“A diet high in fruits and vegetables is important for optimal child growth, maintaining a healthy weight, and prevention of chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and some cancers.”
You know exactly what does and does not go into your food and exactly where it comes from
Punishable by at least a minimum of six months behind bars
The Yorkshire pigs were developed by researchers in Ontario at the University of Guelph
always choose organic!
Jonathan Safran Foer says the U.S. farm system is perfectly antithetical to American values.
“It has taken a sledge hammer to a finishing nail.”
Farmers Appeal to OMB, President Obama for Justice
The study was released by the International Journal of Biological Sciences
Genetically modified (GM) crops and nanotechnology will have to be used in British agriculture to avoid food shortages, the Government’s chief scientist has warned
McDonald’s, Burger King and other fast-food giants use it as a component in ground beef, as do grocery chains.
As Monsanto’s spent the past decade or so gobbling up smaller seed companies
A former lobbyist and Monsanto employee who is credited with playing an instrumental role in introducing genetically modified milk and known carcinogens into the U.S. Food supply has been hired as a key advisor for the FDA.
Farmers have become increasingly critical of both GM seed as it goes up in price, and herbicides like Roundup, also known as glyphosate, as ‘superweeds‘ become prevalent in treated fields.
Your body is probably home to a chemical called bisphenol A, or BPA. It’s a synthetic estrogen that United States factories now use in everything from plastics to epoxies – to the tune of six pounds per American per year. That’s a lot of estrogen.
“So we wanted to look at bit differently at the link between diet and mental health.”
Legislation granting the Food and Drug Administration new powers to oversee the nation’s food supply has elbowed its way onto Congress’ crammed calendar with bipartisan support and rare agreement between consumer groups and an industry stung by product recalls.
You can find it in not just sodas, but pizza sauce, salad dressings and even whole wheat bread. It’s in breakfast cereals, food bars, peanut butter, ketchup and a thousand other products.
Bill Gates, speaking at a World Food Prize forum in Iowa on Thursday, told global food leaders that an “ideological wedge” threatens his global effort to help farmers.
