Re: to Jane Sherry
Dear Jane, I personally support you even if some thin skinned males think that you need to comply with their wishes and insecurities. Articles which you and Curtis forward help to round out the perspective that we in Australia are given by our government which has traditionally supported the US for the last 40 years. To follow the disinformation which has been perpetuated in the name of journalism/propaganda from governments all over the world leads to the insular perspectives that allow governments to subvert democracy as is being done now. In Australia we have sent troops overseas to support George Bush in his quest for world domination. The parliament has not been recalled to debate the issue as our Prime Minister, John Howard, declares that this is a government to Government matter and that it has nothing to do with the Australian people. The quote from Will Winter , "When I lived in Alaska, almost everyone got a "hair trigger" attitude starting around January. After a while you learned, and nobody said nuthin'to nobody lessin' they were looking for trouble. We were all armed too (which does make for a more polite society)!" maybe indicates a great deal of insecurity in a lot of males in the US if they need to keep guns to make for a more polite society. Is that the reason for going to Iraq, to get this trigger happy society something to do. Jane, just keep on reminding that there is a spiritual component to life and that man does not live by bread alone. You can tell when you are being most effective when you start to worry other members of the list that they need to shut you up. Just keep up the good work. Dont let them shut you up. Go well, James Hedley. What does- Original Message - From: "Jane Sherry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bdnow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:30 AM Subject: Re: to Jane Sherry > Dear Happy Biodynamic specialists, > > I really do wish you luck in trying to promote/use/educate bd methods > divorced from spirituality and the great big world out there! Frankly, I am > tired of being the object of people's bull shit, anger, misplaced emotions > or just frustration because I have this idea that bd is part of a larger > whole. I am tired of trying to explain myself and why I feel it necessary to > sometimes forward posts from GlobalNews and other sources which touch on > spirituality, drought, politics and war from around the world. > > Here in the northern hemisphere, it is winter, and usually there is a lot of > conversation on this list. I don't know what's up other than the pervasive > fear and paranoia that my government so successfully is spreading around. I > really felt that woman journalist's piece to be totally germaine to our > conversations on bdnow, because she put a human face on people, yes PEOPLE > who our government is intent on demonizing. War is complex, it is never > black and white. People who are our so called enemies, are still human, with > spirits, souls, families and complicated life situations. > > Wouldn't it be nice if the US would lift the embargo so that Iraqi children > and their parents could receive much needed medicines and food, especially > now that we have spent umpty years polluting their country with plutonium > and god only knows what else? Perhaps that would inspire their leaders to > give up their weapons. > > Wouldn't it be nice if the embargo against me were lifted so I didn't have > to process all your ire? Believe it or not, Will and the many others who no > doubt complain to Allan and me on this list, I actually choose very > carefully the posts I send in to bdnow. I usually (or try to) even include > the OT (off topic) in the subject header even though, in my world, these > posts are NOT OFF TOPIC. > > If you're here to only learn bd, so be it. I'm really over this stuff. For > those of you who know how to use a delete key, or have a faster connection > feel free to contact me privately, and I'll send you subscription info to be > on the free GlobalNews mailing list which can also be accessed on the web, > if you don't want all the messages coming into your mailbox. > > So, stay in your special bd list, your special bd world, and keep wondering > how to get those ideas out in the world. > > Sorry, Allan, but I do have other things going on in my life, and for now, I > am over and out. Call me a lurker. > > Jane Sherry > > > From: Will Winter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 18:00:34 -0600 > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: to Jane Sherry > > > >> this stuff, which > >> mostly comes by way of my ex-journalist-husband-who-reads-everything's- > >> mailing list. If you can't tell, he reads really fast!!! > > > > IS YOUR REFERRAL SERVICE *OPTIONAL* ON THIS SITE? > > HOW MUCH WOULD I HAVE TO PAY YOU TO MAKE IT STOP! > > JEEZ!!! > > > > WGW > > > >
Re: Jane, Please don't ASSume you know what I read
