by David Gumpert
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture continues to push ahead with misdemeanor criminal charges involving the distribution of raw milk, meat, and eggs against farmer Alvin Schlangen in his home county, despite the similarity to three charges he was acquitted on last September.
At a hearing in St. Cloud recently, the Stearns County prosecutor, […]
by Food Democracy Now!
Right now President Obama and bureaucrats at the Food and Drug Administration are preparing to unleash genetically engineered salmon on the market. After years of controversial regulatory review, this past week the Obama administration cleared a final hurdle for AquaBounty’s GMO salmon to be approved at any moment.
On Friday, December 21st, […]
by Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
Falls Church, Virginia (December 27, 2012) — The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF) has agreed to administer a litigation fund to be used to help finance the Drakes Bay Oyster Company’s lawsuit against the United States National Park Service. Drakes Bay Oyster Company (DBOC) is a family-owned, environmentally sustainable oyster farm on the shores […]
by Center for Food Safety
December 21, 2012 – 400,000 public comments, 40 Members of Congress ignored; CFS calls proposed approval of first ever GE animal “premature and misguided”
Center for Food Safety sharply criticized today’s U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) announcement releasing an Environmental Assessment (EA) on the controversial AquaBounty AquaAdvantage® transgenic salmon. The FDA action is […]
By Dr. Mercola
The United States uses nearly 30 million pounds of antibiotics annually in food production. Livestock antibiotic use accounts for 80 percent of the total antibiotics sold in the US, and unnecessary use of antibiotics in food animals (cows, pigs, chickens, and turkeys) is a major driving force behind the rampant development of […]
by Alliance for Natural Health
Europe has rejected 95% of the health and nutrition claims under review. What does this mean for us?
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) evaluated 2,037 health claims—that is, statements that a nutrient or food contributes to or has a positive impact on a particular health condition—and authorized the use of only […]
By Dr. Mercola
Organic foods are required by U.S. federal law to be produced in ways that promote ecological sustainability, without common toxic and genetically engineered ingredients.
But organic products are increasingly being forced to compete with products that are labeled as “natural.” There are no restrictions on the term “natural”, and it often constitutes nothing […]
by Alliance for Natural Health
Not even nutrient-related disease! Our executive director’s gripping report from the front lines.
As we discussed last week, ANH-USA represented US consumers at the international Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses, which met last week in Germany. Our executive director, Gretchen DuBeau, reports that the committee made […]
Dr. Oz in Time Magazine Slandering Families Who Choose Safe, Organic Food for Their Children
by Heather Loney
Global News
There’s a new genetically modified crop on the horizon that some say is jeopardizing the entire Canadian organic farming industry.
Organic farmers across the country are sounding the alarm bells on the state of alfalfa, one small plant with a massive role in organic farming.
When most people hear the word alfalfa they generally think of sprouts they […]
by David Gumpert
Two weeks ago, I wrote a post about what I thought was a well balanced scientific assessment, by a prominent international science writer, of several large-scale research studies out of Europe about the potential health benefits of raw milk. It was published in SPLASH, the newsletter of the International Milk Genomics Consortium (IMGC), which is housed […]
Dr. Robin Bernhoft was one of the first doctors in the U.S. to recognize the toxic effects of GMO, and to see positive results in his patients after prescribing a diet free of GMO foods. In this video, Dr. Bernhoft explains the "science" behind GMO foods, and why you want them labeled.
by Alliance for Natural Health
The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) is even considering allowing genetically engineered vaccines for organic livestock. Action Alert!
The NOSB—a division of the USDA—is responsible for regulating all organic crops and determining what can be called “Certified Organic.” The board is meeting next week, and on the agenda will be whether to allow eight synthetic […]
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“What makes you think you have the right to know?” asks Danny DeVito in a witty, ironic public service announcement by the political action committee […]
By Jessica Strauss
An anti GM group in New Zealand wants the government to shut down research into an allergen free milk produced by a cloned cow.
In a world breakthrough, AgResearch (NZ) scientists have produced milk from ‘ Daisy’ that is free of the protein betalactoglobulin (BLG)
It’s estimated up to 3 per cent of humans […]
By Dr. Mercola
Over the past few years, an interesting pattern has emerged, where political supporters of genetically engineered (GE) foods are feasting on organics, while promoting unlabeled GE foods for everyone else.
Most recently, Mother Jones1 discussed how Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney – whose ties to Monsanto go back to the late 1970’s when GE crops […]
by Sean Poulter
DailyMail.co.uk
Russia has suspended the import and use of an American GM corn following a study suggesting a link to breast cancer and organ damage.
Separately, the European Food Safety Authority(EFSA), has ordered its own review in to the research, which was conducted at a French university.
The decision by Russia could be followed by […]
by Dr. Mercola
The first-ever lifetime feeding study1 evaluating the health risks of genetically engineered foods was published online on September 19, and the results are troubling, to say the least. This new study joins a list of over 30 other animal studies showing toxic or allergenic problems with genetically engineered foods.
The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Food […]
by David Gumpert
The Complete Patient
A jury of six ordinary Americans did something no judge, federal or state, has been willing to do anywhere in the country, whether in New York, California, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Maryland, or Wisconsin–it ruled in favor of a farmer-food club operator providing raw milk and other nutrient-dense foods privately to its members.
And […]
by GMWatch.org
1.GM crop could cause liver failure: scientist
2.Scientists wary of CSIRO GM crop
3.World Scientists Warn on GM Wheat Threat
4.Opposition calls for rethink on GM wheat trial
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1.GM crop could cause liver failure: scientist
Sean Cowan
The West Australian, September 11 2012
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/14812749/gm-crop-could-cause-liver-failure-scientist/
A world-renowned scientist has warned that one of the CSIRO’s genetically modified wheat varieties has the potential […]
