Tag: Living
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16 Must-Read Books for Food Lovers
I have gardening on my mind. In fact, I was just looking over Organic Gardening’s February to-do list. But here in Zone 5, there’s little to do. If you, too, want to dig in but can’t get your hands dirty yet, try a book. For all-things-food, check out this spring reading list by Food Tank.…
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Can the World Feed China?
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Study Connects Monsanto’s Roundup to Fatal Kidney Disease Epidemic
A new study published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health may have found a link between Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer and a fatal chronic kidney disease of unknown origin (CKDu) epidemic, which has affected several poor farming regions across the globe, reports GreenMedInfo. CKDu, a disease which is almost completely treatable in wealthier countries, has…
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Petition Launched to Halt GMO Production, Pesticide Use in Hawaii
A Maui Citizens Group is asking Hawaiians to sign a petition released on Monday that would give voters the choice of whether or not to temporarily suspend the production of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) on Hawaii’s second-largest island, reports Reuters. [caption id="attachment_323307" align="alignnone" width="500"] In a recent poll, 54 percent of Maui County citizens said…
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New, Improved Vegetarian and Vegan Food Pyramid
By Jessica Ramos We know that vegetarian and vegan aren’t synonymous with healthy. Junk food vegans and vegetarians do exist. After all, you can technically get a vegetarian burger at Burger King. Many new vegans flock to PETA’s Accidentally Vegan Food List (which may or may not be entirely vegan—it depends on your personal definition…