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While some farmers (and governments) support the use of genetically modified crops for their higher yield quantities and pest and weed resistance, others point out that the long-term effects of these gene adjustments just still aren't clear.

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A story reported in Grist and first published in the Salt Lake Tribune said that alarming amounts of

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The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have released a follow up document to their 2005 publication, Setting Up and Running a School Garden.

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It's a vegetal plot fit for a bad zombie flick: desperate to make their produce look fresher, bigger and mature faster, some Indian farmers are injecting their veggies with hormones on the

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Bisphenol A, which seems to contribute to a wide variety of yucky ailments, is in 91% of Canadians, this study shows.

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On Friday, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White revoked a five-year-old approval of genetically altered sugar beets from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Judge White cited the USDA's insufficient testing of weedkiller-tolerant sugar beets and their possible effects to the environment.

A food allergy diagnosis can range from being a minor inconvenience -- like having to read labels to check for food dye -- to a major health issue (think extreme, lethal allergies to milk, eggs, and nuts).

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Back when the bright yellow flowers were still known as Rape or Oilseed rape, Brassica napus produced a bitter oil, unsuitable for human consumption and used mainly to lubricate machines.

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Since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in April, everyone from chef Tom Colicchio to President Barack Obama has come out to promise that Gulf Coast seafood is as safe and delicious as it ever was -- and to remind the rest of us that boycotting it won't help the regional

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Michelle Obama may have won the hearts of locavores everywhere with her expansion of the White House organic garden, her