By Miguel Leyva Around the world, many countries have banned paraquat, but the U.S. has not yet taken this action. Although sold under many names, usually, farmers can purchase the herbicide in stores as Gramoxone, manufactured by Syngenta. Paraquat, one of the most deadly weed…
By Jayne Rising Shortages seem to be the theme of 2020 and 2021. Everything from meat to commodities and even semi-conductors made the list of possible or definite shortages. Now, the early onset of a fungus that attacks vegetables could leave us with no pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving and no Jack-o-Lantern’s…
By B.N. Frank Earlier this year, a judge denied Bayer-Monsanto the ability to avoid legal liability in future Roundup cancer cases. This could be why the company may stop selling the product for residential use. In regard to Roundup’s toxic ingredient, glyphosate, it was recently…
By Brian Shilavy Providing healthy and ethical food apart from the Big Food Wall Street Billionaires who control the world’s commodity food system is no easy task. I know this from experience. For years the California Department of Agriculture threatened my company, Healthy Traditions, for…
By Michael Snyder A lot of people didn’t think that it would ever come to this. Many simply assumed that conditions would return to “normal” eventually and that everything would work out just fine somehow. But here in the middle of 2021, everything is definitely…
By Cap Allon Wavy jet streams are throwing farmers something of a curve ball in 2021, as global temperatures continue to fall in line with the ever-intensifying Grand Solar Minimum (GSM)… Prepare. U.S. Wheat Farmer Woes Short stalks, thin rows and small bushels; Washington wheat…
By Jayne Rising In addition to civil unrest and rising crime, we’re now facing threats to our food supply in the form of drought, fire, and foreign ownership of our farmlands and food processing facilities. Whether it’s meat or vegetables, potatoes or pasta, food is…
By Ice Age Farmer African Swine Fever, which destroyed 70% of China’s pork, has been confirmed in the Americas. Though the USDA assures us all is well due to new biosecurity measures, failures to contain ASF in China, Germany, and elsewhere suggest otherwise. Could this…
By Peter Tocci This has been all over the MSM, but just to fill in any cracks: All kinds of nutritious. Complete protein with the 9 essential amino acids critical for building muscle. Good source of fiber, including beta-glucans and prebiotic fiber. Calcium, potassium, phosphorus,…
By Ice Age Farmer Brazil has been getting hit repeatedly by unusually low temperatures, destroying crops. Meanwhile, the flooding in China, including Henan province — which accounts for 10% of their grains production — has damaged wheat, infrastructure, and thousands of large hog farms. All…
By Neenah Payne Food security is not something anyone can take for granted now. Industrial chemical agriculture is destroying our soils and our health. Since it ramped up in the 1970s, we’ve lost one third of the Earth’s topsoil. Allan Savory: How Cows Can Save…
By Kenny Stancil In an effort to inform policymakers, advocates, and the public about the impacts of agrifood corporations on the U.S. food system and build support for transforming the nation’s agricultural practices, the Family Farm Action Alliance released a new report on Wednesday that details how…
By Rick Marshall Even though we had an awesome garden last year, we still shopped our local farmer’s market to supplement our food supply. No matter how terrific your garden is, sometimes you need a bit more food to feed the family. And, it doesn’t…
By Ice Age Farmer Wheat crops are failing in the US, Canada, and Russia — the “breadbasket” top exporters that feed the rest of the world — as other exporters like Kazakhstan restrict their exports to protect their own people. Engineered attacks on supply chains…
By Sara Tipton In an attempt to circumvent rising food costs and the possibility of cracks in the food supply chain, grocery stores are beginning to stockpile certain foods. If grocery stores are stockpiling food, shouldn’t we also? Stockpiling by food retailers is driving some…
By The Conscious Resistance On this episode of the Activation podcast Derrick Broze speaks with farmer and activist Curtis Stone. Curtis is a farmer, author, speaker and consultant. His area of expertise is in quick-growing, high-value annual vegetables for direct consumer market streams. His book, The…
By Neenah Payne Scientific American warns that the world’s remaining topsoil will be gone within 60 years. So, unless we find a way to save our soils, we have just 60 harvests left. Industrial chemical agriculture is destroying our soils and our health. Since it…
By Neenah Payne CSA = Community Supported Agriculture is a short video that explains the advantages of participating in a Community Supported Agriculture program like the one I joined in June. It says: “What if you could buy fresh fruit and vegetables each week, grown…
Comments by Brian Shilhavy Editor, Health Impact News The vast majority of the American population is completely ignorant about the United States militarized industrial corporate food system that feeds most of the population, and is used to topple governments worldwide. Less than 1% of our…
By Chef Keith Snow & Noah Darco What does COVID-19 have to do with music? Not much, but read on… Would you rather be quarantined with a grand piano, or buckets of rice and beans? Ever sat down at the keyboard of a grand piano…
