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A mini documentary for The Hunts Point Express about two guys in the same business, but in a totally different way. Christopher Toole breeds his own Tilapia at The…

Sustainable Urban Farming in NYC

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Sustainable urban farming. Grow tilapia, mushrooms, veggies and harvest wild edible plants like garlic mustard

Rhythms of Resistance in Soybeanland

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Monsanto’s Roundup Herbicide—Featuring the Darth Vader Chemical

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It was “supposed” to be harmless to humans and animals—the perfect weed killer. Now a groundbreaking article just published in the journal Entropy points to …

Paul Stamets - Mushroom Lecture Part 1

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Starved of Democracy and the Fight Against Corporate ‘Foodopoly’

May 8, 2013 Common Dreams

Foodopoly. It’s about the corporate control of every aspect of our food system, from how what we eat is labeled to the pesticides we’re exposed to.

We, the people, must reclaim our democracy. We must reestablish strong antitrust laws to begin the work of fixing our broken, corporate-controlled food system. Our food system should work for consumers and farmers, not big agricultural, processing, retail, and chemical conglomerates.

How has consolidation enabled Monsanto, Tyson, Nestle, Kraft, Cargill, McDonalds and other giant companies to write our food policy, and why is it about to get worse?

Foodopoly delves into the history of food and farm policy to explain how the food supply became so consolidated. For example, only four gigantic companies process 80 percent of the beef we eat, and only four retailers sell 50 percent of the groceries. Today, one out of every three dollars spent on groceries in the United States goes to Walmart.

The top 10 fast-food companies control 47 percent of all fast food sales. Together, these industries have commandeered local economies, and now it is clear that the era of family farmers and mom and pop stores has ended. What’s not as clear is the effect this has on our political system…

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/05/08-7

May 8, 2013 Tom Philpott - Mother Jones
7 DODGY FOOD PRACTICES BANNED IN EUROPE BUT JUST FINE HERE IN THE U.S. http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2013/05/7-dodgy-foodag-practices-banned-europe-just-fine-here

FROM GROWING PROFIT TO GROWING FOOD: CHALLENGING CORPORATE MONOPOLY http://sco.lt/96Cmaf

WORLD’S LARGEST FOOD COMPANIES CREATING LEGACY OF DESTRUCTION http://sco.lt/6sSzK5

PROCESSED FOODS MAKE UP 70 PERCENT OF THE US DIET- WITH ABOUT 5,000 DIFFERENT CHEMICAL ADDITIVES http://sco.lt/7FPtxZ

WHAT ARE WE EATING? http://sco.lt/7RN917

SALT, SUGAR, FAT : HOW THE FOOD GIANTS HOOKED US http://sco.lt/5edsnZ

FAST FOOD, SLOW DEATH  : “Food Deserts” and the $500 Billion Corporate Food Monopoly http://sco.lt/6YRaUr

THINK THOSE CHEMICALS AND PESTICIDES IN YOUR FOOD HAVE BEEN TESTED? http://sco.lt/7QxMob

THIS PESTICIDE INDUSTRY SPIN SAYS PESTICIDES ARE GOOD FOR YOU: NO ACCOUNTING FOR ACCUMULATED IMPACTS ON HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH: PESTICIDES ARE POISON. PERIOD
VIDEO: http://pesticideinformation.eu/2013/05/07/pesticide-residues-seven-reasons-your-food-is-safe/

ARE WE EATING STRESS? Industrial Food Production puts extreme stress on plants and animals that we eat http://sco.lt/5aqLTd

HOW THE FOOD GIANTS HOOKED US http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3997618890/how-the-food-giants-hooked-us

THE DRUG STORE IN AMERICAN MEAT  http://sco.lt/6nyxoP

GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS NOT THE SOLUTION FOR “FEEDING THE WORLD” http://sco.lt/77BuML

