A Green Party snapshot grocery shopper survey has found that many New Zealanders are increasingly unable to afford healthy food and are purchasing cheaper less healthy alternatives in order to feed their families.
The Green Party is calling on food safety authorities to take a precautionary approach and test fruit and vegetables imported from China, following reported possible finds of melamine contamination in other countries.
Green MP Sue Kedgley questions economist and investor Gareth Morgan about food safety standards and the Green Party's call for country of origin food labelling.
We have had a very interesting and busy six weeks for food issues and food news. We attended the food show and have hosted several food meetings and ‘Shopping with Sue’ events. A warm welcome to all new Food
for Thought readers that signed up at the Food Show!
A huge press statement by AgResearch today in which it tries to justify its application to genetically engineer a wide range of animals, plus human and monkey cells, inadvertently shows sad downsides to GE research such as deformed foetuses and calves. It admits a less than 9 percent live birth rate, aborted deformed foetuses, deformed calves and gangrenous udders but strangely denies there are animal welfare concerns. We need to see photographs, urge Greens
Sue Kedgley interviewing acclaimed food writer Michael Pollan, talking about food and climate change, and why we need to support local food production.
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