Archive for the 'Food' Category
Group Will Bring Attention to ‘Systematic Human Rights Abuses’ by Monsanto, Bayer and Dow
November 23rd, 2011Via: The Ecologist: Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal accuses biotech giants Monsanto, Dow, Bayer, Syngenta, DuPont and BASF of promoting dangerous pesticides including endosulfan, paraquat and neonicotinoids The world’s major agrochemical companies, Monsanto, Dow, Bayer, Syngenta, DuPont and BASF, will face a public tribunal in early December accused of systematic human rights violations. They are accused of […]
Japan: 8% of Country’s Surface Area Contaminated with Radioactive Fallout from Fukushima Disaster
November 22nd, 2011Via: ABC: Japan’s science ministry says 8 per cent of the country’s surface area has been contaminated by radiation from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. It says more than 30,000 square kilometres of the country has been blanketed by radioactive caesium. The ministry says most of the contamination was caused by four large plumes of […]
A Conspiracy of Hogs: The McRib as Arbitrage
November 18th, 2011I have a special relationship with the McRib sandwich. Long ago, I had a friend who used to eat those things and the smell of them turned my stomach. He found my revulsion hilarious and he would taunt me by offering me some of the McRib, or blowing the putrid fumes my way. One time, […]
Farmland Has Biggest 1-Year Value Jump Since 1980
November 17th, 2011Via: Denver Post: The average value of farmland in several Midwestern and Western states grew 25 percent over the past year in the biggest one-year jump in at least three decades. The increase reported Tuesday by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Mo., reflects current low interest rates and a healthy farm economy. But […]
Japan: Radioactive Contamination in Soil Will Severely Impair Food Production
November 15th, 2011Via: Telegraph: Farmland in parts of Japan is no longer safe because of high levels of radiation in the soil, scientists have warned, as the country struggles to recover from the Fukushima atomic disaster. A team of international researchers said food production would likely be “severely impaired” by the elevated levels of caesium found in […]
In-Vitro Meat
November 14th, 2011Via: Reuters: Scientists are cooking up new ways of satisfying the world’s ever-growing hunger for meat. “Cultured meat” — burgers or sausages grown in laboratory Petri dishes rather than made from slaughtered livestock — could be the answer that feeds the world, saves the environment and spares the lives of millions of animals, they say. […]
The Contiguous United States Visualized by Distance to the Nearest McDonald’s
November 9th, 2011Via: DataPointed: To gauge the creep of cookie-cutter commercialism, there’s no better barometer than McDonald’s – ubiquitous fast food chain and inaugural megacorporate colonizer of small towns nationwide. … Behold, a visualization of the contiguous United States, colored by distance to the nearest domestic McDonald’s!
Most Store Honey Isn’t Honey
November 9th, 2011Via: Food Safety News: More than three-fourths of the honey sold in U.S. grocery stores isn’t exactly what the bees produce, according to testing done exclusively for Food Safety News. The results show that the pollen frequently has been filtered out of products labeled “honey.” The removal of these microscopic particles from deep within a […]
China: Regime Admits 10% of Farmland Polluted with Heavy Metals
November 7th, 2011Considering the source, I’d start by doubling or tripling the estimate. Via: AFP: About 10 percent of China’s farmland contains excessive levels of heavy metals due to contaminated water and poisonous waste seeping into the soil, state media said Monday, citing a government survey. Pollution from heavy metals such as lead, mercury and cancer-causing cadmium […]
Scale Of MF Global Bankruptcy Remains To Be Seen
November 3rd, 2011Via: AgWeb: How deep this goes and the pending ripple effect to farm country, are still unknown. MF Global is a major clearing house for many agriculture traders and brokerage firms, and that could have severe effects on farmers who are actively trading.
