Saptamana trecuta la expozitia “Saptamana Verde” din Berlin toti ministrii agriculturii din tarile riverane la Dunare si afluentii sai au semnat declaratia comuna de aderare la programul agricol Danube Soya. Exceptie a facut doar Daniel Constantin, potrivit reprezentantilor ONG-ului Agent Green. Danube Soya reprezinta alternativa Europeana nemodificata genetic la importurile din America unde suprafete imense din padurile tropicale, mai ales din Amazon, sunt defrisate permanent pentru a face loc monoculturilor cu soia, in mare parte modificata genetic. Treptat Europa a ajuns astazi aproape total dependenta de soia de peste ocean. “Acest monopol a condus in ultimii la cresterea excesiva si nejustificata a pretului la furajele pentru animalele de ferma si in consecinta a carnii si a lactatelor. citeste si comenteaza …

Unless the rice you buy is certified organic, or comes specifically from a farm that tests its rice crops for genetically modified (GM) traits, you could be eating rice tainted with actual human genes. The only known GMO with inbred human traits in cultivation today, a GM rice product made by biotechnology company Ventria Bioscience is currently being grown on 3,200 acres in Junction City, Kansas — and possibly elsewhere — and most people have no idea about it. Since about 2006,Ventria has been quietly cultivating rice that has been genetically modified (GM) with genes from the human liver for the purpose of taking the artificial proteins produced by this “Frankenrice” and using them in pharmaceuticals. With approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), citeste si comenteaza …

IF YOU ARE THE KIND OF GARDENER who buys vegetable seeds or seedlings (including tomato plants) from a local garden center, as I sometimes do, beware the varieties you select. Otherwise, you could very well be putting money into the hands of the wretched Monsanto Corporation. Forewarned is forearmed, right? Here is the list of Seminis/Monsanto home-garden vegetable varieties, and yes, it even includes zucchini: I’m going to print out this list, and keep a copy in my wallet. This way I won’t be caught off-guard the next time I decide to impulse-shop at a big-box garden center:

Beans: Aliconte, Brio, Bronco, Cadillac(sic!), Ebro, Etna, Eureka, Festina, citeste si comenteaza …

Cat timp portocaliii Valeriu Tabara si Stelian Fuia s-au aflat la conducerea Agriculturii Romaniei, soarta ogoarelor romanesti a fost intr-un mare pericol. Nu numai din cauza incompetentei si dezinteresului celor doi indivizi fata de implementarea politicilor publice intr-un domeniu de importanta strategica, cum este Agricultura, de care depinde securitatea alimentara a tarii, ci si datorita lobby-ului criminal pe care l-au facut, prin presa, dar mai ales la nivelul Comisiei Europene, in favoarea deschiderii legislatiei europene pentru introducerea in agricultura si in consumul uman a organismelor modificate genetic (OMG), care sa permita guvernelor PDL sa dea avize pentru cultivarea otravurilor pe ogoarele tarii pe suprafete din ce in ce mai mari. Tabara si Fuia sunt legati citeste si comenteaza …

If the need to halt GMOs were not urgent enough, this article should scare the pants off you. Here we glimpse some of the potentials for the unabated and bizarre proliferation of GMOs. Some of these developments you will already know about (hopefully), but some will come as a surprise. As I see it we are now at a crossroads where we can still dismantle this dangerous and perverted manipulation of the very fabric of life, the sacred code of nature, which will undoubtedly affect each and every one of us in profound ways now and in the future. Here we are reminded that the fight against GMOs and to save organics is not just a battle for what we knew yesterday, which is bad enough. It is a fight against the future of the GE movement and the unlikely and increasingly creepy, scary, citeste si comenteaza …

Doua mame din Argentina au traversat oceanul pentru a ne avertiza ca organismele modificate genetic sunt otrava pentru sanatate. Daca vom permite cultivarea lor in Romania, sustin ele, vom avea de-a face cu multe cazuri de cancer, leucemii si malformatii, ca America Latina. Argentina e o mare de soia modificata genetic, spune Sofia Gatica, cea care si-a pierdut fiica din cauza insuficientei renale si care nu s-a lasat pana nu a aflat de ce mor copii in cartierul ei, Ituzaingo. Activista, invitata la Marsul pentru Hrana Buna de la Bucuresti, s-a mirat ca in Romania protestele se fac cu acordul autoritatilor, in conditiile in care ea a castigat mai multe batalii impotriva cultivatorilor de OMG-uri doar iesind in strada impreuna cu alte mame. citeste si comenteaza …

Traim mai mult decat oricare alta generatie de romani. Dati vina in primul rand pe cei care au inventat antibioticele, apa de la robinet si toaleta. Azi, speranta de viata la nastere este in jur de de 73 ani, cu 4 ani mai mult decat in 1989 si cu 6 ani mai mult decat in 1965. Traim mai mult decat oricare alta generatie de romani, dar platim un pret pentru asta: felul diferit de moarte pe care-l dobandim. Un popor cu veleitati culinare mediocre cand vine vorba de a manca sanatos, un neam care bea tutun cat turcul si trage vartos la masea inca de pe vremea cand practica transhumanta, nu putea sa nu se pricopseasca si cu feluri de a muri pe masura: infarct miocardic si accident vascular cerebral. citeste si comenteaza …

Mai multe despre Organisme Modificate Genetic(OMG) AICI.