Stanford receives more secret donations than any other university in the U.S. In 2009 alone, these donations totaled well over half a billion dollars. (articles.latimes.com/2010/feb/04/local/la-me-donate4-2010feb04) There’s little doubt that many of these donations come from wealthy corporations who seek to influence Stanford’s research, bending the will of the science departments to come into alignment with corporate interests […]
Further documents (http://tobaccodocuments.org/bliley_bw/521028845-8850.html) go on to state that Olkin then received a grant from the CTR for his work alongside disinformation specialist Dr. Katenbaum in an effort to perform “deliberate hatchet jobs” on the heart study as described by author Robert N. Proctor Golden in his book entitled Golden Holocaust: Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe […]
Stanford Univ. Study Also Finds Organic Meat Has Fewer Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, September 3, 2012 EWG Public Affairs: Alex Formuzis (202) 667.6982 or [email protected] Washington, D.C. – Consumers can markedly reduce their intake of pesticide residues and their exposure to antibiotic-resistant bacteria by choosing organic produce and meat, according to researchers at Stanford University who reviewed a […]
Tuesday, September 04, 2012 Report by India Education bureau; Shimla: Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister, said that progressive farmers were coming forward to opt for organic farming and 4.5 lakh of them had registered themselves for setting up of vermin compost units. He was addressing a mammoth public meeting at Mamel in Karsog sub-division of […]
By VIKAS BAJAJ Published: September 3, 2012 MURUMA, India Vilas Dinkar Mukane lives halfway around the world from the corn farmers of Iowa, but the Indian sharecropper is at risk of losing his livelihood for the same reason: not enough rain. With the nourishing downpours of the annual monsoon season down an average of […]
Sarojini-Damodaran foundation is calling forth applications for the 4th Akshayasree Awards instituted for Organic farmers. The award constitutes of INR 50000 and certificate for the best Organic farmer in the state of Kerala. There are also district level awards of INR 10000 each for the districts of Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikkode and […]
Tehelka Magazine, Vol 9, Issue 34, Dated 25 Aug 2012 Organic and fair trade may be just fashionable words to urbanites, but to those living in far-flung villages, they are a route to success and scalability. Last Forest, an offshoot of the Keystone Foundation, has achieved this by working in the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve for […]
Bangalore, August 31, 2012, DHNS: An international Organic Trade Fair ‘BioFoch India together with India organic 2012’ will be held at the Palace Grounds here from November 29 to December 1. The fair has been organised by Nuremburg Messe, International Competence Center for Organic Agriculture and Department of Agriculture, Karnataka and supported by the Ministry […]
Every year farmers in Kerala celebrate a day in month of Chingam 1 (August) as the farmer’s day. This year they celebrated it on 17th August. According to Malayalam calendar, the Chingam 1 symbolises the beginning of the harvest season of paddy, banana, vegetables, fruits and flowers. It represents the season of prosperity, richness and […]
The Kudumbasree district mission has launched “Harithasree,” a project to promote organic farming. Farmers in the area will make the switch to organic cultivation straight away. The project was launched by M.K. Raghavan, MP, at the Malabar Christian College on Sunday. He said that the Central government’s focus was on promoting organic farming. The organic […]