Berto Jongman: Food Stamp Shut-Down? — 46 Million – Riots Could Ensure, Pressuring Republicans
USDA Sends States Notice To Hold Off ‘Until Further Notice’ Process That Distributes Food Aid To 46 Million People In The US
JZ Liszkiewics: Food Chains — Slavery & Abuse in America’s Food Production & Processing
In this exposé, an intrepid group of Florida farmworkers battle to defeat the $4 trillion global supermarket industry through their ingenious Fair Food program, which partners with growers and retailers to improve working conditions for farm laborers in the United States. Food Chains reveals the human cost in our food supply and the complicity of …
JZ Liszkiewicz: True Cost Accounting for Food — Survey with Links
There is No Such Thing as Cheap Food Taking these costs into account is essential; the economic cost of global environmental degradation from industry is estimated at US$2 to US$5 trillion per year. TCA has the potential to make industrial food production seem unreasonably harmful and expensive and make sustainable food production seem not only …
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SchwartzReport: Drought Impacts Trees & Food
One aspect of climate change that people are simply not fully comprehending is the massive changes in the natural environment that are going to come with it. This report about California is just one example of what I mean. The massive restructuring of natural systems is going to be very challenging to our civilization. Drought …
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Yoda: From Fast Food Strikes to Social Justice
Minimum wage is on the margins — electoral reform is root. Fast-food strikes widen into social-justice movement Central to Wednesday’s strike is the evolution of its scope. What began two years ago as a fast-food workers movement has propelled into something wider, with Wednesday’s protests including a range of workers workers from adjunct professors to …
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Review (Guest): Altered Genes, Twisted Truth: How the Venture to Genetically Engineer Our Food Has Subverted Science, Corrupted Government, and Systematically Deceived the Public
Steven M. Drucker A meticulously documented account of corporate influence overriding sound science at the U.S. FDA By n brown on March 7, 2015 Author Steven Druker raises an interesting parallel between computer systems and genetic manipulation. While computer systems – especially those that are life-dependent and life-sustaining – are carefully tested and retested to …
Michel Bauwens: How the Great Food War Will Be Won — Localized Organic Truth
How the Great Food War Will Be Won Jonathan Latham EXTRACT
