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Health Benefits of sprouts,
Organic Issues,
Genetic Engineering
New information on Roundup herbicide toxicity.
Don't eat GM foods -
Position paper from the
American Academy of Environmental Medicine. Good survey of research into
problems with GM food.
Sulforaphane found in
broccoli sprouts may rejuvenate the immune system
This article in Science Daily gives details.
GM alfalfa - new threat to organic
food. Monsanto has
been prevented from introducing GM alfalfa in the US, but now it's taken
aim at Canada. This could spell the end of certified organic alfalfa
seed for sprouting, and will make organic livestock and grain much more
difficult to raise. - Watch this spot for developments.
New, September 3, 08:
A US federal court has upheld the GM alfalfa ban. See
this article in the San Francisco Chronicle.
THE biggest study into
organic food has found that it is more nutritious than ordinary produce
and may help to lengthen people's lives. See
this article.
GM foods a health risk?
See this well researched article by Jeffrey M. Smith.
How corporations engineered the non-regulation of dangerous genetically
modified foods.
Raw
almonds? California almond producers are adopting a rule that will
require all almonds to be pasteurized by heat or a chemical .
They may still be labelled as raw. Sign
this petition to ask for consumer choice.
EVEN MORE
GOOD NEWS -
California Judge makes injunction against Roundup Ready
genetically modified alfalfa permanent. USDA and Monsanto will need to
perform an environmental review, estimated to take 2 years, before the
GM alfalfa can be planted further. Hopefully after proper review, the GM
alfalfa will be prohibited.
See this article in the SF Chronicle.
New, September 3, 08:
A US federal court has upheld the GM alfalfa ban. See
this article in the San Francisco Chronicle.
Sale of Monsanto's Roundup Ready alfalfa
halted by US
court.
Finally some recognition that new GM organisms should be subject to
environmental review
GOOD NEWS - A US judge has found that the USDA was "cavalier" in
allowing the release of Monsanto's GM alfalfa without an environmental
review. This may halt the growing and sale of GM alfalfa, and may have
long term effects in slowing the introduction of GM crops.
See this press release.
BACKGROUND
- See
this press release, from the Western Organization of Resource
Councils, on the GM alfalfa issue in the USA.
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IMPORTANT - Monsanto is trying to register a GM
(Roundup Ready) alfalfa in Canada (and as early as this spring in the
US).
We hope that both commercial sprouters and home users of
alfalfa sprouts in Canada will let their
MP and the Minister
of Agriculture know what you think. Please take the time to do it. Alfalfa is
bee pollinated, so cross pollination can take place from miles away.
Help keep your alfalfa sprouts free of insufficiently tested foreign
genetic material.
You can see more of my comments on this issue
here.
An
illegal variety of genetically modified rice has been found
contaminating the US food supply.
BBC news
article on contaminated long grain rice
We need choice on GM foods
Article in
the Toronto Star by Cameron Smith
A US congressman has introduced
two bills, requiring mandatory labelling and safety testing of GM food.
Go to The Center
for Food Safety website to encourage your
congressman to support these bills.
New broccoli sprout study shows benefits
carry into the offspring's adulthood
Eating broccoli sprouts during pregnancy may
provide your kids with life-long protection against cardiovascular
disease, according to a research team led by Dr. Bernhard Juurlink at the
University of Saskatchewan.
GM crops fail to deliver benefits to Africa
Ten years after the
first significant planting of genetically modified (GM) crops there are
no apparent benefits for consumers, farmers or the environment, a report
made public on Tuesday said. The African Centre for Bio-safety and
Friends of the Earth Nigeria said that despite the promises of the
biotech corporations there had been no impact on hunger and poverty.
Preliminary
study indicates rats fed GM soy flour had lighter pups with poorer
survival - If this study is replicated,
it would indicate that there are serious safety problems with some GM
foods.
See
this thorough discussion at foodconsumer.org.
Going
Organic Can Shield Children From Pesticides
A study finds benefits are 'immediate'
and suggests that youths are exposed to the chemicals primarily through
food, not spraying of homes.
See the LA times article.
Like
your sprouts cold?
Arctic adventure traveler Gary Rolfe fuels his training with our
sprouts.
Sprouting in Africa?
See this site
from Kitchen Garden.
Also Val Archer of
Automatic Sprouter fame is
in South Africa.
Organic diet enhances health?
- new research - see the
story
at Organic Consumers Association or the
complete report
from The Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming.
100 grams a day of sprouts may prevent cancer -
research
from the University of Ulster.
GOOD NEWS FLASH
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Monsanto gives up on GM wheat, at least for now! Consumer power wins
the day.
???
Questions about sprouts and sprouting?
Join the new Yahoo group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sprouting.
Fresh veggies for food banks: See the
Plant a Row/Grow a
Row initiative from the Composting Council of Canada.
From
NewFarm:
"Food irradiation violates at least three basic principles
of public health and food security . . .
. . . so why is the
Canadian government planning to expand its
list of foods that can be sterilized with irradiation?"
See story here...
New study links
eating organic food to much lower pesticide residues in children.
See
this page at the Organic Consumers Association for more information
and for a link to the original study.
Finally, a no muss,
no fuss way to grow shoots and wheatgrass.
It's also great for those
tricky seeds like cress and arugula. Check
out our new Baby Blanket and Sea Spray organic liquid kelp fertilizer.
Works for commercial sprouting, home countertop sprouting, and
in Val Archer's automatic
sprouting system.
Time Magazine discusses
all sprout diet -
a
cover story in the Canadian and US edition of Time discusses
vegetarian diets; mentions sproutarianism as one variety (see
Vegans, Raws, and Pescos).
Monsanto creating fake people to
promote GMO's?
- see
this fascinating article in the Manchester Guardian by George
Monbiot.
New poll shows that a huge majority of
Canadians favour mandatory labelling of foods containing GMO's.
Click here to see the story. The Consumer's Association of Canada
now supports mandatory labelling, in contrast to their old stance
here.
Mouse takes on Elephant
Saskatchewan organic farmers
plan to sue Monsanto Canada and Aventis CropScience Canada
for pollution of the environment
with biotech Canola.
See this Jan. 11 news story from the Toronto
Globe and Mail.
Other Genetically Modified Organism
(GMO) information links.
Mendocino County, California bans GE crops, animals!
Sprouting isn't patentable
--
The
sprouters have won their court case. Patent of broccoli sprouts
declared invalid. Brassica Group has appealed and lost the appeal.
Information on
the court ruling -
See the 2nd article down on
this page.
New Automatic Sprouter
tests out fine. We
have our new automatic sprouter based on Val Archer's design
running, and it works great.
"Can Organic
Farming Feed the World"? by Christos Vasilikiotis, Ph.D.
Extensive review of the literature comparing conventional and
organic farming systems.
There's
a plan to "Nuke" seeds used for growing sprouts.
Click here for the details on proposed
sprout seed irradiation. (Just
Say NO)
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