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Benn unveils plan to boost UK food and 'grow your own'

Seeded on Fri Jan 8, 2010 2:25 PM EST (BBC News)

Seeded by Par4TheCourse (Clipped by WDH)

Plans to boost food production in Britain and reduce its impact on the environment have been unveiled. The government's 20-year food strategy includes making land available for people to grow their own food and more healthy cooking courses.

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Organ Damage Linked to GMO Corn

Seeded on Sun Jan 3, 2010 5:50 PM EST (Daily Censored)

Seeded by tgstk2 (Clipped by WDH)

In what is being described as the first ever and most comprehensive study of the effects of genetically modified foods on mammalian health, researchers have linked organ damage with consumption of Monsanto's GM maize.

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Oceanus : The Mysterious Movements of Deep-Sea Larvae

Seeded on Sat Jan 2, 2010 12:56 PM EST (whoi.edu)

Seeded by Ivan Pavlov

The marvelous migrations of fish and whales through the deep sea have been hard enough for us humans to follow.

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Monsanto The parable of the sower, The debate over whether Monsanto is a corporate sinner or saint

Seeded on Fri Jan 1, 2010 9:42 PM EST (The Economist)

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FEW companies excite such extreme emotions as Monsanto.

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Processor Injecting Beef With Ammonia to Kill E. Coli

Seeded on Thu Dec 31, 2009 12:11 AM EST (The New York Times)

Seeded by Pamela Drew

Eight years ago, federal officials were struggling to remove potentially deadly E. coli from hamburgers when an entrepreneurial company from South Dakota came up with a novel idea: injecting beef with ammonia.

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Natural human protein could prevent H1N1

Seeded on Wed Dec 30, 2009 11:22 PM EST ()

Seeded by Pamela Drew

A strain of natural human proteins have been found to help ward off swine flu and other viruses including West Nile and dengue, in a discovery that could spur more effective treatments, US researchers said Thursday. In cultured human cells, researchers lead by the Howard Hughes …

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Pressure rises to stop antibiotics in agriculture

Mon Dec 28, 2009 2:47 PM EST

By Margie Mason And Martha Mendoza, Associated Press Writers (Clipped by Benno Hansen)

The mystery started the day farmer Russ Kremer got between a jealous boar and a sow in heat.

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Monsanto Strikes Again

Seeded on Wed Dec 23, 2009 5:46 PM EST ()

Seeded by rochart

Monsanto Strikes Again Dear Sir or Madam,

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Monsanto's Lobbying in 2009

Seeded on Wed Dec 23, 2009 5:36 PM EST ()

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Should we follow the money? According to the Center for Responsive Politics, this year alone Monsanto has spent $6.1 million dollars on lobbying efforts. Last year, the Center clocked Monsanto's lobbying efforts at $8.8 million dollars.

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