Hemp, and Empire
Rand Clifford OpEd News “…the continuous consolidation of money and power into higher, tighter and righter hands.” That was GHW Bush’s answer to reporter Sarah…
Agriculture
Cattle ‘cloned from dead animals’
Cloned meat — from lab to plate Pallab Ghosh — BBC Some of the cattle cloned to boost food production in the US have been…
Analysis: Extreme weather plagues farming, talks flounder
Timothy Gardner (REUTERS) Global wheat markets reeling from Russian droughts, thousands of cattle killed by heat in Kansas, and countless crop acres wiped out by floods…
Wheat is the new gold in time of plenty for America’s breadbasket
As fires wreck Russia’s harvests and poor countries brace for shortages, it’s boom time for Kansas farmers. David Usborne The Independent Wildfires, floods, crippling droughts,…
Russia Burns (Radiation Alert)
Mark Sircus IMVA A hasty evacuation of diplomatic staff from foreign embassies, like a stampede, began in Moscow. Many embassies are trying to hide the…
Senate Bill S510 Makes it illegal to Grow, Share, Trade or Sell Homegrown Food
The World’s Prophecy S 510, the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010, may be the most dangerous bill in the history of the US. It…
US food crops absorb toxic pharmaceuticals and personal care products from treated wastewater
Ethan A. Huff Natural News Several major reports have come out in recent years about the dangers of pharmaceutical drug residues being found in the…
How world food security for 2011 hinges on Russia
Jotman According to the WSJ, “Worries about a shortage [of wheat] already have sent grain prices soaring, threatening a potentially damaging bout of food inflation…. The high…
Grain price rise may fuel Mideast, Europe unrest
Peter Apps Reuters * Price rise comes on top of impact of financial crisis * Discontent could fuel street unrest * Middle East, North Africa,…
When Agrochemical Corporations Invented Nature
Julio Godoy American Chronicle Delegates from some 300 environmental and consumer organisations from all over the world gathered last month in Bavarian capital Munich, some…
USDA plans to require ID for interstate livestock
Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Federal officials looking to head off livestock disease outbreaks are drafting regulations that would require farmers to identify animals…
Wheat Crisis Threatens Inflationary Time Bomb, Food Riots
Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet Global food prices skyrocketing as a result of devastating weather conditions, hedge fund speculation Russia’s ban on wheat exports following…
Pharmaceuticals In Soybeans? Crops Absorb Toxins, Research Shows
Scientists have found that certain crops easily absorb pharmaceuticals and personal care products, or PPCPs. Megan Meyer Indiana Republic Media Scientists have found that certain…
Commodity prices soar as spectre of food inflation is back
Speculation and rumour could be the driving force behind sudden market rise in food prices Philip Inman and Simon Bowers The Guardian The spectre of…