying to derail animal rights and other agricultural reform activists, defeat meat labeling requirements, and defend the ongoing consolidation of the industry... http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/january_february_2014/features/big_beef048356.php Nation of Change, October 20, 2013 - ▶ MEAT SO CHEAP YOU COULD DIE FROM IT http://www.nationofchange.org/meat-so-cheap-you-could-die-1382275183 September 08, 2013 All Animal Rights - ▶ WHY CHEAP MEAT COSTS THE EARTH - THE MORAL COSTS
In the rich world, each of us consumes or uses 30 or more animals a year (the bulk – 52 of the 59 billion – are chickens). We don't, in the nutritional sense, need these animals to feed us – certainly not in those numbers. Yet, in order to eat them at an acceptable price we have to imprison them, alter them genetically and chemically, and kill them. We have moved inexorably into ever greyer ethical territory. Any planning for a food future that still envisages using animal products and meat must debate the "moral cost" http://allanimalrights.org/News-834-Why-cheap-meat-costs-the-Earth
The Humane Society of the United States, February 22, 2014
- ▶ VEAL CRATES, UNNECESSARY AND CRUEL. Hundreds of thousands of calves raised for veal are intensively confined in individual crates too narrow for them even to turn around. http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/confinement_farm/facts/veal.html The Dodo, March 11, 2014
- ▶ KENTUCKY BECOMES 8th STATE TO BAN INHUMANE VEAL CRATES https://www.thedodo.com/kentucky-becomes-8th-state-to--460569557.html Mother Jones, November 5, 2013
- ▶ OBAMA'S FIVE BIGGEST SELLOUTS TO THE MEAT INDUSTRY http://www.globalpossibilities.org/obamas-5-biggest-sellouts-to-the-meat-industry/ Grub Street, February 26, 2014
▶ CALIFORNIA SLAUGHTERHOUSE ALLEGEDLY SOLD MEAT FROM CANCER-STRICKEN DAIRY COWS http://www.grubstreet.com/2014/02/rancho-feeding-corporation-recall-cancer-eye-cows.html FastCoExist, June 03, 2014
▶ WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE THE REST OF THE WORLD HAD A DIET LIKE THE UNITED STATES? http://www.fastcoexist.com/3030951/visualized/what-would-happen-if-the-rest-of-the-world-had-a-diet-like-the-united-states - ▶ SO YOU WANT TO EAT MEAT? FEEDLOTS vs PASTURES http://sco.lt/78Q26r WATCH Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 28, 2013
CATTLE ABUSE VIDEO PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON WISCONSIN'S MEGA FARMS http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/cattle-abuse-video-puts-spotlight-on-wisconsins-mega-farms-b99167789z1-237839491.html - ▶ (CAFOs) 10 BILLION CONFINED FARM ANIMALS POSE ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS - THE AG GAG LAWS http://sco.lt/62Uh1d Guardian Sustainable Business, July 24, 2014
- ▶ IS SUSTAINABLE MEAT IS BETTER FOR CONSUMERS AND BUSINESS? http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/food-blog/poultry-scandal-food-retailers-sustainable-meat-consumer-business Grist, June 10, 2014
- ▶ A MEAT GIANT GOBBLES UP ANOTHER MEAT GIANT: GRAPHS There are problems with this kind of consolidation...“When all the power is so centralized in these behemoths, they end up writing their own rules in Congress and fighting the reforms to protect consumers and farmers”... When the Obama administration sought to reform the animal farming industry, many farmers, some visibly frightened, risked their livelihoods by speaking publicly about abuses. But industry squelched that attempt. Now, the industry lobbyists are working to reduce the number of inspectors in slaughterhouses, while speeding up the kill and processing lines. "But the chickens already move down the disassembly lines “obscenely fast, in my opinion,” http://grist.org/food/a-meat-giant-gobbles-up-another-meat-giant/
