Watch this video about why genetically modified foods should be labeled.
Archive for the ‘Genetic Modification’ Category
11 Oct
We want GM food labeled!
The EWG is seeking signatures for their petition to the FDA, telling them we want genetically modified foods labeled. This photo I saw on Facebook summarizes it perfectly!
5 Jul
Stopping GE foods at the source: manufacturers
This is my 400th post on this blog since I started it in August 2007! My favorite grocery store, Vitamin Cottage (Natural Grocers) had this letter for shoppers today. I thought it was good enough to share here: So far this year, there has been a flood of approvals for genetically-engineered (GE) foods, beginning with [...]
14 Jun
How to avoid GMOs
I recently got a handy guide from my CSA farm called the Non-GMO Shopping Guide, created by the Center for Food Safety. I thought I’d share some of the information in it, and you can visit NONgmoShoppingGuide.com for more. What are GMOs? Genetically Modified Organisms are foods that have had genes artificially inserted into their DNA, possibly [...]
22 Jan
GM corn may cause liver and kidney damage
Monsanto, the creator of genetically modified corn seed, released raw data recently after a legal challenge from Greenpeace, the Swedish Board of Agriculture, and French anti-GM campaigners. Scientists examining the raw data found that rats which ate the GM corn had “statistically significant signs of liver and kidney damage.” Each of the three strains tested [...]
16 Dec
Feeding Baby Green
I have recommended the book Raising Baby Green on this blog, and now the author, pediatrician Dr. Alan Greene, has recently released another similar book called Feeding Baby Green. Even if you’re not pregnant or don’t have babies, this is a fascinating book on food and feeding children. Dr. Greene theorizes that the reason so [...]
6 Dec
The Food Revolution
I read this book months ago and have been meaning to write a review of it on this blog since then. It is so chock-full of information that I want to share, that I found it hard to figure out where to begin. The book is written by John Robbins, the son of the founder [...]
12 Jul
The Future of Food
I just saw the 2004 documentary The Future of Food, all about biotechnology and genetic engineering of crops. It was really wonderful, with a moving final scene showing how we can avoid the direction we’re headed in. Here are some startling facts from the film: 97% of the vegetables grown at the beginning of the [...]
23 Jun
Food, Inc.
I just saw an early showing of the movie Food, Inc. last night and it was amazing. The movie features various segments discussing the industrialization of our food. It features significant interviews from the author of Fast Food Nation and The Omnivore’s Dilemma/In Defense of Food. It shows clips inside chicken houses, meat packing plants, [...]
10 Jun
The Unhealthy Truth
It’s not very often that I read a book that I think everyone needs to read. In fact, since I started this blog almost two years ago, it’s only happened once with In Defense of Food. However, I just finished reading The Unhealthy Truth, which came out last month, and I think that every parent [...]
