The Arsenic in Your Chicken
Despite the threat to human health and the environment, industrial poultry producers continue to use arsenical drugs to boost growth rates. A new study measured how much of this arsenic ends up in your meat.
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Chris Hunt
Chris Hunt serves as senior policy advisor for the GRACE Communications Foundation, where he works primarily on food and agriculture issues for the organization's food program, Sustainable Table. Chris focuses on the problems created by industrial agriculture (particularly industrial livestock production), the benefits of sustainable alternatives and strategies for promoting the transition to a sustainable food future.
The Environmental Action Everyone Overlooks: Five Easy Ways to Reduce Food Waste
In the US, we waste 40 percent of all the food we produce, which squanders valuable natural resources and contributes to global climate change. But it's incredibly easy to reduce your own food waste! Learn how.
Not All Eggs Are Created Equal
Spring - it's the eagerly anticipated season of new life and fertility, the transition from a winter slumber to an active, fruitful growing season. The egg symbolizes these notions and is traditionally used across many cultures to celebrate spring.
Stopping a CAFO: The Biggest Victory You Never Heard About
An Illinois community engaged in a five-year struggle to prevent completion of a partially constructed industrial dairy facility - and won big.
On Safeguarding Antibiotics: An Unpublished Letter to the Editor
Addressing the threat of antibiotic resistance requires more than implementing best practices in hospitals; a successful strategy must involve reform of antibiotics use in animal agriculture.
Ecocentric’s Top Green Gifts for 2012
Giving the perfect gift can be difficult, even more so if you're looking for something that’s good for your recipient, your community and our planet. To help you out, here are some ideas for greener gifts sure to please everyone on your list!
What's Your Congressperson's Food Policy Score?
Today, Food Policy Action launches the National Food Policy Scorecard, which shows how each member of Congress voted on key food and agriculture policies in 2012, and provides a score based on the extent to which his/her votes promoted safe, nutritious, healthful, affordable and accessible food.
Blog Action Day: The Power of We
This year, Blog Action Day focuses on "The Power of We," to celebrate people working together "to make a positive difference." So check out some of our favorite people & organizations helping our food, energy & water systems!
What Not to Eat: Arsenic!
According to Consumer Reports' "Arsenic in Your Food," an analysis of 65 rice products revealed measurable levels of total arsenic - including organic and inorganic forms - in almost every product.
How to Slap Big Ag Apologists in the Face with Economic Truth
Proponents of industrial agriculture constantly claim that sustainable food is too expensive. Learn these basic economic principles so you can tell them exactly why they're wrong.
Meat Without Drugs
Consumers Union released the report, "Meat on Drugs" and, in partnership with FixFood, launched the Meat Without Drugs campaign to inspire action.
Brooklyn Grange, World’s Largest Rooftop Farm, Gets Second Location AND Bees!
The Brooklyn Grange (largest rooftop farm in the world!), has announced plans to build a second rooftop farm in Brooklyn AND launch an ambitious apiary project to produce more than 1,000 pounds of honey annually.
Scientists to Washington: Regulate Antibiotic Use in Animal Agriculture!
Scientists decry the industrial livestock sector’s misuse of antibiotics, which promotes the proliferation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and threatens public health.
Is There Arsenic In Your Energy Bar?
A new study found high levels of arsenic in infant formula, energy bars, cereal bars and energy gels containing organic brown rice syrup. But there are still no regulatory limits for arsenic in food.
Our Hero: Carole Morison of Bird’s Eye View Farm
Perhaps best known as the chicken farmer from Food, Inc., Carole Morison is a long-time poultry producer, sustainable agriculture activist and outspoken critic of the industrial food system. Here, she discusses her transition from industrial producer to sustainable farmer.
12 in 2012: Food, Water and Energy Trends for a New Year
Barring any cataclysmic events, here are our predicted trends for 2012 in Food, Water and Energy (Fwenergy, if you will). And while there are no doomsday scenarios, not everything looks rosy for 2012.
