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dinner is served
- delight guests at your next dinner party with this playful entree. 8 out of 10 leading nutritionists agree that they taste 'just like chicken'.
Ringiers farbige Kinderbücher / Kinderbuchserie
> Ringgi + Zofi / Spannende Abenteuer in Genikon
von Robi Reinfrank und Röbu Schnieper
Ringier & Co AG / Zürich 1988
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I just received this from Estonia. I had no idea that it existed. Thanks Regina!
Photo by my cousin Leino in Montreal.
Article below.
Camera : Canon 7D
Lens : Sigma 10-20mm (f/4-5,6)
Exifs : f/11 | 4 sec | ISO100 | 10mm
Tripod : Yes
Light : Natural lighting
Photoshop : Realised with PS CS4 & Element 7.0
Documenting the impact of improved climbing beans in Rwanda.
Credit: ©2011CIAT/NeilPalmer
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An agricultural research technician performs a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) procedure to determine the presence of alleles or genes with known function or importance.
Part of the image collection of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).
Samples of tropical forages conserved in vitro at CIAT gene bank in Colombia. Seeds of these plants were recently sent for conservation to the Global Seed Vault in Svalbard, Norway.
Credit: ©2012CIAT/NeilPalmer
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Documenting the impact of improved climbing beans in Rwanda.
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Bean breeding at CIAT in Kawanda, Uganda.
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Documenting the impact of improved climbing beans in Rwanda.
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Elida Zgambo has been working with FYF since 2004. She says that the project has brought freedom to her life. "I have confidence to talk to strangers; my family has food; and I am earning money through my agriculture to meet my family's needs"
FYF is working in Malawi to empower farmers as citizens, calling on government to respond to the needs of the rural poor. Visit our website to find out more: www.fyf.org.uk/news/archive/Rumphi.htm
or read our blog post for a reflection on corporate concentration, GM crops and the importance of empowering farmers as citizens: findyourfeet.wordpress.com/category/gm/
Documenting the impact of improved climbing beans in Rwanda.
Credit: ©2011CIAT/NeilPalmer
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In this image: Anopheles coluzzii mosquito with transgenic fungus (green) emerging from its body after death
Almost everywhere humans live on this planet, mosquitoes carry microbes that cause potentially deadly diseases, from West Nile virus to malaria. While chemical insecticides offer a line of defense, mosquito populations often grow resistant to them. So, it’s intriguing to learn that we may now have another ally in this important fight: a genetically engineered fungus.
Reporting in the journal Science, an international research team supported by NIH describes how this new approach might be used to combat malaria. A fungus called Metarhizium pingshaense is a natural enemy of the mosquito, but, by itself, it kills mosquitoes too slowly to control transmission of malaria. To make this fungus an even more efficient mosquito killer, researchers engineered it to carry a gene encoding a toxin, derived from a spider, that is deadly to insects.
Read more: directorsblog.nih.gov/2019/06/11/combating-mosquitoes-wit...
Credit: Brian Lovett, University of Maryland, College Park
NIH support from: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
I couldn't find a Creative Commons picture which would illustrate how some branches of humanity might look in 10,000+ A.D. as we continue to evolve (often rapidly via genetic technology and embryo selection) and also move into space. So I made such a picture. Larger brain case and large frontal lobes, genetically re-engineered skin, tall and thin (less bone calcium needed, since it's lost rapidly in space), vestigial nose (no longer needed to detect food or predators), and big eyes for low-light in space or for living in the clouds of Venus etc (plus a cosmic-ray proof eyelid, which is the thick dark lining around the eyes). Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike. 3800px on the longest side.
Documenting the impact of improved climbing beans in Rwanda.
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The Mattson cooker measures the time it takes for beans to cook. This research is screening beans that cook faster -
the ones that cook fastest will be selected for releasing for farmers. CIAT’s bean genebank at Kawanda research station, Uganda, receives new varieties from Colombia and safeguards beans across Africa. Researchers use the beans to breed more resilient varieties which are not only more drought and heat tolerant, but also more resistant to harmful pests and diseases, protecting the important bean staple.
Credit: ©2016CIAT/GeorginaSmith
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Plant samples in the gene bank at CIAT's Genetic Resources Unit, at the institution's headquarters in Colombia.
Credit: ©2010CIAT/NeilPalmer
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Efficient, logical, effective and practical.
