Tag Archive for ‘gmo’
NAMASTE AMERICA
I can’t believe it’s already a year since our family visited India as urban homestead ambassadors. It was truly an amazing trip, made even more special by the fact that we got to stay with wonderful families. (read our India adventures)
CORN VS POTATO?
Taking stock of what we have here in the urban homestead’s pantry for our next co-op order, a recent comment from a friend got me thinking. Been doing a lot of that lately, especially when it comes to our food staples that we don’t grow. Now, I am all for choices but sometimes I think Ma Ingalls had it, well, “easier.”
HOMEGROWN REVOLUTION IN INDIA
(via Cow Girls & India): When Manish, our main contact at Shikshantar (a local initiative to re-create Udaipur as a zero-waste “learning city”), informed me that our group would have the opportunity to meet with a California-based family of activists called “Path to Freedom”, I was curious but cautious. The prospect of yet another alt-minded, [...]
GMO FOODS 101
This holiday as we sit down and enjoy good food with friends and family here’s some links about the future of our food supply. Monsanto’s Monopoly Monsanto Squeezes Out Seed Business Competition, AP Investigation Finds- Huffington Post Declining competition in the seed business could lead to price hikes that ripple out to every family’s dinner [...]
THE ATTACK OF GM VEGGIES
First it was corn then soy, rice, cotton, wheat but now GM is entering the world of backyard veggies crops. The first to be introduce is BT Brinjal (otherwise know as Eggplant) On the front lines of this GM veggie invasion is India There’s a fierce battle brewing as they fight to not be the [...]
BEETS then BRASSICAS – what’s next?
Thanks for one of the Freedom Gardeners for bringing this frightening article to our attention. Pretty soon vegetables could be at risk now that big M has stopped their meddling with rice, corn and soy — looks like swiss chard is threatened with contamination and cabbages are next! BATTLE OVER BEETS Organic seed producer Frank [...]
BORN IN ACTIVISM
On Dec 18th, 9 years ago, Path to Freedom emerged on the Internet scene with a campaign to reunite father and son. The site was influential in spearheading the campaign and featured on MSNBC, CNN, GRANMA and many, many other print media outlets all over the world. In 2000, after four months of tireless campaigns, [...]
FARMER D GOES TO COLLEGE
Jordanne tells me that Farmer D gave another exceptional speech at UCLA this week as one of their guest speakers – the other was the amazing Seed Lady of Watts – Anna Marie Carter. Both charismatic and humorous speakers made for a uplifting and informative class. Of course Farmer D came with some cool props [...]
FREEDOM PLOTS
Plots of opportunity on urban eco-farms (The Natural Food Merchandiser) by Vicky Uhland The Dervaes family’s 1,500-square-foot vintage Craftsman bungalow, set on a standard city lot a mile from downtown Pasadena, Calif., is an unlikely homestead for a working farm. And yet Jules Dervaes and three of his children manage to grow 350 varieties of [...]
THE PRINCE AND THE SEED
Prince Charles sparks debate over GM crops claims The Prince accused large corporations of conducting experiments with nature, which had, he said “gone seriously wrong”. His comments were supported by Patrick Holden, a director of the Soil Association. “If we go down this path I think we will put this country at risk. There could [...]
