To follow up on yesterday’s post… Many people suggest the buying organic eggs is the answer. I just want to clarify that organic does not mean humane. Organic simply means that the animals were not given growth hormones, antibiotics, nor fed food that had pesticides on it. Organic eggs still come from hens in filthy, …
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, …
Jun
30
Frankenfish
The FDA is eerily close to approving genetically modified salmon for human consumption. These “AquAdvantage” fish, as the company that created them calls them, are Atlantic salmon that are genetically altered to contain a growth hormone gene from a Chinook salmon as well as a genetic “on-switch” from the ocean pout, a distant relative of the …
May
12
The Politics Of Organics
Food corporations are just like all other corporations, their goals are profit and growth. The reason food corporations are interested in organics is because it means growth. For conventionally raised foods, the growth rate is 1-2% per year, but since 1990, organics have grown 20% annually. And even more attractive than the growth opportunity is …
Mar
25
Free Range: Not As Free As You Think
Anyone that thinks the 285 million caged hens in America are experiencing anything less than torture is fooling themselves. After learning about the cruelty and destruction caused by the egg industry, many people think that free-range, cage-free, or organic are the solution to the problem, but free-range isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Each …
Mar
12
The Clean 15: Foods You Don’t Have To Buy Organic
To follow up on the The Dirty Dozen, here is The Clean 15: The top 15 foods you don’t need to buy organic. There are many reasons to buy organic foods. The USDA Organic label tells you that fruits and veggies weren’t raised using manmade chemical pesticides, fossil fuel- or sewage-based fertilizers, or genetically modified seeds. …
Feb
10
It’s Personal (or is it?)
From the Washington Post, by James E. McWilliams I gave a talk in South Texas recently on the environmental virtues of a vegetarian diet. As you might imagine, the reception was chilly. In fact, the only applause came during the Q&A period when a member of the audience said that my lecture made him want …
Feb
09
The Dirty Dozen: Top 12 Foods To Eat Organic
Organic is important for both your health and the Earth, and organic is about much more than just food. But organic is more expensive. To help maximize your buck, you can focus your organic shopping on the foods that have the heaviest levels of pesticides. According to the Environmental Working Group (EWG), consumers can reduce …
Dec
10
A Tale of Two Cattle
From Time Magazine: How did your hamburger get to your plate — and what did it eat along the way? The journey of beef illustrates the great American food chain ORGANIC (1% of all cattle) This is the way all beef used to be raised — and how some people still imagine it is. Bill …
Oct
16
Pesticide Facts
According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Academy of Sciences standard chemicals are up to ten times more toxic to children than to adults, depending on body weight. This is due to the fact that children take in more toxic chemicals relative to body weight than adults and have developing organ systems …
