In an email to the TEDx community, the TEDx Director and TED.com Editor identify food science as a “red flag topic,” which is not banned but should be carefully scrutinized, should any speakers propose talks “…including:

• GMO food and anti-GMO foodists
• Food as medicine, especially to treat a specific condition: Autism and ADHD, especially causes of and cures for autism”

The guidelines are intended to exclude (some explicitly so) alchemy, time travel, religious zealots who try to use science to prove the validity of their religious beliefs and practices, and other health hoaxes. None of these topics meet the first “mark of good science” identified in the letter: “It makes claims that can be tested and verified.”

But anti-GMO views can make that claim, and do not belong on this list. There is scientific research that concludes that genetically modified foods have devastating health effects and can lead to cancer. The belief that genetically modified foods are dangerous is quickly becoming mainstream.

And while the belief that raw milk is safe for public consumption is not even close to being accepted by the mainstream, thousands of pro-raw milk anecdotes can be “tested and verified.” Two large European studies that show that children who drink raw milk have less asthma and allergies have proven a need for more scientific research on the issue. It is disappointing that TED, which has produced many talks that have challenged mainstream ways of thinking, would deny its audiences a chance to examine such an important issue relating to food choice.

Read the full letter here:

http://blog.tedx.com/post/37405280671/a-letter-to-the-tedx-community-on-tedx-and-bad-science

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These farmers point out that “common sense and following the data of recent food safety scares lead us to a very strong conclusion: the further the food travels from the farm to consumer, the more opportunities it has to become a food safety problem.” This is why so many consumers are turning to their local farms for organically grown, unprocessed, chemical-free foods. Unfortunately, the FDA’s new food safety laws do not address or protect against the very same pesticides and GMOs that consumers are choosing to avoid.

Furthermore, the proposed food safety guidelines don’t take into account the good bacteria that humans need to build up strong immune systems and, consequently, lean in the interest of large corporations who want to sterilize everything in order to avoid the legal liability of being unable to deliver safe food to consumers. Such sterilization is necessary for large factories with unsanitary conditions, but place an unnecessary and costly burden on smaller farms that are able to stand behind the safety of their products. Even more alarming, if local farms are forced to sterilize and process their naturally grown foods, consumers won’t be left with anything natural to eat.

Read more about the issue here:

http://hartkeisonline.com/2013/08/19/farming-experts-predict-food-safety-laws-will-destroy-local-foods-trend/

The Campaign for Real Milk is a project of the nutrition education non-profit, The Weston A. Price Foundation. Donate to help fund research into the benefits of nutrient dense foods.  http://www.westonaprice.org/lab

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