Food & Water Watch

Type: Organization
Name: Food & Water Watch
First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 1 reports

Goal Reached: Time to Restart the Economy

in Breaking News 48 mins agoFinally – it’s over.  The goal of Simpson and Bowles has been met, the deficit is shrinking rapidly. And the intellectual underpinning for deficit reduction, based on the study by Rogoff and Reinhart, has been destroyed.Phew! ... [Published RINF.com - 16 hours ago]
First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 reports
Chesapeake Corporation
Chesapeake Corporation

On Pollution Trading in the Chesapeake: Congress Should Hear Both Sides of the Story

Statement from Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah HauterWASHINGTON - May 22 - “The Water and Wildlife Subcommittee of U.S. Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee is holding a hearing today to hear witnesses testify about water quality ... [Published Common Dreams - 18 hours ago]
First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Foodopoly lifts the veil on our food system

Wenonah Hauter and FoodopolyWenonah Hauter is the executive director of the watchdog group Food & Water Watch, based in Washington, D.C. Her book, Foodopoly, examines the history and political machine behind agribusiness consolidation, the pharmaceutical ... [Published INDY - May 22 2013]
First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports
Verizon Communications Inc
Verizon Communications Inc

Highland Park fair not what it should be

Once again the Highland Park Street Fair has come and gone, leaving me hugely disappointed.Crass consumerism, advertising, bad food why are Optimum, Verizon, banks, garage door companies, auto insurance companies, etc. at a street fair?The fact that ... [Published Home News Tribune - May 22 2013]
First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Congressional-Executive Commission on China announce a hearing on "Food and Drug Safety, Public Health, and the Environment in China"

Senator Sherrod Brown, Chairman and Representative Christopher Smith, Cochairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on Chinahave announced a hearing on10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 562The recent bird flu outbreak, reports ... [Published Practice Source - May 22 2013]
First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports
Food & Water Watch
Food & Water Watch

Proponents of requiring genetically modified foods to be labeled rally in Hartford

Supporters of a bill that would require the labeling of genetically modified foods converge on the Capitol in Hartford on May 21.Hartford — Proponents of a bill that would require the labeling of genetically modified food rallied at the Capitol Tuesday ... [Published TheDay.com - May 22 2013]
First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Weeding Corporate Power Out of Agricultural Policies: Communities Mobilize for Food and Farm Justice

From the school cafeteria to rural tomato farms, and all the way to pickets at the White House, people are challenging the ways in which government programs benefit big agribusiness to the detriment of small- and mid-sized farmers. Urban gardeners, PTA ... [Published Toward Freedom - May 21 2013]
First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

State Capitalism at its Best: US Support for the Biotechnology Industry

American diplomats lobbied aggressively overseas to promote genetically modified (GM) food crops such as soy beans, an analysis of official cable traffic revealed on Tuesday.  The review of more than 900 diplomatic cables by the campaign group Food and ... [Published Law in Action - May 21 2013]
First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Another fracking poll, another split decision

The Siena Research Institute at Siena College in Albany County released its latest polling today of New York voters on the issue of the method of natural gas drilling known as high-volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking. And like clockwork, ... [Published Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - May 20 2013]
First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Leslie Hatfield: New Analysis of Wikileaks Shows State Department's Promotion of Monsanto's GMOs Abroad

Back in December 2010, Wikileaks released thousands of cables between the US State Department and over 100 embassies around the world, some of which (about ten percent) shed light on the U.S. government's promotion of agricultural biotechnology abroad. ... [Published Huffington Post - May 20 2013]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Environmental Advocates Urge Council to Pass Fracking Ban

Fracking was a hot topic at Wednesday's city council meeting, as many Food & Water Watch supporters urged the council to consider banning it in the city of New Brunswick.Hydraulic Fracturing, or "fracking" is a controversial mining technique in which ... [Published New Brunswick Patch - May 17 2013]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Report: 'US government in GM-industry's pocket'

US diplomats lobbied aggressively to support its genetically-modified food industries, a campaign group has revealed in a new report. The US even pushed EU countries to change laws to allow GM crops in.The diplomatic cables were published two years ago ... [Published Deutsche Welle - May 17 2013]

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Congressional-Executive Commission on China announce a hearing on "Food and Drug Safety, Public Health, and the Environment in China"
Congressional-Executive Commission on China announce a hearing on "Food and Drug Safety, Public H ... [Published Practice Source - May 22 2013]
In a passage (5:51) not far from the above passage, it says "take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors." The Jews and Christians are considered unbelievers or pagans
More Voice of the People, May 21, 2013 [Published Press of Atlantic City - May 22 2013]
"We just think everyone should have the right to decide whether or not to eat GMOs." Another Food & Water Watch member, Matt Lipman of Waterford, said they are not waiting for federal legislation...
Opponents of GMO foods rally at Capitol in Hartford [Published Individual.com - May 21 2013]
2 ) The questionable honesty of the State Department's messaging. For example, "[t]he State Department encouraged embassies to 'publicize that agricultural biotechnology can help address the food crisis" when evidence that it could was simply not there...
Leslie Hatfield: New Analysis of Wikileaks Shows State Department's Promotion of Monsanto's GMOs ... [Published Huffington Post - May 20 2013]

