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Tell Nature's Partner's Affiliates What Giumarra Is Up to - Take Action !
Business  (tags: business, corporate, abuse, consumers, wal-mart, farming, farms )

Tierney G
- 8 days ago - ufwaction.org
Two weeks ago, our supporters asked Walmart to tell Giumarra/Nature's Partner--as one of its fresh produce suppliers--to uphold the law and the standards it claims to adhere to.
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"Land Rush" Across Africa By International Investors
Business  (tags: 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', africa, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', interesting, investments, crime, ethics, corporate, abuse, business, economy, government, investments, society, politics, farming, farms )

Tinkie
- 14 days ago - ipsnews.net
Like preditors the International Investors are buying African lands for farming, while throwing the local farmers out, leaving them landless and homeless.
4 comments
Kucinich Secures Funding for Organic Farming Research- Victory!
Business  (tags: environment, farming, farms, GoodNews, Agriculture, organic, government )

Tierney G
- 23 days ago - organicconsumers.org
"Organic foods and products should be able to, at a minimum, compete equally with foods and products made with pesticides, chemical fertilizers, and genetic manipulation," said Kucinich.
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United Farm Workers Tell Walmart to Stop Its Supplier Giumarra's Unlawful Behavior -Take Action!
Business  (tags: business, wal-mart, lies, money, corruption, dishonesty, corporate, farms, farming )

Tierney G
- 23 days ago - ufwaction.org
Walmart says it wants you to live better. But they apparently don't feel the same way about the workers who pick the grapes and other produce they sell in their stores.
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Companies Like Monsanto and DuPont Practically Own the Meal on Your Plate
Business  (tags: business, corporate, consumers, americans, farming, farms, food, Frankenfoods, GMO )

Roseann
- 24 days ago - alternet.org
Corporations have been given the power to own seeds. And they are eliminating competing varieties and crowning their own patented seeds as the only choice in the marketplace.
5 comments
Dear Big Ag: World Hunger Is Not for Sale
Business  (tags: world, SustainableDevelopment, society, money, government, ethics, humans, farming, farms, corporate, consumers )

Daphna
- 38 days ago - treehugger.com
The objectives of this week's Global Harvest Initiative symposium, which focused on coordinated efforts to address world hunger, were compelling. World hunger already affects 1 billion people and the numbers are projected to climb. Unfortunately, thanks t
4 comments
Take Action: File a Complaint? Get Blacklisted.
Business  (tags: farming, farms, Petiton, usa, politics, humans, corruption, dishonesty )

Daphna
- 46 days ago - ufwaction.org
Sign the online petition today! Help workers get 25,000 signatures by the end of the month! We've been telling you about the outrageous behavior of Giumarra--the world's largest table grape company, whose labels include Nature's Partner
6 comments
UCS Study: GMO Crops Have Failed to Yield
Business  (tags: business, GMO, genetically modified ingredients, farming, farms, consumers, dishonesty, technology )

Roseann
- 47 days ago - naturalnews.com
Now that their number one argument for existence (increasing crop yields) has been scientifically questioned, the final straw may be loaded. Will the FDA's continual promotion of GM crops finally change?
7 comments
Sour on Milk: Belgian Farmers Spray Milk on Fields to Protest Prices
Business  (tags: abuse, protest, economy, business, WASTE, farms )

Janet
- 51 days ago - thechronicleherald.ca
Belgian farmers sprayed three million litres of fresh milk onto their fields Wednesday, furious over the low milk prices they say are bankrupting farmers. [migawd, such WASTE! :( ]
4 comments
Stop the Taxpayer Giveaway to Factory Farms! - Farm Aid
Business  (tags: factory farming, Tax $$, americans, business, consumers, corporate, economy, farming, farms, government, money )

Kim
- 61 days ago - farmaid.org
The longer the USDA continues this misguided policy, the greater the threat to small farmers who are already being squeezed in this economy. Plz sign the letter telling Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to stop using taxpayer $ to prop up factory farms
13 comments
'Biosecure' Farms Not So Biosecure
Business  (tags: abuse, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, cover-up, dishonesty, economy, farms, ethics, government, labor, law, lies, marketing, politics, society, world )

Cowboss
- 69 days ago - farmingpathogens.wordpress.com
There are times when perniciously false premises are treated as the criteria by which truth is determined. We lose the argument before it's begun. And where does that leave us in our efforts to control mortal dangers of our own making?
6 comments
Germany Introduces 'Without Gene Technology' Label
Business  (tags: corporate, corruption, ethics, farms, finance, government, marketing, money, politics, society, environment, gmos, labeling )

Cowboss
- 86 days ago - thedairysite.com
The German Minister for Agriculture, Ilse Aigner (CDU), has presented a standardised logo for food products 'without gene technology'. Improvement of the poor acceptance of the 'without gene technology' label is expected thereby. To date, only a f
6 comments
Call for More Imports of GM Feed Ingredients Into EU
Business  (tags: corruption, corporate, dishonesty, economy, farms, government, humans, society, environment, abuse, cover-up, consumers, gmos )

Cowboss
- 88 days ago - thedairysite.com
UK - Ministers and farmers say that imports of genetically modified (GM) imports should be increased. To overcome the dilemma of dwindling global supplies on non-GM feed ingredients and the EU ban on growing GM varieties, the permitted maximum GM ingredie
18 comments
Open Letter to Galen G Weston and Loblaws CFIA Warns US Feces Fed Beef Beef May Sicken Consumers -- Please Stop Selling US Beef
Business  (tags: abuse, business, americans, cover-up, dishonesty, ethics, farms, finance, humans, government, law, marketing, money, politics, society, usa, consumers )

Cowboss
- 89 days ago - cowbossatwscc.blogspot.com
Dear Galen G. Weston It has come to my attention that your Grocery Stores, Loblaws, Zehrs, Superstore, and No Frills are selling US beef. As you are aware US beef is often fed Poultry feces (manure) as a means for producers to lower their production co
17 comments
Local Ontario Grocers Break Away From Sobey's to Sell More Local Food
Business  (tags: corporate, corruption, business, consumers, dishonesty, economy, ethics, farms, farming, environment, goodnews, marketing, greenbuilding )

Cowboss
- 105 days ago - totastings.blogspot.com
Hats off to Dale Kropf! On July 3, CBC reports, he removed five of his family-owned grocery stores from the Sobey's banner and joined four other stores to form the Hometown Grocers Co-op. The reason? Kropf holds that Sobey's corporate policies don't
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