Podcasts about Genetically modified crops

Scientists in the US have found a way to grow plants in complete darkness. Could this be the future of farming, reducing land use and environmental impact? Or will traditional agriculture remain irreplaceable?

Dr. Kevin Folta, Science Educator and Professor of Horticulture Sciences with the University of Florida - Gainesville, joins me to talk about genetically modified crops: what are they, how do they work, what's coming in the next few years, and why are they safe?

In this episode of The Crop Science Podcast Show, Dr. Sabry Elias from Oregon State University explores the transformative role of seed science in advancing global agriculture. Dr. Elias examines genetically modified crops, their applications, challenges, and their impact on agricultural sustainability. Tune in on all major platforms!"Genetic modifications insert desirable traits like disease resistance without chemical involvement."Meet the guest: Dr. Sabry Elias holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Crop & Soil Sciences/Seed Science from Michigan State University. He is a professor at Oregon State University, teaching seed science, technology, and agricultural statistics. With extensive experience in seed physiology, genetics, and quality, Dr. Elias serves on numerous national and international committees. What you will learn:(00:00) Highlight(00:54) Introduction(01:14) Career journey(04:53) Seed technology(08:44) GM methodologies(13:49) GM technology(16:25) Challenges of GM crops(17:59) Final three questionsThe Crop Science Podcast Show is trusted and supported by the innovative companies:- CNH Reman- KWS

War in eastern Congo keeps children out of school. Plus, a Nigerian court orders President Tinubu's government to do something about the high price of goods within seven days. Analysts say Nigeria's discovery of shady foreign exchange claims signals a deeper problem. Zimbabwe moves to abolish the death penalty. The East African Community seeks to harmonize laws on Genetically Modified Crops. For this and more tune to Daybreak Africa!

Is it time to for Ireland to consider the use of genetically modified crops? Speaking to Ciara to debate was Darragh McCullough, Farmer and Agricultural Commentator and Michael O'Callaghan, Former Co-ordinator and founder of the GM-free Ireland Network.

Is it time to for Ireland to consider the use of genetically modified crops? Speaking to Ciara to debate was Darragh McCullough, Farmer and Agricultural Commentator and Michael O'Callaghan, Former Co-ordinator and founder of the GM-free Ireland Network.

Recorded: 7/12/2023In this episode, we are speaking with Dr. Paul Vincelli from the University of Kentucky on the fascinating and often controversial topic of GMOs. We're discussing the history of genetically modified crops, how things have progressed over time, and the benefits and risks of this technology. Dr. VIncelli is a thoughtful scholar whose perspective on this makes for a balanced, productive, and thought-provoking conversation.  Useful Links:Dr. Paul VincelliHosts: Joseph Akins and Dwane Miller, Penn State ExtensionGuest: Dr. Paul Vincelli, University of KentuckyPhoto credit: Pixabay.comFollow us on Facebook!

Kenya's new president says the Cabinet has “effectively” lifted the country's ban on openly cultivating genetically modified crops, reversing a decade-old decision as the East African country struggles with food security and a deadly drought. “Open cultivation and importation of White (GMO) Maize is now authorized,” the presidency statement said, after years of concerns in Kenya and much of the African continent over the safety of genetically modified foods. Earlier this year, the United States via its trade representative's office criticized Kenya over its ban and the effects on U.S. agricultural exports to East Africa's commercial hub. The ban also affected food aid, the office asserted in its annual report published in March. U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai led the U.S. delegation to Ruto's inauguration and noted the new president's support for shared “regional priorities” including enhancing two-way trade. The Cabinet was meeting to discuss the drought that affects 23 of Kenya's 47 counties and strategies for longer-term food security in the country of more than 50 million people. It discussed “significantly redefining agriculture in Kenya by adopting crops that are resistant to pests and disease” and considered reports on the “adoption of biotechnology,” the presidency said. Agriculture is a main driver of Kenya's economy, and about 70% of the rural workforce is in farming. Ruto, a former agriculture minister, seeks greater agricultural productivity. Many African countries have bans on genetically modified agriculture, amid concerns about potentially harmful effects on smallholder farms, existing crops, the environment and people's long-term health. The presidency statement noted that Kenya's Cabinet in 2019 made a limited step by approving the commercialization of a genetically enhanced variety of cotton to resist the African bollworm pest. This article was provided by The Associated Press.

Kenya has authorised the cultivation and importation of genetically modified crops and animal feeds, ending a decade-long ban that had been imposed due to health fears. It comes as the country is experiencing a devastating drought. The worst drought in 40 years has left millions facing hunger. President William Ruto's government has turned to genetically modified crops as a way of helping boost yields. It says the country needs seeds that are resistant to drought, pests, and diseases. It was clearly an unpopular decision with America, which is home to major producers of genetically engineered seeds.

German farmers are struggling due to droughts and dryness. Heat waves and intense sunlight cause crops to grow quickly, but the edible grains are underdeveloped because of lacking water. The climate crisis is now reality in many regions.

Mark Winston joins us on today's episode. Mark just retired from Simon Frazer University in British Columbia. For many years his research focused on honey bees, beekeeping and agriculture. For about a decade he was a regular contributor to Bee Culture magazine, where he explored the biology of honey bees, and the sociality of beekeepers. His writings include the books The Biology of The Honey Bee, Killer Bees, Nature Wars (his observations on agricultural pesticides), From Where I Sit: Essays on Bees, Beekeeping and Science, Travels in Genetically Modified Crops (his perspectives on genetically modified plants) and his two thoughtful observations of the relations of bees and man in Bee Time, Lessons From The Hive, and his last bee book, Listening To The Bees (how bees, people and society and people are alike). He took that level of thought from bees and applied it to people where he began working in his university's new Center For Dialogue. There he achieved wide recognition as a distinguished educator, consultant and communicator. Our talk with Mark looks back on his time in honey bee research, his books on bees and beekeepers and some of his newer work on communications. We hope you enjoy the episode. Leave comments and questions in the Comments Section of the episode's website. Thank you for listening! Links and websites mentioned in this podcast:  Mark Winston's Website - http://winstonhive.com Honey Bee Health Coalition Varroa Management Webpage - https://honeybeehealthcoalition.org/resources/varroa-management/   Bee Culture October Event: Inspiring Leaders in Beekeeping - https://www.beeculture.com/beeing-diverse-inspiring-leaders-in-beekeeping/ Honey Bee Obscura - https://www.honeybeeobscura.com ______________ This episode is brought to you by Global Patties! Global offers a variety of standard and custom patties. Visit them today at http://globalpatties.com and let them know you appreciate them sponsoring this episode!  We welcome Betterbee as sponsor of today's episode. Betterbee's mission is to support every beekeeper with excellent customer service, continued education and quality equipment. From their colorful and informative catalog to their support of beekeeper educational activities, including this podcast series, Betterbee truly is Beekeepers Serving Beekeepers. See for yourself at www.betterbee.com Thanks to Strong Microbials for their support of Beekeeping Today Podcast. Find out more about heir line of probiotics in our Season 3, Episode 12 episode and from their website: https://www.strongmicrobials.com Thanks for Northern Bee Books for their sponsorship of Bee Books: Old & New with Kim Flottum. Northern Bee Books is the publisher of bee books available worldwide from their website or from Amazon and bookstores everywhere. They are also the publishers of The Beekeepers Quarterly and Natural Bee Husbandry. We want to also thank 2 Million Blossoms as a sponsor of the podcast. 2 Million Blossoms is a regular podcast featuring interviews with leading bee and insect researchers in the world of pollination, hosted by Dr. Kirsten Traynor. _______________ We hope you enjoy this podcast and welcome your questions and comments in the show notes of this episode or: questions@beekeepingtodaypodcast.com Thanks to Bee Culture, the Magazine of American Beekeeping, for their support of The Beekeeping Today Podcast. Available in print and digital at www.beeculture.com Thank you for listening!  Podcast music: Be Strong by Young Presidents; Epilogue by Musicalman; Walking in Paris by Studio Le Bus; A Fresh New Start by Pete Morse; Original guitar background instrumental by Jeff Ott Beekeeping Today Podcast is an audio production of Growing Planet Media, LLC

