Blueberries sicken 12 in Georgia and Florida linked to Publix

There is a multistate outbreak of E. coli O145:H28 linked to frozen GreenWise brand-organic blueberries from Publix. Frutas y Hortalizas del Sur S.A. of San Carlos, Chile, recalled the product on July 3, 2026. The product was shipped to retail stores in Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

The Fight for Audit-Ready Sustainability Claims Continues

Regulators in the U.S. and Europe are moving from voluntary to enforceable standards on environmental and wellness claims. This is good news for transparency, but difficult and costly for some industries, like agriculture, to comply with. The European Union’s new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive requires certain companies to apply new accounting rules to their annual reports starting with the 2024 financial year. Senate Bill 253 from California was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom in 2023 and requires corporations doing business in the state that have revenues exceeding $1 billion to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions.

Contaminated infant formula: Unsafe, unpunished, corrupted

Abbott Laboratories was investigated by the Justice Department, but the case was dropped because of lack of evidence. Food safety lawyer Bill Marler represents families in two infant botulism outbreaks tied to powdered infant formula. The FDA doesn't have any records of manufacturers reporting infant formula safety issues to the agency.

Viewpoint: In the science misinformed grifter game plan, the organic-food-is-healthier myth might be the worst.

Andrea Love explains how anti-science and health misinformation follows the same playbook. The American Academy of Pediatrics amplifies anti-GMO and organic product misinformation through its official policies and patient-facing guidance. The AAP’s policy acknowledges that organic foods don’t provide any clinically meaningful health benefits, yet encourages parents to choose organic foods to “reduce pesticide exposure”

EU bureaucrats are finally catching up to the gene editing revolution in food and agriculture

For decades, "Made in Europe" has been synonymous with a hard-line stance against anything remotely resembling genetic modification. The regulation was formally adopted on June 17, 2026 and will enter into force 20 days after publication in the EU Official Journal. It will become fully applicable approximately mid-2028.

How air pollution may affect fertility

Air pollution may alter the way genes function in developing sperm, raising new questions about fertility and the health of future children. The study included more than 2,000 men in Salt Lake City, Utah, between 2013 and 2017. Ozone and nitrogen dioxide appeared to have the strongest associations with DNA methylation changes in sperm.

Viewpoint: Treat food as medicine

Diet is one of the three key components to a longer life. New types of health professionals that make nutrition their No. 1 priority and more effective dietary interventions are needed. Insurance companies and government payers should consider reimbursing or heavily discounting healthy food and dietary programs that clearly lead to disease regression.

Ugandan Coffee Growers Shrug Off Drought Thanks to Regenerative Agriculture

Regenerative agriculture is a method of farming that helps farmers in the coffee belt of Uganda's Masaka region to combat droughts and erratic rainfall. Global Environment Facility, Nespresso and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature set up demonstration farms to teach Ugandan farmers how to use regenerative farming.

Why worms (and microbes) are catching on as a manure pollution solution

The vermifiltration system was installed on the farm in October 2024. It separates the solids from the water, which the farm composts for cow bedding or fertilizer. The worms and various microbes in the biofilter consume the remaining material. An irrigation system sprinkles the water onto the vermiferation beds.

Fuel on the fire: why oil companies are profiting as the world gets dangerously hot

There is an overwhelming scientific consensus that the more fossil fuels are burned, the hotter the planet will get. Shell, ExxonMobil, Chevron and seven other publicly listed firms aim to increase production by 14% between 2024 and 2030. The current planned expansion is worse than the IEA’s gloomy business-as-usual scenario, which envisages a 5.9% increase in oil and gas production this decade, leading to a catastrophic 2.9C global temperature increase by the end of the century. The movement against fossil fuels, spearheaded by Greta Thunberg, has lost ground as energy companies have backtracked.

Blueberries sicken 12 in Georgia and Florida linked to Publix
Blueberries sicken 12 in Georgia and Florida linked to Publix

There is a multistate outbreak of E. coli O145:H28 linked to frozen GreenWise brand-organic blueberries from Publix. Frutas y Hortalizas del Sur S.A. of San Carlos, Chile, recalled the product on July 3, 2026. The product was shipped to retail stores in Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

Marler Blog
food_safety
The Fight for Audit-Ready Sustainability Claims Continues
The Fight for Audit-Ready Sustainability Claims Continues

Regulators in the U.S. and Europe are moving from voluntary to enforceable standards on environmental and wellness claims. This is good news for transparency, but difficult and costly for some industries, like agriculture, to comply with. The European Union’s new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive requires certain companies to apply new accounting rules to their annual reports starting with the 2024 financial year. Senate Bill 253 from California was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom in 2023 and requires corporations doing business in the state that have revenues exceeding $1 billion to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions.