New York Times, March 07, 2014
▶ MEAT MAKES THE PLANET THIRSTY http://www.americasfarmers.com/2014/03/07/women-in-agriculture/ - ▶ FOUR-FIFTHS OF ALL BIG PHARMA ANTIBIOTICS CONSUMED BY MEAT AND POULTRY INDUSTRY http://sco.lt/5qIZnN Guardian Sustainable Living, March 14, 2014 ▶ THE ANIMAL WELFARE AND ANTITRUST ISSUES BEHIND AMERICA'S CHEAP MEAT http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/animal-welfare-america-cheap-meat-industry 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 The Ecologist, June 22, 2014 ▶ WE MUST RID THE AMERICAN WEST OF WELFARE RANCHING http://www.theecologist.org/campaigning/2395032/we_must_rid_the_american_west_of_welfare_ranching.html WATCH DOCUMENTARY
"MEAT THE TRUTH"
90 BILLION ANIMALS RAISED FOR FOOD PRODUCTION & CLIMATE CHANGE http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/meat-the-truth/ Alternet, December 10, 2013
- ▶ HOW BIG AGRIBUSINESS IS TRYING TO MUZZLE THE TRUTH BEHIND FACTORY FARMS http://www.alternet.org/big-agribusiness-trying-muzzle-animal-rights-activists-who-infiltrate-their-factory-farms?akid=11256.237541.4BAflB&rd=1&src=newsletter934989&t=5 July 10, 2013 Grist
- ▶ MEAT INDUSTRY DOESN'T WANT TO TELL YOU WHERE YOUR MEAT COMES FROM http://grist.org/news/meat-industry-doesnt-want-to-tell-you-where-your-meat-comes-from/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=socialflow VIDEO INVESTIGATION Eatocracy, May 02, 2014
▶ UNFIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION: HOW NEARLY 9 MILLION POUNDS OF BAD MEAT ESCAPED INTO THE FOOD SUPPLY http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2014/05/02/bad-meat-investigation/ Care2, May 21, 2014
▶ BILLIONS OF ANIMALS KILLED EVERY YEAR END UP IN THE TRASH http://www.care2.com/causes/billions-of-animals-killed-every-year-end-up-dumped-in-the-trash.html The New Yorker, November 23, 2013 - ▶ DO PEOPLE CARE WHERE THEIR MEAT COMES FROM? NEW LABELS ON MEAT http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/currency/2013/11/do-people-care-where-their-meat-comes-from.html WATCH Video Investigation - Frontline PBS
'MEET YOUR MEAT - MODERN MEAT"
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/modern-meat/ Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
INDUSTRIALIZED MEAT
http://www.iatp.org/issue/industrialized-meat BEEF'S RAW EDGES - A YEAR LONG INVESTIGATION Kansas City Star http://www.kansascity.com/beef/ - ▶ VANISHING MUSTANGS: ARE AMERICA'S WILD HORSES SHOWING UP ON YOUR PLATE? http://sco.lt/97dNDN - ▶ HORSE BURGERS SHOULD HAVE US ALL WEEPING IN THE AISLES http://sco.lt/8xBiAz --- WATCH --- IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT FACTORY FARMING MAKE IT POSSIBLE http://www.makeitpossible.com/ September 28, 2013 - Grist - ▶ HOW BIG AG LOBBYISTS USE FEDERAL DOLLARS TO PROTECT FACTORY FARMS http://grist.org/food/the-other-white-meat/ Seattle Organic Restaurants
-▶ THE SECRET TAKEOVER OF OUR FOOD SUPPLY BY A FEW GIANT AMERICAN CORPORATIONS AND CORPORATIONS LIKE TYSON ARE PIONEERS OF MEAT RACKET http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-food/takeover-of-our-food-by-giant-agribusinesses-Tyson-foods-meat-racket.php New York Time, February 19, 2014 -▶ IS THAT SAUSAGE WORTH THIS? TURNING PIGS INTO CANNIBALS http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/20/opinion/kristof-is-that-sausage-worth-this.html?_r=0 WATCH;
