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The economic devastation in farm country continues unabated as agribusiness profiteers, Wall Street speculators, urban sprawlers and corrupted political elites continue to set food policy. During the farm crisis … Read more
Breast cancer awareness: Going a bit nuts over pink Ok, I’ve officially seen it all. Well, that may be an exaggeration. I’m sure there are plenty more “save … Read more
The 2013 election circus was at least entertaining Election days can be dizzying — like trying to absorb a three-ring circus with all three acts going at once. … Read more
Not agri-Culture, just agri-Business: Monsanto As Lily Tomlin has noted, “No matter how cynical you get, it’s almost impossible to keep up.” For example, imagine if a prestigious … Read more
Tomato tinkerers go back to the drawing board Warning: Agribusiness is in the lab again, molesting the “molecular machineries” of Mother Nature’s tomato. Actually, it’s the already-machined, industrial … Read more
Recently escaped from the lab, GMO wheat is ‘occupying’ farmland — as well as Washington — and demanding its rights Ever since unapproved GMO wheat was found sprouting … Read more
Monsanto, a bad actor Remember the 1950s horror movie “The Bad Seed”? Any remake should cast Monsanto in the title role, because whenever something scary is being done … Read more
Groups Launch National Initiative to Help Americans Take Action on Genetically Engineered Foods (GMOs) A new coalition, focused on the right to know whether or not foods are … Read more
Looking at the drought withered corn belt and the shrinking polar ice cap on the net while we wait to vote on GMO labeling in our food my mind keeps turning back to a poem by Stephen Vincent Benet.
Nightmare, With Angels
by Stephen Vi…
PepsiCo, Nestlé, Coca Cola, and Kellogg working to defeat California’s GMO food labeling measure (Sacramento, Calif.) — The latest round of funding just reported to the California Secretary … Read more
