Tag: farms
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8/12 binge & purge: connection & escape
the codex, fluoride, auschwitz, monsanto connection* gm crop escapes into the american wild* are you ready to move to a farm?* the dark side of vitaminwater* food prices already starting to skyrocket*
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Renouncing Citizenship, Pentagon Softwar(e), Regulating Dust
Story #1: Americans Renounce Citizenship to Avoid IRS // Story #2: Pentagon is Losing the Softwar(e) // Story #3: EPA to Crack Down on Farm Dust
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EPA To Crack Down On Farm Dust
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is considering a crackdown on farm dust, so senators have signed a letter addressing their concerns on the possible regulations.
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Farming Surges In Massachusetts With New Crop Of Devotees
Midway through her first growing season, Rachael Potts, 31, pointed to long rows of thriving peppers, scallions, and Swiss chard. The tomatoes, however, have been “a challenge,’’ she admitted, adding “and the heat has had its way with my arugula.’’
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7/22 Binge & Purge: Short & Sour
Safer to eat off toilet seat than office desk // Rice farmer is awarded $500k in case over crop contamination // 6 beverage industry secrets they don’t want you to know
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Amiri Abducted?, Kelly Suicided?, Farmers Bankrupted?
Story #1: Missing Iranian Nuclear Scientist Turns Up at Pak Embassy // Story #2: ‘Why I’m certain my friend Dr Kelly was murdered’ // Story #3: 46,000 dairy farms closed down in last 10 years
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46,000 Dairy Farms Closed Down In Last 10 Years
About 40% of all dairy farms (or 46,000) went out of business over the last 10 years, due to falling milk prices and rising costs.
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california throws away enough food to fill 35 stadiums per year
“keep this story in mind next time you hear that nonsense from people like bill gates insisting we need gm crops to feed a hungry world.” vast amounts of food trashed despite incentives from sfgate: Farmers, restaurants and supermarkets throw away millions of tons of edible food each year at a time when a growing…
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media monarchy on ‘the invisible hand’ with tracy twyman
from tracy twyman: This episode of The Invisible Hand features my recent interview with James Evan Pilato, Editor of Media Monarchy, Food World Order, and CyberSpace War. This episode focuses entirely on the subject of “weaponized food”, including the fact that rats fed genetically modified food were found to be unable to breed after the…
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Interview w/Douglas Lain On Abundant Cities
Taking a page from a surrealist self-help book while working on our ‘oregonization’, our talk walks off the usual path & looks at what’s right in our backyard: the opportunity for real community. this is being put into action by Doug’s new Kickstarter project ‘Pick Your Battle: Foraging As Revolutionary Self-Help’.
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organic farming has sold out & lost its way
from julian rose: The dreams of the early organic pioneers have been subsumed into a rush for global supply chains, strict regulations and fast-selling brands. Back in 1975, when I first started converting my farm to organic agriculture, there were no standards for production and no rule book. Just a few people committed to weaning…
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1/14 binge & purge: corn, wheat, peanut butter & more
scientist: organic farmers must embrace gm crops to feed the world: ‘if we got over this notion that gm is somehow not organic’*natural news radio: the power of raw-living foods*US farmers plant fewest wheat acres since 1913*miami horse slaugtherhouse shut down*nestle finds e. coli in cookie dough*fda rolls out transparency initiative*parkers farm recalls peanut butter,…
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food from around the world is in disorder
poll: most not fully confident in US food safety* uk food costs to soar as big freeze deepens from guardian: Britons have been warned to brace themselves for an increase in food prices as plunging temperatures leave farmers unable to harvest vegetables and hauliers struggle to distribute fresh produce. Gordon Brown, who will chair a…
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rope, not dope!: oregon legalizes hemp cultivation
from raw story: Oregon’s House of Representatives voted Monday night to legalize the cultivation of hemp, becoming the sixth state to do so just this year. Oregon’s Senate voted 27 to 2 in favor of the new law last week. Monday’s 46 to 11 House vote means that the measure will become law, barring an…