"DEATH ON A FACTORY FARM [HBO] (2009) 1:27:25 Directors Tom Simon and Sarah Teale (HBOs Dealing Dogs) tell the story of an animal rights investigator who goes undercover at hog farm in Ohio to explore a whistle blowers allegations. The evidence he gathers leads to a rare prosecution and trial for animal cruelty, and a verdict that surprises nearly everyone.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfiolWwzD94 -▶ ANIMALS RAISED IN CORPORATE CONCENTRATION PENS - DRUGS, GMO FEED AND 'AG-GAG' LAWS TO IMPACT BEYOND THE USA http://sco.lt/6jKf2H VIDEO
The Humane Society of the United States, February 20, 2014
UNDERCOVER AT IRON MAIDEN:
http://video.humanesociety.org/ Alternet, December 10, 2013
- ▶ HOW BIG AGRIBUSINESS IS TRYING TO MUZZLE THE TRUTH BEHIND FACTORY FARMS http://www.alternet.org/big-agribusiness-trying-muzzle-animal-rights-activists-who-infiltrate-their-factory-farms?akid=11256.237541.4BAflB&rd=1&src=newsletter934989&t=5 ========================== ▶ FARM-AGEDDON -▶ NO BIRDS. NO BEES. OUR COUNTRYSIDE LAID WASTE. AND BILLIONS OF ANIMALS THAT NEVER SEE A BLADE OF GRASS http://sco.lt/7ztQbB
========================== A Picture Says A Thousand Words FACTORY FARMING http://ow.ly/k2pgD BATTERY FACTORY FARMED HENS http://ow.ly/mCAJf FEEDLOT CATTLE http://ow.ly/mEGS1 FACTORY FARM PIG GESTATION CRATES http://ow.ly/m8yl3 OnEarth Magazine, December 12, 2013
- ▶ THEY'RE FEEDING WHAT TO COWS? http://www.onearth.org/articles/2013/12/you-wont-believe-the-crap-literally-that-factory-farms-feed-to-cattle Union of Concerned Scientists - ▶ THEY EAT WHAT? THE REALITY OF FEED AT ANIMAL FACTORIES | http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/our-failing-food-system/industrial-agriculture/they-eat-what-the-reality-of.html NationofChange, June 17, 2014
▶ FARMERS SEE BETTER ANIMAL HEALTH WITH NON-GMO FEED, BUT SCARED TO SAY SO http://www.nationofchange.org/farmers-see-better-animal-health-non-gmo-feed-scared-say-so-1403019863 ==================== ANTIBIOTICS IN YOUR MEAT ==================== Washington Post, January 27, 2014
-▶ FDA HAS ALLOWED ANTIBIOTICS IN ANIMAL FEED DESPITE RISK TO HUMAN HEALTH - REPORT http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/fda-allows-antibiotics-in-animal-feed-despite-potential-risk-to-human-health-report-claims/2014/01/27/63a73a88-869e-11e3-916e-e01534b1e132_story.html Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, January 9, 2014 - ▶ GERMANS SPEAKING OUT AGAINST INDUSTRIAL MEAT AND AGRICULTURE http://www.iatp.org/blog/201401/germans-speaking-out-against-industrial-meat-and-agriculture 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 Reuters, December 30, 2013
- ▶ SPECIAL REPORT:
LOST HOOVES, DEAD CATTLE BEFORE MERCK HALTED ZILMAX SALES http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/30/us-zilmax-merck-cattle-special-report-idUSBRE9BT0NV20131230 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 AlterNet, October 30, 2013 - ▶ RACTOPAMINE: THE MEAT ADDITIVE ON YOUR PLATE THAT'S BANNED ALMOST EVERYWHERE BUT AMERICA http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/ractopamine-meat-additive-your-plate-thats-banned-almost-everywhere-america WATTAgNet, April 08, 2014 ▶ GLOBAL ANIMAL FEEDLOT ADDITIVES MARKET TO REACH $20 BILLION BY 2020 http://www.wattagnet.com/Global_animal_feed_additives_market_to_reach_$20_billion_by_2020.html Environmental Working Group,
