Jeffrey M. Smith

Watch this two minute video, Double Dipping Danger, produced by Alex Bogusky for shopnogmo.org, on the toxic affect of ingesting genetically modified foods. There is new evidence now showing even more harm from GM foods.

When U.S. regulators approved Monsanto's genetically modified "Bt" corn, they knew it would add a deadly poison into our food supply--that's what it was designed to do. The corn's DNA is equipped with a gene from soil bacteria called Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) that produces the Bt-toxin. It's a pesticide; it breaks open the stomach of certain insects and kills them.

But Monsanto and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) swore up and down that it was only insects that would be hurt. The Bt-toxin, they claimed, would be completely destroyed in the human digestive system and not have any impact on all of us trusting corn-eating consumers. Now a recent study has proved them wrong.

For the full story, see Jeffrey Smith's blog. For more info, also see Shop NoGMO. 

Funding for Local/Regional Food System

The Farm Credit Administration (FCA) is asking the public to comment on a proposed rule that, if adopted, would direct Farm Credit System (FCS) lending associations to be more responsive to the credit needs of small and mid-sized farmers and ranchers producing for local and regional food markets.

The FCS supplies nearly 40 percent of all U.S. farm financing and has the capacity to provide millions of dollars in capital and technical assistance to local food producers, and to leverage other sources of capital for the task of rebuilding our local and regional food system infrastructure.

Use this action alert to ask the FCA to adopt this new rule and bring badly needed capital to small and mid-sized farmers and ranchers producing for the local and regional market. See more about the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition.