Latest Blog Posts for Terrasano

• USDA Scientist: Monsanto's Roundup Herbicide Damages Soil
  on Aug 20, 2011 in Environment food industry USDA corn pesticide agriculture
  Source: Tom Philpott, Mother Jones August hasn't been a happy month the for the Monsanto public-relations team. No, I'm not referring to my posts on how Gaza and Mexico don't need the company's high-tech seeds—the ones it will supposedly be &quo...
• What the USDA Doesn't Want You to Know About Antibiotics and Factory Farms
  on Aug 2, 2011 in Health FDA food industry USDA agriculture
  Source: Tom Philpott, MotherJones Here is a document the USDA doesn't want you to see. It's what the agency calls a "technical review"—nothing more than a USDA-contracted researcher's simple, blunt summary of recent academic finding...
• Bill Moyers on Corporate and Government Power, and the Media
  on Jun 9, 2011 in News Notes congress politics
  This 40 minute interview of legendary journalist Bill Moyers by Amy Goodman of "Democracy Now", is a must-watch. Moyers was a founding organizer of the Peace Corps, press secretary for President Lyndon Johnson, a publisher of Newsday, and s...
• After Exxon Finds A Month’s Worth Of Oil In Gulf, GOP Rep. Claims It Proves We Have ‘Abundant’ Oil Reserves
  on Jun 9, 2011 in ethanol climate Environment oil spill oil energy policy BP Gulf Coast congress politics gulf
  Source: Joe Romm/Climate Progress On Wednesday, Exxon Mobil said it discovered 700 million barrels of oil equivalent at a deepwater well 250 miles off the coast of New Orleans. The Wall Street Journal immediately trumpeted, “Exxon Unveils Big Fi...
• Authors of "Friendly" BPA Report Have Close Ties to Chemical Industry
  on Apr 28, 2011 in Health toxic toxins carcinogen food industry News Notes EPA congress politics cancer
  Source: Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Four authors of a new report that finds “no noteworthy risk” in human exposure to bisphenol-A (BPA) have ties either to the chemical industry or to companies and groups involved in the m...
• In Defense Of NPR
  on Mar 11, 2011 in NPR News Notes congress politics
  Source: Bill Moyers/Michael Winship Come on now: Let's take a breath and put this NPR fracas into perspective. Just as public radio struggles against yet another assault from the its long-time nemesis -- the right-wing machine that would thrill if...
• Today's Food System: All Drugged Up
  on Mar 4, 2011 in FDA food industry USDA congress NRDC organic agriculture
  Source: Laurie David The next time you're feeling sick, think twice before going to your doctor for answers. Look down at your plate, instead. Hidden in your hamburger or smoked ham may be something you didn't want or expect on the menu -- antibiot...
• India Understands Health and Agriculture (But the U.S. Doesn't)
  on Feb 26, 2011 in Health sugar food industry USDA obesity fructose agriculture
  Source: The Atlantic/Jocelyn Zuckerman Last week in New Delhi, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh kicked off a conference on agriculture and nutrition that I attended with a speech about how his government is focusing on "millets with a high...
• The Organic Elite Surrenders to Monsanto: What Now?
  on Jan 28, 2011 in Health food industry USDA GMO corn congress organic agriculture
  This article, just published by the Organic Consumers Association, is a must-read: "The policy set for GE alfalfa will most likely guide policies for other GE crops as well. True coexistence is a must." - Whole Foods Market, Jan. 21, 2...
• FDA Logic Provides Another Reason To Choose Wild-Caught Salmon
  on Sep 21, 2010 in Health FDA food industry GMO seafood congress
  Article first published as FDA Logic Provides Another Reason To Choose Wild-Caught Salmon on Technorati.  Sunday, the FDA began a three-day meeting to determine whether or not to approve the sale of genetically engineered salmon to the public in th...

{pvComments::user_name}

{pvComments::date}

Delete 

{pvComments::comment}

Post a Comment