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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 ...

July 8, 2012

Has ‘Organic’ Been Oversized?

NY Times By Stephanie Strom Ann Arbor, MI — Michael J. Potter is one of the last little big men left in organic food. More ...

July 5, 2012

Glyphosate Found in Human Urine

GM Watch According to an article in German in the Ithaca journal, a German university study has found significant concentrations of glyphosate in the urine ...

July 3, 2012

Organic Tomatoes Contain Higher Levels of Antioxidants Than Conventional Tomatoes, Study Suggest

ScienceDaily A study conducted at the University of Barcelona shows that organic tomatoes contain higher levels of phenolic compounds than conventional tomatoes. Phenolic compounds are ...

July 3, 2012

Factory-Fed Fish: How the Soy Industry Is Expanding Into the Sea

Food and Water Watch In 2010, the CEO of the American Soy Association reported that the organization has been closely monitoring progress in the development ...

July 2, 2012

Field Day Looks at Organic Methods for Conventional Fields

Capital Press (this link is no longer available) By Sean Ellis FRUITLAND, Idaho — The message of a field day that highlighted the use of ...

June 28, 2012

GM Soy Linked to Illnesses in Farm Pigs

Institute of Science in Society Danish Farmer Reverses Illnesses in pigs by reverting to a GM-free diet for his animals, which is yet further evidence ...

June 28, 2012

Organic Success Revolves Around Pasture

Family traditions eased transition to organic practices; pasture saves costs Capital Press By STEVE BROWN CURTIS, Wash. — Dairying organically means more than higher milk ...

June 27, 2012

Too Soon? Kashi Launches Certified Organic Cereals Weeks After GMO Backlash

Organic Authority By Jill Ettinger Kellogg’s Kashi cereal division announced the launch of two new certified organic cereals on Tuesday: Simply Maize and Indigo Morning. ...

June 27, 2012

10,000 Germ Species Live In and On Healthy People

Associated Press By Lauran Neergaard WASHINGTON (AP) — They live on your skin, up your nose, in your gut – enough bacteria, fungi and other ...