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The ‘Food Transition’ Is a War on Food, Farmers and the Public 

Colin Todhunter This article begins with a short video based on an interview with researcher Sandi Adams, who describes the plans for agriculture in the rural county of Somerset in south-west England and the UK in general. It’s an important clip because what she describes appears to be part of a wider United Nations agenda …

Why is an Art Gallery Inserting Fake Images of Climate Change Into its Classic Paintings?

An art gallery's latest woke stunt is to display altered versions of classic artworks with the world 'on fire' from climate change. Why are modern political obsessions being shoehorned into everything, asks Steven Tucker.
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How GMOs will destroy Indian agriculture

Aruna Rodrigues Hybrid Bt cotton, the only commercialised GM crop in India, has failed conclusively. Based on this failure and the evidence on GM crops to date, the Union of India’s proposal to commercialise herbicide-tolerant (HT) mustard will destroy not just Indian mustard agriculture but citizens’ health. There have been five days of intense hearings …

Sick to Death: Unhealthy Food and Failed Technologies

Colin Todhunter The world is experiencing a micronutrient food and health crisis. Micronutrient deficiency now affects billions of people. Micronutrients are key vitamins and minerals and deficiencies can cause severe health conditions. They are important for various functions, including blood clotting, brain development, the immune system, energy production and bone health, and play a critical …

“Growing your own vegetables is bad for the planet”

Kit Knightly Have you ever made a prediction and wished you’d recorded it? Last week, in a phone conversation with a family member, they happened to mention growing their own vegetables, and I said in reply “Enjoy it while you can, they’re gonna start claiming it’s causing climate change soon.” Literally four days later… Apparently, …

Sickening Profits: The Global Food System’s Poisoned Food and Toxic Wealth 

The modern food system is being shaped by the capitalist imperative for profit. Aside from losing their land to global investors and big agribusiness concerns, farmers and ordinary people are being sickened by corporations and a system that thrives on the promotion of ‘junk’ (ultra-processed) food laced with harmful chemicals and cultivated with the use […]

Sickening Profits — The Global Food System’s Poisoned Food and Toxic Wealth

The modern food system is being shaped by the capitalist imperative for profit. Aside from losing their land to global investors and big agribusiness concerns, people are being sickened by corporations and a system that thrives on the promotion of ‘junk’ (ultra-processed) food laced with harmful chemicals and cultivated with the use of toxic agrochemicals. …