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Wed, 2011-10-26 00:45 — mdmcdonald
Food supply, food politics, and food safety in the US, inclusive of global concerns and needs

Group focusing upon the food security needs of the US, and world.

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Allen Clark Bob Ross Carl Taylor Christine Springer Corey Watts david hastings
drvroeg Gavin Macgregor... John Hoffman Kathy Gilbeaux LintonWells LuisKun
Maeryn Obley mdmcdonald Michael Gresalfi Rahul Gupta Ray Shirkhodai Samuel Bendett
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A Talk by Dr. Riki Ott: EPA National Contingency Plan and the Gulf

Fri, 2014-06-20 11:26 — Kathy Gilbeaux

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB7IIN098IM

Pensacola, Florida - June 10, 2014

Objective: By April of 2015, the ALERT pilot study will conduct health evaluations and environmental baseline monitoring, and establish networks of informed health care providers, in two regions of the country at-risk from petrochemical exposure----Gulf Coast communities harmed by the 2010 BP DWH disaster and Keystone XL corridor communities. ALERT will test for evidence of chemical exposure and provide training for treatment for oil-chemical related illness in these exposed communities. An important component of the ALERT project will be focused on educating community leaders and the public on the risks and health effects of petrochemical exposure to work toward solutions for treatment of current illnesses and protect against future exposure events.

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United States
US - Alaska
US - Gulf Coast
General Topic Tags: 
Energy
Environment
Health
Oceans
Pollution
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Solutions
Problem
Situation Report

Vermont, Food Industry Begin Court Fight Over GMO Label Law

Mon, 2014-06-16 16:27 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

A coalition of industry groups sued Vermont over the state's new law requiring food producers to put special labels on products treated with GMOs. It makes Vermont ground zero of a very big food fight.

csmonitor.com - by Gram Slattery - June 13, 2014

Tiny Vermont this month boldly went where no US state had gone before, enacting a law to require food producers who treat their products with genetically modified organisms to let consumers know that on the packaging. Now, the state is going, perhaps just as boldly, to court.

A lawsuit filed Thursday challenges Vermont’s GMO-labeling law on grounds that it usurps federal regulatory authority and negatively affects interstate commerce.

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United States
General Topic Tags: 
Food
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

Webinar - Resilience & Resilience Systems - Considerations for NYC Coastal Communities

Mon, 2014-05-12 22:34 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

ncfpd.umn.edu - April 4, 2014

Webinar - Community Resilience and Impacts of Interdependent Infrastructure Disruptions as Experienced from Hurricane Sandy (One hour long)

Presented By: 
Michael D. McDonald, Dr.P.H.
Chairman, Global Resilience Inititatives
Executive Director, Health Initiatives Foundation, Inc. 

Facilitated By:
John T. Hoffman, Col., USA, Ret.
Senior Research Fellow, National Center for Food Protection and Defense

Under the dynamic conditions of rapid climate change and broader global changes, resilience and sustainability are not being achieved through traditional emergency management and humanitarian approaches alone. While community-based resilience networks are now beginning to emerge in a race to stabilize New York City's coastal communities significantly impacted by Superstorm Sandy in 2012, many impacted neighborhoods are still trending toward greater vulnerability plaguing recovery and preparedness for the next wave of potentially larger storms.

Country / Region Tags: 
United States
US - NorthEast
General Topic Tags: 
Food
Recovery
Resilience
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Solutions
Problem
Situation Report

We Don't Know What Normal Is Anymore: Confronting Extreme Weather on U.S. Farms

Sat, 2014-05-10 17:31 — Kathy Gilbeaux

huffingtonpost.com - by Claire O'Connor - May 3, 2014

Matt Russell has seen strange weather before. As a fifth-generation Iowa farmer, he’s used to being at the whims of the skies. But ominous changes are underway at his Coyote Run Farm, and lately, he’s been trying to cope with “the wrong weather at the wrong time.”

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United States
General Topic Tags: 
Agriculture
Climate
Food
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Problem
Situation Report

Vermont Senate Votes 26-2 for GMO Labeling

Sat, 2014-04-19 23:17 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Lt. Gov. Phil Scott stands before the Senate on Tuesday as they debate the GMO food labeling bill at the Statehouse. (Photo: EMILY McMANAMY/FREE PRESS )

burlingtonfreepress.com - by Terri Hallenbeck - April 15, 2014

MONTPELIER – The Senate gave a decisive 26-2 vote Tuesday for a bill that would require labeling of foods that contain genetically modified ingredients, a strong indication that Vermont could become the first state in the nation to enact such a law.

“We are saying people have a right to know what’s in their food,” said Senate President Pro Tempore John Campbell, D-Windsor.

