Posts tagged Farmers
Meet the Volunteers Who Prepare Dinner for Occupy Wall Street
Dec 13th
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Rural farmers unite to feed Wall Street protesters Dinner at Occupy Wall Street and the Farmers Who Grow It Every night at Zuccotti Park, dinner is served around 7 P.M. What protesters may not realize is that their meals are made from fresh, organic produce donated by a dozen or so small farms located throughout the [...]
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Monsanto Refusing to Accept Responsibility for Rising Weed Costs
Dec 1st
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Monsanto Defeated by Roundup Resistant Weeds GMOs — by I-SIS December 1, 2011 An explosion of glyphosate resistant weeds forces Monsanto to run away from farmers’ rising weed control costs by Dr Eva Sirinathsinghji Monsanto is surrendering to glyphosate resistant weeds [1], according to a new briefing by UK based GM freeze. They are spreading at ‘exponential’ rates in [...]
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Monsanto’s Roundup Now Linked To Root Fungus
Aug 17th
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Research Links Monsanto’s Roundup to Root Fungus by Cathryn Wellner A guitar and cello play soothing music in the background. The camera pans over farm fields while a voice talks about the living planet beneath our feet. Then the bucolic scene shifts to overcrowded cities, farmers in poverty. No need to despair, the marketing video reassures us. [...]
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This is the Solution to High Food Prices
Mar 16th
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Urban NYC farmers have set their eyes on a new prize: transforming privately owned backyards into lush, fruitful farmlands. By signing up to share your yard with a urban farmer, you can eat fresh from your own personal farm during the harvest months, and even sell produce to your neighbors – growing a community built [...]
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Europe Beware GMO Crops Create Poison-Resistant Weeds
Sep 2nd
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As the European Union moves closer to approving the cultivation of GMOs despite stiff widespread opposition, it ought to be paying urgent attention to the agricultural arms race unfolding in the United States. The gospel of high-tech genetically modified (GM) crops is no longer sounding quite so sweet. Roundup-resistant “superweeds” are plaguing Monsanto crops across southern US states, driving farmers to use more herbicides, abandon their farms or …. return to …..
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