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Are You Eating In The Matrix?

Darya Pino | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Fast Food, Corn, Health, Food, Food Policy, Diet, The Matrix, Industrial Agriculture, Soy, Living News
Darya Pino

Unplugging from the industrial food Matrix does not need to happen all at once, but you can extract yourself from it eventually. The first step is starting to see it clearly.

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Food Lobby Mobilizes, As Soda Tax Bubbles Up

HuffPost Investigative Fund | Posted 11.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Funds, Fast Food, Congress, Nhma, Snapple, Senate Finance Committee, Lobbyists, Agriculture, American Beverage Association, Soda Tax, Food Loby, Funding, Hispanics, National Corn Growers Association, Health Insurance, Policy, National Hispanic Medical Associaiton, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Coca-Cola, Soft Drinks, Chuck Grassley, Dr. Pepper, Food Politics, Health Care, Beverage Tax, Aba, Lobbying, Corn, Americans Against Food Taxes, Supermarkets, Coke, Alex Padilla, Pepsi, Corn Syrup, Nutrition, Grocery Stores, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Green News

By Christine Spolar, Huffington Post Investigative Fund and Joseph Eaton, Staff Writer, Center for Public Integrity Washington lobbyists have been en...

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On Farmers, Activists and Scary Food Issues

Leslie Hatfield | Posted 10.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Iowa, Gmos, Cafos, Michael Pollan, Corn, Ohio, Food Politics, Issue 2, Green News
Leslie Hatfield

Originally published on The Green Fork. I must confess that before I traveled to Iowa earlier this month, I had rubbed elbows with quite a few farmer...

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Real Food Rehab: Scratch Creamed Corn

Dana Joy Altman | Posted 10.03.2009 | Style

Read More: Southern Cooking, Lee Bros. Southern Catalog, Corn, Lunch, Fried Chicken, Sweet Corn, Creamed Corn, Lee Bros. Southern Cookbook, Dinner, Jewbilly, Style News
Dana Joy Altman

My Aunt Punk, was a great southern cook and one of my favorite human beings of all time. She made the best creamed corn I'll probably ever encounter. This is that recipe.

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First Day Of Fall 2009: See Harvest Photos!

Huffington Post | Posted 11.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Fall Equinox, India, Lake Constance, France, Bulgaria, Slidehuge, Slidepoll, Agriculture, Autumn, First Day of Fall, Grapes, Wheat, Fall Starts, Germany, Middle America, September 22 2009, Pumpkins, Sugar-Beets, Tobacco, Fall September 22 2009, September 22 First Day of Fall, Radishes, What's the First Day of Fall, Farming, Afghanistan, Crops, Corn, Apples, Fall 2009, Harvesting, Maine, Rice, Local Food, Green News, Autumn Equinox, Food, Vietnam, Belarus, Slideshow, Green News

With the first day of fall upon us, we put together a tribute to the autumn harvest. From grapes and tobacco found in Bulgaria to coconuts from India...

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WATCH: The Horrible Truth About The Alien Creature Found in Panama

Lee Camp | Posted 11.21.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Gollum, Montauk Monster, Corn, Panama, Cnn, Aliens, Unindentfied Flying Object, Marilyn Manson, Bigfoot, Wmds, Comedy News
Lee Camp

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U.S Farmers On Verge Of Giant Corn Harvest

AP | MICHAEL J. CRUMB | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Farming, Commodities, Corn, Bushels, Farmers, Agriculture, Corn Harvest, Record, Harvests, Business News

DES MOINES, Iowa — Darrel McAlexander has been farming for 43 years and he's never seen his corn crop look so good. "This is probably the best ...

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The Payoff Patriots

Vanessa Carmichael | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Federal Bailouts, Farm Bill, Federal Budget Deficit, Corn, Health Care Reform, Agribusiness, Health Care, Federal Budget, Politics News
Vanessa Carmichael

While many in the heartland fashion themselves as fiscally conservative, the reality of federal spending tells a different story.