Dear Roger, I agree with your sentiments wholeheartedly. James Hedley - Original Message - From: "Roger Pye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 2:11 PM Subject: Re: Jane, Please don't ASSume you know what I read > Will Winter wrote: > > >IS YOUR REFERRAL SERVICE *OPTIONAL* ON THIS SITE? > >HOW MUCH WOULD I HAVE TO PAY YOU TO MAKE IT STOP! > >JEEZ!!! > > > >Do you think you are the only source of world news? That if you don't feed > >it to us we will remain ignorant? > > > >I subscribe to the NYT 7 days a week as well as the Minneapolis Trib daily. > >I get the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal at my club. I subscribe to > >several political magazines, I monitor many political, sustainable ag and > >nutrition sites. And on and on... > > > >I am not bragging here, I am just saying your posts on BDNow are FOR ME > >unsolicited CLUTTER and REDUNDANCY . Sorry. > > > >Will > > > Well, Mr Winter, by your own words you are ignorant and you are bragging! > > The media you refer to is all main stream, owned by the multi-national > press moguls who so effectively rule what most view and read. They are > the reason the majority of your country-people do not have a clue what > is happening in IRAQ and the other countries your government has > subverted since WWII. They are part of the problem, not the solution, > the problem which is going to land us all in WWIII if saner minds do not > prevail. > > 'Global News' is a balanced independent produced by people who care > about people, to whom the words 'clutter' and 'redundancy' probably have > very different meanings to your own. Personally, I find your use of > words in BLOCK CAPITALS strewn carelessly through your own posts highly > offensive in their import that I need such emphases to understand what > you are saying. > > Jane, I would not say I enjoyed your post about Yvonne Ridley because it > is not an enjoyable subject, but it is a necessary one. In my opinion it > should be compulsory reading for all mainstream journos if not the > bushes of this world. As for winter, don't get your knickers in a twist, > it isn't worth it! > > roger > > > > >
Re: Looking for a new CSA name
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Jane's posts
Dear Jane, I have appreciated those global posts you forward to BDNOW. Not all the subjects interest me. Those that don't, I might even delete before opening them. I'm sure that others can do that also. I also appreciate getting information that might not be found through more traditional media outlets due to a controlled media and media mis-information. Thanks again Jane for all your contributions. Michael
Re: ants in the vanilla
Hi Henry, Have you thought of putting a little bit of honey in a wee dish in the middle of a tray or wide bowl and pouring boiling water over them when they are there in the greatest numbers. Once the water is cooled spray it over and round the plants to be protected. The number of bowls you need will depend on how much you need to protect. While you are doing it ask them if they would be kind enough to leave your vanilla for you or at least most of it. Your ants may be different to ours and may not respond in the same way that ours do. - Original Message - From: "Roger Pye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 4:51 PM Subject: Re: ants in the vanilla > Henry Karczynski wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Catnip, mint, chrysanthemum, onion family especially garlic cloves, > pennyroyal, tansy, rue as growing or dried plants repel ants so perhaps > you could plant some as companion plants > > roger > > -- > > >
Re: ants in the vanilla
Hi! Henry, Predators of any kind indicate a "sick" organism. Rather than trying to get rid of the ants, look to how you can boost the vitality of the desired crop. Is there changes of soil, different history etc. that could account for differences between areas of the property? Are all the plants of like age and quality? Get down on your knees and have a good look at the soil. Smell it, taste it, feel it, what visible signs of life are there? Gil Henry Karczynski wrote: Dear list serve, I am having problems with ants eating the pre-florescence vanilla buds on my farm in Costa Rica. This problem reduces the amount of flowers that can be hand pollinated. I have identified at least six different ant types (there are more) which colonize the plants through pruning cuts on the host trees. Interestingly this phenomenon is occuring only in certain lots of the farms.
vanilla
Vanilla is an orchid, or in the orchid family, (I think). And it's probably the host trees in stress conditions that attract the ants, not necessarily the vanilla plants themselves. So, planting companion plants, or putting out bits of dried herb is going to be quite an undertaking, especially in the tropics. Henry mentioned that the ants are colonizing or attracted to the pruning cuts on the host trees. If you could increase the soil health and the health of the trees, maybe making pruning cuts during the proper moon cycles, etc., you'd begin to see some differences. Peter mentioned asking the ants to leave. Interestingly enough, I read one book on 'talking to animals' (From the Horse's Mouth), kinda humorous treatment of the subject. But she said ants are among the more suggestive in the animal kingdom as they follow a signal trail left by their navigator/leaders. It's fairly easy to dissuade these trailblazers to go elsewhere and leave your things alone. I've had some moderate success with this in my kitchen with fire ants, a particularly belligerant type. You need to disrupt their pattern (stir around in their orderly marches) to get their attention, then address yourself to the ones laying the trail (they're usually larger than the worker ants). Often they'll move over, and you have to explain that you want them to abandon the entire project (of your cabinet or countertop) before they understand. Sometimes it takes mashing one or two of the leaders before the workers get the 'bigger picture'. I have one blue and gold macaw in the kitchen who is constantly dropping food bits to the bottom of her cage. I'm lucky if I take up papers and scrub out the cage floor a few times per week, so often, especially in warmer months, she can create a fly / maggot problem. (ugh is right!) but the fire ants generously keep her cage spotless for me. Once they climb the bars and start peeking in her food dishes, I move them on out, but otherwise, I've found that working with ants is easier than I thought.
