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Food, Money Bubbles
Folks This Ain’t Normal It is true today of the corporate terrocrats in the food industry as it was in 2011. Joel Salatin in his book and his videos is trying to tell everybody the corporation and the governments are trying to control what you eat and how you can distribute. In Texas its against the law to distribute food to your neighbour. Monsanto and the boys will take control any way they can. Ladies and gentlemen, behold, the food morons. Welcome to the land of “Moronica” where its against the law to know what you are eating and its against the law to eat “real food”. Our leaders in the food industry are notably stupid and lacking in good judgement. Joel explains the situation clearly and with humour. Enjoy! Keep moving forward, no fear Mike Joel Salatin, Polyface Farms – Folks This Ain’t Normal [hdvideo playlistid=11] Joel Salatin, owner of Polyface Farms, author of Folks This Ain’t Normal (to be released October 10, 2011), activist and leading spokesperson for local, sustainable food system in movies such as Farmageddon, Food Inc., Fresh and American Meat, describes how this new book, published by Hachette Groups, will shake up the food rights movement and introduce the public to organizations such as Weston A. Price Foundation and the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund. Joel Salatin, owner of Polyface Farms, author of Folks This Ain’t Normal (to be released October 10, 2011), activist and leading spokesperson for local, sustainable food system in movies such as Farmageddon, Food Inc., Fresh and American Meat, describes how this new book, published by Hachette Groups, will shake up the food rights movement and introduce the public to organizations such as Weston A. Price Foundation and the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund. Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterGoogleTumblrPinterestReddit (more…)	Posted by Michel at 3:42 pm	Tagged with: Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, Farmageddon, Food Inc, sustainable food system
Tuesday 12 July 2011 by: Mike Ludwig, Truthout | Report Joel Mbithi (left), farm manager of the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute’s Kiboko Research Station, and Yoseph Beyene, CIMMYT maize breeder, discuss experimental plots. They are developing drought tolerant top-cross hybrids as part of the Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) project. This is run by the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) in partnership with Monsanto and CIMMYT, which supplies germplasm and expertise. (Photo: Anne Wangalachi/CIMMYT. [3]) “The World According to Monsanto,” a groundbreaking documentary on this insidious company’s massive influence, was a recent Truthout Progressive Pick of the Week. Get the DVD by making a donation of $30 or more to Truthout! [4] Skimming the Agricultural Development section of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation web site [5] is a feel-good experience: African farmers smile in a bright slide show of images amid descriptions of the foundation’s fight against poverty and hunger. But biosafety activists in South Africa are calling a program funded by the Gates Foundation a “Trojan horse” to open the door for private agribusiness and genetically engineered (GE) seeds, including a drought-resistant corn that Monsanto hopes to have approved in the United States and abroad. The Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) program [6] was launched in 2008 with a $47 million grant from mega-rich philanthropists Warrant Buffet [7] and Bill Gates. The program is supposed to help farmers in several African countries increase their yields with drought- and heat-tolerant corn varieties, but a report released last month by the African Centre for Biosafety [8] claims WEMA is threatening Africa’s food sovereignty and opening new markets for agribusiness giants like Monsanto. The Gates Foundation claims that biotechnology, GE crops and Western agricultural methods are needed to feed the world’s growing population and programs like WEMA will help end poverty and hunger in the developing world. Critics say the foundation is using its billions to shape the global food agenda and the motivations behind WEMA were recently called into question when activists discovered [9] the Gates foundation had spent $27.6 million on 500,000 shares of Monsanto stock between April and June 2010. Water shortages in parts of Africa and beyond have created a market for “climate ready” crops worth an estimated $2.7 billion. Leading biotech companies like Monsanto, Syngenta, Bayer and Dow are currently racing to develop crops that will grow in drought conditions caused by climate change, and by participating in the WEMA program, Monsanto is gaining (more…)	Posted by at 3:37 pm	Tagged with: Africa, Gates Foundation, GE Crops, Monsanto
by edricthegreat May 3, 2010 If you live in the United States long enough, most of the carbon atoms in your body will be derived from corn, as demonstrated in the first scene of this clip. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDurZc5Yr6c As University of Virginia professor, Steve Macko explains, this carbon doesn’t come from eating corn-on-the-cob, it’s mostly from the many chemically-engineered, corn-based additives in the US food supply, such as High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS). This is a segment from the ‘King Corn’ independent documentary film, where two recent college graduates embark on a mission to see where America’s food comes from–by growing it. In the rural town of Greene, Iowa, the two friends plant a single acre of the nation’s most powerful crop, and then set out to follow it, from a seed to the dinner plate. For more information: www.pbs.org/independentlens/kingcorn/ Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterGoogleTumblrPinterestReddit (more…)	Posted by at 9:21 am	Tagged with: Corn, Documentary, King Corn, PBS
