“America’s current system of food production – overly centralized and industrialized, overly controlled by a handful of companies, overly reliant on monocultures, pesticides, chemical fertilizers, chemical additives, genetically modified organisms, factory farms, government subsidies and fossil fuels – is profoundly undemocratic. It is one more sign of how the few now rule the many. And [...]
Why Being a Foodie Isn’t “Elitist”
May 7th, 2011 · Click here to add a comment · FYI
Tags:chemical fertilizer·Eric Schlosser·factory farm·food production·foodie·GMO·monoculture·Washington Post
A short speech by an 11 year old
October 12th, 2010 · Click here to add a comment · FYI, healthy foods
Not funny or cute, but a ‘must see’ about a serious subject.
Tags:Asheville·Birke Baehr·CAFO·GMO·Joel Salatin·Next Generation·organic farming·TED Talk·Tedx
Genetically modified salmon
September 24th, 2010 · Click here to add a comment · FYI
The Diane Rehm Show on NPR recently had a discussion by experts on both sides of the issue of genetically engineered salmon. Very good interview reveals and discusses all the issues and implications on both sides. Listen (or get a transcript) here: The Pros and Cons of Genetically Altered Salmon.
Tags:Add new tag·Andrew Pollack·AquaBounty·Consumers Union·Diane Rehm·GE salmon·genetic engineer·GMO·Michael Hansen·New York Times·NPR·NY Times·NYTimes·PrometheusAB·Val Giddings
How can you eat those rubber tomatoes?
August 19th, 2010 · Click here to add a comment · Announcement, farmer, FYI, healthy foods, Pam
Here’s a tongue-in-cheek song I wrote about genetically modified tomatoes. Click here to listen. Enjoy, Dan CSA volunteer, web guy and part time songwriter guitar, bass, vocals, drum programming – Daniel David Johnson electric guitar – Andrew Coupe Additional thanks to Andrew Coupe for his recording/engineering expertise.
Tags:Daniel David Johnson·GMO·mp3·Rubber Tomato·Soulpajamas
Shopping for food – how to tell if it contains GMOs
July 16th, 2010 · Click here to add a comment · Announcement, FYI
At the grocery store, how do you know if the food you are buying has ingredients containing genetically modified organisms? Try this mobile app.
Tags:app·Food·genetically modified·GMO
Food Safety Group striving to preserve non-GMO seeds
May 10th, 2010 · Click here to add a comment · FYI, healthy foods
Grass Is Green …And We Like It That Way from Kaiulani Kimbrell on Vimeo. On Tuesday April 27, 2010 the United States Supreme Court heard argument in the Center for Food Safety’s case against Monsanto (Monsanto v Geertson Seed Farms), the first-ever Supreme Court case about genetically engineered crops. Our legal team did a great [...]
Tags:alfalfa·GE·Geertson·genetically modified·GMO·Monsanto·seeds·Supreme Court