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					<title>No Appetite for Australian GM Wheat</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=175</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Genetically modified (GM) wheat is not grown commercially anywhere in the world. ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2013-05-06</pubDate>
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					<title>An exciting new chapter for the Truefood Network</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=173</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[We ar thrilled to announce a new chapter for the Truefood Network. Our friends at The Safe Food Foundation will be taking the stewardship of the network to take it to new levels in 2013 and beyond. ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2013-04-26</pubDate>
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					<title>Meet the founding directors of The Safe Food Foundation</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=174</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Click play to watch a video from Scott Kinnear and Clive Blazey, the founding directors of The Safe Food Foundation. They’ll tell you about the foundation, what it stands for, and how you can help. ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2013-04-26</pubDate>
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					<title>Road-side testing reveals contamination </title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=168</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[62 % of canola plants tested along a 10km roadside in WA have been contaminated by GM, testing by the Conservation Council of WA found last month. ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2012-11-27</pubDate>
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					<title>Is our food safe?</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=170</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[In the 2007 election, the Federal Government promised they would only approve GM crops if they were proven safe 'beyond reasonable doubt'. ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2012-11-27</pubDate>
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					<title>Truefoodie of the Week: Jeani-Rose Atchison</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=171</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Mother of five Jeani-Rose explains why big change starts in the kitchen. ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2012-11-27</pubDate>
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					<title>Can this farmer defeat Monsanto?</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=169</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Do you remember organic farmer Steve Marsh? ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2012-11-27</pubDate>
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					<title>Why Eat Local Food?</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=167</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Guest blog by Chris Ennis, CERES Environment Park, and Julian Lee, Food Connect ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2012-10-03</pubDate>
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					<title>New studies reinforce health concerns about GMOs </title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=164</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[A new peer reviewed study by Professor Seralini’s team has reignited concerns over the safety of genetically modified (GM) food. ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2012-10-02</pubDate>
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					<title>Poll: Majority of Aussie Mums won't buy GM wheat</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=165</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Australian mothers are also unconvinced that GM wheat is safe. ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2012-10-02</pubDate>
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					<title>Truefoodie of the Month: Julie and Andrew McCleod</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=166</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Julie and Andrew McLeod tell us about their urban garden in Gayndah, QLD:]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2012-10-02</pubDate>
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					<title>Happy Little Truefoodie Vegemites... well almost!</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=159</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Well done Truefoodies, thanks to you Kraft has caved to the pressure and pledged not to use GM ingredients in their Vegemite.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2012-07-25</pubDate>
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					<title> National Food Plan Green Paper</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=160</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[The Federal Governments National Food Plan Green Paper was released on Tuesday of last week]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2012-07-25</pubDate>
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					<title>Gates Foundation is feeding the profits of biotech companies</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=161</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Last week the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced that it would provide $10 million to research &quot;fertiliser free &quot; crops.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2012-07-25</pubDate>
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					<title>GM Myths unearthed</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=162</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Myth: GM crops are needed to feed the world’s growing population
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				<pubDate>2012-07-25</pubDate>
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					<title>Truefoodie of the month: Bizzy Lizzy </title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=163</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Food blogger Bizzy Lizzy]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2012-07-25</pubDate>
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					<title>New poll: 96% of Australians want GM food labelled</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=156</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[A poll published by Australia’s National University  last week revealed that 96% of Australians want genetically modified (GM) foods labelled. ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2012-06-19</pubDate>
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					<title>Make us happy little Vegemites</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=157</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[A new brand of our favourite spread has hit the shelves and is looking to win over Aussie hearts]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2012-06-19</pubDate>
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					<title>Truefoodie of the month: Ami Hillege</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=158</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[&quot;We&rsquo;re committed to farming our little patch without any nasties!&quot;]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2012-06-19</pubDate>
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					<title>Precaution is simply common sense</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=155</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Using precaution to avoid environmental problems makes sense right? Well, that is what is called the Precautionary Approach.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2012-06-07</pubDate>
