Archive for the 'Biotechnology' Category
Sysco, It’s What’s for Dinner, and Breakfast and Lunch
February 23rd, 2007Via: Slate: A hot dog from Yankee Stadium. Potato latkes from the Four Seasons in Manhattan. Sirloin steak at Applebee’s. The jumbo cheeseburger at the University of Iowa Hospital. While it would seem these menu items have nothing in common, they’re all from Sysco, a Houston-based food wholesaler. This top food supplier serves nearly 400,000 […]
The Untold Story of Milk
February 9th, 2007Oh man, I can’t wait to get this: The Untold Story of Milk: Green Pastures, Contented Cows and Raw Dairy Products by Ron Schmid. Via: Amazon Reviewer: Milk is bad for you. No mammal needs milk after being weaned. Raw milk is dirty, dangerous, and a major health hazard. Only pasteurized milk is clean and […]
Raw Milk and Lifting the Veil that has Been Pulled Over Our Eyes
January 28th, 2007As all of you know, I find the “expert” opinions on medicine, energy, economics and several other areas to be riddled with bullshit. I have found that experimentation always trumps theory. No number of people with PhDs, paid trolls or “peer reviewed” journals are going to convince me that something that works for me isn’t […]
China Heralds Year of the Fluorescent Green Pig
January 8th, 2007Via: Yahoo/Reuters: Chinese scientists have successfully bred partially green fluorescent pigs which they hope will boost stem cell research, Xinhua news agency said. A research team at the Northeast Agricultural University in Harbin managed to breed three transgenic pigs by injecting fluorescent green protein into embryonic pigs, Xinhua quoted Professor Liu Zhonghua as saying. “The […]
FDA Approves Meat, Milk from Cloned Animals; No Labels Necessary
December 27th, 2006The darkness really is closing in on the U.S. now. It’s a struggle, trying to think of meaningful things to write about the U.S. and stories like this… Most people involved with the meat industrial complex have never seen a cow on pasture. Have a look at the cows my wife and I are raising. […]
Scientists Get OK for Engineered Peanuts
December 27th, 2006Oh sure. Via: AP: A leading industry group has given scientists the go-ahead to build genetically engineered peanuts that could be safer, more nutritious and easier to grow than their conventional version. The work could lead to peanuts that yield more oil for biofuel production, need less rainfall and grow more efficiently, with built-in herbicide […]
