Category: Grow Contentious Issues
The Raging War on Self Sufficiency
Several local councils in the United States has come under the light recently, due to restrictive regulations on the types of animals and plants that an …
The GMO Seed and Plant Controversy
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are organisms whose DNA are altered, usually by the insertion of genes from another organism. Reasons for their modifying organisms include increasing …
City of Orlando: Uproot Your Vegetable Garden or Pay Us $500 a Day
In November, Local 6 broke the story about the controversial garden after the city told the Helvenstons their 25-by-25-foot front yard vegetable garden was not in compliance with …
5 Million Farmers Sue Monsanto for $7.7 Billion
Original posted by Anthony Gucciardi on JUNE 5 2012 on Natural Society Launching a lawsuit against the very company that is responsible for a farmer suicide every 30 …
Cancer of Corruption, Seeds of Destruction: The Monsanto GMO Whitewash
Because of the power vested in the EU Commission in Brussels, Belgium, with command over a space encompassing 27 nations with more than 500 million citizens …
Vandana Shiva on Food Justice
“Genetic engineering has never been about saving the world, it’s about controlling the world.” – Vandana Shiva Further Reading: How Permaculture Can Save Humanity Toby Hemenway …
Shady Grove Farm Fights for Right to Farm
Shady Grove Farm, owned and operated by the Buchler family in Gwinn, MI, is in a legal battle with the Forsyth Township over zoning regulations and …