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Posted inClimate Disaster
1970s lifestyle is safer
The rising numbers of people who are overweight and obese in the UK means the nation uses 19% more food than 40 years ago, a … 1970s lifestyle is saferRead more
Posted inTransportation
Foods From 5,000 Miles Away or More
Hawaiian Pineapple=5,000 Miles Pineapple is native to southern Brazil and Paraguay and had spread to the Caribbean by the time Columbus arrived, who brought it … Foods From 5,000 Miles Away or MoreRead more
Posted inFisheries
Wiping out Atlantic blue fin tuna
Overfishing will wipe out the breeding population of Atlantic bluefin tuna, one of the ocean’s largest and fastest predators, in three years unless catches are … Wiping out Atlantic blue fin tunaRead more
Posted inCoca-Cola / Soft drinks
Get your vitamins from real food
The Coca-Cola Company has been served notice of a class action lawsuit filed over what the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) says … Get your vitamins from real foodRead more
Posted inHealth / Politics / Social
Why hunger
Article written by Frances Moore Lappé Hunger is not caused by a scarcity of food but a scarcity of democracy. Hunger is not caused by … Why hungerRead more
Posted inPesticide
Contaminated food
Most Contaminated: Consistent with two previous EWG investigations, fruits topped the list of the consistently most contaminated fruits and vegetables, with seven of the 12 … Contaminated foodRead more
Posted inCO2 / Greenhouse gas
Carbon Footprint of Orange Juice
First there’s the bottle itself which is generally made of plastic, the manufacture of which, just for use in the bottled water industry as a … Carbon Footprint of Orange JuiceRead more
Posted inConservation / Fisheries
Eating endangered bluefin tuna
A Michelin-starred restaurant chain part-owned by the actor Robert De Niro is serving endangered bluefin tuna at its London outlets without telling customers, DNA tests … Eating endangered bluefin tunaRead more
Posted inPolitics
Manufactured Famine
In his book Late Victorian Holocausts, Mike Davis tells the story of the famines that sucked the guts out of India in the 1870s. The … Manufactured FamineRead more