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					<title>Illegal GE canola found growing in Swiss port area</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=154</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Genetically Engineered (GE) oilseed rape, or GE canola, was recently found growing in Switzerland where nobody actually cultivates it. ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2012-06-05</pubDate>
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					<title>The Malevolent Monsanto Food Monopoly </title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=153</link> 
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				<pubDate>2012-05-22</pubDate>
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					<title>GM crops are a threat to my children </title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=150</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Truefoodie of the month: ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2012-05-16</pubDate>
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					<title>What is GM and why should I care?</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=151</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Polling suggests very few Australians know what genetically modified (GM) crops are or the risks they pose. ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2012-05-16</pubDate>
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					<title>Attack of the Superweed</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=152</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[‘Superweeds’ are becoming a serious problem which is increasing the level of toxic pesticides in our food.  ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2012-05-16</pubDate>
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					<title>How a farmers’ court battle could decide what we eat, forever.</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=147</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[WA farmer Steve Marsh will soon enter the court-room in a landmark trial that will test farmers’ rights to grow GM-free crops, and ultimately, our right to choose safe and healthy food.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2012-04-24</pubDate>
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					<title>What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger? Not for bees and pesticides!</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=148</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[I like to think that this old saying is true for some things in life: a broken heart, an economic crisis or running a marathon. ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2012-04-24</pubDate>
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					<title>Seeds of Dissent </title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=149</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Cunderdin farmers Ian and Jodi James describe their heartbreak after a severe storm washed GM canola from the neighbour’s property onto theirs late last year.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2012-04-24</pubDate>
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					<title> We face same uphill battles</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=143</link> 
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				<pubDate>2012-03-20</pubDate>
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					<title>No financial benefits from GM say Canadian farmers</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=144</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Last month farmers Peter Eggers and Matt Gehl from the Canadian National Farmers Union (NFU) visited farming communities around Australia to explain why Canada rejected genetically modified (GM) wheat in 2004. ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2012-03-20</pubDate>
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					<title>French scientist discovers signs of toxic effects related to eating GM foods</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=145</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[French expert scientist Professor Gilles-Eric Seralini recently visited Australia on a lecture tour to explain the findings of his research on the health effects of GM foods.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2012-03-20</pubDate>
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					<title>CSIRO success: new non-GM salt tolerant wheat</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=146</link> 
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				<pubDate>2012-03-20</pubDate>
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					<title>Patenting of Genes Q&A session - Sydney Law School</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=142</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Should corporations have the right to patent your genes and our crops? ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2012-02-20</pubDate>
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					<title>Chemical giant BASF flees Europe - no bad potatoes here please!</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=140</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[The biggest chemical company in the world, BASF, is moving to the US because Europeans don’t want its genetically engineered potatoes.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2012-01-23</pubDate>
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					<title>A few quick questions and your chance to 'share plates' with Jared Ingersoll</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=139</link> 
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				<pubDate>2012-01-20</pubDate>
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					<title>Protecting Australian Farmers</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=138</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Farmers paying the price while GM companies profit
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				<pubDate>2011-12-14</pubDate>
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					<title>Reflections on my visit to Australia</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=137</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Blogpost by Dr. Janet Cotter, Senior Scientist, Greenpeace International ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2011-12-13</pubDate>
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					<title>Want to know what's in your food? Tough luck</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=136</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Around two years ago, the federal government set up an expert panel to make recommendations to improve Australia’s food labelling laws.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2011-12-06</pubDate>
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					<title>Bakers Delights customers</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=135</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[With Australia on the brink of commercialising genetically modified wheat, we are calling on the biggest bakery franchise – Bakers Delight – to support the call for better GM labelling and to rule out using GM wheat. ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2011-12-01</pubDate>
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					<title>Wild weather whips up seeds of dissent</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=134</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Once again it has been proven how risky it is to grow genetically modified (GM) crops. And once again it is an innocent farmer who stands to pay the price. ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2011-11-23</pubDate>
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					<title>Genetic modification: Frequently asked questions</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=172</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[What is Greenpeace’s position on Genetic Modification?
