tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855692533893077739Thu, 13 May 2010 09:51:01 +0000We may be small but we are manyhttp://www.flag-sa.org/blog/rallyround.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rallyround)Blogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855692533893077739.post-1447222407338033533Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:22:00 +00002010-03-01T19:22:14.721+02:00Major U.S. Companies Drop GM Foods in Europe. Are South Africans guinea pigs?Sharevar gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));try {var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-11707826-1");pageTracker._trackPageview();} catch(err) {}http://www.flag-sa.org/blog/2010/03/major-us-companies-drop-gm-foods-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rallyround)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855692533893077739.post-308000663871587733Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:52:00 +00002010-02-28T15:52:05.626+02:00Please note that due to Google’s difficulties with handling independently hosted domains such as Farmers’ Legal Action Group-South Africa, I have moved to another platform, Wordpress. I have been very happy and comfortable with Blogger, and can recommend it to any newcomers to the blogging scene who do not have their own domain. I have had absolutely no trouble with Blogger but Google are now http://www.flag-sa.org/blog/2010/02/rallyround-changes-to-wordpress_28.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rallyround)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855692533893077739.post-1944845757515387194Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:52:00 +00002010-02-28T15:52:00.905+02:00Please note that due to Google’s difficulties with handling independently hosted domains such as Farmers’ Legal Action Group-South Africa, I have moved to another platform, Wordpress. I have been very happy and comfortable with Blogger, and can recommend it to any newcomers to the blogging scene who do not have their own domain. I have had absolutely no trouble with Blogger but Google are now http://www.flag-sa.org/blog/2010/02/rallyround-changes-to-wordpress.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rallyround)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855692533893077739.post-3137117269760630246Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:33:00 +00002010-02-01T02:03:06.650+02:00Hillary Clinton`s ``science advisor`` Nina Federoff makes an ass of herselfBy Trevor WellsFarmers' Legal Action Group - South AfricaSpecial Adviser to the USA Government for Science and Technology today made some absurd and unfounded statements in New Zealand, in an article by Eloise Gibson of the New Zealand Herald.In the article headlined "GM fears may harm the needy" Hillary Clinton's science http://www.flag-sa.org/blog/2010/01/usa-science-adviser-makes-ass-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rallyround)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855692533893077739.post-5699820151278658642Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:59:00 +00002010-01-27T17:29:51.887+02:00JOY AS PELARGONIUM PATENT REVOKEDMunich 26 January 2010.The Opposition Division of the European Patent Office (EPO) has todayrevoked a patent granted to Dr. Willmar Schwabe (Schwabe) in its entirety.The patent was opposed by the African Centre for Biosafety (ACB) fromSouth Africa acting on behalf of a rural community in Alice, in theEastern Cape, in collaboration with the Swiss anti-biopiracy http://www.flag-sa.org/blog/2010/01/south-africans-win-patent-case-against.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rallyround)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855692533893077739.post-2946108895973893782Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:25:00 +00002010-01-26T20:27:42.538+02:00var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));try {var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-11707826-1");pageTracker._trackPageview();} catch(err) {}http://www.flag-sa.org/blog/2010/01/scientific-evidence-to-prove-gm-food.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rallyround)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855692533893077739.post-2953183195379549247Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:01:00 +00002010-01-26T21:36:45.822+02:00Republished to remind Bill Gates Foundfation of their promises""We in the alliance will not incorporate GMO's in our programmes. We shall work with farmers using traditional seeds."By Trevor WellsThe Farmers' Legal Action Group-South Africa welcomes the first firm announcement that the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) will not fund Genetically Modified seeds by the new Chief http://www.flag-sa.org/blog/2010/01/kofi-annan-says-no-to-gmos-in-africa_26.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rallyround)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855692533893077739.post-6306861719783760661Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:45:00 +00002010-01-21T20:54:10.645+02:00Trevor WellsFarmers Legal Action Group-South AfricaOn 26 June 2006 Farmers legal Action-South Africa published an article headed "Monsanto tells a pack of lies in South Africa". See article below. The article exposed how Monsanto had told the South African Advertising Authority (ASA) that MON 863 was not their product. MON 863 was in fact their product and had been found to cause damage to http://www.flag-sa.org/blog/2010/01/trevor-wells-farmers-legal-action-group.