21st May 2013 By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Organic farmers have yet another environmental hazard to contend with, this time compliments of the U.S. Government in...
Category - Plants and Agriculture
Wake Up World’s articles on plants and agriculture, with a focus on issues and solutions surrounding ‘modern’ agricultural practices.
How GMO Farming and Food Is Making Our Gut Flora UNFRIENDLY
By Sayer Ji Contributing writer for Wake Up World Two studies published in the past six months reveal a disturbing finding: glyphosate-based herbicides such as Roundup ®...
Human and Synthetic Hormones Now Contaminate Fresh Produce
By Sayer Ji Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Hormones and/or hormone-mimicking chemicals are omnipresent environmental contaminants. Already found in places as varied as our teeth...
10 Reasons to Buy Your Fruits & Veggies at Your Local Farmer’s Market
By Dr. Edward F. Group Guest Writer for Wake Up World Which of these two scenarios sounds more vibrant for overall quality of life and health? The wind on your face, the sun on your skin, you...
Pesticide Use Increases as GMO Technology Backfires
By Mary West Guest Writer for Wake Up World The GMO nightmare continues to unfurl, as the crop technology designed to reduce the need for pesticides has backfired...
6 Largest Pesticide Corporations Funding Effort to Try to Defeat GMO Labeling Proposition 37
25th October 2012 By J. D. Heyes – naturalnews.com In what should probably surprise no one who has been following the Proposition 37 issue, a California proposal that...
New Study Finds GM Corn and Roundup Causes Cancer In Rats
1st October 2012 By Sayer Ji Contributing Writer for Wake Up World In an alarming new study published in the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology, researchers from The Committee for...
French PM Maintains Ban on GM Crops
19th September 2012 By RT News France will uphold a ban on genetically modified crops as President Francois Hollande pushes his plan to put the environment back at the top of the...
Monsanto’s Roundup Herbicide Toxic To Life In Parts Per Billion Range
By Sayer Ji Contributing Writer for Wake Up World New research on the DNA-damaging effects of the popular herbicide known as Roundup ® indicates that it can do significant harm to...
Are Biotech Companies About to Gain Immunity from Federal Law?
18th July 2012 By Alexis Baden-Mayer and Ronnie Cummins alternet.org The Secretary of Agriculture would be required to grant a permit for the planting or cultivation of a...
Urban Growth, Urban Farming
29th June 2012 By Matt Mellen Guest Writer for Wake Up World An urban farming renaissance is budding green shoots in the most lifeless backwaters of the world’s metropolises and the result is...
Chicken Exposé: A Chicken Is NOT Just a “Chicken”!
By Raluca Schachter Contributing writer for Wake Up World “When President Herbert Hoover envisioned a “chicken in every pot” it was because chicken was a luxury...