Control the oil and you can control entire Continents. Control food and you control people. former Secy. of State Henry Kissinger, 1974
HOLLY NOTE: I have not been able to confirm this widely reputed Henry Kissinger quote, but it may have been inferred through this document dated December 10, 1974: NSSM 200: Implications of Worldwide Population Growth for U.S. Security and Overseas Interests, (472 kB PDF). A linked index version is available which makes it easier to find specific topics.
May 17
BP's Gulf of Mexico Oil Disaster: Seafood Has Dangerous Radiation
'Sin Taxes' Must Raise Food Prices by 20% for Any Effect, Argue Experts
May 15
The US, China, and India Risk Severe Water Shortages
'Existential Threat' to Western U.S. States New Obama Water Policy Position Overturns Decades of Practice
Body Count: Agenda 21 and the Control of Food
May 14
Caterpillars Threaten Southern Crops
Sarah Browning: Vertical Gardening Makes the Most of a Small Garden Footprint
May 11
Severe Storm Destroys Thousands of Acres of Crops Wisconsin
Hundreds of Farmers Lose as Floods Ravage Kenya Crops
Hail Storms Damage Thousands of Acres of New Mexico Crops
Food Prices Hit Record High in Indiana Farm Bureau Survey
Minnesota Moms Threatened with Criminal Charges for Distributing Fresh Food from Local Farms
May 10
Asia Faces Threat to Crops If El Nino Unleashed Again
9 Babies Born with Horrific, Rare Deformity Were Their Mothers Poisoned by Weedkiller?
May 9
Unusual Weather Devastates Michigan Fruit Crops
Soy-Crop Bust Spurs China to Drain U.S. Stockpiles
Guatemala’s Coffee Crop Hit by Killer Fungus
Crop Damage Drives Farmer to Suicide
Katherine Mckenzie: Why I Support Organic Gardening
Seeds: Save Money on Gardening by Saving Seeds
Downwind Backlash: 'Agent Orange Corn' Coming to Your Table?
May 8
Salmonella Cases Surge in Asheville, N. Carolina Area
"Pink Slime" Label Forces Beef Plant Closures
New EO to Eliminate GMO Trade Barriers
Farming and Food Tyranny in the Land of No
May 7
Will Chinese Herbal Pills Containing Dead Baby Flesh Lead to Human Mad Cow Disease?
May 4
U.S. Seafood Provider Testing for Fukushima Contamination: “Growing Concern for Potential Radiation Affecting the Nation’S Seafood” ‘Trace’ Amounts May Have Been Present in ‘Rare’ Cases
Radiation Detected In Drinking Water In 13 More US Cities, Cesium-137 In Vermont Milk
Michigan Growers Say Disaster Unfolding: Erratic Spring Weather Zaps Cherries, Other Fruits
Toxic Chemicals Found In Gardening Tools
May 3
California Public to Vote on GMO Label Act; Biotech Lies Begin
Welsh Farmer Leads anti-GM Crop Protest Against Pioneering Wheat Crop Experiment
World Food Prices Fall; Inflation Fear Remains
Backyard GardWorld Food Prices Fall; Inflation Fear Remains
May 2
Hard Freeze Hits Fruit Crops
Top 10 GMO Foods to Avoid
Scientists Urge GM Campaigners to Call Off Protest
500,000 Chickens Killed in Egg Farm Fire
May 1
New GM Crops Could Make Superweeds Even Stronger
317 Sickened in Mexico's Food Poisoning
April 30
Canadians Track Japanese Tsunami Debris, But Won't Systematically Test Salmon for Radiation
Gardeners Look to Warm-Season Vegetables
April 27
Global Famine after Even Limited Nuclear War, New Study
Soft Drinks: Public Enemy No.1 in Obesity Fight?
April 26
Feds Attempt to Sieze Control of Food Retail System1
April 25
Mad Cow Disease Found in One Calif. Bovine
Mad Cow Reemergence May Hamper California's Beef, Dairy Industries
The Assault on Food
April 23
Back to EdenVOW
April 20
U.K. Joins Spain in Worst Drought for Decades as Crops Emerge
'Huge' Water Resource Exists Under Africa
China Buying US Corn
April 19
Drought Sparks Water Fight with Texas, Mexico
The War Is Just Beginning
Battle Over Water3
April 18
Series of Freak Storms Hammer San Joaquin Valley Crops
Street Riots Form in Response to Monsanto Intrusion into Nepal
Farm Group Seeks U.S. Halt on 'Dangerous' Crop Chemicals
Happiness is Gardening in Spring!
April 16
Storms in the Calif. Hurt Farmers' Crops
Report: Yellowfin Tuna Tied to Salmonella Outbreak
Dole Recalls Bags of Seven Lettuces Salad Due to Salmonella Fears
April 13
GAO: Reducing Crop Ins. Premiums Could Save $1 Billion a Year HOLLY NOTE: This means farmers will take it in the shorts again. When farmers can't afford to grow crops, what will you eat? As natural disasters ramp up, this puts them more at risk than ever.
