Food and Agriculture

5 Ways to ‘Eat Real’ on a Budget

5 Ways to ‘Eat Real’ on a Budget

Food Day, which is Oct. 24 every year, is a nationwide celebration of healthy, affordable and sustainably produced food, and a grassroots campaign for better food policies. It aims to help people “eat real,” which means cutting back on sugary drinks, overly salted packaged foods, fatty factory-farmed meats and junky restaurant foods in favor of […]

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    Climate Change Will Make it Harder to Grow These 5 Foods

    Climate Change Will Make it Harder to Grow These 5 Foods

    Last week’s release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change latest report gave many their first glimpse into how climate change might impact the foods they rely on for nutrition. The report took the spotlight away from extreme weather, exposing food and resource wars as other potential results of the world’s changing climate. If battles […]

    Out-of-State Money Pours Into Local Fight Against GE Crop Ban

    Out-of-State Money Pours Into Local Fight Against GE Crop Ban

    A recent report by The Oregonian found that enormous amounts of money are being spent by agrichemical and biotechnology companies in one Oregon county to stop an ordinance that would ban farmers from being able to plant genetically engineered (GE) Crops. This current legislative fight encapsulates the uphill funding battle that anti-GE activists face when organizing state and local […]

    Which State Best Supports Its Locally Grown Foods?

    Which State Best Supports Its Locally Grown Foods?

    The push for more people to buy and eat locally produced foods keeps growing, but which states are actually practicing what they preach? For the third consecutive year, Strolling of the Heifers answers that question with its 2014 Locavore Index. The rankings take the per-capita number of farmers markets, consumer-supported agriculture operations (CSAs) and food hubs into account, along […]

    How Ecological Farming Builds Resilience to Climate Change

    How Ecological Farming Builds Resilience to Climate Change

    Last week, I joined a panel at the Global Agribusiness Forum in São Paolo (Brazil) to talk about the impacts of climate change on agriculture and food production. You might be surprised that Greenpeace was at an agribusiness conference. The room was full of agri-business people, who are not the crowd we normally engage with; they are […]

    Is Your City a Food Desert?

    Is Your City a Food Desert?

    To put it simply, a food desert is a neighborhood far removed from grocery stores that sell healthy food.   [vimeo https://vimeo.com/63759817 expand=1] Subsequently, foods high in fat, calories and sugar are too abundant, which encourages unhealthy eating that can lead to obesity, diabetes and heart disease, according to a newly published Walk Score blog. […]

    What the Dairy Industry Is Not Telling You

    What the Dairy Industry Is Not Telling You

    Why are so many people convinced that dairy is the best source of calcium? A strategic marketing campaign from the dairy industry would have us believe that by drinking milk, we will be protected from bone crippling osteoporosis, but the opposite may be true. Drinking milk leaches calcium from our bones and thereby creates a deficiency […]

    PED Epidemic Death Toll Reaches 5 Million, Hog Industry Scrambles for Solutions

    PED Epidemic Death Toll Reaches 5 Million, Hog Industry Scrambles for Solutions

    An estimated 5 million hogs have died since the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDv) was discovered last May, and federal officials along with industry experts are scrambling to control the continued spread of the disease, reports Reuters.  This slideshow exposes the reckless disposal practices of an industrialized swine facility in North Carolina hit with the PED virus. Warning: The […]

    Viral Video Shows the Insanity of Bottled Water

    Viral Video Shows the Insanity of Bottled Water

    In a bid to increase awareness of the health, environmental and monetary benefits of tap water, Yarra Valley Water launched Be Smart. Choose Tap. To continue in its efforts, the Australian-based utility released a satirical video last October showing why tap is the logical solution over bottled water.  The video went viral this week after it […]