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Obesogens
Multiple choice question: What does the “Obesity Epidemic” have to do with agriculture? What epidemic? Obesity is an age old problem, and this “epidemic” is an invention of the press and the diet industry. There’s an epidemic alright, caused by … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Food, Industrial Agriculture
Tagged agriculture, endocrine disruptors, environmental toxicology, obesogens
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The Animal Lover’s Dilemma
Today’s guest blog by Elizabeth Vandeventer of Davis Creek Farm, Nelson County, Virginia. She holds a PhD in Anthropology from Univ. of North Carolina. ************************************************************************************** When Green Mountain College, a sustainable agriculture school in Vermont, recently decided to slaughter their … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Food, Industrial Agriculture
Tagged animal traction, deforestation, veganism, Vegetarianism
146 Comments
More to the Story — Top 5 GMO Myths
When you hear about “Myths About GMO’s” you can usually expect a polemic from an activist. It may be an anti-GMO activist debunking myths like “GMO’s can help feed the world” or a pro-GMO activist debunking myths like “GMO’s can’t … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Biotechnology, Food, Industrial Agriculture
Tagged agriculture, biotechnology, genetically modified, Monsanto, organic
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Wilk on Diet Change and Nutritainment
Today’s guest blog is from Rick Wilk, a leading scholar of food, consumption, agriculture, and various other topics. His recent books on food include Home Cooking in the Global Village and Rice and Beans. Rick is Provost Professor of Anthropology … Continue reading
Posted in Food
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Two Agricultural Donations
Since I do research on small farms for a living, I don’t normally find it a cause for celebration to be wrong about small farms. But I am toasting Caromont Farm’s kickstarter success and my complete wrongness. I described the … Continue reading
My First Charitable Donation to a For-Profit Business
I just made a charitable donation to a for-profit business. A cheese-maker, to be exact. This is not something one does every day, and not something I thought I ever would do. This calls for some rethinking about “profit” and … Continue reading
New Ag Antibiotic Rules: Toothless and Oblivious
Headline in the NY Times: U.S. Tightens Rules on Antibiotics Use for Livestock. The lede: Farmers and ranchers will for the first time need a prescription from a veterinarian before using antibiotics in farm animals, in hopes that more judicious … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Industrial Agriculture
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Nuking Gene Patents?
The Myriad case – with its embedded nuclear bomb that would abolish most gene patents in the US – has been languishing on the Supreme Court’s desk ever since last year. The Supremes hadn’t accepted the appeal, or rejected the … Continue reading
Posted in Biotechnology, Intellectual Property
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Decide for Yourself
The dust has not settled after India’s decision not to approve its first genetically modified food crop. In fact it has just been kicked up again today, with the prime minister accusing foreign NGO’s of meddling and activists responding that … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Biotechnology, Food, India
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Bt Cotton, Remarkable Success, and Four Ugly Facts
Of all the crops and countries in GMO controversies today, few are as important than Bt cotton in India. GMO debates keep going back to small farmers and developing countries, and India has by far the most small farmers planting … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Biotechnology, India
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