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rallyround)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855692533893077739.post-6225219151386982285Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:01:00 +00002010-01-13T01:36:35.197+02:00By The EditorsScientific American August 2009Advances in agricultural technology "including, but not limited to, the genetic modification of food crops" have made fields more productive than ever. Farmers grow more crops and feed more people using less land. They are able to use fewer pesticides and to reduce the amount of tilling that leads to erosion. And within the next two years, agritech http://www.flag-sa.org/blog/2010/01/editors-of-scientific-america-demand.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rallyround)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855692533893077739.post-2457557836603948655Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:18:00 +00002010-01-13T03:26:21.164+02:00THE ANGRY MERMAID WINNER IS...Monsanto wins award for worst corporate climate lobbyist in Copenhangen*****Copenhagen, December 15, 2009 - The winner of the Angry Mermaid Award 2009, announced by award-winning writer and journalist Naomi Klein at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen today is the biotech giant Monsanto with 37 per cent of the total vote [1].Oil giant Shell took second place (18 per http://www.flag-sa.org/blog/2010/01/monsanto-beats-sasol-in-award-for-worst.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rallyround)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855692533893077739.post-3602867537330089298Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:04:00 +00002010-01-04T00:37:37.310+02:00 Compressed for internet viewing. Takes a few seconds to load but then works fine. How CropLife tried to stop Michelle Obama from starting Organic Garden at Whitehouse.var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));try {var http://www.flag-sa.org/blog/2010/01/obama-nominates-pesticide-executive-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rallyround)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855692533893077739.post-8976188084355454734Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:51:00 +00002010-01-04T00:02:36.604+02:00The plight of victims of endocrine disrupters (gender benders) is as high as 12% in parts of South Africa.I am republishing this (first published by me in 2007) because of the renewed distaste for in the new USA Chief Agricultural Negotiator. He is already attempting to lower standards for the use of toxic chemicals in Agriculture.by Trevor WellsFiona Macleod's revealing article ' Evidence of http://www.flag-sa.org/blog/2010/01/obama-appoints-pesticide-denialist-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rallyround)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855692533893077739.post-4031798556472524408Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:50:00 +00002009-12-15T18:54:23.380+02:00Concerned about AfricaBio: South Africa's genetically modified potatoTrevor Wells writes of his problems with AfricaBio's opposition to consumers knowing what they are eating and its attempts to manipulate farmers' views.I would like to raise a concern I have about SAPA's (South African Press Association) article 'GM [genetically modified] potato rejected', which was published on the iafrica.com http://www.flag-sa.org/blog/2009/12/concerned-about-africabio-south-africas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rallyround)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855692533893077739.post-3900914783239885051Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:48:00 +00002009-12-25T20:24:53.423+02:00Helena proudly holds a non-genetically modified corn cobJim's daughter Helena holds up one of their open pollinated ears of Goliath Silo corn. This variety was developed over 100 years ago and is not a hybrid. It grew with half our normal rainfall in nothing but composted manure for fertilizer. Her father Jim Snyder says " I would like to see Monsanto try to top this with their Frankencorn!"http://www.flag-sa.org/blog/2009/12/helena-holds-up-one-of-our-open.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rallyround)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855692533893077739.post-8945211138095426340Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:35:00 +00002009-12-11T18:59:01.518+02:00These substances have never before been an integral part of the human or animal diet and therefore their health consequences for those who consume them, especially over long time periods are currently unknown.A new peer reviewed study by the independent Crigen Laboratories and published in the esteemed International Journal of Biological Sciences concludes that# GM crops, namely MON 863, MON 810http://www.flag-sa.org/blog/2009/12/hepatorenal-toxicity-in-3-approved-gm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rallyround)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855692533893077739.post-5501728486490102682Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:58:00 +00002009-12-11T12:20:21.647+02:00Public Give "Thumbs Up'"for Ban on GMO'sFriday, 11 December 2009, 10:01 amPress Release: Jon CarapietMost people across the Auckland and Northland region want companies using Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO's) to be held strictly liable for damage, and in some areas most want a ban.A poll conducted by a multi-council working group on regulation of GM organisms found that all communities http://www.flag-sa.org/blog/2009/12/new-zealanders-give-thumbs-up-for-ban.