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Lyme/Autism Group Blasts Genetically Modified Foods as Dangerous

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 10.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Seeds of Deception, Roundup Ready, Roundup, Infertility, Safety Test, Toxin, LIA Foundation, Lyme Induced Autism Foundation, Patient Advocacy, Liberty Herbicide, Campaign for Healthier Eating in America, Soy, Allergy, Shopping Guide, Digestive Disorders, Amy Dean, Cancer, Infant Mortality, Environmental Toxin, Genetic Engineering, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Sterility, Genetically Modified Foods, Corn, Genetically Engineered Foods, Carcinogens, Reproductive Problems, Inflammation, Immune System, Rbst, Beneficial Bacteria, Arpad Pusztai, GE Crops, Gmos, Autistic Spectrum, Bt, Institute for Responsible Technology, Kimberly Wilcox, Liberty Link, Rbgh, Gut Flora, Genetic Roulette, Gmo, Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1, Livestock Disease, Dna, Fraternal Twins, Fda, Side Effects, Immune Reaction, World Health Organization, Autism Relief Foundation, Food Allergies, Herbicide-Tolerant, Lyme Disease, Jannelle Love, Animal Feeding Studies, Genetically Modified Organisms, Igf-1, Soy Allergies, GM Crops, Autism, GE Foods, Bovine Growth Hormone, Non-GMO Shopping Guide, GM Foods, Allergies, Aaem, Non-Gmo, Bt-Toxin, Living News
Jeffrey Smith

Stop eating dangerous genetically modified foods! That's the upshot of the Lyme Induced Autism (LIA) Foundation's position paper released today.

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Record Corn Crop Spells More Trouble for Gulf of Mexico Fisheries

Robert Howarth | Posted 09.19.2009 | Green

Read More: American Corn Production, Ethanol, Ocean Dead Zones, Gulf of Mexico, Corn, Dead Zone, Gulf Fisheries, Green News
Robert Howarth

The fertilizer used on America's corn fields is the principle culprit responsible for the dead zone, a huge swath of ocean devoid of fish and shellfish.

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White House Bows To Grassley On Ethanol Tariffs

The Wall Street Journal | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Iowa, Corn, Ambassador to Brazil, Brazil, President Obama, Obama, Thomas Shannon, Ethonal, Grassley, White House, Chuck Grassley, Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Hillary Clinton, Politics News

Washington runs on political leverage, and at the current moment few people have more of it than Chuck Grassley. President Obama is desperate to have ...

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Agricultural Biotechnology: Scourge or Savior?

Michael F. Jacobson | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Center for Science in the Public Interest, Pesticides, Biotechnology, Genetically Engineered, Corn, Crops, Genetically Engineered Foods, Michael Jacobson, Biotech, Living News
Michael F. Jacobson

Congress should require the Food and Drug Administration to formally approve new GE foods to ensure that they are safe for humans.

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Racing Toward a Roundup-Ready Food Future

Nancy Scola | Posted 08.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Usda, Food Policy, Food, Soybeans, Monsanto, Gmos, Corn, Green News
Nancy Scola

What's clear from the new USDA numbers is how quickly the U.S. food supply is changing, whether we eaters like it or not.

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Newly Uncovered Enzymes Turn Corn Plant Waste Into Biofuel

Ethiopian News | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Biofuels, Renewable Energy Resources, Biofuel, Corn, Renewable Energy, Green Energy, Biofuels Energy, Bio Fuels, Renewable Resources, Biomass Energy, Biomass, Renewable Energy Source, Bio Fuel, Evolving Energy Tech, 2nd Generation Biofuel, Renewable Biofuels, Renewable Energy Biofuel, Ethanol, Biofuel Impact, Green News

Cellulose-loving fungi can cut biofuel costs by enabling existing corn ethanol plants to process cheaper, woody feedstocks such as corn stover....

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Declare Your Food Independence

Sarah Newman | Posted 08.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Bill of Rights, National Veggie Hotdog Month, Compost, Eat Well Guide, Corn, July 4th, Garden, Paul Revere, Food Grid, Declaration of Indpendence, Hormone-Free Dairy, Hormone-Free, Michael Pollan, Grill, Food Inc., Takepart, Eat Wild, July, Green News
Sarah Newman

It's time that we return to our roots. Literally. We need to support a food system that offers us healthy, safe, sustainable, fresh foods. And what better time to begin than on Independence Day?

