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Raising the Bar at the Future of Food Conference
Wed Jun 1, 2011 11:05 AM EDT
Washington Post's Tim Carman asked the leading participants of the recent Future of Food conference, which gathered members to discuss pressing food production and nutrition problems, some of which included a decline in biodiversity, obesity, the impact of genetically modified o …
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Of feast and famine - America discards 40% of the food it makes
Seeded on Sat Aug 14, 2010 1:24 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
*America discards 40% of the food it makes, while a billion in the world go hungry. How can we stop such dire misallocation?
Supreme Court Ruling in Monsanto Case is Victory for Center for Food Safety, Farmers
Seeded on Tue Jun 22, 2010 1:11 AM EDT (Center for Food Safety)
The Center for Food Safety today celebrated the United States Supreme Court's decision in Monsanto v. Geerston Farms, the first genetically modified crop case ever brought before the Supreme Court.
US Senate & Bill Gates Give Planet a Middle Finger for Earth Day
Seeded on Fri Apr 23, 2010 11:13 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
A broad coalition including Bill Gates, Tim Geithner, the US State Department, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the World Bank, and others have a plan to help the world's hungry by working in opposition to the recommendations of scientists worldwide, including the findings …
How Sick is This? NYTimes OpEd Suggests Cure for Factory Farm Cruelty is Genetically Engineered Lobotomies?
Seeded on Sat Feb 20, 2010 12:04 AM EST (The New York Times)
We've seen the NYTimes pitching for agribusiness in the OpEd's and factory food promotions speckled with false claims of higher yields for GMO crops, but this take the cake for insnare ideas for self induced problems with practical solutions.
Monsanto GMO Ignites Big Seed War
Seeded on Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:15 PM EST (NPR)
Even though deep snowdrifts cover his fields in eastern Kansas, Luke Ulrich, a corn and soybean farmer here, is thinking about spring. It's time to buy seed again, but hundreds of seed companies have gone under in the past two decades.
Processor Injecting Beef With Ammonia to Kill E. Coli
Seeded on Thu Dec 31, 2009 12:11 AM EST (The New York Times)
Eight years ago, federal officials were struggling to remove potentially deadly E. coli from hamburgers when an entrepreneurial company from South Dakota came up with a novel idea: injecting beef with ammonia.
USDA says America Wastes 96 Billion Pounds of Food Yearly
Seeded on Sat Dec 19, 2009 12:05 AM EST (Streamwood Press)
By Clare Howard GateHouse News Service Posted Dec 14, 2009 @ 02:03 PM PEORIA, Ill. — Pumpkin pie, or lack of it, is making central Illinois part of a national discussion about food waste and hunger in America.
Three Major GMOs Approved for Food and Feed Found Unsafe
Seeded on Sun Dec 13, 2009 12:43 AM EST (International Journal of Biological Sciences)
There is a world-wide debate concerning the safety and regulatory approval process of genetically modified (GM) crops and foods [1, 2].
Montana Governor Schweitzer's Monsanto email
Fri Dec 11, 2009 11:54 AM EST
This exchange was sent to be shared. Gov. Schweitzer reminds us that claiming ignorance, passing the buck, kissing up and kicking down are political staples well beyond Washington. From: Paul Stephens Date: Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 3:02 PM To: "Schweitzer, Brian"
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