Author: Daniela

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If you have some time, please stop by Chris Ranier’s website and view his video Ancient Marks. He notes that we are “losing traditional cultures with their ancient ways of life and spiritual beliefs at a catastrophic rate.” He hopes to “sustain and revitalize cultures on the edge” with his photography.

US-Japan agree to make it easier to import each other’s organic products

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The Associated Press announces a new US-Japan deal that could lead to more organic options. The United States and Japan have agreed to make it easier to import each other’s organic products, the latest step in a global effort that could give consumers access to more — and cheaper — organic food. The Agriculture Department…

Are GMOs worth their weight in gold? To farmers, not exactly

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Grist always seems to have the most even-handed coverage of the GM vs. non GM debate.

Teilhard de Chardin Quote of the Week (September 23, 2013): Never Give Up

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Originally posted on Teilhard de Chardin: “Never give up: try to attack it from another angle, the correct angle—where success is in proportion not to the extension of the individual but to the constancy in the effort to make the world around God less harsh and more human. If the pressure of events can induce…

Corporate lobbyists shamelessly use poverty, hunger as cover story to pillage African agriculture

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Ethan A. Huff alerts the public to Monsanto’s massive GMO push in Africa at Natural News.com: Europe has all but banned GMOs, with the exception of imported animal feed, and the U.S. is growing more and more resistant to GMOs with each passing day. So the biotech industry is shifting its focus to Africa, much of…

Cooperatives Responsible for 3% of GDP in New Zealand

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Scoop Business Independent News reports on the contributions cooperatives make to New Zealand’s economy: Showing a combined annual revenue of $41,129,034,964 for the year 2011-12, the Top 40 cooperatives in New Zealand ranged from Fonterra Cooperative Group and Foodstuffs at the top through Southern Cross Healthcare Society and Mitre10 to Ashburton Trading Society, the Dairy Goat…

GMO Label Risk, Organic Food Cut into ConAgra Foods Profits

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Stock Traders Daily has bad news for ConAgra Foods: ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE:CAG), the maker of Chef Boyardee, Healthy Choice and Peter Pan, reported disappointing earnings last week, as the company said its net income for the first quarter was $144.3 million or $0.34 per share, down from $250.1 million or $0.61 per share in the…

Dominican Republic Records 30 Percent Increase in Organic Food Production

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