Court rules Food and Drug Administration failed to analyze risks to endangered salmon from escape. Rejects far-reaching FDA claim it lacks duty to protect the environment from genetically engineered animals. Today, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled the Food and Drug Administration…
By Neenah Payne Note: This article is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment provided by a qualified healthcare provider. Note: Natural Blaze does not receive commissions from sales related to any products or services mentioned in…
By Daisy Luther Sometimes I think that the next Revolutionary War will take place in a vegetable garden. Instead of bullets, there will be seeds. Instead of chemical warfare, there will be rainwater, carefully collected from the gutters of the house. Instead of soldiers in…
By Catherine J. Frompovich In March 2019, The Cornucopia Institute produced a 22-page online report “The Gatekeepers of Organic Integrity.” On page 5, they discuss “hydroponics” as being incompatible with organic principles. Then, on page 7 “Container Hydroponics” is discussed along with the certifiers allowing…
By Matt Agorist To those who may be unaware, the global beef industry is seething with corruption and corporatism at every level. From killing off endangered species in the US to protect cattle, to killing off journalists and activists in South America, big beef is a…
By Andrea Germanos A new analysis offers alarming findings as many Americans get ready to fire up their grills for the 4th of July—nearly 80 percent of supermarket meat was found to have antibiotic-resistant bacteria, also known as superbugs. That’s according to the Environmental Working Group (EWG), which sifted through…
By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze An illuminating report by Glenn Greenwald and Leighton Akio Woodhouse of The Intercept entitled “Bred To Suffer,” has shed some much needed light on the animal testing industry and the utter cruelty inflicted upon innocent animals for corporate gains and, many times,…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Apparently, it’s not enough to terrify and slaughter animals in congested factory farms. I thought it was crazy that cows are literally being hooked up to the Internet of Things! Yes, cows’ bodies are going online. But no, let’s run sheep through the…
By Jon Queally Thirty-nine people were arrested in California on Tuesday after approximately 500 animal rights activists organized by the Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) network staged a non-violent vigil and attempted a rescue operation at an industrial egg facility in the town of Petaluma. “These birds…
By Daisy Luther Is the carton of eggs in your refrigerator part of the biggest egg recall since 2010? Rose Acre Farms has voluntarily recalled 206,749,248 eggs after 22 people became ill with salmonella after consuming their products. The eggs were delivered to grocery stores…
By Anna Hunt There will always be some type of low carb diet that gets the wellness community excited. Remember when Atkins and South Beach diets were the talk of the town? Pretty much most of these fad diets focus on decreasing intake sugar and…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Turns out, the American food system is so filthy, disgusting and deceptive that the UK shudders at the thought of trade. How disgusting is it? The American food system is so degraded, that the UK would have to seriously drop their official…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor States like Oregon, California, Texas, Montana and Iowa just simultaneously nuked the ability to have seed laws. Claws of Big Ag found puppeteering legislators. With little to no fanfare at all, the states passed “seed preemption laws” that essentially shut down public discourse on seeds…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Let’s say you like to eat chicken and you’re all right with that. You’ve heard about arsenic in chicken feed and chicken imported to China and back again, but you’re still amenable to that. Chances are you probably wouldn’t be OK with why U.S. factory…
By Justin Gardner Maine has taken a bold step toward freedom, becoming the first state in the U.S. to enact a ‘food sovereignty’ law giving communities power to regulate their local food economy. The bill, titled An Act To Recognize Local Control Regarding Food and…
By Matt Agorist San Lorenzo, CA — A heartening trend is growing on social media showing that people are waking up to the state persecuting individuals over victimless crimes. The latest example of this trend comes from the Alameda County Sheriff’s department posting a photo…
By Julian Rose As the New Year dawns, so does our thinking process have an opportunity to do likewise. And why not make it a first call to get your priorities sorted out about your 2017 eating habits? After all, it is the quality of…
By Exopolitics Obama’s recent executive order is a both a globalization of control over “health” and its militarization. Section 1 of the order, ‘Policy,’ lays out what the focus will be for the response plan: “As articulated in the National Strategy for Countering Biological Threats…
By Kurtis Bright Researchers in the battle against antibiotic-resistant superbugs have found an unlikely weapon–one that may leave some feeling as if they’ve stepped into an old Warner Brothers cartoon: Tasmanian Devil’s milk. The Australian research group has found that peptides in the milk of…
By Wenonah Hauter In addition to advising on all three mega-mergers, Credit Suisse is playing a big role behind the scenes of the Dakota Access pipeline. You probably learned in high school that monopolies are bad for consumers; they eliminate the field of competition in the…