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				<pubDate>2011-11-14</pubDate>
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					<title>Greenpeace scientist tours Australia to debate the risks of GM wheat </title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=133</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Dr. Janet Cotter, Senior Scientist at Greenpeace International Laboratory (UK), brings ten years’ experience researching genetically modified (GM) crops downunder.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2011-10-19</pubDate>
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					<title>ABC's Cataylst programme adds to the confusion</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=132</link> 
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				<pubDate>2011-09-30</pubDate>
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					<title>Ten facts about GM foods</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=130</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Genetically modified (GM) foods have always been a subject of controversy, and there is plenty of confusion about whether we’re already eating them, whether they’re safe, and whether they’re good for the environment.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2011-09-26</pubDate>
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					<title>Catalyst special edition: GM-Frankenfood or Famine Buster? </title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=131</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Showing 29/06/2011 8:30pm, ABC1. ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2011-09-26</pubDate>
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					<title>GM canola truck spill spells disaster for WA farmers</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=129</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[A group of farmers from Western Australia fear losing their Japanese export market.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2011-09-22</pubDate>
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					<title>Australia says no to GM bread</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=128</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Last week, two women cut down a field of genetically modified (GM) wheat that was set to become part of the world’s first GM human feeding trial. ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2011-07-22</pubDate>
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					<title>Australia's wheat scandal</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=127</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Greenpeace investigations reveal the biotech takeover of our daily bread]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2011-07-07</pubDate>
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					<title>GM wheat planted, on shelves by 2015 says Government</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=126</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[This year's GM wheat trials have begun, with plantings in the ACT, NSW and WA and claims by the Federal Government that Australians will be eating GM bread by 2015.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2011-06-16</pubDate>
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					<title>Kick Terry Redman in his 'Senstive site'</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=125</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[First they denied that WA will grow GM wheat, even while approving planting of GM wheat trials. Now the WA government has admitted that some farmers might be 'sensitive' to GM contamination.  ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2011-04-28</pubDate>
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					<title>WA wheat belt undone by government confusion</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=124</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[In Western Australia, the right hand doesn't know what the left hand's doing when it comes to GM and farmers can only scratch their heads.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2011-03-31</pubDate>
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					<title>WA government is selling the farm!</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=123</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[The Western Australian government doesn't care who runs food and farming in Australia's biggest state, as long as it's a multinational chemical company.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2011-03-17</pubDate>
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					<title>What's in your kids lunchbox?  New Truefood Guide gives parents choice</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=122</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[We’re delighted to launch our new Truefood Guide, and are absolutely over the moon to announce that Kellogg’s has done a 180-degree turn. The food giant contacted us today and committed to phase out all GM by 2012.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2011-03-01</pubDate>
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					<title>The Un-True Blewett Review.</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=121</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Today Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Catherine King, released the results of the Blewett review of Australia’s food labelling laws, in a press conference closed to the public]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2011-01-28</pubDate>
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					<title>Monsanto versus Steve Marsh: First GM legal battle in Oz</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=119</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest legal battles in Australian GM history is brewing in Western Australia, following organic farmer Steve Marsh's loss of his organic certification because of GM contamination. ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2011-01-20</pubDate>
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					<title>French court ruling supports GM whistleblower</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=120</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[A Paris court has defended the work of leading GM whistleblower, Professor Gilles-Eric Seralini, confirming that biotech criticisms of his work are defamatory.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2011-01-20</pubDate>
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					<title>WA government backhands farmers and citizens, rolls out red carpet for Monsanto.</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=118</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[The WA government has abandoned the property rights of WA farmers and comprehensively failed in its basic duty of care.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-12-17</pubDate>
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					<title>US Sugar Beet Ban Underscores our GE-Weakness</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=117</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[A US judge has acted on behalf of the community and environment instead of the biotech industry.  Do we enjoy similar protection?]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-12-09</pubDate>
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					<title>Consumer-rights dealers keep their cards close to their chests.</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=116</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[The Blewett food labelling review has briefed the Ministerial Council and will soon  deliver its final report.  Will it be your interests or the food industry's?  How much longer will we be eating in the dark?]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-12-08</pubDate>
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					<title>GM activists' charges dismissed</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=113</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Activists charged with trespass for protesting GM contamination of infant formula have escaped conviction ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-11-10</pubDate>
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					<title>Parents' Right to Know </title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=115</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[In response to Greenpeace's discovery that unlabelled GM baby food is being sold in Australia, we're asking Australia's community, political and industry leaders to openly endorse a simple statement of basic rights.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-11-10</pubDate>
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					<title>Celebrity chefs speak-out against GM Wheat</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=114</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Australia is at risk of becoming the first country in the world to commercialise GM Wheat. ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-11-10</pubDate>
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					<title>Spliced Bread: Our Sandwiches Under Attack!</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=112</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Australia is on the brink of a GE disaster.  Our most important staple crop and major agricultural export – wheat – is under serious threat.  Don't let it get past the trial stage.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-10-27</pubDate>
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					<title>GM formula: still on shelves, still not labelled</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=111</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[After a fortnight of action across the country, Pfizer and Danone's GM contaminated infant formula is still being sold with no GM label. What will it take for these unlabelled GM products to be taken off the shelves?]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-10-15</pubDate>
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					<title>New test results in: GM food for babies</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=110</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Greenpeace testing has discovered untested GM, including DNA from antibiotic resistant genes, in leading brands of formula for infants. ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-10-14</pubDate>
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					<title>Mums Demand Right to Know at Parliament House</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=109</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[From the supermarket aisle to Parliament House - On 30 Septmember we took our food labelling demands to Canberra.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-10-02</pubDate>
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					<title>Activists occupy supermarkets in Sydney and Melbourne</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=108</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[On Monday 27th September, mums took action at supermarkets in Melbourne and Sydney to keep GM out of baby formula. The action took place after revelations that S-26 Soy baby formula is contaminated with GM]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-09-30</pubDate>
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					<title>Want to avoid GE food?  Use the Truefood Guide says Deputy Premier.</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=107</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[WA Deputy Premier and Health Minister, the Hon Kim Hames, has recommended the Truefood Guide as the way to avoid GE foods under current labelling laws.  Where's the regulator?]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-09-24</pubDate>
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					<title>Kids' lunchboxes aren't a science experiment!</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=106</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Its Truefood guide time again, and this time we’re paying special attention to the nasties that could end up in Aussie kids’ lunchboxes.   
