Tag: Food Revolution Network
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Four Ways the US Government Just Derailed Climate Progress
By Andrew Kimbrell • Founder and Director, Center for Food Safety | Photo from chesapeakeclimate In order to avert another government shutdown, President Obama will sign a 1,600 page, 16 pound, $1.1 trillion spending bill–oddly called “the cromnibus.” While it may sound like a robot from the latest Transformers saga, it’s actually a term referring to the continuing…
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Is There Child Slavery in Your Chocolate?
By John Robbins We live in cynical times. We are no longer surprised when we find that a major company, like Monsanto or Walmart, has done something horrible, and then made things worse by hiding the consequences of its actions from the public. But even in a day of widespread and flagrant abuse of power, there…
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Chocolate’s Startling Health Benefits
By John Robbins The food police may find this hard to take, but chocolate has gotten a bad rap. People say it causes acne, that you should eat carob instead, that it’s junk food. But these accusations are not only undeserved and inaccurate, they falsely incriminate a delicious food that turns out to have profoundly…
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U.S. Agencies Consider a Diet for a Healthy Planet
By Kari Hamerschlag • Originally posted on Friends Of the Earth’s Politico Pro For the first time, U.S. agencies consider a diet for a healthy planet If the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Committee has its way, America’s dinner plates are about to include a healthy portion of much needed environmental awareness. For the first time, the U.S. Department…
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100+ Health Properties of Pomegranate Now Includes Helping Diabetics
4By Sayer Ji • Originally posted on Greenmed.info While pomegranate enjoys high standing as far as its culinary status, too few folks realize how wide a wide range of health benefits this ‘super food’ actually possesses, with a staggering 100+ of them identified so far through Greenmedinfo.com’s research indexing project. View the open access archive of…
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Why Turmeric May Be The Vegetarian’s Best Friend
By Sayer Ji • Originally posted on Greenmed.info | Photo by William Ismael The world’s most extensively researched spice continues to prove itself capable of remarkable therapeutic properties, with the latest study showing it may compensate for one of the plant-based diet’s most heavily debated shortcomings: DHA omega-3 fatty acid deficiency. Why Turmeric May Boost Vegetarian Brain’s Omega-3…
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How To Make Fresh Food Last Longer
Forty to fifty percent of all food ready for harvest in the United States never gets eaten. Over a billion dollars is spent each year in the US disposing of food waste. The average family in the US wastes up to $2,000 annually on food that never gets eaten. Don’t let that be you! Here are…
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The Health Benefits of Beets
By Sayer Ji • Originally posted on Greenmed.info | Original image from Beet Man In an era where clever marketing has transformed exotic berries, tubers and plant extracts from geographically distant regions into “super foods,” ostensibly better (and that much more expensive!) than culinary standards found at your local supermarket, e.g. garlic, onion, and kale, we should be…
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5 Food-Medicines That Could Save Your Life
By Sayer Ji • Originally posted on Greenmed.info Though Mother Nature’s formulas are proprietary, she does not grant patents. ~ Sayer Ji Some of the most powerful medicines on the planet are masquerading around as foods and spices. While they do not lend themselves to being patented, nor will multi-billion dollar human clinical trials ever be…
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Bee Colony Collapse: A Sticky Situation For EPA
By Larissa Walker and Center for Food Safety • Originally published on Honey Colony Bee colony collapse has garnered quite a bit of buzz lately. Two weeks ago, the White House released a Presidential Memorandum establishing a Pollinator Health Task Force with plans to improve pollinator health and habitat. Many people, including the Pollinator Team at the Center…
