Posts tagged: #drought

In the News: Water Shortages are Looming! Add Sesame to the New List of Allergic Foods!

25% of Our Worlds Population is Facing a Looming Water Crises I remember seeing the show Urinetown many years ago, and the thought of paying for water was absurd. Fast forward many years, and we not only pay for water, … Read More

Take Action: Protect Our Food From Waste Oil Water; Ban BPA From Cans; Veto the DARK Act

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Protect Our Food From Waste Oil Water California farmers produce about 50% of our nation’s produce, which means we all eat food from the state. California is still in a terrible drought and pretty desperate for irrigation water. Currently, two … Read More

In The News: High Fructose Corn Syrup Has a New Name; 7 Mobile Apps To Help You Find GMO and Additive-Free Foods; The Drought Has Stolen a Year’s Worth of Rain From California

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High Fructose Corn Syrup Has a New Name High Fructose Corn Syrup Manufactures are trying to convince consumers into thinking that HFCS is like sugar by changing its name to Fructose. When the FDA rejected the corn syrup bid, the … Read More

Take Action: Stop Enbridge’s Illegal Tar Sands Pipeline Expansion Scheme; End Water Profiterring in Drought-Stricken California; Fight for GMO Labeling by Opposing the DARK Act; Tell Bumble Bee Tuna to Stop Killing Sharks

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Stop Enbridge’s Illegal Tar Sands Pipeline Expansion Scheme The Obama Administration is on the verge of approving a new pipeline that mimics the Keystone XL Pipeline. The scheme allows Enbridge to bypass the approval process for expanding the capacity of … Read More

In The News: The Future Of Food Is On The Table; Your “Organic” Strawberries Aren’t Really Organic; Wide Use of Antibiotics Allows C. Diff to Flourish; Scientists Warn to Expect More Weather Extremes

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The Future Of Food Is On The Table The event, called Expo Milano 2015, is the latest World’s Fair. This year’s theme is “feeding the planet, energy for life.” The global population is projected to pass 9 billion by 2050, and Expo … Read More

iEat Green Welcomes In Summer with Memorial Weekend Celebrations; The Circle of Life Keeps Flowing; An Interview with Diane Hatz, Founder and Organizer for TEDxManhattan ?Changing the Way We Eat? and Founder and Executive Director of Change Food

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Hi Everyone, The ebb and flow of life is a wondrous thing, with the ups and downs, the highs and lows, and all the curves. One moment I am celebrating the beginning of summer, sharing sunsets, fireworks, pot-lucks, and friendships, … Read More

In The News: Oil Spill In Santa Barbara, CA; Nation’s First Offshore Wind Farm Comes to Rhode Island; Many Probiotics Taken for Celiac Disease Contain Gluten; Your Contribution to the California Drought; Turtle Die-Offs Remain a Mystery

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Oil Spill In Santa Barbara, CA This is why pipelines are so dangerous, because accidents always happen. We need to invest in clean energy! Watch this heartbreaking short clip about the oil spill that just happened, last week, in California. … Read More

iEat Green Interviews Margaret Gray, Author of “Labor and the Locavore: The Making of a Comprehensive Food Ethic”?

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Hi Everybody, Well it certainly seems like Spring has arrived, and I am very excited to begin working in my garden again. I’ve met some wonderful people who will be interning with me this summer, and assisting me in my … Read More