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EXETER — Stonyfield Farm co-founder Gary Hirshberg said the Londonderry-based yogurt company proves organic makes economic sense and he plans to take that message to Washington in a fight for the nation's health.

Hirshberg, who recently announced he is stepping down as president/chief executive of Stonyfield to bring his messages about health and the environment to a wider audience, was the featured speaker at the inaugural Food and Health Forum Food For Thought dinner and seminar Monday night at Blue Moon Evolution.

As roughly 100 guests dined on a three-course, locally sourced dinner of spinach and kale salad, chicken cacciatore and maple mousse, Hirshberg gave a sobering lecture on the damages done by the last 70 years of experimentation with genetically modified food.

"The data is in, and it's not working," Hirshberg said.

Hirshberg said it was a series of small, well-intentioned steps that led food production in America down an unsustainable path. He said a number of myths, including that of the Earth's "infinite resilience" and that waste and byproducts can be transported somewhere "away," have enabled a system that promotes obesity and other health risks, as well as production methods that harm the environment.

Source: Seacoastonline.com

by mediahitman

 Of food labels in your supermarket, as GM foods already widely appear in our food supply.

Most people are not aware that nearly EVERY processed food you encounter at your local supermarket that does not bear the “USDA Organic” label is filled with GM components.

This is due to the amount of GM crops now grown in the United States (over 90 percent of all corn is GM corn and over 95 percent all soy is GM soy).

As you might suspect, it’s in the interest of the industry to keep the prevalence of GM ingredients quiet and they won’t go down without a fight.

Biotech Industry Spends More Than Half a Billion to Influence Congress

In just over a decade, the food and agriculture biotechnology industry has spent more than $572 million in campaign contributions and lobbying expenditures, according to an  analysis by Food & Water Watch .

Key among the goals of this intense lobbying effort is to prevent GM food labeling and keep Americans in the dark about the contents of their food....

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by Craig Mackintosh PRI Editor

To the free-thinking citizens of the world: Anonymous stands with the farmers and food organizations denouncing the practices of Monsanto. We applaud the bravery of the organizations and citizens who are standing up to Monsanto, and we stand united with you against this oppressive corporate abuse. Monsanto is contaminating the world with chemicals and genetically modified food crops for profit while claiming to feed the hungry and protect the environment. Anonymous is everyone, anyone who can not stand for injustice and decides to do something about it. We are all over the Earth and here to stay.

To Monsanto, we demand you stop the following:

Contaminating the global food chain with GMOs Intimidating small farmers with bullying and lawsuits Propagating the use of destructive pesticides and herbicides across the globe Using “Terminator Technology”, which renders plants sterile Attempting to hijack UN climate change negotiations for your...

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