FW: [globalnews] Silicon Valley's tech waste problem
Title: FW: [globalnews] Silicon Valley's tech waste problem Silicon Valley's tech waste problem By Jane Meredith Adams Special to the Chicago Tribune January 28, 2003 SAN FRANCISCO -- In Silicon Valley, the land of technological whiz kids, astronomically expensive bungalows and glorious palm trees, the underside of the computer revolution keeps seeping up--literally. The valley, located about 25 miles south of San Francisco, has been struggling for more than a decade to deal with semiconductor manufacturing solvents that have seeped into the groundwater, a problem that has made pricey Silicon Valley the home of the largest concentration of Superfund toxic waste sites in the nation. Now the news is worse: The Environmental Protection Agency said last week that the suspected carcinogen trichloroethene, known as TCE, may be many times more harmful than originally thought, and that vapors from the substance have been found inside homes and office buildings. In addition to the Silicon Valley sites, the EPA said that this new assessment of the risk of TCE also may affect between 500 and 750 Superfund sites across the nation. `Round-the-clock exposure' "The sampling data I've seen thus far suggests that a large number of people in Silicon Valley might be breathing TCE at levels higher than what the EPA provisionally considers acceptable," said Lenny Siegel, executive director of the Center for Public Environmental Oversight and a resident of Mountain View, Calif., which has one of the largest concentrations of TCE-contaminated groundwater. "It's round-the-clock exposure for those of us who live in this area," Siegel said. In the 1960s and 1970s, businesses including Fairchild Semiconductor Corp., Intel Corp., Raytheon Co., NEC Electronics and Mitsubishi used TCE to clean silicon wafers and disposed of thousands of gallons of TCE in underground metal and fiberglass tanks, according to the EPA. The tanks corroded and leaked, although it was years before the damage was discovered. The corporations involved are cleaning up the sites, although they no longer own or operate the former facilities. The EPA said the solvents have not affected the drinking water in Mountain View because most of the community's water comes from the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in the Sierra Nevada. Other sources are deep wells and treated surface water not located near Superfund sites. Residents getting alarmed When managers from the EPA traveled to Mountain View last week to give citizens an update, many residents expressed concern that their health and property values were in jeopardy. "The news is always presented as `Be not alarmed,'" said Barbara Goodwin, who lives 1 1/2 miles from toxins buried under what is considered to be the birthplace of Silicon Valley: the former Fairchild Semiconductor plant where engineers made the first computer chips in the world. "But I'm alarmed." Goodwin, 66, has lived in the valley for 10 years and has suffered breast cancer and chronic bronchitis. "I don't think it's smart to be here," said Goodwin, a former nurse. According to the draft of an EPA toxicity report, TCE is 5 to 65 times more hazardous to human health than previously understood. The agency said that vulnerable populations--which include children and some people with chronic health problems--may face higher risks of kidney, liver, cervical, prostate and lymphatic-hematopoietic cancer. "There are no immediate health risks," said Alana Lee, EPA project manager for two of Silicon Valley's 29 Superfund sites. "We're really making sure there would be no long-term health effects at the site by taking air samples." The indoor and outdoor sampling is set to begin this spring, she said. Soil removed, walls erected Cleanup has consisted of removing contaminated soil, building walls to contain the contamination, and pumping TCE-contaminated groundwater into "air-strippers"--structures that allow TCE to evaporate into the air. Using previous toxicity standards for TCE, the EPA said in 1999 that the emissions from the air-strippers do not pose a significant health risk to occupants of the buildings that have been erected on Superfund sites, including Netscape Communications Corp. and Nokia. Air in those locations will now be retested. Ted Smith, executive director of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, said many workers have no idea that toxic waste is underneath and around their companies. "Rising from the ashes of the semiconductor industry have been new industries," Smith said. "They've located here without informing their workers that they were coming to work on top of a Superfund site." Most U.S. semiconductor manufacturing is now done in other parts of the country, including Albuquerque and Austin, Texas, using safer standards for underground storage tanks. Vapors rising into buildings In addition to the TCE that is sent into the air through the air-strippers, vapors are rising from the groundwater
FW: [globalnews] Nearly 19,000 gallons of crude oil spills intotributary of Lake Superior
