Archive for the 'Food' Category
As Farmers Battle Weeds ‘Conventionally,’ the Chemical Treadmill Speeds Up
July 24th, 2009Via: Grist: I’m an ag nerd, so sometimes you’ll catch me reading stuff like Delta Farm Press—a trade publication for large-scale farmers in the deep south. I find the damnedest things on those reading jags. Here’s one: farmers down there—which is cotton, soy, and corn country—are having a hell of a time controlling weeds, and […]
Canada: Buy-Local Push Prompts Ontario Grocers to Go Independent
July 16th, 2009Via: CBC News: Dale Kropf calls it Independence Day: On July 3, his five grocery stores in southwestern Ontario ceased to be Sobeys franchises. Corporate policies prevented him from buying local products, he says, so he joined forces with four other former Sobeys franchisees and formed the independent Hometown Grocers Co-Op. “We feel that local […]
Crops, Ponds Destroyed in Quest for Food Safety
July 13th, 2009HAHA. If these fascists knew what we were growing our garlic in this season, their heads would explode. F*&%$#@ idiots. Via: San Francisco Chronicle: Dick Peixoto planted hedges of fennel and flowering cilantro around his organic vegetable fields in the Pajaro Valley near Watsonville to harbor beneficial insects, an alternative to pesticides. He has since […]
Fears for the World’s Poor Countries as the Rich Grab Land to Grow Food
July 5th, 2009A pants shitting, must read. Via: Guardian: The acquisition of farmland from the world’s poor by rich countries and international corporations is accelerating at an alarming rate, with an area half the size of Europe’s farmland targeted in the last six months, reports from UN officials and agriculture experts say. New reports from the UN […]
China Loans Zimbabwe US$950 Million
June 30th, 2009There will be something in the dirt that China wants to dig up. Or, maybe just the dirt would do. More: China arable land fears end reforestation drive Arable land shrinking fast Via: BBC: China has agreed to give Zimbabwe a loan of $950m (£573m) to help it revive its battered economy, Prime Minister Morgan […]
And Now: Shit in the Cookie Dough
June 19th, 2009Via: AP: Food maker Nestle USA on Friday voluntarily recalled its Toll House refrigerated cookie dough products after a number of illnesses were reported by those who ate the dough raw. The company said the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control are investigating reported E. coli illnesses that might be related […]
Nanotechnology: The New Asbestos?
June 18th, 2009Via: Food Navigator: The safety risks of nanotechnology use by the food industry could make it “the new asbestos”, says toxicologist Dr George Burdock of the Burdock Group. Nanotechnology refers to controlling matter at an atomic or molecular scale measured in nanometers, or millionths of millimeters. In the food industry, the technology has excited manufacturers […]
A ‘Time Bomb’ for World Wheat Crop
June 15th, 2009Via: Los Angeles Times: Crop scientists fear the Ug99 fungus could wipe out more than 80% of worldwide wheat crops as it spreads from eastern Africa. It has already jumped the Red Sea and traveled as far as Iran. Experts say it is poised to enter the breadbasket of northern India and Pakistan, and the […]
Soy’s Negative Effects: Is This the Most Dangerous Food for Men?
June 7th, 2009The fact that soy based foods are routinely fed to infants and prisoners, groups of people who have no choice in what they are being fed, amounts to an atrocity. Check out what I call the ‘soy apocalypse gateway’ at the Weston A Price Foundation for more information. Via: Men’s Health: The unassuming soybean has […]
Iron Filings in “Fortified” Breakfast Cereals
June 6th, 2009Yummy! Via: Times Online: The reason it is added in a form that you can extract is that iron ions (iron that would more easily combine with other molecules in the cereal) increase the spoilage rate of the food. Using iron in its pure metal form gives the cereal a longer shelf-life. More: Intestinal Infections, […]
