Dr Vandana Shiva The ontology and ecology of food Food is not a commodity, it is not “stuff” put together mechanically and artificially in labs and factories. Food is life. Food holds the contributions of …
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A Precautionary Tale: How One Small Town Banned Pesticides, Preserved Its Food Heritage, and Inspired a Movement
by Allison Wilson, PhD It was the first day of two weeks’ voting. The rural alpine municipality of Mals was about to consider a revolutionary possibility – a vote for a “Pesticide Free Mals.” A “yes” …
Continue readingThe UK’s Royal Society: a Case Study in How the Health Risks of GMOs Have Been Systematically Misrepresented
by Steven Druker For more than twenty years, many eminent scientists and scientific institutions have routinely claimed that genetically modified foods are safe. And because of the perceived authority of their pronouncements, most government officials …
Continue readingWhat Will the World Inherit From GE Salmon?
By Dr. Gerry Goeden It’s true; about 50 percent of the fish we eat are farmed. There is good reason for this as, one by one, the world’s commercial fisheries collapse through overfishing. According to …
Continue readingThe Health Care Doctors Forgot: Why Ordinary Food Will Be the Future of Medicine
by T Colin Campbell, Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus, Cornell University Few issues have become so intensely debated and politically charged as the need to reform the health care system. This debate has resulted in …
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