Tag: Featured Living
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And the Winner is … for Best Sustainable Food and Farming Documentary
An impressive selection of food and farming stories from across North America took top honors in the first annual Real Food Media Contest, which announced its final five winners on Tuesday. Cash prizes totaling $10,000 were awarded to the top five short films, chosen from more than 150 submissions. “The winning films, though diverse in style,…
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Research Warns BPA-Free Plastic Bottles Still Toxic to Infants and Toddlers
Michael Green, an environmental health executive and father of a feisty toddler named Juliette, worked to rid his cabinets of baby bottles and plastic cups containing the additive bisphenol A (BPA), which mimics estrogen and has been linked to serious health problems like cancer, diabetes, miscarriages and obesity. [caption id="attachment_324265" align="alignnone" width="500"] According to recent research,…
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Survey Shows Organic Farmers Pay the Price for GMO Contamination
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will finalize its comment period this week on the feasibility of genetically modified organisms (GMO) and non-GMO crops to coexist. Today, to highlight prevalent problems that already exist, Food & Water Watch in partnership with the Organic Farmers’ Agency for Relationship Marketing (OFARM) released survey results showing contamination from GMO crops…
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Family Farmers + You = A Well Nourished World
By producing 57 percent of the world’s food, boosting local economies and empowering women, family farmers have emerged as the essential ingredient in alleviating global hunger. Food Tank’s new video, Family Farmers + You = A Well Nourished World, reveals that when farmers have the right tools, they possess virtually limitless potential to produce a range of foods. The…
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The New Superfood: Dr. Oz, Dieticians Rave Over Hemp’s High Nutritional Value
Move over Cheech and Chong, cannabis is attracting scores of new consumers, but it’s hemp products they’re after, not the intoxicating marijuana buds. [caption id="attachment_323904" align="alignnone" width="500"] With their high protein content, healthy omega-3 and -6 fats, fiber and anti-inflammatory properties, hemp seeds are a good way to build up all those essential nutrients in…