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From Mexico to India: Monsanto is Killing More Than Just Biodiversity

From Mexico to India: Monsanto is Killing More Than Just Biodiversity

Jen Wilton & Liam Barrington-Bush, Guests
Waking Times

In late April, world renowned Indian ‘seed activist’ Vandana Shiva travelled to the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca to join a gathering of Mexican farmers, indigenous leaders and environmentalists, fighting to protect Mexico’s native corn crops against the imposition of genetically modified … More

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India Signals It Is Rearing To Kick Monsanto Out!

India Signals It Is Rearing To Kick Monsanto Out!

Sayer Ji
Waking Times

A report from the August 17 edition of the American Association for the Advance of Science’s journal Science titled, “Negative Report on GM Crops Shakes Government’s Food Agenda,” revealed that an Indian high-profile parliamentary panel, only a week before, recommended that GM crop “field trails under … More

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Government of India Declares That All Genetically Modified Foods Be Labeled

Government of India Declares That All Genetically Modified Foods Be Labeled

April McCarthy
Prevent Disease

Can we give a thumbs up to the ministry of consumer affairs in India? They have issued a gazette notification early this month indicating that every food package containing genetically modified food shall bear at the top of its principal display panel, the words ‘GM.’

Indian … More

June 19, 2012 | By | 1 Reply More
Nuclear Insanity

Nuclear Insanity

Dr. Vandana Shiva
Navdaya International

Fukushima has raised, once again, the perennial questions about human fallibility and human frailty, about human hubris and man’s arrogance in thinking he can control nature. The earthquakes, the tsunami, the meltdown at Japan’s nuclear power plant are nature’s reminders of her power.

The scientific … More

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