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Food Movement Must Continue to Fight for Farmers
Center for Food Safety (CFS) expressed strong disagreement with today’s Supreme Court ruling in the patent case Bowman v.
WASHINGTON -- The United States Senate decided again Thursday that it simply does not want to let states tell people whether or not they are eating genetically modified food.
Chinese and US scientists have used a virus isolated from a person who died from H7N9 avian influenza infection to determine whether the virus could infect and be transmitted between ferrets.
Indian women with diabetes still play 'caretaker role' in the family and prioritise the health of others above their own
Forget environmental concerns: When it comes to fracking, Germans are worried about how it might affect beer quality.
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...
...The Times of India reported that multinational biotechnology giant Monsanto attempted to covertly plant its genetically-modified (GM) corn with no government approval. Nitish Kumar, chief minister of Bihar, alerted India's environment minister who just a few days earlier had denied Monsanto permission to plant the crops at all.
The failure of Parliament to pass the Food Security Bill in the recently concluded session is being projected as the apathy of opposition parties to deliver food to the...
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.
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A new Pew Research report on emerging economies finds that almost a quarter of Americans have trouble affording food. "This reported level of deprivation is closer to that in Indonesia or Greece rather than Britain or Canada," the report says.
Atlas drawn up by international experts aims to expand understanding of soil and how Africa can manage it sustainably
BELFAIR, Wash. -- Other than a skunky aroma, the waiting room at the Cannabis Care Foundation in Belfair, Wash., resembles your typical pharmacy.
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...
As many as 35 percent of Mexican young adults may have a genetic predisposition for obesity, said a University of Illinois scientist who conducted a study at the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosw.
The Farm Bill Primer features four interactive Congressional Agriculture Committee maps, a Who Cares? page, videos and news.
On April 8, the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center stepped into the debate about antibiotic use in animal agriculture.
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My Thoughts,
This is a great topic for those who are not very familiar with what kind of foods are healthy. What I've learned is if you can't pronounce the ingredients its most likely not healthy. I love how they mentioned Subway Sandwiches, because I know many people who always buy subway sanwiches thinking it's okay for them. Although Subway is a little better than McDonalds, it is no different. Like they mentioned "unless you're getting a sandwich with nothing but veggies, there's very little about it that's "fresh." I believe many people should do a little more research on what they're consuming because not everything is healthy even though its advertised healthy.
Even though Subway presents itself as a great healthy choice, most foods have been sitting there for days! Other foods that advertise themselves as healthy are not as healthy as they advertise. In our fast past consumer-based environment one trend that has prevailed is the use of preservatives. These make the foods we eat not only much more unhealthier, but they can last almost forever and that really is disgusting and cannot possibly be good for human consumption. After reading this I will have to closely monitor what I am eating, and what type of preservatives are in these foods.