Biologists say that common shrimp farming methods across Asia are so devastating to fragile ecosystems as to make ordering a simple shrimp cocktail one of … Carbon footprint of shrimpRead more
Food
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Beware walmart is taking over our food system
In just a few short years, Walmart has become the most powerful force in our food system, more dominant than Monsanto, Kraft, or Tyson. It … Beware walmart is taking over our food systemRead more
Posted inEconomics / ToMl
European land grabbers and food gamblers exposed
Following our exposé of Barclays Bank’s harvest of super profits from betting on food last year, we’ve gone further to pull the fig leaf off … European land grabbers and food gamblers exposedRead more
Posted inGMO / Monsanto-Bayer / Occupy Wall Street / Politics / USA Empire
People who feed the world
Occupy Big Food [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDqiwojCyn8&rel=0]
Posted inMeat / ToMl
Meat Consumption is Rising
World consumption of animal protein is everywhere on the rise. Meat consumption increased from 44 million tons in 1950 to 284 million tons in 2009, … Meat Consumption is RisingRead more
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A flame retardant in your soft drinks
Patented as a flame retardant for plastics, and banned in food throughout Europe and Japan, a brominated chemical called BVO has been added to sodas … A flame retardant in your soft drinksRead more
Posted inFarm / ToMl
The secret horror of the world’s ‘mega’ factory farms
CAFO or ‘Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation’ is the acronym used to describe the industrial farming model that America has perfected and is currently exporting abroad. … The secret horror of the world’s ‘mega’ factory farmsRead more
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Place where Mc Donald failed
Fast food giant Mc Donald’s has 192 restaurants in Argentina, 480 in Brazil, 55 in Chile, 97 in Colombia, 19 in Ecuador, 7 in Paraguay, … Place where Mc Donald failedRead more
Posted inEconomics / ToMl
Banks should end ‘secretive’ trade in food commodities
Speculators have swamped the food commodities sector over the last five years causing increasingly volatile prices for key staples like wheat and maize, according to … Banks should end ‘secretive’ trade in food commoditiesRead more