Tag: whole foods
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World Food Prices Fell a Second Month in November on Oils, Grain
World food costs slipped for a second month in November as prices for oilseeds and cooking oils as well as sugar fell to the lowest in two years, the United Nations’ Food & Agriculture Organization said.
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7/28 Binge & Purge: Land Grab, Evil Ingredients & Food Documentaries
Japan asks: Where’s the nuclear beef? // Japan’s food-chain threat multiplies as radiation spreads // Feds to grab land for Homeland Security forces // Who put McDonald’s in charge of kids’ health? // Wall Street food analyst connects GMO’s with food allergies // Shock documentary on WWF & industry – ‘The Silence of the Panda’…
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lawsuit: whole foods ‘organic’ china veggies from polluted prisons
you won’t hear about this in the ‘whole foods parking lot’… from bloomberg: A Florida judge allowed a lawsuit to proceed that claims Whole Foods Market Inc. (WFMI) violated the state’s deceptive trade-practices law by selling frozen vegetables from China grown in a polluted region by prisoners and certified as organic. Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge…
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e.coli won’t have ‘significant impact’ on organic food industry
organically grown food leading to added health concerns from bloomberg: A deadly E.coli outbreak that is being blamed on sprouts grown without chemicals probably won’t dent people’s support for the organic food industry in the long term, according to London-based analyst Organic Monitor. The outbreak has killed 22 and made 2,263 people ill, according to…
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Global Food Inflation Hits Hemp Seed, Coconut Oil & Other Superfoods
Food inflation is hitting the superfood industry right where it hurts – in the wallet. Thanks to several factors you’ll read about here, prices on hemp seeds, hemp oils, coconut oil and other superfoods are set to skyrocket beginning in just a few days.
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4/28 binge & purge: shareholders & armed agents
are you enjoying your daily chemical cocktail?* coca-cola shareholders vote on bpa resolution* little piggies, crawling in the dirt: minnesota reps behind ag-gag bill have factory-farm ties* the truth about coconut water* sweden will soon be gm-free!* action tips to get monsanto out of whole foods & trader joe’s!* so how’s the food patriot act…
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Frankenfoods In Your ‘Natural’ Foods Store
After two decades of biotech bullying by Monsanto and Food Inc., a grassroots movement of organic consumers and farmers is rising up across the United States.
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3/3 Binge & Purge: Poison, Polls, Paycheck
Satire: Gerber recalls 60,000 jars of baby poison // Poll: Do you believe GMO foods should be labeled? // Council on Foreign Relations recently held food safety talks featured fronts from Pfizer, Cargill, Interpol & more