Archive for the 'Food' Category
Phosphorus Doom
April 22nd, 2010This is a top national security issue for New Zealand. Whether or not most New Zealanders are aware of it, I have no idea: Will fertiliser scarcity harm farm economy? New Zealand, apart from a tiny urea plant Ballance Agri-Nutrients operates out of Kapuni, Taranaki, imports all its fertiliser ingredients. For individual New Zealanders who […]
Toxic Beef, Rejected by Mexico, Sold in U.S.
April 13th, 2010Via: USA Today: Beef containing harmful pesticides, veterinary antibiotics and heavy metals is being sold to the public because federal agencies have failed to set limits for the contaminants or adequately test for them, a federal audit finds. A program set up to test beef for chemical residues “is not accomplishing its mission of monitoring […]
The Cove
April 12th, 2010I just saw The Cove. It’s worth a look on several levels. On the DVD, the “extra features” are really good too—must see for anyone who eats larger, predatory fish. Hint: You’re poisoning yourself.
Obama Gives Key Agriculture Post to Agribusiness Goon Who Lobbied for Monsanto, Syngenta, DuPont and Dow
April 2nd, 2010Via: Green Change: Today, President Obama announced that he will recess appoint Islam A. Siddiqui to the position of Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Siddiqui is a pesticide lobbyist and Vice President for Science and Regulatory Affairs at CropLife America, an agribusiness lobbying group that represents Monsanto. Following is a letter […]
Potato or Tomato?
March 25th, 2010Research Credit: ottilie
Pitchfork Event on the Horizon
March 18th, 2010Via: Comrad Simba: The major questions of existence I’ve had are answered thus: 1. It’s all about the food. 2. The food issue will drive the zombies. Bubba may be all ammo’d and camo’d up for a rape and pillage fest, but he’s really only looking for a can of beans and a piece of […]
Time Magazine: “What if the millions of so-called dropouts are onto something?”
March 16th, 2010I don’t agree with a lot of the woowoo in this article [cheap fuel cells powering off grid shanty towns?], but it’s still a good article and it describes a lot of things that Becky and I implemented in our own lives years ago. You’re probably sick of seeing this repeated on Cryptogon, over and […]
New York State Assemblyman Trying to Outlaw the Use of Salt in the Preparation of Food in Restaurants
March 11th, 2010Via: New York Daily News: If State Assemblyman Felix Ortiz has his way, the only salt added to your meal will come from the chef’s tears. The Brooklyn Democrat has introduced a bill that would ban the use of salt in New York restaurants – and violators would be smacked with a $1,000 fine for […]
Ractopamine: Banned in 160 Countries… Yet U.S. FDA Regards it as Safe?
March 10th, 2010Via: Food Consumer: A livestock drug banned in 160 nations and responsible for hyperactivity, muscle breakdown and 10 percent mortality in pigs has been approved by the FDA. The beta agonist ractopamine, a repartitioning agent that increases protein synthesis, was recruited for livestock use when researchers found the drug, used in asthma, made mice more […]
How Food and Water Are Driving a 21st-Century African Land Grab
March 7th, 2010Via: Guardian: We turned off the main road to Awassa, talked our way past security guards and drove a mile across empty land before we found what will soon be Ethiopia’s largest greenhouse. Nestling below an escarpment of the Rift Valley, the development is far from finished, but the plastic and steel structure already stretches […]