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				<pubDate>2010-09-16</pubDate>
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					<title>Half-baked BASF potato out of the petri-dish and into the flora!</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=105</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[BASF has embarrassed itself and the whole GM lobby by allowing a restricted lab experiment into the environment.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-09-09</pubDate>
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					<title>Chickening-out?</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=104</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[The crisis surrounding the entry of genetically engineered chicken feed into Australia is mounting.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-08-11</pubDate>
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					<title>Coles one step closer to okaying GE chicken meat</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=101</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Coles' response to the True Food Network reveals the company is backsliding on GE feed. Unless we can convince Coles that shoppers want their non-GE policy to stay, more of our food will soon be polluted with GE.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-07-15</pubDate>
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					<title>No GE in our daily bread!</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=102</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[The threat of GE wheat is looming in Australia. If chemcial companies succeed in progressing these trials to market-release stage, we could soon be eating polluted, GE food for our breakfast, lunch and dinner.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-07-15</pubDate>
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					<title>Major wins! Biotechs back-off in Brazil, organic beats GE in India</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=103</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[As a member of the True Food Network, you're part of an international community fighting for the right to clean, fair food. Here's two stories of corrupt chemical companies failure to control our food supply.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-07-15</pubDate>
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					<title> EU approves antiobiotic-resistant GE potato for farming</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=97</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[The Amflora potato is the first GE crop approved for farming in the EU in 12 years. The EU Medicines Authority warns the crop threatens to increase resistance to drugs relied on to fight illnesses like tuberculosis.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-06-17</pubDate>
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					<title>US lobbying to block GE labelling in Australia</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=98</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[US biotech companies are currently lobbying the Australian Government not to label GE products, asserting this would be an undue restriction on trade with the US.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-06-17</pubDate>
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					<title>Monsanto seeds 'donated' to Haiti</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=100</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Monsanto has donated 400 tonnes of seed to Haiti. But farmers will pay to use the seed and can't save it, which means peasants in the poorest country in the Western hemisphere will pay for seeds again next season.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-06-17</pubDate>
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					<title>GM animal feed: one of 2010's biggest challenges</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=95</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[The use of GM animal feed is increasing in Australia. As people reject GM food crops, animal feed provides a less direct route for biotech companies to push GM into our food supply. So what does this mean for consumers?]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-05-17</pubDate>
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					<title>Goodman Fielder's response to the True Food Network</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=96</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[In April the True Food Network emailed Goodman Fielder demanding that the company renew their commitment to their green, non-GE policy. So how did the companies' response stack-up?]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-05-17</pubDate>
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					<title>30,000 strong 'Our right to know' petition presented</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=94</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Over 30,000 people signed the petition calling for GE food to be labelled, which was presented to government by celebrity chef, Andrew McConnell, in Melbourne in late April.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-05-17</pubDate>
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					<title>Government blocks sale to major pro-GE company</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=90</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[In a dramatic turn of events for the makers of Meadow Lea margarine, the Australian Government’s competition watchdog has blocked a bid by the pro-GE company Cargill to buy Goodman Fielder’s canola oil producing business]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-04-15</pubDate>
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					<title>Government GE food labeling debate heats up</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=91</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Public consultations for the review of Australia's food labeling laws are in full swing. Getting GE on the agenda has been challenging, but with the help of True Food Network members, the Government is starting to listen]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-04-15</pubDate>
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					<title>Major victory in South Australia</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=92</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[In a major win for anti-GE campaigners, the South Australian Government has committed to keeping the state non-GE until 2014]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-04-15</pubDate>
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					<title>Nestle and orang-utans, a recipe for destruction</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=93</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Greenpeace recently revealed that Nestle is making some of the worlds favourite chocolate bars using palm oil from destroyed Indonesian rainforests. As a result, threatened species like orang-utans are nearing extinction]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-04-15</pubDate>
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					<title>GE campaign loses WA by just 2 votes</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=89</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[The vote to stop the WA Government from allowing GE canola to enter the state was on a knife edge on March 10. In the end, Labour, the Greens and our GE-Free alliance lost by just 2 votes.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-03-23</pubDate>
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					<title>'You ought to be congratulated'</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=86</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[The non-GE policy of one of Australia's biggest food companies is under threat, as they prepare to sell part of their business to the pro-GE multinational, Cargill. ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-03-22</pubDate>
