Congress has once again made it more difficult for small American business to thrive in the U.S., instead favoring large foreign corporations and their goods. In an unfortunate turn of events, elected officials voted last week to eliminate meat-labeling regulation that informs consumers where their food comes from. The new provision, which goes into effect […]

During the Great Depression, people would pay for services with food because they had no money and no credit. The situation was so bad that in some areas of the country, local governments issued their own currencies called depression scrip. The scrip were often pieces of paper used as money because government currency was nowhere to be seen. […]

When considering the health impacts related to pesticides, we normally think of chemical-laden foods; however, another threat that receives a lot less attention is contaminated cotton. Recently, scientists from Argentina published a report finding that 85 percent of cotton-based feminine hygiene products contained glyphosate, the primary ingredient in Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup, Natural News reported last […]

The superior food quality standards placed on organic food in the U.S. are under attack by corporate representatives from Big Agra who have crept their way onto the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB). In recent years, the board has lost its transparency, favoring and even granting, anonymity to large-scale producers in violation of organic standards, […]

Marc Fellous, former chairman of France’s Biomolecular Engineering Commission, was indicted by the High Court of Paris on November 25 for “forgery” and “the use of forgery,” in a libel case initiated by Prof. Gilles-Eric Séralini. Though details of the case have yet to be released publicly, sources told GM Watch that Fellous had copied the […]

Yacón is a South American plant often cultivated for its edible roots, which can be juiced and made into syrup. The high fructooligosaccharide content of yacón has recently gained much attention, especially from health-conscious consumers. The fructooligosaccarides in yacón act as prebiotics, which support healthy intestinal flora. They also function as a type of soluble fiber […]

There are several things being done to battle the obesity epidemic growing across the globe in First World countries. Are all of them ethical, though? Japanese scientists have developed two new, non-digestible carbohydrates called resistant glucan (RG) and hydrogenated resistant glucan (HRG). Don’t they sound delightful? If you didn’t already know it, there are already non-digestible […]

As the recent #DonutGate scandal proves, you don’t have to do much to get the suffix “-gate” appended to it. In this case, all it took was having the singer/actress Ariana Grande lick a donut while simultaneously blurting out, “I hate America.” In the Land of the Free, eating donuts is held in high regard, […]