Tag: food production
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Study: EPA-approved GMO insecticide responsible for killing off bees, contaminating entire food chain
from naturalnews.com: Early last year, leaked documents obtained by a Colorado beekeeper exposed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) illegitimate approval of clothianidin, a highly-toxic pesticide manufactured by Bayer CropScience that the regulatory agency knew was capable of killing off bees . Now, a new study out of Purdue University in Indiana has not only…
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GE ‘EnviroPig’ Project Stops Research
This week, the University of Guelph, the Canadian university that developed the genetically engineered (GE) “Enviropig,” announced it is closing down its research. The Center for Food Safety (CFS) is now calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to stop any work on approving the GE pig.
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Huge Rooftop Farm Is Set for Brooklyn
Brooklyn is fast becoming the borough of farms. On Thursday, Bright Farms, a private company that develops greenhouses, announced plans to create a sprawling greenhouse on a roof in Sunset Park that is expected to yield a million pounds of produce a year — without using any dirt.
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The Schmallenberg Virus: DARPA and the Fraunhofer Society?
The Schmallenberg virus is the name that has been given to the collective cases of lamb, sheep, goat and cattle still births and birth deformities that have spread at an alarming rate across a large part of Europe.
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Michigan to Destroy Ranch Livestock Based On Hair Color?
The state of Michigan is only days away from engaging in what can only be called true “animal genocide” — the mass murder of ranch animals based on the color of their hair. It’s all part of a shocking new “Invasive Species Order” (ISO) put in place by Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
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Monsanto Pushes Outrageous Lies to Kids, Calls It Science
from foodfreedomgroup.com: The claims made in a book from the biotechnology industry are laughable. But these blatant lies are passed off as ‘science’ for schoolchildren. It’s not enough that the biotech industry — led by multinational corporations such as Monsanto, Dow, Syngenta, BAS, and Dupont — is poisoning our food and our planet. It’s also…
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At Center of Health Care Fight, a Farmer’s 1942 Case
from nytimes.com: If the Obama administration persuades the Supreme Court to uphold its health care overhaul law, it will be in large part thanks to a 70-year-old precedent involving an Ohio farmer named Roscoe C. Filburn. Mr. Filburn sued to overturn a 1938 federal law that told him how much wheat he could grow on…
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Billboard Dispenses Free Cakes To London Commuters In Bus Shelters
from huffingtonpost.com: First came the cupcake ATM, now there’s a cake dispensing billboard. With just a touch of a button the automated fixture distributes up to 500 Mr. Kipling cakes per day, along with a sweetened aroma to tempt London commuters, reports Ad Age. The novel publicity stunt is part of a campaign by the…
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Agricultural Markets Still Unbalanced and Unfair, Farmers Say
A handful of companies still control huge portions of livestock, dairy, and poultry markets, they said, and farmers continue to face abusive and unfair treatment.
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12/1 binge & purge: probe, trap, addict
nestle ‘sure’ child labour occurs in supply chain, allows probe* major organic seed company owned by pro-gmo group* food production must cut fossil-fuel dependence, fao says* ‘energy smart’ agriculture needed to escape fossil fuel trap* family says in-flight meal killed flier* confessions of a former coke addict* assets of bankrupt yarnell’s ice cream co. sold…
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united nations report calls for the doubling food production
from voanews: The United Nations warns the world’s farmers will have to double the amount of food they produce to keep up with a rapidly growing population. The U.N.’s latest World Economic and Social Survey, released Tuesday, says global food production will need to jump by 70 to 100 percent by 2050 to feed an…
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4/14 Binge & Purge: Hunger Hormones & the Danger Zone
Study finds hunger hormone helps you sniff out food // Arsenic & toxic metals found in baby foods // Monsanto modifies soybeans to grow ‘fish oil’ // World Bank chief says food prices in ‘danger zone’
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4/7 binge & purge: easter, grocer, toxic, addiction
oregon salmonella case brings easter chick warning* audio: bpa ban advances in oregon legislature* north portland grocer charged with food stamp fraud* trouble in the bat world means trouble for US food supply?* 14 die after eating toxic sardines in madagascar* processed food from stone tools to tv dinners: food technology has been bad for…
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Food Skyrockets to Highest Prices Ever
Figures recently released by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) index of 55 food commodities indicates that worldwide food prices hit a record high in December.
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Food Prices to Rise By Up To 40% Over Next Decade, UN Report Warns
Food prices are set to rise as much as 40% over the coming decade amid growing demand from emerging markets and for biofuel production, according to a United Nations report today which warns of rising hunger and food insecurity.