The Indignity of Industrial Tomatoes
Tasteless, indestructible and picked by literal slaves, our favorite fruit has become a national shame Heirloom Tomatoes – Wiki Image Barry Estabrook Gilt Taste Editor’s…
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Agriculture industry science denial?
Antibiotics used in meat production – Remapping Debate Eric Kroh Remapping Debate Remapping Debate has previously reported on attempts to “repeal” climate science; it appears…
US Senate votes down ethanol subsidies
Critics say ethanol, made mainly from corn in the United States, has diverted too much grain from food to fuel © AFP/File Stan Honda AFP…
Europe Braces for Serious Crop Losses and Blackouts
Record dry spring could drive up wheat prices, and lack of water may force nuclear reactors to shut down Wiki Image Jeremy Lovell and ClimateWire…
Protesters destroy controversial GMO field trial
Food First In Wetteren, a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders, activists succeeded in damaging the GM potatoes being trialled for blight resistance,…
E.coli And Radiation – Surprise! Surprise!
David Temple Rense That European e.coli may have been genetically engineered. But there is no question it is doing what serves the interests of industrial agriculture and…
New Jersey town cites backyard organic farmer for growing vegetables, demands crops be left unattended to die
Giving away garden vegetables cited as a local crime Ethan A. Huff Natural News Hostility towards individuals who grow food in their suburban or semi-rural…
Hemp, The Great Green Hope
Wiki Commons Rand Clifford Activist Post “It has something to do with something called marijuana. I believe it is a narcotic of some kind.” So…
Industrial hemp bill passes California Senate
Many of the Founding Fathers grew hemp – Wiki Image Chris Hinyub California Independent Voter Network We’ve all heard about how the Declaration of Independence…
Slashing Local Food, Rural Development, Child Nutrition, and Conservation
WIki Image Taylor Reid BeginningFarmers House Republicans Propose Slashing Local Food, Rural Development, Child Nutrition, and Conservation Programs On May 31st 2011 the House Appropriations…
Meat glue: The industry secret (Video)
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Is the Global Economy Going Rogue? Why We MUST Start Living More Locally…Before It’s Too Late
The elephant in the room of our political dithering and partisan complaints is a global economy that’s too big not to fail. Learn about five…
USDA offers to drop fine against rabbit seller
Associated Press NIXA, Mo. | A southwest Missouri man who faced a $90,654 penalty for selling rabbits without a license might get a reprieve. The…
Building Community Food Security
Wiki Image Mary Lou Shaw Mother Earth News My husband and I have been developing our central-Ohio homestead for the past 10 years, and it…