The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) has just issued a call for an immediate moratorium on Genetically Manipulated (GMO) Foods.
Archive for the ‘Food Supply & Resources’ Category
A Moratorium on Genetically Manipulated (GMO) Foods
Posted in Food Supply & Resources, Health & Wellness, Political News on May 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Michelle Obama’s Organic Garden Concerns Chemical Firms
Posted in Food Supply & Resources, Political News, The Economy on April 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Okay… you really have to laugh at the irony of this one !! ~ CO Silverado from: http://www.opednews.com/populum/linkframe.php?linkid=87328 By Jim Snyder Posted: 04/09/09 04:20 PM [ET] Michelle Obama planted an organic garden to promote fruits and vegetables as part of a healthy diet, but some chemical companies are worried it may plant a seed of doubt [...]
Inside Story – What is behind the food crisis -15 May 08 -P2
Posted in Food Supply & Resources, tagged Food shortage, Food Supply on April 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4FotV4ZKQ8
Vandana Shiva on Biodiversity, seed banks and suicide famers
Posted in Food Supply & Resources, Political News, tagged food safety, Food shortage, HB 814, HB 875, Monsanto on April 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av6dx9yNiCA
Mercury Poisoning and ADHD
Posted in Food Supply & Resources, Health & Wellness, tagged contamination, food safety, Monsanto on April 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Mercury has been contaminating our environment for years. The two largest sources of mercury in the environment are coal-fired power plants and municipal waste incinerators which burn consumer products containing mercury (like some of the toys found in Rice Krispies).
Monsanto GM-corn Harvest Fails Massively in South Africa
Posted in Food Supply & Resources, Political News, tagged food safety, Food Supply, HB 814, HB 875, legislation, Monsanto, organic farming, poverty on April 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
South African farmers suffered millions of dollars in lost income when 82,000 hectares of genetically-manipulated corn (maize) failed to produce hardly any seeds…
Corn is Making the U.S. Unhealthy
Posted in Food Supply & Resources, Health & Wellness on April 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
from http://articles.mercola.com//sites/articles/archive/2009/04/04/Corn-is-Making-the-US-Unhealthy.aspx Pundit George Will has joined the ranks of those who have noticed that the U.S. government’s treatment of corn is wrecking the health of Americans. Ever since Nixon, government policy has been to sell large quantities of calories as cheaply as possible — especially calories coming from corn. Now, a quarter of the [...]
First Thanksgiving Garden ~ Resource for food
Posted in Food Supply & Resources on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From http://www.firstthanksgivinggarden.com/ Squantos gardening advice made the First Thanksgiving possible, and now that same advice can help you, too! When it comes to gardening, it’s not how hard you work, (the Pilgrims were hard workers) it’s how much you know that determines success and sometimes even saves lives. Now to help you enjoy a unique [...]
FoodShortage USA Web site
Posted in Food Supply & Resources, tagged food, Food shortage, Food Supply, shortage on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
from http://www.foodshortageusa.com/Articles.html Articles include the following: http://www.foodshortageusa.com/Article_02.html - Food Shortage Solution: Eat Your Landscape http://www.foodshortageusa.com/Article_01.html - Food Shortages Loom For America http://www.foodshortageusa.com/Article_03.html - 10 Tips to Protect Your Food Supply
Library of Congress ~ Read New Bills
Posted in Food Supply & Resources, Political News, The Economy, tagged bills, congress, government, house of representatives, legislation on March 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is the link where you can search and find new bills being written and review them… http://thomas.loc.gov/home/c111query.html
President Plans Team to ‘Overhaul’ Food Safety
Posted in Food Supply & Resources, Political News, The Economy, tagged food, food safety, Food Supply, Monsanto, survival on March 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From the New York Times By GARDINER HARRIS Published: March 14, 2009 WASHINGTON — Describing the government’s failure to inspect 95 percent of food processing plants as “a hazard to the public health,” President Obama promised Saturday to bolster and reorganize the nation’s fractured food-safety system. Mr. Obama announced the creation of a Food Safety [...]
