Tag: food
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Wendell Berry on Fossil Fuels, Sustainable Agriculture and ‘Runaway Capitalism’
This week on Moyers & Company in a rare television interview, Bill talks to visionary author and farmer Wendell Berry to discuss a sensible, but no-compromise plan to save the Earth. We also examine the critical role of honey bees …
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Food Day Celebrates Healthy Eating and Sustainable Farming
In its third year, the nationwide grassroots campaign aims to put the spotlight on healthy, affordable and …
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Under Threat of Lawsuit FDA to Withdraw Approvals of Arsenic in Animal Feed
Late yesterday, under threat of a lawsuit, the Food and Drug Administration responded to a nearly four-year-old petition, calling for the immediate withdrawal of the vast majority of arsenic-containing compounds used as feed additives …
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If Food Waste Were a Country, It Would Rank No. 3 for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
There’s a consensus that we must act urgently, if we are to avoid a 4-degree Celsius raise and total systems collapse. First we should safeguard, restore and wisely manage our life-support systems, including uncontaminated water bodies …
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Monsanto Protection Act Dies in Senate
The controversial legislative rider added at the behest of Monsanto to the U.S. Department of Agriculture budget bill last spring, dubbed the “Monsanto Protection Act,” will no longer be effective after Sept. 30 under a new stopgap government …