The Three-Prong Movement That’s Stopping the Beast in Its Tracks Nutiva by John W. Roulac [Originally published in Green Money Journal] John Roulac, Nutiva The issue of how we grow and process our food, while it’s always been important, is now a hot topic both at the kitchen table and on Wall Street. From the recent… Read more »
Confused by the Oregonian’s GMO Confusion
Blue Oregon by Rick North That didn’t take long. Three days after GMO labeling supporters turned in over 155,000 signatures to put their initiative on November’s ballot, and four months before Election Day, the Oregonian editorial board sounded the alarm: “GMO food-labeling mandate would sow only confusion.” The labeling they fear would be worded “Produced with Genetic Engineering.” Let’s… Read more »
Hypocrisy and Choice
In this morning’s headlines several prominent agriculture groups spoke out against a state-initiated food labeling plan (without specifically referencing GMO’s). They claimed that “only FDA” should be the standard-bearer. Ib Hagsten, PhD This new-found faith in FDA is amusing given those same ag groups regularly “question” FDA’s wisdom when a new directive comes out that… Read more »
Kids and …
The New York Times By Mark Bittman 1. Lunch Credit: Beau Wade Allow me this generalization: Healthy food initiatives threaten profits and are therefore fought or deflected or co-opted at all costs by the producers of hyperprocessed food. This is true even when those costs include producing an increasingly sick population — and a disproportionate… Read more »
Why Does the Food Industry Carry Monsanto’s Dirty Water?
Prevention by Robyn O’Brien Monsanto just might be the most contentious company on the planet. If you read their PR, you’d think they were here to save the world. If you read their financial statements, you will quickly realize that they are a chemical company. So can a chemical company save the world? Especially in… Read more »
Should Cities Be Banning Herbicides & Pesticides & Going Organic?
Sustainable Cities Collective by David Thorpe Parks and city green spaces and school grounds are safe, pleasant and healthy places, right? Perhaps not, if they are sprayed with dangerous pesticides and herbicides. Cities are gradually waking up to the idea that they may be putting their populations at risk by using these chemical-containing pesticides and… Read more »
A Response to The Wall Street Journal article: “Organic Farming Is Not Sustainable”
Linley Dixon, PhD Cornucopia Farm Policy Analyst The Wall Street Journal opinion piece “Organic Farming Is Not Sustainable” published May 15, 2014 by Dr. Henry Miller misrepresents the industry and is riddled with factual inaccuracies. Dr. Miller attempts to discredit organic agriculture’s environmental benefits on the basis of pesticide use, lower yields, groundwater contamination, and… Read more »
Mr. Orwell Would Be Proud: Animal Farm Becomes Certified Organic
Update: We want to be clear about the discussion in the commentary below regarding the certifier OCIA and the letter sent to the USDA by the umbrella group Accredited Certifiers Association. In addition to OCIA’s board, the staff of the organization was likewise unaware of this letter being sent by the ACA to the USDA. In… Read more »
Another Reason to Eat Organic – Decrease Pesticide Exposure by 90%
LivingMaxwell by Max Goldberg Credit: USDA Here are a few things that we know. 1) In its pioneering testing several years ago, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) identified up to 493 chemicals in Americans of all ages, including 287 industrial chemical pollutants found in the cord blood of 10 babies born in 2004. So, from the time… Read more »
An Inconvenient Truth About Our Food
New York Times by Mark Bittman “Fed Up” is probably the most important movie to be made since “An Inconvenient Truth,” to which it’s related in a couple of ways. One of its producers is Laurie David, who also produced “An Inconvenient Truth.” Climate change, diet and agriculture are inexorably intertwined; we can’t tackle climate… Read more »
