2017-04-23 If you want to understand Justin Trudeau (Bill Morneau) decisions re CETA, industrial agriculture, etc. try this. CBC Radio, Sunday Edition.

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Apr 232017
 
2017-04-23 If you want to understand Justin Trudeau (Bill Morneau) decisions re CETA, industrial agriculture, etc. try this. CBC Radio, Sunday Edition.

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition/april-23-2017-the-sunday-edition-with-michael-enright-1.4076347/shoring-up-canada-s-economic-future-a-conversation-with-dominic-barton-1.4076370 Listen to the interview.  :    Listen 29:17 Provide your feedback to the CBC:   http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition/contact Dominic Barton was appointed by Finance Minister Bill Morneau as chair of the Government’s Advisory Council on Economic Growth. RELATED POSTINGS:   typed-up excerpts from John Perkins’  2016 “New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man”   and Joyce Nelson’s book, “Beyond Banksters:  Resisting the […]

2016-12-09 Washington state sues Monsanto over PCB pollution

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Dec 092016
 

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/washington-state-sues-monsanto-over-pcb-pollution/ The Associated Press   SEATTLE – Washington has become the first U.S. state to sue the agrochemical giant Monsanto over pervasive pollution from PCBs, the toxic industrial chemicals that have accumulated in plants, fish and people around the globe for decades. The company said the case “lacks merit.”  Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee and Attorney […]

2016-07-10 Turmoil in Saudi water sector as country runs dry. And related, The Great Land Grab.

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Jul 242016
 
2016-07-10 Turmoil in Saudi water sector as country runs dry. And related, The Great Land Grab.

Many thanks to Lyle for the article below, “Turmoil in Saudi water . . . “. Earlier, related postings  appear at bottom. First, a bit of background on The Great Land Grab  is helpful to understanding the full impact of Lyle’s comment. Note:  The Land Grabs usually take place in the Global South.   Welcome, Canada!   The sale of the […]

2015-11-19 US approves GM fish. Is Health Canada next? GM salmon eggs to be produced in PEI.

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Nov 192015
 

(I used the COMMENTS at bottom to post update – – court challenge in the U.S.) Today, the US government approved the world’s first GM food animal for human consumption – a GM fish that will originate from Prince Edward Island (PEI) Canada. The US company AquaBounty will produce all the GM fish eggs in […]

2014-11-18 Food security: California droughts could leave B.C. high and dry on food, Globe & Mail

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Apr 212015
 

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/california-droughts-could-leave-bc-high-and-dry-on-food/article21644937/ This article is part of Globe B.C.’s eight-part weekly series on food security in Canada. Visit this page  for the rest of the series so far. When California Governor Jerry Brown declared a statewide emergency in January, there was hope water conservation and increased pumping from aquifers could blunt the impact of a withering […]

Croplife Canada, President, CEO. Lorne Hepworth on the Board of Directors, University of Saskatchewan “Global Institute for Food Security” (Agriculture). Privatization of public assets.

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Sep 282014
 

Kudos! to Larry Powell for his excellent, humorous rebuttal to the new President of Croplife Canada,  Ted Menzies, former MP. Blogger Responds to Accusations from CropLife Canada.   http://www.planetinperil.ca/2014/09/blogger-responds-to-accusations-from.html  (I appended a copy, in case the above URL becomes invalid.)   PRIOR TO MENZIES,  LORNE HEPWORTH was 20-YEAR PRESIDENT OF CROP-LIFE, WHAT ABOUT HIM? 1.  […]

2014-07-02 Economic indicators: email to CBC, Fisheries illustrate the faults

 Economic Indicators, Freedom of Speech. (Remove some wrong postings from category), Health, Salmon & Fish, Sustainability  1 Response »
Jul 022014
 

“On the Island” this morning, CBC Radio, an opportunity to make a point  about economic indicators: RE:  Salmon fishery, increasing the take from 3% to 15% My experience with DFO and fish quotas is from Nova Scotia where we lived for 15 years.   We arrived in the nineteen-seventies.  The Grand Banks cod fishery supported […]

2014-04-17 VERY exciting times! Look what’s happening!

 Climate, Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, Ladar Levison, Empowerment, Food, Freedom of Speech. (Remove some wrong postings from category), Genetically Modified, Health, Julian Assange, Wikileaks, Chelsea (Bradley) Manning, Arjen Kamphuis, Sustainability  1 Response »
Apr 172014
 

With many organizations now putting out lengthy lists of “good news stories” I have the impression of a rapidly mobilizing, empowered citizenry. It’s like spring has arrived; there is new life shooting up everywhere around us!   I selected just a few examples. Can’t celebrate if we don’t know about them!   1.     2014-04-17   Monsanto and Big Food […]

2014-01-13 China, cloned pig factory, BBC

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Jan 142014
 

www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25721241 I think I’ll start raising my own pigs! This newscast reminds me that the Chinese have bought Smithfield Foods in the U.S. – one of the largest American meat producers, remembered from the battles over intensive livestock operations and the decimation of farmers. You can see this next wave in the industrialized food supply, […]

2013-11-26 Important video “Salmon Confidential”. PLUS One step closer to Frankenfish, thanks to Canada.

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Nov 272013
 

Things that did not make sense suddenly become clear as day. why is the Government proceeding with the registration of GMO salmon? why the closure of fisheries labs on the West Coast? why can’t the Government tolerate scientists? for how little will people sell their souls? I highly recommend the video “Salmon Confidential” and bless […]

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