Archive: Apr 2000 (page3)

Government Intervention Program Getting Legs

As part of fulfilling what Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman says is “the government’s role to guide Americans into adopting a healthier lifestyle,” the USDA has created a new web site…
PostedApril 17, 2000 at12:00 am

National Food Policy Conference Live On C-Span

The Consumer Federation of America's panel discussions on genetically engineered foods and media coverage of food safety issues features food industry reps squaring-off with activists. You can see today's afternoon session live on C-Span 2. Tomorrow's session is tentatively scheduled to air live on C-Span 2.
PostedApril 17, 2000 at12:00 am

Nannies Make Plans To Unify Movement

Global Exchange’s Kevin Danaher, speaking at an activist teach-in Friday morning, laid out plans for “institutionalizing solidarity” between nannies of all types in order to increase their political power.
PostedApril 14, 2000 at12:00 am

PETA Protesters Arrested After Manure Dump

The usual gang of idiots at PETA is having a cow over the World Bank's agricultural loan programs that support cattle raising in developing nations. Two of them were arrested after unloading a dump truck of manure onto Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the World Bank building. GCN's webcam caught the event live. Stay tuned to GCN as the main demonstrations heat up throughout the weekend, leading up to Monday's showdown demonstration.
PostedApril 14, 2000 at12:00 am

Speaker Speaks Up For Our Fyture Food Supply

Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert is schedule to release a report today finding GE foods are safe to eat and no more dangerous in the field than traditional plants. "The Administration should work to ensure markets for products of agricultural biotechnology are not restricted by scientifically unsound measures," according to a summary of the report. "Much of the opposition to agricultural biotechnology is politically motivated, not scientifically based." (The White House Bulletin, "Hastert, Smith to Release Report Supporting Genetically Modified Foods," April 13.)
PostedApril 14, 2000 at12:00 am

Cowing The World Bank For Promoting Farming

Cow-clad zealots from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) promise to dump a "smelly deposit" by the World Bank because they object to bank policies that support animal agricultural development in Third World countries. As the Daily Oklahoman said in an anti-PETA editorial a few days ago: "PETA just keeps tripping over itself…[T]he length to which it goes to promote vegetarianism trivializes concerns" for animals and humans.
PostedApril 13, 2000 at12:00 am

They’ve Got A Dog IN The ‘Obesity’ Fight

Taking advantage of all the press hoopla about a supposed "obesity epidemic" among humans, Purina Pet Products has declared that there is "an epidemic of canine obesity" too. As one might expect, Purina is cashing in with a bevy of products designed to help owners trim down their doggie.
PostedApril 13, 2000 at12:00 am

Taking The Fun Out Of Easter Eggs

One of the most cherished memories for many children in the nation's capital is the yearly "Easter-Egg Roll" on the White House lawn. This year, the nannies from United Poultry Concern are planning to spoil the fun by scaring children with stories of the supposed "total suffering" of egg-laying hens.
PostedApril 12, 2000 at12:00 am

Don’t Let Science Get In The Way

The Wall Street Journal editorializes that there is a growing group of "environmental radicals and federal bureaucrats" who are determined not to "let a little thing like what science knows, or can know" get in the way of their goals to destroy products they don't approve of, like bio-engineered food.
PostedApril 12, 2000 at12:00 am

Vandana Shiva – Protest Diva

For fresh insight into the "nanny culture," check out these articles on India's leading critic of Western food companies and new agricultural technologies, Vandana Shiva. Shiva has been cast as a central figure in this weekend's protests of the World Bank/IMF in Washington, D.C. (Pro-Shiva article) (Anti-Shiva article)
PostedApril 12, 2000 at12:00 am