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How Chemicals Change Us A widely used herbicide acts as a female hormone and feminizes male animals in the wild. Thus male frogs can have female organs, and some male fish actually produce eggs. In a Florida lake contaminated by these chemicals, male alligators have tiny penises. These days there is also growing evidence linking this class of chemicals to problems in humans. These include breast cancer, infertility, low sperm counts, genital deformities, early menstruation and even diabetes and obesity. Philip Landrigan, a professor of pediatrics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, says that a congenital defect called hypospadias — a misplacement of the urethra — is now twice as common among newborn boys as it used to be. Endocrine disruptors are everywhere. In this campaign year, we are bound to hear endless complaints about excessive government regulation. Shouldn’t our government be as vigilant about threats in our grocery stores as in the mountains of Afghanistan? Yes, there are uncertainties.
The 6 Most Horrifying Lies the Food Industry Is Feeding You By Pauli PoisuoCracked If there’s one thing in the world the food industry is dead set against, it’s allowing you to actually maintain some level of control over what you eat. See, they have this whole warehouse full of whatever they bought last week when they were drunk that they need to get rid of — and they will do so by feeding it all to you. And it doesn’t matter how many pesky “lists of ingredients” and consumer protections stand between you and them. #6. You know what’s awesome? “But Cracked,” you inquire, “what does this have to do with food ingredients?” For the purposes of this article, you’re kind of an idiot. Oh, shit … The Horror: What do they do with all the cellulose wood pulp? Getty The best part of waking up, is wood pulp in your face! And everybody’s doing it. Schuym1 Et tu, Hot Pockets? But the worst thing about cellulose is not that it’s everywhere. That loaf and the chopping block have an equal wood content. #5. “Less than four thumbs per gallon!” And why not believe them?
Bees Harmed By Neonicotinoid Pesticides, Studies Show By Kate Kelland LONDON, March 29 (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered ways in which even low doses of widely used pesticides can harm bumblebees and honeybees, interfering with their homing abilities and making them lose their way. In two studies published in the journal Science on Thursday, British and French researchers looked at bees and neonicotinoid insecticides - a class introduced in the 1990s now among the most commonly used crop pesticides in the world. In recent years, bee populations have been dropping rapidly, partly due to a phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder. Scientists also fear pesticides are destroying bee populations, but it is not clear how they are causing damage. Dave Goulson of Stirling University in Scotland, who led the British study, said some bumblebee species have declined hugely. The threat to bee populations also extends to Asia, South America and the Middle East, experts say. Also on HuffPost: Video unavailable due to location
Farm-to-Fork Farm Dinner Fiasco "He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance." Farm-to-Fork Dinner Fiasco By Laura Bledsoe | October 24, 2011 When an over-zealous regulator shows up at a farm dinner demanding that food be destroyed as hungry guests await, who do you call? Here's Laura's account written as a letter to her guests who had come to Quail Hollow Farm expecting a meal of foods harvested from local small family farms. This incident shows the value of the 24/7 legal hotline for farmers like Laura who need help...even on a Friday night! A member benefit like the hotline is available thanks to the financial support of the many FTCLDF members and donors. Dearest Guests, (You have all become dear to us!) What an evening we had this last Friday night! The evening was everything I had dreamed and hoped it would be. Our guests were excited to spend an evening together. And then, … Stunned, we immediately complied. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Tell the FDA to label genetically engineered foods! Stand with EWG and the Just Label It campaign today and sign our petition to the FDA demanding that genetically engineered foods are labeled! Use the form here to add your name and comments to our petition to the FDA. Back to Top As a supporter of Environmental Working Group and the Just Label It campaign, I want to know when I am eating genetically modified food. In 2011, the Center for Food Safety submitted a legal petition to the FDA on behalf of Environmental Working Group and other organizations calling for the mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods.
What We Learned From A Year Without Food From A Grocery Store By Rachel – dogislandfarm.com I can’t believe it’s been a year now since we started our year without groceries. We learned a lot in that year. We are definitely healthier, but also we’re happier. Our relationship with each other is stronger as we’ve had to learn how to really work well together. When we first decided to do a year without buying food from the grocery store, convenience stores, box stores or restaurants we thought the challenge was going to be really difficult. But as time continued onward we started to get into the groove of things. We met a lot of great small family farmers and built relationships with them. About 6 months into our year we realized that it was pretty easy and that we wanted to have more of a challenge. We were so far behind on planting due to Mother Nature refusing to cooperate that I was worried we wouldn’t have anything to eat fresh. On the plus side though we learned first hand what we should have in storage in case of emergencies.
Greece's 'potato movement' grows in power - Features Athens, Greece - When an economy shrinks, prices are meant to go down in response to falling demand. This has not happened in Greece - at least not yet. While the Greek economy shrank by an average of five per cent a year between 2009 and 2011, consumer prices rose by an average 3.7 per cent a year. It is not politicians but grassroots activism that has come to address this issue. The seminal event of the movement was a free distribution of more than ten tons of spuds in the centre of Greece's northern metropolis, Thessaloniki, on February 5. The farmers were protesting against imports of Egyptian potatoes - while they had barns full of the Greek product - after a meeting between the agriculture minister and potato importers days earlier failed to yield any concessions. A growing movement The Pieria group was formed in late 2007, after a series of wildfires devastated Greece's forests, to provide the local fire service with an early warning system. "People just fell upon the produce.
Why genetically engineered food is dangerous: New report by genetic engineers Earth Open Source press release 17 June 2012 Aren’t critics of genetically engineered food anti-science? Isn’t the debate over GMOs (genetically modified organisms) a spat between emotional but ignorant activists on one hand and rational GM-supporting scientists on the other? A new report released today, “GMO Myths and Truths”,[1] challenges these claims. Unusually, the initiative for the report came not from campaigners but from two genetic engineers who believe there are good scientific reasons to be wary of GM foods and crops. One of the report’s authors, Dr Michael Antoniou of King’s College London School of Medicine in the UK, uses genetic engineering for medical applications but warns against its use in developing crops for human food and animal feed. Dr Antoniou said: “GM crops are promoted on the basis of ambitious claims – that they are safe to eat, environmentally beneficial, increase yields, reduce reliance on pesticides, and can help solve world hunger. Notes About the authors
New San Francisco legislation will jump-start urban farming The new San Francisco legislation could create more cooperative farms like Alemany Farm. (Photo by Brett Emerson.) Bay Area locavores and caterpillars rejoice: An edible urban jungle is poised to sprout in San Francisco. City supervisors approved legislation Tuesday that will help grassroots farming groups replace barren concrete and forests of weeds on vacant land and rooftops with veggie gardens, chicken coops, and honeybee hives. And the move cements San Francisco’s role as a national leader in urban food production. “[San Franciscans] are thought of as foodies, and environmentalists,” said Laura Tam, a policy director at the nonprofit San Francisco Planning + Urban Research Association (SPUR), which helped push the new rules forward. The legislation [PDF] follows zoning changes last year that made it easier to operate small farms and legal to sell food grown in San Francisco. A handful of urban food gardens have popped up in recent years throughout San Francisco.