Industry’s war on nature: ‘What are the bees telling us?’
Honey Bee/Wikimedia Commons image Rady Ananda, Contributing Writer Activist Post While industries continue to pollute the planet with their toxic chemicals, toxic waste and toxic…
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Long Term Food Storage Basics – How to Pack Rice, Wheat, Beans and Dry Goods (Video)
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Lawsuit seeks to invalidate Monsanto’s GMO patents
Rady Ananda, Contributing Writer Activist Post “A new invention to poison people … is not a patentable invention.” Lowell v. Lewis, 1817 A landmark lawsuit…
Oakland gardener questions need for permit to sell produce
Urban Agriculture/Wikimedia Commons Matthai Kuruvila SF Chronicle Novella Carpenter took over a vacant lot on a hardscrabble corner of West Oakland eight years ago and…
Eating Healthier, Part 1: Understanding Genetically Modified Foods and Their Dangers
Dees Illustration Kevin Hayden, Truth is Treason Activist Post Contributor The adulteration and modification of some of the planet’s most widely used crops has changed…
Your Guide to the Illegal Farm Photos Bill
factory farming – Wiki image Editor’s Note: A couple of weeks ago, we published an article titled Big Ag Lobbies to Make it Illegal to…
The Agribusiness Juggernaut: Assault on Nature, Threat to Human Survival
“Burning Orchids” by Richard William Posner Richard William Posner Activist Post Organic food has become one of the fastest growing segments of U.S. agriculture. In…
Big Ag Lobbies to Make it Illegal to Secretly Film Animal Abuse
Activist Post Big Agribusiness is fed up with pesky animal rights activists who expose abuses of farm animals on film. According to the Associated Press,…
Groundbreaking New UN Report on How to Feed the World’s Hungry: Ditch Corporate-Controlled Agriculture
A new report from the UN advises ditching corporate-controlled and chemically intensive farming in favor of agroecology. Wikimedia Commons Jill Richardson AlterNet There are a…
Ron Paul: Hemp for Victory
America’s most famous libertarian talks about making hemp legal again—and what budget cuts he and liberals can agree on. Hemp/Wiki Commons image Josh Harkinson Mother…
Following the Pleasure Principle: How to Create a Sustainable Economy That Makes Daily Life Better
For too long, environmentalists have been viewed as self-righteous killjoys demanding that everyone overhaul their wasteful habits. It’s time to change that. Maryland Farmers Market/Wiki…
Cloned Meat: Consumers shall have no choice
EU Commissioner for Trade: Products from offspring of cloned animals already on the market TestBioTech Munich, Bruxelles — A non-public EU Commission paper confirms that food…
Chimpanzee meat discovered in British restaurants and market stalls as officials uncover illegal bushmeat
Chimpanzee: Wiki Commons Image Claire Ellicott Daily Mail Chimpanzee meat is for sale in restaurants and market stalls in Britain, it has emerged. Trading standards…
Monsanto Shifts ALL Liability to Farmers
Cassandra Anderson MorphCity Farmers like genetically modified (GM) crops because they can plant them, spray them with herbicide and then there is very little maintenance…