The opposition is rising! This past May, the world Marched Against Monsanto to show its disapproval of GM foods and seeds in the agricultural sector, marketplace and in our food supply. I attended in my local area (Boise, ID) with my son and met up with friends and family to support my community in saying […]
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On November 6th in the state of CA, voters will be able to choose whether mandatory labeling should be instituted on products containing genetically-modified (GM) foods. Transparency in our food system is something we haven’t had in many decades. Big agricultural and chemical companies have seen to it that consumers are kept in the dark […]
This last week news reports have flooded the print, online, and on-air worlds from various outlets about the recent study conducted at Stanford University on the nutritional content of organic versus conventional food. The study was “an extensive examination of four decades of research” comparing organic and conventional foods which found that on average, fruits and […]
On Wednesday, July 18th in downtown Boise, ID, in front of Senator Mike Crapo’s office, citizens gathered for a rally organized by GMO-Free Idaho to protest the fact that our senators are not hearing our concerns about mandatory labeling for GMO foods in our state. The photos in this post are all from the rally. […]
The extreme conditions in our food supply today call for the application of conscientious awareness and purchasing habits on behalf of the consumer public. Avoiding GMOs is not necessarily easy, but to ensure good health and a clean environment, it’s an absolutely necessity. Given what’s at stake with regard to current contamination issues of the […]
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 […]
Sustainable food is a hot item in the news lately – and with good reason. People are taking notice of the damage, pollution, disease that is caused directly from the production and by-products of industrial food. Photo, courtesy of Francis Thicke for Secretary of Agriculture The industrial food system, which comprises most of the food […]
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 […]
Do you go to the grocery store and purchase whatever is on the shelf, or do you think about what’s in the food you eat and how it is produced? Where your food comes from is just as important as making something at home from scratch. The ingredients and how they are produced say a […]
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 […]