The Guardian by Christopher Pala Source: Alexis Baden-Mayer Local doctors are in the eye of a storm swirling for the past three years over whether corn that’s been genetically modified to resist pesticides is a source of prosperity, as companies claim, or of birth defects and illnesses Pediatrician Carla Nelson remembers catching sight of the… Read more »

The Permaculture Research Institute by Dr Mae-Wan Ho A steep decline in human male sperm count concomitant with rise in testicular germ cell cancer, congenital malformations of the male reproductive tract and drop in serum testosterone levels, all pointing towards increasing exposure to glyphosate/Roundup herbicides during the past decades, now corroborated by lab findings. A fully… Read more »

The Netherlands—arguably America’s agricultural twin—has drastically reduced its use of antibiotics in meat, and Dutch citizens are already reaping the health benefits. So what is the U.S. waiting for? Prevention by Jane Black It’s the stench, a pungent mix of ammonia and wet earth, that gives it away. This neat row of brick buildings in… Read more »

Yes! Magazine by Roger Bybee Will Allen is bringing farming and fresh foods back into city neighborhoods. At the northern outskirts of Milwaukee, in a neighborhood of boxy post-WWII homes near the sprawling Park Lawn housing project, stand 14 greenhouses arrayed on two acres of land. This is Growing Power, the only land within the… Read more »

Earthbound Farm grew the tainted spinach that left three dead last year. The firm is on a safety crusade but knows that threats always lurk. Los Angeles Times By Marla Cone, Staff Writer SAN JUAN BAUTISTA, CALIF. – On a hot, bone-dry afternoon — not unlike the one last summer when something went horribly wrong… Read more »