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Colony Collapse Disorder Is a Fraud: Pesticides Cause Bee Die-Offs

Colony Collapse Disorder Is a Fraud: Pesticides Cause Bee Die-Offs

Heidi Stevenson, Green Med Info
Waking Times

Years ago, Gaia Health informed that bee dieoffs are a direct result of pesticide nerve agents called neonicotinoids. The term, Colony Collapse Disorder, is fraudulent, designed to direct attention from the known cause. Agribusiness, the poison manufacturers making death-producing pesticides, is the other More

May 16, 2013 | By | 5 Replies More
Judge Orders Pink Slime Silence to Protect Company

Judge Orders Pink Slime Silence to Protect Company

Heather Callaghan, Guest Writer
Waking Times

Iowa State University has conducted food safety research of the beef product deemed “Pink Slime” by the mass public.

Lean-finely-texturized-beef (LFTB) is a meat filler made from ammoniated boneless lean beef scraps, connective tissue or similar products, which are considered unfit for … More

April 12, 2013 | By | 2 Replies More
Wave of ‘Ag-Gag’ Laws Aimed at Criminalizing Whistleblowers and Keeping Consumers in the Dark

Wave of ‘Ag-Gag’ Laws Aimed at Criminalizing Whistleblowers and Keeping Consumers in the Dark

Will Potter, Guest Writer
Waking Times

States are adopting laws meant to keep consumers in the dark about where their food comes from.

Do you have a right to know where that steak on your plate came from?

Should it be legal to photograph chicken farms and dairy cows?… More

February 23, 2013 | By | 7 Replies More
The Dirt on Peak Fertilizer: What You Need to Know about Big Ag and Farmland

The Dirt on Peak Fertilizer: What You Need to Know about Big Ag and Farmland

Lisa Garber, Natural Society
Waking Times

We take so much for granted: water, food, clean air, and the earth we walk upon—which, by the way, is changing for the worse under our very feet. Thanks to aggressive farming techniques by factory farms, our soil is becoming depleted of necessary … More

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Counterintuitive Finding Shows Herbicide Use In Genetically Modified Crops Has Actually Increased

Counterintuitive Finding Shows Herbicide Use In Genetically Modified Crops Has Actually Increased

Natasha Longo, Prevent Disease
Waking Times

The promise by Monsanto and producers of genetically modified crops was that farmers could use less chemicals and produce a greater yield. That’s about as true as honesty in politics. A study published this week by Washington State University research professor Charles Benbrook finds … More

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Monsanto Launches Massive Campaign to Stop GMO Labeling

Monsanto Launches Massive Campaign to Stop GMO Labeling

Lisa Garber
Waking Times

We’ve gone on at great lengths discussing the dangers of genetic modification. Monsanto’s GMO corn has been linked to weight gain and organ function disruption, while GMO crops and pesticides destroy our farmland and environment.  According to the Alliance of Natural Health, the grandchildren of … More

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Monsanto in Paradise: How to Stop Big-Ag From Destroying Hawaii

Monsanto in Paradise: How to Stop Big-Ag From Destroying Hawaii

Dylan Charles, Editor
Waking Times

The front line in the fight against Monsanto and the reckless practices of genetically modified farming may be proving to be the island paradise of Hawaii. With such a relatively small population, the effects of GMO and Roundup Ready crops are having a disproportionately adverse … More

July 4, 2012 | By | 3 Replies More