Food and Agriculture

Lost Credibility In Fly-Over Country

December 3, 2016 Ben Lilliston, www.iatp.org Educate! 2016 Elections, Food and Agriculture, Health Care, Jobs and Wages, Trade

By Ben Lilliston for the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. The power of the so-called fly over states in the election is impossible to ignore. The electoral maps tell the story. A swath of red, often mostly rural, states in the middle and south of the country, bookended by blue states on the coasts. Even within the few Midwest blue states like Minnesota and Illinois, you can see the stark divide between how urban and rural counties saw the candidates. A look back at the 2012 electoral map tells us this divide is not new, but perhaps wasn’t taken seriously by many Democrats because President Obama won. As the Daily Yonder reports, the long-standing urban-rural voting gap is widening. At least part of this voting gap can be attributed to the Democratic Party’s loss of credibility on a number of core issues that affect the lives of rural communities in those so-called fly over states.

Message From Marrakesh: Don’t Mourn, Regenerate!

November 24, 2016 Ronnie Cummins, www.organicconsumers.org Create! Donald Trump, Food and Agriculture

By Ronnie Cummins for Organic Consumers Association - The bad news is that we are fast approaching (likely within 25 years) “the point of no return” for retaining enough climate stability, soil fertility, water and biodiversity to support human life on this planet. The toxic synergy of our out-of-control political, energy, food, farming and land-use systems threaten our very survival.

U.S. Court Of Appeals Says Local Governments Can Prohibit GE Crops

November 20, 2016 Staff, www.centerforfoodsafety.org Create! Community Rights, Food and Agriculture, GMOs

By Staff for Center for Food Safety. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its decisions on whether federal and Hawai‘i state laws preempt Hawai‘i counties’ authority to regulate genetically engineered (GE) crops and pesticide use. Of significance to state and local communities throughout the United States, the Ninth Circuit ruled that federal law—specifically, the Plant Protection Act—does not prohibit states and counties from passing local laws to regulate and ban commercially-grown GE crops. “Today’s decision to allow states and counties to ban or regulate GE crops is an important victory for GE-free seed sanctuaries and small communities and farmers around the country,” said George Kimbrell, senior attorney for the Center for Food Safety. In granting its decision the Court recognized potential harm to farmers and environment from the widespread planting of GE crops, asserting, “the cultivation and testing of GE plants raise several well-documented concerns.” Notably, the Court affirmed, “transgenic contamination has previously caused significant economic impacts on farmers of conventional, non-GE crops.”

Message To Rep. Ryan: 80% Of Wisconsin Dairy Farmers Oppose TPP

November 4, 2016 Danielle Endvick, www.wisconsinfarmersunion.com Resist! Farming, Food and Agriculture, TPP, Trade Deal, Wisconsin

By Danielle Endvick for Wisconsin Farmers Union - CHIPPEWA FALLS - Responses to a recent survey sent out by Wisconsin Farmers Union (WFU) indicate dairy farmers throughout the state are against passing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in its current form. The survey, which was sent to all dairy producers in Wisconsin, is the first of its kind to ask dairy farmers directly about their views on the TPP.

Glyphosate Found In Lowa Honey

November 4, 2016 Carey Gillam, www.nationofchange.org Educate! Food and Agriculture, glyphosate

By Carey Gillam for Nation of Change - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began glyphosate residue testing in a small number of foods earlier this year after the International Agency for Research on Cancer classified glyphosate as a probable human carcinogen in March 2015. The “special assignment,” as the FDA refers to the testing project, is the first time the FDA has ever looked for glyphosate residues in food, though it annually tests foods for numerous other pesticides.

Largest Campaign Finance Fine In History For Anti-GMO Labeling Initiative

November 4, 2016 Staff, www.atg.wa.gov Resist! Corporations, Corruption, Food and Agriculture, GMOs, Labeling

By Staff of GMA - OLYMPIA — In a historic decision, a Thurston County Superior Court judge today ordered the Grocery Manufacturers Association to pay $18 million in penalties and punitive damages, after Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s lawsuit revealed GMA intentionally violated Washington campaign finance laws. The case arose from Ferguson’s investigation of the finances of opposition to voter Initiative 522, which would have required labeling of genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, in food sold to consumers.

Rainfall Changes Threaten Food Production

November 3, 2016 Jan Rocha, www.climatenewsnetwork.net Educate! Caribbean, Food and Agriculture, Latin America

By Jan Rocha for Climate News network - SÃO PAULO, 30 October, 2016 – The UN’s latest State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) report warns that rainfall patterns will have changed so drastically by the end of this century that agriculture, forestry and fishing will all be seriously affected. “It will become more and more difficult to harvest crops, rear animals and manage forests and fisheries in the same places and in the same way as before,” says the report by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation(FAO).

