Tag: food
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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…
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5 Reasons Monsanto’s ‘Science’ Doesn’t Add Up
By Ronnie Cummins and Katherine Paul To hear the pesticide and junk food marketers of the world tell it, anyone who questions the value, legitimacy or safety of GMO (genetically modified organisms) crops is naïve, anti-science and irrational to the point of hysteria. But how long can Monsanto ignore the mounting actual scientific evidence that their technology is…
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Playing Chicken With Our Health
Each year, food poisoning from contaminants like salmonella results in 48 million illnesses, 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths in the U.S. Food inspections in our highly consolidated food system are vital, because once a problem gets into the food supply, it can be weeks before it’s detected. So why do some in Congress support a new…
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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…