Food issues

When food industry lobbyists do something so over the top, we can marshal our resources to respond effectively. Even though we didn't win that particular battle, the outrage over Monsanto's colossal overreach did bring massive attention to the issue.

A new report from ConsumerLab.com shows that some bottled varieties of green tea appear to be little more than sugar water, while some green tea leaves are contaminated with lead.

Research published in the Journal of Pediatrics showed that exposure to phalates in packaging can cause metabolic and hormonal abnormalities, especially during childhood.

What can't you crowdfund? Rebecca Bloomfield wanted to start an organic farm on a little spot of land she'd gotten her hands on, but to do it, she needed a little cash. So she got busy and made a video.

The UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and the Slow Food movement will be supporting small farmers as well as advocating for the central role of indigenous cooking that uses native ingredients as as part of efforts to combat global food...

The Farm Bill Primer features four interactive Congressional Agriculture Committee maps, a Who Cares? page, videos and news.

Environmentalists See Seeds as Key to Agricultural Reform - As the global agricultural sector is faced with ever-greater challenges, the question of how to reform and improve the sector is a controversial and difficult one.

A salmonella outbreak that recently sickened at least 25 Minnesotans has been linked to a Mexican-style cheese made locally from raw milk

Despite their reputation as the ocean’s most deadly creature, sharks may have to cede that title to a creature that doesn’t even live there--humans. Consider the following facts: sharks kill just a handful of humans every year.

The elemental wherewithal of our farms and our food is in motion. Whirlwinds of change bear upon our land, air, water and climate. Fundamental forces have shouldered their way front and center. The...

These 40 organizations are doing invaluable work to change the way we eat, grow, cook, buy, and sell food.

BEIJING (Reuters) - The discovery of dangerous levels of toxic cadmium in rice sold in the southern city of Guangzhou, the latest in a series of food scandals, has piled more pressure on China to clean...

For adults, gardening can be one of the most rewarding activities of summer. However, getting kids to enjoy the same activity may present challenges for some parents and caregivers.

If restaurants operated like pharmacies, bread and pasta would be kept behind the counter as controlled substances.

As USDA appears to be ramping up a pre‐release publicity campaign on the new poultry inspection system, the agency is struggling with the commotion at the front door, where the food inspector’s union is firmly opposed to changes that could make the slaughter inspection business even more dangerous for employees. The agency continues to try to highlight the cost savings to companies and to the government, without acknowledging the harm that could be done to workers and consumers. But there is another equally troubling element in the proposal: that there is no requirement for plants to test for the pathogenic organisms that are nearly omnipresent in raw poultry.

 

An organic farmer can’t plant GMO seeds, an organic cow can’t eat GMO alfalfa or corn, and an organic soup producer can’t use any GMO ingredients.

Scientists have no idea what's causing the buildup of this dangerous and disgusting substance.

The surprise discovery of rhinos with bright pink lips and swollen eyes in northern KwaZulu-Natal has raised alarm bells over the potentially devastating spread of an alien invader plant which can kill cattle and decimate the fields of peasant farmers.

by Claire Robinson and Jonathan Latham, PhD Richard Smith, former editor of the British Medical Journal, has jested that instead of scientific peer review, its rival The Lancet had a system of throwing a pile of papers down the stairs and...