Using all resources to the best of our ability
Changing, designing, adapting our mentalities
Improving our abilities for a better way of life
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_Engineering_(song)
Image of an en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer with green monochrome monitor by Ruben de Rijcke
on Wikimedia Commons w.wiki/4MkA
Genetic engineering holds the promise of significant benefits for human and animal health, agriculture, and the environment. This diagram illustrates how the milk from genetically engineered goats can help produce life-saving medicine for humans. In the traditional selective breeding process a number of genes are introduced into a plant or animal. This may include the gene responsible for the desired characteristic, as well as genes responsible for unwanted characteristics. By contrast, genetic engineering enables the introduction into the plant or animal of only the specific gene or genes responsible for the characteristic(s) of interest, without also introducing genes responsible for unwanted characteristics. For more information visit FDA's website, and read these Consumer Updates:
• AquAdvantage GE Salmon is as Safe to Eat as Non-GE Salmon
• Creating Human Drugs From Genetically Engineered Animals
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FDA graphic by Michael J. Ermarth
the baby hairless mice are born bald, like all baby mice - and then at about two weeks they start to lose their hair, beginning around the eyes.
out of about 15 or so babies born, only two survived - and the previous litter i had written about with the murderous mother mice was completely lost.
these are tiny, about half the size of normal two week old mice.
RATCHABURI, THAILAND - AUGUST 23, 2009 : Aerial view of Rice art at Ratchaburi, Thailand.
© Greenpeace/ Athit Perawongmetha
Documenting the impact of improved climbing beans in Rwanda.
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The work of CIAT's Genetic Resources Unit to regenerate bean seeds, at a field site near Popayan, Colombia.
Credit: ©2017CIAT/NeilPalmer
Credit: ©2017 CIAT/Neil Palmer
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Sulaiman Sebuliba, Research Technician, and Brenda Makyanzi, field technician. CIAT’s bean genebank at Kawanda research station, Uganda, receives new varieties from Colombia and safeguards beans across Africa. Researchers use the beans to breed more resilient varieties which are not only more drought and heat tolerant, but also more resistant to harmful pests and diseases, protecting the important bean staple.
Credit: ©2016CIAT/GeorginaSmith
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The traditional plant breeding process introduces a number of genes into the plant. These genes may include the gene responsible for the desired characteristic, as well as genes responsible for unwanted characteristics. By contrast, genetic engineering enables the introduction into the plant of the specific gene or genes responsible for the characteristic(s) of interest. By narrowing the introduction to one or a few identified genes, scientists can introduce the desired characteristic without also introducing genes responsible for unwanted characteristics.
This information graphic is free of all copyright restrictions and available for use and redistribution without permission. Credit to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is appreciated but not required. For more privacy and use information visit: www.flickr.com/people/fdaphotos/
FDA infographic by Michael J. Ermarth
Action campaign against an Australian or Australasian (which then includes NZ) company 'Inghams chicken' who might have since reneged on going GE free after claiming they had , due to the animal feeds used.This was a Greenpeace action on one of their boats in Auckland harbour , a couple of years ago.
Full NZ supermarket and fast food guide on line at www.gefreefood.org.nz
via Greenpeace.
What is GE or are gmos ?
Inghams 1990: Expanded into New Zealand through the acquisition of Harvey Farms, the number two chicken processor that country. The New Zealand market was at that time dominated by Tegel Foods, then owned by Goodman Fielder.
1995: Due to enormous popularity, Inghams built a dedicated plant strictly to produce McDonald’s nuggets.
New Zealand Campaign Forces KFC to use GE-Free Feed for their Chickens
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Actions/Protests in the News
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Information on GE Free Feed in New Zealand
SOURCE: Greens Parliamentary Research Office, New Zealand 11 Jan 2005
In a news item in the Waikato Times, chief executive Vicki Salmons stated that KFC is "committed" to continue using GE-free soy from Inghams Enterprises LTD "as long as world supply enabled it to". (See: www.stuff.co.nz
The Inghams website states in it's newly changed Genetic Engineering Policy:
"Inghams is committed to continuing to source non-GM ingredients for its
poultry products. We will use our best endeavours to source non-GM
ingredients for poultry feeds - such raw materials must meet our quality
standards, be available in substantial quantities and be economically
sustainable. Our policy also includes a commitment to our customers that
they would always be advised before any changes to the above." www.inghams.co.nz
Due to pressure from Greenpeace (particularly their succesful campaign against McDonalds) and the continuing effort by the GE Free movement and the public, Inghams had temporarily sourced non-GE feed for it's chickens. Inghams had a history of importing GE soy feed for it's chickens.
