Two weeks ago, I posted an article about a new 30 story vertical farm coming to Las Vegas in 2010. It was reported here, on other blogs, and on various news services. But is is true?
James Murray, at Business Green Blog, is now reporting that the story may have been fabricated. In [...]

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The FDA approved the cloning of cattle, swine, and goats for human consumption on Tuesday.
“Extensive evaluation of the available data has not identified any subtle hazards that might indicate food-consumption risks in healthy clones of cattle, swine, or goats,” the 968-page “final risk assessment” concluded.
“Thus, edible products from healthy clones that meet existing requirements [...]

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For the last few years, it seems that “the obesity epidemic” has been one of those hot topic issues. You read about it everywhere and hear about it on the news with some regularity. And now that it’s January again, it seems like you hear something new every day. I guess it’s not [...]

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In my bachelor days, I frequently had breakfast for dinner; specifically a bowl of Cheerios and milk. Often that was because I would come home late and was too tired to think about preparing a meal. But there is something comforting about having breakfast for dinner.
Since we’ve been vegan, breakfast isn’t what it [...]

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After six-plus months of eating vegan, Jane and I have developed a sense of what foods we might not be able to eat. Since going vegan, we’ve read countless food labels and many informative articles on non-vegan ingredients hidden in otherwise vegan foods. So we’re fairly comfortable knowing what foods we’re going to [...]

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