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Syttende Mai (May 17) is Constitution Day in Norway. In Milan, Minnesota, out on the western prairie, hundreds of Norway’s distant sons and daughters gather on Syttende Mai to celebrate their Scandinavian heritage, language, food, music and customs. Continue Reading
As BP and government agencies struggle to stem the devastating flow of oil now hitting the Louisiana coast, there is growing desperation to find a solution — and fast. Green Earth Technologies, Inc. Continue Reading
Four years ago, IATP released test results of chicken bought in U.S. grocery stores and fast food restaurants. The results revealed detectable levels of arsenic in the majority of chicken tested. Continue Reading
In the Huffington Post last week, IATP’s Mark Muller addressed both fans and critics of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution pointing out that Oliver’s efforts – Continue Reading
William Neuman and Andrew Pollack of the New York Times dug deeper earlier this week into the growing story of Roundup-resistant weeds and the chaos this is causing within the agriculture community. Continue Reading
Last week, the Feria del Agua — a water festival and fair — marked the 10th anniversary of the water wars that thwarted attempts to privatize water services in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Celebrations were kicked off April 15 with a parade from downtown Cochabamba to the Complejo Fabril (home of the Cochabamba Federation of Workers).
Nanotechnology and its applications are so small that it can be hard to get your head around, but there are more than 1,000 products with nanomaterials already on the market, so we’d better get a handle on this quick.
Nanoscale science and technology manipulate matter at the level of 1-300 nanometers (or billionths of a met Continue Reading
After 15 years on the market, and constituting 80 percent of soybeans, corn and cotton grown in the U.S., we still know remarkably little about genetically engineered (GE) crops; and some of what we do know is cause for alarm. Continue Reading
This past weekend Dr. David Wallinga, director of IATP’s Food and Health program, was featured on Huffington Post. Continue Reading
It turns out that foods that are better for you may also be better for farmers and local job creation. Continue Reading