• Mass Death of Birds and Fish: Is There a Cover Up?: Unless you've been living beneath a rock for the past month or so, you couldn't have missed the bizarre reports of birds falling from the sky and dead fish littering shores in various parts of the world, mainly in the US, but also in Canada, Sweden, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Japan, and other areas.
• Monsanto launches deceptive ad campaign in desperate attempt to improve image: Monsanto has become the new Marlboro, with a new advertising campaign designed to improved its hopelessly-tarnished image. Except instead of handsome cowboys smoking cigarettes, Monsanto is plastering images of hardy American farmers and their crop fields on billboards and bus stops throughout the nation. The new ad campaign, of course, is a desperate attempt to convince the public that the company is not only working in the best interests of U.S. agriculture, but is also responsible for creating and maintaining millions of American farm jobs in the process, both of which are patently false.
• Global sugar shortage looms, price hikes expected: Across the world, sugar is a major source of cheap (albeit empty) calories, and any rise in price will push up the cost of other foods, as well. In the United States, high sugar prices could lead industry to start favoring the other major U.S. sweetener, high fructose corn syrup.
• $818 billion—Expected cost of treating U.S. patients with heart disease in 2030, a tripling of the current yearly bill of $273 billion a year. The number of Americans affected by cardiovascular problems is expected to reach 41% by 2030, according to the American Heart Association.
