Tag: Italy

  • As Societies Urbanize Food Importation Increases

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    This is a phenomenon I’m finding in article after article all over the world.  As societies urbanize, they become more and more dependent on food imports.  In his piece “Do You Remember How Real Organic Food Looks and Tastes Like?” Vladimir Stoiljkovic documents how many Serbian villages are now populated mainly by the elderly as young…

  • Monsanto Feeling Pressure from the Public

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    Mandy Adwell at The 9 Billion blog notes that “it has been a rough year for Monsanto, especially in Europe.” After several countries banned the use of genetically modified seeds and several others banned the use of certain pesticides, the company has announced it will withdraw all pending approval requests for new genetically modified crops…

  • Catholic law and federal law collide over Crimen Sollictationas

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    Hunt Henion in the Examiner brings news of the, “slowly emerging conflict between Catholic law and federal law[that] hit the fan today when Catholic clergy were ordered to refuse to enforce the church law called Crimen Sollicitationas.” “Thousands of Catholic clergy and officials are being issued an Order to Comply with child protection laws this week,…