Animation - Food Rules according to Michael Pollan
Excerpts from Michael Pollan’s talk. This video was made for the short film competition called out by the RSA.
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Family Farmers
Our mission is to create a farmer-controlled and consumer-oriented food and fiber system, based upon democratically controlled institutions that empower farmers to speak for and respect themselves in their quest for social and economic justice.
Organic Consumers Association
The OCA deals with crucial issues of food safety, industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, children’s health, corporate accountability, Fair Trade, environmental sustainability and other key topics.
rBGH: How Artificial Hormones Damage the Dairy Industry and Endanger Public Health
A growing body of scientific research suggests a link between drinking rBGH-treated milk and certain types of cancer in humans.
Industrial Agriculture on Ecocentric Blog
Industrial livestock operations (aka factory farms) threaten human health, damage the environment, degrade rural communities and compromise animal welfare. This series explores the issue... in all its manure-spewing, pestilent repugnance.
Comprehending the Scale of Factory Farming
The latest calculations from Compassion in World Farming suggest that we farm around 70 billion animals worldwide every year - nearly 10 animals for every single person on the planet. Around 70% of these animals (that's nearly 50 billionare factory farmed, which is bad news for the farm animals, as well as people and planet.
Blood, Guts, E. coli, and Accessibility: Slaughterhouse Rules
Small slaughterhouses once existed throughout the US. Unfortunately, the transition to factory farming spawned the creation of huge, highly mechanized, corporate-controlled mega-slaughterhouses, which ultimately put most small, independent slaughterhouses out of business.
It’s Spring! Eggs And Asparagus
Spring is a time for new growth, fertility and change; a time to get up and start moving after a long (long!) winter. Even this year’s White House Easter Egg Roll has the theme "Get up and Go!" promoting health and wellness through Michelle Obama’s Lets Move campaign to fight childhood obesity.
''Agent Orange'' Corn: Biotech Only Winner in Chemical Arms
The USDA is currently deciding whether or not to approve an application by Dow Chemical for its controversial genetically engineered (GE) corn variety that is resistant to the highly toxic herbicide 2,4-D, one of the main ingredients in Agent Orange.
In Season: Ramp-a-rama
The name "Chicago" is said to originate from "Checagoua" (Chick-Ah-Goo-Ah) or "Checaguar," which in the Potawatomi language means "wild onions" or "skunk." Historians believe the area was thus named for the smell of rotting wild leeks (ramps) in the marshland that used to occupy the region.
Our Heroes
Our Heroes is a weekly series that highlights the work and the daily lives of people who are making major changes in the world of food, water and/or energy.
Dr. Chris Gobler on ocean acidification
When it comes to climate change and the ocean, we often think of the impacts to water temperature, sea level rise and coastal storms. However, Dr. Chris Gobler of Stony Brook University calls ocean acidification a "game-changer in the way we think about how climate change can affect the functioning of our oceans."
Think Those Chemicals Have Been Tested?
The chemicals in your hand soap and deodorant have been tested and proven safe, right? Probably not. Regulation of such industrial chemicals falls under the Toxic Substances Control Act, which asks little of companies and puts safety testing requirements on the overstretched EPA. Having tested only a tiny fraction of the 85,000 (that's right) industrial chemicals in use today, maybe it's time for a Control Act update considering it hasn't been touched since its 1970s-era adoption. Whadya think? [NY Times]
National Organic Standards Board Decision a Victory for Organics, Preservation of Antibiot
The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) rejected a petition to extend the expiration date for the use of oxytetracycline to treat fire blight in apple and pear production beyond October 21, 2014. The decision is a victory for the organic standard and advances efforts to preserve the effectiveness of antibiotics.
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Good Food Starts with a Fair Farm Bill
Most of us would prefer to feed ourselves and our families good, healthy, local, sustainably produced and affordable food. Unfortunately, there are many things that get in our way and don't allow this to happen. Sign the petition below to show your support for making our food system fair for all! We'll deliver it to your members of Congress.
