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Natureswalk Au

House and Land Packages with Contemporary Designs - 1 views

When I visited Natures Walk's house and land packages, I have seen the stunning home designs. Homebuyers like me have decided to live in this very nice neighbourhood that has contemporary-designed ...

Mandurah houses

started by Natureswalk Au on 16 Oct 11 no follow-up yet
Bakari Chavanu

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

www.truth-out.org/...lobal-food-security-capitalism

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.
counterpointing

Two sides to every story - 0 views

Hello, I have started a new project designed to engage critical thinking and to be the antidote to one sided media, whichever side you are on. The project is called Counterpointing, and consists o...

politics bipartisan election Trump Clinton GOP critical thinking news

started by counterpointing on 28 Jan 16 no follow-up yet
S D

Text Messaging for Political Candidates - 4 views

www.onlinecandidate.com/...ampaigns-mobile-text-messaging

messaging text candidates political

shared by S D on 01 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • S D on 01 Feb 11
     
    With the rise of cell phone usage, candidates across the country are starting to use mobile texting as an effective campaign tool. As mobile computing blurs the line between online and offline campaigning, we are going to see more use of crossover technologies by political campaigns.
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