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Netflix’ “Rotten” Talks Honey Crime

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Listeria Recalls: Increasing Produce Safety

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The Dangers of Dicamba

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.83″] “What’s that made of, Mom?” My two-year-old son has this adorable little habit of asking me …

UN Declares Agricultural Pesticides Unnecessary

So much for the agrochemical industry’s insistence that agricultural pesticides are the only way to feed the world. The United …

Almond Fungicide Threatens Honey Bees

With most managed US hives used to pollinate California’s almond crops, it’s alarming to learn that a common almond fungicide …

Plant Patents, Food Sovereignty & Seed Diversity

[one_half]Concerned about pesticides, chemicals, and GMOs on your plate? Time to broaden your awareness of what’s happening in the world …

Is Your Sweet Corn Nuked?

Not microwaved, but exposed to atomic fallout. Word is that supersweet corn hybrids came from radiation seed mutations. Seed corn purposefully placed …

Getting To The Truth: Real News Revelations

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Neonicotinoid Pesticides Proven More Harmful

As if contributing to the magnitude of bee and butterfly losses wasn’t reason enough to greatly curb or cease use …

Why We Have A Food System

It’s not the unpredictable nature of the weather and commodity prices that are causing the median age of farmers to …

Herbal Medicine Goes Mainstream?

Nature is amazingly brilliant and capable of beating man’s tinkering and mimicry. Science has turned to herbal medicine for an effective …

Biofuels Found Worse than Gasoline

So much for corn ethanol making your car a greener vehicle. A new study of biofuels by University of Michigan …

Food Waste: Pretty Produce Dumping

Prepare to see red. It’s not just ugly veg getting tossed. Food waste in the United States includes dumping tons …

Food Labeling Law: Word Wars

Despite the fact that the FDA now wants added sugar listed as sugar, instead of it’s many other industry preferred names, …

U.S. GMO Labeling Bill: It’s A Deal

A national GMO labeling bill has been drawn up by U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee members. In a race against the clock to stop …

Mega Merger: Bayer Wants Monsanto

Is Monsanto about to be gobbled up? Looks very possible… if the price is right. Bayer made an unsolicited offer to …

Strawberries: Top Toxic Fruit

Most people don’t realize they’re adding toxic fruit to that morning cereal when topping the bowl with strawberries. They think …

Ugly Food Fallacies

Most of the world is aghast over the amount of fresh fruits and vegetables being tossed in the garbage due to …

Iowa: Nitrate Runoff Lawsuit

An unprecedented situation has developed in Des Moines over the past year. A water war, so to speak, in the …

Toxic Pesticides: EPA Cancellation Rejected

The process of protecting people, animals, and the planet from toxic pesticides is bass-ackwards. Changing how things are done at the …

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