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ISEC Newsflash
| BigAg Ticked at Michelle Obama's Organic Garden |
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Thursday, April 23, 2009 The Telegraph (UK) Michelle Obama's decision to make her new White House vegetable garden entirely organic has angered America's powerful agribusiness lobby who are urging the First Lady to consider the use of appropriate "crop protection products". |
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| Germany Bans Cultivation of GM Corn |
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Spiegel Online (Germany) Germany has banned the cultivation of GM corn, claiming that MON 810 is dangerous for the environment. But that argument might not stand up in court and Berlin could face fines totalling millions of euros if American multinational Monsanto decides to challenge the prohibition on its seed. |
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| India's Farming 'Revolution' Heading For Collapse |
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April 13, 2009 by Daniel Zwerdling, NPR news Farmers in the village of Chotia Khurd in northern India don't realize it, but they symbolize a growing problem that could become a global crisis. They gathered on a recent morning in a stone-paved courtyard — a circle of Sikhs with brightly colored turbans and big, bushy beards — to explain why the famed "bread basket" of India is heading toward collapse. |
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