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Dec 10, 2013

Terminator seeds are coming

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Dale Wiehoff
Tell the Brazilian embassy in Washington, DC to Stop Terminator Seeds Call: +1 (202) 238-2700
Dec 9, 2013

Agroecology should be at the core of USDA’s mission

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Dr. M. Jahi Chappell
The comment period recently closed on the USDA’s Research, Education, and Economics (REE) Action Plan Draft, which responded to informal and formal consultations with internal and external advisors and stakeholders, and “lessons learned from implementation of Farm Bill provisions.” I
Dec 6, 2013

Last day at the 9th WTO Ministerial: Food security hangs in the balance

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Shefali Sharma
IATP's Shefali Sharma is reporting from the 9th WTO Ministerial in Bali, Indonesia. 2 p.m., Bali, Indonesia
Dec 6, 2013

Draft deal lays groundwork for future negotiations on exempting food security programs from WTO disputes

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Shefali Sharma
Update: The ministerial text was accepted on Saturday morning with minor changes to assuage Cuba's concerns. See a video report from Shefali Sharma regarding Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Bolivia's move to block consensus on the agreement on the morning of December 7. 
Dec 4, 2013

Let’s focus on environment and diet to help prevent autism

Now that autism affects one in fifty school-aged kids—up from 1 in 150 as measured in 2000—we should be asking ourselves some pretty serious questions about why so many kids have autism. Sure, we know that the health and educational systems are better at diagnosing autism, but better diagnosis explains only part of the increase.
Dec 3, 2013

Autism: What Do Environment and Diet Have to Do With It?

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Dec 2, 2013

The Financial Stability Board meets in Moscow: Said and left unsaid

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Dr. Steve Suppan
This blog was originally published November 26, 2013 in an alternate version by the Post Globalization Initiative.
Nov 29, 2013

The WTO Bali Ministerial: Doha’s last gasp?

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Sophia Murphy
In the category of “praise more fit for a eulogy,” U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman is reported to have said of the last minute negotiations to prepare a package for upcoming WTO Ministerial in Bali: "It's unclear whether they will succeed or not. We certainly hope they will succeed.