Category: Saving the world

On the 21st of Jan I posted some info on the fact that only Clover and Woolworths milk and dairy products are rBST (rBGH) free. I advised everone to stick to those brands. This extract was taken from the www.gmwatch.org website and it describes efforts by certain groups in the US to have rBGH banned…

If you pay attention to the news, you will be aware that South Africa is currently formulating it’s policy on biofuels. Many people tout biofuels as the solution to our ‘oil addiction’. This is not really the case, it turns out that it uses more energy to create the fuel than the fuel actually provides.…

Recently crop production figures were released for GM crops arounds the world. This article appeared on the iAfrica.com news site yesterday. Here is an extract: “…all the world’s leading academies of science and medicine and agricultural research institutions have given GM food a clean bill of health,” the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech…

I have some good news for everyone (in SA). Clover dairy products and Woolworths dairy products are now Bovine Somatotrophin (rBST) free. You should see a little ‘rBST free’ label on the products. I would advise you to buy only these dairy products. For those who do not know anything about rBST, here is a…

I see Ecuador has a new president who is sympathetic to Venezuela, Cuba, Bolivia, et al.. In other words, anti-USA, anti-IMF and World Bank. I’m very excited. My only concern is the inclusion of Iran in their little gang. If you’re interested in finding out why I find this exciting, read this article: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/06/1337219

Hugo Chavez has many detractors and he certainly does some strange things but nobody can deny that he has done a lot to uplift the poor in his country. They have re-elected him for another 6 year term, much to America’s dismay I am sure. The article about the election on News24 had the following…