Tag Archives: food supply

Will Congress Let Monsanto Write Its Own Rules?

Posted on July 13, 2012 by kwc

Andrew Kimbrell huffingtonpost.com Co-Authored by Colin O’Neil, Regulatory Policy Analyst at the Center for Food Safety. The agricultural biotech industry — well, let’s call it what it really is: the chemical industry — has gone on the offensive as never … Continue reading →

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Do This – or You Could Soon be Eating an “Agent Orange” for Dinner

Posted on June 26, 2012 by kwc

Dr. Mercola Mercola Mark Kastel, founder of the farm policy research group Cornucopia, is deeply dedicated to making sure we have high-quality food and that we’re not being deceived about what we’re eating. Here, we discuss Agent Orange, and one … Continue reading →

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WIDESPREAD GMO CONTAMINATION: Did Monsanto Plant GMOs Before USDA Approval?

Posted on May 4, 2012 by kwc

Cassandra Anderson & Anthony Gucciardi Global Research Did Monsanto actually plant genetically modified alfalfa before it was deregulated by the USDA? There is some shocking evidence that, until recently, was withheld from the public showing that Monsanto’s genetically altered alfalfa … Continue reading →

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Pesticide Exposure Found to Lower Intelligence

Posted on May 2, 2012 by kwc

Anthony Gucciardi Natural Society Pesticides, ubiquitous among not only the food supply but farms and homes worldwide, have been found to be creating lasting changes in overall brain structure — changes that have been linked to lower intelligence levels and … Continue reading →

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Lyme Disease Prevention: Six Tips From Mosquito Squad to Know to Eliminate Ticks in Your Own Backyard

Posted on March 28, 2012 by kwc

PR Newswire As Tick Population Increases Throughout the United States, More Americans At Risk for Life Altering Disease. RICHMOND, Va., March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — For more than 250,000 Americans, the bite of a deer tick meant the start of … Continue reading →

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Occupy Monsanto to Wear Bio-Hazmat Suits as They Protest Genetically Modified Congress

Posted on March 17, 2012 by kwc

Nation of Change On Friday, March 16, 2012, Occupy Monsanto’s agents of change with the Genetic Crimes Unit (GCU), a group designed to protect America from genetically modified foods, will wear bio-hazmat suits when they visit Congress. The group will … Continue reading →

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Neotame: 13,000 Times Sweeter Than Sugar And Even More Toxic Than Aspartame

Posted on March 14, 2012 by kwc

Marco Torres Prevent Disease In the event that the public becomes too informed and savvy about toxic additives in our food supply, what’s a multi-billion dollar industry to do? The first step is to create another more toxic version of … Continue reading →

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The future of plant science – a technology perspective

Posted on March 4, 2012 by kwc

Wolf Frommer EurekAlert Washington, D.C. — Plant science is key to addressing the major challenges facing humanity in the 21st Century, according to Carnegie’s David Ehrhardt and Wolf Frommer. In a Perspective published in The Plant Cell, the two researchers … Continue reading →

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Big Food Must Go: Why We Need to Radically Change the Way We Eat

Posted on February 28, 2012 by kwc

Christopher D. Cook AlterNet It is no longer news that a few powerful corporations have literally occupied the vast majority of human sustenance. The situation is perilous: nearly all of human food production, seeds, food processing and sales, is run … Continue reading →

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Open Seeds: Biopiracy and the Patenting of Life

Posted on February 16, 2012 by kwc

Global Research TV As the world begins to digest the implications of intellectual property for online censorship, another IP issue threatens an even more fundamental part of our daily lives: our food supply. Backed by legal precedent and armed with … Continue reading →