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World Food Prize 2013 - Vandana Shiva and Frances Moore Lappe condemn selection of winner - YouTube
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CHOICE OF MONSANTO BETRAYS WORLD FOOD PRIZE PURPOSE, SAY GLOBAL LEADERS
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Please distribute wide and far This statement is supported by the 81 Councillors of the World Future Council and Laureates of the Right Livelihood Award whose names appear below. CHOICE OF MONSANTO BETRAYS WORLD FOOD PRIZE PURPOSE, SAY GLOBAL LEADERS In honoring the seed biotechnology industry, this year’s World Food Prize — to many, the most prestigious prize in food and agriculture — betrays the award’s own mandate to emphasize “the importance of a nutritious and sustainable food supply for all people.” [1] The 2013 World Food Prize has gone to three chemical company executives, including Monsanto executive vice president and chief technology officer, Robert Fraley, responsible for development of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Almost twenty years after commercialization of the first GMO seeds, most are not engineered to enhance nutrient content, but to produce a specific pesticide or to resist a propriet
Elizabeth Warren: 'Let’s Face It: This is About the Money' | Common Dreams
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Trackoff.us | Watch a Film About Internet Privacy & Take Action
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Trackoff.us | Watch a Film About Internet Privacy & Take Action Recent news makes shockingly clear the extent to which Americans are being tracked by websites and surveilled by law enforcement agencies. But it's become evident that even our policymakers don't understand the breadth of corporate and governmental surveillance that takes place. Demand Progress is working with the creators of a great new film that breaks down the problem. It's called Terms and Conditions May Apply and we're organizing a showing in DC for lawmakers and their staffers. Add your name at right to tell your lawmakers to educate themselves about privacy by watching the film. SO, WHY SHOULD YOU CARE ABOUT PRIVACY IF YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING "WRONG"? Privacy is important, even if you think you have nothing to hide. It is the basis of free speech and a core value of all Americans. People should have the right to draw their curtains or keep their em