From California to Iowa to Michigan, factory farming has blown up in the past 5-10 years. A new interactive map on this topic created by Food & Water Watch “illustrates the geographic shift in where and how food is raised…
Children in the Fields [VIDEO]
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I recently ran across a good video on exactly what the title implies: children working in agriculture in the U.S. Talk about an under-acknowledged issue of great concern! The statements of the kids and documentation of child farmworkers in the video are chilling.
Yemen’s Capital Out of Water by 2025?
I think the biggest topic of the following century might just be water. From the effect global weirding is having on water to our unsustainable pumping of groundwater to water pollution from agriculture, factories, and transportation, water is a growing…
6 Ways Mushrooms Can Help Save the World
Here’s a fun one. Someone shared this video with me recently and I thought it was worth sharing with you all. Mushrooms are apparently amazing. I have never spent much time learning about these fungi, but after watching this video…
Slow Food
Slow Food USA is a growing movement formed to protect many aspects of our food supply. Community work, activism, and sensual enjoyment of food are part of this grass roots movement, which is a part of the larger, global Slow Food…
Greenpeace Activists Quarantine Illegal GE Crops
Greenpeace recently found genetically engineered maize from Monsanto, MON810, illegally growing in Italy. Now, activists from Italy, Austria, Germany and Hungary are quarantining this GE maize. “Greenpeace has taken action today to prevent any further contamination from these hazardous and…
Important Media Weekly Round-Up
Something you should be aware of if you’re not yet is that Planetsave is a part of theImportant Media network. Other than Planetsave, there are currently 10 other sites in the network. Though I don’t often cover other stories on…
Food & Climate Change [VIDEO]
Food and climate change don’t get discussed much together. Well, they do in certain circles, but not in the mass media. But our food system is a leading contributor to climate change, and is also one of the areas to…
Food & Climate Change [VIDEO]
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Food and climate change don’t get discussed much together. Well, they do in certain circles, but not in the mass media. But our food system is a leading contributor to climate change, and is also one of the areas to…
Monsanto to Pay $2.5 Million Fine for Misbranding Violations
Monsanto’s got a great reputation in the world of people who read beyond the label. (Yes, that’s sarcasm.) Monsanto’s latest score is that they have to (and have actually agreed to) pay $2.5 million for misbranding violations regarding certain cotton seed…