3 Month Video Tutorial
Posted in Food Supply & Resources on March 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/babysteps/step-3-three-months-of-normal-food/
Time To Start Buying Food!
Posted in Food Supply & Resources, Political News, The Economy, tagged contamination, economics, food, food storage, Food Supply, health, medicine, stockpiling on March 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The only sure thing about the future is that there is no sure thing. Storing food for your family is one of the most prudent actions you can take. No one knows what can or will affect the functioning of society or food distribution. With stored food, you eliminate the worry.
Seven Major Mistakes in Food Storage
Posted in Food Supply & Resources on March 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Printed in the Nov/Dec 1995 Issue of The Preparedness Journal By Vicki Tate From https://www.usaemergencysupply.com/information_center/seven_major_mistakes_in_food_storage.htm A month or two ago I met a cute little gal who was talking to me about her newly begun food storage. “You know,” she began, “I’ve dreaded doing my storage for years, it seems so blah, but the way [...]
Grocery Stores See Surge In Store Brand Sales
Posted in Food Supply & Resources, The Economy on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
from http://cbs4denver.com/local/store.brand.kroger.2.955864.html Video at: http://www.cbs4denver.com/video/?id=54320@kcnc.dayport.com My comments: wondering if this is how shortages begin… people start stocking up on lower-priced brands…depleting stock… then as it gets reported, panic starts setting in and people rush out to get the items before stores can re-stock… vicious cycle… ??? March 10, 2009 Mike Hooker reporting FORT COLLINS, Colo. [...]
Monsanto and industrial agriculture’s darkening shadow over our food
Posted in Food Supply & Resources, Political News, The Economy on March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
January 14, 2009 By Linn Cohen-Cole The following excerpt of a wonderful article by Gene Logsdon must be put in the context of the USDA current and aggressive efforts to drive Amish farmers out of business. In Wisconsin, Emmanuel Miller, an Amish farmer is being sued by the state agriculture department there for refusing to [...]
Merrigan as the show, Monsanto behind the curtain.
Posted in Food Supply & Resources, Political News, tagged farming, FDA, Food Supply, HB 759, HB 814, HB 875, Monsanto, organic farming, SF 425, USDA on March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
from http://www.opednews.com/articles/Merrigan-as-the-show-Mons-by-Linn-Cohen-Cole-090225-231.html by Linn Cohen-Cole The liberal community is thrilled that Obama has appointed Kathleen A. Merrigan as undersecretary to the USDA, someone with connections to organic farming. OMG everybody! We won! We did it! Obama announced today that he will nominate Kathleen A. Merrigan for Deputy Secretary of the USDA. She was among the [...]
Family Farm Defenders Web Site
Posted in Food Supply & Resources, Political News, The Economy, Uncategorized on March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.familyfarmdefenders.org/Main/HomePage This Web site is one to read and watch for further information. There is so much there that I would be copying and pasting numerous articles, so I decided to post the link and just tell you to go look it over… Much of the issue/debate going on with farmers has to do with [...]
On the Brink of Collapse: US food shortages loom
Posted in Food Supply & Resources, Political News, The Economy, tagged ecnomic collapse, farming, food network, Food shortage, Food Supply, milk prices on March 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Everyone knows Wall Street’s woes. We’re near experts on the effect of the economic collapse on the middle class. But what about the people who grow the food? Because of the economic collapse, corporate farms are having the same problem as other industries: they can’t get operating loans to buy seed, fertilizer and the over-priced chemical inputs needed to mass produce food. ..
Epidemic: Two-thirds of the milk supply is infected
Posted in Food Supply & Resources, Political News, The Economy, tagged CAFO, Crohn’s Disease, epidemic, Johne’s Disease, symptoms of Johne's on March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The weak-kneed American economy is teetering; we’re all bracing for impact, hoping that when the behemoth collapses, we’ll be spared any real injury. As the wall crumbles beneath Humpty Dumpty, the dereliction of so-called government oversight agencies is being exposed. What’s worse, the same government incompetence that brought us to the brink of total economic collapse now threatens to allow an epidemic .
