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Tag Archives: Global Food System
Gates Unhinged: Dystopian Vision for the Future of Food
By Colin Todhunter Source: Off-Guardian We are currently seeing an acceleration of the corporate consolidation of the entire global agrifood chain. The high-tech/data conglomerates, including Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook and Google, have joined traditional agribusiness giants, such as Corteva, Bayer, Cargill and … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Environment, Geopolitics, GMOs, Health, Neoliberalism, NGOs, Oligarchy, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged Agribusiness, Agroecology, ‘A Long Food Movement: Transforming Food Systems by 2045, Big Tech, Bill Gates, biotechnology, Dystopia, Economics, elites, environment, Gates Foundation, Global Food System, GMOs, Green Revolution, Health, Industrial Agriculture, Long Food Movement, Neoliberalism, Technocracy, technology
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The Free Market Is A Failure
By TheHipcrimeVocab Sorry for the deliberately click-bait-y headline, but I think this message is important to get out there. In my discussions few months back on What is Neoliberalism, I noted that a core element of neoliberal philosophy is that markets are … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Economics, Financial Crisis, Health, Neoliberalism, news, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged capitalism, Covid-19, Economics, financial crisis, Global Food System, healthcare system, Karl Polanyi, Neoliberalism, Pandemic, Public Health, The Free Market, unemployment
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Offering Choice but Delivering Tyranny: The Corporate Capture of Agriculture
By Colin Todhunter Source: Off-Guardian Many lobbyists talk a lot about critics of genetic engineering technology denying choice to farmers. They say that farmers should have access to a range of tools and technologies to maximise choice and options. At … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, Empire, Environment, Health, imperialism, Inequality, Neoliberalism, NGOs, Oligarchy, Science, society, Sociology, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged Africa, Agribusiness, Agroecology, Bayer, Big Ag, Biotech, Cargill, Eric Holt-Giménez, Fertilizers, Genetic Engineering, Global Food System, GM Crops, GMOs, Green Revolution, IMF, India, Industrial Foods, Monsanto, Neoliberalism, organic agriculture, Steven Druker, tyranny, Ukraine, Vandana Shiva, World Bank
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The Globalisation of Bad Food and Poor Health: Sustainable Development or Sustainable Profits?
By Colin Todhunter Source: RINF The proportion of deaths due to cancer around the world increased from 12 percent in 1990 to 15 percent in 2013. Globally, cancer is already the second-leading cause of death after cardiovascular diseases. In India, government … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, Environment, GMOs, Health, Science, society, State Crime
Tagged Agribusiness, Birth Defects, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Diabetes, Factory Farms, Fast Food, Free Trade, GE Food, Global Food System, Globalisation, GMOs, Green Revolution, Junk Food, local economies, Local Foods, Localisation, Malnutrition, Monocrops, obesity, Pesticides, pollution, Processed Foods, Soil, TTIP
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