In just a couple weeks, farmworkers from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and their allies will travel from Immokalee, FL – home of one of the largest farmworker communities in the country – to Chicago, IL, home of the…
Read more »Have you been wondering when we would hear about this kind of thing?! I have. A secret Monsanto study of genetically modified (GM) potatoes and rats conducted eight years ago in Russia reveals a scientific link to cancer. Activists from…
Read more »The True Cost of Food is a great 15-minute movie. This production by the Sierra Club is a great vehicle for understanding our food system. You can download or view the film online now. Besides the good news the movie…
Read more »One might be tempted to ask: What would Jesus eat these days? The answer may involve translating your burger into the grain, forest and water needed for its production Grain It takes 12 pounds of grain to produce one pound…
Read more »“If you eat, you can’t afford to yawn!” “Oh yeah?” (Yawn…) Just give me a chance here. It was a rain-drenched Friday afternoon, and people gathered at Bellarmine University in Louisville to learn everything they could about the Farm Bill….
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