All Blog Posts Tagged 'USDA' (9)

Stop the Toxic Madness!

Any day now, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to approved Dow’s Enlist Duo, a highly toxic herbicide made from a combination of glyphosate (the key ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup) and 2,4-D (one of the chemicals used to make Agent Orange).

The herbicide is designed to be sprayed on Dow’s new Enlist-brand GMO corn and soy crops, which were recently approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)—despite more than 500,000 public comments, a letter signed by…

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Added by Less Prone on October 8, 2014 at 2:18am — No Comments

Four indicted in Feb. recall of 8.7 million pounds of contaminated beef

Published time: August 19, 2014 17:36

Four people from the slaughterhouse at the center of a massive beef recall in February have been indicted for purposely allowing…

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Added by Ragnarok on August 19, 2014 at 7:58pm — 1 Comment

'Outrage' Follows USDA's Advancement of New Genetically Engineered Crops

Published on Thursday, August 07, 2014 by Common Dreams

'Outrage' Follows USDA's Advancement of New Genetically Engineered Crops…

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Added by DTOM on August 9, 2014 at 4:56am — 4 Comments

USDA found to be poisoning bird populations, causing mass die-offs involving millions of birds

by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger

(NaturalNews) Not all the mysterious bird die-offs that have been witnessed around the globe recently are due to unexplained causes. A recent mass die-off event witnessed in Yankton, South Dakota was traced back to the USDA which admitted to carrying out a mass poisoning of the birds.…

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Added by Sweettina2 on May 27, 2014 at 4:49am — 2 Comments

Organic Eggs? Not If the USDA and FDA Can Help It!

Are the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) determined to keep chickens penned up, and rob consumers of the right to real free-range organic eggs?

It would seem so. First, the USDA’s National Organics Program refuses to enforce standards set by the National Organic Standards Board requiring organic farmers to allow their hens outdoors. Responding to complaints that organic farmers …

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Added by Wolf on August 3, 2013 at 8:24am — 7 Comments

'Monsanto Protection Act' to be voted on by Congress

Published time: March 14, 2013 17:38

Should Congress approve a proposition included in an agriculture bill up for vote this week, biotech companies like the Monsanto Company could win yet another victory in Washington.

The US House of Representatives is expected to weigh in on the Agricultural…

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Added by Ragnarok on March 15, 2013 at 10:30am — No Comments

Stop Obama's sneak attack on GMO labeling! Stand up for your right to know what's in your food-Sign the Petition

If the U.S. government has its way, the powerful intergovernmental group Codex may soon make it impossible to label food "GMO-free" for any country in the world. Originally created in 1963 to design international food safety and labeling standards under the auspices of the United Nations, today Codex is recognized by the World Trade Organization (WTO) to settle disputes regarding food and agricultural trade…

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Added by Tara on April 21, 2010 at 6:35pm — 3 Comments

INSANITY AT THE USDA - ADVOCATES BURNING WOOD (OUR FORESTS) FOR ELECTRICITY

http://www.care2.com/causes/global-warming/blog/biomass-blunder-usda-advocates-burning-wood-for-electricity/

Time to route those madmen out of the USDA and develop our mid-America oil, natural gas, coal, oil shale/sand resources first.

I lived in Oregon, and forests are not sustainable resources.

Stop hugging the damn trees and defending OUR… Continue

Added by May Lattanzio on March 7, 2010 at 11:20am — No Comments

NAIS program declared dead by the USDA.

http://www.billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_5f636
b06-12e7-11df-803e-001cc4c002e0.html?mode=story

Please highlight this whole link or it won't go through. This is very good news.

Added by May Lattanzio on February 7, 2010 at 11:24am — No Comments