food supply

I started listening to Chris Martenson's daily coronavirus podcasts in late January and the posting them at DWT a few weeks later. Lucky for me and for some of the readers. Because of Martsenson's warnings I got an early understanding of what this pandemic was going to be like-- and what I could do to protect myself and my family and friends. Long before it was too late, we all had N-99 and N-95 respirator masks. I bought 3 months worth of root vegetables, pasta, dried beans, grain, cooking oil, paper goods, bottled water, etc.

Tuesday, you'll recall, I blogged yet again about my idea that GMO geopolitics is becoming a defining feature of the Western bloc vs those…
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Abnormally dry conditions now cover 100 percent of South Dakota according to U.S. Drought Monitorby Gaius PubliusThe climate crisis has already started. Early signs include the refugee crisis in Europe, begun in large part by a deadly drought in Syria.

A new study by Environmental Defense Fund has found that eight types of baby foods had detectable lead inmore than 40% of samples taken. (Photo: MediaPunch/IPX)
The environmental advocacy group Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) on June 15 released a study about dietary lead exposure, with a focus on food intended for babies and young children.

The Rusty-Patched Bumble Bee, disappearing from an orchard near you (Photo © Johanna James-Heinz; source)by Gaius PubliusThe plant world has been losing its pollinators (pollinating insects) for a while due to species decline and, in the case of bees, colony collapse.

Um, weaponized cheese?There are 8 million stories in the Naked City, and some of them are stories you know are serious but you nevertheless can't resist, you know, smiling at. Possibly even guffawing. Like this story from our Crime Watch team. -- Ken

Not sure why I'm featuring Obama's climate failure here? Maybe you can figure it out. (If the video above doesn't play, click here.)by Gaius PubliusI'm presenting this for a different reason than the obvious one. It's not actually a shock-people-into-climate-awareness piece. That's just the set-up. What's my actual point?

VICE’s entire third season of its HBO show is now available online for free! The May 2015 episode focuses entirely on genetically modified crops.
In the video, host Isobel Yeung traces GM ‘super-crops’ from the headquarters of American agribusiness titan Monsanto to the soy fields of Paraguay. She also visits the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, which is financed by Bill Gates and the biotech industry. Seeds are stored there in case of widespread crop disasters.

A federal appeals court has made a swift decision that will not make the CEO of Dow AgroScience happy, though it just might help save our bees.