By The Anti Media Coca-Cola is increasingly criticized for its use of unhealthy ingredients and poor business practices. In spite of its increasingly bad reputation, some details of its operations remain little-known. Here are five of Coke’s darkest secrets: 5. Cocaine Coca-Cola was originally called Pemberton’s…
By Matt Reynolds LOS ANGELES (CN) – A group of sugar companies and corn refiners said Friday that they settled a false advertising court battle over the refiners’ attempt to call high fructose corn syrup “corn sugar.” The Sugar Association, Western Sugar Cooperative and other sugar…
By Derrick Broze Brazil — A new report highlights a number of problems associated with the cultivation of Stevia-based sweeteners, including the violation of the rights of indigenous peoples. Over the last several years there has been an increase in individuals opting out of the…
By Heather Callaghan Breaking! The U.S. Food and Drug Administration just approved the first genetically engineered animal for consumption… The FDA has approved AquaBounty’s application for AquAdvantage Salmon for the commercial food market. The GMO salmon is a product of AquaBounty Technologies and has been hotly…
By Growing Your Greens John from Growing Your Greens goes on a field trip to the Intervale Center in Burlington, Vermont. In this episode, John will share with you how you can make your local food system stronger, as well a crop that the Native…
By Phillip Schneider Collecting rainwater is classically seen as a safe and sustainable way of supplying your household with an off-the-grid water supply. Some people collect rainwater only for a backup reservoir, while others prefer to go all the way and maintain their household with pure…
By Heather Callaghan Previously, in 2010, the government took kombucha off the store shelves over a claim that the popular probiotic beverage contained alcohol. The fermented, naturally sparkling drink contains vitamin B and massive amounts of beneficial bacteria. Probiotics are not only a part of the healthy…
By Yelena Sukhoterina On Friday, October 24, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and FBI agents, state and country authorities, undercover agents and policemen, some wearing military gear, raided and destroyed industrial hemp crops – 30,000 plants total – grown by the Menominee Indian Tribe of…
LAS VEGAS, NV— Nov 2, 2015 – Now LEGALIZED, North Carolina will be home to the only industrial hemp commercial decortication facility in the United States. On October 31, 2015 Governor Pat McCrory passed Senate Bill 313 (by not vetoing it) as “an act…
By Amanda Froelich If something were to happen today, tomorrow, six months down the road, or even three years into the future, would you be able to sustain yourself and your family? A large percent of Americans do not have any resources – financial or…
By Amanda Froelich Earlier this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) deemed the chemical concoction glyphosate, which is the main ingredient in Monsanto’s #1 weedkiller Roundup, to be “probably carcinogenic.” While some countries scrambled to ban Monsanto’s herbicide shortly after the announcement, nations like the…
By Julian Rose There can be no more certain way to decimate life on Earth than through the act of setting in reverse the natural expansiveness of nature. Yet that is exactly what has been happening for the past two centuries, through the relentless eradication…
Durham, Ontario—October 20, 2015 West Grey Police detained raw milk farmer Michael Schmidt on October 19, 2015 and held him overnight when he reported for booking on theft charges. The Canadian government is pressing criminal theft charges against the Ontario farmer for allegedly removing surveillance…
By Brandon Turbeville If ever a massive food corporation had no shame – truly it would be McDonald’s. In addition to paying their workers slave wages, doing everything in their power to milk their employees for time and money, selling some of the world’s worst…
By Alex Pietrowski The success of the Guatemalan people in defending their food sovereignty and stopping “Monsanto Law” is an inspiring example that people, when united, can overpower even the largest of corporations. A new law was passed in Guatemala in June 2015 that would have…
By Brandon Turbeville There are times when a corporation comes up with a marketing strategy that is so aggressive you just have to ask “why?” Unsurprisingly, this is exactly what McDonald’s has done with its recent McTeacher’s Program, a clever act of marketing that involves…
By Justin Gardner Dr. Robert Weiss believes that a change is coming about in the way we approach health and medicine, or rather a reconnection with knowledge that was shunned with the onset of big pharma. He sold his practice in New York and built…
By Catherine J. Frompovich With all the U.S. FDA’s cockamamie science about genetically modified ‘phood’ being equivalent to natural food, something exciting is happening within the European Union regarding GMOs. Do readers know that the EU has given its individual member states OPT-OUT provisions from…
By Nicholas Iovino SAN FRANCISCO – A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit claiming the U.S. government illegally changed its process for reviewing substances approved for use in organic farming. However, the groups challenging the rule will get a second chance to file a new…
By Amanda Froelich Last week, Poland became the fourteenth country in Europe to ban GMOs. One week later, the list of countries against genetically engineered crops has grown, with an estimated 17 EU nations in favor of boycotting GM maize and Monsanto altogether. Rebecca Evans,…
