Action Alert: Get Carrageenan Out of Organic Foods!
September 17, 2026
The Epoch Times By Martha Rosenberg Most people have heard of the drug companies Pfizer, Eli Lilly, and Merck. But they may not have heard of the animal-drug companies Fort Dodge, Elanco, or Intervet and the drugs they make. “Animal Pharma,” the animal-drug divisions within drug companies, tends to operate ...
TED In this fiery and funny talk, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman weighs in on what’s wrong with the way we eat now (too much meat, too few plants; too much fast food, too little home cooking), and why it’s putting the entire planet at risk. Mark Bittman ...
[NOTE: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Organic Standards Board passed a recommendation in 2010 directing the USDA National Organic Program to prohibit engineered nanomaterials from certified organic products as expeditiously as possible.] As You Sow Slipping Through the Cracks: An Issue Brief on Nanomaterials in Food was released ...
Farmers Weekly By Robyn Vinter Some US farmers are considering returning to conventional seed after increased pest resistance and crop failures meant GM crops saw smaller yields globally than their non-GM counterparts. Farmers in the USA pay about an extra $100 per acre for GM seed, and many are questioning ...
Farmers Weekly By Philip Case The European Commission has called for a two-year ban on all uses of neonicotinoid products in crops considered dangerous to honey bee health. Commission spokesman Frederic Vincent said the EU’s executive arm was proposing a suspension on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides in oilseed rape, ...
News Medical A study led by the University of Granada reveals that there is a direct relationship between the presence of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the body and the development of type 2 diabetes, regardless of the patient’s age, gender or body mass index. A study conducted at the University ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education By Goldie Blumenstyk In a case before the U.S. Supreme Court this month, advocates for academic researchers are urging the justices to reverse a patent-infringement decision that has given the Monsanto Company broad authority to restrict scientists’ study of genetically modified seeds. The decision, the ...
The area of U.S. cropland infested with glyphosate-resistant weeds has expanded to 61.2 million acres in 2012, according to a survey conducted by Stratus Agri-Marketing. Nearly half of all U.S. farmers interviewed reported that glyphosate-resistant weeds were present on their farm in 2012, up from 34% of farmers in 2011. ...
Don’t believe the hype: GM is in the grip of a few firms that profit from selling the chemicals they engineer their seeds to resist The Observer By John Vidal Thirty years ago, genetic engineers hoped new technology would revolutionise world farming and reduce or even eliminate the need for ...
The Tampa Tribune By George Wilkens TOWN ‘N COUNTRY — In 1978, when Rick Martinez became an organic farmer, there was no indication the then-unusual practice of growing pesticide-free vegetables would mushroom in coming decades.It wasn’t easy being green then, nor much better 15 years later when Martinez launched Sweetwater ...
New York Times By Katharine Q. Seelye and Jess Bidgood PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Fishery management officials meeting here on Wednesday voted to impose drastic new cuts to the commercial harvest of cod along the Atlantic coast, arguing that the only way to save the centuries-old cod fishing industry was to ...
HealthyCal By Alexia Underwood Organic. Could a more polarizing word exist in agriculture today? For some, organic means safer, more nutritious food and environmentally-friendly farming practices. For others, the word ‘organic’ brings to mind extensive, unnecessary regulations, or wealthy consumers willing to shell out top dollar at their local farmer’s ...
