Tag: sustainability
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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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GMO OMG!
Film maker and director Jeremy Siefert (see wiki article Dive! – film about dumpster diving and food waste) has put together a new documentary called “GMO OMG” – sponsored by a variety of organic food companies. I am posting a web exclusive interview with Siefert conducted by Doctor Mehmet Oz, followed by the official movie…
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White Crow Farm in British Columbia: Visionary
In the Slocan valley of mountainous British Columbia – and seemingly in the middle of nowhere – is a little town called Winlaw, and just north of that is a little farm called White Crow Farm. In a hip, artistic way, the video above explains what they’re up to at White Crow Farm. Using…
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Stop Monsanto
This attempted coup in congress by Monsanto is significant if it passes, but there is still time to act. I signed a letter to three elected officials in my state. If you have interest in doing the same in your state, please click here. You may also learn more about this bill in my last…
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A million a day keeps the labels away
I found this article (not exactly an Op-ed but in the same ballpark) written by Mark Bittman, food writer for the New York Times – a publication far removed from California where all the hullabaloo is happening around Prop 37, the proposal that asks voters to cast yes votes for labeling of most foods that…
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To everything – spin, spin, spin!
Having thought all along that op-ed meant “opinion editorial” – I actually googled the definition to be sure. It doesn’t mean that. It means “opposite the editorial” and non-affiliated writers write op-eds. In this case, a piece that I ran across today appears in Forbes and when I read it I was outraged. I was…
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Thank you Dr. Oz
Yesterday, Dr. Oz devoted a segment of his show to GMO (aired Wednesday, October 18, 2012). “Right now we have no way of knowing which foods have been genetically modified. I believe you should have that right…I prefer to be cautious,” he said, at the conclusion of the segment titled GMO Foods: Are They Dangerous…
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Some good “news”!
Nice to know that some newspapers are standing up to Biotech. Read here about which California news publications said no to the 36 million dollar propoganda bonanza against prop 37. Well done!
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Pro-GMO articles – maybe not
In an earlier blog I vowed to research articles in favor of GMO food crops and post a few, just to be fair. Well, after reading only two such articles – I know that I can’t honor that promise. I’m much too opinionated and emotionally wrapped up in this topic. An article written by a…