Winds of Change: Antibiotics in Livestock
The New York Times has a really good piece on the coming rules regarding the amount of antibiotics that can be given to confinement livestock. Now, after decades of debate, the Food and Drug Administration ...
Entering the Genetic Age: Enviropig and GMO animals
The October 2010 edition of Popular Science landed in my mailbox today with a brief overview of the genetically modified Enviropig. I would give you a direct link but, for some reason, Popular Science does ...
Organic Food Isn’t For The Birds
Organic food sales have increased exponentially over the past decade, largely due to consumer perceptions of improved nutritional quality and taste. However, as I’ve explained before, there is scant ...
The Protein Problem: Eating Healthy While Making The Least Ecological Impact
Environmentally speaking, eating meat is an awful thing to do. Whether is beef, pork, chicken or fish, meat is costly to our natural world to produce. Forests must be plowed into fields for grazing, even more ...
GMOs: Does Regulation Ensure Safety?
he public’s biggest concern when it comes to GMOs is their safety. There are a lot of misconceptions about genetic engineering. When pressed on science of GMOs, I have often heard people fear that the ...
Where are Africa’s Farming Superheroes? A Look at African Child Malnutrition
My first article on Nutrition Wonderland focused on the food crisis in East and Sub Saharan Africa and how the use of better agro technology and programming could enhance regional food production, through ...
GMOs: Frankenfood or Evolutionary Advance?
While many GMOs are used for other purposes, the most talked about ones are those that end up on our plates. These are the Frankenfoods, the plants and animals being modified for human consumption. Why are ...
The Truth About Organic Farming
When I reviewed FoodSmart, I made a quip about how organic food might not be as good for you as you might think. I promised I’d explain myself, so I am doing so. Just what does organic really mean? In the ...
Making the Connection Between Sustainable Seafood and Nutrition
You have a lot of choices as a consumer. Those choices alter the marketplace. You influence what kind of movies Hollywood produces when you stand in line to buy tickets, debating between an action thriller ...
Food System 2.0: Can New Approaches Make Local Food Happen?
What is the price of food? $3.99 for a gallon of milk? $0.99 for an energy bar? Complex market and policy forces make those prices. Its a process that starts far from the point of sale. Centralizing our food ...