San Francisco Lab Launches New Era Of Glyphosate Testing In Food

November 2, 2016 Staff, www.sustainablepulse.com Create! Food and Agriculture, glyphosate, San Francisco, Testing

By Staff of Sustainable Pulse - Anresco Laboratories in San Francisco has launched unique low detection testing program for glyphosate residues in final food products and soil samples from all over the World. The unique glyphosate testing, which uses a regulatory recognized LC/MS/MS method, is available to both NGOs and commercial companies. Anresco Laboratories, working in coordination with The Detox Project, has started a new era of transparent, accurate and affordable glyphosate testing, which enables consumers to find out the truth about the levels of glyphosate in their food.

Cuba’s Sustainable Agro-Ecological Model Could Save The World

November 1, 2016 Staff, www.telesurtv.net Create! Agroecology, Cuba, Food and Agriculture, Sustainability

By Staff of Tele Sur - On World Food Day, teleSUR spoke to Professor Raj Patel, an award-winning writer and defender of food security and sustainable models of agriculture. In Cuba, where the external conditions—the U.S. blockade and the collapse of the USSR—along with internal socialist planning, have compelled Cuban farmers to adopt an independent model of agriculture to feed the population, without importing expensive chemicals, the model that has developed is a world leader in sustainability.

When Agribusinesses Control The Government, People Die

October 4, 2016 Thom Hartmann, www.alternet.org Educate! Corporations, Food and Agriculture

By Thom Hartmann for AlterNet - The US is increasingly no longer a country; instead, we're being run like a business, and in some cases, it's literally killing us. Take for example, the ongoing problem of foodborne illnesses like Salmonella, which infects more than 1 million Americans every year. One of the most common ways of contracting Salmonella is by eating eggs.

Why Protest The World Food Prize

October 4, 2016 Thomas Mathews, www.popularresistance.org Resist! Corporatism, Food and Agriculture, Hunger

By Thomas Mathews for Occupy the World Food Prize. The World Food Prize (WFP) is concerned about world hunger, yet they have not said a word about the destruction going on around Des Moines, the city they call home, of thousands of acres of the greatest food-producing resource on the planet. This is a problem that can be remedied if the WFP has the will and the courage to take on the powerful corporate interests that benefit financially from urban sprawl development. The WFP must speak out about loss of farmland, starting with the land around Des Moines, the location of their headquarters. Des Moines happens to be the place where much of the most productive land on earth can still be protected from the bulldozer, if enough people care.

Thailand: Reclaiming Mangroves For Shrimp Production

September 26, 2016 Laura Villadiego, www.aljazeera.com Create! Farming, Food and Agriculture, Thailand

By Laura Villadiego for Aljazeera - Surat Thani, Thailand - For many years, farmer Noppadol Tawee lived with the constant fear of waking up and finding all the shrimp that were growing in his pond floating dead in the water. "The shrimp used to get sick, and I lost all of them several times. Some years, I could make a lot of money; in others, I could lose everything," explains Noppadol, a shrimp farmer living in Kanchanadit, a district in the province of Surat Thani in Southern Thailand.

Illegal Herbicide Use On GMO Crops Causing Massive Damage To Fruit

August 27, 2016 Ken Roseboro, www.nationofchange.org Educate! Food and Agriculture, GMOs, Herbicides

By Ken Roseboro for Nation of Change - Last year, Kade McBroom launched a non-GMO soybean processing plant in Malden, Missouri, and was optimistic about the potential to serve the fast-growing non-GMO market. But now McBroom sees a potential threat to his new business from herbicide drift sprayed on genetically modified crops. This past spring, Monsanto Co. started selling GM Roundup Ready Xtend soybean and cotton seeds to farmers in Missouri and several other states.

Non Profits Sue General Mills For False And Misleading Use Of ‘Natural’

August 27, 2016 Staff, www.organicconsumers.org Resist! Food and Agriculture, Labeling, Lawsuit, Nonprofit

By Staff of Organic Consumers Association - Washington, DC - Today, three non profit organizations filed a lawsuit against General Mills for misleading the public by labeling their Nature Valley brand granola bars “Made with 100% NATURAL whole grain OATS.” It was recently discovered that the herbicide chemical glyphosate, an ingredient in Roundup and hundreds of other glyphosate-based herbicides, is present in the Nature Valley granola bars, which consumers expect to be natural and free of toxins.

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