Why Gaza Doesn't Need Monsanto's Wonder Seeds
Climatewire recently ran a rather tedious article rehashing Monsanto’s familiar talking points, on the occasion of a media conference put on by the GMO seed/agrichemical giant. Here's a sample:The...
View ArticleWarren Buffett's Son Is Super-Wrong About Africa
My post on the organic-farming surge in Gaza got me thinking about ag-development policy—and how what's happening in occupied Palestine goes against the grain, so to speak, of most efforts to bolster...
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Beer Charts of the Day
When an earthling declares—in no matter what language—"Let's grab a beer," there's a good chance that creature will soon be sitting down to a cold one made by either Anheuser-Busch InBev or SABMiller....
View ArticleMexico Doesn't Need Monsanto's Wonder Seeds, Either
As I wrote a few days ago, Monsanto has been publicly flaunting its effort to develop high-tech patented seeds to "feed the world" amid climate change and resource scarcity. These wonder seeds,...
View ArticleUSDA Scientist: Monsanto's Roundup Herbicide Damages Soil
August hasn't been a happy month the for the Monsanto public-relations team. No, I'm not referring to my posts on how Gaza and Mexico don't need the company's high-tech seeds—the ones it will...
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Tom's Kitchen: Alice Waters' Flatbread With Spicy Split Peas
When I interviewed Alice Waters recently, she started the interview with a question for me: "Aren't you going to ask me what I had for breakfast?" I think she was probably teasing me. When you're the...
View ArticleAnother Beer: Corporate Power, Deregulation, and Why German Brew Is (On...
Last week, I posted on what I think of as the beer paradox: that the industry is dominated by two swill-producing giants, and yet excellent craft beer proliferates.To me, the beer paradox is about the...
View ArticleSuperweeds: This Time, It's Serious
Blogging has been light this week because I've been on vacation. But I can't resist commenting on something that made me choke on my coffee this morning. While reading a news report on superweeds—weeds...
View ArticleAttack of the Monsanto Superinsects
Over the past decade and a half, as Monsanto built up its globe-spanning, multi-billion-dollar genetically modified seed empire, it made two major pitches to farmers.The first involved weeds. Leave the...
View ArticleSouth Africa's Wine Woes
I've seen it: People who are extremely fussy about the food they put in their mouths—shopping at farmers markets for veggies and meat and looking for Fair Trade labels on tropical goods—nevertheless...
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