Author: Martha Rosenberg
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Milk Touted As A Health Drink During the Rio Olympics
It has been a month since the Rio Olympics and the strongest follow-up stories are allegations that Simone Biles and the Williams Sisters received medical exemptions to use banned drugs. Most have forgotten the Olympic ads that claimed chocolate milk is a health drink using USA swimmers Jessica Hardy and Tyler Clary. “The protein rebuilds…
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Voluntary Regulation of Antibiotics in Livestock Production is Not Working
Before the discovery of antibiotics, people could and did die from a simple cut and those days are returning thanks to antibiotic resistance warned Dr. Sameer Patel, an infectious disease specialist at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago, in 2014. Many blame the indiscriminate use of antibiotics by “Big Meat” for the rise in antibiotic resistance. Recently, I caught up…
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Monsanto’s Evil Twin: Disturbing Facts You Should Know About the Fertilizer Industry
By Martha Rosenberg and Ronnie Cummins • Originally published by the Organic Consumers Organization What do you know about the worldwide chemical fertilizer industry? If you’re like most people, not much. There’s plenty of press coverage and consumer awareness when it comes to genetically engineered food and crops, and the environmental hazards of pesticides and…
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Drugs in the Drinking Water? Don’t Ask and Officials Won’t Tell
By Martha Rosenberg • Originally published by the Organic Consumers Association The lead crisis in Flint, Mich. has drawn national attention to deadly and often underreported risks in the public water supply. Thanks to the chemical, agricultural and pharmaceutical industries, and antiquated water systems, Americans are imbibing a witch’s brew of drugs and chemicals often…
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Turkey Bacon Products Recall Puts Focus on Dangerous Chemicals Used in Meat Production
Once again, a widely distributed meat product is being recalled. Kraft Heinz Foods announced it is recalling approximately 2,068,467 pounds of turkey bacon products that may be “adulterated” because they may spoil before the “Best When Used By” date. The explanation seems a little disingenuous to those of us who cover meat production since meat…
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Why Meat Is So Cheap in America
Ironically, many people who are against immigration or foreign workers would be paying ten dollars or more for their fast food hamburgers without these cheap workers. Most people in industrialized and Western countries are uncomfortable with slaughter and don’t particularly want to know who does it … and how. Yet as immigration debates continue, US…
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7 Giant Lies About Red Meat Promoted by the Meat Industry
From Ocean Robbins, Food Revolution Network CEO: When I came across this article by Martha Rosenburg about some of the top myths that Big Meat spends millions of dollars promoting, I wanted to share it. While the article makes no mention of distinctions between industrialized and grassfed meat, and it doesn’t fully debunk all of the”myths” it raises, I…
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Meat Inspectors Speak out–But Government Doesn’t Want to Hear Them
It has been several years since Jose Navarro, a federal poultry inspector died at the age of 37, a victim of increasingly noxious chemicals used in poultry and meat production. Chemicals like ammonia, chlorine and peracetic acid are frequently employed to kill aggressive bacteria in meat and poultry. Navarro coughed up blood several months before his…
