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Senator pushes for GMO labeling in Washington State
January 17, 2012, www.naturalnews.com | “Federal regulatory officials continue to disregard concerns about genetically-modified organisms. As a result, individual states are having to craft their own GMO labeling legislation, including a new bill recently introduced in Washington State that would mandate GMO labeling beginning in 2014.”
“Any food product containing GMOs will have to bear a list outlining which ingredients are natural and which ingredients are GMO. Several other GMO labeling bills have also been introduced in the state legislature.”Comments:GoodNews FortheEarth ”~ Thanks for posting this! Seems to be lots of things going on against GMOs. It’s hard to keep track of it all. EVERYONE … PLEASE SEND US INFO ON MORE STORIES LIKE THIS.”
- Good News For the Earth, Rosalie Anne, Christine Van Den Meerssche, and Good Vibrations like this.
30Yr Study: Organic Farming Outperforms Conventional, Chemical Farming
Dec 23, 2011, blog.friendseat.com | “Based on a 30-year side-by-side trial of conventional and organic farming methods at Pennsylvania’s Rodale Institute, organic farming outperformed conventional farming in every category.”
“30Yr Study: Organic Farming Outperforms Conventional, Chemical Farming | FriendsEAT.comblog.friendseat.comA thirty year study finds that organic farming produces more than conventional…”
- Robert Brothers, and Good Vibrations like this
Boulder County, Colorado Phases Out GMOs
“Both the Food and Agriculture Policy Council and the Parks and Open Space Advisory Committee of Boulder Country voted 5-4 to phase out GMOs” — Anthony Gucciardi, NaturalSociety.com, November 27, 2011
Monsanto, Bayer and Dow face trial for ‘systematic human rights abuses’
November 16, 2011, www.theecologist.org | “The world’s major agrochemical companies, Monsanto, Dow, Bayer, Syngenta, DuPont and BASF, will face a public tribunal in early December accused of systematic human rights violations.”
Monsanto, Bayer and Dow face trial for ‘systematic human rights abuses’www.theecologist.org
The Number Of Farmers’ Markets In America Has Exploded — Here’s Where They’re Really Popular
August 4, 2011, www.businessinsider.com | “There’s a growing desire among many Americans to have a closer connection to the food they eat, and one place where that connection is fostered is the local farmers’ market. The USDA’s Economic Research Service tracks multiple aspects of how food is produced and consumed in the United States. They recently made a chart showing how the number of farmers’ markets in the U.S. has more than quadrupled since the mid-nineties.”
Thanks to Mitzi Reed for sharing this.* * * FARMER’S MARKETS HAVE GROWN FAST * * * _____ from 2,000 in 1994 __ to 8,000 in 2014 _____Data from the USDA shows how the number of farmers’ markets in the US has changed, and where markets are concentrated.businessinsider.comCOMMENTS:
Jeffreys Raynolds “This is so great – we have the largest ground swell of permaculture and small home farmers in this country right now – hundreds of groups on Facebook, and this good news! YAY humans!”
ECJ rules against Monsanto over inactive DNA in soymeal
July 9, 2010, www.foodnavigator.com | “The European Court of Justice this week ruled that Monsanto cannot claim patent protection in Europe for inactive DNA sequences in imported GM soymeal, a judgement that lawyers believe could stimulate more imports of produce with inactive DNA.”
~ A MONSANTO DEFEAT IN EUROPEEuropean Court of Justice rules against Monsanto over inactive DNA in soymealwww.foodnavigator.comThe European Court of Justice this week ruled that Monsanto cannot claim patent protection in Europe for inactive DNA sequences in imported GM soymeal, a judgement that lawyers believe could stimulate more imports of produce with inactive DNA.Jeremy Dion, and Good Vibrations like this.
Monsanto forced out of Costa Rica, 9/20/04
Organic Consumers Association, 09/20/2004, “Monsanto the company responsible for more than 90% of industrial releases of transgenic organisms in the world has decided to withdraw its request to release genetically modified corn (maiz) in Costa Rica and to pull out of the country.”
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