While conventional farmers struggle with surging prices for synthetic fertilizers, organic farmers have been spared this burden.
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For a food product to qualify as “healthy,” it has to contain certain amounts of at least one of the food groups included in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and it also has to fall below certain limits on added sugars, sodium and saturated fat.
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RFK, Jr. and his antagonistic attitude toward GMOs and toxic pesticides is not sitting well with Big Ag.
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The Purple Galaxy Tomato splashed across the cover of this season’s Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds caused massive problems for the company.
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And what about the super-toxic neonicotinoid insecticides that are causing such harm to the bees?
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Bt GMO crops aren’t working. What a surprise.
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More evidence that “GMOs are needed to feed the world” is pure propaganda.
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Farmers got more than $22 billion in government payments in 2019 — more than the final cost of bailing out the auto industry during the financial crisis of 2008 — and Congress had nothing to do with it.
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Neonicotinoids aren’t just harmful to pollinators — there is now evidence that they could be risky for fish, too.
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Organic farmers are forced to use large amounts of plastic, much of which goes right into the landfill.
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Big Ag is pushing to amend right-to-farm laws to protect factory farms from being sued by their neighbors over air and noise pollution.
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A jury has awarded Edwin Hardeman $80 million in damages, whose lawyers argued that the glyphosate-based herbicide caused his cancer after more than two decades of Roundup usage on his property.
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With the impending Farm Bill looming, Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) and other advocates are pushing hard for the support and protection of organic programs.
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As demand for grass-fed beef soars, scientists believe rising carbon dioxide levels in the environment may be to blame for less nutritious grass.
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Seeking to learn from its mistakes with GMOs, seed companies are looking to build trust with consumers for foods edited with CRISPR technology.
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Scientists at Royal Holloway University of London found that bumble bee queens exposed to neonicotinoid pesticides were 26% less likely to lay eggs, compared to those that were not exposed to the chemicals.
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With the “food as medicine” philosophy taking hold, it isn’t just nutritionists or dietitians becoming fixtures at supermarkets. Now, it’s doctors, too.
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