12 July 2015 By Phillip J. Watt Guest Writer for Wake Up World Humanity has lost its connection to nature. We’re so bombarded with artificial imagery and ideals of superficial living that most...
Category - Plants and Agriculture
Wake Up World’s articles on plants and agriculture, with a focus on issues and solutions surrounding ‘modern’ agricultural practices.
Glyphosate Nation: Troublesome Roundup Herbicide Found Throughout U.S. Food Supply — Organics Too
By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World With an estimated 80% of the conventional food supply in the U.S. contaminated with glyphosate residues, those concerned with health are...
Research Reveals Monsanto Has Known Since 1981 That Glyphosate (RoundUp) Promotes Cancer
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s best-selling herbicide Roundup, is one of the most commonly used herbicides in the...
Roundup Ready, Bt-Toxin and GMOs — A Dangerous Trinity That Encourages Gluten Intolerance and Celiac Disease
By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World In 2012, at least 283.5 million pounds of glyphosate (the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup Ready) was used in U.S. alone...
Another Blow For Monsanto — Judge Upholds Genetically Engineered Crop Ban in Jackson County
3rd June 2015 By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World In an era where big money is tossed around by biotech and pesticide behemoths like Monsanto, Syngenta, Dow, DuPont...
Is Roundup Driving The Autism Epidemic? Leading MIT Researcher Says YES
31st May 2015 By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Just thirty short years ago, 1 in 10,000 children were diagnosed with autism in the United States. The latest statistics...
Groundbreaking New Documentary Offers Real Solutions for Our Food Security and Environmental Troubles
By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World “Though the problems of the world are increasingly complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple.” ~ Bill Mollison A...
FDA Approves New GMO Foods Apples and Potatoes
9th April 2015 By Dr. Edward F. Group Guest Writer for Wake Up World Genetically-modified food is one of the most controversial subjects today. Not only are regulations loose and...
The Dirty Dozen and the Clean Fifteen
By Garrick Dee Guest writer for Wake Up World In this modern era of fast living we are so busy that we don’t pay attention to the environment around us or what’s in the food we eat. But...
Permaculture – What Is It and Why Is It Important?
By Phillip J. Watt Guest writer for Wake Up World Developed by Australians Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in the 1970’s, permaculture has spread wildly throughout the world. The term...
Landmark Study Links Pesticides to High Depression Rates
By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Globally, one person dies by suicide roughly every 40 seconds. Around the world, over one million people commit suicide each year...
Is ‘Organic Ready’ Corn a Solution for GMO Cross-Contamination?
By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World With increasing demand on the global market for foodstuffs free of genetically modified organisms, U.S. farmers face a serious economic...