Even as United States consumers begin demanding more and more organic foods, organic farmers themselves are struggling with the realities of life in a system that seems set up for genetically modified crops to thrive. Subsidies for corn and soybeans are the norm here, and while farmers who wish to [...]
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The system is far from perfect, but the USDA has strict guidelines for most things organic, including animals raised for food like cows and chickens. In order to be certified organic and to earn the famous USDA green-and-white seal, the animals must be given a diet of organic feed, [...]
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The explosion of organic food sales has left many people with one important question: where exactly is all this new food coming from, anyway? Short of deceiving customers, it seems that GMO farmers are going to have a lot of extra product laying around in the coming years if [...]
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Among the new crop of organic food companies, few have been as successful as Applegate Farms, LLC, producer of organic and natural meats. The company, based out of Bridgewater, New Jersey, recently announced that it would be switching to entirely non-GMO feed for its animals, but now some activists [...]
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The sales of organic products in the United States are skyrocketing, as more and more people seek to avoid synthetic pesticides and genetically engineered foods. But despite the amazing progress that’s been made, there are many areas in the United States where organic food is either extremely overpriced, hard [...]
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Small farmers, fed up with being sold out to foreign interests, are fighting back against GMOs and other excessive regulations in new and creative ways across the world. Genetically modified organisms have been foisted upon countries ranging from Haiti to Iraq and everywhere in between, and now farmers in [...]
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We live in a world where “clean energy” means different things to different people, and the truth can always be adjusted, for a price tag of millions of dollars in public relations spin, of course. But even as companies like the infamous mega-polluter Monsanto and pro-fracking organizations spend millions [...]
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While the United States government and its agencies actively promote the farming of genetically modified corn, soy, and other unhealthy pesticide laced mono-crops, the rest of the world seems to be taking a different approach. Organic farming has already been shown as the best way to feed the world [...]
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One of the best, and simplest, tips for healthy grocery shopping is to avoid the center of the grocery store, instead opting for the peripheral aisles where most of the good stuff hangs out. But the tip holds no water at a new startup chain of natural and organic [...]
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There are plenty of ways to fight back against the ongoing corporatization and modification of our food supply, perhaps none better than starting your own organic garden. Organic gardening often requires less fertilizer than chemical farming operations, especially once your soil is built up after years of composting and tender [...]
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