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Farms & Genetic Engineering – Hear from the people who grow our food.

By MariaJuly 11, 2016Food & WaterGMOs, Organic Farming

code: A207 To order a copy click here: $8.00
Ted Quaday, John Kinsman, Bill Christison, Percy Schmeiser, & Bill Wenzel
Hear from the people who grow our food. Soy and corn, two of the basic staple food crops, are also the most heavily genetically engineered. This is far more than an issue of personal consumption and health. Corporate and political powers seem determined to put these GMO foods on our plates, whether we want them or not.
The stories of these farmers demonstrate that planting healthy food has become an act of rebellion. Banks and seed companies try to force farmers to plant engineered seeds. Farmers are also finding it harder to find non-GMO seed stock. Even organic seed supplies are [ . . . ]

Andrew Kimbrell: Genetic Engineering and the Ownership of Life

By MariaJuly 11, 2016Food & Water

In a dramatic sweep, Kimbrell takes us from the industrial age of pyrotechnology to today’s biotechnology. Genetically engineered food concerns us in the most intimate way. We are already eating it every day. Andy Kimbrell is the Director of the International Center for Technology Assessment , Washington, DC and author of The Human Body Shop.
CLICK HERE to download a broadcast quality version of this program (29 minutes)
Side B: Sigmund Kvaloy: Bio-pollution by Trade, The Invasion of Ecosystems
Sigmund Kvaloy’s biggest concern is the invasion of ecosystems by foreign species. They suddenly take over the new environment or spread diseases for which no immunity exists. Hear how prions, viruses, insects, bacteria, parasites, ants, bees, jellyfish and zebra mussels [ . . . ]

The Sale of the Microbes in Yellowstone Park

By MariaJuly 11, 2016Food & Water

On Yellowstone’s 125th anniversary the National Park Service and the Department of the Interior signed the first ever cooperative research agreement to exploit a national park. Diversa Corporation acquired the right to take unspecified amounts of microbes from the park in exchange for $35,000 per year. The extreme secrecy surrounding the agreement, the fact that it is violating the legal protection of national parks, has led to a lawsuit. With: Andy Kimbrell, Joseph Mendelson & Beth Burrows 45 minutes (1998)
code: A 124 >To order a cassette copy click here: $8.00

The Lawsuit on Genetically Engineered Food

By MariaJuly 11, 2016Food & Water

Concern is spreading about the danger of genetically engineered food. While action is taken by governments around the world to ban selected bioengineering on food, the US does not even require labeling and safety testing of such foods. At this time 40% of the soy and 20% of all corn is engineered. Soy is a major ingredient in baby food. 40 minutes, (1998)
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Unedited Conference Tapes: Beyond Biodevastation 2001, San Diego, June 22/23

By MariaJuly 11, 2016Food & Water

Dear Friends,
If you are interested in more detail on the issues of biotechnology you can go back to the full, unedited conference tapes that are listed below.
We recorded all events at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego and the first two sessions at the Starlight Bowl. Tapes are 90 minutes long.
Maria Gilardin
Friday, June 22
Code: BIO201
To order a copy click here: $8.00
Food Issues – Food First’s Dr. Peter Rosset and Canada’s Brewster and Cathleen Kneen (co-editors,The Ramshorn) This material is now also available as a radio program. Click HERE to see the description)
Code: BIO202
To order a copy click here: $8.00
Farm Issues – Bill Wenzel (Farmer-to-Farmer Campaign), John Kinsman (Family Farm Defenders/NFFC), Bill Christison [ . . . ]

Monsanto Vs. Percy Schmeiser

By MariaJuly 11, 2016Environment and Climate Change, Food & WaterGMOs, Organic Farming

Report on the lawsuit that challenges the ownership of life by corporations
Percy Schmeiser and Ignacio Chapela
Monsanto, the giant multinational agro-chemical company, sued Percy Schmeiser over the presence of their patented canola that had invaded the edges of Schmeiser’s field from a neighbor’s plot. The Schmeiser case has become one of the most watched and most important cases for organic farmers, seed savers, for the movement against the invasion of the biosphere by genetically modified plants, and against corporate ownership of life.
Schmeiser was recorded in Ukiah, CA, in November 2006. He gave a report of his multi-year legal battle to save his land and home, and his 50 year legacy as plant breeder from being seized by Monsanto over 12 pounds [ . . . ]

Welfare Ranching

By MariaJuly 4, 2016Amazing Speakers & Events, Safe Food

Cows and the Subsidized Destruction of the American West
300 million acres of public land in the West, equal in size to 3 Californias, are leased to ranchers. Cattle grazing is subsidized at $0.5 billion per year. Cows and other livestock destroy and pollute rivers and springs, devastate plant and
tree life, and compete out other animals. The National Public Lands Grazing Campaign is working on legislation to permanently retire grazing permits. Fore more information: <http://www.publiclandsranching.org>
For a broadcast quality mp3 version of Part ONE and TWO click HERE
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Howard Lyman And Mad Cows

By MariaJuly 4, 2016Amazing Speakers & Events, Safe Food

His lone fight against some giants of industrial agriculture
(chemical manufacturers and cattle growers)
The Montana rancher Howard Lyman first came to world attention in 1998. He and Ophra Winfrey had been sued by Texas cattlemen and feedlot operators because Lyman had said, on the Ophra show, that mad cow disease might already be in the US. Since Lyman’s warning the first case of mad cow disease has been confirmed in the US. In Part TWO Lyman says we are till feeding cows to cows and test less than 1% of slaughtered cows while Japan is testing every cow.
In Part ONE Lyman explains what chemical agriculture did to his farm, his family and himself, and what gave him the [ . . . ]

‘The End of Water As We Know It’ with Argonne National Lab Scientist Dr. Seth Darling

By MariaJune 15, 2016Clean Water, Newest Catalog Items, Sea Level

Even though water is most vital for survival the status of depletion or contamination is not well known to the public and there are very few mechanisms in place world wide for water protection and access to water as a human right.
In this May 18, 2016, talk valuable information is introduced to support and inspire local efforts. Dr. Darling updates statistics about the water embedded in certain products. He also makes an interesting connection between energy production and water and surprises us with research that shows how the energy industry withdraws 200 billion gallons of water per day in the US alone.
Seth Darling is a Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory and a Fellow at the Institute for Molecular Engineering at [ . . . ]

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The Lawsuit on Genetically Engineered Food

By MariaApril 27, 2016Safe Food