---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <[email protected]> Date: Wed, May 18, 2011 at 5:37 PM Subject: India : 250,000 farmers have committed suicide... To: [email protected] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: S http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/250-000-farmers-have-committed... WTF is going on??? 250,000 farmers have committed suicide and chemical-intensive methods have devastated the land Now India’s poorest women are growing a quiet revolution Seeds of hope <http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php><http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/250-000-farmers-have-committed-suicide-and-chemical-intensive-methods-have-devastated-the-land-now-india-s-poorest-women-are-growing-a-quiet-revolution-seeds-of-hope-1.1101502?localLinksEnabled=false#have-your-say> 15 May 2011 *BIG business agriculture promoted by Western corporations is to blame for up to a quarter of a million farmers committing suicide over the last 10 years, according to community leaders in India.* Poor farmers are forced to take out big loans to buy expensive pesticides and fertilisers, and to dig wells for the increasing amounts of water they need. But when their crops fail, or their wells dry up, they fall into debt – and many thousands kill themselves out of desperation. On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Dante-Gabryell Monson < [email protected]> wrote:
"Many farmers grow their own food separately from the chemically-raised crops they sell. "I feel there is nothing safe I can eat now because people are in too much of a hurry to make money," said Huang Zhanliang, a farmer in Hebei."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/17/exploding-watermelons-chinese-fa...
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