By José Niño The War on Meat is back in action. One year ago, I wrote about the “War on Meat” taking place around the West, where government agencies in tandem, with several plant-based activist groups, have made a concerted push to demonize meat. Some…
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 Jason Erickson Apparently the right to feed yourself and your family is indeed not a fundamental one, as a Florida attorney previously declared. A longstanding battle between 17-year homeowners at the Village of Miami Shores, Tom Carroll and Hermine Ricketts, appears to have reached…
By Matt Agorist San Lorenzo, CA — A heartening trend is growing on social media showing that people are waking up to the state persecuting individuals over victimless crimes. The latest example of this trend comes from the Alameda County Sheriff’s department posting a photo…
By Tony Cartalucci – NEO Street vendors of all kinds are facing a complete ban of their livelihood across Bangkok, the capital of Southeast Asia’s Thailand. While it may appear to be a minor move falling in line with many other nations within the “developed world,”…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor An Indian shop owner was recently arrested for selling fake plastic egg products, sold as food for his customers in the West Bengal city and market of Kolkata. After a woman lodged a complaint with the police, an investigation discovered that…
By Tony Cartalucci Talk of “resistance” ebbs and flows as political parties enter and leave power. The one constant among this turbulent process is the futility and impotence of these so-called “resistance” movements ignited and left to burn. When President Donald Trump took to the…
By Natural Blaze Brandon Turbeville made a fascinating journey to the Middle East and lives to tell you about it. He is a geopolitical expert and author of 7 books including The Road to Damascus. In this rich conversation, he shares his experience which threatens…
By Chris “Kikila” Perrin GMOs (or Genetically Modified Organisms) — perhaps one of the sacred cow topics of anti-neoliberal, anti-globalization activist discourse, they are as confusingly scientific as vaccines and carry with them just as fervent criticism and defense. For the most part, some of the…
By P.A. Deacon Several states across the Union have chosen to legislate on genetically modified foods. But national food industry lobbyists and the members of Congress they fund in Washington D.C. cannot abide any deviation from central authority, including the independent legislation considered by nearly…
By Derrick Broze A controversial bill that will prevent states from creating their own labeling standards for genetically engineered foods has passed the House of Representatives and now heads to President Obama’s desk. On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a measure aimed at…
By Nadia Prupis Just before a controversial genetically modified (GM or GMO) labeling bill came up for a cloture vote in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, food and consumer advocates dropped over $2,000 on the chamber floor in a symbolic protest against what they are…
By Alex Pietrowski “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food,” the famous quote attributed to Hippocrates, is probably more important today than ever before as a handful of corporations, dubbed Big Food, gain more control over the food industry. Hippocrates’ statement brings up a very…
By Christina Sarich The list of countries refusing Monsanto’s genetically modified crops continues to grow. Highlighting the world divide on the issue, Brazil recently refused all U.S.-grown GM crops. While we are continuously force fed genetically modified foods — since they are in approximately 80 percent…
By Neenah Payne Obama campaigned in 2008 on the promise of Hope and Change and assured us “Yes, We Can!” However, while the Civil Rights Movement gave us a Black President, the Black (and White) inner city poor have been left behind. This administration has…
By Joseph Jankowski March has been a month of major victory for those concerned about eating food contaminated with the biotech industry’s GMOs. Four major food companies, Kellogg’s, ConAgra Foods, General Mills and Mars, Inc., announced they will label food products that contain genetically modified organisms. These companies are following…
By Baran Hines Mars Incorporated, the company that owns many popular chocolate candy brands has announced that it intends to label the products that contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs), to comply with Vermont’s law. Vermont is the first state to require such labeling, effective July…
Food labeling is a very important part of modern food safety efforts around the world. All citizens of the world have a right to know exactly what their food contains. With many modern scientific advances, we can know more than ever about what the food…
By Derrick Broze A controversial bill that would create a federal standard for labeling genetically modified or engineered foods was approved by the Senate Agricultural Committee. A bill that would “amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish…
By Catherine J Frompovich The Flint, Michigan, lead (Pb) water contamination horror story finally should become the tipping point and clarion call [Remember Flint’s lead water] for accountability from those in government, business, industry, research, medicine, Big Pharma, Big Ag, Big Chemical, Big Petroleum plus…
