Fighting the Secrecy/Surveillance State
The emergence of Bradley Manning, Julian Assange and now Edward Snowden represents just the tip of the iceberg of a popular resistance that is challenging the U.S. government's excesses in secrecy and surveillance, a movement that Iceland MP Birgitta Jonsdottir discusses with Dennis J. Bernstein.
How Does the Organic Industry Regulate Processing Aids?
The crunch of a good organic apple. The taste of a sun-warmed organic tomato. The welcome chunk of an organic potato in a potato salad. The distinctive flavor of an organic hamburger.
Food Companies Work to Make It Look Natural
NEW YORK - Here's the latest goal for food makers: Perfect the art of imperfection.
Cheese: A Nutritional Powerhouse That Helps Protect You
If you're a cheese lover struggling to resist cheese because you've heard it's not good for you, then brace yourself for some really good news. Cheese can be an excellent source of nutrition, a food you may want to include more of in your diet rather than less.
Pentagon Bracing for Public Dissent Over Climate and Energy Shocks
NSA Prism is motivated in part by fears that environmentally-linked disasters could spur anti-government activism
Six Horrifying Things About Pork Everyone Should Know
American hog farmers have managed to eliminate all wholesomeness, purity, ethics and animal welfare from the pork industry.
Move Over Democracy, Let the Corporations Rule
The proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the EU and the US will open the floodgate to multi-million Euro lawsuits from corporations challenging democratic policies to protect the environment and public health, argues a new briefing by Corporate Europe Observatory and the Transnational Institute published on 3 June.
Why Safer Food Workers Mean Safer Food
Americans these days are nervous about what they eat, and they should be, what with outbreaks of foodborne illnesses, meat pumped with veterinary drugs and genetically modified organisms creeping into our groceries. And in May, when the iconic brand of Smithfield Foods was bought by a Chinese multinational, there seemed to be still more cause for alarm. China seems even more rife with food hazards: rivers brimming with pig carcasses, poisonous baby formula, lakes of toxic waste.
Chipotle Becomes First US Restaurant Chain to Voluntarily Label GMOs
The recent decision by Whole Foods Market to label all genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) sold in its stores by the long-off date of 2018 looks silly and almost meaningless compared to the right-now policy of fresh food chain Chipotle, which is officially the first and only major U.S. food supplier to voluntarily label GMOs.
Chronic Wasting Disease on the Rise in Wisconsin Deer; Will it Infect Humans?
The rate of chronic wasting disease (CWD) is on the rise among deer in Iowa County, Wisconsin and elsewhere across the state. CWD is a fatal, transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) similar to what is commonly known as mad cow disease that is caused by twisted proteins, or prions. For hunters, writes outdoors reporter Patrick Durkin, this means the disease might be affecting the herd now.
Five Pest Species Now Immune to GMO Corn and Cotton
As of 2010, five of 13 major pest species had become largely immune to the Bt poisons in GMO corn and cotton, compared to just one species in 2005
Appeals Court Binds Monsanto to Promise Not to Sue Organic Farmers
A three-judge panel at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled today that a group of organic and otherwise non-GMO farmer and seed company plaintiffs are not entitled to bring a lawsuit to protect themselves from Monsanto's transgenic seed patents
GMO Food Labels Being Considered by Mass. Lawmakers
BOSTON/State House - The Massachusetts legislature is currently reviewing three bills this session that may lead to food products containing Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) to carry identifying labels.
Sanity Prevails: US Supreme Court Rules that Human Genes are Not Eligible for Patent Protection
In a unanimous ruling, the United States Supreme Court ruled today that human genes cannot be patented. The ruling invalidates the thousands of patents that have already been granted on human genes, including the patent by Myriad Genetics on the BRCA breast cancer genes which the company says no one else can research or even detect without paying it a royalty. Click here to read the complete ruling.
Your Spiritual Right to GMO Labeling
As you already figured out, I try to find out all I can about how callous, impersonal, selfish, greedy and uncaring about people Monsanto is. So, I'm cruising the internet and I come across an article that put Monsanto's complete disregard for people's spiritual/religious perspective about eating.
Supreme Court Rules Human Genes May Not Be Patented
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that human genes cannot be patented, a decision that is likely to shape the future of medical and biotech research.
An Open Door for GMOs? - Take Action on the EU-US Free Trade Agreement
At the end of June, the European Union and the US will officially launch negotiations for a new free trade agreement known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The plan is to create the world's largest free trade area, 'protect' investment and harmonize regulation. While appealing to big business, the trade treaty poses a serious threat for citizens on both sides of the Atlantic, as it could weaken labour, social, environmental and consumer protection standards. One of the greatest risks includes US negotiators using the trade deal to push for the EU to open its plates and fields up to GM crops.
What's Your Breaking Point?
When Edward Snowden reached his breaking point, the world saw the truth about the vast extent of spying by the NSA on Americans and people around the world. In an act of conscience, Snowden released secret information, saying "My sole motive is to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them."
Fair Trade More Important Than Free Trade
The guest opinion by Rep. Ron Kind in the March 13 issue of The Country Today ("Wisconsin farmers deserve access to global markets," Page 6A) deserves a response. Kind quotes statistics by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection that Wisconsin is the No. 1 producer of cheese in the U.S. and No. 2 in the nation for cheese exports. He lamented the fact that even though we have trade agreements with Canada and Russia "the threat of non-tariff trade barriers, such as non-science based sanitary and phytosanitary issues and protectionist actions, are very real."
Look Who’s Squealing Now: GMO Lovers Freak Over New Study of Sick Pigs
OK, everyone have a seat and take a few deep breaths. Go to your calming place. Ready? Good. Because I'm about to talk about a new study that suggests that eating genetically modified crops might not be the best thing for us.
Homa Therapy in India
As US and Other Wealthy Nations Slash Aid, UN Warns of "Silent Tsunami of Hunger" in Global Food Crisis
