Chellie Pingree: America’s Unheralded ‘Organic Congresswoman’ In 2022, Maine Rep. Chellie Pingree was reelected to the United States Congress after she defeated Republican Ed Thelander to retain her seat. Pingree was first elected in 2008 and has won reelection seven separate times since her first election. Pingree consistently on behalf [...]
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On May 21, 1994, the first commercial genetically modified crop, the ‘FlavrSavr’ tomato, hit store shelves but was almost completely rejected by consumers, distribution centers, and even fast food restaurants. It was soon phased out due to market rejection, which led to an public relations war between GMO food and [...]
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Geoff Lawton has taught more than 6,000 students in over 30 countries on how to grow food in the most efficient and ecologically friendly way possible through permaculture design science, so he knows as well as anyone what a healthy ecosystem and healthy plants should look like. And as you’ll [...]
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It goes without saying that virtually everyone would prefer to eat food grown without the use of synthetic pesticides, herbicides and other chemicals and unnatural techniques like genetic modification, but many of them face the same obstacle: higher prices. Organic food was allowed to become a specialty item despite its [...]
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The takeover of the American food supply by genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, was done without the consent of the public, and now most of the country is still coming to grips with the fact that 70-80% of its food products contain GMO ingredients that are banned in dozens [...]
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Produce stickers beginning with the number 9 line the fruit baskets and crisper drawers of more Americans than at any time in recent memory, but finding new organic options on the go is still pretty difficult. For most people, making their own organic juices or foods at home is the [...]
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The prison system of America has been oft-criticized for many things, including both the sheer volume of people locked away for minor offenses and for its failure to rehabilitate prisoners in general. But on the rehabilitation side of things, more and more prisons are employing progressive programs ranging from meditation [...]
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While the vast majority of food on supermarket shelves in the United States, and in school lunches for that matter, contains ingredients from crops that have been genetically modified, five school districts in the ‘Land of 1,000 Lakes’ are taking the initiative to give parents and students more choice in [...]
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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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