Title: FW: [globalnews] Nearly 19,000 gallons of crude oil spills into tributary of Lake Superior Nearly 19,000 gallons of crude oil spills into tributary of Lake Superior Tuesday, January 28, 2003 By Associated Press SUPERIOR, Wis. -- A pipeline carrying crude oil ruptured, dumping nearly 19,000 gallons (71,900 liters) onto the frozen Nemadji River, a tributary of Lake Superior. At least 100,000 gallons (378,500 liters) spilled at Enbridge Energy Terminal, about two miles (three kilometers) from the lake, but most of it was contained within the terminal's ditches and retention ponds, company officials said. The pipeline is about half a mile (0.6 meters) from the terminal. The leak happened Friday night, apparently during delivery from the pipeline to a storage tank, said Mark Sitek, regional general manager for Houston-based Enbridge Energy. Cleanup of the ice-covered river is expected to take a few days, Sitek said. Cleanup of the terminal could take as long as several weeks. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is monitoring the effort. The company resumed transporting oil Saturday after bypassing the ruptured line, said Denise Hamsher, Enbridge spokeswoman. Enbridge had a smaller oil spill in 2000, but that leak was contained within the terminal. Source: Associated Press -- “Relaxing loosely, letting go --- original wisdom holds it’s ground. In the river of awareness the mud settles down and the brightness shines!” - Looking Nakedly, Resting Still by Milarepa
OT:FW: [globalnews] Enviros Cut Deal With Bush's Master ofChainsaw Politics, Unions Support Him
Title: OT:FW: [globalnews] Enviros Cut Deal With Bush's Master of Chainsaw Politics, Unions Support Him Note from Jane: I put the OT in the header for those of you who complain. But in reality, if you can get past my husband’s intro, you will see this is about our forests, ultimately for all of us. (JS) - I was struck last night by a TV moment about two minutes after Bush’s State of the Union Speech. A rightwing pollster was interviewing a focus group and drilling into the Democrats in the group. “You saw your Democratic leaders give the President a standing ovation, rising to applaud again and again, Hillary Clinton on her feet, why do you still oppose the President on war in Iraq?” The confused Democrats said, essentially, “I don’t understand why Hillary was on her feet applauding Bush’s war plans. I don’t have confidence in the Democratic Party leadership. They are no longer an opposition party.” So true so true. Here’s more evidence, as if more was needed, that Bush’s plans depend in large part on the support of the Democrats in Congress. They are behaving like Democrats in Texas, who supported Bush’s agenda when he was Governor. The difference is that in Texas, Republicans are a dominant majority party and Bush got more than 60% of the vote his last election. So for the Texans it was about survival. But nationally, the Republicans are NOT the majority party and Bush was not even elected with a majority of the votes. Read on, and see how gutless Democrats, self-serving hardhats and squabbling enviros gave Bush’s team the opportunity to destroy our national forests. The Democratic party is irrelevant. The only way to oppose Bush is outside the Democratic party leadership structure. The Sixties are returning. The only power in America capable of reversing our course toward Total Imperial Warfare and environmental disaster is people power. Think about that and then DO something. Curtis Lang Moderator GlobalNews . Seattle Weekly Published December 11 - 17, 2002 Chainsaw Politics Some environmentalists think the way to deal with Bush forest policy is to cut a deal that involves cutting a lot of trees. BY ANDY RYAN One thing you gotta say for the Great Satan: He really loves his work. In his cluttered command post at the Department of Agriculture, overlooking the Capitol Mall in Washington, D.C., Mark Rey--Old Scratch himself, in the minds of many tree huggers--is reviewing his first 13 months as steward of America's forests. He's been incredibly busy. "Every time there's a change in administrations, you're going to see a change in policy," says Rey, explaining a slew of regulatory actions that have the greens breaking out bells, books, and candles--and fighting among themselves. "That's what elections, after all, are about." At 50, this bespectacled former Eagle Scout and Cub Scout den leader is as reviled as any man in the enviros' pantheon of demons since the troubled reign of James Gaius Watt, Ronald Reagan's secretary of the interior. Not surprisingly, Rey, a consummate inside-the-Beltway player, is among the most respected officials in Republican-dominated Washington. "Mark is one of the most intelligent, articulate, and experienced people I have ever had a chance to work with," Rey's former boss, Sen. Frank Murkowski, R-Alaska, has said. "He is without question . . . the most knowledgeable person I have ever met on the U.S. Forest Service," concurs Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho. "Mark is the high priest of stump worship. He never met a tree he wouldn't cut," counters Bill Arthur, director of the Sierra Club's Northwest office in Seattle. "The timber executives ponied up a million dollars for Bush's election campaign, and Mark Rey intends to make sure their