Barbara H. Peterson on April 5th, 2011

Detective pig investigates the sad truth behind the production of ‘Responsible’ labeled soy. The soy industry is not what it seems – deforestation and toxic chemicals are destroying South America to grow the [GM] soy that feeds Europe’s factory farm animals.

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By Rady Ananda Scrap NAIS; decentralize the food industry The hottest topic in agriculture is NAIS – the proposed National Animal Identification System. Using embedded microchips and mountains of paperwork, the federal government plans to create a database that tracks every animal in the nation. Independent producers and privacy advocates adamantly oppose the plan.

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Rady on July 5th, 2009

By Rady Ananda What do urbanites know about farming? ana Sofia joanes’ Fresh shows us how a sustainable food system operates – by focusing on personal and community stories of change. Fresh is delightful, humorous and charming. What else can be said of a film that opens with, “Pig, pig, pig, pig”? But it also […]

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Barbara H. Peterson on June 17th, 2009

The vast bulk of food production is now controlled by just a few mega-corporations with one value: profit. Relying on genetic engineering, pesticides and antibiotics, factory food is cheap, requiring little land. But the external costs to our health, the environment and the natural food industry are enormous.

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