News regarding the dangers of GMOs and biotech, and the advantages of organic sustainable agriculture.
Michigan DNR Raids Family Hog Farms
The DNR has carried out raids against at least two family farms in Michigan that raise heritage free range hogs, reports Mark Baker from Baker's Green Acres.
Monsanto Threatens to Sue Vermont if Legislators Pass a Bill Requiring GMO Food to Be Labeled
By Will Allen and Ronnie Cummins
AlterNet
Despite overwhelming public support and support from a clear majority of Vermont’s Agriculture Committee, Vermont legislators are dragging their feet on a proposed GMO labeling bill. Why? Because Monsanto has threatened to sue the state if the bill passes.
The popular legislative bill requiring mandatory labels on genetically engineered food […]
How GMOs Cause Farmer Suicide
By Dr. Mercola
It’s been called the “largest wave of recorded suicides in human historyi.”
Indian farmers have been robbed of their livelihoods, causing them to take their own lives in despair.
Over the past 16 years, it is estimated that more than a quarter of a million Indian farmers have committed suicide.
Who is responsible for this […]
How Did the FDA Respond to 1 Million Signatures to Label GMOs? They Ignored Them!
Health Impact News Editor Comments: The FDA was required to respond to the “Just Label It” petition within 180 days. The petition garnered a record 1 million signatures during the 180 days, the most ever for any petition presented to the FDA. So how did they respond? They basically ignored it, and said that […]
Wisconsin Senator Dale Schultz Holds Up Raw Milk Bill, Says Raw Milk Supporters “Fringe”
Rally in Baraboo Wisconsin for Raw Milk Farmer Vernon Hershberger
Photo by David Gumpert
Health Impact News Editor Comments: Back in 2010 a bill supporting the sale of raw milk in the state of Wisconsin enjoyed bi-partisan support, passing both the State House and State Senate. Jim Doyle, the governor at the time, vetoed it, in what […]
Farmers Determined to Defend Right to Grow Food File Appeal in OSGATA vs. Monsanto
NEW YORK – March 28, 2012 – Today, in Federal District Court in Manhattan, family farmers filed their Notice of Appeal to Judge Naomi Buchwald’s February 24th ruling dismissing Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association et al v. Monsanto. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will hear the farmers’ appeal, […]
Michigan DNR Attacks Free-range Family Farms to Protect Pork Industry
Free range Mangalitsa Hogs from the Baker Family Farm
4/17/2012 READ OUR UPDATE TO THIS STORY HERE: -Michigan DNR Raids Family Hog Farms
Health Impact News Editor Comments: In this shocking story, family farmer and United States Air Force veteran Mark Baker talks about how the Michigan DNR wants to destroy his family’s herd of free-range pigs due to […]
GE Foods at a Glance: New Infographic
by Justlabelit.org
We know we’ve struck a chord with the Just Label It campaign, as Americans are responding in record-breaking numbers. As of today, more than 900,000 people have submitted comments to the FDA in favor of labeling genetically engineered (GE) foods. But this campaign has always been about more than just the numbers. It’s […]
Last Day to Tell Obama and the FDA to Label GMOs!
Food Democracy Now!
Last year a Canadian study discovered that insecticide toxins from genetically engineered (GMO) crops were found in the blood of 93% of blood samples taken from pregnant women and 80% umbilical cords tested. Monsanto has maintained that these toxins in their crops would never affect the food supply or affect humans, but […]
Study ties GMO corn, soybeans to monarch butterfly losses: 81 percent decrease in Midwest
by JOSEPHINE MARCOTTY
Star Tribune
Herbicide-resistant crops can withstand Roundup, which kills monarchs’ preferred nesting plant.
Genetically engineered corn and soybeans make it easy for farmers to eradicate weeds, including the long-lived and unruly milkweed.
But they might be putting the monarch butterfly in peril.