For a final project for my class titled People, Land, and Food, I present some facts about the Genetically Modified Organism debate, especially in reference to Genetically Modified Crops. There is a lot of misinformation and lack of understand about the issue. I believe that GMOs can help us solve some of our most harrowing environmental issues. After all, Americans born after 2000 have likely been eating GMO crops there entire life, whether they are aware of it or not. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cuestionnaire/support

A recent decision by the New South Wales government could change the way food is farmed in the future. - Keputusan pemerintah New South Wales baru-baru ini dapat mengubah cara pertanian makanan di masa depan.

A recent decision by the New South Wales government could change the way food is farmed in the future. Lifting a ban on genetically modified crops puts the state in line with every other state in the country, except Tasmania. - ન્યૂ સાઉથ વેલ્સ સરકારે જીનેટીકલી મોડીફાઇડ પાક પર મૂકેલો 18 વર્ષ જૂનો પ્રતિબંધ ઉઠાવી લેવાનો નિર્ણય લીધો છે. એટલે હવે રાજ્યમાં નવી પદ્ધતિ દ્વારા ખેતી થઇ શકશે. સરકારના આ નિર્ણયની કૃષિક્ષેત્ર પર કેવી અસરો પડશે વિગતો મેળવીએ અહેવાલમાં.

The New South Wales Government has announced it will lift its 18-year ban on genetically modified crops.

Glenn Davis Stone (Washington University), Interviewed by Joseph Bosco in December 2018, St. Louis, Missouri.FEATURED AUTHORGlenn Davis Stone is a Professor of Anthropology and Environmental Studies at Washington University in St Louis. Professor Stone's research focuses on environmental anthropology, political ecology, food studies and science & technology studies. He has conducted fieldwork among nonindustrial farmers in West Africa, India, the Philippines and North America, and he has been researching and writing on Genetically Modified crops since 2002, and was the author of a major review article on The Anthropology of Genetically Modified Crops” in the Annual Review of Anthropology in 2010. In this podcast, Prof. Stone discusses how he came to research GMOs, why he opposes both the praising and condemning of GM crops, why he thinks GMOs are so polarizing, and what he thinks anthropologists can contribute to the debates about GMOs. He also explains why he has done research on “heirloom rice” among the Ifugao in the Philippines. At the end of the podcast, Dr. Stone discusses the controversy over the use of CRISPR technology on humans.AUTHOR'S PERSONAL WEBSITEhttps://pages.wustl.edu/stoneSELECTED PUBLICATIONSAgriculture as Spectacle. (Journal of Political Ecology, 2018)Farmer Knowledge Across the Commodification Spectrum. (Journal of Agrarian Change; with A. Flachs, 2018)Dreading CRISPR: GMO's, Honest Brokers, and Mertonian Transgressions. (Geographical Review, 2017)The Ox Fall Down: Path Breaking and Technology Treadmills in Indian Cotton Agriculture. (Journal of Peasant Studies; with A. Flachs, 2017)Heirloom Rice in Ifugao: An Anti-commodity in the Process of Commodification (Journal of Peasant Studies; with D. Glover, 2017)Towards a General Theory of Agricultural Knowledge Production: Environmental, Social and Didactic Learning (Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment, 2016)Disembedding Grain: Golden Rice, the Green Revolution, and Heirloom Seeds in the Philippines (Agriculture & Human Values; with D. Glover, 2016)CRISPR and the Monsanto problem (Fieldquestions, 2016)Biotechnology, Schismogenesis, and the Demise of Uncertainty (Journal of Law & Policy, 2015)The FoxNewsization of GMO's (EnviroSociety, 2015)Biosecurity in the Age of Genetic Engineering (Bioinsecurity and Human Vulnerability, 2014)Trials of Genetically Modified Food (Food Culture & Society; with C. Kudlu, 2013)GM Crops: From St Louis to India (Anthropology News, 2012)Contradictions in the Last Mile: Suicide, Culture & E-Agriculture (Science, Technology & Human Values, 2011)Anthropology of Genetically Modified Crops (Annual Review of Anthropology, 2010)

In today’s episode: a senior agriculture official says that the country should pursue biotech solutions to boost national food security — but convincing the public the practice is safe remains a major challenge; the southern island of Hainan could soon become the nation’s top free trade port; and how the finance ministry intends to measure the performance of state-owned commercial lenders.

Today on Sojourner Truth: The latest on the presidential race, including Donald Trump's court challenges. What happened in down ballot races? Why are Democrats worried about control of Congress? Is there any good news for progressive candidates and initiatives? Our guests are Alan Minsky and Marjorie Cohn. Alan Minsky is the Executive Director of the Progressive Democrats of America. A lifelong activist, Alan worked as a progressive journalist for the past two decades. Alan was the Program Director at KPFK Los Angeles from 2009-2018; and he regularly coordinated Pacifica Radio's national political coverage. Before that, Alan was one of the founders of LA Indymedia. He has also worked with The Nation Magazine and Jacobin on their audio projects and has been a regular contributor to Common Dreams and Truthdig. Marjorie Cohn is professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law where she taught for 25 years. The former president of the National Lawyers Guild and criminal defense attorney is a legal scholar and political analyst who writes books and articles, and lectures throughout the world about human rights, US foreign policy, and the contradiction between the two. The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II also joins us to discuss the ongoing 2020 elections and what's at stake for poor and impacted communities across the United States. The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II is the President & Senior Lecturer of Repairers of the Breach, Co-Chair of the Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call For Moral Revival; Bishop with The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries; Visiting Professor at Union Theological Seminary; Pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church, Disciples of Christ in Goldsboro, North Carolina, and the author of four books .

