The organic movement has been seen as a fad and a trend by many, but others call it a necessity in a changing world where toxic chemicals are increasingly killing life from the bottom of the food chain up, including people as the story of terminally ill groundskeeper Dewayne [...]
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While the United Nations hasn’t always been seen as the most trustworthy entity in the eyes of activists and other “conscious” people in recent years, the organization has been making a great strides as an advocate for one of the most crucial issues of our time: the need [...]
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While organic food still has a long way to go before it officially becomes mainstream, as only 5.7% of the food sold in the United States is now deemed to be organic, positive signs abound, according to a new survey released by the Organic Trade Association. The survey found [...]
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As far as politicians go, there are few who have fought more diligently or consistently for the protection of our natural and non-GMO food supply than former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. After all, it was Sanders who stood before Congress in 1994 and lambasted the government’s favoritism for [...]
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Monsanto has become synonymous with many different products ranging from GMO crops and seeds to pesticides and even Agent Orange, the deadly jungle defoliant used in the Vietnam War. But far less known is the company’s longtime association with PCBs, the toxic chemical compound it manufactured and sold [...]
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Despite the constant chatter from Monsanto, other chemical companies, and even the mainstream media about the need for GMOs and chemical-intensive agriculture to “feed the world,” the truth is that no such need exists. On a global scale, the solution is clear (according to the United Nations at least): small-scale [...]
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It’s official: The United States has just hit a new record high for amount of organic farmland. In 2015, record highs were recorded for organic farming with a total of 4.4 million acres currently being cultivated, according to data from the USDA. About half of it (55%) was used for [...]
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In today’s era of corporate monoculture crops and chemical-intensive farming, it’s becoming increasingly harder for most people to get adequate nutrition from food alone. As noted in a 2004 study of 43 different fruits and vegetables comparing produce from both 1950 and 1999, “reliable declines” in important vitamins and [...]
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While it’s been proven time and time again that “conventional” agriculture, the byproduct of the post-World War II era and the chemicals that remained, causes serious harm, most people don’t realize just how bad it’s gotten. Jim Cochran, a strawberry farmer outside of Santa Cruz, California, found [...]
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In the battle of “conventional” agriculture vs. organic, a clear winner is emerging: organic food sales are skyrocketing, and interest in organic farming is rising dramatically, especially among the youth. But while the debate between organic and conventional gets all the headlines, one particular style of farming that may hold [...]
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