Interview with Patty Lovera, Assistant Director Food and Water Watch

As much as we are in love with food, we have come to recognize that in today’s world, food is not only a source of pleasure, but an incredibly complicated issue. How are foodies to enjoy a gorgeous piece of sushi when worried if it will ever be on the menu [...]

Highlander Gourmet Food Trial Tours

If you’re ever visiting the eastern part of Australia, the Food Trail Tours takes you behind the scenes on plantations where you’ll dig in and see farm sheds and learn about gourmet food production. You’ll visit small remote farms while guides provide information about the history and sights on the tour, then travel by bus [...]

Thailand Declares Herbs, Natural Pesticides “Hazardous Substances”

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Last month I wrote an article about the proposed restrictive measures in The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009 (HR 875), introduced by Rosa DeLauro. The bill would impose severe regulatory incumbrances on everyday vegetable growing citizens and small organic farmers. The Food Safety Modernization Act would require citizens associated with growing, storing, [...]

Act Now to Eat Local Later

Community supported agriculture (CSA) is alive and well and thriving in Virginia and the rest of the nation. As farmers start to prepare their land for the upcoming growing season, CSA shareholders are looking forward to another bountiful, organic harvest from local producers.
Community supported agriculture is not a new idea, but it has been gaining [...]

Our Seeds Sleep With The Devil – Part 2

Genetically modified Seeds.

Monsanto has effectively monopolized the seed market with a series of abrupt and unregulated acquisitions. “Added to their concentrations in commodity crops, and given that food production starts with the seed, there should be no question of who controls our food supply. The only question is, will we do something about it?”
With what [...]