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Quote of the Year:

"Twitter can't cure cancer. But it's certainly part of the genetic makeup of a future vaccine to combat the transitional disease affecting professional journalism."

- Phil Bronstein, Executive Vice President and Editor-at-Large, San Francisco Chronicle

Please allow me to borrow it and coin the corollary:

Twitter can't cure cancer. But it's certainly part of the genetic makeup of a future vaccine to combat the transitional disease affecting America's industrialized food system and its effect on our health, the environment, the economy, and workers' rights.

Safefoodinc. and Monsanto: sit up and take notice! (I pick on you because of your anti-Food Inc, web sites.

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June 29th 2009 @ 22:17

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Beef and Bacteria

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June 29th 2009 @ 17:32

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Whole Foods' Eggs Examination

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June 28th 2009 @ 05:15

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Beef Labeling Brainteaser

Once again, we set out to write a simple explanation and it turned into several hours of research

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June 27th 2009 @ 21:00

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You'll Never Look at Dinner the Same Way Again

In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, insecticide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli—the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults

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June 16th 2009 @ 19:24

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Imagine a World Without Fish

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June 16th 2009 @ 18:24

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Ten Tasty Fish that You Should Never Eat

Per our previous post, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch has a complete a list of seafood you can eat and those you shouldn't. Many of them you can eat depending on where and how they're caught or whether they are farm raised or not. However, there are some that you should never eat

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May 28th 2009 @ 21:00

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