There is a revolution happening in the farm fields and on the dinner tables of America -- a revolution that is transforming the very nature of the food we eat.
THE FUTURE OF FOOD offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade.
From the prairies of Saskatchewan, Canada to the fields of Oaxaca, Mexico, this film gives a voice to farmers whose lives and livelihoods have been negatively impacted by this new technology. The health implications, government policies and push towards globalization are all part of the reason why many people are alarmed by the introduction of genetically altered crops into our food supply.
Shot on location in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, THE FUTURE OF FOOD examines the complex web of market and political forces that are changing what we eat as huge multinational corporations seek to control the world's food system. The film also explores alternatives to large-scale industrial agriculture, placing organic and sustainable agriculture as real solutions to the farm crisis today.
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/11/07/LVG7...
Garcia leads carefully from one point to the next -- showing how the chemical companies have succeeded in first patenting their own GMO seeds, and then slapping patents on a huge number of crop seeds, patenting life forms for the first time without a vote of the people or Congress.
To make the point, Garcia goes to Saskatchewan grain farmer Percy Schmeiser to tell his story. He's one of hundreds of grain farmers sued by Monsanto after the company's Roundup Ready canola drifted into his field.
Monsanto accused Schmeiser of violating its Roundup Ready patent, even though Schmeiser never planted the GMO canola and didn't want it in his field. He fought the suit where many other farmers settled, but lost, and must pay Monsanto to plant his next crop from his own seed.
Garcia travels with UC Berkeley's Ignacio Chapela to Mexico, where hundreds of varieties of corn thrive in different climates and soils, to show how GMO crops threaten such biodiversity. It was here that Chapela found controversial evidence that genes of GMO corn had already jumped the border to contaminate native species.
The uncontrolled spread of genetically engineered plants -- recently proven again with tests of GMO grasses -- far beyond the fields where they were planted is one of the strongest arguments the film makes for introducing safeguards.
The film questions why the U.S. government hasn't required GMO foods to undergo the rigorous testing required of medicines created by recombinant DNA technology, and why it has resisted efforts to require GMO labeling on foods, as Europe does.
Suggesting an answer, the film ticks off all the government officials who have links to Monsanto, including Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman and Attorney General John Ashcroft.
It also briefly debunks claims that GMO foods are the answer to world starvation.
Ultimately, the film is a call to action -- for people to think more about the consequences of their food choices and to use their consumer power to push for labeling and regulation.
While some people are seeking to ban GMOs, Garcia thinks labeling would drive GMO foods off the market, as it has in Europe.
"I want people to watch the film and say we have to stop this," says Garcia.
Long gone are the days when Garcia believed "we could have our healthy foods over here, and they could have their food over there. You do your thing and I do mine."
With genetic engineering, she says, "You can't drop out anymore -- it'll come and get us."
What are they trying to do to the humble Taro/kalo
~ SAVE HALOA! FOUR-DAY, ALL 'OHANA EVENT! ~
NA KAHU O HALOA
~The Mission is to Save Haloa the Kalo from Genetic Modification & Patenting~
~The Method is Pono & Peaceful!~
ALL EVENTS FOR THE PUBLIC!
JANUARY 14th- MONDAY - The Warriors Speak
(WHERE: Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies at UH-Manoa)
- 7:00pm- Winona LaDuke, Louie Hena, Paula Garcia, and Andrea Hanks to speak about their experiences and struggles in perpetuating food soverignty, restoring food systems, and protecting indigenous cultures and food from genetic engineering. Click here to download the flyer. Visit www.HawaiiSEED.org for more info).
JANUARY 15th- TUESDAY - Gather all 'Ohana
(WHERE: 'Iolani Palace)
- 11:00am- 'Iolani Palace- Pule, set-up Kalo Camp
Kalo plants arrive, T-shirt & sign making-Bring blank BLACK t-shirt to be printed!
- 1:00pm- Press Conference (tentative)
- 5:00pm- 'Onipa'a Na Hui Kalo OPEN meeting -IMPORTANT- briefing on goals and the next days events.
- 6:30pm- Potluck Dinner, bring a dish!
- 7:00pm- Guest Speakers (Winona LaDuke, local farmers, community organizers)
Viewing of films: "Islands at Risk" & "The Future of Food"
Continue preparation for next day, t-shirt & sign making.
and of course... Ho'o kani pila, wala'au, lomilomi!
