climate change

GMO Advocate Trashes Philpott, Bittman and Nestle for Endorsing Pseudo-Science
Jeff Gangemi Sep 27, 2012 climate change 0 comments
Several weeks ago, we noticed an important development in the GMO labeling debate that continues to rage around the country, particularly in California. Wal Mart had decided to sell Monsanto GMO corn without labels.   A recent study from France has concluded that GMO corn caused lab rats to develop tumors. Since the study’s release, there has been a firestorm of debate on the study’s scientific validity. An interesting and contentious article in Slate by Keith Kloor argues that the study was not only rigged and biased, but that the whole anti-GMO movement occupies a similar psychic space to the most fanatical of climate change skeptics. No one is suggesting that “pseudo-science” should...
Americans Waste Historic Amount of Food While One In Six Lacks Food Security
Jeff Gangemi Sep 05, 2012 climate change 0 comments
A new study by the Natural Resources Defense Council puts an oft-ignored American problem into stark perspective. The average American wastes 10 times as much food as the average Thai person and 50% more than their parents or grandparents did 40 years ago, according to the study. The impacts of wasting food go beyond just the piles of uneaten carrots, the leftover turkey, and the stale chips in our garbage pails. It accounts for a waste of roughly $195 billion, but also “25% of all freshwater and huge amounts of unnecessary chemicals, energy, and land.”  The study breaks down food waste by link in the supply chain and challenges different segments of industry to develop innovative...
Farm Bureau Opposes Climate Change Bill
FarmPlate Jan 12, 2010 climate change 0 comments
The American Farm Bureau Federation's annual convention kicked off in Seattle last Sunday with a heated keynote speech about climate change legislation from AFBF president Bob Stallman. Stallman called on members of the six million strong group--the largest farm group in the U.S.--to unite despite differences in farm size and ideology to aggressively oppose climate change legislation in Congress. The climate bill, which Stallman calls "misguided, activist-driven regulation," was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last summer and is currently being reviewed by the Senate. The bill calls for a 17 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. In order to achieve this goal, a...