Tag: labels
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Discount Supermarkets Offer Huge Savings By Selling Expired Food
from foxnews.com: Grocery bills can be more 10 percent of American’s household expenses, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But when buying items on sale or using coupons isn’t enough, some shop at discount or salvage grocery stores. What’s that, you ask? These are supermarkets that specialize in items that other chains no longer…
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Yes On 522 – Washington state votes on GMO-labeling initiative
from @RTAmerica: Election Day in Washington state focuses on a ballot initiative that would require labels on genetically modified foods, or GMOs. If Initiative 522 passes, Washington would be the first state in the country to require packaging to list GMO ingredients. Last year, California voted down a similar ballot proposition. It is believed that…
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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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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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Misleading ‘Natural’ Food Labels May Soon Be History
from enn.com: The only thing natural about the “natural” label is that such branding, naturally, often confuses consumers. But such misleading terms such as “natural” and “healthy” could soon become history, or at the very least score a makeover. Large food companies have hijacked such terms with dubious results—and never mind the fact “natural” is…
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Growing Chorus Seeks Labels For Genetically Modified Food
From Maine to Washington, a growing number of states are taking on the issue of genetically engineered foods, fanning the flames of a decades-old debate about whether the products are dangerous to human health.
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#GMO Grassroots Labeling Initiative
Activists and concerned citizens around the world have had enough with corrupt corporations censoring their right to know what’s in their food, and frankly they’re beyond upset.
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Danny DeVito, Dave Matthews, Bill Maher Say Vote YES on Prop 37
“What makes you think you have the right to know?” asks Danny DeVito in a witty, ironic public service announcement by the political action committee sponsored by consumer advocacy group Food & Water Watch in support of Proposition 37, California’s ballot initiative to label genetically engineered foods.
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October #BingeAndPurge: Depop, Poison, Plants and More
Leading World Bank Demographer: Vaccination Campaigns Part Of Population Reduction Policy // California Squirrel Tests Positive For Bubonic Plague Exposure // How the CIA undermines DEA drug investigations // GMO Ticking Time Bomb – Part 2 // It takes a lot to get people to suck down poison // “Gasland” Director Arrested at Congressional Hearing
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#BingeAndPurge: Labels, Endless, Bogus and more
Poll finds California initiative on food labels is likely to pass* Juicing: the surprising benefits of raw cannabis* Medical Marijuana: The Real Story* The bogus drug war: Part One: The Endless “War on Drugs”* The bogus drug war: Part Two: The Endless “War of Drugs”* The bogus drug war: Part Three: The Endless “War on…
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The War Against GMO Labeling
from therealfoodchannel.com: Voters in California have an opportunity to insist on labeling of genetically modified foods this November. Big chemical and GMO powerhouses Monsanto and DuPont are spending millions to convince voters that this is a bad idea. Why should you care if you don’t live in California or even the US? California is the…
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Prop. 37: Will California Be First State To Label GMOs?
from csmonitor.com: Another multimillion-dollar fight over a ballot initiative – with big implications for the country – is brewing here in California. The initiative, which is on the ballot this November, has a mouthful of a name: the “California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act.” If Proposition 37 passes, California will become the first…
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#BingeAndPurge: Labels, Dummies, Hazards and More
Battle Over Genetically Engineered Food Heading to Voters // ‘War on Health: FDAs Cult of Tyranny’ (Full Film) // Agenda 21 For Dummies // The Dangers of Trans Fats // The Hazards of Bleached Flour // Taking Back History – Levees.org app brings real story about New Orleans levee failure disaster of 2005 right to…
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Texas Republican Party calls for mandatory GMO labeling, legalized raw milk, complete elimination of TSA
from naturalnews.com: Delegates from the Texas Republican Party recently gathered in Fort Worth to iron out their party’s official 2012 platform. And in the official platform document, it is spelled out that the Texas Republican Party is in full support of mandatory labeling of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs), legalized raw milk, and the complete elimination of…
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#BingeAndPurge: Celebrity, Security, Scandal and more
Video: Actor Rob Schneider on Vaccines, Corporate Greed* Food industry reacts to Supreme Court decision* Video: #Obamacare – The ‘Cut, Burn, and Drug’ School of Medicine* GMO food labels are costly and unnecessary* ‘Unauthorized’ Stroll Past ‘Lax’ Security at CDC Bioterror Lab* Video: Monsanto – So Many Scandals, Just One Company* Taco Bell Choppers 10k…