SALT, SUGAR, FAT : HOW THE FOOD GIANTS HOOKED US http://sco.lt/5edsnZ

FAST FOOD, SLOW DEATH  : “FOOD DESERTS” AND THE $500 BILLION CORPORATE FOOD MONOPOLY http://sco.lt/6YRaUr

WAKE UP AND SMELL THE GMOs - A MOTHER’S VOICE http://sco.lt/9Dv6VF

GENE GIANTS SEEK “PHILANTHROGOPOLY” - SIX MULTINATIONAL GENE GIANTS CONTROL THE DIRECTION OF WORLD AGRICULTURE WITH SEED PATENT MONOPOLY http://sco.lt/6h3lzt

GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS NOT THE SOLUTION FOR “FEEDING THE WORLD” http://sco.lt/77BuML

May 25, 2012 - PR Watch

HOW THE U.S. SOLD AFRICA TO MULTINATIONALS LIKE MONSANTO, CARGILL, DUPONT, PEPSICO AND OTHERS http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/05/11530/how-us-sold-africa-multinationals-monsanto-cargill-dupont-pepsico-and-others

A VIP READ: THE ECONOMICS OF CURBING SPECULATION IN FOOD, WATER AND VITAL REOURCES http://sco.lt/6znBab

FROM GROWING PROFIT TO GROWING FOOD: CHALLENGING CORPORATE MONOPOLY http://sco.lt/96Cmaf

 »»>THE GLOBAL CHEMICAL BIOTECH CARTEL - AN UNPRECEDENTED POWER OVER WORLD FOOD SUPPLY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1716244040/the-global-chemical-biotech-cartel-an-unprecedented-power-over-world-agriculture-and-human-health

»»>CORPORATE HIJACKING OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE - GENETIC ENGINEERING AND THE GMO INDUSTRY  http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3994750421/corporate-hijacking-of-food-and-agriculture-genetic-engineering-and-the-gmo-industry

DID YOU KNOW? GENE ALTERED FOODS NOW LARGE PART OF AMERICAN DIET http://sco.lt/7oVxQH

U.S. GMO FOOD LABELING DRIVE HAS MONSANTO, BIOTECH INDUSTRY BITING BACK, BIG TIME  http://sco.lt/69fO6b

THE IMPACT OF ANIMALS RAISED IN CORPORATE CONCENTRATION PENS: THE ‘AG-LAWS’ TO STOP YOU KNOWING ABOUT YOUR FOOD:  http://sco.lt/66vH1d

WHAT EVERY PARENT SHOULD KNOW ABOUT OUR BIG FOOD (CHEMICAL) INDUSTRY  http://sco.lt/4iWsID

WATCH:

+++ MICHAEL POLLAN - FROM GMOs to NYC’s SODA BAN, LOCAL EFFORTS CHALLENGE AGRI-GIANTS NATIONAL CONTROL http://www.democracynow.org/2012/10/24/michael_pollan_from_gmos_to_nycs

VIDEOS

+++++WATCH: THE FUTURE OF FOOD - PART 2 Vandana Shiva http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/951852556/the-future-of-food-part-2-vandana-shiva

+++++++WATCH:

“GENETIC ROULETTE - THE GAMBLE OF OUR LIVES”  - YouTube 1:24:59  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrWRzxMUfDE

+++++WATCH: INCESTUOUS RELATIONHIPS: THE US AGRIBUSINESSES, FOOD CORPORATIONS AND REGULATORY BODIES http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2730001051/incestuous-relationships-the-us-agribusinesses-food-corporations-and-regulatory-bodies-video

WATCH:

+++ MONSANTO FOOD WARS: GMO SEEDS AND ANIMALS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3997411054/watch-monsanto-food-wars-gmo-seeds-and-animals

WATCH:

+++ VIDEO REPORT: AMERICAN JUNK FOOD CREATING CHAO WITH HISPANIC HEALTH, CHILDREN AND CULTURAL NORMS http://sco.lt/79H7HV

The Choice is Yours: Clean or Green Water (1 min version)

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This video has no narration, only music. Therefore it does not have captions. Nutrient pollution from farm and lawn fertilizer, pet and livestock waste, runo…