MEAT AND ANTIBIOTICS - INFOGRAPHIC
2013 Meat Eater Guide
http://www.ewg.org/meateatersguide/superbugs/ According to the report, which looked at ground turkey, chicken portions, pork chops and ground beef collected from supermarkets, more than half of the meat samples contained antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Specifically, bacteria was found in 81% of ground turkey, 69% of pork chops, 55% of ground beef and 39% of chicken breasts, wings and thighs. - See more at: http://www.emagazine.com/daily-news/superbugs-in-the-meat-supply/#sthash.pyMxpUas.dpuf EMagazine, April 23, 2013 SUPERBUGS IN THE MEAT SUPPLY http://www.emagazine.com/daily-news/superbugs-in-the-meat-supply/ WATCH THE DRUG STORE IN AMERICAN MEAT: CAFOs AND INDUSTRIAL FACTORY FARMING YOUR MEAT http://sco.lt/5pYaYr WATCH
▶ 80% OF ALL ANTI-BIOTICS ARE USED ON FACTORY FARM/FEED LOT ANIMALS http://www.fixfood.org/fix-antibiotics/ Treehugger, December 12, 2013 - ▶ FDA FINALLY APPROVES MEASURES THAT COULD LIMIT ANTIBIOTICS ON FACTORY FARMS http://www.treehugger.com/green-food/fda-finally-approves-measures-could-limit-use-antibiotics-factory-farms.html Cornucopia Institute, December 12, 2013
- ▶ FDA RESTRICTS ANTIBIOTICS USE FOR LIVESTOCK http://www.cornucopia.org/2013/12/fda-restricts-antibiotics-use-livestock/ - ▶ PHARMED FOOD - Antibiotics in Your Meat http://www.npr.org/templates/archives/archive.php?thingId=243035549 ======================= BAN ANIMAL LIVE EXPORTS http://sco.lt/5YsONF Truthout, December 21, 2013
- ▶ BILLS IN U.S. CONGRESS CRACK DOWN ON WHISTLEBLOWERS - NOW YOU WILL NEVER KNOW http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/20777-bills-in-congress-crackdown-on-whistleblowers - ▶ WELFARE RANCHING: TAKING STOCK OF PUBLIC LAND RANCHING http://publiclandsranching.org/htmlres/wr_taking_stock.htm
The Ecologist, June 22, 2014
▶ WE MUST RID THE AMERICAN WEST OF WELFARE RANCHING http://www.theecologist.org/campaigning/2395032/we_must_rid_the_american_west_of_welfare_ranching.html Forbes, November 05, 2013
▶ U.S. RANCHERS INSISTENCE ON CHEAP TAX-SUPPORTED GRAZING KEEPS WOLF POPULATION IN THE CROSSHAIRS http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesmcwilliams/2013/11/05/ranchers-insistence-on-cheap-grazing-keeps-wolf-population-in-the-crosshairs/ ================== AG GAG LAWS =================== - ▶ ANTI-WHISTLE BLOWER AG-GAG LAWS AIMED AT KEEPING YOU IN THE DARK ABOUT YOUR FACTORY FARMED FOOD - PIGS, CHICKENS, VEAL, DAIRY, TURKEY, DUCKS http://sco.lt/7aFBUv 6 April 2013 - New York Times
- ▶ VIDEO TAPING OF FARM CRUELTY IS NOW A CRIME http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/us/taping-of-farm-cruelty-is-becoming-the-crime.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 April 4, 2013 - Grist
- ▶ WHITE HOUSE GUTS THE NEW SAFETY RULES IN FAVOR OF CORPORATIONS http://grist.org/food/oh-rot-the-white-house-just-gutted-the-new-food-safety-rules/?utm_campaign=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter - ▶ EATING WITH OUR EYES CLOSED - LEGALIZING CORPORATE FARMING ANIMAL ABUSE AND PRACTICES http://sco.lt/8IZrqD Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, August 15, 2013 - ▶ BIG MEAT IMITATES BIG TOBACCO IN FIGHTING THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO KNOW http://www.iatp.org/blog/201308/big-meat-imitates-big-tobacco-in-fighting-the-public%E2%80%99s-right-to-know Al Jazeera America, February 28, 2014
- ▶ IDAHO GOVERNOR SIGNS AG GAG BILL INTO LAW: ABUSE WILL NOW GO UNEXPOSED http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/2/28/idaho-gov-signs-aggagbillintolaw.html
HuffPost Food For Thought, February 25, 2014
- ▶ IDAHO'S AG-GAG BILL IS A SHAMEFUL ATTEMPT TO HIDE ANIMAL CRUELTY ON FACTORY FARMS http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-runkle/idahos-aggag-bill-shamefu_b_4848923.html ========================= WHAT NEXT? OUR ANIMALS ARE NOT INANIMATE OBJECTS Grist, January 29, 2014
-▶ POOR COWS: HARVESTING METHANE FROM PUNCTURING COW'S STOMACHS, BUT SHOULD WE? Argentinian scientists are punching holes in the sides of cattle and passing pipes through to their stomachs. The other end of the pipe goes into a bag fitted on the cow’s back. The captured gas, which is basically the same natural gas that frackers and other drillers mine out of the ground, can be burned to produce energy. That releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere instead of the methane, which is a far more potent greenhouse gas. http://grist.org/news/we-can-harvest-methane-from-cow-guts-should-we/ Alternet, December 19, 2013
- ▶ 6 CRIMES AGAINST NATURE PERPETRATED BY THE FOOD INDUSTRY : THE HORRORS OF FACTORY FARMING ARE MULTI-FOLD http://www.alternet.org/food/6-crimes-against-nature-perpetrated-food-industry Mother Jones July/August Issue - ▶ YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT CORPORATE PORK PRODUCERS DO TO PREGNANT PIGS? http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/06/pregnant-sows-gestation-crates-abuse VIDEO February 1, 2012 - Tom Philpott - ▶ WHAT HAPPENS TO PIGLETS ON FACTORY FARMS? http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2012/01/piglets-factory-farm-video Forbes, October 30, 2013
- ▶ U.S. PORK WALLOWS IN DANGEROUS ANTIBIOTICS, POLLUTION, WELFARE VIOLATIONS http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesmcwilliams/2013/10/30/u-s-pork-wallows-in-dangerous-antibiotics-pollution-welfare-violations/ OpEd News, January 03, 2014 ▶ 5 WAYS THE USDA PUTS YOUR HEALTH AT RISK http://www.opednews.com/articles/5-Ways-the-USDA-Puts-Your-by-David-Simon-Corporations-Meat-Livestock_Health_Health_Health-Act-140103-573.html Mother Jones, December 18, 2013 - ▶ THE 5 BIGGEST MEAT STORIES OF 2013 http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2013/12/meat-stories-2013 Transition Network
▶ HOW DIFFERENT THE WORLD WOULD BE IF WE PAID THE TRUE COST OF FOOD AND FARMING? http://www.transitionnetwork.org/blogs/rob-hopkins/2013-12/how-different-would-world-be-if-we-paid-true-cost-food-and-farming Truthout, December 26, 2013
- ▶ REALIZATIONS FROM KILLING AND EATING AN ANIMAL WE RAISED OURSELVES http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/20859-realizations-from-killing-and-eating-an-animal-we-raised-ourselves ▶ CHINESE ENTER US FOOD MARKET : HOGS and CHICKENS -- UNLABELLED http://sco.lt/7MuubR ▶ CHINESE GANG ACCUSED OF INJECTING DIRTY POND WATER INTO MEAT http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/06/china-gang-accused-injecting-dirty-pond-water-lamb NPR, December 27, 2013
