sust-mar: TV Documentaries on Corporate v. Alternative Agriculture on Jan. 7 and Jan. 14 Plus More

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Five items. 

Items #1 and #2 - good excuses to watch your TVs.

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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.


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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."


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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/


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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


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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

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