Agriculture & Farming

Farmer Faces Over 2 Years Jail, $10K Fines for Feeding Community (VIDEO)

Things are heating up in Baraboo, Wisconsin as a long awaited food rights trial approaches. Raw milk drinkers are outraged that Wisconsin DATCP is bringing criminal charges against a farmer who serves a private buying club. Do citizens have a right to contract with a producer and grow food to their own standards? That is


Chinese Organic Food Scrutinized at Congressional Hearing

Not Good Enough for Pet Food Washington, D.C. – The House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats gathered information today regarding concerns being raised about imports of food from China that are entering the U.S. “We don’t trust, for good reason, the Chinese to supply ingredients for our dog and


Civil Disobedience or Death by Design

Friends. How much time do we have left? By my clock it’s five minutes past midnight. We are into unchartered territory. Territory where only bravery and vision can hope to cut through the torpor and stupor which is bringing about the designed obsolescence of the human race and the transgenic re-engineering of the common gene


Natural Defenses Against Garden Pests

With early plants coming up strong and spring in full swing (except for some northern states, sorry folks) it's probably time to start considering protecting your garden from pests. The negative effects and safety issues of pesticides have been frequently addressed. With even the EU banning the use of certain pesticides. So what are some


Garden Rebels: 10 Ways to Sow Revolution in Your Back Yard

Sometimes I think that the next Revolutionary War will take place in a vegetable garden. Instead of bullets, there will be seeds. Instead of chemical warfare, there will be rainwater, carefully collected from the gutters of the house. Instead of soldiers in body armor and helmets, there will be back yard rebels, with bare feet,


Hidden Viral Gene Discovered in GMO Crops

Another reason for you to avoid health depleting genetically modified organisms is here. A recent discovery of a hidden viral gene deep within genetically modified crops has us asking more questions. Despite numerous studies, experts and scientists speaking out about the dangers of GMOs to human health, the United States government, and other major manipulating


The Price of Our Fertilizer Addiction

Compared to the lifetime of grieving ahead for the people of West, Texas, a few years of reduced crop yields is a small price to pay for converting from "conventional" to organic farming. My heart aches for the people of West, Texas, the tiny town where a fertilizer plant recently blew up. Many of the


EU Passes Ban on Bee-Killing Pesticides

The pesticide industry, mainly Bayer and Syngenta, raised a big fuss about a pesticide ban in the European Union - a heated debate over there for awhile now. They saw lost profits - we saw potential for bee extinction and severe food loss as bees are the co-creators of the majority of the world's food


Genetically Engineered Trees for Bioenergy Pose Major Threat to Southern Forests

In response to industry plans to develop eucalyptus plantations across the US South[1], environmental groups[2] are raising serious concerns about the impacts of eucalyptus plantations on forests, rural communities, wildlife and the climate – especially if those trees are genetically engineered. EcoGen, LLC recently announced plans to develop eucalyptus plantations in southern Florida to feed


Monsanto's Astonishing Rise to Power

  Monsanto controls our food, poisons our land, and influences all three branches of government. This article was published in partnership with GlobalPossibilities.org. Forty percent of the crops grown in the United States contain their genes. They produce the world’s top selling herbicide. Several of their factories are now toxic Superfund sites. They spend millions


Had Enough? Join the March Against Monsanto

  “We will not stand for cronyism. We will not stand for poison.” That’s why on May 25, activists around the world will unite to March against Monsanto. Join the march Find participating cities Start your own march Learn more Watch the video


Genetically Engineered Right To Know Act Introduced

Major changes could be coming to American food labeling rules if a new federal bill mandating that genetically modified ingredients be disclosed is signed into law. The new bill, known as the Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act, was introduced on Wednesday by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and resembles previous legislation


U.S. Study, Roundup Linked To Health Dangers

Heavy use of the world's most popular herbicide, Roundup, could be linked to a range of health problems and diseases, including Parkinson's, infertility and cancers, according to a new study. The peer-reviewed report, published last week in the scientific journal Entropy, said evidence indicates that residues of "glyphosate," the chief ingredient in Roundup weed killer,


Farm Supports and Social Welfare

The planting season is in full swing as is the transfer of subsidies to big agriculture and social welfare food stamps. Which has more worth, paying the Monsanto and property tax bill or running a public assistance program that allows for the buying of lottery tickets? Well, if you are Congress, both have benefit, but


Frankenapple: Bad News No Matter How You Slice It

Thanks to the biotech industry’s relentless quest to control our food, McDonald’s, Burger King and even school cafeterias will soon be able to serve up apples that won’t turn brown when they’re sliced or bitten into. A new, almost entirely untested genetic modification technology, called RNA interference, or double strand RNA (dsRNA), is responsible for


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