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Pesticides in Produce: Shopper’s Guide Lists Most and Least Contaminated Fruits, Vegetables

Pesticides in Produce: Shopper’s Guide Lists Most and Least Contaminated Fruits, Vegetables

“A very depressing – and alarming – report on pesticide food contamination. NOTE: this article was originally published to TheEpochTimes.com on March 19, 2023. The Environmental Working Group (EWG), a nonprofit environmental health organization, released the 2023 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce on Wednesday. The research revealed that almost

One of the Most Harmful Ingredients in Processed Foods

One of the Most Harmful Ingredients in Processed Foods

“Why processed foods are dangerous to human health. Especially genetically-modified soybean oil, which is loaded with glyphosate, the primary ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup. NOTE: this article was originally published to TheEpochTimes.com on January 8, 2023. Processed food is perhaps the most damaging aspect of most people’s diets,

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Secret of a New York Farm Stand’s Success: An Eye for the Next Big Thing

“Growing better food with technology and farmers from one of the world’s oldest, most advanced agricultural nations: Egypt. NOTE: this article was originally published to NYTimes.com on July 30, 2019. It was written by Priya Krishna. Photographs were taken by Shane Lavalette. The Greenmarket go-to for high-end chefs

Can Eating Organic Food Lower Your Cancer Risk?

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Can Eating Organic Food Lower Your Cancer Risk?

Quoting the authors below,” …the most frequent consumers of organic food had 76 percent fewer lymphomas, with 86 percent fewer non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas, and a 34 percent reduction in breast cancers that develop after menopause.” And, all these agricultural chemicals are bad for wildlife and habitat for the very same

"Invasion Biology"

All by Itself the Humble Sweet Potato Colonized the World

Is the seed potato an ‘invasive’ ‘exotic’ which by definition harms plants and habitats? Or do new plants – like new animals – enter systems all the time, and in so doing benefit other plants and animals including humans? NOTE: the article below is from NYTimes.com and can be found here.

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Animal Development

Foodies Can Order Meats From a Single Animal

Consumer demand for wholesome food is the driving force behind sustainable food production. NOTE: This post initially appeared on WSJ.com on October 5, 2016 Throwback to getting your sirloin ground at the butcher shop emerges with ‘single origin’ cuts In grocery store cases stuffed with exotic grass-fed and organic

Antibiotic Use on Farms Helps Fuel Antibiotic-Resistant Diseases

Antibiotic Use on Farms Helps Fuel Antibiotic-Resistant Diseases

Feral pigs, according to our wildlife and food quality experts, are unfit to eat because they carry diseases. But do they? Over the last 30 years, the two largest processors of wild pigs in Texas have slaughtered and tested tens of thousands of animals. They have never found a diseased

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Doubts About the Promised Bounty of Genetically Modified Crops

The New York Times says it has has “discovered” that the poisons routinely used to produce GMO crops are a danger to human health and soil fertility. The extent to which the mainstream press has averted its eyes from the obvious facts is a direct reflection of the degree to

Amish Farmers Point the Way for Desert Grasslands Restoration

Amish Farmers Point the Way for Desert Grasslands Restoration

These lessons, from organic farming, are completely portable to desert grasslands restoration. NOTE: originally published by The Atlantic October 6, 2014 By studying the immune systems of plants, they’ve developed a technique that eliminates the need for chemicals. “In the Second World War,” Samuel Zook began, “my ancestors were