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Canada recalls White Rabbit candies over melamine concerns

Stop the Propaganda — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:08:25 +0000

(CBC.ca) - Canadians should not eat, distribute or sell White Rabbit brand candy, a popular Chinese confection that may be tainted with melamine, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency warned Thursday. The candy is normally available for sale at retail stores throughout Canada in a variety of flavours, the agency said. Health officials in Hong Kong and Singapore [...]

Cadbury the latest global firm caught up in China milk scandal

Stop the Propaganda — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:05:38 +0000

(CBC.ca) - British chocolate maker Cadbury, the latest foreign company affected by China’s tainted milk scandal, ordered a recall of its Chinese-made products on Monday, saying that tests have “cast doubt” on their safety. Tests “cast doubt on the integrity of a range of our products manufactured in China,” Cadbury said without elaboration in a statement [...]

Hong Kong tests find melamine in Cadbury candies

Stop the Propaganda — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:02:38 +0000

(CBC.ca) - Tests have found unsafe levels of the chemical melamine in two Cadbury chocolate products made at a Beijing factory, Hong Kong’s food safety agency said Sunday. British chocolate maker Cadbury ordered a recall of its Chinese-made products last Monday. At the time, the company said its own preliminary tests had “cast doubt on the [...]

Will Cities Soon Be Able to Feed Themselves?

Emily Wilson, AlterNet — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:00:01 +0000

(AlterNet.org: Environment) - A growing interest in urban farming is sprouting all kinds of new ideas — including growing food in high-rises. Skyrocketing food costs, worries about food security and an urge to do things ourselves have led to a huge surge in urban farming — gardens in backyards, on roofs, in abandoned lots and even, [...]

Desperate Haitians Eating Mud

Stop the Propaganda — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:43:28 +0000

(UPI) - People in Haiti have become so desperate for food that many are eating mud, U.N. officials said. U.N. officials say that food is available in the impoverished Caribbean nation, The Guardian reported. But prices are rising so fast that the Food and Agriculture Organization predicts that food will cost 80 percent more at the [...]

Spectre of hunger again haunts North Korea, UN says

Stop the Propaganda — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:33:50 +0000

(CBC.ca) - Undernourished people are scrounging for wild foods. Hit by bad harvests and soaring prices, millions of North Koreans are hungrier than they have been in years, and many are seeking wild food in the countryside, United Nations officials said Wednesday. “We’ve found that many more people are now scavenging for wild foods which provide little [...]

Biofuel production boosts food prices by 75%, report suggests

Stop the Propaganda — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:24:35 +0000

The production of biofuels has driven up food prices 75 per cent, according to an unpublished World Bank report obtained by the Guardian. In an article published Friday, the British daily cites a confidential report authored by Don Mitchell, a senior economist at the bank. The newspaper suggests the report has not been released so as [...]

Environment & water - June 30

bart — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:46:19 +0000

U.S. ecosystem report indicates trouble
The intersections of energy and water
US mayors agree to phase out bottled water

The Food and the Energy crisis, fiction or reality?

GlobalResearch.ca — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:16:00 +0000

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Seeds of Destruction: The Hidden Agenda of Genetic Manipulation

Stop the Propaganda — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:21:00 +0000

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Yellow Card for Canadian Wild Pacific Salmon

David Suzuki Foundation - Latest News — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Vancouver, BC – Exceptionally low numbers of wild Pacific salmon returning to spawning rivers this season have led to a cautionary "yellow" listing in the David Suzuki Foundation’s third annual assessment of wild salmon stocks.

"This year’s Pacific salmon returns are perhaps the lowest in 50 years," said David Suzuki Foundation aquatic biologist Jeffery Young.

The 2008 assessment was done for SeaChoice, Canada’s guide to sustainable seafood. SeaChoice, created by five leading Canadian conservation organizations, uses a traffic light system to rank sustainable seafood options. Best choices for healthy oceans get a green light while least sustainable options are red carded. A yellow listing indicates some sustainability concerns. Consumers are advised to eat yellow-listed fish sparingly and to learn more about the source of the fish.

The David Suzuki Foundation has identified Nass River sockeye as a "better choice" than other yellow-listed B.C. wild salmon species for 2008. Fraser River and Skeena River sockeye salmon, while still yellow overall, have serious challenges this year.

"Nass River sockeye are a better choice than the others because the fishery has been assessed as healthier overall and management is based on in-season information," Mr. Young said. "We’re concerned that the Fraser sockeye fisheries could still be opened based on optimistic forecasts rather than in-season data on actual fish in the water. Some declining Fraser River populations could be captured."

The Skeena sockeye fishery just underwent an independent scientific review, which identified overharvest of some sockeye and steelhead populations in recent years. However, according to Mr. Young, if all the review panel’s recommendations are implemented, sockeye from this fishery could become a better choice in future years.

Salmon are under threat from habitat loss, fisheries mismanagement, and changes in ocean conditions, exacerbated by climate change. The David Suzuki Foundation uses the most up to date information from its involvement with several fisheries management boards to create in-season assessments that help consumers pick the most sustainable wild salmon.

For more information on the 2008 Pacific Salmon Ratings, please visit the SeaChoice website at www.seachoice.org. To find out more about pacific salmon under threat and solutions for their recovery, visit www.davidsuzuki.org.

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For more information, contact:
Jeffrey Young, Aquatic Biologist, David Suzuki Foundation (604) 764-6142

Why Fair Trade May Be Our Only Hope

George Monbiot, Monbiot.com — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:00:01 +0000

Fair trade might now be necessary not only as a means of redistributing income, but also to feed the world.

Is Famine Inevitable?

Scott Thill, AlterNet — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:00:01 +0000

The fate of global food production has now become the chief terror of the future.

Food summit delegates vow to ease hunger

Stop the Propaganda — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:56:57 +0000

World leaders at an international summit in Rome Thursday vowed to reduce trade barriers and boost agricultural production to tackle the growing global food crisis. The UN summit’s final declaration was delayed due to political squabbling, according to observers. READ MORE HERE [ Source: CBC.ca ] ©2010 Stop the Propaganda / Feed the Truth. All Rights [...]

Canadian and U.S. Conservation Community Invites Retail Businesses to Move Forward on Sustainable Seafood Initiatives

David Suzuki Foundation - Latest News — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

(Halifax, Vancouver) - SeaChoice, Canada’s sustainable seafood program, and its five member organizations, joined nine U.S. environmental groups today in releasing the “Common Vision for Environmentally Sustainable Seafood”. These organizations- which all have a strong history of working with the seafood industry and policymakers- have partnered to form the Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions. The Common [...]