Graphic: Radical Decline in Food Productivity
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SchwartzReport: 10 US Foods Banned Elsewhere
I have been urging SR readers for several years now to become pro-actively involved with the food they eat, and feed to their families. It is a terrific pain-in-the-ass I know, but one has to read every label, and constantly search out information on food. You cannot assume anyone is going to protect you, and …
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Neal Rauhauser: Yemen’s Food & Water Crisis
Yemen’s Food & Water Crisis Yesterday I saw an article that indicated Yemen’s capitol, Sana’a, could be out of water in a decade. There were some shocking statistics in that article and in the ReliefWeb article that provided the above map. 40% of Yemen’s water is used to cultivate qat, which is labeled as a narcotic, …
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Eagle: If McDonald’s Paid a Living Wage…..AND Served Healthy Food?
How Much Would A Big Mac Cost If McDonald’s Workers Were Paid $15 Per Hour? The plight of McDonald’s minimum-wage workersmade headlines earlier this month when the burger chain published a much-maligned sample monthly budget, purportedly aimed at helping its staffers save money. In recent days, armchair prognosticators have taken their concerns to the internet, …
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SchwartzReport: Parents Struggle to Afford Food in USA
I find the food trend in the U.S. utterly shameful. It says something really sad about us as a culture. Click through to see the charts which are very helpful. In U.S., Single-Parent Households Struggle More to Buy Food JESSICA STUTZMAN and ELIZABETH MENDES – The Gallup Organization WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the U.S., 31% …
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Lee Camp: YouTube (9:51) Our Food is Made of What? + Short Segments
SchwartzReport: US Agriculture — Industrialized Food Combined with Gestapo Tactics Against Small Farms & Interstate Transport — Threatens Public Health
The food trend becomes ever more alarming. For people like Ronlyn and myself, who eat out of our garden, it has little impact, but for millions who don’t have that option, the story is becoming ever bleaker. The Obama Administration’s active complicity in this trend should be a national scandal. Industrialized Food for Profit Threatens …
