Tag: organic food
Can Eating Organic Food Lower Your Cancer Risk?
Quoting the authors below,” …the most frequent consumers of organic food had 76 percent fewer lymphomas, with 86 percent fewer non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas, and a 34 percent reduction in breast cancers that develop after menopause.” And, …
All by Itself the Humble Sweet Potato Colonized the World
Is the seed potato an ‘invasive’ ‘exotic’ which by definition harms plants and habitats? Or do new plants – like new animals – enter systems all the time, and in so doing benefit other plants …
Foodies Can Order Meats From a Single Animal
Consumer demand for wholesome food is the driving force behind sustainable food production.
Antibiotic Use on Farms Helps Fuel Antibiotic-Resistant Diseases
Feral pigs, according to our wildlife and food quality experts, are unfit to eat because they carry diseases. But do they? Over the last 30 years, the two largest processors of wild pigs in Texas …
Doubts About the Promised Bounty of Genetically Modified Crops
The New York Times says it has has “discovered” that the poisons routinely used to produce GMO crops are a danger to human health and soil fertility. The extent to which the mainstream press has …
Amish Farmers Point the Way for Desert Grasslands Restoration
These lessons, from organic farming, are completely portable to desert grasslands restoration.