Why Has the FDA Allowed a Drug Marked ‘Not Safe for Use in Humans’ to Be Fed to Livestock Right Before Slaughter?

(AlterNet) – While researchers and scientists investigate the cause of our diabetes, obesity, asthma and ADHD epidemics, they should ask why the FDA approved a livestock drug banned in 160 nations and responsible for hyperactivity, muscle breakdown and 10 percent mortality in pigs, according to angry farmers who phoned the manufacturer. Read More Here

U.S. Farm Profit Plunging on Lower Crop, Dairy Prices (Update3)

(Bloomberg) – Profits for U.S. farmers will plunge more than expected this year, dropping 38 percent from 2008 as the recession erodes demand for crops, livestock and dairy products, the government said.

Potential Food Shortages… in America?

Holly Note: In recent days, numerous stories detail crop and livestock damage. Drought, floods, hail and freezes have bitten our foods, but whatever the cause, the result is the same — destroyed or damaged food supplies. These ultimately lead to higher store prices, shortages and in more extreme circumstances, rationing.

MSM: Food-Safety Bill Spurs Backlash

(WSJ) – Legislation to overhaul the nation’s food-safety system has spurred a backlash from livestock and grain farmers who don’t want the Food and Drug Administration inspecting farms.

Chavez: Venezuela progressing towards food independence

(Xinhua) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday that the government has set targets for exporting food to neighbor countries and is progressing towards food independence.

Honeybee Collapse Strikes Japan, Up to Fifty Percent of Honeybees Gone…

For the first time, Japan has been hit with a large-scale collapse of honeybee populations like that experienced in other countries around the world.

Gov. Schwarzenegger, is $10 billion a year enough to solve the budget crisis? – Robert Singer

We have a budget crisis to go with out water crisis. So instead of laying off 20,000 workers and cutting off services to solve California’s budget crisis, why not eliminate the state water subsidies that allow McDonalds and Colonel Sanders to market burgers and chicken for a dollar?

Catastrophic Fall in 2009 Global Food Production

After reading about the droughts in two major agricultural countries, China and Argentina, I decided to research the extent other food producing nations were also experiencing droughts. This project ended up taking a lot longer than I thought. 2009 looks to be a humanitarian disaster around much of the world

To understand the depth of the food Catastrophe that faces the world this year, consider the graphic below depicting countries by USD value of their agricultural output, as of 2006.

Don’t Give Your Consent to Slavery – Fight Fascism!

Normal folks do not want to believe that the human race is dominated by dark forces. But, there is a small group of people who know that it is true, the human race is considered to be livestock, cattle for the real owners of this world, the elite.