Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of death among curable infectious diseases in South Africa. 13 of 100 deaths are from tuberculosis. Many strains of TB are multi-drup resistant. Connect the dots…

RDFRS: Concerns grow over farm drugs used like ‘sweets’
www.richarddawkins.net
The widespread use of antibiotics on farms without medical supervision has been condemned at a meeting of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). …read more    

Thank You, Daniel Bissonette. That’s what we’d like to know too. And these unscrupulous & unethical corporations swear they’re not targetting children. Puh-leeaz give us a break.

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Daniel Bissonnette is wise beyond his years. He’s quite the GMO and food expert. Catch this extremely articulate 9 year old LIVE (10am ET, 1pm PT) today on the Women’s Weekly News Google Hangout NOW. Is there something you’d like to ask Daniel? Post your questions on the google event landing page and he will answer. Daniel made an amazing speech at the March in Vancouver on Saturday. Daniel, you are a true inspiration. Keep up the great work! xoxo

Live interview (10am ET, 1pm PT) & link to March speech: http://blog.seattlepi.com/videoblogging/2014/05/29/daniel-bissonnette/

#DanielBissonnette #GMO #Vancouver #labelgmos #needtoknowgmo #freedom2chooz #Kelloggs #BoycottKelloggs #WomensWeeklyGMONews #GMOFreeCanada #GMOFreeUSA — with Lahnie Jean Moyle-Neu. …read more    

Ok, so we counted. Either Woolies is ID’ing GMOs more accurately, or GM Ingredients are being added to more products:
2014 GMO Products: 232
2013 GMO Products: 140
https://www.facebook.com/notes/no-gmo-south-africa/woolworths-gmo-list/674730665875357

WOOLWORTHS GMO LIST 2014

WOOLWORTHS GMO LIST Feb 2014 Update By Jason Ebersey: Products that *May Contain GMOs* or are derived from GMO crops or livestock: 1.100 KG CHICKEN KEBABS 10 BBQ KEBABS, 6009101073856 100 G CH …read more    

Reply by a friend of ours, who is also in our notes under gm-free seed suppliers, Willem Visser, on January 26, 2014 at 9:58
Hi ya all,
My first post on your site. I’ve been working in the agricultural sector for +30yrs. It’s all about money, nothing to do with food. Fact is, they even call it commodities, not food! I call it “hollow food”. In an earlier post I readthat Monsanto only had an earning of 12% profit, yeah right, how many companies did they buy out during that year? how many mil $$$ did they fork out to compensations? What stuns me is the fact that their profit margin is low and yet investors keep on investing? Am I the only to see this flaw in logic? Did they disclose how many of the lawmakers, senators, congressmen, researchers received fund to keep them in business? The ones that shuttle in jobs between Monsanto and the US gov.
Another point to ponder, why is that Monsanto research is always accurate and trustworthy, and all the other scientists, even the highly qualified, are not. The “others” work is always flawed, inaccurate, dubious, unqualified…….is it not fantastic that there is ONE company(DDT, rBst, 2.4D, CFC, Alachlor, Aspartame etc) whom we can trust with our food?? BUT!! They can not claim all the glory for themselves as there are BASF, Syngenta, DuPont, Bayer, DOW, all driven to ensure your health and safety when it comes to food. Also don’t forget the fertilizer companies, because that is where it all started(go figure this one – I would love to see with what grace and awe these companies will be treated by some readers)
Now for some fun, I own a small NON GMO seed company, and don’t I just love to walk in the fields, comparing my product to the GM traits, to see a farmers face when he realises that his very expensive Bt containing crop has more damage than the conventional type. When he sprays the all fantastic RoudUp or generic, just to see how weeds have built up resistance, or that he had to come in with another double dose, and then have a reduced yield because of herbicide damage.How the conventional farmer harvests more than double to the farmer next door who uses all the goodies available from the Chemical tech companies. I refuse to call them bio tech, because they haven’t the faintest idea on bio diversity, Sustainability is a word they picked up somewhere but haven’t a clue to its meaning.
This season. DuPont’s seed business – Pioneer, have ruled that if any of their Bt containing products get infested with more than 5% of stalkborer, they will pay for the chemicals to be used. Now is that NOT the way it was supposed to be? Were we not supposed to use no more chemicals? Monsanto I didn’t even mention, as they have been at this practise for years. BUT, true to their nature, they always have an explanation for why the traits didn’t work. And normally it is the farmer who is at fault. And to answer your question, YES, they have been supplying thousands of litres of insecticides to disgruntled farmers this season alone.
Fact, a GM trait can not increase yield, only conventional breeding can. The latest scam from the big two, DROUGHT TOLERANCE!! And I say BS!! The truth, they buy out small companies who work at breeding for drought tolerance, slap Bt or RR on to it, and then call it a GM drought tolerant maize. Its all in the words, like, 100% pure juice, chicken-fortified with water??!! Bread fortified with Selenium, go see the toxicity of selenium to humans. Or like the Woolies bread which contains NO GM, so what about the soya they use in the bread? To mothers I would like to pose a question, would you spread waste from the sewage works on your lawn where your child plays, or is it okay if farmers use it as manure to grow their crops with, which you in turn will feed to your child?
It has become time that consumers stop ass-u-me-ing and start asking questions.
W Visser

