More Than 20 Years of Organic Farming Has Reaped Healthy Dividends for Giltner Farmer
Lexington Clipper Herald by Robert Pore, World-Herald News Service GILTNER – More than 20 years ago, Paul Huenefeld knew he was on to something good. Back in the 1980s, Huenefeld decided to convert his five-generation farming operation to an organic operation. And it all had to do with Huenefeld deciding that it wasn’t safe for […]
After 37 Years, Alice Waters Still Searches For a “Slow Food” Life
The Sacramento Bee By Stuart Leavenworth Along with local farmers and foodies of all stripes, I spent part of an afternoon Tuesday in a Yolo County walnut grove with Alice Waters, the chef of Chez Panisse. It was an emotional gathering for Waters and many in the crowd. More than three decades ago, Waters’ drive […]
Many Summer Internships Are Going Organic
New York Times By KIM SEVERSON Erin Axelrod, who graduated from Barnard College last week with an urban studies degree, will not be fighting over the bathroom with her five roommates on the Upper West Side this summer. Instead she will be living in a tent, using an outdoor composting toilet and harvesting vegetables on […]
Video: Hexane contamination of soy protein and soy products
Hexane contamination of soy protein and soy products
Genetically Modified Foods Pose Huge Health Risk
By Institute for Responsible Technology LOS ANGELES — This week, the American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) called on “Physicians to educate their patients, the medical community, and the public to avoid GM (genetically modified) foods when possible and provide educational materials concerning GM foods and health risks.” They called for a moratorium on GM […]
National Organic Standards Board Votes on Soy Lecithin De-Listing
The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), at its recent May meeting, had its first ever opportunity to remove a conventional food ingredient from the “National List.” The National List includes minor food ingredients of which manufacturers may use conventional versions if the organic version is commercially unavailable. Soy lecithin, used in foods such as chocolate, […]
New Report: Many Organic Soy Food Brands Importing Beans From China
We no longer trust these imports to feed our pets They have no place in organics Cornucopia, WI: Tremendous growth in the organic soy foods industry has occurred over the last two decades as consumers seek healthy dietary alternative sources of protein. Many companies touting their “natural” or “organic” soy brands have found favor in […]
May 2009 Newsletter
Inside this issue: Organic Dairy Farmers Fight for Justice — and Their Livelihoods NOSB Votes on Soy Lecithin De-Listing New Organic Farming Funds Available Pasture/Livestock Rule Update and Change @ USDA Farmers Needed for NOSB Positions Raw Almond Fight Update Download the full newsletter Final Draft 5.19.09.
Organic Dairy Farmers Fight for Justice – and Their Livelihoods
Giant Factory Farms Exploiting Federal Regulatory Loopholes CINCINNATI, OHIO: Organic farmers from around the country, and cooperatives and advocacy groups that represent them, converged on southern Ohio over the past two weeks to plead with federal regulators to close loopholes being exploited by a handful of giant factory farms. They argued that these mega-dairies were […]
Small Growers in Short Supply
Local food boom increases demand. Expanding the pool of farmers ‘something that takes time.’ AJC.com By Coleman Wood When Jonathan Tescher began the East Atlanta Village Farmers Market in 2006, he had to start small despite the growing demand for locally grown organic food. The operating budget that first year was a mere $250, half […]
Frito-Lay Pitches Its Lay’s Potato Chips as Locally Made
CORNUCOPIA: Proof positive that the term “local” has true marketing cachet—now stolen by corporate agribusiness=Frito-Lay By Bruce Horovitz, USA TODAY Here’s proof-positive that more shoppers must seriously want to know where their food comes from: Frito-Lay, the world’s biggest snack-food maker, is getting into the locally-made act. On Tuesday, Frito-Lay (PEP) will unveil an unlikely […]
Organic Dairy Manure May Offer High Quality Fertilizer Option
ScienceDaily Dairy cows that produce USDA-certified organic milk also produce manure that may gradually replenish soil nutrients and potentially reduce the flow of agricultural pollutants to nearby water sources, according to findings by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and colleagues. Cows on organic dairy farms generally consume forage feeds cultivated on soils that are fertilized […]
