Native foods endangered by GMO foods

In an effort to reduce corn stem-borer infestations, corporate and public researchers partner to develop local [transgenic] Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) corn varieties suitable for Kenya.

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To preserve native foods and environments around the world, the organization Slow Food International fights a battle against the current industrialized food industry and globalized economy.

"Pale blue Araucana chicken eggs in Chile, 500-year-old raisin varieties in Afghanistan and Wenchi volcanic honey in Ethiopia, are just a few examples of the indigenous and artisanal products Slow Food International unites around the world.

Slow Food is a grassroots, eco-gastronomic nonprofit organization; founded in 1986 in Italy to protest the opening of a McDonald’s near the Spanish steps of Rome, it’s now a global movement."

"Today, genetically modified crops, biopiracy, environmental degradation and the growing distance of tribal members from traditional food production and consumption threaten many of these indigenous food products.

Manoonim, or wild rice, in the oral history of the Anishinaabeg in Minnesota is a gift from the Creator, and is a centerpiece of the nutrition and sustenance of their community. For generations, each September people set out in canoes to harvest the wild rice, an aquatic grass from the remote lakes of northern Minnesota. Today, the high quality wild rice, which dates back to prehistory, has to compete on the market with cultivated wild rice grown in Californian man-made paddies."
Read the entire article in Indian Country Today


Read more

• 75% of all processed foods in US contain GMO ingredients (rawlivingfoods.typepad.com)
• Genetically Modified Foods May Genetically Modify You (takepart.com)
• Demand Better Oversight From USDA For Genetically Modified Crops (takepart.com)
• Europeans ban Monsanto's Modified Maize - HURRAH! (iflizwerequeen.com)
• Genetically Modified Food Experiments Use Kids for Guinea Pigs (ecochildsplay.com)
• US Association of Physicians calls for Moratorium on GMO Foods (isiria.wordpress.com)

Video about genetically modified food

The Dangers of Genetically Modified Food - Jeffery Smith Lecture - FULL VERSION - 1:00:08 - Nov 21, 2007

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This lecture was created by combining the 6 pieces posted on YouTube by The Kick Them All Out Project. http://www.KickThemAllOut.com This project shows you how we can take back control of Congress from the special interests that control it now and put an end to things like GMO foods. This lecture by Jeffrey Smith, author of Seeds of Deception, summarizes the contents of his book, which explains the health dangers of genetically modified foods, and the industry cover-up.