Tag: food
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French Parliament Bans GMO Corn
France moved beyond Monsanto Tuesday, approving an law with far-reaching applicability for genetically modified (GM)corn. France’s lower house of Parliament banned GM corn in a sweeping fashion, Reuters reported. Now, no variety of GM corn can be cultivated because of its toxic threats to the soil, insects and human health. Just a month ago France prohibited the sale, use and…
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Cultivating Sustainable Food and Fuel for America
Sustainable America was founded in 2012. Our unique approach to improving the sustainability of our country’s food and transportation fuel systems calls for us to: · Educate: raising awareness of the food and fuel issues facing our country; · Engage: working with the public to change their behaviors to be more sustainable; and · Invest:…
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How Buying Local Produce Impacts Local Economies
The motto “Think Globally, Act Locally” has long been a guiding tenet of the sustainable food movement. But does acting locally really make a difference and if so, what kind of difference? That’s just what a team of economists set out to explore in the study Linkages Between Community-Focused Agriculture, Farm Sales and Regional Growth,…
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6 Spring Foods to Buy at the Farmers Market
These days, with easy access to supermarkets, you can get any type of fruit and vegetable almost any time of year. But one of the simplest changes you can make to your diet to ensure that you’re eating real, healthy food is to eat in season. As we come out of winter and all the…
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Even the FDA Doesn’t Know What Chemicals Are in Your Food
We all have secrets, from small ones (the scale isn’t broken, I ate too many cookies!) to bigger ones (yes, we knew for a long time that tobacco kills people). For more than 50 years, many in the food industry have not had to disclose information to consumers and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…