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rallyround)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855692533893077739.post-8703538610091200336Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:51:00 +00002009-12-09T18:31:08.362+02:00The Story of Cap & Trade is a fast-paced, fact-filled look at the leading climate solution being discussed at Copenhagen and on Capitol Hill. Host Annie Leonard introduces the energy traders and Wall Street financiers at the heart of this scheme and reveals the "devils in the details" in current cap and trade proposals: free permits to big polluters, fake offsets and distraction from what's http://www.flag-sa.org/blog/2009/12/story-of-cap-and-trade.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rallyround)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855692533893077739.post-8657464709254558872Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:24:00 +00002009-12-07T23:24:28.501+02:00 Dec 05, 2009, St. Louis Post-Dispatch $2 million verdict against Bayer CropScience Bayer CropScience LP must pay about $2 million for losses sustained by two Missouri farmers when an experimental variety of rice the company was testing cross-bred with their crops, a federal jury ruled. Today's verdict in St. Louis came in the first trial in what is intended to be a series of test cases http://www.flag-sa.org/blog/2009/12/missouri-district-court-awards-farmers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rallyround)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855692533893077739.post-4225912756214552014Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:05:00 +00002009-12-06T17:02:50.949+02:00 ALLIANCE FOR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY IN AFRICA (ASFA) Challenges African leaders on Climate Change Bole Declaration; 25th November, 2009; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia We, the ALLIANCE FOR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY IN AFRICA (AFSA), representing small holder farmers, pastoralists, hunter/gatherers, indigenous peoples, citizens and environmentalists from Africa, salute the strong and unified approach that African http://www.flag-sa.org/blog/2009/12/africas-stance-on-unfcc-climate-change.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rallyround)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855692533893077739.post-5102867853519608314Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:05:00 +00002009-12-06T00:47:53.823+02:00 Compressed for quick viewing. Anuradha Mittal tells National Lawyers Guild Conference in Seattle the way it is. Get real. Get with the program. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _http://www.flag-sa.org/blog/2009/12/what-every-american-needs-to-know-about.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rallyround)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855692533893077739.post-7064533400460963293Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:13:00 +00002009-12-06T02:55:14.058+02:00 This is more than about the safety of GM foods for humans and the environment; it's about the ability of all of us to have a choice of the foods that we eat, and for our farmers to be able to freely use their own seeds, and grow food in the manner that they choose. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript http://www.flag-sa.org/blog/2009/12/vandana-shiva-future-of-food-2009-part.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rallyround)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855692533893077739.post-2401234701405507889Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:56:00 +00002009-12-01T17:32:02.884+02:00Listen to Make a Difference by South African Band Tucan-Tucan For expert advice on building biodigesters and agro-ecological farming contact Tarirai at the Forest-Vale Agro-Ecological Project For farming systems to be sustainable there should be a close relationship among the different components that interact in the conversion of solar energy and soil nutrients into food of animal and plant http://www.flag-sa.org/blog/2009/12/build-family-farm-biodigester-for-r500.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rallyround)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855692533893077739.post-7503885049095189862Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:40:00 +00002009-12-02T07:04:17.360+02:00The interconnectedness with the land, the ancestral spirits, the cattle, the sacred cattle kraal, the brewing of sorghum beer, the arable lands, the communal grazing areas and the ubuntu system of working in each others fields is an integral part of the system. If one spoke is missing the wheel will collapse. This video has been compressed to low resolution for faster viewing. A Thousand http://www.flag-sa.org/blog/2009/11/ten-thousand-years-of-organic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rallyround)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855692533893077739.post-2064925121770720064Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:10:00 +00002009-11-22T23:44:36.871+02:00legalcropsfarmers. seedsfarmingWhat every farmer needs to know about GM crops.Click the Link below to read moreFarmers' Legal Action Guide to GMO's 2009http://www.flag-sa.org/blog/2009/11/click-link-below-to-read-more-farmers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rallyround)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855692533893077739.post-4702785000521529797Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:45:00 +00002009-11-22T22:02:07.289+02:00Read the full document by clicking the link below.GMOthreats.pdfhttp://www.flag-sa.org/blog/2009/11/read-full-document-by-clicking-link.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rallyround)0