Farmers and Seed Producers Launch Preemptive Strike against Monsanto
Lawsuit Filed To Protect Themselves from Unfair Patent Enforcement on Genetically Modified Seed Action Would Prohibit Biotechnology Giant from Suing Organic Farmers and Seed Growers If Innocently Contaminated by Roundup Ready Genes NEW York: On behalf of 60 family farmers, seed businesses and organic agricultural organizations, the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) filed suit today against […]
Two North Carolina Grocers Split on Organic Approach
Harris Teeter Accused of “Selling-Out” Values of Movement DURHAM, NC: North Carolina has been a hotbed of the organic farming movement since it started to achieve commercial success in the 1980s. Now that the industry has grown to almost $28 billion of annual sales, it’s fitting that the state is in the center of a […]
Industry Watchdog “Dumbfounded” by USDA’s Failure to Enforce Organic Law
USDA Continues Bush-era Policy of Allowing Unapproved Synthetic Additives March 21, 2011 For Immediate Release Contact: Mark Kastel, 608-625-2000 Charlotte Vallaeys, 978-369-6409 Cornucopia, WI—The Cornucopia Institute, one of the nation’s leading organic industry watchdogs, condemned the position of the United States Department of Agriculture that it will allow products containing unapproved synthetic additives to be […]
(ALERT OVER) Keep Questionable Synthetic Additives Out of Organics!
Protect Babies’ and Children’s Health March 21, 2011 In conventional foods, the government allows the use of toxic pesticides, genetically engineered crops, and novel synthetic additives that have not been tested for safety. As organic consumers, we say: “No thanks, we’d rather not be part of this huge uncontrolled experiment!” Organic foods offer an alternative, […]
Farmers and Consumer Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Genetically Engineered Alfalfa Approval
“Roundup Ready” Alfalfa Will Increase Pesticide Use and Cause Grave Harm to Environment and Organic Industry USDA Failures Guarantee Transgenic Contamination, Creation of More Superweeds Contact: George Kimbrell, Center for Food Safety: (571) 527-8618 Paul Achitoff, Earthjustice: (808) 599-2436 Mark A. Kastel, Cornucopia: (farming/organic questions) (608)-625-2000 San Francisco, CA – Today, attorneys for the Center […]
Vermonters Protest Government Ban of Butter Making Classes
Citizens Shake their Cream into Butter at the State Legislature Food Politics by Guest Blogger, Jessica Bernier, Vermont Coalition for Food Sovereignty Our Butter Appreciation day at the Vermont statehouse was great! Our purpose was to openly challenge the Vermont Agency of Agriculture’s interpretation of Act 62 (the Unpasteurized Milk Law) by conducting butter making […]
Francis Thicke and Iowa’s Raw Milk Bill
Blog for Iowa by Paul Deaton Where can legislators across the political spectrum find common ground? It turns out on House File 394, the raw milk bill, which would “allow certain milk and products using milk to be transferred directly by operators of dairy farms.” In Iowa it is illegal for a farmer to sell […]
New Food Dollar Reveals Farmers’ Small Share
Agriculture.com Cheryl Tevis The American farmers’ share of the food dollar is shrinking. A recently released report by USDA states that only 11.6% of every dollar spent on food goes to the farmer.
A New Generation of Farmers – Young, Educated, Energetic
GoodFood World Staff When you were 5, what did you want to be when you grew up? A fireman, a ballet dancer, a doctor? Maybe even a farmer? Over the last several generations, somewhere between the ages 5 and 15, farmer fell off the list of careers for most Americans. In 1937, there were more […]
Organic Chickens Have Lower Incidence of Salmonella
Scientists at the University of Georgia’s Center for Food Safety have published a paper comparing the incidence of Salmonella in organic chickens compared to conventional chickens raised by the same company in the same area. The team also analyzed the antibiotic-resistance status of 70 of the Salmonella isolates. Their findings were remarkable:
The Dry Garden: Teaching Kids How to Grow Food the Farmscape Way
L.A. Times by Emily Green Most people, save Atlantic magazine’s resident contrarian Caitlin Flanagan, agree that school gardens are a good thing. They encourage experimentation, critical thinking and healthful eating. Done right, they raise parental participation in schools. At their best, they’re as cute as a third-grader grubbing for worms. Too often, however, teachers are defeated […]
Long Island Organic Farmers Promote LI Small Farm Summit
LongIslandPress.com By Missy Yates In an unprecedented partnership that demonstrates the growing power of Long Island’s local food movement, three organizations representing the diversity of the local food movement – Slow Food Huntington, Sustainable Long Island and the Long Island Chapter of the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York (NOFA-NY) – have united to launch […]
