Yesterday, the Public Patent Foundation on behalf of the Massachusetts Chapter of the Northeast Organic Farming Association filed suit against Monsanto Company regarding its patents on genetically modified seed. The suit — Organic Seed Growers & Trade Association, et al. v. Monsanto — was filed in federal district court in Monsanto and assigned to Judge [...]
Chickens Are Omnivores: It’s No Dilemma Health Topics – Farm & Ranch Wise Traditions in Food, Farming and the Healing Arts Weston Price Foundation Written by Matt Rales Tuesday, 29 June 2010 09:47 One of the points I always try to convey when I host farm tours at Polyface Farm is that chickens are omnivores. [...]
Steve Cran explains in this video how the people of Karamajong, a community in Northern Uganda, near the Sudan border, which has been aid-dependent for 40 years, are working to rebuild a sustainable food culture and re-learning self-reliance: Read more here…and here…
(NaturalNews) The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation continues to throw its support behind risky genetically modified (GM) seeds as a means for feeding hungry Africans, ignoring safer and more reliable technologies that already exist. Not long after publicly blaming GM critics for prolonging hunger in Africa, Gates announced that his foundation is partnering with DuPont [...]
National Guard Learns Permaculture Skills to Take to Afghanistan Northern New Mexico, the Atlas Mountains in Morocco and Afghanistan all share the same type of unique ecosystem, that in turn gives rise to particular land cultivation traditions, types of plants and animals, and cultural approaches to natural resource management. This is why Oklahoma National Guard [...]
WREG-TV in Memphis, Tennessee has news about mysterious crop damage in Mid-South farms Selbsttranszendenz Channel June 17, 2010
Haitian farmers protest Monsanto seed donations Caribbean Net News Saturday, June 5, 2010 HINCHE, Haiti (AFP) — Thousands of farmers marched in central Haiti Friday claiming the government was misleading them with seed donations from US multinational Monsanto. The region was spared the worst of the January quake which leveled much of the capital Port-au-Prince, [...]
Methyl Iodide: The New Threat to Pregnant Women & Kids in California and Florida Hub Pages By cgull8m The EPA has approved the use of methyl iodide, a pesticide on strawberry fields. But scientists and Nobel laureates warn the substance is a neurotoxin and carcinogen that causes tumors and neurological damage when exposed to it. [...]
J3 Organics is a Birmingham, Alabama based organic land care company established in 2005; owned and operated by John Obert, Sr. and John Obert, Jr. The mission of J3 Organics is to provide quality organic vermicompost to suit customer’s demand while maintaining an eco-friendly alternative to chemical solutions. Organic Vermicompost and other Soil Amendments help [...]
The Health Benefits of Virgin Coconut Oil Brian and Marianita Shilhavy Marianita’s Story I grew up in the Philippines during the 1960s and 1970s. My family lived in a small rural community of about 100 families. We lived on the side of a mountain, and everybody in our community earned their living from agriculture, primarily [...]
This video explains the entire process of growing and harvesting hemp and shows that it was a government project during war-time to expand the production of hemp in America. Prior to the 1937 Marihuana Tax Act, hemp had been a vital industry. Although the act only taxed and did not prohibit Marihuana, dealing in cannabis [...]
May-17-2010 20:46 Oregon Joins Many States Celebrating Hemp History Week Salem-News.com Historic Early 20th Century USDA Hemp Research Documents Re-Discovered (WASHINGTON D.C.) – Today marks the start of the 1st Annual Hemp History Week, which is taking place between now and May 23, 2010. As a national grassroots education campaign, 185 events have been planned [...]