Who Owns the Seeds?

I posted this a while back on twitter, but keep forgetting to share it here. This is a chart from the same guy who showed us who owns the companies that make “organic” food, Phil Howard. This one shows who owns the companies that make and sell seeds.

You have Heard it Said

Don’t get too wrapped up in the flag, ’cause every flag is subordinate to the cross.

- Cornel West

Considering the theme of Empire I started this week, I thought this was a great and appropriate quote to include. I also saw a T-shirt recently at a Christian bookstore that said “By His Stripes We Are Healed” with an image of red and white nails making up the stripes of the United States flag. I couldn’t quite figure out what made up the stars portion of the flag. I was in too great of shock. Never before have I seen such a blatant wedding of church and the state. Words of Isaiah typically applied to Jesus are being applied to the flag of a nation.

Who have we pledged our allegiance to?

Scratching the Surface

via Good Farm Movement

Foodshed Map

Renewing America’s Food Tradition has this interesting map of America’s foodshed areas. They gave them names that encompassed the whole food tradition of an area, not that you can only eat bison where I live. Download the RAFT Map (PDF).

Who Owns Who in Organic Foods

This is a very helpful chart of mergers and acquisitions (PDF) among food companies that own various and sundry organic brands as of January this year.