By Editor, Natural Blaze Google Trends reports that the term “foodie” first started appearing online in 2004. Since then, with countless Yelp and TripAdvisor reviews combined with those endless Instagram pics of various dishes, foodies are now considered a mainstream consumer group. If you’re one…
By Andrea Germanos “Consolidation has now reached a point where the top four firms in almost every sector of the food and agriculture economy have acquired abusive levels of market power,” said Sen. Cory Booker, who introduced the legislation Reviving an effort made nearly 20 years ago by…
SPECIAL REPORT by Heather Callaghan, Editor “…company employees in some plants miss so many defective carcasses that the USDA inspectors at the end of the line have to stop to make sure they don’t reach consumers.” Before you bite into that chicken sandwich – before you step…
By Catherine J. Frompovich Ever since I completed my healthcare studies years ago, I have become more acutely aware of the role various unsuspecting ingredients in all types of edibles play in human physiology but, most of all, unknown allergic reactions, which often can lead…
By Daniel Ross / Independent Media Institute There’s no avoiding the debris of modern living on a trip to your local grocery store—rows and rows of foods and products that, if not ready to eat, are designed and packaged to be prepared quickly and to last an age….
By Phillip Schneider In what could possibly be the world’s largest agricultural feat, Canadian farmer Travis Heide is in the process of converting his 40,000-acre farm entirely to organic. Heide’s farm is large enough to produce 2,200,000 bushels of wheat per year. Although he has been…
Special Report By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze Despite the tense nature of American politics in 2018, there are a number of issues both Republicans and Democrats can agree on. Namely, support for Israel, police state measures, and foreign wars. But, recently, another issue of mutual agreement has…
By Sara Tipton Most of us know by now that increasing our consumption of fruits and vegetables and limiting processed foods will lead us down a path of nutritional sustenance and health for years to come. Now studies are even suggesting that simply teaching a school-aged…
By Stacy Malkan Documents obtained by U.S. Right to Know and other sources shine light on the inner workings of the International Food Information Council (IFIC), a trade group funded by large food and agrichemical companies, and its nonprofit “public education arm” the IFIC Foundation. The IFIC…
By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze A regional grocery chain named Vons has beat out Whole Foods as the grocery chain topped the list of stores where vegetarians and customers seeking meat alternatives shop. More surprising, Vons is a 115-year-old grocery chain that has a kind of cult following in Southern California…
By Jon Queally Thirty-nine people were arrested in California on Tuesday after approximately 500 animal rights activists organized by the Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) network staged a non-violent vigil and attempted a rescue operation at an industrial egg facility in the town of Petaluma. “These birds…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor A new story about underground, Brooklyn urban gardeners shows that you don’t need to know much to go forth and bear grafted fruit. Trees perform many overlooked services for city life – allowing birds to perch and grace us with their sweet songs,…
By ANH-USA Lawmakers in the House of Representatives think they’re safe enough to eat and drink. Don’t let them sell us out to Big Ag. Action Alert! Every four years, Congress passes a new Farm Bill, a huge piece of legislation that establishes policies for US agriculture,…
By Catherine J. Frompovich More and more information is surfacing, almost daily, about adverse health effects regarding herbicides, pesticides and agricultural chemicals, specifically glyphosate, the prime active in Monsanto’s Roundup®. What consumers need to know is that most crops now are “staged” several days prior…
WORLDWIDE– Hundreds of thousands of concerned citizens will hit the streets May 19th, 2018 for the 7th international March Against Monsanto grassroots campaign. The global events will take place in hundreds of cities on six continents with the objective to further educate and raise awareness…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Another start-up has launched a product with the lofty goal of feeding the world. At the very least, you may not need to buy the main ingredient to salad for awhile! We can’t say that Aggressively Organic’s “Plant Pods” can feed the world since…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor It’s so brilliant, we don’t know why we didn’t think of it! A young MBA figured out a way to mesh two different industries to help both family farms and those about to say “I do.” If you are planning a lovely wedding,…
By Carey Gillam International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is remembered for its classification of Monsanto’s weed killer glyphosate as a probable human carcinogen. As researchers we often look to documents to shed new light on issues important to food policy. Sometimes, they simply reflect what…
Jeremy Lawrence Caradonna, University of Victoria One of the biggest knocks against the organics movement is that it has begun to ape conventional agriculture, adopting the latter’s monocultures, reliance on purchased inputs and industrial processes. “Big Organics” is often derided by advocates of sustainable agriculture….
By Catherine J. Frompovich Have you ever wondered about that, or even questioned why, in reality, that’s been going on DELIBERATELY since the end of World War II? It’s a fact! Man-made-chemicals, most of which are poisons, have been added to the three essential components…
