Tag: Genetically modified food
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Chinese Populace Rejects GM Foods
The resistance to genetically modified foods by the populace is consistent in almost every country where they are “literally” trying to ram it down people’s throats. Here’s an article about the uncertain fate of GM food imports into China posted in Want China Times: In November of 2013, China rejected imports of 600,000 tonnes of US-grown corn…
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Vermont on Track to Mandate GMO Labeling
By Reuters: The Vermont Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that would make it the first state to mandate labeling of foods made with genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. Unlike bills passed last year in Maine and Connecticut, which require other states to pass GMO labeling laws before they can be enacted, Vermont’s contains no…
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Organics Under Attack
The OCA has a long history of defending the integrity of organic standards. Last September, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), under pressure from corporate interests represented by the Organic Trade Association, made our job harder. They also made it more important than ever for consumers to do their homework, even when buying USDA certified organic products.…
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Organic Farming – Solution to World Hunger
The following article by Paul Hanley in Saskatoon’s The Star Phoenix succinctly lays out the benefits of organic farming and the issues with industrial farming. To summarize it in a nutshell, “We need to start paying farmers for ecological services, not just food. The money can come from repurposing perverse subsidies on fossil fuels and farming,…
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Live Streamed Lecture by Vandana Shiva
Posted in Arts & Culture, Culture, Events by Anastasia Chipelski on March 24, 2014 Internationally renowned eco-feminist, philosopher, and activist Vandana Shiva will be paying a visit to Winnipeg this weekend, and while her ticketed event is now sold out, local organizers have arranged an alternate, free live-streamed teach-in. Shiva will be speaking to a group of paying attendees on the evening…
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My Potato Project; The Importance of “Organic”
A child’s experiment turns into a lesson on the toxins in our food supply.
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Russia Bans GMO’s
According to a recent article in The Voice of Russia. food safety experts in the nation have banned GMO’s as research shows they cause obesity and cancer. Russia is firm: no genetically modified organisms in food production, the head of Russia’s Ministry of Agriculture Nikolay Fyodorov stated at the All-Russian Meeting of Agrarians. GMO-foods controversies between scientists,…
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World Farmers on Edge
As if this wasn’t entirely predictable: The West Australian Supreme court will commence hearing a test case that has farmers around Australia and even across the world on the edge of their tractor seats. It involves a farmer Steve Marsh who lost his organic certification when GM canola seeds from his neighbour’s crop sprouted on…
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Pesticide Residue Strengthens Case for Organic Farming
My Google Alerts is ablaze with articles about pesticide residue found on organic produce. Paul Hanley’s level-headed piece in the Star Phoenix explains why this finding “drives home the importance of expanding pesticide-free organic farming practices.” Providing food free from chemical residues is just one goal of organic farming and perhaps not the most important.…
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The Cost of Conventional Food to Society
Dr. Stan Gardener shares his perspective on the cost society pays for conventional food in his article Pay the Farmer or Pay Pharma. This was published in the Meridian Magazine by the LDS Church. It is refreshing to see them take this on. If all the churches followed suit, we might see significant changes to our…
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