Tag: food
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Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth: Living in Balance with Nature
CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL — Keen observers of the modern interplay of economics and nature, they are distraught by the change of weather and the destruction of the Earth. We meet a peaceful people—mistreated for centuries—who protest the …
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Dateline TV Producer Tested for Chemicals—What She Finds Will Shock You!
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL — Hopefully, with last night’s coverage on Dateline, more people will be wary of all the chemicals we are being exposed to through our common everyday products. And they will see that the federal agency whose mission is to protect …
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Canned Dreams
CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL — The real story isn’t how the pork or beef or tomatoes make it into the tin can being mined by a Brazilian mother, but of the people involved with the production and how, while separated by national borders, they all seem connected in their lives …
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Whistleblower Bill Would Criminalize Exposing Wrongdoing at Factory Farms and Fracking Sites in PA
PUBLICSOURCE — A recently proposed Pennsylvania bill would make it a crime to photograph, videotape or audiotape activities on farms without the permission of the owner. The bill would limit information to the public about …
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Major U.S. Supermarkets to Boycott GE Salmon
FOOD & WATER WATCH — A coalition of consumer, health, food safety and fishing groups launched the Campaign for Genetically Engineered-Free Seafood by announcing that several major grocery retailers representing more than 2,000 stores across the U.S. have already committed not to sell genetically engineered seafood …