investment is richly rewarded." The nation's pre-eminent timber lobbyist in the 1980s and early 1990s, Rey received the grudging admiration of his opponents--the kind of deference accorded a worthy, if wily, adversary. As a Senate Republican staffer and putative author of the infamous Salvage Logging Rider of 1995, which rekindled the Northwest's bitter timber wars, he became despised. Now, as U.S. undersecretary of agriculture for natural resources and environment, responsible for 45,000 government employees and 191 million acres of public forests and grasslands, Rey is truly feared. So feared, in fact, that some Northwest environmentalists, as we'll see later, have been cutting their losses by trying to cut a deal with the devil. By agreeing to support thinning of younger trees, they hope to preserve the little remaining old growth--the ancient forests the Northwest is famous for. Not everyone in the green community thinks the swap is a good idea, and the debate has become acrimonious. ARMISTICE OVER From a green perspective, the terror over the rule of Rey is not without foundation. On Inauguration Day 2001, the administration of Presiden
FW: [globalnews] Link Found Between Nitrates Well Water andFactory Farms
Title: FW: [globalnews] Link Found Between Nitrates Well Water and Factory Farms
Environmental News Network - ENN Direct
Tuesday, January 28, 2003 12:00:00 AM
Studies From An Independent Scientific Organization Show Link Between Higher
Contamination Of Well Water Near Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
Water from wells used by low income residents in the Lower Yakima Valley in
the state of Washington have been tested this past year by the Valley
Institute for Research and Education (VIRE). The study reveals a direct
correlation between the location of large confined dairy operations and the
pollution of private wells with E. Coli and high nitrate concentrations.
The studies show that wells in the area between Parker and Zillah, where
there are a low number of factory dairies, have levels of nitrates below the
federal standards for nitrates (10 mg/l) and are absent for E. Coli
contamination. The water falls within federal safe water guidelines. In
sharp contrast, the areas between Granger and Grandview, where large numbers
of cows are confined year round, high levels of nitrates and the presence of
E.Coli have been found.
"You don't have to be a rocket scientist to know what's causing the well
water pollution", said Mary Lynne Bos, Vice President of CARE and a 70-year
resident of the valley. "Contaminated well water was not a problem when cows
were allowed to graze on pasture."
The report states that "Concentrations of nitrates in excess of the MCL
{Maximum Contaminant Level} of 10 mg/l can pose a health risk to infants
under one year of age, pregnant women, individuals with impaired immune
systems and individuals with hereditary lack of methemogloblin reductase.
High nitrate exposure has also been associated with intrauterine growth
restriction and prematurity."
"It is a sad commentary that we are allowing an industry to exist in our
valley that is a danger to the infirm, the young and the elderly. The
factory dairy pollution is not only endangering our health, it is also
destroying our quality of life," said Helen Reddout, consultant for Global
Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE), a national environmental
organization, and President of CARE.
Charlie Tebbutt, of the Western Environmental Law Center (WELC), legal
counsel for CARE said, "This study once again confirms our fears that the
factory dairies are causing industrial scale pollution in the Valley. The
state agencies responsible for protecting the public's health have failed
miserably. It is time that they, along with responsible federal agencies,
take real steps to clean up this dirty industry." Tebbutt added, "The recent
Bush administration rule changes for CAFOs and the proposed state cutbacks
on dairy inspectors are going in exactly the wrong direction from what is
needed."
Reddout commented, "CARE's concerns about nitrate and E. Coli polluted wells
have been confirmed not only by this study but through similar studies
across the United States where animal factories operate. We need to return
to sustainable farming practices before the danger to our water is beyond
repair."
Funding for the study came from settlements of Clean Water Act enforcement
actions brought by the Community Association for Restoration of the
Environment (CARE), a Sunnyside, WA, area member organization working to
clean up pollution caused by the dairy factories. All of CARE's board
members are members of farming families who have lived in the community for
many decades.
The Western Environmental Law Center, which represented CARE, is a
not-for-profit public interest law firm with offices in Eugene, OR, Taos,
NM, and Ketchum, ID. WELC provides litigation services to grassroots groups,
Native American Tribes, and local governments seeking to enforce our
nation's environmental laws.
For more information on concentrated animal feeding operations, please visit
www.factoryfarm.org. For a copy of the report, phone Helen Reddout or Mary
Lynne Bos from CARE at (509) 854-2990.
