Earlier this year, two million people in 52 countries and 436 cities around the world declared our right to clean and real food by marching against agribusiness giant Monsanto. Here’s a glimpse of how it looked here in Houston back at the end of May: [pb_videoshowcase group=”11″] Now a second global march has […]
GMOs
GMOs: Another Case for the Precautionary Principle
One thing that can be a little mind-blowing to realize about food is that whatever we eat, we also consume some of everything else it was exposed to during its lifetime. This is why we’re cautioned against eating some kinds of fish, for example. Bioaccumlative mercury moves up the food chain – from the […]
Even More Concern About GMO Corn
If you’re an American who eats conventionally grown and processed foods – even if rarely – chances are good you’ve ingested some GMO corn. Not only is 88% of domestic corn genetically modified, but derived products such as high fructose corn syrup and corn starch ensure that the stuff shows up even where you […]
Organics vs.GMOs
Did you see the article by Dr. Oz in Time last month? Surprisingly, he claimed that genetically modified foods (GMOs) were the same as organic, belittling organic food buyers and users as “snooty” and “elitists.” The odd thing is that it contains a seeming change of heart for Dr. Oz, since just last spring, an […]