Archive for the 'Food' Category
Paleo Diet Blogger vs. North Carolina
May 31st, 2012Via: Institute for Justice: Can the government throw you in jail for offering advice on the Internet about what food people should buy at the grocery store? That is exactly the claim made by the North Carolina Board of Dietetics/Nutrition. In December 2011, diabetic blogger Steve Cooksey started a Dear Abby-style advice column on his […]
The Future of Sustainable Agriculture at Disney EPCOT: GMO and Styrofoam
May 21st, 2012Sponsors of “Living With The Land” at Disney EPCOT: Kraft: The Sierra Club has launched a campaign against genetically engineered foods. We’re targeting Kraft Foods, which is the largest packaged food producer in America. We’re asking Kraft to remove all genetically engineered products from their foods. This includes not using milk from rBGH-treated cows (the […]
Wheat: Biggest Price Rise in 6-1/2 Weeks on Dry Weather Threat
May 17th, 2012DISCLOSURE: I’m long PowerShares DB Agriculture (DBA). Via: Reuters: U.S. wheat futures climbed on Thursday, extending gains from the previous session when the grain posted its biggest daily price rise in 6-1/2 weeks, on concerns about dry conditions damaging the winter wheat crop. Chicago Board Of Trade July wheat futures rose 0.74 percent to their […]
High-Fructose Corn Syrup Can Make You Dumb, U.S. Scientists Warn
May 16th, 2012Via: AFP: Eating too much sugar can eat away at your brainpower, according to US scientists who published a study Tuesday showing how a steady diet of high-fructose corn syrup sapped lab rats’ memories. Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) fed two groups of rats a solution containing high-fructose corn syrup — […]
The Urban Farming Guys in India
May 14th, 2012Via: Urban Farming Guys: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
Florida Farm Workers Tell How Drugs, Debt Bind Them in Modern Slavery
May 14th, 2012Via: Tampa Bay Times: LeRoy Smith thought he had hit rock bottom when he found himself trolling Atlanta’s gay district, looking to exchange sex acts for a hot hit off a crack pipe. Then he wound up on a Florida farm near the small town of Hastings, being bilked blind, he says, by a man […]
Amish Farm Kids Remarkably Immune to Allergies
May 6th, 2012Via: Reuters: Amish children raised on rural farms in northern Indiana suffer from asthma and allergies less often even than Swiss farm kids, a group known to be relatively free from allergies, according to a new study. “The rates are very, very low,” said Dr. Mark Holbreich, the study’s lead author. “So there’s something that […]
Young Italians Flock to Become Shepherds
May 4th, 2012Via: Telegraph: Pay is poor and the hours are long, but there is job security, fresh air and as much pecorino cheese as you can eat. As Italy’s unemployment rate topped 10pc this week, it emerged that young people are flocking to become shepherds. Traditionally the preserve of older men, the profession has recently attracted […]
All Hail the Robotic Farmers and Pilots of the Future
May 2nd, 2012Via: Wired: Fighter pilot Mary “Missy” Cummings saw it coming while landing her F/A-18 supersonic jet on a Navy aircraft carrier — the world-changing disruption barreling toward the present. Instead of landing the multi-million-dollar machine on the small deck of the ship herself in the 1990s, a computer accomplished the tricky feat for her. “Here […]
North Carolina: State Threatens to Shut Down Nutrition Blogger
April 26th, 2012Via: Carolina Journal: The North Carolina Board of Dietetics/Nutrition is threatening to send a blogger to jail for recounting publicly his battle against diabetes and encouraging others to follow his lifestyle. Chapter 90, Article 25 of the North Carolina General Statutes makes it a misdemeanor to “practice dietetics or nutrition” without a license. According to […]