Today on Sojourner Truth: The latest on the presidential race, including Donald Trump's court challenges. What happened in down ballot races? Why are Democrats worried about control of Congress? Is there any good news for progressive candidates and initiatives? Our guests are Alan Minsky and Marjorie Cohn. Alan Minsky is the Executive Director of the Progressive Democrats of America. A lifelong activist, Alan worked as a progressive journalist for the past two decades. Alan was the Program Director at KPFK Los Angeles from 2009-2018; and he regularly coordinated Pacifica Radio's national political coverage. Before that, Alan was one of the founders of LA Indymedia. He has also worked with The Nation Magazine and Jacobin on their audio projects and has been a regular contributor to Common Dreams and Truthdig. Marjorie Cohn is professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law where she taught for 25 years. The former president of the National Lawyers Guild and criminal defense attorney is a legal scholar and political analyst who writes books and articles, and lectures throughout the world about human rights, US foreign policy, and the contradiction between the two. The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II also joins us to discuss the ongoing 2020 elections and what's at stake for poor and impacted communities across the United States. The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II is the President & Senior Lecturer of Repairers of the Breach, Co-Chair of the Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call For Moral Revival; Bishop with The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries; Visiting Professor at Union Theological Seminary; Pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church, Disciples of Christ in Goldsboro, North Carolina, and the author of four books .

In dieser Folge von Mildly Interesting decken Sam und Caro auf, wie viel Kaffee noch gesund ist, was die Anzahl von Ertrunkenen mit Atomkraftwerken zu tun hat und wie CRISPR die Welt verändern könnte. Quellen: Kaffee & Raucher: Kast, B. (2018). Der Ernährungskompass: Das Fazit aller wissenschaftlichen Studien zum Thema Ernährung. München: C. Bertelsmann. Komische Korrelationen: http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations AIMS Public health study Sc, Y., & Muralidhara. (2016). Beneficial Role of Coffee and Caffeine in Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Minireview. AIMS Public Health, 3(2), 407-422. doi:10.3934/publichealth.2016.2.407 LEMMA, B. (2019). CRISPR DREAMS: THE POTENTIAL FOR GENE EDITING. Harvard International Review, 40(1), 6-7. doi:10.2307/26617383 Hille, F., & Charpentier, E. (2016). CRISPR-Cas: Biology, mechanisms and relevance. Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, 371(1707), 1-12. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/26143993 LEVY, S. (2016). New Hope for Malaria Control. BioScience, 66(6), 439-445. doi:10.2307/90007608 Bündins90/Die Grünen. (2020) WIR SORGEN FÜR GESUNDE LEBENSMITTEL OHNE GIFT UND TIERQUÄLEREI https://www.gruene.de/themen/agrarwende Scudellari, M. (2019). Self-destructing mosquitoes and sterilized rodents: the promise of gene drives. Nature. Retrieved 30.08.2020 from https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02087-5 Patrão Neves M, Druml C (2017) Ethical implications of fighting malaria with CRISPR/Cas9 BMJ Global Health 2017 (2; 3):e000396. Protocol for a controlled human infection with genetically modified Neisseria lactamica expressing the meningococcal vaccine antigen NadA: a potent new technique for experimental medicine. Laver, Jay Robert; de Graaf, Hans; Ibrahim, Muktar; Vaughan, Andrew BMJ Open 9(4) BMJ Group 2019-01 2044-6055 Beyond Halal: Maqasid al-Shari'ah to Assess Bioethical Issues Arising from Genetically Modified Crops. Majeed, Abu Bakar Abdul; Chang, Lee Wei Science and Engineering Ethics 26(3):1463-1476 Springer Netherlands 2020 1353-3452 Idris, S.H., Abdul Majeed, A.B. & Chang, L.W. Beyond ​Halal​: ​Maqasid al​-​Shari'ah​ to Assess Bioethical Issues Arising from Genetically Modified Crops. ​Sci Eng Ethics​ 26, 1463–1476 (2020). https://doi-org.ezproxy.ub.unimaas.nl/10.1007/s11948-020-00177-6 Andy Rees. (2006). Genetically Modified Food : A Short Guide For the Confused. Pluto Press. Tutelyan, V. (2013). Genetically modified food sources : safety assessment and control. Elsevier/Academic Press

Dennis’s guest for this episode is David Spencer, a researcher in plant physiology and phytopathology in Germany. In his Ph.D., David uses genetic engineering to fortify soybeans against fungal infection. They explain why we need more resilient crops fast, why this would be great for the environment, and how genetic engineering can help achieve this. The episode complements the previous one (extended throwback with Hélène Pidon) which focused on explaining different breeding methods and how artificially induced mutations compare to naturally occurring ones. Listen to the Full Conversation on Patreon! How can biotechnology make agriculture more environment-friendly? While wild plants defend themselves against pathogens and insects, our food crops lost their resilience. So, protective measures are needed to ensure yields: pesticides. When we spray a field with a pesticide, we apply large quantities and it gets everywhere, affecting the wildlife, the soil and the water. But when each plant produces its own insecticide, it applies just the right amount and only where it is needed. This is why David advocates for using genetic engineering to create crops that have both the high yield of modern crops, and the resilience of their wild relatives. The perfect plants to use in organic farming in the face of climate change and population growth. What is hindering implementation in the EU? Of course, breeders and scientists need to test the crops to ensure that they are safe for us and the environment. But the current EU regulations make the approval process so difficult and expensive that only the biggest companies can afford it – and only if large profit margins are to be expected. Public researchers and NGOs who predominantly have the good of the people in mind have no chance. Also, the EU does not allow for genetically altered plants to be tested in the field, preventing tests for environmental impact under realistic conditions. Not only do these regulations effectively prohibit the development and establishment of environmentally friendly crops with high nutritional value in Europe, but it also causes a ‘brain drain’: researchers are moving to countries with more reasonable regulations. What’s the flaw in EU regulations? First of all, for the approval of crops, the EU focuses on production methods instead of the actual safety of the food. The genetically identical plant, if bred through hybridization and crossing, faces lower hurdles, than if it was bred through genetic engineering; Although alterations made using gene editing are predictable and often indistinguishable from even the subtlest naturally occurring mutations, and alterations caused by hybridization are unpredictable and enormous. Further, regulators try to draw the line at alterations that ‘could not occur naturally’. But David points out that every imaginable gene alteration happens in nature, all the time. There are more than 3000 crops in use in the EU that had been created through random mutageneses – such as treatment with radioactivity – decades ago. But, because we have consumed them for generations with no harm, the regulation makes an exception for those. How does this make sense? Well, it doesn’t. Resources: David Spencer on TwitterInformation about CRISPR by Progressive Agrarwende (ENG)Falling Walls Lab 2019 – David Spencer: Breaking the Wall of Genetic ModificationEpisode 11: Genetically Modified Crops and the EU - with Hélène PidonAncient DNA from 8400 Year-Old Çatalhöyük Wheat: Implications for the Origin of Neolithic Agriculture Widespread impact of horizontal gene transfer on plant colonization of landWas der Mops mit Gentechnik zu tun hat (David Spencer – Science Slam –Research Ride)Pro-Gen-Technik und trotzdem Öko? (David Spencer – Science Slam)Klimawandel: Warum ist die Genschere CRISPR so wichtig, David Spencer?

