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08 April 2009 »
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We’re not in Kansas anymore. In other words, Kansas is no longer the idyllic land of milk and honey it once was. Oh sure, they still have milk. But now their milk can be full of drugs — hazardous growth hormones — and they won’t know. If we don’t act quickly, the labels are coming off in Kansas.
Unless Governor Kathleen Sebelius vetoes it before April 16th, a Kansas bill would restrict any national US dairy from properly labeling their milk products as free from genetically engineered bovine growth hormone (rbGH or rbST).
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Tags: bovine growth hormone, farming & food politics, genetically engineered, genetically modified, gmo, growth hormones, kansas politics, kathleen sebelius, monsanto, rbgh
cheeseslave »
23 January 2009 »
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For years, I drank 2% milk. Just regular old milk from the supermarket. Then I switched to organic 2% milk. wanted to avoid bovine growth hormones and pesticides and genetically modified organisms (GMOs). When I got pregnant, I switched to organic whole milk. I figured I needed the extra fat for my growing baby.
After Baby [...]
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Tags: asthma, cafos, cows, enzymes, factory farms, food safety, grass-fed, growth hormones, health, lactose intolerance, michael pollan, milk, nina planck, nutrition, organic milk, osteoperosis, pathogens, posilac, probiotics, raw milk, real milk, sally fallon, sustainable agriculture
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
cheeseslave »
06 November 2007 »
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I just ordered a pound of leaf lard.
Those of you who have been following my food travails are probably thinking to yourself, “LARD!? She's finally cracked.”
But for those of you who know me well, you know I am fanatical about making a good pie crust. And my extensive research and hard work has paid off. [...]
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Tags: antibiotics, books, butter, butterball, cooks illustrated, factory farms, grain-fed, growth hormones, jeffrey steingarten, lard, leaf lard, marion cunningham, pastured turkeys, pie crust, shortening, soy, thanksgiving, the man who ate everything, turkey
