Posts tagged: #soy

My Interview with Marie Oser, Author of The Skinny on Soy

Hi Everybody, This past Thursday, I had the pleasure of interviewing Marie Oser, author of The Skinny on Soy. It was a great conversation dispelling so many of the negative myths about the dangers of soy, meanwhile, highlighting the wonderful … Read More

Take Action: Tell the EPA to Ban Nerve Damaging Pesticides; Make GMO Labeling the Law in NY; Forgive Young Farmer Student Loans

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Tell the EPA to Ban Nerve Damaging Pesticides The EPA is accepting comments on the dangerous pesticides chlorpyrifos, diazinon, and malathion for the next few weeks. Industrial farms have been spraying these harmful pesticides on soy, strawberries, kale, wheat, and … Read More

In the News: Acreage for GM Crops Declined in 2015; Keurig’s New K-Cup Coffee is Recyclable, but Hardly Green; Eating Fast Food Exposes Consumers to Toxic Chemical

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Acreage for GM Crops Declined in 2015 For the first time since their introduction, farmers planted less acreage of genetically modified (GM) crops in 2015. The drop was small, from 448.5 million acres in 2014 to 440 million in 2016. … Read More

In The News: A Flu Epidemic That Threatens Birds, 10 Disgusting Fast Food Secrets, Every Genetically Modified Food People Already Eat in the U.S., Urban Farms Now Produce 1/5 of the World’s Food, Coal Ash: What is the True Cost of Burning Coal?

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A Flu Epidemic That Threatens Birds, Not Humans There is a flu going around this spring, and it isn’t what you think. More than 20 million turkeys and chickens have died or been culled; Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin have declared … Read More