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	<description>We may be small but we are many</description>
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		<title>Unpealing the Onion: Growing up in a tough neighborhood in South Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.flag-sa.org/betablog/growing-tough-neighborhood-south-africa</link>
		<comments>http://www.flag-sa.org/betablog/growing-tough-neighborhood-south-africa#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rallyround</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My next comments will be on John Grisham , whom, I believe that I have read every single book, but will admit that I wait for the paper back. 
His new book, <em>Appeal</em> is a blockbuster. 
The next article is going to cover the following links, so be prepared.
http://www.flag-sa.org/blog/2007/07/us-government-busts-monsanto-for_28.html#links
http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0317,charles,43542,1.html
That is just a start.]]></description>
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		<title>Stop riding genetically modified Two-Trick Pony!</title>
		<link>http://www.flag-sa.org/betablog/stop-riding-genetically-modified-two-trick-pony</link>
		<comments>http://www.flag-sa.org/betablog/stop-riding-genetically-modified-two-trick-pony#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rallyround</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food sovreignty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are only two commercially grown genetically modified food crops. Maize(corn) and Soya. Of these there are those that contain the Bt gene which constantly exudes a crystal toxin which kills insect larvae and a gene which makes the plan resistant to the companies brand of herbicide.
Plenty of drought-and flood-resistant traditional crop varieties already exist and simply need to be brought back to market, supporters of traditional farming say.

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		<title>United States Farmer gets $1.3 million for Bayer’s deliberate GM rice contamination</title>
		<link>http://www.flag-sa.org/betablog/farmer-gets-1-3-million-for-bayers-deliberate-gm-rice-contamination</link>
		<comments>http://www.flag-sa.org/betablog/farmer-gets-1-3-million-for-bayers-deliberate-gm-rice-contamination#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rallyround</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farmers Legal Action]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Global Food Security Act, which increases desperately needed funding for agricultural research in the developing world.  Unfortunately, the bill also requires investment in genetically engineered crops favored by a handful of companies like Monsanto.

Farmers and governments in the developing world have the right to make their own choices about genetically engineered crops.  Food aid and development assistance should never be pre-conditioned on accepting unwanted and ineffective genetically engineered crops.]]></description>
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		<title>Act of aggression plants Mexican seeds of rebellion</title>
		<link>http://www.flag-sa.org/betablog/act-of-aggression-plants-mexican-seeds-of-rebellion</link>
		<comments>http://www.flag-sa.org/betablog/act-of-aggression-plants-mexican-seeds-of-rebellion#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rallyround</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The IAASDT was sponsored by the FAO. It was adopted on Johannesburg in 2009. The only significant dissenting parties to the report were Monsanto and the United States who walked out when priority was not given  to their handful of industry experts who believed that large scale industrial planting of GM crops was the answer to climate change.. It is clear that these same forces have now hijacked the FAO and added insult to injury by holding their conference in Mexico
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		<title>Scandalous pro GMO conference in Mexico</title>
		<link>http://www.flag-sa.org/betablog/scandalous-pro-gmo-conference-in-mexico</link>
		<comments>http://www.flag-sa.org/betablog/scandalous-pro-gmo-conference-in-mexico#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rallyround</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Genetic engineering is a technology in search of a problem, an expensive and risky distraction from real solutions to address problems of hunger, poverty and the impending challenges of climate change. ]]></description>
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		<title>Low Carbon Agriculture</title>
		<link>http://www.flag-sa.org/betablog/low-carbon-agriculture</link>
		<comments>http://www.flag-sa.org/betablog/low-carbon-agriculture#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 06:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rallyround</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agroecological farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon sequestration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organic farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Intensive crop production (often based on monocultures and high productivity) 
depends greatly on external inputs such as mineral fertilizers and pesticides. 
Sustainable agricultural practices, such as organic agriculture, strongly reduce the 
reliance on external inputs by: 
° recycling wastes as nutrient source, 
° using nitrogen-fixing plants, 
° improving cropping systems and landscapes, 
° avoiding synthetic pesticides, 
° integrating crops and animals into a single farm production sector and including grass 
clover leys for fodder production, while avoiding purchase of feed concentrates. 
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		<title>Major U.S. Companies Drop GM Foods in Europe. Are South Africans guinea pigs?</title>
		<link>http://www.flag-sa.org/betablog/major-u-s-companies-drop-gm-foods-in-europe-are-south-africans-guinea-pigs</link>
		<comments>http://www.flag-sa.org/betablog/major-u-s-companies-drop-gm-foods-in-europe-are-south-africans-guinea-pigs#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rallyround</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food sovreignty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bohlen noted that legislation to ban or to label genetically engineered foods has been introduced in several states including Minnesota, California, Vermont and Maine, and just last week, the Boston City Council voted unanimously in favor of a resolution to ban GM foods until they are labeled and subject to safety testing.]]></description>
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		<title>Open Letter: Policies and actions to eradicate hunger and malnutrition / Summary</title>
		<link>http://www.flag-sa.org/betablog/open-letter-policies-and-actions-to-eradicate-hunger-and-malnutrition-summary</link>
		<comments>http://www.flag-sa.org/betablog/open-letter-policies-and-actions-to-eradicate-hunger-and-malnutrition-summary#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rallyround</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food sovreignty]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.flag-sa.org/betablog/?p=32</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The working document provides proposals for policies and actions to eradicate hunger and malnutrition. 
It is based on the experiences and political work of social movements, non governmental organisations 
(NGOs) and others from all over the world during past decades and currently. It is based largely on the 
food sovereignty framework that embraces the human right to adequate food. 
These policies and actions have been prepared to inform governments, institutions and others, who are 
committed to eradicating hunger and malnutrition. They may also be helpful in discussions on these key 
issues within and between governments, institutions, social movements and NGOs. And they could be 
used by social movements, organisations and individuals in all regions as an input to their own proposals 
at local, national, regional and global levels. 
]]></description>
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		<title>Unexpected Ecological Malfunction of GM crops causes India to call for more tests</title>
		<link>http://www.flag-sa.org/betablog/unexpected-ecological-malfunction-of-gm-crops-causes-india-to-call-for-more-tests</link>
		<comments>http://www.flag-sa.org/betablog/unexpected-ecological-malfunction-of-gm-crops-causes-india-to-call-for-more-tests#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rallyround</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agro-eological farming. ecological malfunction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GM crops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insect resistance to Bt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Trevor Wells of the Farmer`s Legal Action Group in South Africa, takes a further look at the threats to life of reckless science.]]></description>
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