A Canadian biotechnology company has asked the U.S. to approve a genetically modified apple that won't brown soon after its sliced. So, now color and aesthetics are more important than health ill effects?
Scientists were surprised that they saw a dramatic reversal, not just a slowing down, of the aging in mice. Now they believe they might be able to regenerate human organs.
Taking on powerful financial interests of massive global corporations can be a difficult and even dangerous task: a war of information between those in search of profit and those in search of truth.
The majority of Americans think foods with the word "natural" on them are better and safer than "organic." And yet there are no governmental safety standards for using the word "natural." Natural means anything the manufacturer wants it to mean and therefore is meaningless when applied to food.
A major new scientific study has confirmed growing conviction that the world’s most widely used chemical herbicide, Monsanto Corporation’s Roundup is toxic and a danger to human as well as animal organisms.
Many scientists, farmers, pure food activists and a few brave politicians want you to know that it’s not too late to turn it around and recapture our agricultural heritage before the food ship sinks.
A Tuesday item from the Des Moines Register's Philip Brasher, reported that Monsanto has been forced into the unenviable position of having to pay farmers to spray the herbicides of rival companies.
Who knew organic farming was so cool? These young agricultural leaders are out to show their generation why it's good to go organic.