By Carey Wedler A class action suit against the Monsanto corporation was filed in Los Angeles this week in the Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County. It accuses the company of false advertising for its implied claims that the herbicide, Roundup, is safe for…
By Sydney Barakat Recently, a multitude of fast food chains and other food companies have announced their transition toward healthier ingredients. However, it is immensely disturbing to learn about the ingredients being removed before making a switch to cleaner food. Food giants such as Chipotle,…
By Carey Wedler As the world’s bee population continues to decline, the community of Oslo, Norway is taking action to protect its pollinators. The Oslo Garden Society is working with the city’s municipal government, businesses, environmental organizations and the public to create a “bumble bee highway”…
Isn’t it interesting how the mainstream media uses the word “force” below? It’s a common sense petition… Independent UK An online petition urging the Government to force supermarkets to distribute unsold food among the needy has been signed by more than 100,000 people. The petition,…
By Edgy Truth And now she’s going public saying, “NO child not a single one should be going hungry. Some kids get that as their one and only good meal for the day but the school can throw away good food just to keep it…
By Nutritional Anarchy This Saturday, the third annual March Against Monsanto will be taking place in cities around the globe as people exercise their right to free speech and clean, organic food and really just simply to know what exactly it is they are eating…
(ANTIMEDIA) WORLDWIDE – On May 23, 2015, hundreds of thousands of concerned individuals will gather across 38 countries and 428 cities to join in peaceful protest against the Monsanto Company as a part of the March Against Monsanto grassroots campaign. This movement seeks to raise…
Mini dairy goat plays with toddler By Heather Callaghan Why is there such a concerted and simultaneous effort across the states to keep you from practicing healthy self reliance while not disturbing anyone? The Agenda 21 lovin’ code enforcers are at it again, stoking situations…
By Kaili Joy Gray, Wonkette Wisconsin is one of those states that really hates poor people. (Yeah, we know. Just like the other 49.) The state’s Republicans are particularly obsessed with what poors eat, or don’t eat, or where they buy food to eat, or…
By Jeffery Green Perhaps no place in the world typifies the ravages of mass starvation and generalized food shortages than Africa. It also is a continent that has been consistently targeted by biotech and agribusiness conglomerates to receive their poisonous products as a supposed solution….
Civil society organisations from Canada, Australia and Japan have jointly issued a warning about contamination risks from genetically modified organisms (GMOs), after the recent EU commission authorisation of 17 new GMOs for food and feed. “Learn the lessons from our countries – GMO is not…
By Jeffrey Jaxen Hawaiian Faces Down GMO Board of Directors: “Do Not Spray Chemicals In My Community That You Cannot Spray In Your Own Community,” Receives Applause You can bet that no major media in the United States will touch this story. In a true…
Organic farming can reverse the agriculture ecosystem from a carbon source to a carbon sink. By Heather Callaghan CREDIT: ©SCIENCE CHINA PRESS Nothing in this article is meant to argue any of the nuances surrounding climate change/global warming. None. Of. The nuances. In fact, a…
By Joshua Krause With California’s water crisis in full swing, there is one question on the tip of everyone’s tongue. How do we save more water? More specifically, how do we cut back on the water we use to grow our food? This question has…
By Heather Callaghan Minnesota simply cannot get enough of Alvin Schlangen. An egg farmer who tends to and volunteers with a fresh food co-op. Two counties in particular (MDA) have tried him in court over food handling issues, both times trying to paint the co-op…
By Jefferey Jaxen Dr. Oz, choosing not to start the fight, has finished it in expert fashion. He opened his much anticipated episode with the statement, My life’s work has been built around one simple message; you have a right and a responsibility to become a…
By Catherine J. Frompovich Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup® just may be heading for a roundup at the U.S. EPA! How’d that happen after all these years of being declared safe enough to drink? Did public relations person Patrick Moore have any influence when he refused to…
By Heather Callaghan There are three things driving a surge in organic imports: U.S. farmers have been systematically pushed into growing mostly GMO crops; grown primarily for fuel, animal feed and cheap processed foods. Russia even used our food supply as an example for the…
Let’s hope the Earth doesn’t start demanding wages for its free services, but why aren’t we using them? By Heather Callaghan Can you imagine a workers’ strike among the bees, insects that demand more for aphid removal services, soil that churns out resignation slips, earthworms…
Gwyneth Paltrow takes Food Stamp Challenge – Featured image with Gwyneth Paltrow: cc 2013 J.J. Georges via Wikipedia. By Heather Callaghan Cuts, cuts, everywhere cuts. Despite U.S. spending on wars, including the war on drugs, militarizing police, bail outs and Wall St’s predatory speculation and…
