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June 8, 2010

In his 2002 address to the Pontifical Council of Pastoral Health Care, Pope Jean Paul II warned of the “Promethean...

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Farmers and Seed Distributors Sue Monsanto to Protect Themselves from Patents on Genetically Modified Seed
[30 Mar 2011] Yesterday over 60 family farmers, seed businesses and organic agricultural organizations in Canada and the US, including Mumm’s Sprouting Seeds Ltd. of Parkside Saskatchewan in Canada, filed a lawsuit against Monsanto Company to challenge the chemical giant’s patents on genetically modified (GM) seed. (...)
Maine Town Declares Food Sovereignty
[15 Mar 2011] Sedgwick, Maine has done what no other town in the United States has done. The town unanimously passed an ordinance giving its citizens the right “to produce, process, sell, purchase, and consume local foods of their choosing.” This includes raw milk, locally slaughtered meats, and just about anything else you can imagine. It’s also a decided bucking of state and federal laws. (...)
Eco-Farming Can Double Food Production in 10 Years
[08 Mar 2011] Small-scale farmers can double food production within 10 years in critical regions by using ecological methods, a new UN report shows. Based on an extensive review of the recent scientific literature, the study calls for a fundamental shift towards agroecology as a way to boost food production and improve the situation of the poorest. (...)
The GMO reality check
[08 Mar 2011] When GMOs (genetically modified organisms) were first promoted back in the early nineties, it sounded as if the world was about to be saved from famine. These altered crops would produce much higher yields and the hungry could finally be fed. For regions of the planet where there was little rainfall, plants could be made drought resistant. Vitamins could be introduced, making genetically modified produce more nutritious. Crops would be made resilient to pests and could grow in spite of them. And lastly-the bit of information that would ease all other worries-there would be virtually no difference between these and conventionally grown crops that came before them. (...)
Dangers of Genetically Modifed Crops: The Destabilization of Agriculture. Health Hazards
[22 Feb 2011] AMSTERDAM / BRUSSELS / MONTEVIDEO / BENIN CITY, 22 February 2011 - Governments are being forced to protect farmers and citizens from genetically modified crops (GM crops) to combat biotech corporations’ stranglehold over farmers, and health scares from escalating pesticide use, according to a new report by Friends of the Earth International. (...)
Who Benefits from GM Crops? 2011
[22 Feb 2011] More research from Friends of the Earth on the myths of GM agro. (...)
Who Benefits from GM Crops? 2006-2010
[21 Feb 2011] A series of yearly reports on the impact of genetically modified crops in agriculture. (...)
Wikileaks cable reveals U.S. conspired to retaliate against European nations if they resisted GMOs
[24 Dec 2010] (...) The cable reveals the words of Craig Stapleton, the US ambassador to France, who was pushing the commercial interests of the biotech industry by attempting to force GMOs into France. In his own words (below), he expresses his frustration with the idea that France might pass environmental laws that would hamper the expansion of GMOs (...)
Genetically engineered salmon plan hit by large coalition of critics
[20 Nov 2010] A broad-based coalition of consumer, environmental, business and fishing groups is calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to deny approval of a plan to raise GM salmon. The coalition presented the FDA with more than 360,000 public comments on the issue. The public comment period closes Monday and many believe the FDA is poised to approve the plan shortly thereafter. At issue is a proposal by the private company AquaBounty, which wants to begin raising transgenic salmon in Maine. While the company claims that the salmon farm will be raised only on land-based facilities,, many fish and wildlife experts believe it would be impossible to keep some of the engineered salmon from escaping, with unknown consequences to the North Atlantic wild salmon fishery. (...)
Europeans wary of GMO foods
[18 Nov 2010] A new poll announced November 12 shows that as many as 95 percent of European respondents rate GMO foods as potentially unsafe and lacking real benefits. The European Commission survey used to determine consumer attitudes toward GMOs has seen a downward trend in GMO popularity over the last 15 years. Even Spain, which has in the past been more in favor of GMOs, saw a drop in support by 20 percent in the last five years. The study found that 70 percent of Europeans believe GMOs are fundamentally unnatural, while nearly 60 percent believe GMOS are a threat to the health of themselves and their families. Fifty-eight percent believe GMOs are not safe for future generations. (...)

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