Research links carrageenan to gastrointestinal inflammation, including higher rates of colon cancer, in laboratory animals. Yet it is still found in many foods, including some certified organic foods. Cornucopia’s report, Carrageenan: New Studies Reinforce Link to Inflammation, Cancer and Diabetes, compiles scientific studies pointing to harm from consuming food-grade carrageenan (Vitamin Agent – Medical professionals, Nutritionists, Naturopaths, Integrative Practitioners – Please ...

Based on double-digit growth in sales of organically produced goods, you might think organic foods are healthier choices than conventional foods. Especially given the price premiums for organic products (see USDA Organic Market Overview). Baudry and colleagues investigated the relationships between nutrition and health from 28,245 participants of the NutriNet-Sante study using a semi-quantitative, organic frequent food questionnaire (FFQ) with ...

Mosquitoes continue to prove they are important disease transmission vectors.   The Asian Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus) transmitting “Chikungunya” and the Yellow Fever & Zika Mosquito (Aedes aegypti), Malaria (Anopholes spp.) are but a few diseases which we may hear more about with global warming and additionally assist in their becoming popular in everyday conversation.  Zika is however one of the mosquito borne ...

So what, exactly, is in the vitamins, herbs and superfood supplements that we buy? When these are sold most of us automatically assume they are safe. And while the natural products industry actually does have a good safety record, especially when you contrast it with all of the people over-medicated or harmed with unwanted side-effects of pharmaceuticals it still suffers ...

Aldi is stepping up its game in the organic-food space. The grocery chain is expanding organic-food brands, removing some artificial ingredients from its products, and adding more gluten-free items in hopes of attracting more health-conscious shoppers. Aldi became one of the world’s biggest food retailers by offering comparatively very low prices. Its prices for fresh produce and packaged goods are ...

Ocean products are some of the most stringently regulated in the agricultural/aqua-cultural arena.  There remains adequate inquiry into farmed fish and shellfish industries.   The restrictions addressing over fishing are our next challenge.

With the inclusion of drugs, hormones, disinfectants, pesticides, herbicides, etc., coming to the fore of concern regarding the drawbacks of factory farmed meats, we now concern ourselves with production methods.  The image featured duplicates the vision of massive poultry raising operations which large corporations find are most profitable.  Traces of toxins, hormones and a myriad of other unwanted ingredients may ...

The cooperation of Africans is lively when it comes to their new-found importance in the global food-security arena. Many previously undervalued lands are finding international attention as food provision resources.   Our struggle – keep the playing field level  in making new land agreements equitable for developing country inhabitants as well as the opportunity for public-private partnerships.

Ministry staff were elegant during the interruption of my visits and inquiries.   Why? – they are enthusiastic about sharing the insights of proven agricultural  strengths, experiments in new methods and making their own inquiries.  They were very interested in global trends and perceptions about the future of Ethiopia’s  ascenton and the global perception of their country and Africa on the whole.