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					<title>Government gets it wrong on GE labelling </title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=87</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[The official Government paper for this year's review of food labelling laws incorrectly states that GE food in Australia has to be labelled. In reality, massive loopholes mean most GE foods on the shelf aren't labelled.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-03-22</pubDate>
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					<title>Taking endangered tuna out of the can</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=88</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Greenpeace's new sustainable food campaign is all about tuna and the tuna companies that plunder overfished species, killing endangered turtles and sharks in the process]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-03-22</pubDate>
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					<title>Video: Sydney chef Martin Boetz</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=85</link> 
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				<pubDate>2010-02-16</pubDate>
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					<title>India bans GE eggplant - Monsanto 'fakes' safety data</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=83</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[The Indian Government has banned genetically engineered (GE) eggplant after the ex-Director of Monsanto India admitted the corporation provided 'fake scientific data' to regulators.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-02-12</pubDate>
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					<title>Australians don't trust GM foods: new survey</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=84</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[With news coming in from India that Monsanto has given 'fake scientific data' to regulators, a new survey shows most Australians reject GE foods and don't trust the institutions that commercialise them. ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-02-12</pubDate>
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					<title>WA Agriculture Minister acts alone to lift GE canola ban</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=82</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[The WA Agriculture Minister, Terry Redman, has ignored consumer polls, food industry preferences and the recommendation of his own Parliament's review and made the unilateral decision to lift WA's ban on GE Canola. ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2010-02-02</pubDate>
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					<title>New evidence of health risks associated with GE corn</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=79</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[A new independent peer-reviewed study has found clear evidence of health-related risks associated with three different genetically engineered (GE) corn varieties.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-12-16</pubDate>
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					<title>Study shows GE crops increase pesticide use </title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=80</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[The genetically engineered (GE) crop industry argues that GE crops reduce pesticide use. A recent report, Impacts of Genetically Engineered Crops on Pesticide Use: The First Thirteen Years, discredits such claims.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-12-16</pubDate>
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					<title>Demand a GM-free WA for Christmas!</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=78</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[A recent independent poll shows that most West Australians don't want genetically modified (GM) canola grown in the state. It’s time the WA Government listened to us.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-12-15</pubDate>
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					<title>West Australians reject GM food and want GM crop ban extended</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=77</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Polling shows the majority of West Australians would not buy genetically modified (GM) food and believe that the West Australian Government's ban on the commercial growing of GM canola should stay in place. ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-12-03</pubDate>
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					<title>Help keep WA GE-free</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=76</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[The WA Premier Colin Barnett has said he wants to see genetically engineered (GE) canola produced in Western Australia, despite it being rejected by consumers worldwide and by major grain buyers.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-11-24</pubDate>
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					<title>Leading Aussie brands commit to removing GE ingredients</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=75</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Nestlé, Foster's, Schweppes and Lindt are the latest leading brands to commit to keeping their food and drinks free of genetically engineered (GE) ingredients in the 2010 Truefood Guide.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-10-28</pubDate>
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					<title>Groups welcome food labelling review: call for better labelling</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=73</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[A coalition of groups including Greenpeace, the Food Intolerance Network and Friends of the Earth has welcomed the announcement of an independent review into food labelling.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-10-27</pubDate>
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					<title>Major grain buyers reject GE canola</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=74</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Two major grain buyers, Elders and CBH, have refused to buy GE canola from NSW and Victoria this year due to pressure from the food industry in Australia, Europe and Japan.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-10-27</pubDate>
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					<title>Recipe from GE-free chef Martin Boetz</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=72</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Martin Boetz is Executive Chef at Longrain Bar and Restaurant, Sydney and Melbourne. He's also launching the new 2010 Truefood Guide this week. He's generously shared one of his recipes for the event.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-10-26</pubDate>
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					<title>AUDIO: Interview with Sydney chef Alex Herbert</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=71</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Alex Herbert is head chef and co-owner at Bird Cow Fish Restaurant in Sydney. She recently spoke to us about why she's passionate about sustainable and ethical food, and the importance of knowing what you're eating.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-10-22</pubDate>
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					<title>New source of genetic pollution found</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=70</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[This morning, Greenpeace set up a mobile Biohazard Research Centre at a GE canola field near Geelong, southern Victoria. What did we find? Commercial beehives contaminated with genetically engineered (GE) canola pollen.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-10-01</pubDate>
