A new UCLA study finds a disturbing connection between our food supply and the degenerative disease that afflicts millions.
September 13, 2017
January 2, 2017
Clean 15: Least Toxic Contaminated Crops You Can Enjoy In 2017
We’ve seen the dirty dozen, but what about the clean 15? Here’s a handy look at the fruit and veggies least likely to be contaminated by pesticides.
Tags: agriculture, asparagus, avocados, cantaloupe, contamination, corn, diet, environment, Environmental Working Group, EPA, ewg, farms, fda, mango, mushrooms, onions, organic, papaya, produce, toxic chemicals, USDA
March 21, 2016
33 Sustainable Ways To Eat
From shopping at farmers markets to reusing shopping bags, choosing more sustainable options for purchasing and preparing foods will help both your health and the environment.
Tags: antibiotics, bottled water, cafo, composting, csa, dairy, diet, eco-friendly, energy, environment, farmers markets, fish, gardening, gmo, grass fed meat, joseph mercola, local, organic, packaging, produce, raw, red meat, reusable bags, sustainable
January 19, 2016
German Supermarket Phases Out Insecticidal Pesticides
Greenpeace-campaign bears fruits: Aldi Süd bans bee harming pesticides.
Tags: bee, bee-killing insecticides, fruits, germany, greenpeace, insecticides, Pesticide, produce, vegetables
February 28, 2014
Whole Foods Leads The Way To Greener Rooftops
The partnership between Whole Foods and Gotham Greens marks the nation’s first commercial scale rooftop farm in a retail grocery.
Tags: gmo, organic, produce, vegetables, whole foods
September 5, 2013
Up To 98 Percent Of Our Fresh Food Carries Pesticides: Proportion Of Produce With Residues Doubles In A Decade
A massive proportion of our everyday food is contaminated with pesticide – with up to 98 per cent of some fruits carrying traces of the chemicals.
August 30, 2013
Detroit’s Good Food Cure
What happens when the Motor City transforms itself into the capital of grow-your-own food?
Tags: community garden, diet, farming, fruits, gardening, michigan, nutrition, organic, plants, produce, tomatoes, vegetables, yes magazine
July 30, 2013
Giant Greenhouse Skyscrapers Emerge
Sweden is now building the world’s first “plantscraper” in an attempt to create a new era of farming that’s more sustainable, economical, and resistant to climate change.
Tags: agriculture, crops, energy, environment, farming, harvesting, pesticides, produce, soil, sustainable, sweden, urban, water shortage
July 29, 2013
Should You Be Able to Buy Food Directly From Farmers? Regulators Don’t Think So
Why are government regulators and prosecutors feeling so threatened by this trend?
Tags: dairy, farming, fda, Food, fruit, organic farmers, organic farming, produce, USDA, vegetables
June 11, 2013
How To Find The Healthiest Fare In Meat And Produce Aisles
If you follow this newly revised list, you’ll reduce your exposure to some of the nastiest neurotoxins (and often carcinogens) in our food.
Tags: antibiotics, chemicals, e coli, EPA, ewg, fruits, genetic engineering, gmo, Grass-fed, mercola, organic, pesticides, produce, superbugs, USDA, vegetables
May 29, 2013
Do Vegetarians Live Longer?
The debate on the merits of a vegetarian diet comes and goes, but no matter which way the pendulum of dietary vogue may swing, the facts remain. Here’s a refreshing reality check.
May 3, 2013
Is Michael Pollan A Sexist Pig?
‘Femivores’ have made DIY domesticity cool. But critics who blame feminism for obesity and fast food have it wrong.