What isn’t being discussed in Congress, during the ongoing debate on the broken federal food safety system, is the root cause of the most serious pathogenic outbreaks in our food-the elephant (poop) in the room.
The relatively new phenomena of nationwide pathogenic outbreaks, be they from salmonella or E. coli variants, are intimately tied to the [...]
Booths offering information on organic gardening, small-scale agriculture, real food, renewable energy, green building, green transportation and natural health. Exhibits and demonstrations with heritage livestock and equipment are also planned, and attendees will enjoy an eco-friendly marketplace and local, organic food and beverages. September 24-26, Seven Springs Resort outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. http://www.motherearthnews.com/Nature-Community/Mothers-Having-A-Party-And-Youre-Invited.aspx
Instead of collecting thousands of pounds of cow manure in open holding ponds, Joseph Gallo Farms uses it in a renewable energy technology known as a methane digester. However, because both Gallo Farms and another dairy with a digester, Fiscalini Farms, are located in the San Joaquin Valley, an area with some of the worst [...]
Britain and other countries face a collapse of their economies and loss of culture if they do not protect the environment better, the world’s leading champion of nature has warned.
“What we are seeing today is a total disaster,” said Ahmed Djoghlaf, the secretary-general of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. “No country has met its [...]
Many of the moose, it turns out, have arthritis. And scientists believe their condition’s origin can help explain human osteoarthritis — by far the most common type of arthritis, affecting one of every seven adults 25 and older and becoming increasingly prevalent.
The arthritic Bullwinkles got that way because of poor nutrition early in life, an [...]
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill still poses threats to human health and seafood safety, according to a study published Monday by the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Medical Association.
Federal officials disputed the new report and said ongoing testing is aggressive and sufficient to protect public health.
In the short term, study co-author Gina Solomon voiced [...]
Humans have a fraught relationship with beasts. They are our companions and our laborers. We love them and cage them, admire them and abuse them. And, of course, we cook and eat them. Our dodge has always been that animals are ours to do with as we please simply because they don’t suffer the way [...]
A yellow labrador was boiled alive after jumping into a ditch with scalding-hot water from an illegal water discharge.
The dog’s owner sustained third-degree burns on his lower leg when he tried to save the dog. The mint farm responsible faces fines, but continued its deadly discharge Friday — nearly a week later — with the [...]
After three months of work, a team of San Francisco State scientists has amassed more than 4,000 recordings of underwater moans and bubbling chatter made by blue whales off the California coast – a collection that could help explain how the largest of ocean animals communicates.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/09/BARN1ENQJ2.DTL#ixzz0wJocaFgp
‘Natural’ and ‘all natural’ mean injected with as much as 15 percent by weight salt and water — the consumer gets to pay the same per pound for that as for the rest of the chicken. That’s the position of Pilgrim’s Pride and Tyson. The USDA is reviewing labeling guidelines with an eye to making [...]
Kristin Treat, public relations manager for Gardein, an up-and-coming plant-based meat-alternative found in grocery stores across the nation attributes the increase in vegetarians to what she referred to as “conscious eating.”
“There is a trend sweeping across the United States — it’s called conscious eating,” Treat said. “Whether it’s for health or environmental reasons, or compassion [...]
Research published in the journal Science of The Total Environment shows the retreat of sea-ice in the Arctic could increase the exposure of species such as polar bears to persistent organic pollutants, which include flame-retardants and substances used to harden plastics.
Scientists believe the pollutants, locked in the polar ice for decades, could be released into [...]
In the financial downturn, the California Sea Otter Fund, funded by a voluntary checkoff, is strugging. Research could help save these animals, whose population continues to decline, http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2560.
Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/08/03/2933762/research-fund-for-endangered-sea.html?storylink=lingospot_related_articles
Dog owners are howling over the disappearance of plastic grocery bags.
Dog waste needs to be picked up. Aside from aesthetic concerns, it’s a serious public health issue when washed into streams, particularly smaller streams. Between 10 and 15 percent of all E. coli bacteria found in area creeks stem from pets, studies [...]
Doctors and public health experts have long worried that there’s a human price to using drugs this way – and President Barack Obama’s administration is listening.
The Food and Drug Administration says overuse of the drugs in livestock is increasing the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that threaten human health.
via Livestock drugs threaten human health, FDA says [...]
Nice work-around:
The raising of livestock such as cows, pigs and sheep occupies two-thirds of the world’s farmland and generates 20% of all the greenhouse gases driving global warming. As a result, the United Nations and senior figures want to reduce the amount of meat we eat and the search is on for alternatives.
More than 1,000 [...]
The United Nations has added Florida's Everglades National Park and rain forests in Madagascar to its list of World Heritage sites in danger.
Being on the danger list allows the agency to allocate immediate assistance from the World Heritage Fund.
Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/07/30/2118315/everglades-madagascar-rain-forest.html#ixzz0vMQCgEfD
via Everglades, Madagascar rain forest on UNESCO list – KansasCity.com.
The State of California will end the sale of eggs from out-of-state battery cage facilities beginning January 1, 2015.
On Tuesday, July 6, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law Assembly Bill No. 1437, which requires all sales in California of shell (whole) eggs for human consumption to comply with the state’s Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty [...]
Wondering what the oil spill looks like on the front lines? Lynn Dirk sent us this compelling pictorial:
Photo Gallery « Gulf Oil Spill Facts.
Another good reason to eat your vegetables!
“The overuse of antibiotics in farming may have significant health consequences for consumers, according to testimony from the Food and Drug Administration. Now lawmakers are looking to curb the use of antibiotics in raising livestock, a move that puts them at odds with agribusiness interests.”
via FDA Calls Antibiotic Use [...]
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