Food Poisoning Bacteria Found in 20% of Chickens in UK Supermarkets
April 12
Millions Against Monsanto: The Food Fight of Our Lives
April 10
USDA ‘Doesn’t Know’ If You Are Eating Cloned Meat
April 9
Prepared for Growing Climate Change Water Threats
Experts Predict Long Droughts in Rwanda, Call to Increase Food Storage
Nearly 100 Sickened by Salmonella Outbreak
April 6
Preventing Food and Water-Borne Illness in a Power-Down Situation
Drought Hits 10 Million Ares of China's Crops
April 4
Gardening: Birds, Bees & Blueberries5
April 3
Meat Industry to Retaliate for Pink Slime Exposure with Higher Prices; USDA and FDA Escape Scrutiny
April 2
Stealth GMOs Rapidly Consuming Global Food Supply
March 28
Mich. Asparagus Crop Taking Severe Hit Due to Weather
Frosty Night Threatens Early-Budding Fruit Crops
The True Cost of Growing a Garden
March 27
Doomsday Preppers or How to Look Crazy without Even Trying
How to Stockpile Food
Insane Michigan Gov't. Announces Plan to Destroy Ranch Livestock Based on Hair Color, Arrest Hundreds of Ranchers as Felons
March 26
16,000+ Lbs. of Ground Beef Recalled
March 25
Agricultural Terrorism
Court Orders FDA Action on Antibiotic Use on Farms
Container Gardens in Vogue for Spring Planters
Drought Moves More Cattle to Feedlots
Unprecedented Opportunity to Get BPA Out of Food
March 21
Potato Project; The Importance of "Organic"3
Stink Bugs Migrating to the Deep South
7 Recent Victories for Raw Milk Freedom Advocates
March 19
Gardening and Chickens Make a Good Match
Raised Bed a Grand Gardening Option
March 16
Proposed Federal Rule Could Prevent Kids from Working on Farms
Children Face Dangers on Farms, But Not from Farmwork
Chances Are Pink Slime Is in Grocery Store Beef, Too
March 15
Imported-Food Outbreaks Rise, CDC
Meat Under Fire for Causing Cancer, Death
'Pink Slime' Beef Will Be a Choice for Schools
Green Thumbs Up: Plant a Pollinator Friendly Garden
Monsanto's Roundup Shown to be Ravaging Butterfly Population
To Counter Honey Bee Demise, Business Advisor Helps Alternative Bee Business Take Flight
Gardening Tip: Soda Bottle Planters
Water Emergency Could Drive Up Food Prices Calif. Farmers to Get Only 30-50% of Needed Water3
March 14
California Declares War on Raw Dairy Farmers
March 12
65-year-old California 'Milk Man' Subjected to Extreme Torture, Hypothermia, Raw Sewage in LA County Jail
Farms in Hawaii Sustain Major Damage After Heavy Rain Batters Isles
March 9
Overfishing Leaves Swaths of Mediterranean Barren
Water Shortage a Global Threat Without Urgent Reform: OECD
March 6
Floods Set to Push Up Food Prices
March 5
Bureaucrats and Other Pesky Critters on the Road to Food Freedom
The Beauty of Pollination - Time Lapse Photography3
High Levels of Resistant Bacteria on Meat (Again)
March 1
Rally March 2nd for Farmer Facing 3 Years in Prison
Arctic Doomsday Vault Grows a Few Seeds Bigger
February 29
Bill Gates, Monsanto, and Eugenics: Promoting a Corporate Takeover of Global Agriculture
Mechanically Separated Meat Pulverizing Animal Carcasses Used in Hot Dogs, Burgers, Lunch Meat, Spam
February 28
Drought Will Push Up Price of Food, Farmers Warn
February 27
Food-chain Unraveling: Livestock Plagues Hit U.S., Nepal, and UK, Mystery Virus Killing Numerous Animals
February 24
Farmland Goes for Premium as Commodity Prices Tick Up
Utah Bill Would Make Videotaping a Factory Farm the Same as Assaulting a Police Officer
Pruned Trees Grow Best Fruit
February 23
Florida's Blueberry Crop Damaged But Growers Still Hopeful
Farmers Furious After Iraq Stops Buying US Rice
Roundup Diluted by 99.8% Still Destroys Human DNA, Study
Monsanto Found Guilty in France for Farmer's Illness
Pasteurized Milk 150 Times More Contaminated with Blood, Pus and Feces Than Fresh Milk
February 22
Sticky Situation: Mild Winter Worries Maple Syrup Producers
Millions of Pounds of Toxic Poison to Flood US Farmland
Artificial Meat Not Without Health and Liberty Concerns
WH Blocking Release of Monsanto-linked Lobbyist’s Email
February 21
Monsanto's Bt GMO Corn to Be Sold at Wal-Mart No Indication It Is Genetically Modified
NutraSweet Company Brags About the Second Coming of Aspartame
Would You Eat Lab-Grown Meat?