FW: [globalnews] Top Democrat Harkin Champions Irradiated Beef
Title: FW: [globalnews] Top Democrat Harkin Champions Irradiated Beef I try not to send much from the NYTimes because it’s so readily available, however I want to make a point here. Another example of the total bankruptcy of the Democratic party. Senator Tom Harkin has a reputation as a very liberal food safety proponent. He’s from Iowa. He’s so concerned about the public outcry against irradiated beef that he wants to give the Bushies everything they want — irradiated beef in the classroom. Oh, yeah, he also wants to pass a law to CHANGE THE NAME so the public won’t be alarmed at the words “irradiated beef.” That’s so special. Curtis ... The New York Times January 29, 2003 The Question of Irradiated Beef in Lunchrooms By MARIAN BURROS IRRADIATED beef may be coming soon to your local school cafeteria. The farm bill that was passed last May directs the Agriculture Department to buy irradiated beef for the federal school lunch program. It will be up to local school districts to decide if they want it. Americans have been reluctant to buy food that is irradiated, a process that uses electrons or gamma rays to kill harmful bacteria like salmonella and E. coli 0157:H7, which cause food poisoning. Some people fear, wrongly, that the food is radioactive. Others are concerned that the process hasn't been tested well. They may be correct. Based on European studies showing the formation of cancer-causing properties in irradiated fat, the European Union, which allows irradiation only for certain spices and dried herbs, has voted not to permit any further food irradiation until more studies have been done. Carol Tucker Foreman, director of the Food Policy Institute at the Consumer Federation of America, said: "There is nowhere in the world where a large population has eaten large amounts of irradiated food over a long period of time. It makes me queasy that we are going to feed it to schoolchildren." Advocates of meat irradiation have been struggling for public acceptance; some irradiated meat is being sold. But some within the food industry criticize the tactics being used to gain acceptance for food irradiation. Diane Toops, the news and trend editor of Food Processing, a trade magazine, said in this column in 2001: "The irradiation business is making all of the same mistakes biotechnology has made, trying to force their new technology down the throats of consumers who have a lot of questions." Because the word irradiation conjures up radioactivity and, more recently, the method by which anthrax spores have been killed, the industry has tried to keep it off food packaging. It is lobbying to use a word with which people are more comfortable: pasteurized. A farm bill provision, added by Senator Tom Harkin, the Iowa Democrat, directs the Food and Drug Administration to look for a less fear-inducing word. Senator Harkin, a longtime proponent of food safety, is also responsible for the language in the bill that directs the Agriculture Department to buy irradiated meat. The same month the farm bill passed, according to the Federal Election Commission in 2002, Senator Harkin received a $5,000 campaign contribution from the Titan Corporation , which until last August owned the SureBeam Corporation of Sioux City, Iowa, the country's largest food irradiator. Tricia Enright, Mr. Harkin's spokeswoman, said: "Tom Harkin's record as a leader of food safety is unparalleled. His commitment to this technology goes back decades." The Harkin provision has given the Bush administration what it asked for in 2001: irradiated beef in the school lunch program, in place of testing for bacterial contamination. School lunches fall under the jurisdiction of Dr. Peter S. Murano, deputy administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service. He and his wife, Dr. Elsa Murano, the Agriculture Department's under secretary for food safety, are known for their writings on the use of irradiation to improve food safety. Previously, she ran the food irradiation program at Iowa State University. To convince the public that irradiation is necessary because food poisoning has been increasing in schools, the meat industry cites a General Accounting Office study issued on April 30, 2002, that maintains that such outbreaks are rising at the rate of 10 percent a year. But Dr. Robert Tauxe, chief of the foodborne and diarrheal diseases branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said, "The percent of outbreaks in schools hasn't changed in the last 10 years." The statistical change, he said, is due to better reporting. Although the Agriculture Department is authorized to offer irradiated meat to schools, the secretary of agriculture, Ann M. Veneman, is moving slowly. So far, it is served only in schools in a pilot program in Minneapolis. According to the Center for Food Safety, a nonprofit Washington advocacy group, which opposes irradiation of food, of more than 1,500 comments t
Re: Garuda BD Sprays results
Glen, I don't see "Plant trials" after going to case studies... JS > From: "Garuda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 15:27:44 +1300 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Garuda BD Sprays results > > http://get.to/garuda go to 'Case Studies' (on left), then 'Plant trials'
OT:FW: [globalnews] The Emerging Butterfly
Title: OT:FW: [globalnews] The Emerging Butterfly The Butterfly A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go no further. So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time. Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly. What the man, in his kindness and haste, did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were God's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon. Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If God allowed us to go through our lives without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been. We could never fly! I asked for Strength.And God gave me Difficulties to make me strong. I asked for Wisdom.And God gave me Problems to solve. I asked for Prosperity.And God gave me Brain and Brawn to work. I asked for Courage.And God gave me Danger to overcome. I asked for Love.And God gave me Troubled people to help. I asked for Favors.And God gave me Opportunities. I received nothing I wanted. I received everything I needed! * Courtesy of Robert B via Machiel Moore >> (\o/)(\o/)(\o/)(\o/)(\o/)(\o/)(\o/)(\o/)(\o/)(\o/) << . To obtain the knowledge of Self is a greater achievement than to command the elements or to know the future.
