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• A possible snapshot of a future farmstand

  Published: August 12, 2007, 6:47 am

  Tags: Genetically Modified Food, Visual Aids, Wired Magazine, Wiredmagazine

  Filed under: Science, Farming, Vegetables, Fruit, Magazines, On the BlogsI found this picture on the Ethicurean, which discovered it on the back page of Wired Magazine's July issue. It creates a pretty compelling visual image of what the food future could look like if scientists continue to walk down the path of major genetic modification. It's

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• How to read the PLU codes on your produce

  Published: October 1, 2007, 1:35 pm

  Tags: Conventional, Genetically Modified, How To Read, Organic, Plu Codes, Plucodes, Sprig Com, Tips, Video

  with the number nine. Genetically modified produce also has a five digit number, but it always starts with the number eight. Now you can tell with just a glance if the apple you just picked out of the bin is conventional, organic or GMO. This is particularly handy for those times when the display has gotten a little messy and you can't

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• Gene tech doesn't threaten food safety: scientist

  Published: November 19, 2007, 9:08 pm

  Tags: Rural, Agricultural Crops, Genetically Modified Organisms, Science And Technology, Research, Australia

  A leading CSIRO scientist says there is no reason to fear that future gene technology will threaten food safety.

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• NSW, Vic lift GM bans in landmark moves

  Published: November 26, 2007, 10:12 pm

  Tags: Business Economics And Finance, Food And Beverage, States And Territories, Rural, Agricultural Crops, Crop Harvesting, Genetically Modified Organisms, Gm Technology, Australia, Nsw, Albury 2640, Dubbo 2830, Orange 2800, Tamworth 2340, Wagga Wagga 2650, Vic, Ballarat 3350

  The Victorian and New South Wales governments have become the first in Australia to allow farmers to grow genetically-modified (GM) food crops.

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• Environmental groups slam lifting of GM ban

  Published: November 27, 2007, 2:29 am

  Tags: Government And Politics, States And Territories, Rural, Genetically Modified Organisms, Science And Technology, Gm Technology, Genetics, Australia, Nsw, Vic

  The Greens and environmental groups have condemned the lifting of a ban on genetically-modified (GM) canola crops in New South Wales and Victoria.

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• Councils have power to stop GM crops: VLGA

  Published: November 29, 2007, 11:03 pm

  Tags: Local Government, Agricultural Crops, Genetically Modified Organisms, Australia, Vic, Ballarat 3350, Bendigo 3550, Horsham 3400, Mildura 3500, Sale 3850, Wodonga 3690

  The Victorian Local Governance Association (VLGA) believes local councils can effectively make their municipalities free of genetically modified (GM) crops.

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• Meee-oww

  Published: December 14, 2007, 6:06 pm

  Tags: Random, Cats, Clone, Endangered Species, Genetically Modified, Glow, North Korea

  successfully cloned cats genetically modified to glow under ultra-violet light. This first successful attempt at cloning a genetically modified feline has fostered hope that one day endangered species of cats can be cloned as well. But

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• I miss the bliss one finds in India: Kabir Bedi

  Published: January 27, 2008, 7:44 am

  Tags: Bollywood News And Gossip, Kabir Bedi, Mangoes, Kabir, Bliss, Religion, Attractive, Spiritual, Genetically

  Actor Kabir Bedi, who is mostly on the go, says apart from "terribly missing Indian mangoes", he finds himself continually searching for inner peace when he is outside India. "Wherever I go, I carry India with me. However, I badly miss mangoes and kolhapuri chappals when I am not here," the veteran actor told IANS.

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• why i am growing heirloom

  Published: February 7, 2008, 10:01 am

  Tags: Betmo S Posts, Capitalism, Corruption In Govt, Environment, Global Warming, Other Stuff, Cloned Meat, Corporate Greed, Genetically Modified Foods, Water Privatization, World Food Supply, World Water Supply, Climate, Change, And, Food, Thought, Live, Tyrannical, Regime

  with all of the other ‘issues’ in the news, the stories i focus on most often are the ones related to economy, climate change- and food. my thought is- you can live under tyrannical regimes as long as you have water, food and shelter- in that order. my concern is that we [...]

