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Views Women Ecowarriors Over the last four decades, I have served the Earth and grassroots ecological movements, beginning with the historic Chipko Movement (Hug the Tree Movement), in the Central Himalaya. Every movement in which I participated, I noticed that women were the decision-makers — they decided the course of... Read more |
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News G8 Brings Big Ag Colonialism to Africa Corporate food initiative in Africa will be 'a disaster like you can't imagine,' critics warn Read more |
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Views The Difference Between a Farmer and a Global Chemical Corporation We are witnessing a strange, though remarkably predictable public discourse, where State lawmakers claim that those " truly serious about supporting local farmers " must abolish Counties' rights " forever ," and transnational corporations call themselves " farmers ." Legislators attempt to contort... Read more |
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Views President Obama Uses a Sledgehammer Against Dissent From Jeremy Hammond to Bradley Manning and the AP, Obama's 'assault on journalism' is a threat to our democracy Read more |
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Views WikiLeaks and the 2014 Sochi Olympics Precisely ten months from today, the 2014 Winter Olympics will open in Sochi, Russia. This weekend also marks the three-year anniversary of one of WikiLeaks’s most controversial interventions: the release of a video documenting American troops in Apache helicopters gunning down twelve people—... Read more |
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Views Tilling the Soil with Pesticides The ministry of agriculture had organised a conference on Doubling Food Production from February 1-3. The “eminent speakers” invited were not members of International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) or top Indian scientists. Rather they were spin masters... Read more |
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Views Food Poisoning on a Global Scale Food is supposed to provide us nourishment and health but because of the toxins it contains, what we consume has become a major threat to our health. Some toxic substances are added to our food physically, through adulteration, while some enter our food system chemically, through pesticide residues... Read more |
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Views Food Sovereignty Advocates Occupy the World Food Prize The world’s leading agricultural and food policy experts are headed to Des Moines, Iowa, this week to celebrate the World Food Prize. The annual event heralds the achievements of individuals who have advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity or availability of food in the world... Read more |
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Views Myths About Industrial Agriculture Organic farming is the "only way to produce food" without harming the planet and people's health Read more |
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Views Labeling Genetically Engineered Foods: Whose Side Are You On? This November, California voters will have an opportunity to vote on a simple, yet important ballot initiative called Prop 37 – the California Right to Know Act. If approved, it would require food sold in California supermarkets be clearly labeled if it has been genetically engineered. What many... Read more |