OT:FW: [globalnews] Wishful Thinking
Title: OT:FW: [globalnews] Wishful Thinking >From my ‘uncle-in-law’ the Franciscan priest. -- I asked God to take away my habit. God said, No. It is not for me to take away, but for you to give it up. I asked God to make my handicapped child whole. God said, No. His spirit is whole, his body is only temporary I asked God to grant me patience. God said, No. Patience is a byproduct of tribulations; it isn't granted, it is learned. I asked God to give me happiness. God said, No. I give you blessings; Happiness is up to you. I asked God to spare me pain. God said, No. Suffering draws you apart from worldly cares and brings you closer to me. I asked God to make my spirit grow. God said, No. You must grow on your own! , but I will prune you to make you fruitful. I asked God for all things that I might enjoy life. God said, No. I will give you life, so that you may enjoy all things. I ask God to help me LOVE others, as much as He loves me. God said...A, finally you have the idea.
FW: News Update From The Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods
Dear Friends, Thought that this might be of wide interest on this list: News Update From The Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods -- Dear News Update Subscribers, Posted below are two articles of significant interest. The first article from Reuters is titled "U.S. wheat industry wrestles with GMO wheat issues." The wheat industry is meeting this week in their annual meeting and the issue of genetically engineered wheat is a major topic of discussion and debate. Monsanto is actively attempting to get approval of both the U.S. and Canadian governments to sell genetically engineered wheat. Monsanto claims that even if they get government approval, they are not going to begin selling the genetically engineered wheat until the wheat industry is ready for it to be introduced. But we only need to look at Monsanto's track record to know that their credibility and motives are highly suspect: http://www.thecampaign.org/monsantofiles.php Many U.S. and Canadian wheat growers do not want any genetically engineered wheat to be grown because they have seen what has happened to exports of corn and soy since the introduction of the biotech varieties. The 15 European Union nations and other countries around the world refuse to purchase North American corn and soy because of concerns about contamination from GMOs. The loss of exports has cost our farmers hundreds of millions of dollars. If genetically engineered wheat is permitted to be planted in the U.S. and Canada, it will inevitably contaminate the non-genetically engineered varieties. So if genetically engineered wheat begins to be commercially grown here, Europeans, Australians and consumers worldwide are likely to demand wheat from other sources. And speaking of exports to Europe, this leads us to the second article which is titled "EU calls for U.S. restraint over biotech complaint." The United States is considering filing a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) in a effort to force our genetically engineered foods on European citizens. In the article below, David Byrne, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection, states, "If consumers see that something is done to force a situation which they do not want, I think the effects would be adverse." A couple weeks ago, The Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods issued an ACTION ALERT to President Bush, U.S. Trade Rep. Robert Zoellick, and Iowa Senator Charles Grassley asking them not to raise a WTO challenge on the European Union moratorium on genetically engineered foods. If you have not yet participated in our ACTION ALERT on this matter, you can do so at: http://www.thecampaign.org/alert-WTO.php Craig Winters Executive Director The Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods The Campaign PO Box 55699 Seattle, WA 98155 Tel: 425-771-4049 Fax: 603-825-5841 E-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.thecampaign.org Mission Statement: "To create a national grassroots consumer campaign for the purpose of lobbying Congress and the President to pass legislation that will require the labeling of genetically engineered foods in the United States." *** U.S. wheat industry wrestles with GMO wheat issues By Carey Gillam ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Jan 27 (Reuters) - U.S. wheat industry meetings this week will be dominated by fierce debate over genetically modified wheat produced by Monsanto Co., a biotech crop pioneer. The annual gathering of industry groups, including the National Association of Wheat Growers and U.S. Wheat Associates, the growers' marketing arm, opened in Albuquerque on Sunday. Monsanto completed final regulatory submissions last month in the United States and Canada for what would be the world's first transgenic wheat, and now the company is primed to add "Roundup Ready" wheat to its stable of biotech crop offerings. Some wheat farmers may be warming to the prospect of a new tool to help them grow more robust and profitable wheat, engineered to withstand Monsanto's popular glyphosate-based Roundup herbicide. But widespread evidence of opposition to GMO wheat from overseas buyers, particularly in Europe, still makes it unclear when -- or if -- GMO wheat will make it to market. "It is not a given," said NAWG chief executive Darren Coppock. "Our intent and the goal is to introduce it, but right now...customer acceptance is a big obstacle." Genetically modified wheat dominates the schedule at this year's meeting. The first general session, scheduled for Wednesday, is dedicated to the debate on genetically modified products. One panel discussion, "Lessons Learned on the Way to Commercializing a Biotech Product," includes leaders of the U.S. corn and soybean growers' groups, whose members have been growing genetically modified crops for several years. That panel is followed by "Assuring Customer Acceptance," led by the