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Daily Quickie, 05.23.13 [Published Asbury Park Press - 1 hour ago]
Energy-Rich Colorado Becomes Setting for Fracki... [Published Bloomberg - 2 hours ago]
The Growing Global Challenge to Monsanto’s Mono... [Published RINF.com - 9 hours ago]
Goal Reached: Time to Restart the Economy [Published RINF.com - 16 hours ago]
On Pollution Trading in the Chesapeake: Congres... [Published Common Dreams - 18 hours ago]
Foodopoly lifts the veil on our food system [Published INDY - May 22 2013]
Highland Park fair not what it should be [Published Home News Tribune - May 22 2013]
Congressional-Executive Commission on China ann... [Published Practice Source - May 22 2013]
Proponents of requiring genetically modified fo... [Published TheDay.com - May 22 2013]
Watch that fish, it may contain mercury [Published Nigeria Punch - May 22 2013]
More Voice of the People, May 21, 2013 [Published Press of Atlantic City - May 22 2013]
Opponents of GMO foods rally at Capitol in Hart... [Published Individual.com - May 21 2013]
No fracking way: Keeping hydraulic fracturing o... [Published Friends of the Earth - May 21 2013]
Weeding Corporate Power Out of Agricultural Pol... [Published Toward Freedom - May 21 2013]
State Capitalism at its Best: US Support for th... [Published Law in Action - May 21 2013]
Another fracking poll, another split decision [Published Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - May 20 2013]
Leslie Hatfield: New Analysis of Wikileaks Show... [Published Huffington Post - May 20 2013]
Food irradiation business at airport expected t... [Published Individual.com - May 19 2013]
Food irradiation business at airport expected t... [Published Sun Herald - May 19 2013]
Your Tax Dollars at Work…State Dept. Lobbies Ab... [Published AllGov - May 18 2013]
Environmental Advocates Urge Council to Pass Fr... [Published New Brunswick Patch - May 17 2013]
Report: 'US government in GM-industry's pocket' [Published Deutsche Welle - May 17 2013]
US diplomats in aggressive lobbying to promote GM [Published Farming Online - May 17 2013]
Three fracking moratorium bills pass Assembly C... [Published San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center - May 17 2013]
Yet Another Example of Taxpayer-Funded Corporat... [Published Tiger Comm - May 16 2013]
Dr. Moniz becomes US Secretary of Energy, EPA N... [Published Solarserver - May 16 2013]
Is Your State Home to One of the 20 Worst Water... [Published Water Conserve: News - May 16 2013]
B.L. England natural gas pipeline will help ser... [Published Individual.com - May 16 2013]
Electric Utilities Top List of U.S. Toxic Water... [Published Common Dreams - May 16 2013]
Environmental Impact of Fracking (2 CEUs) [Published New Milford NJ Patch - May 16 2013]
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State Capitalism at its Best: US Support for th... [Published Law in Action - May 21 2013]
American diplomats lobbied aggressively overseas to promote genetically modified (GM) food crops such as soy beans, an analysis of official cable traffic revealed on Tuesday.  The review of more than 900 diplomatic cables by the campaign group Food and ...
How Monsanto Is Threatening Global Food Diversi... [Published Think Progress - May 15 2013]
After a big win in the Supreme Court on Monday, biotech firm Monsanto Company has more or less solidified its control of the American food supply. Monsanto’s patented genetically modified (GM) seeds comprise roughly 90 percent of the U.S. seed ...
Gut bomb: That turkey burger could kill you, an... [Published Grist - the Latest from Grist - May 01 2013]
Shutterstock OK, meat eaters, do you want the good news or the bad news first? Hey, I know! I’ll start with the bad news: In a just-released study , Consumer Reports tested 257 samples of ground turkey from supermarkets, and found that virtually ...
Weeding Corporate Power Out of Agricultural Pol... [Published Firedoglake - Apr 30 2013]
Tomatoes at Waterpenny Farm By Tory Field and Beverly Bell From the school cafeteria to rural tomato farms, and all the way to pickets at the White House, people are challenging the ways in which government programs benefit big agribusiness to ...
The Elephants in the Room: Citizens United, Tra... [Published naked capitalism - Apr 20 2013]
Yves here. This is a short but useful reminder of how the failure to enforce anti-trust laws leads to oligopolies. MBAs are taught how to make markets inefficient to increase corporate profits, and one of the most lasting ways is to achieve a dominant ...
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