Building partnerships to develop leaders and communities in rural Asia
By admin on Aug 28, 2009 in Food Security, FrankenTech | 0 Comments
Need to keep abreast of the future terror that is GMOs? FarmFriday wants you to visit GMWatch so you can “Keep up to date with the latest news on the issue of genetically modified (GM) food and crops and find out about the deceptive PR campaigns being used to promote GM worldwide.”
“GMWatch is an independent non-profit [...]
By Jet Hermida on Jul 30, 2009 in Agriculture and Globalization, Food Security, FrankenTech | 0 Comments
FrankenThursday goes back to that underreported tragedy that is the Indian Farmer suicides. Again from Celsias.
One of the least-reported tragedies that resulted from globalization and corporatization of agriculture is the farmer suicide story of India – a tragedy comprising several hundred thousand individual tragedies, and possibly the ‘largest wave of suicides in history’. Last month [...]
By Jet Hermida on Jul 16, 2009 in Agricultural Researches, Agriculture and Globalization, FrankenTech, Sustainable Agriculture | 0 Comments
One by one, biotech companies are steadily making GMO versions of our staple foods. We should stop this madness! Ya its FrankenThursday. Eat healthy today ok?
From Grain:
The looming GM sugar cane invasionOne of the most destructive developments in agriculture over the past two decades has been the boom in soya production in the southern cone [...]
By Jet Hermida on Jun 26, 2009 in Agricultural Researches, Agriculture and Globalization, Food Security, FrankenTech, Sustainable Agriculture | 0 Comments
Nothings more asian than rice. And when some people mess with it we take serious offence right? FrankenThursday’s out to frighten you with this evil FrankenRice that is sure to make way down your gut unless you heed Greenpeace call to reject it. NOW! Please sign the petition here!!!
The GE rice has been developed by [...]
By Jet Hermida on Jun 18, 2009 in Agriculture and Globalization, Food Security, FrankenTech, News Clippings | 1 Comment
FrankenThursday brings this anger-inducing news that Monsanto is suing yet another North American farmer for having his own field contaminated with FrankenCanola from another field through no fault of his own. That is just so wow! right? Let this serve as a reminder to Asian farmers to never ever plant any FrankenSeeds nor be near [...]
By Jet Hermida on May 29, 2009 in Food Security, FrankenTech | 0 Comments
Frankenfriday presents another disturbing news about the continued proliferation of frankenweeds.
Susan Mann | Betterfarming.com
Essex County soybean grower Leo Guilbeault isn’t surprised University of Guelph researchers found a type of giant ragweed that’s showing resistance to the popular herbicide glyphosate.
He’s always found giant ragweed tough to kill. “I know even the normal rate of Roundup traditionally [...]
By Jet Hermida on Apr 26, 2009 in Food Security, FrankenTech, News Clippings, Sustainable Agriculture | 0 Comments
In another case of what the h__ll could go wrong, a herbicide and frankenseed resistant “superweed” is fast gaining foothold in Monsanto farmlands. Nature striking back?
The gospel of high-tech genetically modified (GM) crops is not sounding quite so sweet in the land of the converted. A new pest, the evil pigweed, is hitting headlines and [...]
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