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Social Media Excerpt: “Deep Thoughts” on GMO public perception, policy, and scientific integrity

Posted on December 30, 2016 in GMOs, Hygeia's Blog, Scientific Integrity | 127 Views | Leave a response
Public Perceptions: Social Media Conversations with Dr. Benbrook and Friends, #1 Source: Facebook, September 29, 2016 This conversation was sparked by an thoughtful question about the polarized debate on GMOs from Chris Holman and rolled on from there.  For context, this dialogue occurred amidst news about Monsanto’s first CRISPR license, as well as the recent merger […]

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Building Soil Health the Carman Ranch Way

Posted on December 28, 2016 in Animals, Environmental Impacts, Hygeia's Blog | 249 Views | Leave a response
Dave Flynn and Cory Carman own and manage one of the wonderful, productive and beautiful grass-based cattle operations in the Pacific Northwest. The fourth-generation, 2,500+ acre Carman Ranch in Wallowa, Oregon is just over the ridge from where I live, near Troy, Oregon. We have bought our beef for years from the Carman Ranch, and more […]

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New Insights on the Fountain of Youth

Posted on December 28, 2016 in Hygeia's Blog, Nutrition | 99 Views | Leave a response
A wide body of research, involving work with dozens of organisms spread all over the tree of life, has shown that restricting caloric intake tends to promote longevity.  But it can also reduce energy levels and impair reproductive performance. Scientists have shown that the plant secondary metabolite and antioxidant resveratrol mimics the impacts of caloric […]

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Global Panel Focuses on Undernourishment

Posted on December 20, 2016 in Food Security, Hygeia's Blog, Nutrition | 129 Views | Leave a response
A new report by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization’s Global Panel on Agriculture says two billion people lack the range of vitamins and minerals in their diet needed to keep them healthy.  This report also highlights a fact about global nutrition that few people realize: obesity and stunting from undernourishment now occur in the […]

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More on the Crumbling Foundation of U.S. Nutritional Policy

Posted on December 20, 2016 in Hygeia's Blog, Nutrition, Scientific Integrity | 78 Views | Leave a response
Cudos to Nina Teicholz and the L.A. Times for this provocative piece about the politics of food science in America over the last 75 years.   Teicholz reminds us about the recent controversy over the revelation that Harvard scientists in the 1960s were paid by industry reps to downplay the dangers of sugar to ensure that fat and […]

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EWG Takes on Another Sacred Myth

Posted on December 19, 2016 in Food Security, Hygeia's Blog, Nutrition | 130 Views | Leave a response
I follow statistics on global food trade closely, but was still shocked by some of the findings in the Environmental Working Group’s (EWG’s) assessment of whether, and to what degree, U.S. agriculture “feeds the world” as is so often claimed.  A few key findings from this report: 86% of all US exports in 2015 went […]

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Powerful Message from the Pope On the Occasion of World Food Day

Posted on November 16, 2016 in Food Security, Hygeia's Blog | 152 Views | Leave a response
Take a few minutes to read the remarkable message from the Pope to the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in commemoration of 2016 World Food Day. His words elevate the pursuit of global food security from a weathered PR slogan to a spiritual and moral imperative. Some of the passages are truly inspired.   […]

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