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Category: True or Not

  • 09/25/2017

    True or Not:

    Are Farmers Using More Pesticides?

    Pesticides are widely used in producing food to control pests such as insects, weeds, bacteria, mold and fungus. Are the...

    True or Not

  • 11/07/2013

    True or Not:

    “When a company funds research, the results are biased.”

    We oftentimes get questions about the funding source of research cited, or whether the researchers within Universities are...

    True or Not

  • 11/06/2013

    True or Not:

    “Large farms are bad for the environment.”

    The Skinny Manure from farm animals when used as fertilizer improves soil and increases crop yields. It can become a pollutant...

    True or Not

  • 11/06/2013

    True or Not:

    “High fructose corn syrup is a major cause of obesity in the United States.”

    The Skinny An abundance of confusion has complicated the use of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) since it was introduced as...

    True or Not

  • 11/03/2013

    Food:

    “We will experience a bacon shortage in 2013.”

    When the National Pig Association of the United Kingdom sent out a press release warning of a worldwide pork and bacon shortages...

    Food

  • 11/02/2013

    True or Not:

    “Elimination of farm subsidies will reduce obesity and associated health problems.”

    Many advocates argue that U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) policies that establish farm prices for crops, provide subsidies...

    True or Not

  • 10/29/2013

    True or Not:

    “Small farms and increased consumer purchases of locally-produced food products are better for the future of American agriculture and the environment.”

    Many consumers are nostalgic for the bucolic scenes associated with the small farms of generations past and have embraced...

    True or Not

  • 10/28/2013

    True or Not:

    “Many U.S. farmers would not be able to make a living raising corn and other high-acreage field crops without government subsidies.”

    Like all businesses, farming is subject to the prevailing market forces that dictate whether production is expanded or contracted...

    True or Not

  • 10/27/2013

    True or Not:

    “Food grown and produced in the U.S. is as safe or safer than food grown outside the U.S.”

    True or Not? “Food grown and produced in the U.S. is as safe or safer than food grown outside the U.S.” Image:...

    True or Not

  • 10/26/2013

    True or Not:

    “Meat from grass-fed cattle is safer than meat from cattle that are fed corn.”

    Even corn-fed beef cattle spend most of their lives eating grass. High-corn diets are only fed in the final finishing phase...

    True or Not

  • 10/24/2013

    True or Not:

    “Contract production put farmers at an economic disadvantage and harms farming communities.”

    Like other business owners, farmers have different skills, expertise, financial positions, and appetites for risk. Reducing...

    True or Not

  • 10/23/2013

    True or Not:

    True or Not: Organic food is better for your health than non-organic food.

    The Skinny For the average American consumer, the term “organic” has a positive connotation and the beneficial...

    True or Not

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