One of the nation’s senior soil scientists alerted the federal government to a newly discovered organism that may have the potential to cause infertility and spontaneous abortion in farm animals, raising significant concerns about human health. Dr. Don Huber, professor emeritus at Purdue University, believes the appearance and prevalence of the unnamed organism may be related [...]
Archive for the ‘Health Issues’ Category
Researcher: Roundup or Roundup-Ready Crops May Be Causing Animal Miscarriages and Infertility
Posted in Articles, Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Health Issues, Sustainable Agriculture on February 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Urge Congress To Take A Stand Against GE Fish! Support the bipartisan legislation to ban GE fish, require labeling
Posted in Articles, Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Health Issues, Petitions on February 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Despite nearly 400,000 comments in opposition, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to announce its approval of genetically engineered (GE) salmon any day now. To make matters worse, FDA argues that these GE salmon don’t even need to be labeled! In response to FDA’s imminent approval, Congress is taking action. Senator Mark Begich (D-Alaska) and [...]
If Obama’s FDA Approves GMO Salmon, Congress Must Act! Ask Your Rep to Cosponsor Young’s Bill to Stop Frankenfish!
Posted in Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Health Issues, Petitions on February 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Obama Administration’s FDA seems bent on letting the biotech industry get their genetically modified salmon into ocean factory farms that are already spreading filth and disease. The FDA knows that GMO salmon are less nutritious, more likely to cause cancer or trigger allergies, and have a higher rate of deformities than normal fish. Rep. [...]
FLOUR TO THE PEOPLE How to make sure there will be enough food
Posted in Climate Change, Environment, Farm Issues, Health Issues, News Articles, Peak Oil, Sustainable Agriculture on February 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Today there are three sources of growing demand for food: population growth; rising affluence and the associated jump in meat, milk, and egg consumption; and the use of grain to produce fuel for cars. Population growth is as old as agriculture itself. But the world is now adding close to 80 million people per year. Even [...]
Stand up for Farmer and Citizen Rights – Tell Obama to Ban Monsanto’s GMO Alfalfa!
Posted in Agroecology, Articles, Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Health Issues, Organic Foods, Petitions, Sustainable Agriculture on January 31, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Last week President Obama and Secretary Vilsack approved Monsanto’s GMO alfalfa despite overwhelming public protest. This move fundamentally undermines the organic industry, especially organic meat and dairy. In approving GMO alfalfa the Obama administration has caved to Monsanto and made it harder for family farmers to make a living and for consumers wanting to eat [...]
The Organic Elite Surrenders to Monsanto: What Now?
Posted in Articles, Climate Change, Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Health Issues, Organic Foods, Sustainable Agriculture on January 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The policy set for GE alfalfa will most likely guide policies for other GE crops as well. True coexistence is a must.” - Whole Foods Market, Jan. 21, 2011 In the wake of a 12-year battle to keep Monsanto’s Genetically Engineered (GE) crops from contaminating the nation’s 25,000 organic farms and ranches, America’s organic consumers [...]
Food for a Rooted Future
Posted in Agroecology, Articles, Environment, Farm Issues, Health Issues, Herbicides, Organic Foods, Pesticides, Sustainable Agriculture on January 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Our search for rootedness has brought us back to the Philippines, back to communities in the south where Robin spent a year over three decades ago. We spend time with the family of a rice farmer, Delia, on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. Delia, her husband Romulo, two daughters, one son, and three grandchildren [...]
Haitians Burn Monsanto’s Seeds
Posted in Agroecology, Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Health Issues, Sustainable Agriculture on January 20, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Let It Burn “A fabulous Easter gift,” commented Monsanto Director of Development Initiatives Elizabeth Vancil. Nearly 60,000 seed sacks of hybrid corn seeds and other vegetable seeds were donated to post-earthquake Haiti by Monsanto. In observance of World Environment Day, June 4, 2010, roughly 10,000 rural Haitian farmers gathered in Papaye to march seven kilometers [...]
Video: Paul Hawken: The High Cost of Cheap Food
Posted in Environment, Farm Issues, Health Issues, Herbicides, Organic Foods, Sustainable Agriculture, Video on January 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Paul Hawken: The High Cost of Che…” from blip.tv: Excerpted from the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s, Cooking For Solutions 2010 media conference, Paul Hawken eloquently explains how the price of food is divorced from its true costs, and what this really means for society at large. See the video.
Video: The True Cost of Food – Organic versus chemicals and GMOs
Posted in Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Health Issues, Organic Foods, Sustainable Agriculture, Uncategorized, Video on January 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
THE TRUE COST OF FOOD video is part of the Sierra Club True Cost of Food campaign which is spreading the word about hidden costs in mass-produced food and about alternatives that are kinder to the planet and better for us. See the video. Learn more about The True Cost of Food campaign.
