In his article, Mike Adams states that by examining the virtue of Monsanto he can conclude that the corporation is evil. He believes that we should expect corporations to act with a sense of common human decency and that they should behave like decent human beings (whatever that means). Adams goes on to assert that in their quest for profit maximization that they violate these … [Read more...]
GM Foods- An Overview
Genetically modified (GM) foods most often refer to crop plants that were created for human or animal consumption through the latest molecular biology techniques. The plants have been modified in a laboratory to enhance certain traits like increased resistance to herbicides, draught tolerance, flood tolerance or even improvements to nutritional content. This has taken place … [Read more...]
Monsanto in India
India was forced by the World Bank to become globalized in the seed economy in the 1990s. This led the agricultural industry to plummet. The saveable heirloom seeds were replaced with the patented, genetically modified (GM) varieties. These GM seeds are not saveable and require the use of expensive pesticides to grow. Thousands of Indian farmers have lost their farms and their … [Read more...]
Why Resist Globalization?
Over the past several decades we have seen open economies growing at a faster rate than closed ones.Yet by opening themselves up these economies were more severely impacted by the recent global financial crisis. The countries with a closed economy were better able to handle the economic downturn. Countries that resist globalization have been better able to protect their … [Read more...]
Overpopulation, Today’s Not Tomorrow’s Problem
Overpopulation is a serious problem in the world today. Everyone hears about carbon footprints and living beyond our means and using up the natural resources, etc. Yet what is actually being done to address these problems? There are major changes that need to take place around the world to fix this problem and they need to happen sooner rather than later. The current culture of … [Read more...]
