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The Financial Sector Is Not An Economy
#270, January 2010
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Table of Contents
The Financ
ial Sector Is Not An Economy - The financiers playing with, and preying on, the rise and fall of the markets, are helping create rising inequity. The 'development' model follows the same model.
Eliminating Diversity - in paper for printing, seeds, dairy ...
Ecological Absurdity - shipping hay from Ontario to Saudi Arabia!
Climate Change - in the midst of the Copenhagen meetings, looking at the relation between sustainable agriculture and climate; also: The Angry Mermaid award goes to Monsanto
More on Monsanto: The real cost of GE seeds; A Questionable Legacy (Norman Borlaug as the spiritual father of Monsanto)
[Playing with the rise and fall - drawing by Cathleen Kneen]
Who's Who in Biotech Seeds - a current list of the main players
Fish in Your Garden - Growing Power in Milwaukee has a unique and provocative urban agriculture set-up which includes raising fish in the inner city
Big Sky and small farms - Saskatchewan's largest pork producer folds its tents, leaving little for its farmer-suppliers
Tory spending makes priorities clear - cuts to food inspection staff and environmental programs