Food | Net Direct Business
Food, Money Bubbles
Folks This Ain’t Normal It is true today of the corporate terrocrats in the food industry as it was in 2011. Joel Salatin in his book and his videos is trying to tell everybody the corporation and the governments are trying to control what you eat and how you can distribute. In Texas its against the law to distribute food to your neighbour. Monsanto and the boys will take control any way they can. Ladies and gentlemen, behold, the food morons. Welcome to the land of “Moronica” where its against the law to know what you are eating and its against the law to eat “real food”. Our leaders in the food industry are notably stupid and lacking in good judgement. Joel explains the situation clearly and with humour. Enjoy! Keep moving forward, no fear Mike Joel Salatin, Polyface Farms – Folks This Ain’t Normal [hdvideo playlistid=11] Joel Salatin, owner of Polyface Farms, author of Folks This Ain’t Normal (to be released October 10, 2011), activist and leading spokesperson for local, sustainable food system in movies such as Farmageddon, Food Inc., Fresh and American Meat, describes how this new book, published by Hachette Groups, will shake up the food rights movement and introduce the public to organizations such as Weston A. Price Foundation and the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund. Joel Salatin, owner of Polyface Farms, author of Folks This Ain’t Normal (to be released October 10, 2011), activist and leading spokesperson for local, sustainable food system in movies such as Farmageddon, Food Inc., Fresh and American Meat, describes how this new book, published by Hachette Groups, will shake up the food rights movement and introduce the public to organizations such as Weston A. Price Foundation and the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund. Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterGoogleTumblrPinterestReddit (more…)	Posted by Michel at 3:42 pm	Tagged with: Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, Farmageddon, Food Inc, sustainable food system
Tuesday 12 July 2011 by: Mike Ludwig, Truthout | Report Joel Mbithi (left), farm manager of the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute’s Kiboko Research Station, and Yoseph Beyene, CIMMYT maize breeder, discuss experimental plots. They are developing drought tolerant top-cross hybrids as part of the Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) project. This is run by the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) in partnership with Monsanto and CIMMYT, which supplies germplasm and expertise. (Photo: Anne Wangalachi/CIMMYT. [3]) “The World According to Monsanto,” a groundbreaking documentary on this insidious company’s massive influence, was a recent Truthout Progressive Pick of the Week. Get the DVD by making a donation of $30 or more to Truthout! [4] Skimming the Agricultural Development section of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation web site [5] is a feel-good experience:
 African farmers smile in a bright slide show of images amid descriptions of the foundation’s fight against poverty and hunger. But biosafety activists in South Africa are calling a program funded by the Gates Foundation a “Trojan horse” to open the door for private agribusiness and genetically engineered (GE) seeds, including a drought-resistant corn that Monsanto hopes to have approved in the United States and abroad. The Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) program [6] was launched in 2008 with a $47 million grant from mega-rich philanthropists Warrant Buffet [7] and Bill Gates. The program is supposed to help farmers in several African countries increase their yields with drought- and heat-tolerant corn varieties, but a report released last month by the African Centre for Biosafety [8] claims WEMA is threatening Africa’s food sovereignty and opening new markets for agribusiness giants like Monsanto. The Gates Foundation claims that biotechnology, GE crops and Western agricultural methods are needed to feed the world’s growing population and programs like WEMA will help end poverty and hunger in the developing world. Critics say the foundation is using its billions to shape the global food agenda and the motivations behind WEMA were recently called into question when activists discovered [9] the Gates foundation had spent $27.6 million on 500,000 shares of Monsanto stock between April and June 2010. Water shortages in parts of Africa and beyond have created a market for “climate ready” crops worth an estimated $2.7 billion. Leading biotech companies like Monsanto, Syngenta, Bayer and Dow are currently racing to develop crops that will grow in drought conditions caused by climate change, and by participating in the WEMA program, Monsanto is gaining (more…)	Posted by at 3:37 pm	Tagged with: Africa, Gates Foundation, GE Crops, Monsanto
by edricthegreat May 3, 2010 If you live in the United States long enough, most of the carbon atoms in your body will be derived from corn, as demonstrated in the first scene of this clip. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDurZc5Yr6c As University of Virginia professor, Steve Macko explains, this carbon doesn’t come from eating corn-on-the-cob, it’s mostly from the many chemically-engineered, corn-based additives in the US food supply, such as High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS). This is a segment from the ‘King Corn’ independent documentary film, where two recent college graduates embark on a mission to see where America’s food comes from–by growing it. In the rural town of Greene, Iowa, the two friends plant a single acre of the nation’s most powerful crop, and then set out to follow it, from a seed to the dinner plate. For more information: www.pbs.org/independentlens/kingcorn/ Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterGoogleTumblrPinterestReddit (more…)	Posted by at 9:21 am	Tagged with: Corn, Documentary, King Corn, PBS