During this season, once every 4 weeks, I pick one of the 13 most popular episodes from the first two years and post the original interview. These extended editions contain a couple of parts that didn’t make it into the final cut and give an insight into the underlying conversation.Supporters on Patreon have immediate access to these versions, btw. If you are one of them, thank you very much! If not, think about it! This time I present to you the full conversation to 11: Genetically Modified Crops and the European Union – with Hélène Pidon Plant geneticists are not happy with the European judgment on gene editing Dr. Hélène Pidon is a postdoctoral researcher at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research. She searches for genes that give plants resistance to diseases. She wants to use these genes to fortify cultivated Barley against these diseases, and thus reduce the number of pesticides used to grow the plant. When the European Court of Justice ruled on the status of crops modified with gene-editing methods like CRISPR, Hélène contacted me to talk with me about GMO crops. Crops have been genetically modified for millennia I was curious about the origins of agriculture and how simple artificial selection of nice-looking plants affected their genomes. For Millennia, farmers would choose a particularly good looking plant to sow its seeds in the next season. Unknowingly, they had a major impact on the whole genome of domesticated plants. For example, the size of the wheat genome tripled – a rather drastic modification. Plant scientists often view the cultivated plants as completely new species that can’t reproduce with their wild counterparts. Domesticated crops like these would not be able to survive in the wild and need constant attendance. Industrialized Agriculture With the population boom at the end of the 19th century, farmers needed to outsource their breeding efforts. Companies stepped in producing fertilizers, and pesticides, and also new breeding procedures. Now, specialized breeders would search for plants with valuable traits. These plants would then cross with the currently used crop plant in order to create a new variety with the new trait. However, if you breed your ‘elite’ plant with another plant, the offspring also inherits many unwanted traits. In order to get back to a plant that has all the traits of the current elite crop, and the additional new one, the plants need to be backcrossed with the elite variant many times. This is a very slow and tedious process. Mutagenesis To speed things up, breeders figured that it would be better to increase the variability in the offspring of the elite crop. This way they could simply select an elite crop with the new randomly added trait. To do so, breeders use radiation or chemicals to induce a mutation rate that is higher than under natural conditions. This method has been very successful. Today, every major crop has undergone mutagenesis at some point. Transgenesis and Gene Editing Today, the latest discoveries in genetics and developments of genetic methods allow identifying the genes underlying the beneficial traits breeders want to add to their crops. With transgenesis, scientists have first become able to introduce complete genes into a genome. The source of this gene is irrelevant. So-called ‘BT crops’ for example, are transgenic plants that received a bacterial gene that makes them resistant to certain insects. The insecticide these plants produce are proteins that act very specifically against specific insect species. This allows the farmers to use fewer insecticides that may not be as specific. While this technique had some problems in the past regarding the positioning of the new gene in the genome, it has been improved greatly since its introduction. The latest advancements in gene modification are gene-editing techniques like CRISPR. Here, only a few base pairs are changed in a specific gene ...

Ever heard of Glyphosate?     If not, it's likely you've heard of the product "Roundup", the weed killer.  It's been in the news a lot because jurors in three separate trials have agreed that exposure to Roundup caused plaintiff's non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and awarded a total of $2.4 billion in compensation and punitive damages against its manufacturer.  New dangers now appear to be presenting themselves.  A condition known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, which increases risks of cirrhosis and liver cancer, is on the rise, as are deaths from the disease. Investigators at the University of California at San Diego School of Medicine have recently reported an association between glyphosate, the ingredient in Roundup, and this serious liver disease.  In today's episode, Therese and Dr. Paul Mills, one of the authors of the study, discuss the evidence for this association.      Key Takeaways:   Glyphosate and its metabolite aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) are detectable in urine, and their levels have been increasing over time.  Prior to the introduction of Genetically Modified Crops, and the agricultural use of Roundup, it was practically non-detectable in humans.  Glyphosate residue was higher in the urine of subjects with liver disease regardless of possible underlying factors such as age, body mass index, or race.      "Glyphosate, as you must know, it's only just one of so many other herbicides and insecticides and fungicides also used on crops. So we've been exposed to hundreds of novel compounds that we weren't evolved and designed to really deal with and process metabolically and otherwise." —  Dr. Paul Mills      Connect with Dr. Paul Mills:  UCSD Profile: Paul J. Mills         Connect with Therese:   Website:   www.criticallyspeaking.net  Twitter: @CritiSpeak   Email: theresemarkow@criticallyspeaking.net         Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.     

Understand the GMO with Farouk Abubakar. In this audio we are discussing about advantages and disadvantages of Genetically Modified Crops or GM Crops.

Roger Beachy discusses the role of genetically modified crops in feeding the world's growing population.

Once a month I sit down with my friend and co-host Bart Geurten. We talk about things within and around academia, and exchange opinions on earlier episodes. In this episode, we first talk about the concept of overlay journals in the context of the newly founded community based journal "Neurons, Behavior, Data Analysis, and Theory". NBDT is a journal for computational neuroscience, and it's community lead, completely free, open, and not for profit. We then talk about the role researchers should play in the dissemination of science to the public. This discussion has been on the internet for a while. In one of her recent youtube videos, the German science communicator Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim picked it up. She says, scientists should be forced to write summaries for a lay readership for every one of their articles. And in the main section we revisit my interview with Hélène Pidon on GMOs. We talk about the fears we think are behind the anti-GMO sentiments, and why the verdict of the EU court on gene modification was unscientific. Listen to the Full Conversation on Patreon! Do you have questions, comments or suggestion? Email info@scienceforprogress.eu, write us on facebook or twitter, or leave us a video message on Skype for dennis.eckmeier. Become a Patron! sources: • NBDT website and twitter account • "Das Problem mit wissenschaftlichen Studien" (German language) • Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim • 11: Genetically Modified Crops and the European Union – with Hélène Pidon • Dennis' guide on being a podcast guest.

