Tag: Featured Living
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500 Ways to Make a Yoga Mat Sandwich
The controversial “yoga mat” chemical used to make Subway sandwich bread has been discovered in nearly 500 items and more than 130 brands of bread, stuffing, pre-made sandwiches and snacks, according to an analysis by the Environmental Working Group (EWG). [caption id="attachment_323588" align="alignnone" width="500"] In 1956, a New Jersey pharmaceutical and engineering firm discovered azodicarbonamide (ADA) could…
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10 Best Sustainable Food and Farming Documentaries: Vote for Your Favorite
The nation’s newest, most vibrant competition for short films about sustainable food and farming—the first annual Real Food Media Contest—recently announced it had chosen the top 10 films from among 150 entries. A panel of judges will select the first, second and third place winners, but it’s up to the public to name the “People’s…
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Colorado Governor Under Fire for Backing Controversial Factory Farms
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is once again ruffling feathers within the environmental community. This time, the controversy was sparked when Hickenlooper filed an amicus brief that stated two “cage-free” Hostetler family chicken farms in Delta County should be opened for business—a decision backed by Delta County commissioners, Delta County Farm Bureau and other supporters of the crowded,…
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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…