By Nika Knight ‘The hunger enforcement officers are here. This is their idea of serving the public.’ Seven activists with the peace group Food Not Bombs were arrested for feeding homeless people on Saturday in a public park in Tampa, Florida. The group is undaunted and…
By Julian Rose As the New Year dawns, so does our thinking process have an opportunity to do likewise. And why not make it a first call to get your priorities sorted out about your 2017 eating habits? After all, it is the quality of…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Hey, I know that we extol the virtues of fruits and veggies over flour-y baked and processed goods – but if you can’t be free to make, buy and sell muffins, cookies and other goodies in this country then what the…
By Marco Torres Due to current levels of soil depletion, genetic modification and pesticides, crops grown decades ago were much richer in vitamins and minerals than the varieties most of us get today. But what’s the nutritional difference between a carrot in 1950s and one…
By Anna Lappé, Lisa Palmer Mergers puts food workers and small-scale farmers at risk and increase vertical integration, hurting farmers’ ability to compete. (CD) When you look to the year ahead, what do you see? Ensia recently invited eight global thought leaders to share their thoughts. In this…
By Scott C. Tips, NHF President & General Counsel Codex Lazy Monkeys Codex Nutrition Committee Condemns 90% Of World To Poor Health At the beginning of this week December 5-9, 2016, the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU) became…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor The Need to Grow is a positive new film by Rob Herring and Ryan Wirick that explores tons of options on the individual level towards feeding the world without destroying the earth. This film – years in the making! – follows…
By Derrick Broze On Thursday, the Houston Police Department targeted a group of homeless advocates who were attempting to hand out hot food and gifts to the homeless. (AM) Houston, TX — Local activists attempting to hand out food and gifts were shocked on Thursday…
By Ariana Marisol A local church in Maryland was just fined $12,000 for giving shelter to homeless people living in the community. Over the last several years local governments have been using food and safety concerns along with zoning codes to penalize those who are trying…
By Kristan T. Harris Tricklebee Cafe is a pay what you can cafe, a nonprofit cafe that offers fresh vegetarian meals. The cafe recently opened in Sherman Park. “We anticipate about 80 percent of our customers will pay our suggested price range that we have which is between…
By Mike Maharrey On Monday, a New Jersey Assembly committee unanimously approved a bill that would legalize limited raw milk sales in the state, taking an important step toward effectively nullifying a federal prohibition scheme in effect. Assemblymen John DiMiao (R-Dist. 23) introduced Assembly Bill…
By Brian Berletic Farming, under even the best of circumstances, is a risky and difficult occupation. And farmers often live and work under less than ideal circumstances. Today, in many communities around the world, there is increasing awareness of where our food comes from, how…
By Amanda Froelich Have you ever contemplated the fact that humans are the only species on Earth that pays to live on the planet? This continues, despite the fact that there is presently more than enough resources to care for every citizen. As a matter…
By Vandita Nestlé lost at least $277 million in missed sales, and over $200 million in brand value. Another $70 million was spent to execute one of the largest food recalls in history. Nestlé spent three decades building a beloved noodle brand in India. Then the…
By Alex Pietrowski Music has always been an act of rebellion, and in these times growing your own organic food is also the task of dissidents. In this case, inner city youths from Minneapolis have created a music video displaying their paradigm shift and highlighting…
By Exopolitics Obama’s recent executive order is a both a globalization of control over “health” and its militarization. Section 1 of the order, ‘Policy,’ lays out what the focus will be for the response plan: “As articulated in the National Strategy for Countering Biological Threats…
By Claire Bernish North Dakota — In what could only be termed a potential gross violation of human rights, the Morton County Sheriff’s Department announced today it plans to block all supplies from entering Standing Rock camps — including deliveries of food. Reuters reports: “Supplies, including…
By Julian Rose I am writing this in the Polish Parliament in Warsaw (The Seime). Jadwiga Lopata, founder of The International Coalition to Protect the Polish Countryside, myself (ICPPC President) and farmer colleagues from different regions of Poland, are in the parliament as part of…
By Amanda Froelich By 2050, the human population on Earth will exceed 9 billion people. At present, 795 million people go to bed hungry each evening. If world hunger is still a pressing issue, how will it ever be solved within the next few decades?…
By Vandita Under the scheme, 50% assistance will be given on cost of organic inputs limited to INR 10,000 per hectare, with the maximum of up to two hectares or INR 20,000 per beneficiary for all categories of farmers. In September 2014, the Indian Government launched…
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