Plant geneticists are not happy with the European judgement on gene editing Dr. Hélène Pidon is a postdoctoral researcher at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research. She searches for genes that give plants resistance to diseases. She wants to use these genes to fortify cultivated Barley against these diseases, and thus reduce the amount of pesticides used to grow the plant. When the European Court of Justice ruled on the status of crops modified with gene editing methods like CRISPR, Hélène contacted me to talk with me about GMO crops. Listen to the Full Conversation on Patreon! Crops have been genetically modified for millennia I was curios about the origins of agriculture and how simple artificial selection of nice looking plants affected their genomes.For Millennia, farmers would choose a particular good looking plant to sow it's seeds in the next season. Unknowingly, they had a major impact on the whole genome of domesticated plants. For example, the size of the wheat genome tripled - a rather drastic modification. Plant scientists often view the cultivated plants as completely new species that can't reproduce with their wild counterpart. Domesticated crops like these would not be able to survive in the wild and need constant attendance. Industrialized Agriculture With the population boom at the end of the 19th century, farmers needed to outsource their breeding efforts. Companies stepped in producing fertilizers, and pesticides, and also new breeding procedures. Now, specialized breeders would search for plants with valuable traits. These plants they would then cross with the currently used crop plant in order to create a new variety with the new trait. However, if you breed your 'elite' plant with another plant, the offspring also inherits many unwanted traits. In order to get back to a plant that has all the traits of the current elite crop, and the additional new one, the plants need to be back crossed with the elite variant many times. This is a very slow and tedious process. Mutagenesis To speed things up, breeders figured that it would be better to increase the variability in the offspring of the elite crop. This way they could simply select an elite crop with new randomly added trait. To do so, breeders use radiation or chemicals to induce a mutation rate that is higher than under natural conditions. This method has been very successful. Today, every major crop has undergone mutagenesis at some point. Transgenesis and Gene Editing Today, latest discoveries in genetics and developments of genetic methods allow to identify the genes underlying the beneficial traits breeders want to add to their crops. With transgenesis scientists have first become able to introduce complete genes into a genome. The source of this gene is irrelevant. So called 'BT crops' for example, are transgenic plants that received a bacterial gene that makes them resistant to certain insects. The insecticide these plants produce are proteins that acts very specifically against specific insect species. This allows the farmers to use less insecticides that may not be as specific. While this technique had some problems in the past regarding the positioning of the new gene in the genome, it has been improved greatly since it's introduction. The latest advancement in gene modification are gene editing techniques like CRISPR. Here, only a few base pairs are changed in a specific gene to change it's properties. The European Court of Justice rules that Gene Editing was unsafe It is counter intuitive, but the EU prefers random gene modification with unknown collateral mutations over highly precise minimalist intervention with known outcomes. Hélène explains her view on this situation covering topics like adaptation of agriculture to climate change, glyphosate, and organic farming.

Jon: Welcome to episode 253 of The Digital Life, a show about our insights into the future of design and technology. I'm your host, Jon Follet, and with me is founder and co-host, Dirk Knemeyer. Dirk: Greetings, listeners. Jon: For our podcast this week, we're going to chat about the USDA's recent finalization of a […]

Have you ever wished you really understood genetic modification and food engineering? What does it really mean for us? Is it good? Is it bad? Who decides? We know these technologies aren't going away. But, can science answer values questions?   Join us to discuss cutting-edge genetic research and its impacts on food and farming. What ethical questions do the technologies raise?   Links mentioned in the episode:   Synthetic biology products database: http://database.synbiowatch.org/ NY Times articles about older GMOs; not synthetic biology, but the danger is the same with synthetic biology: sometimes we believe the hype about benefits and ignore the risks:   Monsanto Weed Killer Roundup Faces New Doubts on Safety in Unsealed Documents https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/14/business/monsanto-roundup-safety-lawsuit.html Doubts About the Promised Bounty of Genetically Modified Crops http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/business/gmo-promise-falls-short.html?_r=0 Church positions on synthetic biology: Commission of the Bishop’s Conferences of the European Community http://www.comece.eu/dl/KptMJKJOOMLJqx4KJK/20160119_SyntheticBIO_EN.pdf   Church of Scotland http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/3793/synthetic_biology_report.pdf   Canadian Friends Service Committee (Quakers) http://quakerservice.ca/SBIssues The Quakers also produce general updates about twice a year with simple info on some of the applications of synthetic biology. These are available for download at: http://quakerservice.ca/SyntheticBiology

