NewsWise Source: American Chemical Society (ACS) Source: Nathan Hayag Tiny plastic bits, collectively known as called microplastics, are showing up in bodies of water around the world, and are accumulating in aquatic creatures, including fish and shellfish. Now scientists, after testing a sampling of commercial products in China, have reported for the first time that… Read more »
Roundup Ready Trade – Take 5 with Tony
YouTube by Anthony Flaccavento In this episode, Anthony Flaccavento addresses the TPP again and the broader impact this deal would have on our local economy. Why is it called Roundup Ready Trade? Watch this fantastic segment and find out.
The FDA Scrambles to Define the Meaning of ‘Natural’ Food Label
[For more on the ‘natural’ label, read Cornucopia’s article The ‘Natural’ Label’s Impact on Organic Farmers. The FDA is accepting comments online or by mail regarding use of the natural label on food products through Feb. 10, 2016.] Yahoo! Health by Amy Rushlow Source: Brian Natural Cheetos? That’s right. The line has since been changed to “Simply”… Read more »
Why The Apples We Eat Today Are Not The Ones Our Grandparents Enjoyed
Rodale’s Organic Life by Rowan Jacobsen Source: Jason Harris Look for these revived varieties that surely blow Red Delicious away. On a steamy evening this July, John Bunker and his wife, Cammy Watts, padded down into the root cellar at their organic farm in Maine and rustled through a collection of wooden bins until they… Read more »
Advocacy Groups Call for Halt to Open Air Field Trials of Genetically Engineered Moths
Center for Food Safety Contact Abigail Seiler, Center for Food Safety, 202-547-9359 or Kate Fried, Food & Water Watch, 202-683-4905 Diamondback Moth Source: Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren Inadequate regulation of GE insects poses threat to wildlife, farmers, and consumers WASHINGTON, DC (November 10, 2015)—Today, U.S. advocacy groups Center for Food Safety, Food and Water Watch,… Read more »
Another Reason to Eat Organic – No Potassium Bromate in Your Bread
Living Maxwell by Max Goldberg Source: Anthony Albright If you are a bread lover, which so many of us are, there is just another reason why you should be eating organic: potassium bromate. Potassium bromate is an additive used in flour which strengthens the dough and allows it to rise higher. Furthermore, it gives the… Read more »
The World Must Step Off the Chemical Farming Treadmill
The Ecologist by Colin Todhunter Source: Ajith Kumar Organic farming produces more nutritious food than chemical agriculture, writes Colin Todhunter, while sustaining soils and building organic matter. And we know this from real, peer-reviewed scientific studies – unlike the pseudo-science touted at us by the self-interested advocates of industrial agribusiness. A peer-reviewed study published last… Read more »
With Organic Rice in Demand, Scientists to Help Farmers Improve Production
NewsWise Source: Wayne Surber BEAUMONT — Organic rice is increasingly desired by U.S. consumers, but farmers know that growing the grain chemically free can mean providing a feast for insects, diseases and weeds. That’s why the U.S. Department of Agriculture has put $1 million on a multi-state team of scientists with a track record of… Read more »
GE Soybeans Give Altered Milk and Stunted Offspring, Researchers Find
Independent Science News by Jonathan Latham, PhD Source: United Soybean Board Pregnant goats fed with genetically engineered (GE) soybeans have offspring who grow more slowly and are shorter, according to a new Italian study (Tudisco et al., 2015). Publishing in the journal of Small Ruminant Research, the researchers were testing the results of supplementing the feed… Read more »
Bread is Broken
The New York Times Magazine by Ferris Jabr Source: Rowena Industrial production destroyed both the taste and the nutritional value of wheat. One scientist believes he can undo the damage. On the morning of July 13, like most mornings, Stephen Jones’s laboratory in Mount Vernon, Wash., was suffused with the thick warm smell of baking bread…. Read more »
