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 Nick Bernabe Embattled fast food giant McDonald’s is making headlines yet again. The company has just launched its much advertised all-day breakfast program, but as that campaign rolls out, franchise owners are voicing their concerns over what may be the company’s dying days. As…
By Carey Wedler President Obama’s recent nominee to chair the Food and Drug Administration has drawn harsh criticism for his ties to the pharmaceutical industry. The disapproval grew more justified this week as it was revealed that until this year, nominee Dr. Robert Califf was…
By Eileen Dannemann Gov. Jerry Brown has signed SB 792, a bill to further strengthen California’s mandatory vaccine laws by requiring that adults who work or volunteer at day care centers be vaccinated. A violation of the act is a crime. The Democratic governor announced…
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 Erin Elizabeth I never wanted to write a twelfth article. After writing the eleventh about our colleague: prominent Holistic oncologist, Mitch Gaynor MD in NYC, I was truly hoping that would be the last. I’d just read his book recently, as he’d sent us advanced copies. My…
By Matt Agorist When Gutenberg introduced the printing press in 1440, the world had no idea that things were about to drastically change. Prior to the release and production of the printing press, books were incredibly expensive, rare, mostly written in Latin, and reserved for…
By Vic Bishop In the age of self-promotion and hype-over-substance, it’s refreshing when someone with authenticity comes along and does something that sets an entirely new example for the rest of the herd. Justin Wren is a 28 year-old mixed martial arts fighter who took five…
By Anti-Media Staff St. Louis, MO — Monsanto — the world’s largest seed producer and chemical-biotech giant — recently announced it wouldcut 12% of its employees due to an historic decline in stock value. As Bloomberg reports: “Monsanto Co. said it will eliminate 2,600 jobs as part of…
By John G. Vibes A lawsuit was filed this month, against the company that produces the popular “American Spirit” brand cigarettes, which are said to be organic and additive free. However, the lawsuit alleges that this is false advertising and that American Spirits use ammonia…
By Amanda Froelich If you’re an individual who spends quite a bit of time in airports, you know you’re better off packing snacks before checking in to avoid the low-nutrient (and over-priced) fare available between flights. Perhaps someday planning ahead won’t be such a necessity,…
By Shaun Mason More than 2,000 consumer products today contain nanoparticles — particles so small that they are measured in billionths of a meter. (A billionth of a meter is about one ten-thousandth the thickness of a human hair.) Manufacturers use nanoparticles to help sunscreen…
By John Vibes It seems that Monsanto’s reach extends to the most prestigious of collegiate institutions. According to email messages obtained by the Boston Globe, Harvard professor Calestous Juma received instructions from biotech giant Monsanto on how to present a paper on a topic suggested…
By John Vibes A cancer patient was arrested outside of the Trans-Pacific Partnership meeting in Atlanta this week and was accused of disrupting the negotiations. Zahara Heckscher, a woman living with cancer, was protesting how the controversial trade agreement would affect her access to affordable…
By Jay Syrmopoulos The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a case challenging the state of New York’s public school vaccination requirement, which requires all children to be vaccinated prior to attendance at public school. The SCOTUS’s failure to hear the case effectively states…
By Heather Callaghan Breaking! A dairy raid just took place today on Michael Schmidt’s raw dairy farm in Canada. All eyes had been on Schmidt for years as he is a beloved farmer and food freedom activist who was constantly targeted by agents, along with…
By Natural Blaze A new test detects virtually any virus that infects people and animals, according to research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, where the technology was developed. Many thousands of viruses are known to cause illness in people and animals,…
By Yelena Sukhoterina Some Chinese websites have come out with instructional videos on how to make $70 a day by producing and selling fake eggs. The chemicals that are required are “Alginic Acid, Potassium Alum, Gelatin, Calcium Chloride, water and artificial color.” The eggshells are…
By Jonathan Schoenfeld Controversy tends to engulf Monsanto, the notorious agrochemical giant. One of the most vociferous debates concerns the safety of Monsanto products, including genetically modified seeds and RoundUp herbicide. As research doubting the safety of Monsanto products continues to mount, multiple lawsuits are…
By Joshua Krause 6 years ago, Russian scientists discovered a rather strange bacterial strain hiding in the frozen wastelands of Eastern Siberia. Bacillus F was frozen in 3.5-million-year-old permafrost before researchers from Moscow State University retrieved it, and sent it to the lab. There they…
