Tag Archives: GMOs
The time for natural animal fats is NOW
I saw this a couple weeks ago and I can’t get it out of my head. [original source article] Palm oil, dudes. It’s in EVERYTHING. And the increasing demand for it is causing unprecedented rainforest destruction and killing of anything … Continue reading
Filed under Animal ethics, International trade, Labels, Sustainability, Theoretical, US Food Production
Round-up resistant weeds
The NY Times (via Cornucopia Institute) today had a story about Round-up resistant weeds: “It is the single largest threat to production agriculture that we have ever seen,” said Andrew Wargo III, the president of the Arkansas Association of Conservation … Continue reading
GMO corn linked to organ failure
Join the fight against Monsanto: three varieties of their genetically modified corn are now linked with organ failure in rats, when consumed longer than 90 days. “our data strongly suggests that these GM maize varieties induce a state of hepatorenal … Continue reading
Filed under Labels, Theoretical, US Food Production
Movie review: The future of food
I knew I was going to be angry when I watched this movie. The Future Of Food was made in 2004, so it is a bit of a pre-cursor to movies like Food, Inc and Fresh. The main focus of … Continue reading
Filed under Sustainability, Theoretical, US Food Production
