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Ultimate Judas to Beloved Earth Al Gore at BIO 2010
Negrenses rally to preseve the country's organic farming capital
Bacolod City, PHILIPPINES — Around 400 farmers and members of church and civic groups trooped today to the Negros Occidental provincial capitol to press members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) to uphold Provincial Ordinance 007, which bans the entry of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and secure the future of Negros as the organic farming capital of the Philippines.
field trial with genetically modified wheat destroyed (zurich, switzerland)
the local press reports as following:
Erstmals stufte Europol "Feldbefreiung" als "terroristische Tat" ein
"Ökoterroristen" wollten Aufklärung
Call for action at COP9/MOP4 - Aktionsaufruf COP9/MOP4
Philippines at serious risk from illegal GMO rice contamination
The Philippines is at serious risk from illegal GE (genetically-engineered) rice contamination as the international scandal around genetically-manipulated rice varieties which have not been commercially approved for human consumption grows bigger, Greenpeace warned today in a press briefing in Quezon City.
gray goo? Not yet, but....
in your mind, now...
Agriculture experts endorse sustainable agriculture over GMOs
'Go for sustainable agriculture.'
GM Watch: 09 July 2006 - Massive controversy over GM in India + new GM lobbyist
Two different topics are tackled in our podcast this week. The first is a massive controversy over GM in India, in which India’s Prime Minister is becoming increasingly embroiled. The second is on a new lobby group called 'ASK-FORCE' that’s been set up by Prof. Klaus Ammann to promote GM crops.
GM Watch: 02 July 2006 - How pro-GM lobbyists promote the GM agenda
We’re looking at the way that pro-GM lobbyists promote their agenda using the media, yet without disclosing their vested interests in GM crops. It includes a piece on an article on a recent paper by the economist Jeremy Rifkin. Rifkin’s paper is on the non-GM biotech approach of marker-assisted selection, which involves no genetic modification and it not only eclipsing the crude technology of GM but offers a way of moving the biotech debate forward. Rifkin's innovative ideas have been vigorously attacked by powerful GM lobby groups and scientific institutions that have vested interests in GM
GM Watch: 25 June 2006 - Illegal GM crops in Brazil and China
Between 16-18k hectares of cotton across several Brazilian states has been quarantined because illegal GM cotton seeds have been used, and this illegal GM cotton is set to be destroyed; The South China Morning Post reported a was clear collusion between GM scientists and a commercial company to sell Chinese farmers GM grain without informing them either that the seeds were genetically engineered or that it was illegal to plant them; A report on GM was commissioned from the county of Santa Cruz's, in California, and they concluded that 1. State and federal laws provide inadequate oversight of GM food and crops, 2. Lack of safety testing leaves a dangerous void in understanding of the long-term health effects of GM food, 3. Farmers worldwide have reported their crops being tainted by stray GM pollen
GM Watch: 19 June 2006 - GM pharmaceutical crops; Monsanto's GM rBGH
The growing of GM pharmaceutical crops in France and the testing of a drug derived from GM pharmaceutical rice on babies in Peru; New research points to dangers to pregnant women poised by growth hormones fed to cattle.
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Ultimate Judas to Beloved Earth Al Gore Keynote Speaker at BIO 2010
Driving out small farmers and peasants, genetic manipulation, deforestation, use of pesticides ...