Rabobank en Rothschild gaan samenwerken

Rabobank en Rothschild gaan samenwerken op het gebied van advies over beleggingen in de voedings- en agrarische sector. Het betreft een wereldwijde samenwerking.

Bron/lees verder op FD.nl

Europarlement luidt noodklok over bijensterfte

Het Europees Parlement luidt de noodklok over het geringe aantal bijen in Europa. Afgelopen zomer waren er veel minder bijen dan gebruikelijk, wat tot problemen leidde bij imkers, boeren en tuinders. Zonder bijen raken bloemen niet bevrucht, met als resultaat minder planten, groenten en fruit.

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Melamine may be in US food supply

In China, ANYTHING made with Chinese-manufactured milk powder before September 14th was PULLED from their store shelves.

In the US, this garbage is still being sold!

Foods at risk: ANY food manufactured in China and potentially any food containing milk powder. US food manufacturers imported millions of pounds of milk powder from China before September 14th. The FDA continues to allow to be sold.

This includes chocolate, cookies, cakes, and even things like packaged macaroni and cheese.

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Europe's secret plan to boost GM crop production

Gordon Brown and other European leaders are secretly preparing an unprecedented campaign to spread GM crops and foods in Britain and throughout the continent, confidential documents obtained by The Independent on Sunday reveal.

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Mutant Seeds for Mesopotamia

by Andrew Bosworth, Ph.D.

October 15, 2008

One would think that Iraqi farmers, now prospering under "freedom" and "democracy," would be able to plant the seeds of their choosing, but that choice, under little-known Order 81, would be illegal.

But first, it is important to set the context. Most people have never heard of the infamous "100 Orders," but they help explain why the majority of Iraqis remain opposed to foreign occupation. The 100 Orders allow multinational corporations to basically privatize an entire nation, and this degree of foreign and private control has not been witnessed since the days of the British East India Company and its extraterritoriality treaties.

Lees verder op Uruknet

Does EPA know pesticides are killing honeybees?

Honeybees are extremely valuable, tireless little workers. According to USDA, they pollinate about one-third of all of the food we eat and pollination is responsible for $15 billion in added crop value.

During the winter of 2006-2007, some beekeepers began to report unusually high losses of 30-90 percent of their hives. This phenomenon has been called Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) because of its sudden onset.

What’s causing CCD? Theories range from cell phones to Israeli acute paralysis virus (IAPV) and everything in between. But ask any beekeeper (I’ve talked with several) and they’ll point to what they say is the main culprit - pesticides.

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Handvol multinationals controleert wereldvoedselhandel

Cijfers tonen aan dat echt vrije handel een utopie is. In diverse publicaties op internet tonen cijfers aan dat een handvol, voornamelijk Amerikaanse ’super multinationals’ hard op weg is de gehele wereldvoedselvoorziening, van zaad tot supermarkt, onder controle te krijgen.

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