Please leave us a review at http://openskyfitness.com/review    Do We Actually Need GMOs?   "If France was able to decrease the amount of  pesticides and herbicides and yield the same amount of crops while the USA increased herbicides and decreased pesticides but had no increase in crop yields with GMOs, then what's even the need of GMOs? Money." - Devon Dionne   On this week's episode of the Open Sky Fitness Podcast, Devon and I wanted to focus on nutrition and specifically Genetically Modified Organisms aka GMOs. What are they, when did we start to use them, and have they made any type of impact are the questions we'll be answering and more.   What Are Gyrotonics? BONUS! As many of you know from listening to the most recent introductions, Devon is not only a certified holistic nutritionist, but also a certified gyrotonic instructor. Like some of the members of the , you might be asking yourself, what exactly does a gyrotonic instructor do? We took some time at the beginning of the episode to explain how gyrotonics got its start, how a gyrotonic gets certified and what they do, as well as how gyrotonics benefits the body.   How GMOs Got Their Start We began to introduce GMOs into the food chain back in 1998. Even before the, we've been creating hybrid foods for years with cross-pollination, but we had never genetically modified them like this until now. GMOs are created by splicing the genes and adding new DNA information into the genetic pattern. This new genetic information doesn't even have to come from the same type of food, they can be from different biological kingdoms. BT corn is genetically engineered that would use less pesticide and so they put in new bacteria into the DNA of the corn so that they naturally have pesticides and when the bugs eat the corn, they die. Its not toxic to us, but to insects.   "You can vote with your wallet. If you're buying food that says "Non GMO," local, and organic foods, then place your vote." - Rob Dionne     Genetically Modified Food   "The seeds are so unique that they need to be patented. But at the same time, they're so substantially equivalent to other seeds, there's no need to label them, test them, or otherwise regulate them." Monsanto on not labeling their GMO ingredients in products.   There are two types of GMOs: GMO1 foods and GMO2 foods. However, we don't really know the true consequences yet of genetically modifying food, but GMO2 type foods sounds particularly harmful. As mentioned above, GMO1 foods are created by splicing the genes and placing natural genetic information  to try to improve them. However, to create a GMO2 food, the DNA is computer generated in a lab and not natural at all. The most common types of GMO1 foods include: Corn Soy Cotton Sugar beets (no. 1 source of our sugar) Canola oil Alfalfa Hawaiian papaya Zucchini Yellow Squash Specifically, Bt-corn is genetically engineered to require less pesticide by putting new bacteria into the DNA of the corn. By doing this, the modified Bt-corn species naturally contains pesticides that are toxic to bugs, but not us. The most common types of GMO2 foods include: Canola oil Potatoes Arctic Apples (that don't naturally brown after you slice them or take a bite) Stevia EverSweet Patchouli Rose Oil    "And now we're taking GMOs to the lab, but do we really need to? GMOs are like a supplement that we don't even need. The highest GMO crops are corn, soy, and sugar and these are all of the foods that are killing us. They're causing obesity, diabetes, and heart disease and our government is funding this." - Rob and Devon Dionne   Join The Open Sky Fitness Podcast Group! That's right! We have a closed Open Sky Fitness Podcast group  on Facebook where you and everyone have the opportunity to talk about your health and fitness goals in a safe environment. We post workouts and start discussions about how to be strategic around finding a healthier you. Check it out! Start Building Your Own Workouts and Meal Plan! Download Results Tracker here! Click To Download Home Workout Templates or text the word, "lifting," to 33444 to download the templates.  Download the OSF Food Journal Now! Have a Question or Review for Rob or Devon? We love answering questions and getting feedback from you, our listener! If you have any questions to ask us, want to share a review of the show, or tell us any suggestions for guests/topics that you think would be great to have on the show, just email Rob at rob@openskyfitness.com or Devon at devon@openskyfitness.com or you can also leave us a review at www.openskyfitness.com/review, ask a question in the closed Open Sky Fitness Facebook Group and even text OSFreview to 33444 to get the link.   What You'll Hear on This Episode 00:00 Open Sky Fitness Introduction 1:15  Opening comments with Rob and Devon 1:30 Gyrotonic and  Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) 2:30  The history of gyrotonics. 4:00 The different gyrotonic machines. 9:00  What gyrotonics can do for the body and why it's so beneficial. 12:00  Different breathing techniques you can use for gyrotonics. 13:00  Who should consider doing gyrotonics and where you can do it. 18:10  What are Genetically Modified Organisms? 20:00  About Monsanto seeds 21:30  When did we start creating GMOs? 23:00  How do we genetically modify food? 28:00  Different pesticides that Monsanto has created such as Roundup Ready and why they eventually don't work anymore. 30:00 Controversies for Monsanto and new products 33:00  How GMOs are affecting the world and government policies 34:10  Recent studies on GMOs and its affect on our bodies 35:00 The story behind GMO1 foods and the new GMO2 foods 36:00 What foods are genetically modified 39:30  GMOs don't need to be labeled as of now 40:00  About F1 hybrid cross-pollinated seeds 43:35  How you can make a difference with your wallet 45:00  What to look for in the ingredients of the packaged foods that you buy. 47:15  Comparing the USA's use of GMOs to other countries that don't use them like France, Germany, and Russia 51:40  Closing comments with Rob and Devon 1:11:55  Open Sky Fitness Closing   RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE SHOW: Leave us an iTunes review Join the The Open Sky Fitness Podcast Group on Facebook Read Doubts About the Promised Bounty of Genetically Modified Crops from The New York Times The Monsanto official website The Syngenta official website   To Download Rob’s FREE workout templates click below** Download Templates Ask Rob a Question or tell him what is working for you: Email Rob@OpenSkyFitness.com To leave a Review for Rob and the Open Sky Fitness Podcast CLICK NOW!  Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! 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Links No Dirt Gardening! http://wp.me/s5Cqpo-55805 A "Natural" Experiment: GMO farming. http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-ewG **** This is the World Organic News Podcast for the week ending 27th of March 2017. Jon Moore reporting! We begin this week with post from farmer406: No Dirt? No problem: Strawbale Gardening. Quote: The concept of growing food from a bale of straw was odd at first until I thought it through. Commercial growers have been using alternative growing mediums for years, so why not scale it down for the backyard Do-It-Yourselfer? It is, of course, different than growing in dirt. End quote. The idea is to line up a row of straw bales into garden beds. Turn the bales so as to have the stems facing vertically and the bale twine on the sides. This allows for better water retention and the twine doesn’t rot as quickly, usually lasting the entire first season. The bales are then wetted and some sort of fertiliser added to the top. This done to start the decomposition process. A fish and or kelp based fertiliser is applied and the bales begin to decompose. Into the spaces between the lines of straw, seedlings or seeds are placed. Continue as per any other garden bed. The advantages of this system are numerous. Good organic matter, great drainage, heated beds at the start of Spring (from the decomposition process), no digging (always a plus for me), almost non existent weed issues, especially if the bales are clean of weeds to start with and a ready made pile of organic matter for next seasons garden beds. This also a great way to start gardening on compacted soils, thin soils, soils likely to be a bit wet at the start of Spring and excessively sandy soils. All these conditions, except for the excess water require the incorporation of organic matter to render them suitable for gardening. With straw bale gardens you start the process above the soil and let the soil biota, earthworms and microbia do the incorporating for you. I used a variation of this method by using the straw a bedding for dairy goats over winter and piling the bedding, complete with manures and urine, into garden beds. In all cases the organic matter boost and a food harvest is the outcome. I have also seen these done with spoiled bales of lucerne hay, that’s alfalfa for those listening in the Americas. To my mind this is overkill but it does bump up the nitrogen levels especially in the second season so it might be an option depending upon your rotation plans. However you do it, it is a viable option as far as I can see. Compared to our next post: Doubts About the Promised Bounty of Genetically Modified Crops as reported in the blog: SEPTISPHERE. To sum up the thrust of the post before we dig a little deeper, Quote: Twenty years ago, Europe largely rejected genetic modification at the same time the United States and Canada were embracing it. Comparing results on the two continents, using independent data as well as academic and industry research, shows how the technology has fallen short of the promise. End quote. The big sales pitch with GMOs back in the late 1908s and 1990s was the promised reduction in pesticides. This has occurred but not in isolation. Whilst the pesticide use has fallen, it is still being used and alongside this use is a huge jump in herbicide use. Let me explain the process of GMO farming. GMO seeds are designed to be resistant to pests and to withstand the application of herbicides. That being the case, each cell of the GMO plant contains a pesticide which is deadly to insects and, apparently, safe for humans and other non insect animals to consume. Therefore there is no need to spray insecticides. Now the resistance to herbicides means a farmer doesn’t need to till between the rows of plants to remove weeds. They just need to spray a herbicide, a herbicide who’s patent coincidently is owned by the GMO seed producers. So the claimed benefits of GMO farming are less pesticides, less tillage and better weed destruction. The reality is a little more complex. The one thing which appears to have been overlooked is a thing the scientific community like to call: Evolution. “How does that work in this situation?”, I hear you ask. Well, I’m glad you asked. By spraying the one herbicide the GMO plants were resistant too, glyphosate, you might know it as Roundup, over the populations of weeds, year in and year out, the farmer is in reality changing the local environment of the weed species. Creating a new ecological niche is another way to think of it. Once the weeds were growing in competition to the plough, the crop and the application of herbicides, now the weeds species are living in a niche where resistance to the herbicide alone will ensure reproductive success. It is worth remembering that reproductive success within a given niche is the sole purpose of the evolutionary process. So not surprisingly, over time, the GMO farming sector has been carefully selecting for weed species with an ability to survive being sprayed by Roundup and then reproducing. Even less surprising is the seeds these plants scatter on their demise are, mostly, also resistant to Roundup. It would appear the resistance to Roundup is on a sliding scale and so further applications of this herbicide were found to be effective at removing many of these semi-resistant individual plants. Can you see where this is heading? Yes, much more herbicide is used in the USA and Canada than in Europe. Ah but I hear you cry, much lest pesticide is also used in North America. Yes but so too is that figure falling in Europe, mainly through the use of ecological methods such as crop rotations, companion planting, interplanting and the retention of hedging which acts a base for insect eating birds and predatory insect species. Toss in the World Health Organisations findings in 2016 that Glyphosate is a probable carcinogen and the longer term prospects for GMO farming look poor. Remember glyphosate is marketed as Roundup the most ubiquitously used herbicide in not just agricultural settings but also in suburban gardens and local authority weed reduction plans. If only ten percent of us turned those lawns into straw bale gardens, the use of glyphosate would plummet. The two posts I’ve highlighted this week represent alternative ends of the agricultural spectrum. We have, in the West, since the second world war handed over our food production from the garden level to the industrial. If you think of the health changes in that time, one thing stands out. Body mass, in the both West and the industrialising nations of the world. The experiment has been run on the GMO method and the side effects are, I believe, not worth the expense. So line up your straw bales, shorten your supply lines and taste real food again! And that brings us to the end of this week’s podcast. If you’ve liked what you heard, please tell everyone you know any way you can! I’d also really appreciate a review on iTunes. This helps others to find us. Thanks in advance! Any suggestions, feedback or criticisms of the podcast or blog are most welcome. email me at podcast@worldorganicnews.com. Thank you for listening and I'll be back in a week. **** Links No Dirt Gardening! http://wp.me/s5Cqpo-55805 A "Natural" Experiment: GMO farming. http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-ewG  

