By ANDREW POLLACK Government regulators moved a big step closer on Friday to allowing the first genetically engineered animal — a fast-growing salmon — to enter the nation’s food supply. Enlarge This Image Barrett The Food and Drug Administration said it had concluded that the salmon would have “no significant impact” on the environment. The […]
SENT: 13/12/2012 to Ron: Question: I am thinking that it would be worthwhile to forward the information I sent you, to other people in Bhutan. Would that suit you? (INSERT: Ron responded – he agrees but is over his head with work at the moment.) Reason for sharing the information further: You received untrue arguments […]
1. Pictures of the world’s largest cities followed by pictures of crowded beaches, subways and intensive housing. Be patient; it takes a couple of minutes to download and then start. Over_Population – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2. See also 2012-02-27 YouTube: Arithmetic, Population and Energy (over-population)
Important video / film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LSUyrF3p-s Allison writes on Facebook: pay attention, Canada… this is a sovereignty issue, too. the US has, the US wants & the US has agreed that water ‘is a human right’… which is USian for ‘you’re squatting on what is ours, on our continent’. This shocking investigation into the world’s water […]
Claire Provost and Felicity Lawrence Three huge agribusinesses dominate $1bn US food aid policy, Guardian study reveals, with lobby groups ensuring agricultural surpluses are exported despite cost to developing countries • Get the data • Interactive: The business of US food aid Sacks of American wheat destined for Afghanistan being unloaded in Peshawar, Pakistan. […]
2009-08-31 1. GM Wheat is back. Email to Carole Swan, head of the CFIA 2009-08-31 2. Letter to the anti-terrorist squad, RCMP. Government and University are creating the “home-grown” terrorists. Am I one of them? 2009-08-31 3. GM Wheat Critique of Penner’s “Synchronized introduction of GM Wheat” see BELOW We helped stop Monsanto’s GM Wheat, […]
Oh my Lord! This is such good news – – I REALLY needed it! It is so fundamental – – whether or not we have the rule of law!! I would hug and kiss those people who worked so hard in challenging the Government’s disregard for the law, if they were anywhere nearby. Today I […]
Corporate ownership of farmland ” . . allocate a portion of their portfolios to farmland without the need to take on the complex responsibilities of ownership themselves.” The information below is about Canada (Agcapita). CBC Radio, The Current, did an interview some months ago on this same topic – – a large pool of money […]
http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/1122020/monsanto_bayer_and_dow_face_trial_for_systematic_human_rights_abuses.html Matilda Lee 16th November, 2011 Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal accuses biotech giants Monsanto, Dow, Bayer, Syngenta, DuPont and BASF of promoting dangerous pesticides including endosulfan, paraquat and neonicotinoids The world’s major agrochemical companies, Monsanto, Dow, Bayer, Syngenta, DuPont and BASF, will face a public tribunal in early December accused of systematic human rights violations. They […]
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gNjCKNwrP-PmSfDVqqDD8qH9qisQ?docId=CNG.a42eb30e1d738ea517deb3f5d4cb67e4.2b1 Peru’s Congress approves 10-year GMO ban (AFP) – 2 days ago LIMA — Peru’s Congress announced Friday it overwhelmingly approved a 10-year moratorium on imports of genetically modified organisms in order to safeguard the country’s biodiversity. The measure bars GMOs — including seeds, livestock, and fish — from being imported for cultivation or to […]