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August 22nd, 2008 by leslie · No Comments

Irradiation = Safety? The FDA thinks irradiating spinach and other vegetables will keep us safe.  Our friends at Food & Water Watch beg to differ.

Some people will buy anything Monsanto has managed to sell off their controversial rBGH division to Eli Lily for $300 million.

Not everyone’s hurting While millions suffer from the skyrocketing price of food, Cargill reports a 55% increase in profits over last year, stacking up to a disturbing impressive $3.64 billion.

Dispatch from Mexico Tom Philpott’s been in hanging out in Mexico City, where globalization has US-chain fast food joints sprouting like so many weeds, and in Gudalajara, where they’ve got weeds, too, but they’re working on it.

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