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Bakari Chavanu

The Greatest Threat to Global Food Security: Capitalism - 0 views

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food capitalism

shared by Bakari Chavanu on 09 Mar 15 - No Cached
  • Certainly one of our most fundamental of human needs is our ability to grow and procure adequate nutrition.
  • Giant multinational corporate entities like Cargill, Nestle, Monsanto, ConAgra and Archer Daniels Midland
  • US Agribusiness spent $137 million on lobbying efforts to promote corporate interests through the purchase of favorable legislation
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  • In fact, 95 percent of US soy, and 86 percent of US corn is genetically modified[iii].
  • Food Stamps for over 46 million Americans suffering in poverty 
  • Despite record farm profits (2012 saw the highest profits since 1973), the recent passage of the $1 trillion Farm Bill expands pay-outs to millionaire farming entities
  • Cargill, one of the largest food producers in the world and the world's largest privately-held corporation, boasted nearly $134 billion in sales last year alone[vii], more than the GDPs of Ecuador, Honduras, Laos and Serbia combined.
  • As of 2011, the United States Federal Drug Administration, tasked with ensuring the safety of America's food supply, inspected only 6 percent of domestic food producers and 0.4 percent of imports[viii]
  • According to the CDC, foodborn pathogens sicken 48 million people in the U.S. each year, resulting in 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths annually.
Michael Haltman

Flowchart: Should you vote for Barack Obama? - 11 views

politicsandfinance.blogspot.com/...hould-you-vote-for-barack.html

shared by Michael Haltman on 06 May 12 - No Cached
  • Michael Haltman on 06 May 12
     
    This article provides a flowchart that will help someone who's on the fence decide if Obama is the right choice for them in the November election. If they answer honestly then all roads should lead to the upper right-hand corner!
  • Henacynflin on 23 Aug 15
     
    It is quite funny to play with this
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