Is Your Favorite Organic Egg Brand a Factory Farm in Disguise?
Kiera Butler Mother Jones The chickens pictured on the egg producer Chino Valley Ranchers’ Simply Organic site look pretty happy. And from the description of their digs,…
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GM ‘lesser of two evils’: Olam
Sunny Verghese, Managing Director of Olam Andrew Marshall The Land THE Singaporean boss of fast-growing global agricultural commodities trader, Olam International, says his company won’t…
Study Shows Monsanto Roundup Herbicide Link to Birth Defects
William Engdahl Global Research A major new scientific study has confirmed growing conviction that the world’s most widely used chemical herbicide, Monsanto Corporation’s Roundup is…
GM maize ‘has polluted rivers across the United States’
Steve Connor The Independent An insecticide used in genetically modified (GM) crops grown extensively in the United States and other parts of the world has…
Western Australia Wheat Deteriorating Rapidly, Farmers Say
Wendy Pugh Bloomberg Wheat crops in Western Australia, the nation’s largest growing-state last season, may receive some rain this week amid forecasts for declining production,…
Meat tainted with deadly MRSA bacteria is being sold to consumers
Gergana Koleva Wallet Pop Meat contaminated by a potentially lethal infection is being sold to consumers — creating a public health threat that has largely…
11-year old explains What’s Wrong with Our Food System
Grocery stores try setting up fake farmers markets
Ashley Braun Grist Without a doubt, farmers markets have got a good thing growing. Unfortunately, sneaky copycats have been cropping up as they try to…
Banksters Inflate Speculative Food Bubble, U.N. Offers Global Governance Solution
Eric Blair Activist Post Never let a good crisis go to waste. The international bankers are taking advantage of the “food crisis” by driving up…
Public opinion stopped GM, says campaigner
Global resistance has halted the biotech giants, reports Environment Editor Michael McCarthy from the IoS co-sponsored Sustainable Planet Forum AFP/Getty Image The Independent The tide…
‘Troubled Waters’ overcomes censor troubles; more must-see Ag films
Rady Ananda, Contributing Writer Activist Post After controversy erupted when the University of Minnesota yanked the opening of Larkin McPhee’s new film, Troubled Waters: A Mississippi…
Is Harris County Openly Poisoning Citizens in the Name of Mosquito Control?
Insecticide Sprayed Directly Into Neighborhoods The Intel Hub On Friday, Harris County Texas officials sprayed insecticide throughout multiple neighborhoods in order combat West Nile Virus….
Corn, Soybeans Hit Two Year High While Cotton Jumps To 15-Year Peak
Reuters Oil jumped 2% on Monday and sharp gains in cotton, corn and soybeans also helped boost a commodities index to eight-month highs, while gold…
Global food risk from China-Russia pincer
World food supplies are caught in a pincer as China becomes a net importer of corn for the first time in modern history and Russia’s…