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					<title>On patrol for wild GE canola</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=69</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Genetically engineered (GE) canola plants are already cropping up in places they shouldn’t be, threatening the non-GE status of other farms and the environment.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-09-30</pubDate>
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					<title>Which oils are at risk and which are GE-free?</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=68</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Australia’s leading refiners and manufacturers of vegetable oils and margarines have ensured the widespread availability of cooking oils and margarines from non-genetically engineered (GE) crops.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-09-24</pubDate>
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					<title>Attack of the Triffid</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=66</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Canada’s flax trade with Europe has come to a grinding halt, as officials try to sort out why an illegal genetically engineered (GE) flax variety, called CDC Triffid, is showing up in food products.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-09-18</pubDate>
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					<title>Do you want GE in your beer?</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=67</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Fosters have told us they are not sure if their customers care whether their beer contains genetically engineered (GE) ingredients. Let them know you don't want GE in your beer!]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-09-18</pubDate>
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					<title>Meet a Truefoodie: Rebecca Varidel</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=64</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Rebecca Varidel is one the most respected Australian online foodies and an advocate for slow, regional and sustainable food. As a member of the Truefood Network, we recently put a few questions to her.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-09-17</pubDate>
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					<title>Japan set to reject genetically engineered canola</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=65</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Australia’s canola exports are likely to be significantly impacted by the change of government in Japan. The Democratic Party of Japan has pledged to implement stringent GE labelling laws.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-09-17</pubDate>
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					<title>Margaret River Shire goes GE free!</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=62</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Last week Margaret River Shire Council unanimously passed a motion saying that it did not support the use of genetically engineered (GE) crops in the shire.  ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-08-20</pubDate>
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					<title>Public concern forces extension of GE crops consultation </title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=60</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Western Australia’s agriculture minister Terry Redman has extended the public consultation period on its genetically engineered (GE) crop review, after Greenpeace pointed out it had barely been publicised.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-08-17</pubDate>
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					<title>FSANZ's review of GE food assessments a whitewash</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=59</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Australia’s food regulator has proven its lack of accountability, with its recent review of safety assessment procedures for genetically engineered (GE) foods commissioned to an employee of Health Canada.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-07-30</pubDate>
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					<title>Help keep WA GE free!</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=58</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[The Western Australian Government is currently reviewing its Genetically Modified Crops Free Areas Act. WA is the biggest source of non-GE canola in Australia and it is vitally important that the state remains GE free.
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				<pubDate>2009-07-16</pubDate>
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					<title>Let them eat rockcress</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=57</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[The GE crop industry often tells us that we need genetic engineering to develop drought and salt tolerant crops. This is despite other non-GE techniques being much more effective for developing these traits.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-07-15</pubDate>
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					<title>Can genetically engineered food save the world?</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=56</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[This is the question being posed by English pig farmer Jimmy Doherty, who fronted a documentary screened on SBS recently (also called 'Can GE Food Save the World?').]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-07-07</pubDate>
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					<title>Aussie alcohol industry rejects GE</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=55</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Leading Australian wine writer, Max Allen, and award-winning wine-maker from Margaret River, Vanya Cullen, joined Greenpeace to launch the first Alcoholic Drinks Edition of the Truefood Guide. ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-07-06</pubDate>
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					<title>Is there something in your beer?</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=54</link> 
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				<pubDate>2009-07-02</pubDate>
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					<title>Who is our food regulator really serving? </title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=53</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[I had the pleasure of meeting Dr Shiv Chopra, a former scientific advisor at Health Canada who recently toured Australia. ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-06-22</pubDate>
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					<title>Demand GE labelling</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=51</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[In a few weeks the Food Regulation Ministerial Council will launch a comprehensive review of food labelling laws and policy in Australia. Help us make sure that the full labelling of GE ingredients is considered. ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-06-03</pubDate>
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					<title>Would you eat rice from a chemical company?</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=52</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Rice is daily food for half the world's population. Genetically engineered (GE) rice, on the other hand, is a threat to our agriculture, our biodiversity and a possible risk to our health.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-06-03</pubDate>
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					<title>GE wheat rejected </title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=49</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Farmers, consumers and civil society organisations in Australia, Canada and the USA have released a joint statement confirming their collective commitment to stop the commercialisation of genetically engineered wheat.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-06-02</pubDate>
