Tag: food safety
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To Fight Hyperstagflation, Greece Will Allow Sale Of Expired Food Products
Against a deflationary environment of austerity-driven wage and pension cuts combined with rising unemployment; food, commodity, and fuel prices continue to surge in Greece. The government has taken an unusual step – allowing the sale of expired food at lower prices.
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The Ultimate Freedom – Food Security: Easier than you think Students at 1-Acre Youth Farm Speak Out
from therealfoodchannel.com: Agri-business and the criminal government officials who work for them in Congress and the White House would like you to think that growing food is a difficult and hazardous process and too complicated for normal people to do safely. Common sense initiatives like the one described in this video threaten Agri-business so Monsanto…
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Decade-Long Feeding Study Reveals Significant Health Hazards of Genetically Engineered Foods
from mercola.com: Scientists in Norway have released results from experimental feeding studies carried out over a 10-year period, and the verdict is in: If you want to avoid obesity, then avoid eating genetically engineered (GE) corn, corn-based products, and animals that are fed a diet of GE grain. As reported by Cornucopia.org, the project also…
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Calcium Supplementation Linked to Heart Attacks, Why and How
Real food is your best source of calcium.
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‘Why In The World Are They Spraying?’ Lifts Veil On Geo-Engineering
“WHY in the World are They Spraying?” lifts the veil on a major geo-engineering agenda that is at the forefront of our fight for food sovereignty. There are people who are working full time at controlling the food.
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Twinkies vs. Carrots
Food policy influences dietary choices. Why is it cheaper to buy a Twinkie than to buy a carrot? How do food subsidies and agricultural policies affect the foods we eat? How is that tied to food-related diseases? Journalist Michael Pollan explains.
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Small West Yorkshire town aims to be first town with food self-sufficiency by growing all its own vegetables
from naturalnews.com: Different local authorities throughout the USA have been harassing homeowners for growing veggies or herbs in their front lawns. But in the small town of Todmorden, England, a grass-roots food movement has been started by one woman who grew veggies in her front yard and let neighbors pick them free. It took six…
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Siege in Hawaii: 20 years of Genetic Engineering Chemical Warfare
from foodfreedomgroup.com: For over 20 years, Hawai’i has been the global center for the open-field testing of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO’s), including pharmaceutical crops. Over 5,000 experimental tests have been conducted by Monsanto, Dow, Dupont/Pioneer, Syngenta and BASF that spray chemicals on an almost daily basis on our most valuable lands. They are supported by…
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Farm Bill Jackpot: How Much Do Corporations Benefit from SNAP?
from treehugger.com: As Congress proposes cuts to hungry families, my new report raises questions about how much food makers, retailers, and big banks profit from food stamps. With the debate over the 2012 Farm Bill currently underway in the Senate, most of the media’s attention has been focused on how direct payments—subsidies doled out regardless…
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#BingeAndPurge: #Flame, Pain Killings and More
Flame Retardant Found to Cause Health Effects at Small Doses // Disney junk-food ad ban latest move to slim US kids // Mexican Farmers Block Monsanto Law to Privatize Plants // Honeybees take up residence at Waldorf-Astoria NYC // Doctors advise against delayed vaccination schedule // #Audio #Satire: Bufferin Sought In Series Of Pain Killings
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#BingeAndPurge: Rejection, Election, Oddities and more
U2, Bono? Celeb Partners With Monsanto to Biowreck Africa With GMOs // Another State Reports Uncontrolled Rise in Prescription Drug Abuse // FDA Rejects New Name for High Fructose Corn Syrup // Why Oregon’s Attorney General Election May Be Referendum on Medical Marijuana With National Consequences // “Nine meals away from anarchy” // Global warming…
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Fukushima Radiation Now Detected In the U.S. Food Supply
Scores of experts and analysts have feared for months that it would happen, and now it has: Radiation from the heavily damaged nuclear power plants at Japan’s Fukushima complex has made it into the seafood chain off the coast of America.
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Food Safety Squad Preps for London Olympics
from foodsafetynews.com: At undisclosed locations across London, there are sites ready to store seized foods and even food trucks. Liaisons with the courts have distributed emergency applications for food seizures and establishment closures. All that is necessary is for local health authorities to fill out the forms. The Food Standards Agency in the United Kingdom…
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How the US Sold Africa to Multinationals Like Monsanto, Cargill, DuPont, PepsiCo and Others
The New Alliance was announced in conjunction with the G8 meeting last Friday. Under the scheme, some 45 corporations, including Monsanto, Syngenta, Yara International, Cargill, DuPont, and PepsiCo, have pledged a total of $3.5 billion in investment in Africa.
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At Disney World’s ‘Living with the Land’ exhibit, teaching children about GMO agriculture is a fun activity for the whole family
from naturalnews.com: Biotechnology has made its way to “the happiest place on earth,” with an exhibit at Walt Disney World’s EPCOT (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) theme park now featuring genetically-modified (GM) fruits and vegetables, some of which are shaped like Mickey Mouse’s head. According to several different reports, the agricultural exhibit, called Living with…