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May 2, 2012

Public Research, Private Gain

Corporate Influence Over University Agriculture Food and Water Watch Since their creation in 1862, land-grant universities have revolutionized American agriculture. These public institutions delivered better ...

May 1, 2012

Exposures to Pesticide in Utero Linked to Brain Abnormalities

San Francisco Chronicle (link no longer available) Nicole Ostrow April 30 (Bloomberg) — Babies exposed in the womb to a commonly used insecticide have brain ...

April 30, 2012

Drawing on the Past for Organic Grains

Scientists are looking to the past as they research methods and varieties for improving the viability of organic grain production for Northwest growers. Western Farm ...

April 30, 2012

Scientists Cry Fowl Over the FDA’s Regulatory Failure

Overuse of antibiotics in factory farming kills thousands every year, yet the industry is force-feeding chickens pharmaceuticals The Guardian (UK) by Richard Schiffman In 2005, ...

April 30, 2012

Hold onto Your Wallets – Organic Industry Checkoff Being Pushed by OTA and an Agribusiness-Friendly Congress

I’m not afraid of the government taking farmer’s money. I’m afraid of the government issuing a license to steal to the corporations that control the ...

April 25, 2012

Mad Cow California: Stop Weaning Calves on Cattle Blood

[As noted in an earlier post, organic farmers are legally prohibited from feeding animal byproducts to livestock. This is the accepted pathway for the prion ...

April 25, 2012

Dow Weed Killer, Nearing Approval, Runs Into Opposition

The New York Times By ANDREW POLLACK To Jody Herr, it was a telltale sign that one of his tomato fields had been poisoned by ...

April 24, 2012

Mad Cow Disease Found in California; USDA Says No Human Threat

[Don’t panic. Go organic! Organic farmers are legally prohibited from feeding animal byproducts to livestock. This is the accepted pathway for the prion disease in ...

April 23, 2012

Coalition Demands Probe on Dow & Monsanto GMOs & Pesticides

Digital Journal By Anne Sewell Farmers and food industry representatives are demanding a probe into the potential outcome of a new genetically modified crop in ...

April 23, 2012

Bacteria Talk, Plants Listen: The Discovery of Plant Immune Receptors, an Interview with Pamela Ronald

Scientific American By Holly Summers A series of graduate student conversations with leading women biologists, at the Women in Science Symposium at Cornell April 2-3. ...

April 20, 2012

Monsanto Bt Crops: Genetically Modified Corn Linked To Soil Ecosystem Threat

International Business Times By Ryan Villarreal Bioengineering agricultural giant Monsanto has touted the safety of genetically modified crops, but a new study has found that ...

April 20, 2012

Organic Cotton Production Dips 35%, New Textile Exchange Report Highlights

PR Web Textile Exchange (TE) launches their sixth Farm & Fiber report giving an update on the organic production worldwide. Lubbock, TX — Momentum to ...