Newsweek
corporate
Contaminated infant formula: Unsafe, unpunished, corrupted
Contaminated infant formula: Unsafe, unpunished, corrupted

Abbott Laboratories was investigated by the Justice Department, but the case was dropped because of lack of evidence. Food safety lawyer Bill Marler represents families in two infant botulism outbreaks tied to powdered infant formula. The FDA doesn't have any records of manufacturers reporting infant formula safety issues to the agency.

Food Politics by Marion Nestle
food_safety
Viewpoint: In the science misinformed grifter game plan, the organic-food-is-healthier myth might be the worst.
Viewpoint: In the science misinformed grifter game plan, the organic-food-is-healthier myth might be the worst.

Andrea Love explains how anti-science and health misinformation follows the same playbook. The American Academy of Pediatrics amplifies anti-GMO and organic product misinformation through its official policies and patient-facing guidance. The AAP’s policy acknowledges that organic foods don’t provide any clinically meaningful health benefits, yet encourages parents to choose organic foods to “reduce pesticide exposure”

Genetic Literacy Project
science
EU bureaucrats are finally catching up to the gene editing revolution in food and agriculture
EU bureaucrats are finally catching up to the gene editing revolution in food and agriculture

For decades, "Made in Europe" has been synonymous with a hard-line stance against anything remotely resembling genetic modification. The regulation was formally adopted on June 17, 2026 and will enter into force 20 days after publication in the EU Official Journal. It will become fully applicable approximately mid-2028.

Genetic Literacy Project
science
How air pollution may affect fertility
How air pollution may affect fertility

Air pollution may alter the way genes function in developing sperm, raising new questions about fertility and the health of future children. The study included more than 2,000 men in Salt Lake City, Utah, between 2013 and 2017. Ozone and nitrogen dioxide appeared to have the strongest associations with DNA methylation changes in sperm.

Courthouse News Service
news
Viewpoint: Treat food as medicine
Viewpoint: Treat food as medicine

Diet is one of the three key components to a longer life. New types of health professionals that make nutrition their No. 1 priority and more effective dietary interventions are needed. Insurance companies and government payers should consider reimbursing or heavily discounting healthy food and dietary programs that clearly lead to disease regression.

Genetic Literacy Project
science
Ugandan Coffee Growers Shrug Off Drought Thanks to Regenerative Agriculture
Ugandan Coffee Growers Shrug Off Drought Thanks to Regenerative Agriculture

Regenerative agriculture is a method of farming that helps farmers in the coffee belt of Uganda's Masaka region to combat droughts and erratic rainfall. Global Environment Facility, Nespresso and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature set up demonstration farms to teach Ugandan farmers how to use regenerative farming.

Good News Network
technology
Why worms (and microbes) are catching on as a manure pollution solution
Why worms (and microbes) are catching on as a manure pollution solution

The vermifiltration system was installed on the farm in October 2024. It separates the solids from the water, which the farm composts for cow bedding or fertilizer. The worms and various microbes in the biofilter consume the remaining material. An irrigation system sprinkles the water onto the vermiferation beds.

MIT Technology Review
technology
Fuel on the fire: why oil companies are profiting as the world gets dangerously hot
Fuel on the fire: why oil companies are profiting as the world gets dangerously hot

There is an overwhelming scientific consensus that the more fossil fuels are burned, the hotter the planet will get. Shell, ExxonMobil, Chevron and seven other publicly listed firms aim to increase production by 14% between 2024 and 2030. The current planned expansion is worse than the IEA’s gloomy business-as-usual scenario, which envisages a 5.9% increase in oil and gas production this decade, leading to a catastrophic 2.9C global temperature increase by the end of the century. The movement against fossil fuels, spearheaded by Greta Thunberg, has lost ground as energy companies have backtracked.

The Guardian
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