Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Why Stop at Sugary Drinks?

Tax sugary drinks to fight obesity and diabetes, World Health Organization says.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-sugar-idUSKCN12B0ZB

Coke and Pepsi Give Millions to Public Health, Then Lobby Against It.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/10/well/eat/coke-and-pepsi-give-millions-to-public-health-then-lobby-against-it.html?_r=0

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Monsanto Bought Out

Monsanto has accepted Bayer AG’s $66 billion takeover offer, which will make the new entity the largest seed and pesticide company in the world.

If the merger goes through, we’ll be left with just four companies providing 59 percent of the global seeds and 64 percent of the world’s pesticides, which some predict will be a disaster for the global food system.