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July 25, 2012

‘Free-Range Meat and Eggs Better for You’

Farmers Weekly Philip Clarke Meat and eggs from birds reared in higher welfare systems are also better nutritionally, Compassion in World Farming has claimed in ...

July 24, 2012

Obesity, Corn, GMOs

Brattleboro.com Anthony Samsel If you want to avoid obesity, then avoid eating genetically engineered ( GE ) corn, corn based products and animals that are ...

July 23, 2012

Farmers Deal with Tricky Weather

Produce, honey, more take a hit this year Iowa City Press-Citizen By Alesha L. Crews For 40 years, area residents have flocked to the Iowa ...

July 23, 2012

Battle Over Genetically Engineered Food Heading to Voters

California could become the first state to require labels on genetically modified, or GMO, food products. Firms on both sides are gearing up for campaigns. ...

July 20, 2012

A Closer Look at the Nutrient Quality of Grain, Grain-based Products, and the Role of Organic Agriculture

The Organic Center Scientists have known for years that many of the health-promoting nutrients in grain are lost before they reach the table. Consumer preference ...

July 19, 2012

Sowing Seeds for a New Generation of Farmers

The Daily Journal Written by Michele S. Byers Do you know who grows your food? Chances are, it’s a farmer nearing retirement. A U.S. Department ...

July 18, 2012

That Fresh Look, Genetically Buffed

New York Times By Andrew Pollack A small company is trying to bring to market a genetically engineered apple that does not turn brown when ...

July 17, 2012

Why Milk Has Gone Sour: Tasteless, Stripped of Nutrients and Churned Out By ‘Battery Cows’ Who Never See a Blade of Grass

Daily Mail – UK By Graham Harvey On the Reading estate where I grew up in the early 1950s, our milk was from a local ...

July 17, 2012

Stand-off Looms Over U.S. Plans to Cut GMO Crop Oversight

Reuters By Charles Abbott and Carey Gillam Efforts to write benefits for biotech seed companies into U.S. legislation, including the 2013 Farm Bill, are sparking ...

July 13, 2012

5 Surprising Ingredients Allowed in Organic Food

Mother Jones By Tom Philpott Sunday’s New York Times piece on the corporatization of organics (which I commented on here) got me to thinking: What ...

July 13, 2012

Superbugs Found in Chicken Causing Antibiotic-Resistant Bladder Infections Linked to EIGHT MILLION Women

[Note: The use of antibiotics in the production of organic food from organic livestock is expressly prohibited in the U.S.] Daily Mail (UK) By Christine ...

July 10, 2012

Judge Rules Delta Farmer’s Use of Pesticides a Form of Trespassing

Denver Post DELTA, Colo. (AP) – A Colorado judge has ruled that a farmer spraying against mosquitoes needs to prevent the pesticide from drifting into ...