Quash the Squash!

I’m writing on behalf of the RSPCA, raising awareness of its urgent campaign to protect the welfare of UK meat chickens. Right now, the government is considering new EU legislation that may increase the number...

#3 US Centers for Disease Control links swine virus to US farms

Researchers analyzing the swine flu H1N1 virus in the people who contracted the disease in California and Texas have found that most of the viral gene segments are descendants of a unique triple human-bird-swine...

UN Links Livestock Raising to Global Food Shortage

What is being linked as the Silent Tsunami - the United Nations Environment Program states the current meat production is actually worsening the food crises and climate change effects. ""There are 900 million...

Arctic CO2 Levels Up - Methane Released. Do humans have time?

Carbon Dioxide levels up - its bad - Methane is worse. Recently scientist reported that humans have not reduced thier carbon footprint on this planet. If anything, we are increasing. This will lead to a relase of a...

Pork adverts banned

A major advertising campaign for British pork has been banned from further use for misleading the public with claims of ‘very high welfare’ following a complaint made by Compassion in World Farming. The Pigs...

Germans told to stop eating so much schnitzel and bratwurst

Germany's federal environmental agency has asked Germans to limit their meat intake and only eat meat on special occasions. German's mostly have a diet that is heavy on animal products. The production of meat...

Stay healthy with steak and wine

Good news for the health conscious who love steak! Heterocyclic amines (HAs or HCAs) are cancer-causing chemicals that are produced when many foods including most meats are grilled or fried at high...

Lung cancer link to food additive

Phosphates are a very common additive to processed foods and new research from korea shows that they can cause an acceleration of lung tumour growth. The experiments were undertaken on rats and UK experts stressed...

PETA Folks Don’t Know Much About Oklahomans

After learning that the folks at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are urging Oklahomans to boost their health by “giving meat the boot,” I concluded that they don’t know much about the people from the state where I was born and raised. PETA, the left-wing...

Burger King Warned About Body Spray Lawsuits

After learning about Burger King®’s recent launch of FLAME™, a body spray that purportedly carries the scent of BK’s own flame-broiled hamburger’s, I began to wonder whether or not the fast-food giant’s...

Warning over Irish pork products

Tainted pig feed has caused fears that pork raised in Ireland could be contaminated. It is feared that the food supply for the pigs could have been tainted with Dioxin. At the same time, around 900 workers at the...

Tips for Eating Green this Holiday Season

I know that this holiday season, actually any holiday season, really actually anytime that involves time off, I love to share food with friends and family. And here I've found some helpful tips for lowering the...

Staphylococcus Bacterial Toxin May Be in Recalled Smoked Meat

Want a case of pneumonia?  It seems that every day we are hearing about a recall of food products here in Canada.  I don't know if the food supply is becoming increasingly compromised or the vigilance...

Boris wants first-timers only prisons for UK

London mayor Boris Johnson has said that he thinks the UK should start building "first-timers only" prisons. so that people who have committed only their first crime don't mix with repeated offenders.q...

Joie De Vivre, at the End of a Rifle: Quebec 's Tofu Eaters to start Hunting...

Barry Artiste Op/Ed You just know PETA activists are going to soil their depends on this story, wonder when Brigette Bardot or Ex Beatle Paul MacCartney's Ex wife will make an appearance in La Belle...

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