Urban Gardening: How to Build a Raised Bed and Hoop House

08-19-2010 • SMCC

City farming with rotated animal cages over raised vegetable beds. Full instructions!

Beef 'cloned from dead animals': It's Whats For Dinner

08-15-2010 • BBC.co.uk/news

Some of the cattle cloned to boost food production in the US have been created from the cells of dead animals, according to a US cloning company.

FDA to Destroy Organic Salmon: Genetic engineering for "Useless Eaters"

08-15-2010 • LAtimes.com

It reaches an 8-pound market weight in 18 months instead of 36. That's accomplished by inserting part of a gene from an eel-like creature called the ocean pout into the growth gene of a Chinook salmon, then injecting the blended genetic material...

Researchers Propose Serving Free Cholesterol Drugs With Fast Food Meals

08-14-2010 • Clay Dillow via PopSci

A group of researchers at Imperial College London recently cross-referenced a couple of studies on heart health and have made an interesting recommendation to fast food outlets: rather than fries, each order should come with a free statin drug.

First Established Populations of Genetically Modified Plants Found in the Wild

08-09-2010 • Rebecca Boyle via PopSci

Franken-canola has been found growing along roadsides in North Dakota, in one of the first known cases of genetically modified crops taking hold in the wild. The finding shows that genetically modified canola plants can survive and thrive in the wild

Fido's food could be making kids sick, report says

08-09-2010 • AP

[we're doomed] Dry pet foods are an under-recognized source of salmonella infections in humans, and it's likely other illnesses since then were unknowingly caused by tainted pet food, said a researcher at the federal Centers for Disease Control

US agency rules out health threat from oil dispersants

08-08-2010 • AFP

Dispersants used to break up crude leaking from a ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well are not likely to accumulate in seafood and affect humans, the US Food and Drug Administration said.

S510 - Illegal to Grow, Share, Trade, or Sell Homegrown Food

08-06-2010 • Rense.com

"If accepted [S 510] would preclude the public's right to grow, own, trade, transport, share, feed and eat each and every food that nature makes. It will be unconstitutional and contrary to natural law or, if you like, the will of God."

Jim Rogers Sees 'Much Higher' Food Prices

08-05-2010 • cnbc.com

"It's all happening at a time when governments are printing more money… it's a very dangerous situation," he said.

Food stamp use hit record 40.8m in May

08-05-2010 • Bloomberg News

The number of Americans who are receiving food stamps rose to a record 40.8 million in May as the jobless rate hovered near a 27-year high, the government reported yesterday.

40.8 Million American's on Food Stamps: Depression Economics

08-05-2010 • Boston.com/news

Recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program subsidies for food purchases jumped 19 percent from a year earlier and increased 0.9 percent from April, the US Department of Agriculture said in a statement on its website.

Epa to crack down on farm dust

07/30/2010 • http://www.news9.com/Global/story.asp?S=12899662

The letter dated July 23 to the EPA states, "If approved, would establish the most stringent and unparalleled regulation of dust in our nation's history." It further states, "We respect efforts for a clean and healthy environment, but not at the

Chicken producers debate 'natural' label

08-01-2010 • AP

A disagreement among poultry producers about whether chicken injected with salt, water and other ingredients can be promoted as "natural" has prompted federal officials to consider changing labeling guidelines. The U.S. Department of Agriculture

After 378 years, NH family farm goes up for sale

08-01-2010 • AP

In 1632, John Tuttle arrived from England to a settlement near the Maine-New Hampshire border, using a small land grant from King Charles I to start a farm. 11 generations and 378 years later, his field-weary descendants are selling their spread

Harold McGee, Food Science Guru, Turns His Attention to Serious Drinking

08-01-2010 • Paul Adams via PopSci

The annual Tales of the Cocktail convention happened again in New Orleans last week, I seem to recall. And somewhere between the sazeracs and the rusty nails, I attended a series of enlightening seminars (each accompanied by appropriate cocktails, of

Food: The Ultimate Secret Exposed - PT 1/2 & 2/2

07-31-2010 • InfoWars.com - YouTube.com

Alex Jones addresses one of the darkest modes of power the globalists have used to control the population-- food. The adulteration of the planet's staple crops, genetically-altered species and intentionally-altered water, food and air all amount to a

Then, guns drawn, four officers fanned out across Rawesome Foods in Venice. Skirting past the arugula and peering under crates of zucchini, they found the raid's target inside a walk-in refrigerator: unmarked jugs of raw milk.

Raw-food raid highlights a hunger

07-26-2010 • P.J. Huffstutter via Los Angeles Times

Some people balk at restrictions on selling unprocessed milk and other foods. 'How can we not have the freedom to choose what we eat?' one says. Regulators say the rules exist for safety and fairness.

The Low-Carbohydrate Un-Sandwich: A Tantalizing Flavor Indulgence!

07-21-2010 • SMCC

The un-sandwich cuts the carbohydrates from bread, using vegetables, fresh coconut, tofu burgers, or fruit as bread replacement. Yet it adds color, taste and texture to your lifestyle. And you will be very surprised to find out how tasty this can be

Divers find 200-year old champagne in Baltic wreck

07-17-2010 • AP

Divers have discovered what is thought to be the world's oldest drinkable champagne in a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea, one of the finders said Saturday. They tasted the one bottle they've brought up so far before they even got back to shore.

Food Safety Legislation Update

07-15-2010 • westonaprice.org

Thank you to the many people who have called or emailed their Senators to urge them to amend or oppose S. 510, the Food Safety Modernization Act! The bill continues to be delayed and its future is unclear. But it still poses a threat to producers o

Empty Store Shelves Coming to America

07/13/2010 • godlikeproductions.com

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Cheeseburger in Paradise!

07-13-2010 • Farm Wars

Texas cattle drinking water from drilling waste sludge pits. This is an under-regulated problem that we simply ignore, but to actually force drilling companies to be accountable for their actions? FAT CHANCE!

Window Farming

07-09-2010 • SMCC

Hydroponic Edible Gardens for Urban Windows - How to supply fresh, local food to people in cities.

How Goldman Gambled On Starvation

07-03-2010 • independent.co.uk/opinion

You probably think your opinion of Goldman Sachs and its swarm of Wall Street allies has rock-bottomed at raw loathing. You're wrong. There's more. It turns out that the most destructive of all their recent acts has barely been discussed at all...

Six Healthy Reasons to Eat Watermelon

06-25-2010 • arclein

Stay healthier Watermelon has lots of lycopene, a key plant antioxidant that is famous for fighting heart disease and prostate cancer. Tomatoes are usually considered the lycopene all-stars, but you have to cook them in a little oil to release it.

New World Order vs Useless Eaters: Are Americans Going To Starve?

06-24-2010 • usarmyguyretired.com

The people now find themselves at the abject mercy of an indifferent, disengaged government bureaucracy only intent on expanding their agenda and the population’s dependency. Listen to the rhetoric from the federal government.

US Supreme Court lifts ban on sale of GM crop

06-22-2010 • AFP

The Supreme Court lifted Monday a four-year ban on the sale in the United States of genetically modified alfalfa, which farmers fear contaminates others crops