You can run but you can’t hide…. Grape growers use Roundup® (glyphosate) to suppress weeds between vines. Cotton growers use it to defoliate plants before harvest. Farmers’ GMO seeds like soybeans and corn are modified […]
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All posts tagged: genetically-modified-foods
All by Itself the Humble Sweet Potato Colonized the World
Is the seed potato an ‘invasive’ ‘exotic’ which by definition harms plants and habitats? Or do new plants – like new animals – enter systems all the time, and in so doing benefit other plants […]
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This Tiny Country Feeds the World
Humane, low chemical, sustainable intensive agriculture, Dutch style.
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Foodies Can Order Meats From a Single Animal
Consumer demand for wholesome food is the driving force behind sustainable food production.
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Curbs Are Sought for Livestock Antibiotics
More on the damage being done to public health by the confinement livestock industry.
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Doubts About the Promised Bounty of Genetically Modified Crops
The New York Times says it has has “discovered” that the poisons routinely used to produce GMO crops are a danger to human health and soil fertility. The extent to which the mainstream press has […]
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Wall Street Journal and Monsanto Claim that GMOs Are a Necessity—for Farmers and the Environment
The Wall Street Journal publishes Monsanto’s claim that the World Health Organization has given GMOs a clean bill of health. But, is this true? Most GMOs have been modified to withstand pesticides, especially glyphosate-based Roundup. […]
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Are GMOs Really That Bad?
Since humans began raising food by farming and keeping livestock, we have bred for better plants and animals. This is not and never has been the problem with GMOs; attempts to portray GMO opponents as […]
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Bayer Proposes to Acquire Monsanto
American food production is increasingly dominated by a few trans-national conglomerates which have no commitment to any country, let alone to the welfare of the American people. “Conservatism” has somehow come to support the evolution […]
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The Corn-Fed Albatross Called Ethanol
Ethanol is a boondoggle foisted on the American taxpayers by so-called conservatives, in order to benefit their agribusiness cronies. The ethanol program is an economic and environmental disaster. NOTE: post originally appeared on WSJ.com on […]
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