Nine-year-old Daniel Bissonnette gained widespread attention for an epic speech at the March Against Monsanto event in Vancouver, and now he’s taking on the Halloween candy industry. As Bissonnette, a leader among young food activists and health conscious kids, points out in the video below, Americans consume about $2 billion [...]
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The Environmental Working Group has long been one of the most trustworthy organizations for people looking to protect themselves and their families from chemicals in the environment, and in their food. The EWG is the creator of the famous ‘Clean Fifteen’ and ‘Dirty Dozen’ lists which measure and categorize produce [...]
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The “Right to Know” whether our food is genetically modified is something that’s not afforded to us in America, despite the fact that labels on foods containing GMOs are mandated in 60+ countries around the world. And while companies have begun voluntarily labeling them, there is much concern over whether [...]
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When it comes to nutrition, the best food is often wild food, especially in regards to berries and other high-antioxidant items. As noted in a recent study of organic tomatoes, organic and especially wild plants must develop a stronger system of defenses to ward off invaders, in stark contrast to [...]
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The Monsanto Company flew under the radar for several decades of American history, manufacturing plastics and even helping to produce the deadly Agent Orange chemical responsible for so much destruction and loss of life in the Vietnam War. But now the company is finding its way into the mainstream, and [...]
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The omnipresent McDonald’s corporation just posted its fourth straight quarter of falling U.S. same-store sales, and now the fast food chain, which has been staring down the grim effects of a public backlash against unhealthy food, may be considering a highly unlikely route to win back customers. “You’ll see us [...]
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Whole Foods has become one of the fastest growing companies in America by capitalizing on the growing movement for food integrity (and GMO free food especially), but the company has been under increased scrutiny as of late. A lawsuit over false “natural” labels in baked goods and an investigation into [...]
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Genetically modified foods are banned or at least labeled throughout most of the world, with the vast majority of GMOs currently being grown in just six countries according to a recent report from Friends of the Earth. But in America, they are commonplace, with almost 90 percent of corn, 94 [...]
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What began as a drug enforcement raid turned out to be a colossal mistake in Bartow County, Georgia after members of a drug suppression task force went after a man who was simply growing a food crop that is especially common among gardeners in the south. Dwayne Perry of Cartersville, [...]
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Fast casual restaurant chain Chipotle Mexican Grill has been riding high ever since it announced it would be switching to all non-GMO ingredients by 2015, posting its best stock market performance ever in July 2014 while reporting “blockbuster earnings.” Now, the Chipotle chain (which once was a part of the [...]
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