Archive for the 'Food' Category
Drought: California Agriculture in Collapse
October 16th, 2009Via: AP: As California prepares for its fourth year of drought, farmers are nervous in California’s San Joaquin Valley. The valley’s eight counties, if they were their own state, would be the top producing one in the nation. Nearly all the U.S. cantaloupes, garlic, almonds and processing tomatoes come from here. And so do nearly […]
Cryptogon Reader Affiliate Purchase (at Nitro-Pak)
October 13th, 2009Someone out there has made what amounts to an astonishing purchase at one of Cryptogon’s affiliates. First of all, thank you. Second: Do you know about something specific that’s headed down the track? Now, I’m sure this person knows who he or she is and the purchase that I’m referring to in this post. If […]
The Frankenfood Industry’s Strong Arm Tactics with Researchers
October 13th, 2009Via: GM Watch: The increasingly fractious relationship between public sector researchers and the biotech seed industry has come into the spotlight in recent months. In July, several leading seed companies met with a group of entomologists, who earlier in the year had lodged a public complaint with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over restricted […]
Food Production ‘Must Rise 70%’ Over the Next 40 Years
October 13th, 2009Via: BBC: Food production will have to increase by 70% over the next 40 years to feed the world’s growing population, the United Nations food agency predicts. The Food and Agricultural Organisation says if more land is not used for food production now, 370 million people could be facing famine by 2050. The world population […]
Soybeans, Corn Rise as Rains Stall U.S. Harvest, Limit Supplies
October 12th, 2009Via: Bloomberg: Corn and soybeans rose on speculation that cold, wet Midwest weather will slow the harvest and reduce production in the U.S., the world’s largest grower and exporter of both crops. Temperatures below freezing this weekend occurred north of a line from Amarillo, Texas, to Kansas City, Kansas, and east to Toledo, Ohio, ending […]
Why are Monsanto Insiders Now Appointed to Protect Your Food Safety?
October 12th, 2009Via: Mercola: The New Secretary of Agriculture is a Fan of Factory Farms, GM Crops and More Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack is now the Secretary of Agriculture, an appointment that took place despite massive public outcry. What was needed for an effective Secretary of Agriculture was someone who would develop and implement a plan […]
When Farming Is Just About Money: New Zealand’s Biggest Dairy Farmer Allows Calves to Starve to Death
September 29th, 2009If you’re outside of New Zealand, chances are that this isn’t all over your mainstream media. In New Zealand, this is a very big story. Anytime food production is turned into an industrial process that involves commoditization and absurd commitments to international bankers, there are going to be atrocities. Predictably, much of the outrage is […]
Get Your Flu Shot at Safeway and Save 10% on Your Next Grocery Purchase
September 27th, 2009Via: Safeway: Ingredients for Life: We are in full swing with our fall routine – school, homework, dance class for the girls, and with back to school comes more germs for all of us. It seems crazy to have to start thinking about the flu shot so early but experts agree that you’re better off […]
G20 Post Mortem / Open Thread
September 27th, 2009A few people seem surprised that the U.S. is a police state. Oh the cops. Oh the poor students. Oh boo hoo, we just want to wave our signs. The don’t taze me bro generation is obviously going to have to figure this one out the hard way. My position has always been that people […]
China’s “Cancer Villages” Bear Witness to Economic Boom
September 19th, 2009Becky runs a food buying co-op. Both of the “organic” product wholesalers she deals with only sell products like beans, sunflower seeds and peanuts from China. The non-Chinese rice costs 3x to 4x more than the Chinese rice. Obviously, we consume no food from China, regardless of the fact that it’s certified organic. Now, if […]
