Tag Archives: food industry

The dark side of the plate

Posted on April 9, 2025 by borderslynn

Chronic illness is caused by over consumption of: Alcohol Tobacco Salt Sugar Ultra processed foods And the health system is overwhelmed by the consequences. Yet there are huge industries involved who have powerful lobbyists. Government must not be contaminated by … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged addiction, alcohol, corporate lobbying, food industry, Government, salt, Sugar, tobacco, UK, ultra processed foods | Leave a comment

Soil and Agroecology Transition

Posted on November 26, 2024 by borderslynn

I am reproducing the Soil Association’s access page to this recent report about 10 years of Agroecology in Europe:

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Agroecology, feeding the world, food industry, health, preserving or creating soil quality, Soil quality | Leave a comment

Benefiting People and Planet without further Decline

Posted on November 5, 2024 by borderslynn

I’m reproducing this current important article:

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged destruction of rainforest, ecology, ecosystems, emissions, food industry, harm from industrial activities, populations, protecting planet, scarce freshwater, supply and demand | Leave a comment

Double use oil trucks: food contamination

Posted on July 21, 2024 by borderslynn

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cml2kr9wkdzo Transporting cooking oil in contaminated fuel trucks was said to have been so widespread it was considered an “open secret” in the industry, according to one driver quoted by the newspaper. We require strict regulation throughout the world for … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged China, consumer harm, contamination, corporate fraud, food chain, food industry, food oil, food safety, food scandals, food security, fuel oil, human health | Leave a comment

Corporates run Governments by lobbying to approve addictive products

Posted on August 19, 2023 by borderslynn

I have written many blogs about the food industry creating ‘food’ in the loosest sense of the word, which has ingredients, often chemical in nature, which make the products addictive. https://borderslynn.com/2021/06/25/corporates-accessing-science-perpetuating-conscious-disregard QUESTION: Why does it get approved for human consumption, … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged addiction, banking, cash flow, chemical poisons, corporate lobbying, corruption, death of addicts, food industry, international drug cartels, lives cut short, money laundering, offshore banking, supply of drugs, victims of crime, violence | Leave a comment

Pawns in the Game

Posted on July 21, 2021 by borderslynn

Author Michael Moss, on page 140 of his book ‘Hooked’, names Northeastern University in Boston, led by Professor Richard Daynard of their Law Faculty for instructing his students to create a database which tracked lawsuits brought by injured smokers. Their … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged food industry, legal protection for the public, lobbying, NRA, scrutiny of food industry, ultra processed foods | 1 Comment

Food industry: China reports 10.4% (35/338) of swine workers were positive for G4 EA H1N1 virus

Posted on June 30, 2020 by borderslynn

https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/06/23/1921186117 https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/06/swine-flu-strain-human-pandemic-potential-increasingly-found-chinese-pigs In 2018 there was widespread African swine flu reported https://www.economist.com/china/2018/09/06/african-swine-flu-is-causing-alarm-in-china-and-beyond And we all worry that we may have a repeat of the 2009 H1N1 type pandemic running alongside Covid 19. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_swine_flu_pandemic Making a vaccine through ‘reassortant’

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged animal welfare, China, contagion, food industry, G4 EA H1N1 virus, pandemic, vaccines, virus adaptations, workers, world science | Leave a comment

The Food Industry and Covid 19

Posted on June 21, 2020 by borderslynn

The Coronoravirus epidemic has highlighted many inequalities in society – the poorest are hit hardest by the consequences of the disease. I will add to this blog as I research it, but do not want to delay its publication as … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged capitalism, consequences of unemployment, covid 19, fair wage, food industry, Maslow, poverty, respect, universal wage | Leave a comment

Salts: global trade and mining

Posted on December 18, 2018 by borderslynn

Salts are mined to meet the need of humans, and these needs are many. Phosphates, for example, are needed by present day intensive farming for fertiliser for quality crops and animal feeds which contain minerals ‘essential’ for the development of … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged corruption, food industry, indigenous people, lack of human rights, land degradation, mining, phosphates, refugees, salts, theft | Leave a comment

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