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Why are GMOs Bad? [Video]

July 12August 16Posted in Health, Man & NatureTagged agriculture, artificial, companies, consequences, consumption, corn, crops, economics, effects, engineered, enzyme, farmers, food, genetically modified, gmo, Health, humans, monopoly, monsanto, mutation, organism, proteins, roundup, soybeans, transgenicsLeave a comment

Why are GMOs bad? They aren’t. They just aren’t, not intrinsically, and certainly not for your health. We’ve been eating them for decades with no ill effects, which makes sense, because a genetically modified organism is simply an organism, like every other organism, produces hundreds of thousands of proteins, but one or two of them are proteins that were chosen specifically by humans.

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The Death of Bees Explained [Video]

July 10September 11Posted in Garden & Nature, Man & Nature, MediaTagged agriculture, bees, collapse, colony, consequences, danger, ddt, death, disorder, extinction, food, help the bees, nature, parasites, pesticides, poison, reasons, save the bees2 Comments

In 2015 the bees are still dying in masses. Which at first seems not very important until you realize that one third of all food humans consume would disappear with them. Millions could starve. The foes bees face are truly horrifying – some are a direct consequence of human greed. We need to help our small buzzing friends or we will face extremely unpleasant consequences.

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Environmental Dates: World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

June 17June 17Posted in Environmental datesTagged agriculture, climate change, consumption, desertification, drought, ecology, environment, farmers, food, investment, june 17, soil, sustainable, system, technology, wdcd, world day to combat desertification1 Comment

The World Day to Combat Desertification (WDCD) is observed worldwide on 17 June every year. The focus this year is “attainment of food security for all through sustainable food systems.”

With the slogan, ‘No such thing as a free lunch. Invest in healthy soil’, the 2015 observance calls for

A change in our land use practices through smart agriculture and adaptation to changing climate, especially in the dry fragile parts of the world where food shortages are becoming more and more severe
Access to technology and land rights for small holder farmers who safeguard the environment and meet the food needs of millions of households, especially among the poorest households
A balance in the land use for ecology and consumption, drawing on the best practices
More investments in sustainable land practices so that sustainable food systems become the normal practice and
More effective action on desertification whose effects on security, peace and stability are invisible yet real for the affected countries due especially to food and water scarcity and environmentally forced migration.

Source: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification