The cost of food is skyrocketing, and it is affecting not just people shopping at grocery stores, but those all over the world in third-world countries as well. In the midst of all the news about rising food prices, companies like Monsanto are using their P.R. muscle to convince everyone that genetically-modified foods will be […]
Tag: Genetic Engineering
October is Non-GMO Month. Genetically-modified substances and organisms are becoming more and more pervasive in our food supply in the United States. Over the last two decades, agriculture and science technology have been using genetically-modified organisms in growing crops for food and many other uses. The process involves the deletion or insertion of specific genes […]
I’d like to share some important and interesting destinations I’ve recently visited on the Internet relating to real food and food politics – of course, two subjects I am keenly interested in spreading around to my readers. Here we go! The school lunch saga continues on. In this report on the New York Daily News […]
The soil where we grow food is a critical foundation of our food system and ultimately, our health. Because the food system affects our health so profoundly, it is critical to make certain of the bio-diversity of the soil in which our food is grown. The same is not only true for vegetables, fruits, legumes, […]