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Thinking Outside the Box on Health Care Reform

Barry Sears | Posted 07.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Diet Tips, Dieting, Corn, Health, Big Corn, Agriculture, Agribusiness, Diet, Health Care, Industrial Agriculture, Living News
Barry Sears

With all the rhetoric about health care reform, no one seems to have asked the question, "Why are Americans so sick in the first place?"

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HuffPost Review: Food, Inc.

Marshall Fine | Posted 07.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Pollan, Food Safety, Corn, Eric Schlosser, Inc., Food, Food Inc Film, Food Inc, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Food, Inc. is a hard movie to enjoy. Not that it's not well-made. Just the opposite: It's so convincingly compelling.

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Bandaged Futures?

Norb Vonnegut | Posted 06.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Managed Futures, Private Wealth Management, Acrimoney, Norb Vonnegut, Interest Rates, Barclays Bank, Corn, Business News
Norb Vonnegut

Supposedly "managed futures" herald the dawn of an enlightened age for investments but what the heck are they and why are corn and interest rates being uttered in the same breath?

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Obama Gives Ethanol High Five, Slaps It In the Face

Alex Pasternack | Posted 07.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Biofuels, Future of Fuel, Corn, Epa, Agriculture, Obama, Future Fuel, Ethanol, Biodiesel, Green News
Alex Pasternack

Even as they applaud the White House's moves, the powerful farm lobby and farm state politicians are readying for a fight.

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Germany Bans Cultivation of Genetically Modified Corn

International | Posted 06.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Genetically Modified Food, Germany, Germany Bans Gm Corn, Health, Genetically Modified Corn, Corn, Living News

Germany has banned the cultivation of GM corn, claiming that MON 810 is dangerous for the environment. But that argument might not stand up in court a...

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Report: Global Warming Could Reduce Corn Crops

Chicago Tribune | Jim Tankersley | Posted 05.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Corn Crop, Climate Change, Global Warming, Corn, Green News

Global warming could sock Illinois right in the Corn Belt -- to the tune of $243 million a year, a national environmental group estimated in a report ...

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Inflation: Why Investing in Yellow Could Save Your Portfolio

Jill Keto | Posted 03.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Grocery Prices, Working and Families, Mompreneurs, Commodities, Family, Economics, Corn, Economy, Working Mothers, Trend Forecasting, Gold, Saving Money, Recession, Mortgage Crisis, Greater Depression, Groceries, Investing, Video, Wheat, Investing in Yellow, Bailout, Inflation, Finance, Business News, Women in Business, Silver, Personal Finance, Financial Stimulus, Internet Business, Hyperinflation, Tarp, Gold Bullion, Business News
Jill Keto

On TV, you have to boil down answers into the shortest, most concise sound bites. Right now, my favorite sound bite is "Invest in Yellow: Corn, Wheat and Gold."

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How We've Changed Throughout the Bush Era

Maura Judkis | Posted 02.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Gas Prices, Energy Efficiency, Bush Administration, Corn, George W. Bush, Record Sales, Death of Newspapers, Green Living, Bush Legacy, Ethanol, Newspaper Industry, Sustainability, Green News
Maura Judkis

The January/February issue of the Atlantic has a neat graphic that shows how our country has changed over the Bush years. There are some interesting environmental stats here.

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Ethanol and Water, Part Two

Robert Glennon | Posted 01.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Energy, U.S. Economy, Ethanol, Water, Corn, Green News
Robert Glennon

As the ethanol boom has continued, I've seen new corn fields in Arizona and California where farmers water the fields with groundwater. Foolishness, oft repeated, does not become wisdom.

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Ethanol and Water

Robert Glennon | Posted 01.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Corn-Based Ethanol, California, Tom Vilsack, Corn, Water, Ethanol Pros and Cons, Environment, Energy Policy Act, Ethanol, Food Prices, Tom Vilsack Agriculture Secretary, Green News
Robert Glennon

In the case of corn, it takes 2,500 gallons of water to grow enough corn to produce 1 gallon of ethanol. That's right, 2,500 gallons.

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