With its passage of Act 120 this past June, Vermont became the first U.S. state to require mandatory labeling of foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs). (This followed Connecticut’s and Maine’s decisions to require it once adjacent states do.) Since then, GMO food manufacturers have announced they will challenge that decision in court. Meanwhile, critics of GMOs […]
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GMO debate: New Yorker vs. Vandana Shiva
Posted in Eco-culture, Politics, tagged environmental science, food, food politics, GMO labeling, GMOs, Vandana Shiva, Vermont on November 3, 2014 | 1 Comment »
food & desert mansions
Posted in Cinema, Media ecology, tagged food, great scenes on March 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
(great scenes, part 4) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rxpfO90mg8&hl=en_US&fs=1& A propos the previous post… This may be one of Antonioni’s worst, or at least most dated, films, but the climactic scene is certainly memorable, especially if you know Pink Floyd’s “Careful with that axe, Eugene” (though, honestly, once the screaming starts, the music feels pretty dated too). It’s a […]