Claire is the co-author with two genetic engineers of the new book, GMO Myths and Truths: A Citizen's Guide to the Evidence on the Safety and Efficacy of Genetically Modified Crops, which is for sale on Amazon and in bookstores. GMO Myths and Truths summarizes the facts on GM crops and foods in simple terms that are accessible to the non-scientist but still relevant to scientists, policymakers and educators. As her regular job, Claire is the managing editor of GMWatch.org, a public news and information service on genetically modified crops and foods. She also grows some of her own food in her garden. 

Dr. Philip Landrigan is dean for global health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. P.J. Landrigan and C. Benbrook. GMOs, Herbicides, and Public Health. N Engl J Med 2015;373:693-5.

8 AM - 1 - New York Times reporter Amy Harmon talks to us about her story "A Lonely Quest for Facts on Genetically Modified Crops (aka GMOs); . 2 - We go LIVE to Chris Christie's press conference about his bridge controversy. 3 - Marshall's News. 4 - More on Christie; CA went after listener's bank account after he moved to OR.

Do you know why there’s so much fuss about genetically modified foods?! I’ll admit… I didn’t know as much as I should have, until I started preparing for this show! Hear from Dr. Michael Hansen, a food safety advocate, why we shouldn’t trust genetically modified foods and what we can do to protect ourselves from those already in the … Read more about this episode...

--{ Stay Tuned to TV for More Butchery: "Our Future Consists of More War Looming, The Ongoing Terrorism Business is Booming, From Newscasts and Drama, Before Your Eyes, Perpetual War is Being Institutionalized, As the Eagle is Transformed into the Vulture, See the Normalization of Martial Law Culture, People Adapt and Life Must Move On, But Brutally, Now the Old Ways are Gone, If You've Status and Power in Your Community You can Enrich Yourself with Opportunity, For the Rest the Outlook is Rather Bleak, The Honest, Conscientious, Poor, the Meek" © Alan Watt }-- World Run by Parallel Government - NSA Whistleblowers and Government's Massive Spying Program - Taxpayers' Money given to NGOs - US Presbyterian Church Committee Votes in Favor of Israel Divestment Resolution - Snoopers' Charter, Surveillance by Foreign Police Forces - LIBOR Bank Exchange Rate Fixing - Perpetual War - Missile Madness at Olympics - Scientists Paid to Lobby Gov. for Genetically-Modified Crops in Britain - Monopolization of the Food Supply - Suicides at Telecom under Investigation - Fiber-Optic Link to Guantanamo - NATO Warships Move into Med - GSK $3 Billion Fraud Payout - Normalizing of Paedophilia - Psychological Techniques used on the Public - New Religion of Science, Priesthood of Scientists. (See http://www.cuttingthroughthematrix.com for article links.) *Title/Poem and Dialogue Copyrighted Alan Watt - July 6, 2012 (Exempting Music, Literary Quotes, and Callers' Comments)

Roger Beachy discusses the role of genetically modified crops in feeding the world's growing population.

--{ Followers of the Sun, Plan Shape of Things to Come: "You Must Struggle through Old Dusty Books, the Info is So Dreary, Biographies of Long Dead Men, The Journey Makes You Weary, They Drone on about Utopia, Darwin and Great Enterprise, Highly Advanced Hi-Tech City-States, Masses Reduced in Size, Then Beyond Where Elite are God-like, the Fittest to Survive, Lower Masses Perished Along the Way, Not Allowed Through Alive, Yet Back to Present Times We Live 'fore All These Things to Come, All Nations to be Under the U.N., and Masses Train as One, Every Economy, Culture, System, Ruled Under Single Centralization, International Game Conditions Us the Same into Collectivization, Altering the Course Planned for Us Will Take Those Who Care, To Hell with the Cost When All Seems Lost, Future's for Those Who Dare" © Alan Watt }-- Reality Passed On from Parents - Global Government, Socialism - Albert Pike, Freemasonic Revolutionaries, Centralized Govt., Marxism - Collectivism, Cog in a Machine, Bolt in a Gun - Darwinism, Survival of "Fittest", Death of "Inferior" - Mass Poisoning - Bisphenol-A (Synthetic Oestrogen) in Plastic Food Containers, Sperm Count Drop, Damage to Male Reproductive System. Public Expect Media to do Their Reasoning - Brainwashing - Rationalization of "Sanity" - "Voluntary" ID Cards and Passports, Canada, Britain, Home Office's Promotion - Identification Commissar - Privacy Commissioner (No Power to do Anything). Genetically-Modified Crops and Massive Increases in Herbicide/Pesticide Use - Agri-business Takeover of Food Supply - Copenhagen Agreement, Personal Carbon Taxes - Communist Intelligentsia. Aleister Crowley, Laurel Canyon, Music Industry. (Articles: ["Professor of Biology Facts On Containers Leaking Out Cell Altering Sex Hormones" by Gabriel O'Hara (wiseupjournal.com) - Nov. 12, 2009.] ["ID card scheme gets underway" (manchestereveningnews.co.uk) - Nov. 16, 2009.] ["Identity Commissioner appointed to oversee ID cards" by Bryan Glick (computing.co.uk) - Sept. 14, 2009.] ["Biotech crops cause big jump in pesticide use: report" by Carey Gillam (reuters.com) - Nov. 17, 2009.]) *Title/Poem and Dialogue Copyrighted Alan Watt - Nov. 17, 2009 (Exempting Music, Literary Quotes, and Callers' Comments)

