war on food
Farmers Struggle Far from Over: Corporate Capture of India’s Agri Sector Continues
Colin Todhunter Bayer, which profits from various environmentally harmful and disease-causing chemicals like glyphosate, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) “to develop resource-efficient, climate-resilient solutions for crops, varieties, crop protection, weed and mechanization”. The ICAR, an apex public sector institution, is responsible for co-ordinating agricultural education and research in India. …
Fast-Food Graveyard – Sickened for Profit
Colin Todhunter The modern food system is responsible for making swathes of humanity ill, causing unnecessary suffering and sending many people to an early grave. It is part of a grotesque food-pharma conveyor belt that results in massive profits for the dominant agrifood and pharmaceuticals corporations. Much of the modern food system has been shaped …
The Passing of the Father of India’s Green Revolution
Colin Todhunter MS Swaminathan, widely regarded as the father of the Green Revolution in India, recently passed away (28 September) at the age of 98. An agronomist, agricultural scientist and plant geneticist, Swaminathan played a key role in introducing hybrid high yielding varieties of wheat and rice to India and in encouraging many farmers to adopt high-input, …
Resisting Genetically Mutilated Food & the Eco-Modern Nightmare: Together, ‘Just You and Me’
Colin Todhunter This image is symbolic of everything that is wrong with modern society. A gas leak from Union Carbide’s pesticide plant in Bhopal in 1984 resulted in around 560,000 injured (respiratory problems, eye irritation, etc.), 4,000 severely disabled and 20,000 dead. Not only that, but the pesticides produced at the factory and the model …
Meet the New Normal, Same as the Old Normal: You Are Still the Enemy Within
Colin Todhunter Today, we are witnessing the nudging (manipulation) of the population to accept a ‘new normal’ based on a climate emergency narrative, restrictions on movement and travel, programmable digital money, ‘pandemic preparedness’ courtesy of the World Health Organization’s tyrannical pandemic treaty, unaccountable AI and synthetic ‘food’. Whether it involves a ‘food transition’, an ‘energy …
Science & Public Interest Halt the Push for GM Crops in India: Approval by Contamination?
Colin Todhunter Between 1991 and 2016, the population of Delhi and its suburbs increased from 9.4 million to 25 million. In 2023, the World Population Review website estimates Delhi’s population to be 32.9 million. In the December 2016 paper Future urban land expansion and implications for global croplands, it was projected that by 2030, globally, …
Let Them Eat Bugs: Challenging the WEF’s Corporate-Driven Food Reset
Colin Todhunter The prevailing globalised agrifood model is built on unjust trade policies, the leveraging of sovereign debt, population displacement and land dispossession. It fuels commodity monocropping and food insecurity as well as soil and environmental degradation. It is responsible for increasing rates of illness, nutrient-deficient diets, a narrowing of the range of food crops, …
This Week in the New Normal #68
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. 1. Highly convenient Red meat allergies spreading This week the US CDC reported that over 450,000 US citizens may be allergic to red meat, thanks …
The Insidious Truth Behind Free School Meals
Kit Knightly There is a growing international campaign to institute free school meals all around the globe. On face of it this might seem like a great idea… but in the New Normal age nothing is ever really free. So, let’s unpack… The campaign is being spear-headed by the UN-backed School Meals Coalition (SMC), whose …