Campbell and other supporters argued that they believe they have written a bill that is legally defensible.

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Country / Region Tags: 
United States
US - NorthEast
General Topic Tags: 
Agriculture
Food
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

Monsanto: The Enemy Of Family Farmers

Tue, 2014-04-08 22:55 — Kathy Gilbeaux

(illustration: FoodDemocracyNow.org)

huffingtonpost.com
by Elizabeth Kucinich, Policy Director, Center for Food Safety
April 2, 2014

Country / Region Tags: 
United States
General Topic Tags: 
Agriculture
Food
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Problem

NCFPD Webinar - Community Resilience and Impacts of Interdependent Infrastructure Disruptions as Experienced from Hurricane Sandy

Thu, 2014-04-03 17:43 — Kathy Gilbeaux

       

ncfpd.umn.edu - Friday, April 4, 2014

Under the dynamic conditions of rapid climate change and broader global changes, resilience and sustainability are not being achieved through traditional emergency management and humanitarian approaches alone. While community-based resilience networks are now beginning to emerge in a race to stabilize New York City's coastal communities significantly impacted by Superstorm Sandy in 2012, many impacted neighborhoods are still trending toward greater vulnerability plaguing recovery and preparedness for the next wave of potentially larger storms.

10amCT / 11amET (One hour long)

Presented By: 
Michael D. McDonald, Dr.P.H.
Chairman, Global Resilience Inititatives
Executive Director, Health Initiatives Foundation, Inc.

Facilitated By:
John T. Hoffman, Col., USA, Ret.
Senior Research Fellow, National Center for Food Protection and Defense

CLICK HERE FOR REGISTRATION AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country / Region Tags: 
United States
General Topic Tags: 
Community
Education
Emergency Management
Food
Infrastructure
Resilience
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Solutions
Problem
Situation Report

New Report Reveals U.S. Fisheries Killing Thousands of Protected and Endangered Species

Tue, 2014-03-25 22:45 — Kathy Gilbeaux

oceana.org - March 20, 2014

(CLICK HERE - REPORT -
Wasted Catch: Unsolved Problems in U.S. Fisheries)

thedailybeast.com - by Abby Haglage - March 23, 2014

A new report by Oceana exposes nine U.S. fisheries that throw away half of what they catch, and kill dolphins, sea turtles, whales, and more in the process.

A new study released this week called Wasted Catch: Unsolved Bycatch Problems in U.S. Fisheries reveals the nine dirtiest fisheries in the United States. It’s a dirty bunch indeed, the waste between them accounting for nearly half a billion wasted seafood meals in the U.S. alone.

Culled by Oceana, the largest international organization for ocean conservation, the fisheries are ranked based on bycatch—the amount of unwanted creatures caught while commercial fishing.

Country / Region Tags: 
Global
United States
General Topic Tags: 
Environment
Food
Oceans
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Problem
Situation Report

One Solution to Climate Change and Growing Healthier Food Is Right Under Our Feet

Thu, 2014-03-20 18:56 — Kathy Gilbeaux

            

Photo: Associated Press

huffingtonpost.com - by Barbra Streisand - March 17, 2014

Imagine if we could quickly reduce the threat of climate change and grow healthier crops at the same time, without the sacrifice the coal and oil industry tells us are inevitable! Turns out we can, and the solution is literally right under our feet.

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CLICK HERE - U.N. Report - Trade and Environment Review 2013
Wake up before it is too late: Make agriculture truly sustainable now for food security in a changing climate

CLICK HERE - Nature - Soil Carbon Storage

Country / Region Tags: 
United States
General Topic Tags: 
Agriculture
Climate
Food
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Solutions
Problem
Situation Report

Farm Bill Passes House With $8 Billion in Food-Stamp Cuts

Fri, 2014-01-31 18:02 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

Cotton harvesting in East Carroll Parish, Louisiana on Oct. 10, 2013. The farm bill governs farm subsidies, which encourages planting of soybeans, cotton and other crops.  Photographer: Ty Wright/Bloomberg

bloomberg.com - by Alan Bjerga - January 29, 2014

The U.S. House passed and sent the Senate a much-delayed bill to set agricultural policy for five years, as rural Republicans and urban Democrats overcame objections about farm subsidies and food-stamp cuts.

. . . The bill would cut food-stamp spending by $8.6 billion over 10 years, though additions to other programs bring nutrition-aid cuts down to $8 billion -- one-fifth of the $40 billion sought by Republicans and fought by Democrats and food retailers. The reduction would equal about 1 percent of the program’s record $79.6 billion in spending for the budget year that ended Sept. 30.

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Country / Region Tags: 
United States
General Topic Tags: 
Economics
Food
Policy
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

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