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Democratic Choice

rjonasse — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:45:05 -0500

Biotech technicians neither have the knowledge of gene ecology nor the expertise in multiple disciplines.

After the minister of environment Jairam Ramesh announced a moratorium on Bt brinjal, article after article in the media has denounced the decision, saying such decisions should be left to ‘scientists.’ The issue is however not science vs anti-science. It is reductionist science vs systems science. The moratorium took into account the best of science.

Joyce E. King, Ph.D.

admin — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 17:45:19 -0500

President

Joyce E. King, Ph.D. holds the Benjamin E. Mays Chair of Urban Teaching, Learning, and Leadership in the College of Education at Georgia State University. She is a graduate of Stanford University where she received a Doctor of Philosophy in the Social Foundations of Education and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology. As a W.K. Kellogg Foundation Fellowship recipient, Dr. King studied women’s participation in grass roots social change movements in Africa, South America and France.

Aftershocks: Psuedo-Tsunamis and food insecurity in Hawai'i

rjonasse — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:32:35 -0500

They 'stood fixated on the flat screens, drinks in hand' as real time images of Chilean destruction were quickly followed by an official tsunami warning and a barrage of historic Hawaiian newsreel footage documenting the devastating tidal wave that hit Hilo back in 1947. After ordering an evacuation of coastal areas, the government advised people to stock up on a weeks worth of food.

News from Copenhagen

admin — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:20:06 -0500

Food First policy analyst, Annie Shattuck, is reporting from Copenhagen.

See her commentary under the blog in the right column.
You can also follow her from our facebook fan page on the left-hand column.

News from Copenhagen

admin — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:20:06 -0500

Food First policy analyst, Annie Shattuck, is reporting from Copenhagen.

See her commentary under the blog in the right column.
You can also follow her from our facebook fan page on the left-hand column.

CALL FOR INDEPENDENT SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION INTO GM CROP FAILURE AND ESTABLISHMENT OF INDEPENDENT MONITORING PANEL

rjonasse — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:39:44 -0400

Biosafety Africa

The Farmers’ Organizations of Africa Open Letter to G8

rjonasse — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:34:23 -0400

The four regional networks of farmers’ organizations (EAFF, PROPAC, ROPPA, UMAGRI) that represent tens of millions of African Farmers have sent an open letter to the G8. They say that the major world powers should not be the ones to decide global food policies. These countries have created the climate and financial crises, and they have implemented the structural adjustment policies and created the Bretton Woods financial institutions that have allowed multinational corporations to hobble rural people in Africa.

World Social Forum 2009—Beyond capitalism

admin — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:05:02 -0500

By Leonor Hurtado and Frances Lambrick

New Study Shows GE Corn Causes Infertility and Abnormal Gene Expression

admin — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:52:03 -0500

A new study commissioned by the Austrian government has found that a diet of GM corn causes infertility and abnormal gene expression in mice. Most studies on the health effects of GM corn have been either short term, or corporate funded and controlled. This study adds to a growing body of independent evidence that GMO's may not be safe.

World Food Day Video Link

rjonasse — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:31:49 -0400