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One More Reason to Eat Organic
Exposure to pesticides can dramatically increase your chances of getting Parkinson's disease, according to a recently published paper.
06.11.07
food politics
Let Them Eat Cake
Cake, cookies, candy bars and even Tater Tots are the high-calorie human foods that are fattening hogs and cattle.
06.04.07
food politics
Cannibal Rice
Cannibal rice is what Greenpeace calls the genetically engineered rice that the USDA recently approved for field trials.
05.29.07
food politics
Seeing Red
Pre-packed styrofoam tubs of meat have been gassed with carbon monoxide, according to Food and Water Watch.
05.21.07
food politics
Floating Feedlots
Bush's National Offshore Aquaculture Act, which died without being passed in the last Congress, has bobbed to the surface again.
04.30.07
- Keywords
- barry estabrook,
- farms + fish,
- politics of the plate
food politics
Cloning Around
The FDA seems hell-bent on approving cloned animals for use in our food supply, despite concerns expressed by watch dog groups.
04.23.07
- Keywords
- food policy,
- legislation,
- meat,
- nutrition/diet,
- politics of the plate
food politics
Hog Wild
Pork production has its place in agricultural legislation. But lawmakers should concern themselves with swine that have curly tails, not those sporting Armani suits.
04.23.07
- Keywords
- food policy,
- legislation,
- pork,
- politics of the plate,
- barry estabrook