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
Food
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
Posted inUncategorized
World Food Day a Reminder of a Global Crisis
As the financial crisis dominates the attention of the news media and the presidential campaign, a global food crisis continues to affect millions of people … World Food Day a Reminder of a Global CrisisRead more
Posted inConservation
Eat Less, Save Earth
Roughly 19 percent of U.S. energy consumption goes toward producing and supplying food, David Pimentel and his colleagues at Cornell University write in the current … Eat Less, Save EarthRead more
Posted inOrganic
Organic Farming
There is no question that a perfect storm of factors – from rising oil prices to the growing climatic impact of global warming – are … Organic FarmingRead more
Posted inUncategorized
Wasted Food
billions of dollars’ worth of food is dumped each year because of retailers’ inefficiency. It is difficult to gauge quite how much waste—known as “shrink” … Wasted FoodRead more
Posted inBiofuel
Food vs. fuel
The food concern reached such a frenzy that top international food scientists called for a halt to biofuel production in order to bring prices down, … Food vs. fuelRead more