Archive for the 'Food' Category
Sepp Holzer’s Permaculture
July 13th, 2010Don’t Miss: Sepp Holzer’s Permaculture on richsoil.com
Europe Seeks to Ban Food From Clones
July 8th, 2010Via: New York Times: The European Parliament asked on Wednesday for a ban on the sale of foods from cloned animals and their offspring, the latest sign of deepening concern in the European Union about the safety and ethics of new food technologies. The chamber, meeting in Strasbourg, France, also called for a temporary suspension […]
How Goldman Gambled on Starvation
July 2nd, 2010I’ll point to my commentary on this from 2008, CBOT Resembles Carnival Act as Billion Dollar Black Box Operators Move In: Leveraged speculation on commodities shouldn’t be allowed. Speculate on things like indexes, stocks, bonds and currencies until you’re blue in the face. None of those things are real anyway. But leveraged speculation on tangible […]
The Insane Overuse of Antibiotics in Industrial Meat Production
June 30th, 2010This is another one for your Captain Obvious file folder. Also, if you’re concerned about issues like this, and try to eat clean food, you might be mentally ill. Have a nice day, and make sure to take your happy pills with your ammonia burger. Via: New York Times: Federal food regulators took a tentative […]
Dumbing Down Society Part I: Foods, Beverages and Meds
June 30th, 2010Via: Vigilant Citizen: Scientific data has been proving for years that governments around the world are tolerating the selling of many products which have a direct and negative effect on cognitive and physical health.
Biggest Threat to Your Safety While Traveling by Commercial Flight? The Food
June 29th, 2010What happened to: FDA Warning Letter to LSG SkyChefs (World’s Second Largest Provider of Airline Catering Services) from back in January? Via: CBS: Many Americans fear for their safety while flying, scared of the possibility of something going wrong with the plane’s maintenance. It turns out, however, the biggest safety issue you face while flying […]
Eating Leaves and Lizards to Survive in Niger
June 27th, 2010Via: BBC: Aid organisations are warning that millions of people are facing starvation from drought and crop failure in the West African country of Niger, and some people are turning to desperate measures to survive. If you look up “bo” on the internet, nothing that makes sense comes up. But we were looking at a […]
Genetically Altered Salmon Get Closer to the Table
June 26th, 2010Not my family’s table. Via: New York Times: The Food and Drug Administration is seriously considering whether to approve the first genetically engineered animal that people would eat — salmon that can grow at twice the normal rate. The developer of the salmon has been trying to get approval for a decade. But the company […]
Monsanto Wins as Supreme Court Backs Alfalfa Seed Planting
June 22nd, 2010Via: Bloomberg: The U.S. Supreme Court, ruling in favor of Monsanto Co., overturned a judge’s ban on the planting of alfalfa seeds engineered to be resistant to the company’s Roundup herbicide. The 7-1 ruling shifts the focus of the environmental dispute to the Agriculture Department, which under today’s ruling now can consider allowing limited planting. […]
Comrade Simba on Fox-14
June 20th, 2010Video at the link. Via: Comrade Simba: Too bad it was only a three minute human interest story crammed in between sports and stock market crap but not bad for a brief overview. At least the dig at wal-mart got through which is the main point of what this whole homestead thing is all about. […]
