Serious Sustainability
about their own place in the food chain, the choices they make individually in consuming food, in growing food, in preparing food, and how this ...
There's Genetically Modified Food in Your Cereal!
Mark Kastel of the Cornucopia Institute about new findings on GMOs now included in "organic" and "natural" cereals. www ...
Surveying Utopia
Raul Zelik: The market economy is a paradoxical system. The market exists because we need others and society. No one can live from the fruits of his specialized work. No baker can eat a thousand loaves a day. An office worker doesn’t get any practical value from the documents that he or she worked on. Our work first has a utility or gives a benefit through its socialization. Paradoxically the socialization of our life functions through the market where we meet as rivals in predatory wage battles against one another. Thus division of labor is based on cooperation while the market is based on competition and struggle. One could argue the market functioned very well in the past for a long time. Economists explain that competition and “severe budget restriction” – the threat of going bankrupt – prompted market actors to act frugally and efficiently. However the wasteful side of the market appears in a drastic way in crises.
GM Food Dangers: Low Fertility and Organ Damage
If anybody ever asks you what the number one reason is you should switch to eating organic food –I can think of more than one–you should show them multiple studies linking GMO crops to organ failure. Eating genetically modified foods can increase your chances of serious irreversible damage to your organs; especially to your liver and kidneys.
In a study done by the International Journal of Biological Sciences on “ A Comparison of the Effects of Three GM Corn Varieties on Mammalian Health ” found Monsanto GMO corn contributing to kidney and liver damage in the rats.
The types of of corn tested which include: Mon 863, Mon810, and NK 603 are all GMO corns approved by the FDA and deemed safe for consumption in the United States and Europe.
It doesn’t just end there. Is it possible that these GMO crops reduce fertility? Studies have been conducted in the past by Australian scientists who did long-term feeding trials with mice found “statistically significant changes,” after feeding the mice a diet of 33 percent GM maize....
Back to Basics: Why Cast Iron Rules | Be Food Smart
. While chips and dips may make an appearance, it’s the cast iron cauldrons of jambalaya, gumbo and Boudin that take center stage. These Southerners don’t mess around with anything but the best when it comes to college football. And when it comes to cookware, it’s cast iron all the way.
There are a ton of reasons to make the switch to cast iron cookware. Perhaps the most important is that of safety. If you are still using non-stick pans, bakeware and griddles, take the time to understand the risks before you whip up your next dish. Here are the top 6 reasons why people are choosing to go back to basics with cast iron: Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is a chemical used to make the ultra smooth coating on the extremely popular non-stick cookware. The risks of PFOAs include everything from low birth rates to various forms of cancer. The good news is that cast iron is the original “non-stick” king. A well-seasoned cast iron pan rivals the non-stick benefits of Teflon coated pans without any of the risks.
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The science of getting along
If the mother is not getting adequate nutrition, the fetus may grow and form normally, but it will be compromised in terms of the number of cells in the various organs, so that the baby may be born at a low birth weight, fully formed and looking normal ...
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Surveying Utopia This is clearest on the food markets. Every year thousands of tons of food are destroyed since otherwise the supply would be too great and the prices too low. This can be seen with water. There is scarcity since public commodities can be changed into a ... |