February 20
New Research: GMO Food Far Worse Than We Think
February 17
The Hungry Generation
GMO Foods and Intellectual Property: The Ultimate Food Fight3
February 16
Weather Around the World Affecting Crop Prices
Want Easier Container Gardening? Downsize
‘Worrisome’ Arsenic Level Found in Organic Baby Formula
Maker of Snickers to Put Its Chocolate on Diet
February 15
Food Inspector Confiscates Kid's Homemade Lunch
February 13
Jeffrey Smith on Dangers of GMO Foods Hr 1 (starts at 6:55), Hr 2 and Scotty Roberts' Research on the Nephilim Hr 3, Hr 4
February 9
Record US Crop Losses in 2011
Farmers Worried About Warm Winter
January Freeze Kills Up to 20% of California Orange Crops
Rapidly-Maturing Wheat Crop Faces Multiple Threats
Warm Winter Having Impact on Crops, Azaleas
Brazil Soy Forecast Cut After Drought Parched Crops
World Food Prices Rose Most in 11 Months on Oilseeds, Grains
Global Food Prices Up in Jan, Snap 6-Month Downtrend
Are Biotech Crops Winning Over Farmers?
Global Plantings of GM Crops Grew 8% in Just 1 Year
Brazil to Overtake U.S. as Top GM Producer HOLLY NOTE: After all the bad press on GM foods, notice the transition in news articles from using "genetically modified" to "biotech" crops.
Truth About GM Crops Is Not Difficult to Find
GM Crops Around the World in 2011
WH, US Courts & EPA Shaft Veterans to Protect Monsanto & Dow
February 8
Monsanto GMO Food Alarm from Inside Scientists1
The Ill-effects of Monsanto's GM Seeds in India
1 Can of Diet Soda a Day Increases Risk of Heart Disease by 43%
February 7
Global Food Crisis to Spur Sturdy Growth of GM Crops, Report
February 3
Food Crisis as Drought and Cold Hit Mexico
Minnesota Food Company Recalls Cooked Eggs Distributed In 34 States Due to Listeria
Monsanto-funded Legislators Suppress WA’s GMO-label Bills, Lie About Funding
February 2
Sugar Can Harm Like Alcohol and Tobacco, Regulate It: Article Says
February 1
Soaring Beef Prices Force Shoppers to Find Other Foods
January 27
US Cattle Herd Drop to 1958 Low
Calls for GMO Labeling Keep Cropping Up
Monsanto Shareholders Reject Study on Crop Risks
Dow and Monsanto Team Up on the Mother of All Herbicide Marketing Plans
Liar, Liar: FDA Secrets, Scandals & Slip Ups!
Thai Elephants Now Being Poached for Human Consumption
Good Food vs. Bad Food3
January 25
Mexico Offers $2.6 Billion to Victims of Record Drought
January 20
Growing Potatoes
January 19
World at Risk for Devastating Food Crisis
January 18
33 States Getting USDA Emergency Disaster Funds
Mexico Hit by Rumors of Indian Famine, Suicides
January 17
Weather-driven Devastating Food Shortage Sparks Mass Suicide in Mexico City
Only in L.A.: Sex for Chicken McNuggets
January 16
How Close to a Train Track Can You Set Up a Vegetable Market?
January 13
Huge Underground Government Food Storage Cave
January 12
USDA Ignores Pesticide Ravaging Bee Population, Threatening Global Environment
Food Poisoning Outbreak at Sushi Bar Leaves 84 Sick, 19 in Hospital Authorities Keep Multiple Incidents Quiet
January 11
USDA Agricultural Survey: Voluntary Not Mandatory
Farmers Sue Jon Corzine Over Missing Millions
USDA Scientist Reveals All: Glyphosate Hazards to Crops, Soils, Animals, and Consumers
Orange Juice Prices Hit Record
January 10
Out of Odor: Offensive-Smelling Bugs Put U.S. Farmers on the Defensive
Multiple Factors Will Raise Food Prices Another 2-3% in 2012
January 9
Grain Demand Not Met Domestically and Globally Prices Skyrocketing
January 6
The Attack on Our Seeds
Monsanto Spends Whopping $2M in Q3 2011 Lobbying Government
January 5
Record Heat in the Dakotas Poses Fire Danger, Threatens Crops
Crops Damaged as Temperatures Drop to 31ºF in Western Fla.
U.S OK. Could See GE Fish Enter Canadian Food Supply Chain
January 3
Drought Predictions Spark Crop Failure Fear
Fla. Preps Crops for Frigid Temps Underway
Australia's Food Supplies Under Threat in Foreign Buy-Up
Food Swaps with Friends Fine, Says NZ Govt (sad America is this logical)
January 2
Freeze Coming to Florida Crops in Danger