2013 WAS THE YEAR BILLS TO CRIMINALIZE ANIMAL CRUELTY VIDEOS http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/12/19/255549796/2013-was-the-year-every-new-ag-gag-bill-failed - ▶ MORE, BIGGER, FASTER - WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FACTORY FARMING YOUR ANIMAL FOOD: ANTI-WHISTLE-BLOWER AG-GAG LAWS http://sco.lt/8usxzV 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 ======================= Organic News USA - - ▶ Find out more about factory farming & the state of the food industry - This powerful film changed the way millions of Americans eat. Find out why -- WATCH -- "FOOD, INC" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkL2Q_kCRms ======================= DAIRY ====================== VIDEO INVESTIGATION: "DAIRY'S DARK SIDE" http://www.mercyforanimals.org/dairy/ INDUSTRIAL DAIRY FARM http://ow.ly/m3nKA OnEarth Magazine, December 12, 2013
- ▶ THEY'RE FEEDING WHAT TO COWS? http://www.onearth.org/articles/2013/12/you-wont-believe-the-crap-literally-that-factory-farms-feed-to-cattle Forbes, October 25, 2013
- ▶ MILK OF HUMAN KINDNESS DENIED TO DAIRY COWS http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesmcwilliams/2013/10/25/milk-of-human-kindness-denied-to-dairy-cows/ - ▶ SCIENCE GONE MAD - CHINA DEVELOPS 300 GENETICALLY MODIFIED DAIRY COWS FOR HUMAN BREAST MILK PRODUCTION http://sco.lt/6exO5p TakePart, November 02, 2012
- ▶ DAIRY INDUSTRY TRIES TO INFLATE PRICES BY SLAUGHTERING 500,000 COWS http://www.takepart.com/article/2012/11/01/dairy-industry-slapped-down-foul-play Mother Nature Network, September 18, 2013
- ▶ 20 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT COWS http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-cows Ian Somerhalder Foundation
- ▶ THE LIFE OF A DAIRY COW: FACTORY FARMING IN AMERICA, PART 5 http://www.isfoundation.com/campaign/creatures/factory-farming-america-part-5-life-dairy-cow ===================== POULTRY ==================== VIDEO - ▶ ***** FULL GROWN CHICKEN IN 49 DAYS - Growth Hormones For Rapid Growth, 'Efficiency' and Fast Profits http://sco.lt/5Za1o1
September 2, 2013 Mother Jones
- ▶ HAS THE WORLD REACHED PEAK CHICKEN? You won't believe how many chickens live on this planet. .. http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/08/peak-chicken NPR: February 19, 2014
- ▶ IS TYSON FOODS CHICKEN EMPIRE A MEAT RACKET? http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/02/19/276981085/is-tyson-foods-chicken-empire-a-meat-racket Organic Lifestyle Magazine, July 08, 2014
- ▶ FACTORY FARMED CHICKENS: THE HIDDEN COST OF CHEAP CHICKEN http://www.organiclifestylemagazine.com/factory-farmed-chickens-the-hidden-cost-of-cheap-chicken/
The Guardian, July 23, 2014
- ▶ INVESTIGATION: THE DIRTY SECRET OF UK's (AND US's) POULTRY INDUSTRY http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/23/-sp-revealed-dirty-secret-uk-poultry-industry-chicken-campylobacter Forbes, October 23, 2013
- ▶ SMALL, FREE-RANGE EGG PRODUCERS CAN'T ESCAPE PROBLEMS OF FACTORY FARMS http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesmcwilliams/2013/10/23/small-free-range-egg-producers-cant-escape-problems-of-factory-farms/ July 23, 2013 Cornucopia Institute
- ▶ FDA AND USDA COLLUDE TO ELIMINATE TRUE ORGANIC EGG PRODUCTION, FAVORING INDUSTRIAL FACTORY FARMS http://www.cornucopia.org/2013/07/fdausda-collude-to-eliminate-true-organic-egg-production/ VIDEO - ▶ SO YOU WANT TO EAT INDUSTRIAL FACTORY FARMED EGGS? - CALIFORNIA EGG FARM INVESTIGATION http://ow.ly/kXbz1
WATCH April 13, 2013 The Real News VIDEO REPORT - ▶ OBAMA BUDGET PLANS ON REPLACING USDA POULTRY INSPECTORS WITH INDUSTRY SELF REGULATION http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=10052
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A great guide to important articles about the GMO debate.