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Higher CO2 makes food crops and herbs more nutritious and medicinal

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The war on carbon is a war on life itself. It is a war on plant health, animal health and human life. Not only is carbon dioxide necessary for photosynthesis, but it also makes plants more nutritious, multiplying their medicinal value. Numerous studies show that higher carbon dioxide levels increase the vitamin and mineral output of plants. Studies also show that higher carbon levels increase the... 

Global Famine to Plague Earth from 2022-2024, It Is Set In Motion and Cannot be Stopped

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A convergence of horrifying events have set into motion an irreversible collapse of food production and crop harvests that will lead to global famine all the way through 2024. These events cannot be stopped for the simple reason that plants take time to grow. You can’t create crops instantly, and if they don’t get planted (or they get destroyed), there’s no instant replacement. The reasons for... 

US Begins Stealing Land from Farmers to Build Giant CO2 Suction Machines that will cause Global Crops to FAIL

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HAARP is a child comparing to what’s to come! The decarbonization terraforming of planet Earth is now under way. A new project has already been launched that will install mega machines across five U.S. states to harvest “life molecules” out of the atmosphere in an effort to shut down photosynthesis and unleash global food crop failures that destroy human civilization. Farmland is already... 

Monsanto pays out $10mn as it admits spraying BANNED Toxic Pesticide on Hawaii crops

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Embattled biotech company Monsanto will pay a hefty fine for stockpiling over 72kg of highly dangerous pesticide and spraying it on “research crops,” even after it was banned by the US government. Monsanto acknowledged that it used methyl parathion, the active ingredient in Penncap-M, on corn seed and other crops on the Hawaii island of Maui back in 2014, knowing that it was prohibited by the... 

Crops Devastated As More Ferocious Storms Pound The Midwest

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It has gotten to the point where maybe we should just expect violent storms to hammer the Midwest every single day of the week. Highly destructive storms ripped through the Midwest on Tuesday, it happened again on Wednesday, and the forecast calls for more powerful storms on Thursday. This growing season has been a complete and utter nightmare for U.S. farmers, and each day it just gets even worse.... 

Threatened With Extinction: World's 'Doomsday' Arks and What They Hold

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As the threat of global warming and climate change rises scientists around the world are attempting to preserve endangered species. Thousands of crops, animal DNA, mammal’s milk, fossils etc. are being preserved in ‘arks’ around the world, aimed at saving the natural order of our planet. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is perhaps one of the best-known projects in a growing global campaign to... 

GM wheat crop fails to repel bugs, £3m trial branded 'a waste'

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A controversial trial of genetically modified (GM) wheat has failed to repel pests any more effectively than ordinary crops, scientists have found. Researchers attempted to engineer a variety of wheat to emit an odor that deters aphids in the hope of reducing the amount of pesticides required by plants. The crops, nicknamed “whiffy wheat,” were successful in lab tests, but succumbed to aphids... 

Russian senators ponder prison sentences for selling unlabeled GMO products

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A number of Russian MPs have suggested altering the current legislation and introducing criminal responsibility for illegal trade in GMO products. The idea is to mete out prison terms of up to two years for repeated offenders. The bill tightening the rules for selling genetically modified products has been prepared by lawmakers representing the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, known for its nationalist... 

TEPCO failed to disclose crops over 20KM from Fukushima were contaminated

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Fourteen different rice paddies outside of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant evacuation zone were contaminated with radioactive material in August 2013, Japan’s agriculture ministry has found. Despite the findings – which blamed the removal of a large piece of debris from the Fukushima No. 3 reactor building for the contamination, Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) is moving ahead with plans... 

Hungry China wants to 'borrow' land from 'bread basket' Ukraine for 50 years

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The Chinese plan to lease 5 percent of Ukraine’s total land to grow crops may be nothing more than a pipe dream. Ukrainian officials say they know nothing of the deal, reported in a Chinese newspaper over the weekend. Food demand in China is expected to grow along with industrialization, and China has been land-grabbing across the globe, with 7.4 million acres (3 million hectares) in Ukraine being... 

Snowstorm kills 6 people, 30,000 domestic animals in Peru

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A man attends his motorcar during a foggy morning in Lima, Peru on August 12, 2013. Ongoing snowstorms along the border of Peru and Bolivia have left at least six people dead and claimed the lives of more than 30,000 domestic animals. The cold spell affected about 80,000 mostly poor highlanders in Peru, damaging their main source of revenue – livestock including sheep, llamas and alpacas, and... 

US raises allowable levels of Monsanto's pesticide in crops

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Biotech giant Monsanto has been awarded yet another victory by the federal government thanks to a recent Environmental Protection Agency decision to allow larger traces of the herbicide glyphosate in farm-grown foods. Despite a number of studies linking exposure to the chemical with diseases including types of cancer, the EPA is increasing the amount of glyphosate allowed in oilseed and food crops. The... 

Land sold off and used for biofuels could have fed 1 billion people

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Indian labourers work in a field of Jatropha in the village of Hassan, some 250 kms from Bangalore. Jatropha, a wild shrub that grows abundantly across India, has been hailed as an eco-friendly solution to the energy needs. 2 million kilometers of foreign purchased land in developing countries is either idle or used for Western biofuel production, according to a British charity. Oxfam’s report... 

Hunger Chaos Nears As World Suffers From Historic Drought

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A new shocking report reveals that the world could soon experience a severe food crisis as historic drought affects almost the entire world. US experts have warned that America’s 2012 drought may have devastating consequences, worse than the 2008 global food crisis when the prices soared so high that they triggered riots and unrest to parts of Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. The... 

USDA revises crop estimates dramatically lower

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) gave its assessment of the historic drought Friday, forecasting national corn production at 10.8 billion bushels, down 13% from 2011 and the lowest production since 2006. The report is the USDA’s first official assessment of the impact of the drought that has hit the Corn Belt and is considered to be the worst since 1956. The government report said corn... 
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