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03/12/2017 / By Daniel Barker

America’s sugar industry has been on “welfare” for far too long

The effects of sugar subsidies on the American economy are anything but sweet – sugar tariffs and quotas cost the United States more than 100,000 manufacturing jobs while consumers pay higher prices at the supermarket checkout counter. In fact, sugar subsidy programs force American consumers to pay an extra $2.4 billion per year to finance […]

03/05/2017 / By Daniel Barker

EPA and FDA give go ahead for 3 types of GMO potatoes… planting begins this year

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have given permission to Idaho-based agribusiness giant J.R. Simplot Co. to begin the spring planting and fall harvesting of three different types of genetically modified potatoes. Simplot says that the varieties are genetically engineered to resist the pathogen associated with late blight, the […]

03/01/2017 / By Daniel Barker

Chicago gets its first organic fast-food chain

Fast food has an undeniable appeal, despite its unhealthy reputation – it’s convenient, cheap and satisfying, making it attractive on several levels. On the other hand, fast food products are notoriously packed with unhealthy ingredients: highly-processed mystery meats, GMO products, pesticide-laden produce and more. But is it possible to offer a classic fast food menu […]

01/30/2017 / By Daniel Barker

McDonald’s sales dipping more in the U.S. than in any other country

It seems that no matter what McDonald’s does to hang on to its American market share, customers are staying away in droves. McDonald’s Corporation shares were down 0.5 percent after the company’s 2016 fourth-quarter report was released on January 23. Sales were down at U.S. McDonald’s franchises – despite their efforts to boost business with […]

01/19/2017 / By Daniel Barker

Doctor sells practice in New York; buys New Jersey farm to offer plant-based medicine

After 25 years of treating patients in the conventional manner, Dr. Ronald Weiss has sold his West New York practice to establish New Jersey’s first farm-based medical facility on a 348-acre plot of land in Long Valley. The community-supported Ethos Health agricultural program Weiss has founded is based on the principle that food is medicine, […]

01/18/2017 / By Daniel Barker

More American farmers are ‘Certified Organic’ now than ever before

The organic revolution is in full swing in the United States, where more acreage than ever before is being devoted to the cultivation of crops free of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Organic crops now cover more than 4 million acres of U.S. farmland – an 11 percent increase over the past two years – and […]

01/15/2017 / By Daniel Barker

9 natural health benefits of Bee Propolis

Aside from the vital role bees perform in plant pollination, they also provide humans with several health-boosting substances – honey itself has numerous therapeutic properties; bee pollen and bee propolis also offer amazing health benefits. Bee propolis – also known as “bee glue” – is a sticky substance derived from tree resin collected by bees. From […]

01/12/2017 / By Daniel Barker

Rats’ intestines destroyed just 90 days after being fed Monsanto GMO corn

Ever since agribusiness giant Monsanto began pushing its GM crops on the public, the company has maintained that the technology is safe, and that consumption of Frankenfood products, such as genetically-modified corn, causes no ill effects in either animals or humans. Monsanto propaganda holds that GMOs have been proven safe, but the truth is that […]

01/10/2017 / By Daniel Barker

Three year study finds Mediterranean diet could prevent loss of brain volume as you age

A new study has provided evidence that the so-called “Mediterranean diet” can help prevent the loss of brain volume in older people. The three-year study, published January 4 in the journal Neurology, found that a diet heavy on olive oil, fruits, vegetables, legumes and grains, with moderate amounts of fish, wine and dairy, and small […]

01/10/2017 / By Daniel Barker

Processed fries with the Gospel? McDonald’s now stationed in the Vatican

In what some are already calling an unholy alliance, McDonald’s has just opened a new restaurant located – of all places – in the Vatican. Yes, the golden arches have popped up next to St. Peter’s Basilica, and many people are unhappy about the fact, arguing that the fast food giant has no place in […]

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