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    19 Studies Link GMO Foods to Organ Disruption

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ May 2, 2011 ⋅ 3 comments

    A new paper demonstrates that consuming genetically modified (GM) food leads to significant organ disruptions in rats and mice. Researchers reviewed data from 19 studies and found that parameters including blood and urine biochemistry and organ weights were significantly disrupted in the GM-fed animals.
    The kidneys of males were the most affected, experiencing 43.5 percent of [...]

    Cap the GMO Gene Spill

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ April 22, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

    CAP THE GENE SPILL from NO GMO on Vimeo.
    It’s been a year since we started watching BP’s oil spew into the Gulf day after day. Although that’s been plugged and cleanup is underway, a more insidious form of pollution continues without containment, with much longer term consequences. You might think I’m talking about Fukushima’s nuclear [...]

    New study confirms organ damage in GMO-fed animals

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ April 10, 2011 ⋅ One comment

    A review of 19 mice and rat studies using GM soy and corn show significant disruptions in the liver and kidneys, with other organs also affected. The study was conducted by a team of French scientists, led by Professor Gilles-Eric Séralini. He had earlier this year won a liable lawsuit against another scientist who tried [...]

    Climate Change and Agriculture: Biodiverse Ecological Farming Is the Answer, Not Genetic Engineering

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ March 19, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

    Check out Navdanya, India’s biodiversity and organic farming movement.
    Industrial globalized agriculture is heavily implicated in climate change. It contributes to the three major greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide (CO2) from the use of fossil fuels, nitrogen oxide (N2O) from the use of chemical fertilizers and methane (CH4) from factory farming. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on [...]

    Must Read: ISIS Report States Genetically Modified Roundup Ready Soybeans Are Producing New Pathogens

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ February 28, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

    Institute of Science in Society Report: http://www.i-sis.org.uk/newPathogenInRoundupReadyGMCrops.php
    USDA senior scientist sends “emergency” warning to US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack on a new plant pathogen in Roundup Ready GM soybean and corn that may be responsible for high rates of infertility and spontaneous abortions in livestock Dr. Mae-Wan Ho
    An open letter appeared on the Farm and [...]

    Top ten lies about Senate Bill 510

    By Everest ⋅ December 1, 2010 ⋅ 4 comments

    (NaturalNews) The Food Safety Modernization Act looks like it’s headed to become law. It’s being hailed as a “breakthrough” achievement in food safety, and it would hand vast new powers and funding to the FDA so that it can clean up the food supply and protect all Americans from food-borne pathogens.
    There’s just one problem with [...]

    Peak Food: Can Another Green Revolution Save Us?

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ August 31, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

    Norman Borlaug, widely seen as the father of the “Green Revolution,” was a true savior. Many have considered him misguided or worse, but it is hard for a compassionate person to argue with what he accomplished: saving “more human lives than any other person in history.”2 It seems to be a professional disease among saviors, [...]

    Aspartame: the Politics of Food

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ April 8, 2010 ⋅ 5 comments

    James S. Turner, Esq., explains how aspartame infiltrated our food system despite warnings from scientists.

    Genetically Engineered Pigs

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ April 7, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

    The Mad Hatter world of industrial agriculture has announced another victory: the University of Guelph in Canada has genetically engineered pigs whose manure contains 30-70% less phosphorus than that of regular pigs.

    USDA to Decide on Genetically Engineered Alfalfa

    By Everest ⋅ March 2, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

    The Center for Food Safety asks us to speak out against USDA approval of genetically engineered (GE/GMO) alfalfa, given its impact on the environment and public health.

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