When a student complained of being hungry, this driver learned that he was refused lunch because he was 40 cents short. Speaking out about it, however, resulted in his termination. Approximately 22% of all children in the United States live in families with incomes below the federal poverty level – $23,550 a year. Those that do qualify Read More…
Food
Monsanto Losing Millions as Farmers in India Rebel, Plant Indigenous Seed
Monsanto is losing millions on failed GM cotton. The company illegally pushed a form of Bt cotton into India and Africa more than a decade ago, but farmers are now pushing back by planting their own indigenous seed. Monsanto is accused of writing laws and then breaking them to enter the market in India, but Read More…
Bayer-Monsanto Merger Is ‘Five-Alarm Threat’ to Food and Farms: Legal Experts
White paper from two former Justice Department officials warns merger would violate antitrust laws and lessen competition. A new legal opinion penned by two former Justice Department officials bolsters warnings that the proposed merger between agroindustrial giants Bayer and Monsanto “is a five-alarm threat to our food supply and to farmers around the world.” The Read More…
Why We Need A Food Revolution & How “Hospital Farms” Could Fuel It
The food industry may pose the single greatest threat to human health today. The amount of people suffering from obesity, heart disease, cancer, and other food-related illnesses has skyrocketed since we created what is known as the “global food system.” As globalization increased and technology advanced, we went from growing our own food and raising our Read More…
President Obama Just Signed The DARK Act Into Law
We regret to inform you that President Barack Obama signed into law, S. 764, which was the newest manifestation of the DARK Act (Denying Americans the Right to Know). The DARK Acts were a way to establish federal labeling – i.e. the lack of GM labeling – and would banish all state labeling initiatives under Read More…
Groundbreaking Review Shows How Glyphosate Alters DNA Toward Chronic Illness
A new review of scientific literature is linking one of the most well-known and notorious herbicides in the United States to a variety of diseases as a result of a mechanism that modifies the function of human DNA. In the review entitled “Glyphosate pathways to modern disease V: Amino acid analogue of glycine in diverse proteins,” Read More…






