. . . ATLANTIC SHEEP AND GOAT INTERNAL PARISITE WORKSHOP . . . RADICAL UN REPORT PROMOTES DEMOCRATIC CONTROL OF FOOD AND AN END TO CORPORATE DOMINATON . . . GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOODS AND YOUR HEALTH . . . STUDY CASTS DOUBT ON BENEFITS OF CORNFIELD BIOFUEL . . .

ATLANTIC SHEEP AND GOAT INTERNAL PARISITE WORKSHOP
Source: Dalhousie Faculty of Agriculture
All participants must pre-register by Friday April 25, 2014.Registration fee includes lunch and course materials. The sheep and goat industries in Atlantic Canada are facing unprecedented pressure from worms, specifically gastro-intestinal parasites (GIN). The goal of this interactive workshop is to bring together both new and experienced sheep and goat farmers and veterinarians for an intense, interactive day focused on: internal parasite infections, their causes and contributing factors, strategies for effective diagnosis, treatment and management, anthelmintic resistance and what this means for the sheep and goat industries. Saturday, May 10, 2014, Dalhousie Agricultural Campus, Bible Hill, N.S. (read more)

RADICAL UN REPORT PROMOTES DEMOCRATIC CONTROL OF FOOD AND AN END TO CORPORATE DOMINATON
Source: REVOLUCIONALIMENTARIA
A new report submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council on the “Right to Food” took aim at the entire basis on which food is produced and distributed on a global scale. Reflecting the type of progressive analysis of our food system from experts like Vandana Shiva and Michael Pollan, report author Olivier De Schutter called for an undermining of large agribusinesses and an infusion of democratic control. Although the report’s recommendations are revolutionary, news of its release went largely unreported in the major U.S. media. (read more)

GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOODS AND YOUR HEALTH
Source: GE Foods Tour
A cross-Canada speakers’ tour. Join Dr Thierry Vrain, retired genetic engineer and Tony Mitra, internationally active citizen journalist and food security activist, to discuss your concerns about GE foods, and how you can take action. Nova Scotia and PEI dates, April 24-April 30. gefoods.tour@gmail.com

STUDY CASTS DOUBT ON BENEFITS OF CORNFIELD BIOFUEL
Source: The Chronicle Herald
Biofuels made from the leftovers of harvested corn plants are worse than gasoline for global warming in the short term, a study shows, challenging the Obama administration’s conclusions that they are a much cleaner oil alternative and will help combat climate change. A $500,000 study paid for by the federal government and released Sunday in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Climate Change concludes that biofuels made with corn residue release seven percent more greenhouse gases in the early years compared with conventional gasoline. (read more)