Greening Walmart: A Retail Giant Reveals Eco Goals

Retail giant Walmart announced its new commitment to sustainable agriculture that will focus on buying more food from small- and medium-sized farmers and buying more from local sellers. “Through sustainable agriculture, Walmart is uniquely positioned to make a positive difference in food production — for farmers, communities and customers. Our efforts will help increase farmer [...]

EPA Fines Roundup Maker $2.5M

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency revealed that agricultural giant and the maker of Roundup, Monsanto Company Inc., of St. Louis, Missouri, has agreed to pay a $2.5 million penalty for misbranding violations regarding its cotton seed products with genetically engineered pesticides. The settlement is the largest civil administrative penalty settlement ever under the Federal Insecticide, [...]

EU Votes Against GM Labeling

It appears the agricultural food giants have won again, as the European Parliament voted against labeling foods that contain genetically modified ingredients or meat from animals fed GM grains, according to British publication The Ecologist. The organization Friends of the Earth completed a recent poll that said less than 40% of the public was aware [...]

The Forbidden Fruit

The bane of hemp’s existence is its roots with the Marijuana plant, which unlike hemp, does have a considerable THC content. Hemp on the other hand, or industrial hemp, as its referred to by the Canadian government, can be used as a base for making food (milk, flax seed-alternative), clothing (organic cotton or bamboo alternative) [...]