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5 Million Farmers Sue Monsanto for $7.7 Billion

whydontyoutrythis.com

March 13, 2013

Launching a lawsuit against the very company that is responsible for a farmer suicide every 30 minutes, 5 million farmers are now suing Monsanto for as much as 6.2 billion euros (around 7.7 billion US dollars).

The reason? As with many other cases, such as the ones that led certain farming regions to be known as the 'suicide belt', Monsanto has been reportedly taxing the farmers to financial shambles with ridiculous royalty charges. The farmers state that Monsanto has been unfairly gathering exorbitant profits each year on a global scale from "renewal" seed harvests, which are crops planted using seed from the previous year's harvest.

5 Outrageous Lies Companies Are Legally Allowed to Tell You

cracked.com

by J.F. Sargent

July 30, 2013

It's not like these people can just go out and lie right to our faces, right? They sure can!

If you tell people that advertisers lie, they'll roll their eyes and say, "DUH! That's what advertising is, you naive buffoon!" But then those same people will walk out the door and buy a phone based on a "coverage map" they just saw in an ad. That's because advertisers use our cool cynicism against us -- we think we're being savvy by assuming that all ads exaggerate, but we still assume that's as far as it can go -- exaggeration. It's not like these people can just go out and lie right to our faces, right? They sure can! In fact ...

5 Shocking Facts About GMOs. I Can't Believe #3 Is Real.

viance.com

November 18, 2014

One alarming aspect of the whole GMO debate is the fact that so many Americans are going about their daily lives completely unaware that they are consuming genetically modified organisms at just about every meal.

So what are GMOs and why should we be concerned about them? GMOs are unhealthy: Since the introduction of GMOs in the mid-1990s, the number of food allergies has sky-rocketed, and health issues such as autism, digestive problems and reproductive disorders are on the rise. Animal testing with GMOs has resulted in cases of organ failure, digestive disorders, infertility and accelerated aging. Despite an announcement in 2012 by the American Medical Association stating they saw no reason for labeling genetically modified foods, the American Academy of Environmental Medicine has urged doctors to prescribe non-GMO diets for their patients.

5 Steps to Storing Potatoes for Winter

growagoodlife.com

September 28, 2014

Do you grow your own potatoes or buy in bulk from a farmer market? Follow these 5 easy steps to storing potatoes for winter to keep your potatoes fresh.

This corner stays dark, cool, and performs like a root cellar. I have added a good-sized shelving area where I store the food preserved during the growing season. The shelves are filling up with baskets of onions, garlic, and canned tomato sauce, jelly, salsa, beans, carrots, grape juice, pickles, and applesauce. I can't help but feel a sense of pride and accomplishment as I look over the jars and baskets of homegrown bounty. Not only because we have this food to feed us but I also feel good knowing exactly where my food comes from and that it was grown with no chemicals.

5 Surprising Ingredients Allowed in Organic Food

motherjones.com

by Tom Philpott

July 16, 2012

Sunday's New York Times piece on the corporatization of organics got me to thinking: What are the weirdest additives the USDA allows in food labeled "organic"? Here are five.

Made from seaweed and used as a thickener and stabilizer for certain dairy products like cottage cheese and yogurt, carrageenan is probably the most controversial organic additive. Joanne K. Tobacman, an associate professor of medicine at University of Illinois-Chicago, claims that carrageenan causes intestinal inflammation, and she petitioned the USDA not to approve it for organic food.

5 Ways You are Exposed to GMOs Without Eating Them

thefreethoughtproject.com

March 31, 2014

You don't have to ingest GMOs as food in order to be exposed to them. There are plenty of other ways that GMOs come into our lives in many other forms.

Cotton: Is that shirt that you have on right now Organic? GM cotton covers more than 15 million hectares on the planet and accounts for more than 70 percent of all cotton grown. Chances are that your cotton swabs and balls are also GM Cotton.

5.2. MYTH: GM crops decrease pesticide use

earthopensource.org

by Peter Brown

March 13, 2013

GM crops are claimed by proponents to reduce pesticide use (the term "pesticide" includes herbicides, which technically are pesticides). But this is untrue.

Herbicide-tolerant crops have been developed by agrochemical firms specifically to depend upon agrochemicals and have extended the market for these chemicals. Far from weaning agriculture away from environmentally damaging chemicals, GM technology has prolonged and extended the chemically-based agricultural model. The adoption of GM Roundup Ready crops, especially soy, has caused massive increases in the use of glyphosate worldwide.

6 Additives in Non-Dairy Milk That Should Never Make It Past Your Lips

healthy-holistic-living.com

May 27, 2014

Did you know that in your efforts to be healthy you just might be consuming more chemicals than you think? Yup, non-dairy milk may not be all it's cracked up to be. Let's look a little closer at some of the additives in non-dairy milk...

Milk and other dairy products have on the receiving end of bad press for decades already. However, once the "Low Fat" movement kicked off, this bad press virtually became sheer brutality. Everything dairy was suddenly condemned. Everywhere we look we see warnings about the dangers of milk and all products derived from it. Butter in particular suddenly became a mass murderer once low fat margarine arrived on the scene.

6 Little Known Signs of Adrenal Fatigue

thehealthyhomeeconomist.com

by Sarah

September 14, 2010

You'd have to be living under a rock not to notice that adrenal problems are at epidemic proportions in our modern culture.

The fact that a Starbucks or some other coffee shop is on practically every corner and that the average American now consumes a whopping 180 lbs per year of refined sugars is surely evidence enough. By the way, the 180 lbs of sugar per year figure is a shocking 27% increase just since 2003 when sugar consumption was 142 lbs per person per year! Caffeine and sugar consumed in excess amounts will sucker punch your adrenal glands faster than just about anything else, no doubt about it.

6 Reasons to Avoid Agave Syrup

dontmesswithmama.com

January 29, 2014

Find out why agave is not a health food, and 6 reasons why you should avoid it. Plus, learn about the health dangers of agave syrup.

Look down the aisles of health food stores (or even the health food aisle in a grocery store) and chances are you'll see a bottle of agave syrup. Similar in color and consistency to maple syrup, it's been touted as a healthy alternative to artificial sweeteners and has become the go-to natural sweetener of choice for many people.

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