When we think about animal abuse and environmental destruction on factory farms, we think about cows, pigs, chickens, and turkeys, but we often don’t think about fish. However, fish are abused just as awfully as land animals and fishing is destroying our planet just as quickly as factory farms are. Aquacultures (Fish Farms) Aquacultures are …
Aug
02
Feb
24
Ground Beef: Cook The Shit Out Of It… Literally
Feb 5, 2011: American Food Service recalls 3,170 pounds of ground beef due to E. coli contamination Jan 8, 2011: Columbus Meat Market recalls 780 pounds of beef patties due to E. coli contamination Dec 31, 2010: First Class Foods Inc. recalls 34,373 pounds of organic ground beef due to E. coli contamination Aug 30, …
Jan
13
Couldn’t Have Said It Better Myself: Birke Baehr (11 years old)
Powered By Produce now has a Facebook page! To be honest, I’m not entirely sure what I’ll be posting there, but be sure to “like” it to find out! Like the Powered By Produce Facebook page *** The marathon was great! Not only did I set a PR (personal record… a mere 2 minutes faster …
Jan
06
A Thought Experiment
Imagine yourself in a crowded elevator, an elevator so crowded that you cannot turn around without bumping into (and aggravating) your neighbor. This elevator is so crowded that you are often held aloft, which is kind of a blessing because the floor is made of wire that cuts your bare feet. You are stuck in …
Nov
02
You Are What THEY Eat
We all know the old saying, “You are what you eat.” And it’s true. What we eat literally becomes a part of us. What we eat doesn’t just go in our gut, but it ends up in our blood, our veins, our muscle tissue, our fat deposits, our brain, our hair and fingernails, our organs, …
Sep
10
Why I Am Vegan: Walter Bond’s Story
I found this story via Once Upon A Vegan. “Why I am vegan” By Walter Bond In the winter of 1995, when I was 19 years old, I got a job with a company by the name of Dakota Mechanical. We built slaughter-houses in the Midwest, mainly in Iowa. The state of Iowa is the …
Sep
09
Why Our Agricultural Empire Will Fall
In the midst of an obesity epidemic, surrounded by super-sized meals, and backed by half a century of agricultural overabundance, it’s hard to imagine the possibility of a food shortage. But while the US continues to overindulge, the rest of the world is facing a global food crisis. The United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture …
Aug
31
Official FDA Inspection Reports Released
Just a quick update on the salmonella outbreak in eggs. Here’s some excerpts from a New York Times article: Inspection reports released by the Food and Drug Administration described — often in nose-pinching detail — possible ways that salmonella could have been spread undetected through the vast complexes of two companies. Barns infested with flies, …
Aug
24
8 Reasons to Beware of Eggs
Half a Billion Eggs Recalled, And Counting… Over 500 million eggs have been recalled due to an outbreak of Salmonella that sickened thousands of people across the country (and many cases go unreported because Salmonella infections, which cause diarrhea and stomach cramps, often go undiagnosed). This is one of the country’s worst food safety recalls, …
Jul
14
Be Careful What You Fish For
Anyone who made it through Biology 101 knows that fish have nerves and brains that sense pain, just like all other animals. Scientists tell us that fish nervous systems closely resemble our own, even including neurotransmitters like endorphins that relieve suffering – of course, the only reason for a nervous system to produce pain killers …