The rapid spread of herbicide-resistant crops has coincided with — and may explain — the […]
Booted Out of Germany, Genetically Engineered Seed Company Moves to U.S.
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by Dr. Mercola
In Germany, massive resistance to genetically engineered (GE) foods, both among politicians and the general public, has caused chemical giant BASF to close its German biotech division.
European opponents of GE foods are jubilant.
A reported 75 percent of Germans oppose genetically engineered foods, and few politicians are in favor […]
Dr. Oz Discusses the Dangers of Genetically Modified Foods on TV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=K6tplfa2HBc
Dr. Oz assembled a panel of experts, both pro and con, to discuss the issue of genetically modified food. While banned in many countries around the world, over 80% of the U.S. supply of corn, soy, and canola is genetically modified, with little or no safety tests required. Monsanto, the world’s main producer of […]
Monsanto Guilty of Chemical Poisoning in France
by Dr. Mercola
Most people do not realize that genetically engineered foods were only approved in the U.S. because the FDA hid 40,000 documents indicating their extreme toxicity.
Countries around the globe are making it increasingly clear that they’re not going to continue to let Monsanto abuse the health of their people […]
Bill Gates: One of the World’s Most Destructive Do-Gooders?
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by Dr. Mercola
Microsoft founder Bill Gates’ latest plan is to try to end world hunger by growing more genetically modified (GM) crops.
He’s already invested $27 million into Monsanto Company—leading some countries to reject his charity due to the high risks, such as:
New disease vectors
Mutated pesticide-resistant insects
Resistant “superweeds”
Contamination of surrounding non-GM crops
We […]
USDA Decides the Current Rush to Rubber-Stamp GMO Foods Is Too Slow!
by Alliance for Natural Health
And who’s siding with Monsanto? Phony “food safety advocates” masquerading as political progressives.
In an attempt to cut already too rapid approval times for genetically engineered seeds in half, the US Department of Agriculture will, under forthcoming rules (expected in March), give GE seed companies—including the Monsanto […]
Judge Sides With Monsanto: Ridicules Farmers’ Right to Grow Food Without Fear, Contamination and Economic Harm
Monsanto’s Control Over the Federal Government. Click to expand.
from Mercola.com
by Jim Gerritsen
Wood Prairie Farm
New York, New York – On February 24, Judge Naomi Buchwald handed down her ruling on a motion to dismiss in the case of […]
Wisconsin Raw Milk Farmer Faces Jail: Protest on March 2 Scheduled before Hearing
by David Gumpert
The Complete Patient
Wisconsin’s Attorney General has signaled his willingness to go ahead with the possibly provocative step of throwing dairy farmer Vernon Hershberger into jail.
In a package of documents sent to Hershberger, the Wisconsin Department of Justice included a letter to Judge Guy D. Reynolds, in which Assistant […]
Urban Agriculture: 3-D Vertical Barrel Gardening
http://www.EasiestGarden.com – Our most striking video yet! We’ve yet to show anyone our test barrels without them being visibly impressed, and we’re sure you will be too. Complete plans/DVD sets are available from our website and detail a step-by-step process to recycle a used 55-gallon, 30-gallon, or 5-gallon plastic container into a garden able […]
Stop the GE food take over of our food supply
Can We Succeed in Pushing Back Against Dangerous Genetically Engineered Foods?
by Alliance for Natural Health
Yes! There are more and more anti-GMO campaigns across the country—with your help this effort can succeed!
Genetically engineered food is the biggest uncontrolled experiment ever conducted on humans. Nearly all of our processed food contains genetically engineered […]
Intense Lobbying Efforts Aim to Keep Americans in the Dark about GM Foods
by Dr. Mercola
The food and agriculture biotechnology industry has spent more than $572 million in campaign contributions and lobbying expenditures in just over a decade, according to an analysis by Food & Water Watch. Key among the goals of this intense lobbying effort is to prevent GM food labeling and keep Americans […]