Posts Tagged organic

You've probably heard the health conscious mantra popularized by Michael Pollan: "If you can't pronounce it, you shouldn't be eating it."

It has come to my attention that the FDA is allowing chemicals to be present in foods labeled ‘organic.’   Please print the letter below, and send it to The Cornucopia Institute. http://www.cornucopia.org/breaking-scandal-the-organic-watergate/ Until next time, Polly   Dear USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack and NOSB Chairman Barry Flamm,

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Occupy the EPA

Occupy the EPA! What is the EPA doing to protect us from Monsanto? Nothing. But, here’s what they should be doing: Monsanto’s unlabeled genetically engineered foods are so pervasive in North American that babies are born with Monsanto’s engineered genes coursing through their veins! Is this dangerous?

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Budget Cuts could affect Produce

SAN FRANCISCO – President Barack Obama‘s proposed budget would eliminate the nation’s only program that regularly tests fruits and vegetables for deadly pathogens, leaving public health officials without a crucial tool used to investigate deadly food borne illness outbreaks. The budget plan the president sent to Congress on

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