Month: September 2011

great pieces on catalyst this week featuring Greenpeace regarding GM wheat (except the bullshit about humans having been engaged in genetic engineering for thousands of years) take a look if you missed it. http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/gmfood/

international planning meeting complete, looking forward to getting out of this conference centre and seeing amsterdam!

30 hours on 2 planes, 2 trains and a bus and I feel like a fucking zombie.

Departing for Amsterdam

great article, replies from Raj Patel, Vandana Shiva, Eric Schlosser, and Michael Pollan worth a read too http://www.thenation.com/article/163403/food-movement-its-power-and-possibilities

Seems all the big foreign biotech players want in on GM wheat development in Australia, Dow AgroSciences having just purchased 50% of HRZ, formerly owned by CSIRO, the Grains Research and Development Corporation, New Zealand Plant and Food Research and Landmark http://sl.farmonline.com.au/news/nationalrural/agribusiness-and-general/finance/dow-invests-in-hrz/2292176.aspx

so how safe is eating all this genetically engineered RNAi crap Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ)? http://the-scientist.com/2011/09/20/plant-rnas-found-in-mammals/

“A self-appointed cabal of the Organic Elite, spearheaded by Whole Foods Market, Organic Valley, and Stonyfield Farm, has decided it’s time to surrender to Monsanto Company. Top executives from these companies have publicly admitted that they no longer oppose the mass commercialization of GE crops, such as Monsanto’s controversial Roundup Ready alfalfa, and are prepared…

“Our food systems create sick people” – right on Olivier De Schutter http://blogs.worldwatch.org/nourishingtheplanet/un-expert-asks-world-leaders-to-crack-down-on-non-communicable-diseases/

and i thought tasmanians were homophobic. http://mps.tas.greens.org.au/2011/09/tasmania-leads-nation-on-marriage-equality-historic-vote-calls-for-national-change/