No almond joy insideBayArea.com By Anna Belle Peevey, Correspondent SAN FRANCISCO – Vinicio Penate crunches down on a piece of dehydrated almond bread at Cafe Gratitude’s central kitchen in San Francisco, on a break from his shift as manager. He is deliberate, working over each bite. Penate says that...
San Francisco Chronicle Carol Ness, Chronicle Staff Writer Fans of eating organic have always believed that organic fruits and vegetables packed a bigger nutritional punch than conventionally grown produce. But until pretty recently, hard scientific evidence has been lacking. Studies that seemed to prove the theory often turned out...
North Platte Bulletin by Micheal Stumo Imagine if there was only one supermarket chain in New England, let’s call it Big Grocery. Big Grocery could set the prices, while lowering the quality of food sold. The company could blacklist you for complaining and even make you sign long-term contracts...
Reuters ROME – Paying farmers to protect the environment — rather than just for their produce — will be an important way to ensure a rapidly increasing demand for food does not destroy the planet, a U.N. agency said on Thursday. The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)...
Grainnet Chicago, IL — Rainforest Action Network (RAN) launched a campaign on Oct. 10 to stop U.S. agribusiness expansion in the rainforests by draping a 50-foot banner on the historic Chicago Board of Trade building at the start of this morning’s trading. Calling them the “ABC’s of rainforest destruction,”...
The New York Times By Claudia H. Deutsch Officially, Wal-Mart Stores released a “comprehensive report of its sustainability efforts” yesterday. But the much-anticipated document could more accurately be described as a citizenship report. The report did provide many facts and figures about the progress the company has made since...
Human rights, labor and environmental groups find Wal-Mart”s “green” initiatives lack real impact on global warming, employee health and welfare Washington, DC– As Wal-Mart releases its long-anticipated sustainability progress report today, 23 environmental, farm, labor, and human rights groups are disseminating their own report, “Wal-Mart’s Sustainability Initiative: A Civil...
The Sacramento Bee By Jim Downing In a little town in Kansas, Sacramento’s Ventria Bioscience is about to turn one of the biotechnology industry’s long-held dreams, and one of its critics’ nightmares, into reality. For 14 years, Ventria has inched toward its vision of growing fields of genetically modified...
Barrons Online By Bill Alpert ETHICAL CONSUMERISM IS IN. Sales have reached tens of billions of dollars for coffee, milk, lumber and other products grown organically. Or in an environmentally sustainable way. Or by farmers who got a fair piece of the action. The movement has spurred sales for...
Times Herald-Record By Matt King There’s a tectonic shift under way in organic agriculture. An organic label was once a way for smaller farms to find a market niche with produce free of synthetic chemicals. But as the demand for organic produce and other products has grown, large farms...
The antibiotics fed to the farm animals we eat may have helped to create superbugs like the drug-resistant staph bacteria known as MRSA. Salon.com By Alex Koppelman You may want to put down your BLT before reading this, because there’s a chance that the most delicious part of your...
The Guardian Rebecca Smithers, consumer affairs correspondent Mothers who drink organic milk during pregnancy and while breastfeeding can help their babies beat eczema, asthma and related allergies, according to ground-breaking research. The study suggests the conditions can also be kept at bay if children drink organic milk themselves. Researchers...
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