Posts Tagged ‘Monsanto’

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In Hot Water? Monsanto To Be Investigated By The Securities and Exchange Commission

by The Lipstik Activist on July 22nd, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: GREEN, HEALTH, FOOD & DRINK

Monsanto, the US agricultural biotechnology titan, is cooperating with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s probe into some of its questionable business practices. The probe covers documents pertaining to the sale of its glyphosate products in fiscal year 2009 and 2010. Monsanto recently reported a 77% leap in net income which, can be attributed to its […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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VIDEO: The Genetically Modified Food On Your Plate And The Millions Against Monsanto Campaign

by Phoenix Write on June 1st, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: GREEN, HEALTH, FOOD & DRINK

There are 165 million acres of genetically engineered crops in the United States –that’s over 1/3 of all the cropland in the country. And these genetically engineered crops are going from the fields to our supermarkets, where many unsuspecting consumers have no idea what they’re buying. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet

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Is Michelle Obama’s Organic Garden A Publicity Stunt?

by Madam Toussaint on April 1st, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: GREEN, POLITRICKS

Photo Credit: Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson I was reading green blogger CanarsieBK’s post Are the White House Garden and Michelle Obama Just Smoke and Mirrors? and I wanted to leave a comment, then I realized my comment was way too long and turned into another post! Be Sociable, Share! Tweet

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Can Genetically Modified Corn Stop The Spread Of HIV In Africa?

by Madam Toussaint on June 12th, 2010 at 12:59 pm
Posted In: GREEN, PEOPLE

A recent article at reuters.com has me puzzled. Essentially we have a stack of data from a new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and researchers with a lot of speculations that could have disastrous effects. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet

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Haitian Peasants March Against Monsanto and Haitian President

by Madam Toussaint on June 9th, 2010 at 1:21 pm
Posted In: GREEN, PEOPLE

Long live native seeds” Down with Monsanto. Down with GMO and hybrid seeds.” Those were the chants of the peasants who protested against genetically modified seed “donator” Monsanto. Their one harvest seeds would spell disaster for the still ailing nation, plunging the farmers into a kind of “green slavery” and destroying the nations ability to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Why Buy Organic Cotton?

by Madam Toussaint on June 5th, 2010 at 1:32 pm
Posted In: GREEN, HEALTH

Above is a pic from a racist cotton ad campaign you can read about at contexts.org Recently non-profit Organic Exchange released a list of top organic cotton buyers. Nike, Walmart and European clothing retailer H&M topped the list and which I wrote about HERE. I was surprised by European ultra trendy retailer H&M was embroiled […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Take Action in Solidarity With Haitian Farmers Who Vow to Burn Monsanto’s Seeds

by Madam Toussaint on May 28th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
Posted In: GREEN, PEOPLE

We need to establish seed banks and have silos where we can store our Creole seeds. Local, organic seeds are the basis of food sovereignty It’s urgent that Haitians buy local seeds… What’s the danger we face today? It’s that food aid from USAID and others is getting dumped in the country.” ~Chavannes Jean-Baptiste of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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