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Corporate Food Brands Drive the Massive Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico

Corporate Food Brands Drive the Massive Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico

By Reynard Loki Whole Foods bills itself as “America’s healthiest grocery store,” but what it’s doing to the environment is anything but healthy. According to a new report, the chain is helping to drive one of the nation’s worst human-made environmental disasters: the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. By not requiring environmental safeguards […]

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    Corporate Food Brands Drive the Massive Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico

    Corporate Food Brands Drive the Massive Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico

    By Reynard Loki Whole Foods bills itself as “America’s healthiest grocery store,” but what it’s doing to the environment is anything but healthy. According to a new report, the chain is helping to drive one of the nation’s worst human-made environmental disasters: the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. By not requiring environmental safeguards […]

    Proposed Rule Would Permit China to Export Poultry Products to U.S.

    Proposed Rule Would Permit China to Export Poultry Products to U.S.

    The Trump administration will publish a proposed rule Friday that would permit the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to export its own poultry products to the U.S. It is doing so because U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) claims that the PRC’s food safety inspection system is equivalent to ours. The decision comes on the heels […]

    GMO Supporters Have a Fit as Cargill Offers Non-GMO Products

    GMO Supporters Have a Fit as Cargill Offers Non-GMO Products

    When grain processing giant Cargill recently tweeted that it was working closely with the Non-GMO Project about verifying the company’s ingredients, GMO [genetically modified organism] supporters had a Twitter fit. Canadian farmer Chris Allam called the company’s work with the Non-GMO Project, “a slap in the face.” “I have a problem with Cargill dealing with […]