One of the hidden costs of industrial agriculture is its intensive water usage. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), about 80 percent of U.S. consumptive water (and more than 90 percent in many Western states) is used for…
One of the hidden costs of industrial agriculture is its intensive water usage. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), about 80 percent of U.S. consumptive water (and more than 90 percent in many Western states) is used for…
California’s water resources have been wasted by environmental totalitarians for years California’s politicians and pundits have been busily speculating on what effect a Donald Trump presidency could have on a state that rejected him overwhelmingly. Well, we saw the first…
The Environmental Protection Agency is not protecting us from these potential dangers Dr. Edward Group | Natural Society The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is supposed to review each registered pesticide every 15 years.[1] Under this standard, a toxic herbicide…
Will the EU agencies listen? Christina Sarich | Natural Society The World Health Organization (WHO) has just published a clear question and answer form on the toxicity of glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s best-selling herbicide concoction, Round Up. It…
Farm Children in Danger Even When Not in the Fields Christina Sarich | Natural Society No one would hand a five-year-old a package of Marlboro Red cigarettes and tell her to smoke up! But that’s what exposing our children to…
But It Hurts People, Animals, and the Environment Christina Sarich | Natural Society Glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s best-selling herbicide, Roundup, is “the most widely applied pesticide worldwide.” Yet farmers report that glyphosate is failing to control weeds – so…
A hazardous storm on our health Christina Sarich | Natural Society A glaring omission from almost all biotech discussions of genetically engineered crops is the fact that not one, but a host of chemicals is required to grow them. Perhaps…
Overuse has been shown to limit effectiveness and contributes to the spread of superbugs Juliet Williams | Miami Herald California has adopted the toughest limits in the nation on the use of antibiotics in healthy livestock, barring their routine use…
California’s political leaders couldn’t get it together Reason TV | Zero Hedge California’s water crisis is the disaster everybody saw coming but nobody had the political will to stop. It’s the byproduct of a broken system that’s dominated by self-serving…