Tag: food
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Seed Freedom, Not GMOs, the Answer to Malnutrition and Hunger
What happens to the seed affects the web of life. When seed is living, regenerative and diverse, it feeds pollinators, soil organisms and animals—including humans. When seed is non-renewable, bred for chemicals, or genetically engineered …
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Record-Breaking $17 Billion in Crop Loss Stresses Need for Federal Insurance Program Reform
Practices such as cover cropping, no-till and efficient irrigation have shown to reduce crop losses associated with extreme weather. Faced with a future of untold numbers …
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EPA Sued for Abandoning Critical Factory Farm Rule Under Clean Water Act
A coalition of community, animal welfare and environmental organizations is filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency challenging the agency’s withdrawal of a proposed rule …
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Toxic Pesticide Nanoparticles Persist in Food
A new study by scientists at the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources is shedding light on the persistence of nanopesticides in our food …
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Groups Take on Meatpacking Industry to Defend Country of Origin Labeling
Four groups representing farmers, ranchers, rural communities and consumers filed court papers on Friday, to defend mandatory Country of Origin Labeling from a spurious lawsuit filed by the meatpacking industry …