Who wouldn’t want GMO labeling in the U.S.?
One thing true about the GMO movement is that not everyone is convinced genetically modified food is dangerous or bad to eat. It’s important, though, to keep the scope of the question in focus. We are not debating whether GM food is good or bad.What we are debating is whether American consumers have a right […]
GMOs Are Not Just In Food Products
GMOs have known to mainly be in our food and beverages in the grocery store. Many well known victims to genetic modification are squash, corn, soy and many other similar fruits and vegetables. Well the last thing you would think about it GMOs in your home products, you don’t ingest them, just use them. According […]
14-year-old Debates GMOs with Condescending TV Host
A Canadian television host’s attempts to school a 14-year-old girl did not quite go according to plan. Kevin O’Leary, the co-host of the popular CBC business news program “The Lang and O’Leary Exchange,” must have thought he had laid the perfect trap for teen anti-GMO activist Rachel Parent. The problem for O’Leary is that Parent, […]
Organic vs. Natural: They’re Not The Same!
There’s a lot of confusion out there about the distinction between organic and natural, and we think it’s a shame, because the differences can be huge! The first thing you should understand is that, except for meat, “natural” doesn’t have a set, strictly defined or regulated definition, while “organic” does. When you see the word […]
Food Items Commonly Mistaken For ‘Health Foods’
The food processing industry and its raw food supplier allies have been clever at marketing their products as healthy while attacking the foods they replace as unhealthy. And it has worked both ways. Saturated fats including coconut oil and real butter were demonized as obesity producers and heart health hazards while trans-fatty acid hydrogenated vegetable […]
What You (and Your Customers) Should Know About GMOs
In recent years, people worldwide have grown increasingly attuned to genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. Nearly 2 million people participated in a global non-GMO “March against Monsanto” last May. More than 20 states now have GMO labeling legislation in the works. And in a game-changing move, in March 2013, Whole Foods Market announced that by […]
Top 10 Worst GMO Foods
Genetically modified foods (GMO foods) have been shown to cause harm to humans, animals, and the environment, and despite growing opposition, more and more foods continue to be genetically altered. It’s important to note that steering clear of these foods completely may be difficult, and you should merely try to find other sources than your […]
Organic Continues Double-Digit Gains
As organic increases after year, recent surveys have some of us wondering: How much can organic grow amid continued consumer confusion? Last year was another banner one for the organic industry. SPINS tracked a 12 percent increase in sales of organic products across all channels, and the Organic Trade Association reported that a whopping eight […]
Evidence of GMO Harm in Pig Study
A groundbreaking new study [1] shows that pigs were harmed by the consumption of feed containing genetically modified (GM) crops. Press release from Sustainable Pulse (sustainablepulse.com) and GMWatch (gmwatch.org) GM-fed females had on average a 25% heavier uterus than non-GM-fed females, a possible indicator of disease that requires further investigation. Also, the level of severe […]
Connecticut First State to Approve Labeling Genetically Modified Foods
By STEPHANIE STROMNew York Times Connecticut on Monday became the first state to pass a bill that would require food manufacturers to label products that contain genetically modified ingredients — but only after other conditions are met. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has said he would sign the bill into law, after reaching an agreement with […]
Why were GMOs created, anyway?
Video offers GMO backstoryvia Shara Rutberg | New Hope 360 Why were GMOs created in the first place? Hint: It has something to do with the world’s most popular herbicide. This quick video presented by ihealthtube.com asks GMO expert Jeffrey Smith, founder of the Institute for Responsible Technology, and offers a brief overview of the […]
Breeding the Nutrition Out of Our Food
The present-day sweet corn we serve in summer bears little resemblance to its wild ancestor – a grassy plant called teosinte. A bushy plant with short spikes of grain instead of ears, teosinte has only 5 to 12 kernels in each spike and the kernels are encased in shells so hard you’d need a hammer […]