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Tip: Your message to SUST-MAR must be html-free. So, BEFORE you hit SEND, please go to your "Format" pull-down menu and select "Plain text." Thanks! ____________________________________________________________________________ Five items. Items #1 and #2 - good excuses to watch your TVs. *** 1. Coming up on The Nature of things with David Suzuki Corporate Agriculture: The Hollow Men, CBC TV January 7, 2004 at 7:00 p.m. Corporate Agriculture: The Hollow Men, examines the growth of corporate factory agriculture - an industry that generates severe environmental, social and cultural problems. There is a growing backlash against a form of agriculture that many believe is unsustainable. . Farming in North America has become a 'cash cow' for a handful of multinational corporations. Agri-business has taken the principles of the assembly line and applied them to what was traditional animal husbandry. Massive and powerful corporations have become enormously wealthy at the cost of the environment and rural culture. Dilapidated farm buildings keep an eerie watch over the changing landscape. ------------------------ 2. Alternative Agriculture: Food For Life CBC TV January 14th - 7:00 p.m. Alternative Agriculture: Food For Life, looks at alternatives to factory farming and the growing demand for nature-based or organic foods. Animals, grains, fruits and vegetables are raised to thrive in a natural environment - the antithesis of factory farming. Increasingly, consumers are looking for food produced without the use of chemicals, pesticides, hormones or antibiotics. Even though organic food is more expensive to produce, shoppers are willing to pay the added cost. They believe that by buying factory food, they are supporting a socially and environmentally destructive form of agriculture. Ecological, organic and ethical farming could be a tremendous benefit to the environment and help preserve rural society and culture The extinction of family farms has become a lightning rod issue for environmental activist and lawyer Robert Kennedy Jr., who believes, "Thomas Jefferson's view of American democracy was rooted in tens of thousands of yeoman farms. People who had a stake in our country, who controlled the land.these vital commodities. see corporate farming as the final nail in the coffin of that vision. And our landscapes are now being occupied by a few pirate multinational corporations who care nothing about our country or its losses." ------------------------ 3. PEACE-RELATED TALKS AND A PUBLIC SCREENING OF "STAR WARS DREAMS" JAN. 15 AND 16 Are you interested in maintaining Canadian independence from the US in foreign policy and military affairs? Wonder if more military spending will increase Canadian security? Concerned about peace and social justice issues? If so, join the Halifax Peace Coalition at a public talk with Steven Staples of Ottawa's Polaris Institute. Steven, who is the author of Breaking Rank: a Citizens' Review of Canada's Military Spending, will discuss Canada's Role in a New Era of Global Militarization on: Thursday, January 15th at 7:00 pm Dalhousie University's Weldon Law Building, Room 105, 6061 University Ave. The talk will be followed by a screening of the video "Star Wars Dreams". All are welcome to attend. Steven will also talk at an open meeting organized by the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies on: Friday January 16th at 12:30 Room 319 of the Hicks Arts and Administration building, Dalhousie University Snacks will be provided and this meeting is open to the public. This week will also see the launch of the Great Anti-Ballistic Missile Arms Race as we challenge other cities to build their own cardboard tube anti- ballistic missiles. These missiles will work as well to defend Canada as the U.S. National Missile Defense (NMD) at a fraction of the cost. We invite you to join us at the "missile launch" on: Saturday, January 17, at 12:30pm in front of the Spring Garden Rd. Public Library as we send a message that the world will be a safer place if we use cardboard missiles instead of nuclear ones. Halifax Peace Coalition http://hfxpeace.chebucto.org/ ------------------------ 4. If you care about fish and our oceans, please come to our organizing meeting for our "Days of Action for Fish and Fish Habitat" this Thursday, Jan. 8 from 5:30-6:30 PM at the EAC, 1568 Argyle St. For more information about the events, please contact: Mark Butler at Ecology Action Centre 1568 Argyle St. Halifax, NS Phone: (902) 429-2202 Fax: (902) 422-6410 ------------------------ 5. Why Has Our Military Refused to Show This Training Video To Our Troops Now Serving In Iraq? US ARMY TRAINING VIDEO: Depleted Uranium Hazard Awareness Click here to view Real Video From news you won't find on CNN http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3581.htm ____________________________________________________________________________ Did a friend forward this to you? Join sust-mar yourself! Just send 'subscribe sust-mar' to mailto:majordomo@chebucto.ca
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