- Overnight camping at 'Iolani Palace
JANUARY 16th- WEDNESDAY - Show Solid Support
(WHERE: 'Iolani Palace & State Capitol)
- 7:30am- Gather at 'Iolani Palace (if this is too early for you come camp over the night before!)
Pule, light breakfast, briefing, keiki from schools arrive.
- 9:00am- Procession from 'Iolani Palace to State Capitol, rally at Capitol
- 10:00am- Legislative Session Starts
- 10:30am- 'Iolani Palace- Opening of HALOA Session:
Na Kahu o Haloa returns to 'Iolani Palace to talk story and gather the 'ohana: Information available about GMO issues, other Hawaiian issues, testimony table, info on where to visit reps and senators, public education about GMO, street stompers pass out fliers and gather testimony and petition signatures in downtown Honolulu.
Kalo Activities- ku'i 'ai kalo (traditional poi pounding)!
- 12noon- State Capitol- Visit Legislators' Offices...VISIT YOUR REPS/SENATORS and let them know you are from their district and you don't want GMO! Anti-GMO information will be handed out to public in lines to legislator offices.
- 6:00pm- 'Iolani Palace- Pule, Dinner... wala'au, ho'o kani pila!
- Overnight camping at 'Iolani Palace
JANUARY 17th- THURSDAY - Present Pono Purpose
(WHERE: 'Iolani Palace & State Capitol)
- 8:00am- Pule, Breakfast
- 9:00-11:00am- 'Iolani Palace - Pule, briefing, keiki from schools arrive to prepare for presentation of Kalo
- 12noon- State Capitol Rotunda - Procession from 'Iolani Palace to State Capitol
Formal Presentation of Kalo to Legislators, protocol by keiki & kupuna of Na Kahu o Haloa
- 1:30pm- State Capitol, Rm. 309 - Kalo farmers & supporters will brief legislators on their stance against genetic modification & patenting of kalo and explain the importance of hearing & passing bills SB958 & HB704 to protect kalo. Led by Chris Kobayashi, a farmer from Kaua'i.
- 4:00pm- State Capitol, Rm. 229 - "Public Advocacy 101" A Training in the Legislative Process for Citizens, by Senator Gary Hooser (D-Kauai). How we can make a difference!
THE EVENT DOES NOT END HERE...
We will need to monitor these bills and be there to support when needed throughout the legislative session, until we know our bills have been HEARD and PASSED!
What you should know about Genetic Modification of Kalo: check www.kahea.org & www.hawaiiseed.org
Documenting the impact of improved climbing beans in Rwanda.
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From a sandwich board outside an Oxfam store in Germany.
Watch the movie, "Genetic Roulette" (which is available free AGAIN this week) and send it on to all your friends, family, co-workers, medical personnel, etc. (especially important for those living or who know people in California but this affects the entire world)
And watch these on Youtube!
The World According to Monsanto (Le monde selon Monsanto) watch FREE
Monsanto's Patent for a Pig watch FREE
And check out this project:
Then vote YES to labeling GE/GMO foods in California if you are in the state. Just say KNOW to GMO.
Tell the FDA:
www.JustLabelIt.org/takeaction
We all have a right to be informed of what we might be ingesting. It's the most personal decision we make, several times a day. No more ignorance.
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GE/GMO corn is currently grown in Spain, Portugal, and the Czech Republic (directly next to Germany) with the pressure on by the US and the WTO to accept them in every other country.
But almost all the animals for meat, eggs, and dairy in Europe and the US, currently are fed GE/GMO grains and sillage (all sprayed with Glyphosate aka Monsanto's Round-up which is creating superweeds while the pesticides engineered into every cell of the plant are creating super pests and also likely changing our gut flora while giving us leaky-gut syndrome (creating a host of ills including new allergies).
Plus I'm not convinced that the ubiquitous corn fields blanketing Deutschland to feed the biogas digesters (to make methane) are not full of Monsanto & Friends product since it's not being grown for food purposes (though it is polluting and releasing GMO genes through massive herbicide use, and the open pollination).
And there are 120 other biotech crops already approved or awaiting approval in Europe and elsewhere.
Quite frankly, with all the corporate scaremongering from the GMO companies -- led by the Master of them all Monsanto -- I cannot help but make comparisons to Mao Tse Tung and his Great Leap Forward, and later his Cultural Revolution campaigns in which millions upon millions died of starvation because of utter mismanagement, and complete incompetence.
What is this worth to us to give over complete control of the food supply to megalomaniac chemical companies?
As Kissinger implied in the 70s, Control oil and you control nations; control food and you control the people...