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2013: Meet the Opposite of Monsanto — These Are the Folks That Really Feed the World

Meet the people fighting resource grabs, cultivating traditional crops, and defending their communities from exploitation by multinationals. When it comes to ‘feeding the world,’ agribusiness keeps selling the same old “solutions” that are actually undermining people’s access to healthful and sustainable food: massive industrialized farming operations, biotech (GMO) crops, pesticide-intensive mono-cropping, and so-called “free trade” agreements. They insist we just need to produce more food (with their seeds and petrochemicals) for the nearly one billion people who go hungry each year—yet landfills overflow with food waste in countries where agribusinesses have gained control of seeds, livestock, markets, and prices. In spring 2013, Monsanto grabbed headlines when its genetically modified wheat, MON71800—not approved for production or consumption—was found growing in a farmer’s field.  Yet in June, Monsanto and […] Read More

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2010: Bayer Admits GMO Contamination Out of Control

by DAVID GUTIERREZ (NATURAL NEWS) (April 15, 2010) Drug and chemical giant Bayer AG has admitted that there is no way to stop the uncontrolled spread of its genetically modified crops. “Even the best practices can”t guarantee perfection,” said Mark Ferguson, the company”s defense lawyer in a recent trial. Two Missouri farmers sued Bayer for contaminating their crop with modified genes from an experimental strain of rice engineered to be resistant to the company”s Liberty-brand herbicide. The contamination occurred in 2006, during an open field test of the new rice, which was not approved for human consumption. According to the plaintiffs” lawyer, Don Downing, genetic material from the unapproved rice contaminated more than 30 percent of all rice cropland in the United States. “Bayer was […] Read More

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2013: PLU Chart for Produce

American readers should print this chart, and always take it with them when they go grocery shopping.  When Americans buy fruits and vegetables individually, there is usually a small sticker on them.  This sticker will include a ‘PLU’ number.  The first digit in that number is significant. The Meaning Of The PLU First Digit On Fresh Produce 8 – The product is definitely genetically modified (G.M.O.), and almost any chemical may have been used on it, at any time.  It is a toxic Frankenfood.  Please avoid, and boycott whichever company is producing it. 3 – The product is likely genetically modified (G.M.O.), and almost any chemical may have been used on it, at any time. 4 – The product was ‘conventionally grown’ with synthetic fertilizers […] Read More

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2013: Argentina’s Bad Seeds

link to Video  http://aje.me/YqEvHs The country’s soya industry is booming, but what is the impact on Argentinians and their land? People and Power Last Modified: 14 Mar 2013 12:54 Filmmakers: Glenn Ellis and Guido BilbaoFor much of the past decade Argentina has seen a commodities-driven export boom, built largely on genetically-modified soy bean crops and the aggressive use of pesticides.Argentina’s leaders say it has turned the country’s economy around, while others say the consequences are a dramatic surge in cancer rates, birth defects and land theft.People & Power investigates if Argentina’s booming soy industry is a disaster in the making. Filmmaker’s view: Bad seeds By Glenn Ellis As I flew in to Buenos Aires to make this film, all the talk was of President Cristina Kirchner’s latest gambit. […] Read More

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10 reasons why GM won”t feed the world

1. Failure to deliver Despite the hype, genetic modification consistently fails to live up to industry claims. Only two GM traits have ever made it to market: herbicide resistance and BT toxin expression (see below). Other promises of genetic modification have failed to materialize. The much vaunted GM ”golden rice” – hailed as a cure to vitamin A deficiency – has never made it out of the laboratory, partly because in order to meet recommended levels of vitamin A intake, consumers would need to eat 12 bowls of the rice every day. 1 In 2004, the Kenyan government admitted that Monsanto”s GM sweet potatoes were no more resistant to feathery mottle virus than ordinary strains, and in fact produced lower yields. 2 And in January […] Read More