As people grow more and more skeptical about how our food is handled and raised, many are turning to self-sufficient means of providing food for themselves. Raising chickens for eggs has become one
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Details on the reported settlement between the biotech giant and Oregon farmers are sketchy. News emerged this week about a possible settlement between Monsanto and the farmers whose wheat was allegedly contaminated by unauthorized genetically
Introduction The purpose of this fact sheet is to emphasize the importance of having a personal safe drinking water supply during an emergency, and to describe the steps that Florida’s citizens should take to prepare
(Reuters) – Opponents of mandatory labeling for foods made with genetically modified organisms spent more than $27 million in the first six months of this year on GMO-related lobbying, roughly three times their spending in
Cute labels saying products haven’t been genetically modified are designed to profit off of fear, not protect you with science. Writing about science-and-society controversies can be a bit like running laps on a track, or
The current Chairman and former CEO of Nestlé, the largest producer of food products in the world, believes that the answer to global water issues is privatization. This statement is on record from the wonderful
(Reuters) – Retail prices for many U.S. meats, already at record highs, continue to rise on a combination of drought and disease, but overall food cost increases remain near long-term averages, the U.S. Department of
Pervasive use fuels concerns about impact on human health, emergence of resistant superbugs Major U.S. poultry firms are administering antibiotics to their flocks far more pervasively than regulators realize, posing a potential risk to
While government officials and top doctors have maintained that they don’t think Ebola will become a widespread issue in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending all health care facilities
WASHINGTON, D.C., – The Environmental Protection Agency’s public release of farmers’ and ranchers’ personal information violates basic tenets of federal law, the American Farm Bureau Federation told a Minnesota federal court late Friday. The EPA