New Gene-Edited Cooking Oil Is Secretly Being Used In Restaurants
With a new generation of genetically-altered foods, manufacturers are still trying to gain public acceptance by stealth. If they are sure of their product, they...
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Feds and Fine Dining: $97bn end-of-fiscal year spending on Lobster Tail
Federal agencies splurged on lobster tail and other gratuitous frills in just one month in a convoluted plot...
Yemeni parents forced to ‘sell’ young daughters for food
With the bloody conflict in Yemen raging on, desperate parents choose to make their daughters child brides, feeling...
100 Percent of Oat Products Tested Positive for Weedkiller Glyphosate
by Dr. Joseph Mercola Oat-based foods, such as oatmeal, cereals and bread, are considered by many to be a healthy dietary addition, but if you...
USDA: ‘Pink slime’ can now be called ground beef
A finely textured beef product that critics dubbed "pink slime," can now legally be classified as ground beef, WGBH...
Danish doctor warns: Vegan food may lead to mental retardation
Chief physician Allan M. Lund at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen warns that vegan food can have severe consequences, such...
Boston grocery store tackles food waste and high produce prices in one fell swoop
In an attempt to kill two birds with one stone fruit, a former grocery store chain president has opened a new, nonprofit store in Boston,...
Taco Bell, Pizza Hut to remove artificial colors, flavors from food
Fast-food titans Taco Bell and Pizza Hut have announced they will eliminate artificial coloring and flavoring from their...
World stands up against Monsanto: Over 400 cities protest GMOs
Thousands of people across the world have joined together in a global movement, protesting against American biotech giant...
Russia bans agricultural products from EU, USA, Australia, Norway, Canada
Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree on the full ban for imports of beef, pork, poultry...
Putin bans agricultural imports from sanctioning countries for 1 year
A one-year ban has been imposed on certain agricultural produce, foods and raw materials from countries that have sanctioned Russia. An order on economic measures...
US company in Iowa churns out 100 cloned cows a year
Sioux Center (United States) (AFP) - In the meadow, four white-haired Shorthorn heifers peel off from the others,...
Genetically modified ‘super banana’ to be tested on Americans
A vitamin-enhanced ‘super-banana’ developed by scientists is to be tested on humans. The trials are to take place...
Fasting for three days can regenerate entire immune system, study finds
Fasting for as little as three days can regenerate the entire immune system, even in the elderly, scientists have found in a breakthrough described as...
World needs UN GMO watchdog – Russia
Russian lawmakers advocate creation of an international UN agency not only to strictly control the turnover of GMO...
Half of the World’s Food Is Thrown Away
That old bunch of carrots or pot of soup that sat for too long in your fridge, then...
California lawmakers reject GMO labeling bill
The California Senate rejected on Wednesday a bill that would require labels on genetically-engineered foods. This is the second time in two years that labeling...
Activists: Ban Bacon from Ballparks, “Deadly as Smoking”
An anti-meat activist group is urging owners of a minor-league baseball team to “stop glorifying bacon” via its bacon-themed...
Vermont governor signs first in US GMO-labeling law to go into effect
Vermont will become the first state to enact a law requiring labels on foods with genetically modified ingredients...
Sweden Becomes First Western Nation to Reject Low-fat Diet Dogma in Favor of Low-carb High-fat Nutrition
Brian Shilhavy Health Impact News Editor Sweden has become the first Western nation to develop national dietary guidelines...
Venezuela Enforces Fingerprint Registry to Buy Groceries
Daisy Luther Activist Post What if you were forced to “register” in order to buy groceries? And what if, through that registration, the food you...
The Real Expiration Date for Common Foods
Heather Callaghan Activist Post The regulation guidelines for expired foods are few and arbitrary. They are also voluntary....
Americans trash about 1/3 of their food, worth $161bn – USDA
About 30 percent of the 430 billion pounds of food produced in the United States is wasted, an...
Monsanto’s BT-Toxins Found to Kill Human Embryo Cells
Many individuals have heard it a million times, but for the uninformed, or those just looking to fuel their 2014 fire to finally defeat Monsanto...