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• UN moratorium on GE [Genetically Engineered]Trees

  Published: May 23, 2008, 11:54 pm

  Tags: Conservative Prime Minister Mr Harper, Environment, Environmental Minister, Ge Trees, Genetically Engineered Trees, John Baird, May 19 30, Obstructionist Interventions, Opinion, Social Change, U N Convention On Biological Diversity

  In a petition of support I received from an environmental and human rights lobby group in Ottawa rightoncanada.ca  it was clear just how unrealistic are the Conservative Prime Minister of Canada Mr. Harper, and his Environmental Minister, John Baird in...read more

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• Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up

  Published: May 29, 2008, 3:30 am

  Tags: Politics, Dizzy S Ten Post Round Up, Economy, Hypocrisy, News, Random Goodies, Random News, Scandal, Snark, War, Weird, Avoid, Genetically, Modified, Foods Wikihow 10, Harry, Potter, Dispute Ksdk, Newschannel, 5 7, Obsession, Dieting, Boosts, The, Economy, Reluctant, Marriage, Disc

  After, what amounts to seven days on the road, I feel like I am out of practice with this blogging thing. Obviously, from today’s Ten Post Round-Up the rest of the world did not stop finding trouble to get into, while I was away from my keyboard: 1: Hmmm…I never thought of it that way [...]

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• Scientists create mutant bugs that produce crude oil, unleash swarm of merciless killers

  Published: June 16, 2008, 11:31 am

  Tags: Bugs, Crude Oil, Crudeoil, Fuel, Fuel Production, Fuelproduction, Gas, Genetically Modified, Geneticallymodified, Greg Pal, Gregpal, Insects, Ls9, Oil, Petrol

  only requires an army of genetically modified bacteria... that eat wheat straw and excrete crude oil. You read that right: scientists have created bugs which are able to snack on woodchips or sugar cane and produce waste in the form of easily malleable oil. Not only are the buggers capable of creating a byproduct which can quickly be refined

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• Genetically Modified Mosquitoes to Wreak Havoc in Ecosystem

  Published: June 21, 2008, 5:12 am

  Tags: Bill Gates, Crisa, Genetically Modified Mosquitoes, Malaria, Melinda Gates, Mosquito Egg, Mosquitoes

  all scientists think that genetically modified mosquitoes are such a good idea. Some scientists think there are too many genetic puzzles to be solved for modified mosquitoes to work. For example: the malaria-causing parasite, which mosquitoes then transmit to humans, is simply too good at evading anything scientists might devise to protect the

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• Bill Gates to Fund Genetically Modified Mosquitoes

  Published: June 20, 2008, 3:57 pm

  Tags: Bill Gates, Crisa, Genetically Modified Mosquitoes, Malaria, Melinda Gates, Mosquito Egg, Mosquitoes

  Scientists have genetically modified hundreds of mosquitoes hoping to stop them from spreading the malaria killer disease. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has found the work so promising it has invested nearly $40 million into genetic strategies to stop mosquitoes from transmitting diseases like malaria and dengue fever.

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• Parmigiano Reggiano vs Bella Lodi

  Published: July 14, 2008, 10:14 am

  Tags: Lifestyle, My Life, News, Recipes, Article, Bella, Case, Cheese, Choice, Citizens, Community, Company, Cows, Desi, Dish, Eat, Emilia, Envy, Famous, First Course, Flavour, Food, Genetically Modified, Get Rich, Great, Greenpeace, Italia, Italian, Italy, Lodi, Lombardy, Milk, Monsanto, Nutr

  which produce milk eat the genetically modified soy produced by the Monsanto company (read the translated article HERE, if you find errors it is because the translation has been made by the Google’s automatic service). By now, this Monsanto firm is famous to work with OGM without scruples only to get rich. Parmigiano Reggiano cheese I

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