Monsanto blocks research on GMO safety, harasses scientists

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Monsanto has been systematically blocking researchers from using its patented gene modified (GMO) seeds to learn if there are problems with them.

USDA Stops Import of Fake Organic Food from China

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The USDA recently uncovered a plot to import fraudulent organic food from China.

Win a Copy of The Safe Food Handbook

Safe Food Handbook

The fine folks at The Experiment, the independent nonfiction publisher that put out The Safe Food Handbook is offering up a copy to one lucky Eat Drink Better reader. Here’s how you can enter.

On Valentine’s Day, show her your love is sustainable

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This is the biggest shopping day of the year for chocolate and flowers… go green this year instead of red!

Plastic-Free February, Day 5

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Plastic-Free February continues with just one small slip-up – or maybe a whole bunch. I need an organic chemist on call to figure out what exactly is plastic and what is not.

Sustainable Wine Review: Q&A with Jason Haas of Tablas Creek

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I was lucky enough to catch up with Jason Haas, General Manager of Tablas Creek vineyard.

Rocket Fuel in Your Water?

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A “potent thyroid toxin” that is a component of rocket fuel, perchlorate, contaminates the drinking water of up to 17 million Americans in 26 states. The EPA is finally going to start regulating it.