Archive for the 'Food' Category
Israel: Starvation Used as Weapon of War in Gaza
December 18th, 2023Via: Human Rights Watch: The Israeli government is using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in the occupied Gaza Strip, which is a war crime, Human Rights Watch said today. Israeli forces are deliberately blocking the delivery of water, food, and fuel, while willfully impeding humanitarian assistance, apparently razing agricultural areas, and depriving […]
UN Climate Delegates Served “Slabs of Succulent Meat” and “Smoked Wagyu Burgers” Ahead of Calling for Lower Meat Consumption
December 10th, 2023Via: Fox: The ongoing United Nations COP28 climate summit in Dubai is offering a wide variety of gourmet food options from vendors who serve beef, even as it prepares a report that is expected to call for the West to reduce consumption of beef. According to the summit’s online portal, its food offerings include “juicy […]
UN Says Starvation Imminent in Gaza
November 17th, 2023Via: Reuters: U.N. aid deliveries to Gaza were suspended again on Friday due to shortages of fuel and a communications shutdown, deepening the misery of thousands of hungry and homeless Palestinians as Israeli troops battled Hamas militants in the enclave. The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) said civilians faced the “immediate possibility of starvation” […]
‘Controligarchs’: Bill Gates Buying Up Land, Threatening Small Farms Under Guise of Saving Planet, Author Claims
November 14th, 2023Via: Fox: A new book aimed at “exposing the billionaire class” says Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates’ investments in patented fertilizers, fake meat and U.S. farmland aren’t saving the planet but rather enriching his bank account. … “First, it was patented seeds and patented fertilizers, and now they are patenting meat alternatives. Banning cattle would grant […]
‘You Will Eat Zhe Bugs’: Tyson Foods Gets Into the Insect Factory Farming Game
October 28th, 2023Watch the first few minutes of Bladerunner 2049. They want to tell you. “It’s a protein farm.”: “Primarily to be used in the pet food, aquaculture, and livestock industries.” *wink* Via: Armageddon Prose: What was once the pipe dream of anti-human technocrats in the multinational corporate state — forcing the peasants to feed like beasts […]
Animal Contraceptive And Antibiotics Detected In Top 10 Popular Fast Foods
October 14th, 2023Although the amounts are small, think of this in terms of the fictional story I didn’t write: If a man drinks a soda containing compound A by itself, he doesn’t become infertile. If he eats a candy bar containing compound B by itself, he doesn’t become infertile. But if he consumes products containing both compound […]
Drinking Diet Sodas and Aspartame-Sweetened Beverages Daily During Pregnancy Linked to Autism in Male Offspring
September 30th, 2023Via: University of Texas, San Antonio: A new published study led by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) has found an association between autism diagnosis in boys and daily consumption of either diet soda or a comparable amount of aspartame by their mothers during pregnancy […]
Chicago Mayor Johnson Moves Toward City-Run Grocery Stores
September 17th, 2023Via: Jonathan Turley: When Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) ran for office, he was propelled to victory by a growing socialist movement allied with the Democratic Party. The Socialist movement has elected a record number of socialists in Congress. However, Johnson now has one of the largest American cities to implement such policies with the […]
Genetically Modified Soil Microbes May Have ‘Irreversible Consequences’
September 2nd, 2023Via: The Defender: A plan by major agrochemical companies to develop genetically engineered (GE) soil microbes, including bacteria and fungi, to act as pesticides and fertilizers is raising concerns about the unknown and potentially disastrous risks associated with the new organisms, according to a report published Tuesday by Friends of the Earth. Bayer-Monsanto, Syngenta and […]
Genetically Engineered Vaccines in Animals Producing Organic-Certified Meat, Eggs and Dairy Products
August 5th, 2023Via: The Defender: Agribusiness watchdog OrganicEye today demanded the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) hold a public hearing — or face litigation — on the use of mRNA and other genetically engineered vaccines in organic livestock production. The use of such genetically modified products violates the legal definition of “organic,” the group said. The request […]
