Politics

USDA Walks Back Healthy School Lunch Policies

December 6, 2017 by Kristina Martin

The United States Department of Agriculture has rolled back several healthy school lunch requirements. These changes include allowing schools to serve flavored milk, opt out of whole grain requirements, and more slowly reduce the sodium in their offerings. In the… [read]

President Trump Has Nominated A Pro-Vaccine Exec to Secretary of the Health and Human Services

November 22, 2017 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: November 22, 2017

President Trump has just nominated Alex Azar, the former chief lobbyist and President of the US division of drug the company Eli Lilly, to be the next Secretary of the Health and Human Services (HHS). Alex Azar was deputy secretary… [read]

Trump Is Lifting Ban on Importing Elephant Trophies from Africa

November 16, 2017 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: November 22, 2017

The Trump administration is reported to be reversing the Obama administration’s ban on bringing heads of elephants killed in Zimbabwe and Zambia back to the U.S. Imports will be allowed for elephants killed between Jan. 21, 2016 and the end… [read]

Climate Change Causing Less Nutrition, More Sugar In Our food

September 21, 2017 by Kristina Martin

How Excess Carbon Dioxide Diminishes Nutrients in Plants Our food system has become a game of Jenga, and we’re running out of blocks to pull from the bottom. Disease and challenging growing conditions threaten popular foods like coffee, chocolate, bananas,… [read]

PCBs, Roundup, and Dicamba – Monsanto’s Current Problems

August 15, 2017 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: August 14, 2017

They say bad news comes in threes, and biotech giant Monsanto can certainly attest to the truth of that statement right now. Their newest product line, XtendiMax (better known as dicamba), made it to market without proper volatility testing. This… [read]

5 Tons of GM Fish Sold for Human Consumption (And Only The Producer Knows Where They Are)

August 14, 2017 by Tyler Ardizzone
Last updated on: August 14, 2017

For the first time in human history, genetically modified (GM) fish has been sold for human consumption. The seller? AquaBounty Technologies – a company that produces GM AquAdvantage Atlantic salmon. In their most recent quarterly report, AquaBounty stated that they… [read]

Bumblebees Are Now An Endangered Species

June 4, 2017 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: July 4, 2018

The rusty patched bumblebee (Bombus affinis), once such a common site in North America, is now on the endangered species list. This bee species was once abundant and thriving in 28 states and the District of Columbia. They were common… [read]