Fair Trade:
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www.fairtradefederation.com
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Fair Trade Federation is the trade association that
strengthens and promotes North American organizations fully
committed to fair trade.
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Food Aid:
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www.secondharvest.org
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Second Harvest is the US's largest domestic hunger relief
organization. Second Harvest Network Food Bank provides
food assistance to more than 25 million low-income hungry
people in the United States, including more than 9 million
children and nearly 3 million seniors.
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www.frac.org
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Food Research and Action Center is a US nonprofit working
to improve public policies and public-private partnerships to
eradicate hunger and undernutrition in the United States.
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www.worldhungeryear.org
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World Hunger Year is a non-profit advocate for innovative,
community-based solutions to hunger and poverty. WHY
challenges society to confront these problems by advancing
models that create self-reliance, economic justice, and equal
access to nutritious and affordable food in the US and
abroad.
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''Currently, up to 45 percent of U.S. corn is genetically engineered as is 85 percent of soybeans. It
has been estimated that 70-75 percent of processed foods on supermarket shelves--from soda to
soup, crackers to condiments--contain genetically engineered ingredients.''
www.centerforfoodsafety.org/geneticall7.cfm
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Genetically Modified Organisms: (spliced and diced DNA)
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www.gmo-compass.org
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GMO Food Database.
Enter the name of a plant, foodstuff, ingredient or additive
to find food products or plants gene technology. The setting-
up of this website was financially supported by the European
Union within the European Commission’s Sixth Framework
Programme.
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www.sierraclub.org
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Sierra Club has launched a campaign against genetically
engineered foods, and is targeting Kraft Foods, which is the
largest packaged food producer in America. Philip Morris, the
tobacco giant, owns most Kraft's stock. Instructions on how
you can help.
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pirg.org
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State PIRGs and Genetically Engineered Food Alert are
urging Kraft Foods and other food companies to stop using
genetically engineered ingredients until mandatory and
thorough testing, labeling and liability standards are in place.
Instructions on how you can help.
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www.i-sis.org.uk
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Institute of Science in Society is a not for profit
organisation dedicated to providing critical and accessible
scientific information to the public and to promoting social
accountability and ecological sustainability in science.
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www.centerfor
foodsafety.org
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The Center for Food Safety a non-profit public interest and
environmental advocacy membership organization established
for the purpose of challenging harmful food production
technologies and promoting sustainable alternatives.
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www.geaction.org
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Genetic Engineering Action Network seeks to support and
further the work of those organizations and individuals
working to address the risks to the environment, biodiversity
and human health, as well as the socioeconomic and ethical
consequences of genetic engineering.
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Genetically Modified Organisms Reports:
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www.greenpeace.org
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GreenPeace. "Genetically-engineered food: potential threat
to fertility" Study shows that genetically engineered maize
affects reproductive health in mice. November 2008.
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bmgfj.cms.apa.at
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FiBL & Universität Wien "Biological effects of transgenic
maize NK603xMON810 fed in long term reproduction studies
in mice" 11. November 2008. Over all generations studied,
about twice as many pups were lost in the GE group as
compared with the control group. Kidney size was smaller in
the GE group as well as impaired liver metabolism and
important differences in gene expression. PDF.
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Monsanto’s U.S. plantings of GE corn (NK603 x MON810) have grown from
2.2 million acres in 2002 to 38.2 million acres in 2008.
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Monsanto: indexed in agriculture as well
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www.centerforfoodsafety.org
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The Center for Food Safety. Monsanto vs. U.S. Farmers
Report. 2005 report that documents Monsanto's lawsuits
against American farmers, revealing thousands of
investigations, nearly 100 lawsuits and numerous bankruptcies.
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www.etcgroup.org
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ETC Group "Patenting the "Climate Genes" ...and Capturing the
Climate Agenda" The world’s largest seed and agrochemical
corporations are stockpiling hundreds of monopoly patents on
genes in plants that the companies will market as crops
genetically engineered to withstand environmental stresses
such as drought, heat, cold, floods, saline soils, and more...
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Pesticide Databases: see Pesticides Portal...
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www.ars.usda.gov
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USDA's Agricultural Research Service- Pesticide Properties
Database provides water quality modelers and managers a list
of the pesticide properties most important for predicting the
potentials of pesticides to move into ground and surface
waters under a range of weather and soil conditions. A
compendium of chemical and physical properties of 334 widely
used pesticides. Information included in the database focuses
on 16 of the most important properties that affect pesticide
transport and degradation characteristics.
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www.inchem.org
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International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS
INCHEM) consolidates current, internationally peer-reviewed
chemical safety-related publications and database records
from international bodies, and posts for public access.
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''Americans eat 815 billion calories of food each day - that's roughly 200 billion more than needed -
enough to feed 80 million people.
Plus, Americans throw out 200,000 tons of edible food daily.''
http://www.mindfully.org/Sustainability/Americans-Consume-24percent.htm
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