If you’re a new reader to my blog, you may not be aware of a very important documentary called Farrmageddon.
Last year, I wrote several posts about this movie and also screened it for a fundraiser that I held to raise money for The Center for Food Safety.
Farmageddon exposes the USDA’s brutal crackdown on farmers selling raw milk and how the agency’s heavy-handed, corrupt and politically-motivated ways have destroyed the lives of small, organic farmers trying to do the right thing. Read More »
A week ago, the Just Label It campaign announced that it had secured 1 million signatures, the highest ever for a food-related protest to the FDA.
In case you are not familiar with the Just Label It campaign, here’s a quick summary.
Last fall, a petition was filed with the FDA to mandate that genetically-modified foods (GMOs) be labeled. For several months, people could comment on this filing and a nationwide campaign was established (Just Label It) to help raise awareness, build support, and gather signatures.
The window to submit comments to the FDA closed last week, and we were able to submit a record-setting 1 million signatures.
Why is this initiative so important? Read More »
5/10/12 UPDATE: WE GOT ENOUGH SIGNATURES TO BE ON THE BALLOT LATER THIS FALL. PLEASE READ BELOW TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THIS VERY IMPORTANT INITIATIVE.
Whether you care about organic food or not, the ballot initiative in California to require mandatory labeling of genetically-modified food (officially known as the California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act) impacts you.
This is because current regulations are violating our rights as American citizens, and that should outrage you.
Approximately 70-80% of the food on supermarket shelves contains genetically-modified ingredients, widely known as GMOs. GMOs are species that have been designed in laboratories and have had organisms, such as bacteria and viruses, inserted into them.
Our government has a long list of requirements for food packaging labels – nutritional information, country of origin, etc. – yet disclosing genetically-modified ingredients is not one of them. Exactly, why is this? Read More »
For people who are new to organic, the first question they generally have is “Why should I be eating this food?”
The easy response is “because organic food does not contain synthetic and toxic chemicals”.
Organic food also forbids the use of genetically-engineered ingredients, often known as GMOs (genetically-modified organisms).
Since GMOs are a little bit more complicated and a little less tangible, this point either gets overlooked or is not fully understood.
GMOs are species that have been altered, manipulated and designed in a laboratory, and foreign genes, such as viruses or bacteria, have been inserted into them. Read More »
The very serious issue we face with colony collapse disorder (CCD) is something that should be on everyone’s radar screen.
Basically, the bees are disappearing. And why should we care exactly that the bees are disappearing?
Well, bees pollinate our plants and without bees, we have four years to live.
While many people believe that CCD is a result of GMOs and the toxic chemicals that we spray on them, there is incredible denial from the chemical industry.
In an article published the other day in Environmental Science & Technology titled “Assessment of the Environmental Exposure of Honeybees to Particulate Matter Containing Neonicotinoid Insecticides Coming from Corn Coated Seeds,” new research identifies a direct link between the bees dying and insecticides used on corn. Read More »
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