Please excuse the language in the title but I have to say that is actually putting it lightly. It is truly disgusting just what the USDA will do for Corporate Agriculture despite being supposedly there to protect and support we the people’s health. We need government that isn’t so willing to roll over and prostitute itself for big agriculture. They are also the ones who have simply raised the level of ‘acceptable’ nuclear contamination in our food, and instead of doing more studies they have simply stopped testing for radiation. Makes me puke–literally–my guts simply can’t handle all the toxins.
As the article explains, it isn't just dairy -- certain people are making a lot more money than they should be off of basic food-stuffs here in Canada. At the same time they are dictating how we get our milk. One thing I have never understood is why we have to get our milk pre-cooked, and yet we ...
With all the fuss going on lately about raw milk, it is a good idea to have a look at the history of the dairy industry and how we have gotten to this point. Let's call it part two of our Factory Farm History 101. Read the first part here about distillery dairies in New York. This is taken from Anne ...
It is a delight to see more articles popping up lately discussing how us foodies need to put our differences aside and focus on ending this despicable practice of factory farming. Absolutely. I spent a little bit of time volunteering at the Food not Bombs kitchen set up for the people down at Occupy ...
It is always helpful when you have a specific target to go after. It has great potential to succeed as it focuses and amplifies the determination of the people. This petition is a great idea and I for one can't wait to see Michael (Monsanto Mike) Taylor dumped. This will be a good first step in clea ...
Since I just recently posted my review of the book Mad Sheep whose author is featured in this film, I figured you guys would appreciate this review of Farmageddon: The Unseen War on American Family Farms by Jessica Claire Haney of Crunchy-Chewy Mama. Please click here for the full article. Below I h ...
In the latest newsletter from www.Nyeleni.org covers the issues of food speculation and rising food prices. Please view the full newsletter here. A short excerpt describing the current food crisis: Higher Food Prices but Poorer Farmers Nowadays the whole food system - from production to proces ...
Many people have been asking me what the problem is with pasteurization lately, and seem rather confused about why anyone would want to drink raw milk as most of us have grown up hearing the stories of how children were dying until we started pasteurizing milk. As usual, this isn't a simple black an ...
Are the huge dairy corporations saving or destroying our world? Providing good affordable food for all or breaking up local communities and livelihoods? How nieve are we exactly? A simple google search of industrial dairies around the world reveals all sorts of dairy industry abuses, some of the ...
