News regarding the dangers of GMOs and biotech, and the advantages of organic sustainable agriculture.
Why Do We Want to Spray More Agent Orange on Our Crops? Are We at War with Ourselves (and Our Children)?
by Alliance for Natural Health
Remember Agent Orange, the notorious defoliant used in the Vietnam War? Are you ready for Agent Orange Ready seeds for US agriculture? Action Alert!
One of the two active ingredients that made up Agent Orange is 2,4-D. Despite what Agent Orange did to Vietnam and the Vietnamese […]
Kentuckians Battle Big Ag for Basic Right to Choose Food
Why is Big Ag so afraid of freedom of food choice? Kentuckians battle for basic right to choose food.
By John Moody
Food Clubs & Coops
Kentucky finds itself at the center of the emerging battle over who decides what the average person can choose to eat – the governmentt/regulatory apparatus, little more than a front man […]
Wisconsin Throws Raw Milk Farmer in Jail
by Todd Welch
State Coordinator
Wisconsin Campaign for Liberty
Despite objections inside and outside the courtroom, a farmer was fingerprinted, photographed and booked in the basement of the Wisconsin Sauk County Courthouse in Baraboo.
What was his crime?
Selling raw milk to those who wanted it.
Because of these “horrible crimes”, Amish raw milk farmer Vernon […]
Local organic seed growers take on Monsanto in federal court
By Susan Andrew
Mountain Xpress
Carol Koury, owner of Asheville’s Sow True Seed, joined some 82 other farmers, advocacy groups, and seed companies as part of a class action lawsuit brought in federal court today, Jan. 31, in New York. The Organic Seed Grower and Trade Association and others are taking on […]
Genetically Engineered Crops Will Not Feed The World
The Center for Food Safety Pushes Back Against Gates Foundation “Feed the World” Propaganda
by Center for Food Safety
TrueFoodNow.org
The Center for Food Safety (CFS) pushed back today against longtime biotech crop supporter, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, over its announcement that it has invested nearly $2 billion in a campaign to […]
USDA Accused of Conspiring to Corrupt Rulemaking and Pollute Organics
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by The Cornucopia Institute
Watchdog Requests Federal Investigation, Files Ethics Charges
WASHINGTON, DC: The Cornucopia Institute, an organic industry research and watchdog organization, announced it has formally requested the USDA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) to investigate corruption at its National Organic Program resulting in the use of illegal […]
Just Label GMO Foods: We Have a Right to Know
93% of Americans want the FDA to label genetically engineered foods. Watch the new video from Food, Inc. Filmmaker Robert Kenner to hear why we have the right to know what’s in our food. Will you join these individuals — and over half a million Americans — in contacting the FDA […]
Monsanto’s Roundup Ready Herbicide is More Toxic than DDT
by Dr. Mercola
Dr. Don Huber is an expert in an area of science that relates to the toxicity of genetically engineered (GE) foods.
(Alternative terms for GE foods include genetically modified (GM), or “GMO” for genetically modified organism.)
His specific areas of training include soil-borne diseases, microbial ecology, and host-parasite relationships.
Dr. Huber also taught plant pathology, […]
Big Farma Convinces FDA to Take a Dive
by Alliance for Natural Health
Just as everyone was making last-minute holiday preparations, the FDA quietly announced they would no longer try to restrict the routine use of antibiotics in animal feed. An Action Alert update!
The so-called “preventive” use of antibiotics in livestock is routine and widespread. Factory farms use […]
US to Start Trade Wars with Nations Opposed to Monsanto, GMO Crops
by Anthony Gucciardi
NaturalSociety
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The United States is threatening nations who oppose Monsanto’s genetically modified (GM) crops with military-style trade wars, according to information obtained and released by the organization WikiLeaks. Nations like France, which have moved to ban one of Monsanto’s GM corn varieties, were requested to be ‘penalized’ by the United […]
Dow’s New GM Corn: The Return of Agent Orange
by Sayer Ji
greenmedinfo.com
[Important Note: There is an action item discussed at the end of this article, but to send a message immediately to the US government that you stand against the future widespread use of 2,4 Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, a major ingredient in Agent Orange, and the 2,4 D resistant crops […]
US Foreign Policy Destroys Native Sustainable Agriculture
by Brian Shilhavy
Health Impact News Editor
Lost in the current debate regarding U.S. foreign policy in this current election cycle, is the question of how our military involvement in the Middle East has affected the local populations, particularly their native agriculture. Unfortunately, this is a story that is largely ignored by the mainstream media.
Iraq
In Iraq, […]
Urban goats for organic raw milk in a San Francisco backyard
faircompanies.com
Heidi Kooy lives in a fairly dense part of San Francisco- her row house touches her neighbors’- with just 1000 square feet of backyard, but she manages to squeeze in an organic garden, fruit trees, chickens and, most recently, a pair of goats.
When she began her experiment in urban farming, […]
How GMO Foods are Destroying Your Gut Flora
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By Dr. Mercola
Dr. Don Huber is an expert in an area of science that relates to the toxicity of genetically engineered (GE) foods.
(Alternative terms for GE foods include genetically modified (GM), or “GMO” for genetically modified organism.)
His specific areas of training include soil-borne diseases, microbial ecology, and host-parasite relationships.
Dr. Huber also taught […]
Farmageddon Screening For Congress: Invite Your Legislators!
by Kristin Canty
I have been given this opportunity by Representative Chellie Pingree (D) Maine, Representative Ron Paul (R) Texas and Representative Ed Perlmutter (D) Colorado to screen the movie on Capitol Hill, December 13th at 5:30pm. I am asking that if these issues are important to you, please call your […]
Stop Obama’s New Tax on Family Farms
Food Democracy Now
If you thought NAIS (the National Animal Identification System) was dead, think again! Right now the Obama administration is attempting to sneak a scaled-down version of a new “Traceability for Livestock” program onto farms across the U.S. through a new backdoor proposed USDA regulation. Just like last time, […]
Dennis Kucinich: Allow Consumers to Make Informed Choices
The State Column
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today issued the following statement upon announcing legislation that would require the labeling of all foods that contain or are produced with genetically engineered (GE) material.
“Genetic engineers have dramatically altered the food we consume, disrupting entire ecosystems and contaminating crops with potentially devastating effects […]
The right to know what you are eating
by Gary Hirshberg,Eric Schlosser
SFGate.com
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An unprecedented agricultural experiment is being conducted at America’s dinner tables. While none of the processed food we ate 20 years ago contained genetically engineered ingredients, now 75 percent of it does – even though the long-term human health and environmental impacts are unknown. The Food and Drug […]
Future of Organic Food and Agriculture at Risk
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Cornucopia, WI—The Cornucopia Institute, one of the nation’s leading organic industry watchdogs, is urging members of the USDA’s National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), in formal testimony, to vote to preserve the integrity of organic food and farming at its upcoming meeting in Savannah, Georgia.
Some of the hot […]
Joel Salatin Joins Farmers for Ron Paul Nationwide Coalition
LAKE JACKSON, Texas – The Ron Paul 2012 Presidential campaign announced today new members its “Farmers for Ron Paul” nationwide coalition formed to energize voters in America’s unrivaled agricultural sector.
The new members include a nationally-known proponent of holistic farming methods, and a farmer from the key early voting state of […]