CUpS: Food News
Throughout much of agriculture, a remarkable span of 10,000 years, farmers were largely the stewards of the land and the crops that they grew. Seeds collected from one year’s harvest were selected, stored, and used again for successive growing seasons. As Frank Morton, an organic seed breeder explains in this segment of the Seeds [...]
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Seeds Of Life: Hybrids and the Emergence of Seed Monopolies
Posted in Food News Also tagged adm, bayer, cargill, commercial seed companies, dow, farmers, frank morton, gmo, hybrids, monsanto, plant breeders, plant selection, seeds of life, sygenta, transgenic crops 2 Comments
Raj Patel: Food Sovereignty
Cooking Up a Story: Food News
Part 2: Raj Patel, author of The Value of Nothing, explains what food sovereignty means, and why people around the world are fighting to have a say in their own food system. This is as much a fight for social and economic justice as it is a fight to protect [...]
Posted in Food News Also tagged Environment, food sovereignty, haiti, peasants, raj patel, real democracy, rice, social justice, south florida tomato pickers, stuffed and starved, the value of nothing, via campesina Post a comment
Raj Patel: The Value of Nothing-an Overview (video)
CUpS: Food News
Part 1: Raj Patel, food activist, scholar, and author of two important books: Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System and his new book (now on the New York Times Best Seller list), The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy shares his views about [...]
Posted in Food News Also tagged agriculture, alan greenspan, cheap food, culture, Environment, externalities, farmers, food politics, free market, hidden costs, inequality, Local Food Economy, prices, raj patel, stuffed and starved, sustainable food systems, transnational corporations, women 2 Comments
Special Offer on Food, Inc.
January 27, 2010 Posted on Oprah’s website page, dedicated to today’s show: Food 101 with Michael Pollan, there were several ‘extras’ available. The one that caught my eye was the opportunity to purchase Food, Inc. for just $9.99… at least until 11:59pm PST on January 29th (Friday), thru Amazon. A savings of $16.99. Not bad [...]
Posted in CUpS Food News Wire Also tagged documentary, DVD, food, food inc., michael pollan, Oprah Post a comment
A 21st Century Social Contract Between Agriculture & the Public
January 8, 2010 A Farm Foundation Roundtable discussion took place today. Michael Dimock, of Roots of Change (ROC) was present, offering “ten basic building blocks” for a new social contract. Dimock goes on to say,
” I am a realist who looks at the past and says we can, we will, and we must [...]
A Conversation with Claire Hope Cummings-Part 2
editor’s note: In a recently disclosed Associated Press investigative report, Monsanto is being investigated for possible antitrust violations regarding its (seed) business licensing practices by the U.S. Department of Justice, and at least two state attorneys general. The video below was originally published in February, 2009; the written post has been updated to reflect new [...]
Posted in Food News Also tagged bayer, biotechnology, claire hope cummings, dupont, Environment, fred kirschenmann, genetic engineering, gmo, monsanto, paul roberts, sygenta, uncertain peril, vandana shiva 1 Comment