Genetic modification
gautengsmallholder.ning.com
Can somebody please explain, in words of one syllable, what all the fuss is about genetic modification? When I was at school I recall being taught about a blok… …read more    

We Agree

#MarchAgainstMonsanto #NoGMO #GMO #marchMay24 #Monsanto #EndMonsanto @AnonExpectOps #MAM #MarchaContraMonsanto #Anonymous
March Against Monsanto, Miami 2014
With Sama’Ra Kamui Bodhisattva and .
Hundreds rallied in downtown Miami as part of a global day of action to “March Against Monsanto”. …read more    

we just had to share again …

Open letter to Woolworths | TravelWrite
www.travelwrite.co.za
CAROLINE HURRY yearns for some straight answers from Woolworths …read more    

Action of the Day! Please Sign & Share these Petitions. Thank You!

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RSA New issue MONSANTO WANT TO RELEASE GM MAIZE IN SA, please sign the petition against this:
SIGN & SHARE PETITION:
1: Causes.com recycled signatures. http://bit.ly/1hQzAYv
2: Avaaz = petition per issue. http://bit.ly/1i5k6zm
Application by Monsanto x4 Maize product trials (Lowvelder 13 May 2014 pic: http://on.fb.me/1k4V1tb)

#GMOBan #bangmos #gmo #gmofoods #labelfood #nogmo #marchagainstmonsanto #monsanto #marchMay24 #sanews …read more    

Caroline Hurry is fed up with Woolies regurgitating the same old 1999 pledge to remove GMOs, and evading accountability to their customers ~ Read her brilliant letter to them:

Open letter to Woolworths | TravelWrite
www.travelwrite.co.za
CAROLINE HURRY yearns for some straight answers from Woolworths …read more    

♥ Cape Town March Against Monsanto – feeling kind of nostalgic already lol. Thanks to Lauren for this lovely memory.

Photos of NO GMO South Africa
Cape Town …read more    

Nutritious & delicious…and Non-GMO, of course.

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Stock up on our delicious healthy snacks for the weekend… NO Artificial Additives. NO GMO’s, Wheat, Gluten or Dairy! Available at Wellness Warehouse, Superfoods Shop & other good health shops around SA! …read more    

Watch and share!

The Economics of Happiness (2010) | Watch Documentary Free Online
www.filmsforaction.org
68 minutes | Economic globalization has led to a massive expansion in the scale and power of big business and banking. It has also worsened nearly every problem we face: fundamentalism and ethnic conflict… …read more    

A Global Investigation into Child Labour, Slavery & Human Trafficking in the cocoa industry.

#Cocoa #Slavery

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Watch “Slavery: A Global Investigation” for free. Learn about the NON-organic cocoa trade and how children in Africa are being exploited. http://freedocumentaries.org/int.php?filmID=192 … …read more    

Monsanto’s application for Release of GM Cotton in Malawi. Let’s hope Malawi won’t ignore India’s GM Cotton nightmare.

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Very very bad news from Malawi …read more    

Sad Day for Organic Farmers – the Steve Marsh case in Australia was dismissed. Let’s hope he appeals. This is a clear case of genetic pollution, & if justice is not served in courts of law, People may take matters into their own hands.

GM FARMER’S WIN IS A LOSS FOR ALL ORGANIC AND NON GM FARMERS | Safe Food Foundation & Institute
safefoodfoundation.org
Wednesday May 28 2014 GM FARMER’S WIN IS A LOSS FOR ALL ORGANIC AND NON GM FARMERS The future of organic and non GM food in Australia is …read more    

Way to GO, Zim! This is one thing you got right!

#Zimbabwe #Africa #SustainableAgriculture #GMO #NeedToKnowGMO #BANGMOs #GMOFreeZimbabwe

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Zimbabwe will maintain a ban on GM crops and foods and announces that the government is working on initiatives to increase productivity in the country without resorting to GMOs. Zimbabwe is facing increasing pressure to allow GMOs into the country. Heck no, Monsanto. Africa doesn’t need your GMOs.

READ: http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/wn/newsworld.php?id=1041711

#Zimbabwe #Africa #SustainableAgriculture #GMO #NeedToKnowGMO #BANGMOs #GMOFreeZimbabwe #GMOFreeCanada #GMOFreeUSA …read more