Tag: gmo
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New World Next Week: Episode173 – Afghan Opium Record, GCHQ Spoofs LinkedIn, GMO Apples
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode173 – Afghan Opium Record, GCHQ spoofs LinkedIn, GMO Apples Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: Afghan Opium Output Soars To Record Level…Again An Introduction To Gladio…
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Yes On 522: GMO food fight brings in big bucks to Washington
from america.aljazeera.com: A bitter fight in Washington state over whether to label foods with ingredients that have been genetically modified has attracted tens of millions of dollars in spending, more than $27 million if you add the funds of both sides together. The amount of cash and other donations rivals previous fiercely fought battles for…
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New World Next Week: Episode170 – ASEAN Union, Petition Shutdown, Monsanto’s Nobel
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode170 – ASEAN Union, Petition Shutdown, Monsanto’s Nobel Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: ASEAN Countries Could Become Ground Zero For Another Proxy War Crisis Group: Stirring…
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Food World Order: Sights and Sounds from the Bees and Seeds Festival
There were more March(es) Against Monsanto all around the world last weekend, but here in Portland, Oregon, organizers put down the protest signs and set up booths with bands, brochures and brother/sisterhood for a solutions-based event called the Bees And Seeds Festival. This short compilation features sights and sounds from O&D Railroad, Julia DeGraw, The…
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Sights and Sounds from the Bees and Seeds Festival
There were more March(es) Against Monsanto all around the world last weekend, but here in Portland, Oregon, organizers put down the protest signs and set up booths with bands, brochures and brother/sisterhood for a solutions-based event called the Bees And Seeds Festival. This short compilation features sights and sounds from O&D Railroad, Julia DeGraw, The…
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Monsanto Exec Wins This Year’s ‘Nobel Prize In Agriculture’
from markcrispinmiller.com: In an obscene development, a Monsanto executive is winning this year’s “Nobel Prize of agriculture” — the prestigious World Food Prize — for creating GMOs. Receiving it legitimizes the sort of rampant genetic modification Monsanto pioneered, and helps validate a ruthless business model that impoverishes farmers and monopolizes our food. If that wasn’t…
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Washington state battles over genetically modified food
from usatoday.com: Washington state is the next battleground in an ongoing effort by food activists to get products containing genetically engineered ingredients labeled. California voters rejected a similar initiative 53% to 47% in a bruising and expensive election in 2012. Initiative 522 goes before voters Nov. 5. It would require that foods containing ingredients from…
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Anti-GMO Campaigners Claim Victory as ‘Monsanto Protection Act’ Stripped From Senate Bill
from commondreams.org: An amendment dubbed the “Monsanto Protection Act” which currently allows large agriculture and biotech corporations to ignore court orders involving the safety of genetically modified seeds, has been stripped from Senate’s spending bill that could be voted on as early as Wednesday afternoon. Following an organized campaign against the provision in recent months,…
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Russia Considers Total Ban on All GMO Products
from sustainablepulse.com: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has ordered the relevant agencies to consider a possible ban on the import into Russia of products containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) by October 15. The order is addressed to Rospotrebnadzor, the Health Ministry, the Agriculture Ministry, and the Trade and Economic Development Ministry. They are ordered to “submit proposals…
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode167 – Alexis Psyop, School Sucks, Panera Cares
Story #1: Swat Team ‘Stood Down’ At Navy Yard Mass Shooting Scene // Story #2: Child Star Says School Brainwashes Kids, Everyone Should Drop Out // Story #3: Panera Bread’s CEO Tries To Eat On $4.50 A Day
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China Mulls Transgenic Food Standard
It’s China vs. China in Genetically Modified Food Fight from globaltimes.cn: China is mulling over a national standard on using transgenic technology in agriculture in an effort to safeguard food safety, Vice Minister of Agriculture Niu Dun, told the Global Times Tuesday, without giving a specific timeline. It is imperative for China to develop its…
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#GMO corn banned decade ago found in Saudi Arabia
from RT.com: The Saudi Arabian food chain has been widely contaminated with GM ingredients, according to a new study. The findings include controversial StarLink maize banned for human consumption in the US over ten years ago. The study published in the journal Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology earlier this month found that genetically modified StarLink maize,…
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5 #GMO Myths Busted
from The Corbett Report: Every year, a greater and greater percentage of our food supply sources back to genetically modified ingredients. Monsanto, Dow, Bayer, DuPont and the other biotech giants have made GMOs into a multi-billion dollar industry and unsurprisingly have launched one of the largest pr campaigns in the history of the food industry…
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Interviews w/ Seattle Biodiversity Conference Panelists – August 3, 2013
On today’s menu we have audio from the recent Biodiversity Conference in Seattle which features interviews w/ Eric Holt-Giménez of Food First, Kathleen Hallal of Moms Across America, Rachel Linden of GMO Free Arizona, George Kimbrell from the Center for Food Safety, Rachel Hynes of Slow Money and Alexis Baden-Mayer of Organic Consumers Association… MP3/FeedArchive…
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Food World Order: Interviews w/ Seattle Biodiversity Conference Panelists – August 3, 2013
On today’s menu we have audio from the recent Biodiversity Conference in Seattle which features interviews w/ Eric Holt-Giménez of Food First, Kathleen Hallal of Moms Across America, Rachel Linden of GMO Free Arizona, George Kimbrell from the Center for Food Safety, Rachel Hynes of Slow Money and Alexis Baden-Mayer of Organic Consumers Association… MP3/FeedArchive…