Minnesota organic farm profit rises sharply
Profits at Minnesota’s organic farms made a big jump in 2012. A report released Tuesday by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and the University of...
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GMOs explained – a public service announcement from the Health Ranger / Natural News
This short, 3-minute video is the perfect way to introduce new people to the subject of GMOs.
Hedge Funds, Insider Traders Begin Dumping Monsanto Stock as Reality of GMOs Sinks In Across Wall Street
Monsanto executives and insiders are dumping Monsanto stock in record volumes, sending the stock price spiraling downward. CEO Hugh Grant just sold off 40,000 shares...
Markets Bring Greens to Consumers, Greenbelts to Cities, Green to Farmers
Nothing says late summer like a farmers market, where a cornucopia of produce overflows to delight the taste buds and other senses — juicy tomatoes...
Certified Naturally Grown: More farmers are using an alternative label to organic
SCHAGHTICOKE, N.Y. — Justine and Brian Denison say they adhere to all the growing practices required for organic certification, yet if they label their beans...
The GM safety dance: What’s rule and what’s real
In my initial foray in this series looking for facts behind the rhetoric on transgenic food, I reasoned that, since we can’t eliminate risk, we’d...
Genetically modified seed research: What’s locked and what isn’t
In the next few posts, I’m going to look at intellectual property rights in biotechnology and corporate influence over science. There are huge, philosophical issues...
CAPLAN: GMO Crops versus Traditional Plant Breeding
I got into a friendly discussion about Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) with some friends on Facebook over the weekend. Readers urged me to write a...
How Genetically Engineered Foods Will Be Eradicated
We’re in really exciting times with regards to shifting the tide against genetically engineered (GE) foods and genetically modified organisms (GMOs). As you know, I...
Cancer in a Can: The Shocking True Story of how Pringles are Made
To understand the nature of Pringles and other stackable chips, forget the notion that they come from actual potatoes in any recognizable way. The Pringles...
McDonald’s McRib Sandwich a Franken Creation of GMOs, Toxic Ingredients, Banned Ingredients
It’s ‘McRib season’, and thousands across the nation are scrambling to use online websites like the ‘McRib locator‘ to stuff the McDonald’s McRib sandwich down...
Fukushima: Your Days of Eating Pacific Ocean Fish Are Over
Are you still eating sushi or any seafood from the Pacific Ocean? Well you might want to reconsider after reading this article. When it comes...
OCA Asks FDA to Prohibit Use of the Word ‘Natural’ in Products Containing GMOs
FINLAND, Minn. The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) has launched a petition asking the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to ban the practice of labeling products...
GMO and Monsanto Roundup: Glyphosate Weedkiller in our Food and Water?
“Historians may look back and write about how willing we are to sacrifice our children and jeopardize future generations with a massive experiment that is based...
Worse than DDT: When You Eat This, it Ends Up Lingering in Your Gut
Dr. Don Huber is an expert in an area of science that relates to the toxicity of genetically engineered (GE) foods. (Alternative terms for GE...
Farm kills millions of bees with illegal pesticide spraying, gets slap on wrist
A huge Florida citrus farm is being fined by state officials for poisoning millions of honeybees to death — but it’s not being fined very...