Food issues

Mayor set to cross 'final recycling frontier' with city-wide plan to handle up to 100,000 tons of food waste a year

Ted Genoways at Mother Jones has an excellent cover story on the growing number of so-called "ag gag" laws that criminalize documenting animal abuse at factory farms.

Got gut issues? Thinking about going gluten free? It’s all the rage these days.

Farmers point to Cyclone Nargis, which hit the delta in May 2008, as the point at which their calendar went awry.

A Mid-Atlantic council imposes limits on shad and herring catches to help the fishery recover.

Sen. Bernie Sanders called out Monsanto for killing his amendment that would have given states the power require GMOs to be labeled on our food.

Municipal-run kitchens provide subsidised meals to the poor that are an appetising alternative to the abysmal quality and rampant corruption that plagues India's vast subsidised food distribution system.

The intervention from the Prime Minister that he wants to see a GM free-for-all across the UK will alarm those who deride genetic modification as ‘Frankenscience’.

On any weight loss plan you are generally encouraged to eat less and exercise on the most basic level but there is a way you can still fell full even if you are eating less than you normally do and that is by eating little and often.

Morning summary: The UK will feel the effects of climate change in overseas countries before domestic impacts bite

With children seeing up to eight food commercials per hour, obesity in Hispanic youth may stem from such excess information on unhealthy food.

Lindsay Anderson just can’t stop thinking about food. The Richmond, B.C. food blogger who recently completed the epic 365 Days of Dining, is already planning her next culinary adventure.

Superfoods is a buzzword now part of mainstream food and health language, often touted as miracle foods that cure all ills, stave off ageing and disease, or aid weight loss.

Foot-powered irrigation pumps are useful but limited. Diesel pumps are expensive. Solar-powered pumps could be an answer.

Overseen by a former chemical industry lobbyist, Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection resists regulations on substances that may be harmful to children and fetuses.

A new initiative to bypass the corporate media blackout on GMO foods and bring the issue to world attention has been launched.

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The road to mandatory labels is still long, with a 5-state trigger before the requirement goes into effect.