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					<title>CSIRO's sacked GE critic</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=50</link> 
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				<pubDate>2009-06-02</pubDate>
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					<title>Tasmania to stay GE free!</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=48</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Greenpeace has welcomed the Tasmanian Government’s announcement that it will extend its ban on the release of genetically engineered (GE) crops to the environment for at least another five years.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-05-24</pubDate>
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					<title>GE won't feed the world</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=45</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[An often repeated mantra of the biotechnology industry, with absolutely no basis in fact, is that genetically engineered (GE) crops are somehow needed to ‘feed the world’.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-05-19</pubDate>
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					<title>GE wheat threat looms</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=46</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[GE in your daily bread? There will be if the biotechnology industry gets its way.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-05-19</pubDate>
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					<title>Minister Redman out of touch </title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=47</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[The demonstration by a group of farmers outside West Australian Parliament last week shows just how out of touch WA Agriculture Minister, Terry Redman, is with his rural constituents.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-05-19</pubDate>
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					<title>Video: Are you eating in the dark?</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=44</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Concerned consumers and parents joined us outside a Sydney meeting of the Food Regulation Ministerial Council, which will review food labelling laws this year. The labelling of GE food needs to be on the agenda]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-05-03</pubDate>
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					<title>Protect consumer choice by labelling GE food</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=43</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Concerned consumers and parents joined Greenpeace at a protest outside Sydney's Intercontinental Hotel where the Food Regulation Ministerial Council met to discuss food labelling.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-04-30</pubDate>
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					<title>Germany the latest to ban Monsanto crop</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=41</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Our German colleagues have good cause to break out the Riesling. Germany has become the sixth European Union country to ban the cultivation of Monsanto’s genetically engineered (GE) corn — MON810.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-04-16</pubDate>
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					<title>WA GE canola trials to go ahead</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=38</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[The Western Australian Agriculture Minister Terry Redman has arrogantly decided to forge ahead with trials of genetically engineered (GE) canola in WA, despite the Greens and ALP attempting to disallow the trials. ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-04-15</pubDate>
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					<title>Demand better labelling!</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=40</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[For the first time, GE food crops are being grown in Australia. However, there is currently no way for shoppers to ensure that their groceries are GE-free. Contact your MP and demand they take action.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-04-10</pubDate>
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					<title>World leaders reject GE</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=39</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[A draft document by Pope Benedict XVI attacks the producers of GE foods, and accuses multinationals of “invading” Africa and "defiling God's creation". Meanwhile, the Obamas have turned the White House organic.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-04-10</pubDate>
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					<title>Hands off our rice!</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=37</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Rice is the world's most important staple food - with more than half of the global population eating it every day. But all this is under threat as genetic engineering (GE) continues to creep up on our most valuable food]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-04-07</pubDate>
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					<title>West Australian GE canola trials may be stopped</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=35</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[A motion to disallow large scale trials of GE canola in WA, moved by Greens MP Paul Llewellyn on 10th March, could mean that no GE canola will be planted in WA this year.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-03-24</pubDate>
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					<title>Australian farmers learn from North American experience with GE crops</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=36</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[North American farmers Moe Parr and Ross Murray have just completed a month long tour around Australia's canola growing states, talking to farmers and politicians about their experiences with GE crops.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-03-24</pubDate>
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					<title>Video: Why Ross Murray stopped growing GE canola</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=33</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Canadian farmer Ross Murray used to grow genetically engineered (GE) canola. That is until he discovered the GE canola was not delivering on its promise and actually became a weed problem itself.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-03-16</pubDate>
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					<title>Video: Moe Parr talks about getting sued by Monsanto</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=34</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[In February 2007, Monsanto initiated a law suit against Moe Parr. The biotech company claimed that Moe had encouraged farmers of genetically engineered (GE) soybean to save their seed.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-03-16</pubDate>
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					<title>GE crop threat becomes clearer to Australian farmers</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=32</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[After a successful tour lasting over 3 weeks and involving 18 public forums across rural Australia, North American farmers Moe Parr and Ross Murray are taking a well-deserved rest. ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-03-16</pubDate>
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					<title>On the road with Ross and Moe</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=31</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[It's week 3 of being on the road with Moe Parr and Ross Murray, two farmers from North America here to share their experiences of genetically engineered (GE) crops.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-03-09</pubDate>
