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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One of the best parts about running a natural health website is being able to sample some of the finest and healthiest products around, whether they be foods, supplements, or health gadgets. Recently, a reader named Jim shared a surprisingly unique new coffee variety with me called Nova [...]
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The United States is at the forefront of several different frontiers in the world of agriculture, but one of the most controversial is its unwavering support for genetically modified organisms. In regards to pet food, there have been several “natural” companies springing up in recent years, seeking to [...]
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The genetically modified salmon debate has been going on for years, with proponents saying that the new lab created fish will make for faster and more cost-effective production, and opponents pointing out the lack of long-term safety testing as well as potential environmental hazards of the fast growing [...]
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As the interest in natural health has piqued, more and more people have begun to seek natural alternatives and supplementary herbs and plants that haven’t quite hit the mainstream. Considering that there are many tens of thousands of plants that still haven’t been adequately studied yet for their [...]
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The world of organic farming is a complicated one in large part because many of the traditional ways have been lost. While traditional soil-focused natural farming has been the way the world has fed itself for generations, the post-World War II era of pesticides and GMOs has led [...]
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As the United States media continues to focus on the coronavirus, vaccinations, and political theater, a battle is unfolding in Mexico over genetically engineered corn. Mexico shocked the U.S. agribusiness world recenlty by announcing a ban on the cancer-linked glyphosate herbicide produced by Bayer/Monsanto as well as a [...]
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The genetically modified food experiment was first unleashed on the unsuspecting public in the mid-1990s with the FlavrSavr tomato, a product that was ultimately rejected and removed from the market. Since then, the creation of new-spliced genetically engineered crops and foods has continued, as detailed in documentaries like ‘GMO OMG!,’ [...]
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Organic food has exploded in popularity, but one sector that hasn’t quite caught onto the growing trend is the wine industry. While organic food is now found everywhere from Walmart to drug stores, organic wines are few and far-between. The focus on filling that gap, and providing a high end [...]
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The genetically modified food experiment has continued on without clear, common sense text based labeling for decades since it was first introduced without our consent in the mid-1990s, kicking off with the failed “FlavrSavr” tomato experiment. Since then, GMOs have become commonplace in the American diet at a [...]
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