Archive for the 'Food' Category
Monsanto and the Mortal Danger to Traditional Agriculture
August 21st, 2011Via: Axis of Logic: The greatest threat to the future of food production in the world is the introduction of genetically engineered foods from the bio-tech industry. Contrary to their mendacious propagandized promises of solving the problem of world hunger through the so-called second green revolution, the bio-tech companies are instead in the process of […]
China Claims Fukushima Disaster Has Contaminated a 252,000-Square-Kilometer Area of Pacific Ocean
August 20th, 2011Via: Asahi: Radioactive substances that leaked from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant have spread over far broader areas of the sea than Japan has acknowledged, according to the State Oceanic Administration of China. An Aug. 15 article in the electronic version of Science and Technology Daily, a Chinese newspaper, cited an ocean […]
BP and Other Companies Asked to Investigate “New Sheen” in Gulf of Mexico
August 18th, 2011I guess sheen is newspeak for oil spill. Via: CBS / AP: Oil giant BP says it is investigating a new sheen in the Gulf of Mexico. A catastrophic explosion at the energy giant’s Macondo well in the Gulf on April 2010 killed 11 men and led to the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. […]
For First Time, More Corn Used for Ethanol Than Livestock
August 18th, 2011Via: The Gazette: For the first time ever, more of the corn crop may go into gas tanks than into the stomachs of cattle and poultry destined for kitchen tables. The prediction drew little response last week when it was released by the USDA in its Crop Production and Supply/Demand Report for the 2011 crop […]
Choose Real Food
August 13th, 2011Via: Whole Health Source: The people who design government dietary guidelines are gagged by the fact that politics and business are so tightly intertwined in this country. Their advice will never directly target the primary source of obesity and metabolic dysfunction– industrially processed food– because that would hurt corporate profits in one of the country’s […]
Dylan Ratigan Rant Over Political and Economic System Designed to “Extract America”
August 10th, 2011I hardly ever see these talking heads shows, so I don’t know if this type of thing happens often. Apologies if this is just standard fare on the TV nowadays. Ratigan’s description of the issue represents a lie by omission, and his prescription would perpetuate the problem. Mainly, I liked how workers in the background […]
JAPAN: TRADING IN RICE FUTURES HALTED ON DISORDERLY PRICE INCREASE
August 8th, 2011But this rice thing… There is definitely potential for a wildcard result here. —Toshiso Kosako: Come the Harvest Season in the Fall, There Will Be Chaos Via: Bloomberg: Rice futures in Tokyo surged in their first trading on the bourse since 1939, triggering a suspension of trade, on concern radiation from the stricken Fukushima nuclear […]
Rawsome Farm Buying Club Raided Again
August 4th, 2011Look at all of the agencies associated with this nonsense!? Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office: Agencies taking part in the ongoing investigation include the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; the California Franchise Tax Board; the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Milk and Dairy Food Safety Branch and the department’s Division of Measurement Standards; the […]
Court Rules Pesticide Drifting Onto Organic Farm Constitutes Trespass
August 3rd, 2011Via: Star Tribune: Oluf Johnson’s 1,500-acre farm in Stearns County is an organic island in a sea of chemically treated corn and soybeans. Improperly applied pesticides repeatedly drift over from neighboring farms, often with dire consequences for Johnson. But now, thanks to a new court ruling, he and other farmers can sue to recover their […]
Japan’s Largest Supermarket Chain Tests Beef for Radiation
July 30th, 2011Via: International Supermarket News: Aeon, Japan’s largest supermarket chain, has carried out independent tests to ensure the safety of the beef products it sells. The move comes as the Japanese government requested a ban on shipments of cattle from a second prefecture, after detecting caesium levels as high as twice government-set limits in beef from […]
