No-Antibiotic Claims on Beef May Not Be Reliable

No-Antibiotic Claims on Beef May Not Be Reliable

The researchers tested animals from 33 “raised without antibiotics” certified feed yards at a single undisclosed US slaughterhouse between February and September 2021. During that time, the slaughterhouse processed more than 38,000 cattle from those feed yards, and researchers randomly selected the animals to test . The cattle that tested positive for antibiotics came from … Read more

Understanding Organic Waste: Malibu To Host Informational Meeting

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April 5, 2022 Join the Virtual Meeting and Get the Free Guide to Learn How to Separate Organic Waste Under the City’s New Residential Organic Waste Recycling Program During Earth Month, the City of Malibu will co-host a virtual meeting on Thursday, April 28, 6:30 PM with Los Angeles County Public Works (Malibu Garbage Disposal … Read more

Downtown Binghamton Shop Debuts Some Exotic and Unusual Snacks

Downtown Binghamton Shop Debuts Some Exotic and Unusual Snacks

The Lay’s spicy lobster potato chips and the white peach oolong Pepsi have just arrived at a new store on Court Street in Binghamton. Those are only two examples of the exotic snack foods now on the shelves of Beer Bros, which opened last month. As its name suggests, the big draw for the store … Read more

Stop buying organic food if you really want to save the planet

Stop buying organic food if you really want to save the planet

By Michael LePage A carbon nightmare Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images WANDER around the local supermarket and you will struggle to find any clues to the environmental impact of the food you eat. If you are lucky, some of the seafood might bear the mark of the Marine Stewardship Council, which certifies fish caught in … Read more

Bucks County Weekend Happenings: April 8-10

Bucks County Weekend Happenings: April 8-10

In preparation for warmer days, there are a couple of ways you can do your part by participating in a cleanup, either along the Delaware Canal or the Croydon Woods Natural Preserve. The Earth Day Festival is also this weekend in New Hope, featuring environmentally friendly vendors and information on the green industry and environmental … Read more

Health Benefits of Yogurt: Nutrition, Protein, and Probiotics

Health Benefits of Yogurt: Nutrition, Protein, and Probiotics

Humans have consumed yogurt for hundreds of years. It’s very nutritious, and eating it regularly may boost several aspects of your health. For example, yogurt has been found to reduce the risk of heart disease and osteoporosis, as well as aid in weight management. Yogurt is a popular dairy product made by the bacterial fermentation … Read more

The Glucose Goddess’s Guide To Blood Sugar

The Glucose Goddess’s Guide To Blood Sugar

How is blood sugar regulated in the body – and do lifestyle factors affect this?Our body has a mechanism in place to deal with glucose spikes. Every time we experience a glucose spike, a hormone called insulin is released by our pancreas. Insulin takes excess glucose and stores it in our liver, muscles and fat … Read more

32-year-old Quits Well-paying Job at Bharat Biotech for Organic Farming, Receives Award

32-year-old Quits Well-paying Job at Bharat Biotech for Organic Farming, Receives Award

Hyderabad’s Bonguram Nagaraju is an inspiration for many who want to stick to the roots and grow into a tree. The 32-year-old was working with Bharat Biotech after completing his post-graduation from the University of Hyderabad. I have studied MSc in Animal Biotechnology. Despite having a great degree and a well-paid job, he wasn’t satisfied … Read more

Napier City Council helps fund home composting

Napier City Council helps fund home composting

Laura holds one of the Bokashi composting systems available for home use. Napier City Council believes more than 50 per cent of rubbish going to Napier’s landfill is a waste. When organic material, compostable green waste and food scraps are mixed with other rubbish, it doesn’t degrade and that valuable nutrient is lost forever, says … Read more

Pesticide residue found in over 70 percent of non-organic US produce: report

Pesticide residue found in over 70 percent of non-organic US produce: report

More than 70 percent of non-organic fresh fruits and vegetables sold in the US contain traces of potentially harmful pesticides, according to a new report from an advocacy group. The Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) 2022 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce highlights a variety of potentially unsafe produce based on residue tests conducted by federal … Read more

Dirty Dozen 2022: Produce with the most and least pesticides – Gwinnettdailypost.com

Dirty Dozen 2022: Produce with the most and least pesticides - Gwinnettdailypost.com

Dirty Dozen 2022: Produce with the most and least pesticidesgwinnettdailypost.com .

EYE ON THE ENVIRONMENT | Prepare kids for “insidious” organic infotainment – VC Reporter

EYE ON THE ENVIRONMENT | Prepare kids for “insidious” organic infotainment - VC Reporter

PICTURED: “Yakety Yak — Take it Back!” Ozzy Osbourne and other celebrities participated in this 1991 music video PSA about recycling from the Take It Back Foundation. by David Goldstein “You’re insidious!” my neighbor, Jim Polisini, said with a laugh. Insidiousness got a bad reputation after the Star Wars franchise gave the name “Darth Sidious” … Read more