cheeseslave »
05 February 2010 »
In food politics & farming »

A blog called Living It Up Corn Free claimed last week that US Wellness Meats is using a GMO-corn-based lactic acid spray on their meat. The blogger, who is highly allergic to corn and corn derivatives, had a bad reaction that she claims was brought on by ground beef she had purchased from US Wellness Meats.
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cheeseslave »
16 November 2009 »
In food politics & farming »

Last Thursday Real Food Media bloggers attended the soy prison press conference in Chicago. According to a press release issued by the Weston A. Price Foundation:
Citing serious health conditions due to high levels of soy, inmates in the Illinois prison system are suing for a permanent injunction against the substitution of soy for meat in prison meals.
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Tags: food politics, gary cox, gmo dangers, gmo food, illinois inmates, illinois state prison, jeffrey smith, prison, prison diet, rod blagojevich, sally fallon, soy, soy dangers, wapf, weston a. price foundation, weston price
cheeseslave »
02 November 2009 »
In food politics & farming »

“The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” I never fully understood that until this weekend. I mean, I understood it, but I didn’t get it. But now I really get it. I mean get it in my heart, in my soul.
You know when you do something wrong and someone confronts you, you [...]
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Tags: animal welfare, brenda hastings, california, hastings dairy, humane society, issue 2, ohio, prop 2, rachel maddow, rick berman
cheeseslave »
01 February 2008 »
In food politics & farming »

Joel Salatin said once that we have an NRA for guns — we should have a group like that to protect our food in this country.
I totally agree with that. I’d gotten completely ridiculous with the number of chemicals and genetically modified ingredients in our food supply. (I guess that’s because chemical companies own the [...]
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Tags: animal welfare, antibiotics, cows, factory farms, food heroes, front groups, grass-fed, growth hormones, hudson institute, mark mcafee, milk, milk is milk, monsanto, organic pastures, pasteurization, posilac, raw milk