Major Agribusinesses Competing with Organics on the Cheap, “Natural” Food Products with Toxic Chemicals and GMOs Deceiving Consumers

CORNUCOPIA, WIS: A revelatory report released by The Cornucopia Institute, an organic industry watchdog, has stirred controversy in the natural foods marketing arena by highlighting abusive marketing practices by some of the nation’s largest breakfast cereal manufacturers. In some cases, companies such as Kellogg’s, Quaker Oats (PepsiCo), Barbara’s Bakery and Whole Foods Market are selling…

A National Outrage: Our Tax Dollars Subsidize Foods that make us Fat and Unhealthy

A National Outrage: Our Tax Dollars Subsidize Foods that make us Fat and Unhealthy Article by Tony Isaacs At the same time that our Surgeon General has declared we have an epidemic of obesity, our government is using our tax dollars to cater to special interests and is…

Future Food Security and Sustainable Food Production Could Depend on Small Farmers

Future Food Security and Sustainable Food Production Could Depend on Small Farmers Article by Alison Withers Copyright (c) 2011 Alison Withers It is usually assumed that “big is best” because of the financial savings that can be made from economies of scale, and this has been one of…

Timely Buy Of The Week: June 27, 2008

Timely Buy Of The Week: June 27, 2008 Article by Tracey Ryniec Bunge Limited (BG), an agriculture and food company with operations in over 30 countries, announced on June 23 that it had an entered into an agreement to acquire Corn Products International (CPO) in an all-stock transaction.The…

Can You Lose Weight Easy?

Can You Lose Weight Easy? Article by Ronald Acker Can You Lose Weight Easy? It seems that every new expert has a fresh and innovative method to accomplish the task of losing weight. Their promise is, if you do it their way, you will take the weight off…