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New Crop of Farmers: Young, Educated, and Seeking Organic Certification
Monday, August 27th, 2007According to an Associate Press article by Joann Loviglio, there is a new breed of farmers cropping up—more and more college graduates are taking to the fields "Agriculture has been so subsidized, corporatized and globalized," said Tom Murtha who studied English at Penn State. "There's definitely an interest and desire ...
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Genetically Engineered Grass Found in the Wild
Monday, July 30th, 2007The Associated Press recently reported Grass that was genetically engineered for golf courses is growing in the wild. Creeping bentgrass was engineered to resist the popular herbicide Roundup to allow more efficient weed control on golf courses. But the modified grass could spread that resistance to the wild, becoming a ...
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Food for People or Cars?
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007The Earth Policy Institute reports that the massive diversion of U.S. grain from food to fuel for cars is raising world food prices. The article notes that corn prices have doubled over the last year, wheat futures are trading at their highest level in 10 years, and rice prices are ...
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A Link Between Honeybee Decimations and GM Crops?
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007An online German publication, Spiegel online, recently questioned a possible connection between the mysterious decimation of bee populations in the U.S. and Germany and the spread of genetically-modified (GM) crops. In some cases, bee populations are down 70-80 percent. The article noted that politicians in ...
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Breaking the Chains: Buy Local, Fair Made
Monday, March 5th, 2007Organic Consumers Associataion "Breaking the Chains Campaign"
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Frankenfood Returns
Monday, February 19th, 2007A new report from GRAIN* reveals the new lobbying offensive from the global seed industry to make it a crime for farmers to save seeds for the next year's planting. At least two-thirds of the global crop area is currently planted with farm-saved seed every ...
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Schmeiser vs. Monsanto
Monday, February 12th, 2007Canadian farmer Percy Schmeiser continues to fight Monsanto claiming their genetically modified food is destroying human health, the environment, and
the social fabric of rural Canada. Schmeiser, the international spokesperson for farmers' rights, spoke about the control Monsanto wields over Saskatchewan
farmers, who, he said, are coerced into signing contracts saying they ...
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