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News from Fellow Foodies

by: Jill Richardson

Wed Aug 13, 2008 at 21:12:13 PM PDT


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From Organic Consumers:
Food Crisis in Mexico: A US Policy Disaster That Bodes Increased Immigration
As GMO Sugar Beets Sneak Into the Food Supply, Citizens Fight Back
Why Scented Products (Fakegrances) Are Not Safe
Prince Charles Slams Biotech Companies False Claim that GMOs Can Help Solve the Global Food Crisis

From The Ethicurean:
Americans Are Swimming in Calories, USDA Data Shows

From Chews Wise:
Kids Explain Food Issues in a Video
Cedar Rapids Digs Out, After the Flood
Will the Economic Bust Stifle Organic Food?

From Gristmill:
The Worst Job in America (factory farming)

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The World Bank recently stated in a leaked internal report that biofuel production accounts for 75 percent of the current rise in global food prices, a finding which brings further subsidization of corn-based ethanol into serious moral question.


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