Simpleton's Guide: Genetically Modified Foods
The good professor talks about the evils of genetically modified foods, and the benefits people are missing out on when believe this hype.
Tommy Tomato's Guide to GMO Foods.mp4
Nigel Savage takes the long view
But he also has some thoughts about the following cycle, the one that begins in the fall of 2021.
“What would it take to help the whole Jewish world look at the whole cycle of 2015 through 2022, and charge themselves seven-sixths of the cost of everything for six years, so that in the year starting in 2021, Jewish life was free, synagogues were free, day schools were free?” he wonders.
“It would be profound to have that whole conversation. Maybe we can’t make it free for everybody, but maybe we would like to say that for anyone who has an income under X, synagogue membership would be free, day school would be free. Would we like to do that?”
In other words, Savage wants to take the ancient idea of shmitta, with its yearlong Sabbath, its break from day-to-day economics, and consider applying it to contemporary Jewish life. This sort of challenge to the Jewish community to reconsider its business-as-usual in light of classical Jewish values is at the core of Hazon’s mission to bring the ideas of sustainability and environmentalism to the Jewish community.
Stop the Costly Food Labeling Proposition « WPHA Blog
Feb. 19, 2012.
Rich people with a cause cannot seem to resist inflicting their world views on California politics, no matter if they are levelheaded or wacky, and no matter where they reside.
It’s generally not a good thing for those of us who do live here.
Joseph Mercola is the latest guy seeking to improve the Golden State. Mercola is an osteopath who lives in suburban Chicago and runs a website, Mercola.com, which promotes his alternative, though generally unproven, health-related products and ideas.
Mercola donated at least $500,000 for a signature-gathering drive to place a measure on the November ballot that would require labeling of genetically modified food sold in California.
Although there’s no proof that genetically modified food has caused anyone’s nose to fall off, labeling is not a terribly bad idea. People like to know what they’re eating. But if the big money behind this proposal is a guide, the California Right to Know Genetically Modified Food Act would be an unmodified, unmitigated and unadulterated turkey....
FDA Deletes 1 Million Signatures for GMO Labeling Campaign
While the Food and Drug Administration has seemingly reached the limit for unbelievable behavior, the agency's decisions continue to astound and appall consumers and health activists alike. In the agency's latest decision, undoubtedly amazing thousands of individuals yet again, the FDA virtually erased 1 million signatures and comments on the 'Just Label It' campaign calling for the labeling of genetically modified foods. Evidently, the FDA counts the amount of signatures not by how many people signed, but how many different individual letters are brought to it. To the FDA, even tens of thousands of signatures presented on a single petition are counted as - you guessed it - a single comment. This is how, despite over a million supporters being gathered by the petition, the FDA concluded a count of only 394. "This is an election year and there are more than a million people who say this is important to them. This is petition has nothing to do with whether or genetically modified foods...
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Getting involved in the Non-GMO movement part one
Both The Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT) and Green Peace have created useful documents that identify many of the GMO and NON-GMO foods and food products. Green Peace non-GMO guide and IRT's Guide are free downloadable files....
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A user's guide to nanotechnology
The issue of labelling has divided campaigners and politicians, just as it has with whether foods should be labelled as containing genetically modified ingredients. Supporters of labels on nanotech say they will encourage consumer choice....
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Monsanto: GMO Foods Producer creates book to manipulate Children
The 16-page guide -- which includes word scrambles, fill-in-the-blank puzzles, and matching games -- contains an introductory paragraph that claims biotechnology boosts crop yields, improves environmental conditions, and leads to more nutritious food....
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Our need to know
From the rise and rise of social media to the introduction of genetically modified (GM) crops, it is often only once a technology has been introduced and is widely available that people stop to think about the implications of it....
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An Irony-Free Guide to the Rose City Classic Dog Show Monsanto and six other major bioengineering companies recently released a book for kids about the wonders of genetically modified food, deeming them safe, environmentally sound and generally better than natural agriculture. I'm hooked!... |
