Nutrition & Wellness
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Factory farming divestment follows success of pulling investments away from oil
After the success of campaigns to get investors to divest from fossil fuel companies (some 400 institutions have committed to pulling money from coal, oil and gas companies to tackle climate change), factory farming is the next target. Fast food chain Subway is latest to join the backlash against Read More...
Better than organic: America’s first vegan-certified farm
This kind of farming is so right that, so far, only one farm qualifies for certification. Metropolis Farms in Philadelphia is a “vegan-certified farm”. It’s a step beyond organic, using no pesticides, herbicides, GMOs, animal manure or fertilizers like bone meal (a blend of slaughterhouse Read More...
Turning Americans' bad food waste habit into renewable energy
America has a bad habit. About 40% of food purchased ends up in the trash each year, but in some cities, they have found a way to turn this waste into energy. As food decomposes, it release methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that’s fueling climate change. What cities are doing is diverting that Read More...
An ambitious genome sequencing project is tackling Africa's nutrition crisis
Malnutrition affects 40% of children in Africa. Part of the issue is that the staple crops in the formal food system lack the nutrients needed to properly feed a person. Traditional foods like amaranth, okra and breadfruit are incredibly healthy, but these have never been grown in agriculture Read More...
A healthy Mediterranean diet is cheaper than a junky American one
A healthy Mediterranean diet is often perceived as expensive, but a new study shows it's not. In fact, fresh veggies and fancy olive oil are cheaper. A new study out of the Miriam Hospital and the Rhode Island Community Food Bank shows that a Mediterranean-style diet costs around $750 per person Read More...
Denmark opens first food waste supermarket selling surplus produce
In a bid to tackle the problem of food waste, the world’s first ever food surplus supermarket has opened in Denmark. The store in capital city Copenhagen called Wefood will sell produce at prices 30 to 50% cheaper than normal supermarkets by getting its produce from markets and other suppliers Read More...
Probiotics for plants could help feed the world
We know from research on the human microbiome—the trillions of microbes that live on and around us—that it affects everything from our mood to how likely we are to get cancer. Plants, it turns out, have a microbiome of their own, and just as antibiotics wreak havoc on the human microbiome, Read More...
New proof vegan medicine can boost our health
Vegan medicine is becoming an accessible and powerful therapy. For a recent meta-analysis of studies researchers analyzed nearly 100 studies relating diet and disease. Overall, reductions in body mass index, total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, and glucose in vegetarians and vegans compared to Read More...
Organic milk and meat richer in omega-3, study finds
Organic milk and meat contain about 50 percent more beneficial omega-3 fatty acids than conventionally produced equivalents, according to a pair of large-scale studies published Tuesday. Previous research has linked omega-3 with reduced rates of cardiovascular disease, improved neurological Read More...
Organic farming could be the key to feeding the world as global warming takes hold
Organic farming has long been considered irrelevant when it comes to tackling hunger, but one of the biggest studies ever carried out on the practice has concluded that it could play a major role as global warming starts to take effect. The study out of Washington State University found that Read More...