Why You Should Go Organic For The Holidays Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are those plants and animals whose genetic codes have been altered to such an extent that they contain sequences of nucleotides that aren’t found in nature. Scientists create such freakish inventions in an attempt to boost production of foodstuffs, but there …
5 GMO Documentaries You Should Watch Dispel any images you may have in your mind about sturdy, independent small farmers nurturing crops by hand and with care; agriculture in the United States today is big business. While this has undoubtedly had some beneficial impacts in the form of increased productivity and standardization of foodstuffs, corporate …
How Food Waste Is Harming Our Planet Rob Greenfield isn’t the sort of person you’d expect to see head-down, feet-up in the dumpster. He’s entirely literate, for one. He’s an athlete, a vegetarian and webmaster who lives in San Diego. But if you lived in one of America’s iconic big cities during summer 2014, …
