Tag: seeds
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#MorningMonarchy: March 1, 2017
Seed vaults, clean eating and soda taxes + this day in history w/the Capitol bombing and our song of the day by William Matheny on your Morning Monarchy for March 1, 2017.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Fed Rates, Lagarde Trial, Open Source Seeds (Audio)
This week on the New World Next Week: the Fed lets some air out of the Obama bubble; IMF’s Lagarde is on trial in France; and the open seed revolution fights back against the biopirates.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: The Open Source Seed Revolution (Video)
This week on the New World Next Week: the Fed lets some air out of the Obama bubble; IMF’s Lagarde is on trial in France; and the open seed revolution fights back against the biopirates.
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Open Source Comes to Farms With Restriction-free Seeds
29 crop varieties are now distributed under an open source license. from arstechnica.com: There are now 29 kinds of plant varieties that are available under an open source license, reports NPR. On Thursday, a group of scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison debuted the Open Source Seed Initiative (OSSI), a set of seeds that can be used by…
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Supreme Court hands Monsanto victory over farmers on GMO seed patents, ability to sue
from RT.com: The US Supreme Court upheld biotech giant Monsanto’s claims on genetically-engineered seed patents and the company’s ability to sue farmers whose fields are inadvertently contaminated with Monsanto materials. The high court left intact Monday a federal appeals court decision that threw out a 2011 lawsuit from the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association…
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Chinese scientists accused of trying to steal US seed samples
from theguardian.co.uk: Two agricultural scientists from China have been accused of conspiring to take seeds from a research facility in Kansas and pass them to a Chinese delegation visiting the United States. At a detention hearing in Arkansas on Friday, a judge ordered one of the scientists, Wengui Yan, to remain in custody. The other…
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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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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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Justices Skeptical Of Farmer Who Planted Patented Monsanto Seeds
from latimes.com: In a closely watched patent case, Supreme Court justices appeared ready to dash the hopes of an Indiana farmer who claimed the unfettered right to plant the next generation of Monsanto Co.’s genetically modified soybeans. The justices strongly suggested in oral arguments Tuesday that they would agree with Monsanto that its patent protection…
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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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#BingeAndPurge: Poses, Promises, Cage-Free Change and more
Ron Wyden’s nuclear field trip: Fukushima poses ongoing danger* Video: Wyden Discusses a Recent Onsite Tour of Fukushima* 6 Portland neighborhood health food stores that put localvores first* Growing Hope by Growing Cities* Seed Lady Network Goes Live!* State Threatens to Shut Down Nutrition Blogger* We’re all playing the Hunger Games in real life* Food…
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#BingeAndPurge: Teen Tics, Viral Picks, Hunger Games
The Curious Case of Teen Tics In Le Roy, NY – The Mystery of 18 Twitching Teenagers in Le Roy // Why Americans Are Angry About Pink Slime // ‘Viral’ Olive Garden Review Aftermath Continues
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Episode008 – Organics to You
On Thursday nights, Media Monarchy joins Corbett Report Radio live on Republic Broadcasting to go over all the latest stories from the world of food, environment and health. This week James Evan Pilato guest hosts the show and covers Organics to You, seed catalogs, headlines, updates and more…
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#SaveLandreth help america’s oldest, heirloom, non-gmo seed house
from treehugger: D. Landreth Seeds is America’s oldest seed company. It was founded in 1784 in Pennsylvania, and carries over 900 heirloom, non-GMO seed varieties. Many of the plants and vegetable varieties we now grow in our gardens are there thanks to Landreth introducing them to this country. For example, Landreth introduced the tomato (then…
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6/30 binge & purge: false floods, seed supplies & record highs
feds buying up farmland they flooded; soros in on it* video: odd letter from corps upsets property owners in kansas city, mo* georgia’s harsh immigration law leaves crops rotting in fields* free the florida ‘food terrorists’* amid record-high food prices, monsanto grows q3 profits 77%* monsanto trying to take over world seed supply, nation by…