--{ Humanity -- Progress Means Less: "The Architects of the Route of Progress Wish to Reduce Population to 2 Million or Less, Replacing the Slaves with Better Breeds, Through Cloning and Splicing to Best Serve Their Needs, From the Mass Propaganda We're Living Through, All They Need is the Co-operation of You, To Accept You're Inferior, Not Much Contribution To Society, So Please Accept Final Solution, Don't be a Spoilsport, Let Mankind Progress, Same Old Eugenics is My Better Guess, Over Methods Employed They Bicker and Wheedle, Lord Bertrand Russell said 'We'll Use the Needle' " © Alan Watt }-- "Progress", Science and Behaviour Alteration - Survival of the Fittest, U.S. Eugenics Movement, Sterilization of "Feeble Minded" - Academia, Club of Rome: Man is Enemy of Planet - NASA's Hole in Ozone Layer - Global Freezing and Warming, Climate Change (Weather) - Monsanto's Patents (Ownership) of Genes - Immigration into Cities, Prince Philip: "Too Many People" - "Nationalist" Wars and Financing of - Carroll Quigley, CFR-RIIA, Rhodes-Milner Group - Power in hands of Technocrats, Parallel Govt.. Bogus "Democracy" - UN Treaties and Laws - King of the World - Gore Vidal, Made-Up War on Terror and WMDs, Media Liars - Being Awake and Not Brainwashed to "Fit in". H1N1 / Swine Flu / Common Flu Shots and Contradictions - Tamiflu Drug - Flu Inoculation Plans for Canada - Flu Outbreaks from Old Folks' Homes (after Vaccination). World Split into UN Regions, Human Habitat Areas, Animal Corridors, Rewilding Projects - Stopping Development. Control of Farming and Food Supply by Agri-Business, Genetically Modified Crops. Aleister Crowley, Phallus Worship, Washington Monument. (Articles: ["Gore Vidal: 'We'll have a dictatorship soon in the US' " (timesonline.co.uk) - Sept. 30, 2009.] ["B.C. to limit seasonal flu vaccines" by Jonathan Fowlie (calgaryherald.com) - Sept. 28, 2009.] ["Flu shot plans vary across Canada" (cbc.ca) - Sept. 25, 2009.] ["UK to get 'motorways for animals' " by Rachel Shields (independent.co.uk) - Sept. 27, 2009.] [GMWatch (gmwatch.org).] ["Patents, Climate Change and African Agriculture: Dire Predictions" (biosafetyafrica.org.za).]) *Title/Poem and Dialogue Copyrighted Alan Watt - Sept. 30, 2009 (Exempting Music, Literary Quotes, and Callers' Comments)

--{ America's Civilization Technique -- Abu Ghraib: "Total Surveillance and Cops can Frisk 'em, How Low can You Bend, 'fore Bucking the System? Future's Declared and Clearly We See The System's Enemy is Plain You and Me, Two-Thirds Population is Scheduled to Go, Aided by Vaccines and Food GMO, And Now Come the Photos from Abu Ghraib Showing U.S. Pervs Who Bugger and Rape, After Military PR Thought Outrage had Faded, Not Surprising from a Culture Totally Degraded, Who Forget Atrocities, Media-Diverted, Watching Slaughter-Sick Movies, Normal Perverted" © Alan Watt }-- Media Keeps You in the Middle (Mediates) - Schooling, Preparation for Servitude - Born into Artificial System - Marxist-Soviet System, Fabian Society, Superman. Rural Living, Self-Sufficiency - Interdependence, Bound to Totalitarian System - Idea of God, Religion and Priesthoods, Christianity - Worship of Money and Power. Creation of Stars in Culture Industry and Politics - Rockefeller's Makeover after Machine-gunned Miner Slaughter - Sadomasochists, Deification of Hitler and Stalin - Nietzsche. Corrupt System from Bottom to Top - All Telecommunications Monitored - Predictable Citizens. GMO Food, Artificial Fats and Sugars, Sickness and Disease - Front Companies of Military-Industrial Complex, Control of Technology - Rothschild, Bill Gates. Monsanto's Genetically Modified Crops, GM Pollen, German Apiaries (Beekeeping), Forbidden Honey Sales. Prescription-Drugged Soldiers (Mercenaries) in Iraq and Afghanistan - Military Guinea Pigs, Edgewood Medical Experiments, Atomic Bomb Testing. Quakers, Unitarians, World Revolutionaries - Monsanto's Private Army (Legally Protected) - Canadian Troops in Somalia, Drug Hallucinations. (Articles: ["Abu Ghraib abuse photos 'show rape' " by Duncan Gardham (telegraph.co.uk) - May 28, 2009.] ["Glowing Monkeys Make More Glowing Monkeys the Old-Fashioned Way" by Alexis Madrigal (wired.com) - May 27, 2009.] ["FIGHTING IN THE FIELD - Monsanto's Uphill Battle in Germany" by Uwe Buse (responsibletechnology.org) - May 3, 2009.] ["U.S. military: Heavily armed and medicated" by Melody Petersen (msnbc.msn.com) - May 19, 2009.] ["Government Experiments on U.S. Soldiers: Shocking Claims Come to Light in New Court Case" by Bruce Falconer, Mother Jones (alternet.org) - Posted May 23, 2009.] ["Human Experimentation - An Overview on Cold War Era Programs" (PDF File) [Includes Aerial Spray Testing on Civilians] Statement of Frank C. Conahan, Assistant Comptroller General, National Security and International Affairs Division (archive.gao.gov).]) *Title/Poem and Dialogue Copyrighted Alan Watt - May 28, 2009 (Exempting Music, Literary Quotes, and Callers' Comments)

Genetic modification has been touted as a solution to hunger, but does it really boost yields? David Biello reports

Ramon Ramirez, president of PCUN (Northwest Treeplanters and Farmworkers United) discusses his plans for the new multilingual, low-power FM radio station (KPCN) which PCUN members have erected in the town of Woodburn, Oregon. Ramirez gave this interview at PCUN's "barnraising"-- a gathering of union members and their families and and people who came from far and wide in the United States, from Mexico and Venezuela to work with the Prometheus Radio Project (http://prometheusradio.org) and PCUN to build this low power FM radio station, train people and get it on the air in one weekend in mid-August, 2006.The PCUN community radio station (KPCN-LP: 96.3FM) is offering music, culture and information in several languages of the indigenous people of the area, Spanish and English. One of PCUN's goals is to use low power FM radio to educate listeners to influence US Foreign and domestic policies, particulary US mmigration policy which directly affects many of the members of PCUN who are immigrant workers from Mexico, especially the state of Oaxaca. Ramirez talks about the enormous negative economic effects of NAFTA (eg- under-selling locally grown corn with genetically modified corn grown by agribusiness in the United States) on Mexico and other countries, causing workers to migrate to the US to literally survive. He also mentions how differently Mexican and Chinese immigrants are treated from Europeans immigrants. The radio station will also be used to provide information concerning domestic violence, women's leadership and sexual reproduction rights, to help people release some of their cultural and religious conditioning which leads to sexual repression and violence, and to create allies within the social justice movement, such as from African American communities, gay and lesbian organizations, and to help educate and organize against the widespread war and violence. PCUN needs help and support to get this wonderful community station fully operating.Recorded August 2006.

In this episode, the special guest is renowned biologist and author Edward O. Wilson. First we'll hear clips from a talk he gave last week at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, in conjunction with the publication of his new book, Nature Revealed: Selected Writings 1949-2006. Then Scientific American podcast host Steve Mirsky talks to Wilson about a few specifics in biology and conservation. Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Organizations and websites mentioned on this podcast include the American Museum of Natural History, www.amnh.org; and the Scientific American Digital Archive, www.sciamdigital.com.

Conférence du Pr Jennifer Ann Thomson, lors de sa venue pour la remise du diplome de docteur Honoris Causa de l'université.

Conférence du Pr Jennifer Ann Thomson, lors de sa venue pour la remise du diplome de docteur Honoris Causa de l'université.