Monsanto is slammed with record high amount of lawsuits against Glyphosate
The fall out following the landmark case where a California groundskeeper won against the agricultural giant Monsanto, has proven to be worse than they expected. There has been a new wave of lawsuits brought up against the company, because of the chemical glyphosate, in the past few weeks following the ruling. There are now more than 8,000 lawsuits that have been filed against the agricultural giant and its parent company Bayer pharmaceuticals, a surge from the 5,200 that it had against it prior to the landmark case. Despite all of this the company still stands by their product and believes it is safe for use. A Bayer employee was quoted in Reuter’s saying:
“Nothing whatsoever has changed in the regulatory status of the product. There is simply very high demand, and has been for many decades for glyphosate. It is an invaluable tool for growers,” said Liam Condon, the head of Bayer’s newly enlarged Crop Science division.
Bayer also said on Thursday that it sees no reason to re-assess the legal risks from Monsanto.”
This means that despite the major court loss and much scientific evidence showing the harmful effects of the product we may not see any change in it’s use! The alarm has been sounded though, as more and more lawsuits are filed against the company, because of the chemical glyphosate, and it does send a message that there is a problem.
Teaching Kids to Cook is Important for Healthy Eating Later in Life
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According to a study by the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, released in Science Daily, kids that were shown cooking skills, and allowed to cook at a younger age were more likely to eat healthy as an adult. The study suggests that the kids that had been taught cooking skills from a young age were more likely to avoid fast food, have meals at home with family, and prepare meals with vegetables, more often than ones who had not been given this education. The problem is, many parents have stopped cooking dinner at home, so the kids don’t have the opportunity to see cooking on a regular basis, and most schools have cut their home-education classes.
A scientist from the study stated:
“The impact of developing cooking skills early in life may not be apparent until later in adulthood when individuals have more opportunity and responsibility for meal preparation,” said lead author Jennifer Utter, PhD, MPH, University of Auckland”
To counter act this, and get your kids to learn about cooking CNN created a list of things you can do yourself at home with your kids to encourage them to be comfortable in the kitchen and learn more about cooking. The list ranges from cookbooks, to kid-friendly cooking tools, to full on cooking and kitchen sets for kids. If this isn’t being taught in school, it is important for parents and family members to step in and expose their kids to the cooking world!
Set to Make Waves, The World’s First Floating Farm is here!
Is it the Sustainable Solution it Claims To Be? 
Right in the middle of the Harbor in Rotterdam, there will soon be the world’s first floating farm. A farm that was created to be a new way to sustainably create food for an urban city, without taking up space on land, or forcing people to eat food that has traveled very far to get to their plate. The idea of the farm was created by Dutch scientists, one being a man that saw the destruction of Hurricane Sandy in NYC, and saw the need, first hand, for food to be produced close to home. That way, it won’t take days or weeks for food to be delivered to people in an emergency situation.
While I can appreciate the idea of a floating farm for growing plants, the idea of putting 40 cows on a floating barge, to be milked by robots, is just too much for me! It sounds horrible for the cows!! Innovation is great, but we need to think of the ramifications and potential risks in every decision. We need people to be looking for alternative ways, but having a floating animal farm may not be the best first step. We will have to wait and see, because the farm is set to open at the end of 2018.
To read more on the new project and make your conclusion on the project look here.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45130010
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