A study published April 22 in the journal Nature Climate Change shows for the first time climate change's influence on year-to-year swings in corn prices.

Researchers from Stanford and Purdue universities found that climate change's impact on corn price volatility could far outweigh the volatility caused by changing oil prices or government energy policies mandating biofuels production from corn and other crops.

If the GMO food additives in 70% of your process food options doesn’t bother you, then try this. In the light of the current massive recall on frozen burgers in Canada, it’s rather timely as Canadians are being advised to avoid more than 135 burger and beef steakette products.

It looks like there is finally some real opposition against genetically engineered foods.

Vermont, California, Michigan and Washington are all working on ballot initiatives to get mandatory labelling of genetically modified (GM) foods in their states. Vermont takes it a step further though, as the legislation would effectively also end phoney "all natural" claims for products that contain wholly unnatural, GMOs.

Unknowingly consumers have allowed Monsanto and other biotech companies to saturate the market with their genetically altered food additives. The misuse of the "all natural" label has only made matters worse.

On January 9, 2012, the U.S Food and Drug Administration announced it will step up testing for a fungicide that has been found in low levels in orange juice. They say they are not concerned about the safety of the juice but will increase testing to make sure the contamination is not a problem. Not a problem? The fungicide they are referencing is carbendazim, classified by Friends of the Earth as one of their ‘filthy four’ pesticides.