Posted on May 20, 2009 by mizgingersnaps
Related Stories I have seen recently:Daily Kos: Multiple ways Monsanto is putting normal seed out of reach: “Multiple ways Monsanto is putting normal seed out of reach”
EARTHKEEPER HERO: DR. VANDANA SHIVA and Seed Satyagrha
“The World According to Monsanto” highlights at YouTube
“The World According to Monsanto – Full Documentary” at Twilight Earth
“The World According to Monsanto” [...]
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Posted on May 20, 2009 by mizgingersnaps
The Future of FoodSee the movie at Hulu
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Posted on February 25, 2009 by mizgingersnaps
The World According to Monsanto | Use Celsias.com – reduce global �Celsius:
“The following documentary is a thorough, in-depth look at the history of one of the world’s most dangerous and despised corporations and the serious issues swirling around genetically modified crops — from the implications for biodiversity and personal health, to the corporate control of [...]
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Posted on February 8, 2009 by mizgingersnaps
I can’t get these locusts off my mind…
Recently I saw an article discussing the relationship of serotonin to the swarming of locusts… (See: “Locust Swarms ‘High’ on Serotonin”)
At one point the authors suggested a theory that by suppressing serotonin production among locusts they could suppress the formation of swarms… Though I am definitely no expert [...]
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Posted on February 8, 2009 by mizgingersnaps
I can’t get these locusts off my mind…
Recently I saw an article discussing the relationship of serotonin to the swarming of locusts… (See: “Locust Swarms ‘High’ on Serotonin”)
At one point the authors suggested a theory that by suppressing serotonin production among locusts they could suppress the formation of swarms… Though I am definitely no expert [...]
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Posted on February 7, 2009 by mizgingersnaps
Playing God in the Garden – New York Times:Michael Pollan, author of Second Nature
“…I was now ‘licensed’ to grow these potatoes, but only for a single generation; the crop I would water and tend and harvest was mine, yet also not mine. That is, the potatoes I will harvest come August are mine to eat [...]
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Posted on February 5, 2009 by mizgingersnaps
Seed bank for the world threatened by financial crisis | Environment | Reuters: “A third of the planet’s plants are categorized as threatened with extinction…”
“There are 1,400 other seed banks in the world that store about 0.6 percent of the world’s plant diversity. The Millennium Project run by Kew Gardens — one of the world’s [...]
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