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October 8, 2012

Prop 37: California Soil Scientist Says Label Up!

Huffington Post Annie Spiegelman This November, Californians will vote on a historic proposal that would require genetically modified foods in supermarkets to be labeled. For ...

September 27, 2012

NEW VIDEO: Organic Spies Goes Underground Looking at Whole Foods and GMOs

A new investigative video from a clandestine group, Organic Spies, takes a look at Whole Foods Market and the grocer’s sale of GMO foods. While ...

September 26, 2012

Act for Seed Freedom

Dr. Vandana Shiva discusses the the Global Alliance for Seed Freedom’s plans for a Fortnight of Action beginning on October 2 and running through October ...

September 14, 2012

Where Cows Are Happy and Food Is Healthy

New York Times By Nicholas D. Kristof FOOD can be depressing. If it’s tasty, it’s carcinogenic. If it’s cheap, animals were tortured. But this, miraculously, ...

September 14, 2012

What is a GMO?

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September 11, 2012

What They Say About GMO Foods

Here’s a humorous and poignant video looking at genetically engineered food from the perspective of Monsanto executives. Click on the link, turn up the volume ...

September 4, 2012

Thinking Outside the Processed Foods Box—Health and Safety Advantages of Organic Food

I have enjoyed a virtually exclusive organic diet for the past 30 years. But I was deeply unsettled by a September 4 New York Times ...

August 14, 2012

Organics: Change Your Food, you Change Your Life

To hear Dennis Weaver’s impassioned praise for Organic Good Foods is to glimpse the solar core that brings light to the movement. It’s also a ...

August 7, 2012

Gimmicky Nutraceuticals Deceiving Health-Conscious Consumers

DHA Omega-3 Oils in Food = Proven Beneficial by Scientific Research DHA from Mutated Algae by DSM/Martek Biosciences = Unproven and Risky Written by Charlotte ...

August 1, 2012

Farming Changes Can Limit Risks

New York Times by Jonathan Foley Droughts happen. They have happened in the past, and they will happen in the future. Whether the odds of ...

June 26, 2012

Dirtying Up Our Diets

New York Times By Jeff D. Leach Over 7,000 strong and growing, community farmers’ markets are being heralded as a panacea for what ails our ...

June 4, 2012

Not Only the Cows Are Mad

NOTE: The feeding of animal byproducts to livestock is explicitly prohibited in organics offering a significant margin of safety to organic consumers. This should be ...