Tag: healthy food
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Excellent, Compact Interviews on the topic of GMOs
Awhile back I did a two-part video interview series regarding my views on GMOs with Greenstate TV. You can view parts one and two (in reverse order) here and here. Today I am posting Greenstate TV interviews with two other people whom I admire greatly. Specifically these two were absolutely instrumental in my realization that…
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What Is a ‘Natural’ or ‘Whole’ Food – Exactly?
These three graphics came from a blog by James Kennedy, a British chemistry teacher living in Australia. Here is his explanation for creating the posters: As a Chemistry teacher, I want to erode the fear that many people have of “chemicals”, and demonstrate that nature evolves compounds, mechanisms and structures far more complicated and unpredictable…
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Do Corporations Really Dominate Farming?
Food and ag writer Tom Philpott of Mother Jones certainly has kept my attention through my own evolution from anti-GMO to pro-science supporter of GMOs. He used to be my hero. When it comes to recombinant DNA technology or genetic engineering in general, he mostly writes on the side of the antis but every now…
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What If Labels Could Educate?
Series: The Benevolent Side of GMOs I wish I could say this headline is mine: Embrace The Biotech In Your Basket. It is not, and I can’t improve upon it. I found the article for this post in a South African blog called Food Stuff. It is written by Dr Leon Van Eck, a…
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Activist vs. Scientist – Propaganda Style!
Series: The Benevolent Side of GMOs Here is a fun video that does two things – it exposes the silliness and ignorance of the people who are opposing the Arctic Apple (read my recent post about this apple here) and it also subtly, or not so subtly, mocks the propaganda style of videos that anti-GMO…
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A Second Look At The Arctic Apple
Series: The Benevolent Side of GMOs Hmm, an apple that won’t turn brown if you bite it, cut it, or bruise it. When I first learned of this engineered, non-browning apple, I was a staunch supporter of the anti-GMO movement. Surprisingly though, even then I didn’t find anything scary or weird about this product in…
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Science Is Laughing At Us
Ok readers. It is time to come clean about something that is deeply troubling to me. I have read. I have learned. I have talked to a real scientist. I have even tried to get past the abstract and decipher scientific jargon in a report (epic fail). I have pondered. I have soul searched. I have…
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Look Out Monsanto: The Global Food Movement Is Rising
Guest post by Daniel Moss of Yes! Used by Permission. Chewing on a mouthful of locally grown lettuce, I wondered if the claims I’d heard about the global food-justice movement were true. Was there a line to follow, however crooked, between my purchase of these greens, land reform in Brazil and opposition to genetically modified…
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Will Monsanto Ties Influence Nutritionists’ Stance On GMOs?
One of my favorite go-to writers is Food and Ag columnist Tom Philpott of Mother Jones. In my index of great sources, Philpott is top tier – absolutely A list – along with a handful of others. As to be expected, this post doesn’t disappoint. Here is an excerpt of Philpott’s article about two members…
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Now There Are Two Non GMO Certifiers To Choose From
The Non GMO Project has been around since 2008 and has been the “go to” label relied upon by consumers for assurance that a product is non GMO. Headquartered in Bellingham, Washington, its “Who Are We?” page reads: The Non-GMO Project is a non-profit multi-stakeholder collaboration committed to preserving and building sources of non-GMO products,…