To view the winners, click here. Real Food Media Project CONTACT: Joanna Dillon, Real Food Media Contest [email protected] 510-281-9023 Haven Bourque, HavenBMedia [email protected] 415-505-3473 REAL FOOD MEDIA PROJECT ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF FIRST-EVER FOOD AND FARMING FILM COMPETITION Revival of Community, Pride in Farming and Respect for Labor at the Heart of Sustainable Food Stories SAN FRANCISCO — March… Read more »
Cornucopia Urges Rejection by USDA of New GMO 2,4-D Crops
[This comment period is over] Docket No. APHIS–2013–0042 Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD APHIS, Station 3A–03.8 4700 River Road Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737–1238 March 5, 2014 The Cornucopia Institute is a 501(c)(3) public interest organization engaged in farm and food policy research and education. We are proud to represent approximately 10,000 members, who support… Read more »
Beekeepers Call on State to Suspend Corn Seed Pesticides Said to Kill Bees
MPR News by Elizabeth Dunbar A group of Minnesota beekeepers on Wednesday asked state agriculture officials to suspend the use of corn seeds treated with certain pesticides. The petition signed by 40 beekeepers blames neonicotinoid pesticides for killing honeybees. Currently, Minnesota farmers only have access to seeds treated with neonicotinoid pesticides, but central Minnesota beekeeper Steve… Read more »
Why the ‘Non-GMO’ Label is Organic’s Frenemy
The Salt on NPR by Dan Charles It’s easy to think of “organic” and “non-GMO” as the best buddies of food. They sit comfortably beside each other in the same grocery stores — most prominently, in Whole Foods Market. Culturally, they also seem to occupy the same space. Both reject aspects of mainstream industrial agriculture…. Read more »
Survey Shows Organic Farmers Pay the Price for GMO Contamination
EcoNews by EcoWatch The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will finalize its comment period this week on the feasibility of genetically modified organisms (GMO) and non-GMO crops to coexist. Today, to highlight prevalent problems that already exist, Food & Water Watch in partnership with theOrganic Farmers’ Agency for Relationship Marketing (OFARM) released survey results showing contamination from GMO crops and how… Read more »
The Dust Bowl Returns
The New York Times by Blain Roberts and Ethan J. Kytle FRESNO, Calif. — EVERY Saturday in late December and January, as reports of brutal temperatures and historic snowfalls streamed in from family in Vermont, New York and even southern Louisiana, we made weekly pilgrimages to our local beer garden to enjoy craft brews and… Read more »
Roundup Weedkiller Found In 75% of Air and Rain Samples, Gov. Study Finds
GreenMedInfo by Sayer Ji The GM farming system has made exposure to Roundup herbicide a daily fact of our existence, and according to the latest US Geological Survey study its probably in the air you are breathing… A new study from the U.S. Geological Survey, accepted for publication online ahead of print in the journal Enviromental… Read more »
Huge Snack and Cereal Food Manufacturers Offer Dietitians Continuing Education
Examiner.com Marketing chips and other processed snack foods, sodas, and sugary GMO cereals to registered dietitians is part of big business. Registered dietitians have to keep taking continuing education courses to keep their licenses. So who’s offering a lot of the required continuing education seminars? It’s not organic produce farmers. It’s the largest food manufacturers…. Read more »
