How much rice do you eat, in various food products? How much flax? – In 2006 there was a hullaballoo in the United Kingdom because the US knowingly shipped banned food to them – rice contaminated by GMO’s. (The same rice is on store shelves in North America, but there is no testing to identify […]
http://www.cbgnetwork.org/3262.html Press Release, February 1, 2010 Coalition against Bayer Dangers Staple food endangered: EU urged not to approve Bayer´s GM Rice Caricature for free use / great Greenpeace clip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsxFZ0rUCoM The Coalition against Bayer Dangers urges European authorities to refuse an import approval for Liberty Link Rice (LL62) produced by Bayer CropScience. LL62 has been […]
UPDATE ON BAYER’S “MOVENTO” AND BEES. ILLEGAL TO SELL IN THE U.S. WHAT IS STATUS IN CANADA? On Dec 30, 2009 we circulated the U.S. story “Big Win for Bees: Judge Pulls Pesticide”. I then sent an email to the Canadian Government to find out the status of Bayer’s chemical “Movento” (spirotetramat) in Canada. The […]
Movento (Bayer ag chemical threat to bees). Food production dependent on pollinators. See the appended press release. Congratulations to the Natural Resources Defense Council in the U.S.! It is insanity to be putting more chemicals that kill bees into the environment when we know the vast amounts of our food crops that cannot be produced […]
COURT AWARD: BAYER TO PAY TWO AMERICAN RICE FARMERS $1 MILLION EACH FOR LOSSES ARISING OUT BAYER’S GM RICE. MORE TO COME? “In December 2009 Bayer was sentenced to pay about $2 million for losses sustained by two US farmers. The verdict of the federal court in St. Louis is seen as a test run […]
“Canada’s GM contaminated flax has now been found in 28 countries” CONTENTS (1) “TRIFFID” GM FLAX COMING TO YOU, COMPLIMENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY? (2) TRIFFID ENGINEERED TO BE RESISTANT TO CHEMICAL RESIDUE IN SOIL (3) CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY (CFIA) IS RESPONIBLE FOR LICENSING CROPS. IT CONTINUES TO SHOW TRIFFID AUTHORIZED FOR “UNCONFINED RELEASE”. (4) […]
the most genes artificially added to a single plant was three, but Smartstax includes eight These are eight poisons built into the genome of the corn. Genes do not wash off. QUICK, QUIET GENETIC CORN APPROVAL BY THE CFIA To see the CFIA documentation on the approval for Smartstax corn, go to: 2013-05-28 Dismay when people […]
CONTENTS (1) LETTER TO SENATE COMMITTEE (2) NATIONAL FARMERS UNION INFORMATION ON BILL C-33 (3) COUNCIL OF CANADIANS INFORMATION ON BILL C-33 ================= (1) LETTER TO SENATE COMMITTEE I wish I didn’t feel a need to support the people, in this case the Council of Canadians and the National Farmers Union, who initiate action around […]
“Monsanto’s out-of-court settlement with Schmeiser ($660.00) is pennies with the potential to break the bank: – the owner of the seed is responsible for the contamination. – the farmer doesn’t have to do the clean-up; s/he can hire it done. – the owner of the seed will pay the bill. Now who wants to […]
CONTENTS (1) THE ILLUSION THAT WE FIGHT DIFFERENT BATTLES (2) WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY AND HE IS US (3) THAT THE BATTLE IS ONE: WILL IT BE THE PUBLIC INTEREST OR THE CORPORATE INTEREST THAT PREVAILS? (4) INTRODUCTION TO THE NEXT QUICK SKIRMISH: BASF’S HERBICIDE-TOLERANT WHEAT IS ON THE MARKET FOR SPRING SEEDING, THE […]