World-News

Jon Letman, Truthout: Indian physicist and philosopher, activist and ecofeminist pioneer Vandana Shiva talks about GMOs, the militarization of agriculture, the politics of occupation and the primacy of biodiversity.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/14784-activist-seeds-of-gm-foods-war-vsearth-planted-by-military-industrial-forces



Our Food Is Being Hijacked by Monopolizing Corporations

Mark Karlin, Truthout: If you are opposed to the corporatization of the food supply, Wenonah Hauter, executive director of Food & Water Watch, presents a meticulously researched argument for a massive restructuring of a system which allows a few companies to determine what we eat.

http://www.truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/14783-our-food-is-being-hijacked-by-monopolizing-corporations



The True Costs of Industrialized Food

Staff, Other Worlds: Has agribusiness won such control that a turnaround is impossible? No. Small farmers, grassroots groups, and advocacy organizations are demanding food sovereignty, meaning the right of every people to produce adequate, healthy, affordable, and culturally appropriate food for all.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/15300-the-true-costs-of-industrailized-food

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Food giants take over the industry

Small producers face poverty as ever more commodities are controlled by a coterie of multinationals.

http://is.gd/ptiCDp


From Information Clearing House

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America the polluted

CounterPunch
by Paul Craig Roberts

02/26/13

In the United States everything is polluted. Democracy is polluted with special interests and corrupt politicians. Accountability is polluted with executive branch exemptions from law and the Constitution and with special legal privileges for corporations, such as the Supreme Court given right to corporations to purchase American elections...

http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/02/26/one-nation-under-monsanto/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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How the Food Giants Hooked America on Junk Food
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/03/01-1

Push for Labeling of Genetically Engineered Foods
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/03/12-10

Pesticides for GMOs Driving Monarch Butterfly Populations to 'Ominous' Brink
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/03/14-3



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=biodiversity
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=agribusiness
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=food+supply
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=labeling
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=GMOs
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=GM+seed
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=pesticide
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=food+giant
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Monsanto
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Constitution
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Supreme+Court
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=corporat
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Big+Business
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Vandana+Shiva
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Wenonah+Hauter
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Jon+Letman
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Mark+Karlin
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Paul+Craig+Roberts
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Lauren+McCauley
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