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					<title>North American farmers warn of GE crop dangers</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=30</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[North American farmers Moe Parr and Ross Murray are on the road to share their experiences of genetically engineered (GE) crops with Australian farmers. GE food crops have been grown in North America for over a decade.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-02-26</pubDate>
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					<title>Will the real UN report please stand up</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=29</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Companies manufacturing genetically engineered (GE) crops not only have a reputation for tampering with DNA, but also for tampering with facts.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-01-22</pubDate>
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					<title>Tell Terry to cut the crop!</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=28</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[On 23rd December Western Australia’s Agriculture Minister Terry Redman sneakily announced that he would approve trials of genetically engineered (GE) canola in WA this year. Tell Terry to cut the crop and prevent the release of GE canola in WA!]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-01-21</pubDate>
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					<title>It’s official: organic farming can feed the world</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=26</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[A major study by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has concluded organic farming offers Africa the best chance of breaking the long inherent cycle of poverty and malnutrition. An analysis of 114 projects in 24 African countries found that yields more than doubled where organic, or near-organic practices had been used. That yield increase jumped to 128 per cent in east Africa.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-01-20</pubDate>
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					<title>GE canola a flop</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=27</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[This month the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) announced the results of the first independent trials of genetically engineered (GE) canola. In the trials GE canola yielded 17% less than both the non-GE herbicide tolerant canola varieties it was compared to. ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-01-20</pubDate>
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					<title>Quadrant hoax exposes vested interest science </title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=25</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Crikey recently reported how Keith Windschuttle, the editor of the conservative magazine Quadrant, was taken in by a hoax intended to show that he will print outrageous propositions. The article touches on an important point. For too long the biotechnology debate in Australia has been framed as an issue for ‘experts’ – with ‘expert’ invariably meaning someone with a vested interest in the technology.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2009-01-05</pubDate>
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					<title>New True Food Guide launched</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=23</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[The Canola Edition of the True Food Guide for GE (genetically engineered) free shopping was launched today at Alex Herbert’s restaurant, Bird Cow Fish in Sydney. We were joined by Australian cooking icon Margaret Fulton and Carolyn Creswell of Carman’s Fine Food. ]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2008-11-24</pubDate>
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					<title>International scientists condemn shonky regulation of GE food </title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=9</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Ten leading scientists have endorsed Greenpeace’s new report critiquing the regulation of genetically engineered (GE) food in Australia.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2008-10-21</pubDate>
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					<title>Nine out of 10 Australians want all GM food labelled: poll</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=16</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Ninety per cent of Australians want all genetically modified (GM) products labelled, according to a recent Newspoll poll. Further, the majority of Australians are less likely to buy food they know contains GM ingredients.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2008-09-22</pubDate>
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					<title>A win for GM-free in WA as ban is extended</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=17</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Greenpeace welcomes the WA Government's recent move to extend its ban on genetically modified (GM) crops by a further 4 years. <br><br>This is especially great news given WA is the country’s largest producer and exporter of canola, a key GM crop.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2008-08-22</pubDate>
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					<title>Top chefs say Australians have right to know if they are eating GE food</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=18</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Leading Australian chefs Tobie Puttock and Dur-é Dara have joined nutritionist Dr Rosemary Stanton and Greenpeace in launching a national petition asking for comprehensive labelling and testing of GE food products.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2008-08-19</pubDate>
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					<title>GE canola approval process corrupt</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=19</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[The NSW committee investigating whether genetically engineered (GE) canola should be grown was stacked with pro-GE advocates, prompting calls for an enquiry.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2008-04-04</pubDate>
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					<title>Activists show GE crops know no borders</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=20</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Two days after the NSW government announced it would join Victoria in commercially growing genetically engineered (GE) crops, Greenpeace activists enter a GE canola field trial in Victoria and unfurl a banner saying “GE CANOLA KNOWS NO BORDERS”.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2008-03-16</pubDate>
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					<title>New Monsanto movie</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=21</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[A new movie has dealt another severe blow to the credibility of US based Monsanto, one of the biggest global chemical companies and the provider of seed technology for 90% of the world’s genetically engineered (GE) crops.]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2008-03-13</pubDate>
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					<title>Japan rejects GE canola</title> 
				<link>http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=22</link> 
				<description><![CDATA[Japanese activists have projected a warning to Australia on a grain silo and a ship carrying genetically engineered (GE) canola: "Australia - stay GM free!"]]></description> 
				<pubDate>2008-02-12</pubDate>
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