OT:FW: [globalnews] COORDINATED PROTESTS SET in 100+ CITIES--JAN.29 Emergency Response to February 5 declaration of war
Title: OT:FW: [globalnews] COORDINATED PROTESTS SET in 100+ CITIES--JAN. 29 Emergency Response to February 5 declaration of war A.N.S.W.E.R.'s response to Bush's State of the Union address: COORDINATED PROTESTS SET in 100+ CITIES--JAN. 29 Emergency Response to February 5 declaration of war - Message from the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition on the State of the Union - It is clear from George Bush's "war speech" (a.k.a. the State of the Union address) that February 5 has been selected as the "go date" for a declaration of war against Iraq. Thousands of people have expressed their intentions to descend on the White House in Washington DC the Saturday after the U.S government begins laying siege to Iraq. The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition is preparing for an emergency response mobilization. On January 29, thousands of people in more than 100 cities will answer the call issued by the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition to demonstrate their opposition to Bush's plans for war. On February 15, millions of people in Europe will take to the streets with the same message and they have asked the people of the U.S. to join in a display of international solidarity. There will be mass actions in New York City and Chicago on February 15, in San Francisco on February 16, and in hundreds of other cities that weekend. A listing of January 29 protests can be found at the website of the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition at http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j29/j29events.html CITIES HOLDING PROTESTS INCLUDE: Altamonte Springs, FL Ann Arbor, MI Arcata, CA Baltimore, MD Bernalillo, NM Binghamton, NY Boone, NC Boston, MA Boulder, CO Bridgeport, CT Burlington, VT Cadillac, MI Charleston, SC Charlotte, NC Chicago, IL Coos Bay, OR Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY Crossville, TN Dallas, TX Detroit, MI Durango, CO Durham, NC Fort Bragg, CA Glendora, CA Goleta, CA Grand Rapids, MI Greenville, SC Gulfport, MS Haverford, PA Holland, MI Honesdale, PA Hyannis, MA Indianapolis, IN Iowa City, IA Irvine, CA Jackson, MS La Crosse, WI Las Cruces, NM Lawrence, KS Los Angeles, CA Louisville, KY Machias, ME Madisonville, KY Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN Naples, FL New Richmond, WI New York City, NY Orlando, FL Ormond Beach, FL Owensboro, KY Park City, UT Philadelphia, PA Poughkeepsie, NY Providence, RI Richmond, VA Santa Fe, NM Santa Rosa, CA Seattle, WA St. Louis, MO St. Petersburg, FL Tampa, FL Terre Haute, IN Tiffin, OH Trenton, NJ Tulsa, OK University, MS Urbana, IL West Palm Beach, FL Williamsport, PA York, PA & many more! FOR DETAILS ABOUT PROTESTS IN THESE AND OTHER CITIES, GO TO THE A.N.S.W.E.R. COALITION WEBSITE: http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j29/j29events.html At your local January 29 event, hand out information about the February 13-21 Week of Resistance, including the February 15 mass mobilization for New York City. A double-sided half sheet is available at: http://www.internationalanswer.org/pdf/feb15.pdf Other downloadable resources for distribution, including a "myth and fact" sheet, can be found at http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/resources/index.html FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT UPCOMING ACTIONS: http://www.InternationalANSWER.org http://www.VoteNoWar.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] New York 212-633-6646 Washington 202-544-3389 Los Angeles 213-487-2368 San Francisco 415-821-6545 To make a tax-deductible donation, go to http://www.internationalanswer.org/donate.html Sign up to receive updates (low volume): http://www.internationalanswer.org/subscribelist.html
Re: Garuda BD Sprays results
Thanks Jane We simplifed things between my email and you getting there. Sorry The various plant trials are all there to choice from under the heading Agricultural Sprays Glen > > From: Jane Sherry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2003/01/30 Thu AM 05:21:18 GMT+13:00 > To: Bdnow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Garuda BD Sprays results > > Glen, I don't see "Plant trials" after going to case studies... > JS > > > From: "Garuda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 15:27:44 +1300 > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Garuda BD Sprays results > > > > http://get.to/garuda go to 'Case Studies' (on left), then 'Plant trials' > >
