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April 16, 2012

Organic Farmers Hope for Boost With Rivals’ Labels

KSL Newsradio (Utah) By Stephen Singer, Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Robert Burns, an organic farmer in eastern Connecticut, is candid in describing his ...

April 13, 2012

Dangers Posed By Pesticides During Pregnancy

Huffington Post by Lynn Peeples An expectant mother’s exposure to commonly used pesticides might pose risks to her developing fetus comparable to those long associated ...

April 12, 2012

More Home Apple Growers Consider Going Organic

Ventura County Star (California) (this link no longer available) By Dean Fosdick for AP An apple a day keeps the doctor away, but maybe less ...

April 12, 2012

Why You Should Care That 70% of Antibiotics Go Into Animal Feed

The Washington Post Wonkbook by Ezra Klein I don’t feel like talking about the election today. So let’s talk about something else. On Wednesday, the ...

April 11, 2012

Combating Monsanto

New Report Details Grassroots Resistance to the Corporate Power of Agribusiness A new report from Friends of the Earth International, Combat Monsanto, and La Via ...

April 10, 2012

Pioneering Organic Farmer Publishes Memoir

AgriNews (this link no longer available) By Heather Thorstensen FARMINGTON, Minn. — Atina Diffley wrote her debut memoir about farming in Minnesota to help beginning ...

April 10, 2012

Going Organic: The Development of Organic Farming in Northwest Iowa

For a good part of his life, Dennis McDonald was teaching journalism and English students to write. Now he’s teaching everyone about the benefits of ...

April 6, 2012

Monsanto Threatens to Sue Vermont over GMO Labeling Bill

Organic Consumers Association By Will Allen, Cedar Circle Farm, Vermont, and Ronnie Cummins, Organic Consumers Association The world’s most hated corporation is at it again, ...

April 4, 2012

Why Pasture Eggs Taste Better Than Those From Factory Farms

The Boston Globe By Holly Jennings GRANBY — Few foods manage the double role of unassuming staple and symbolic superstar as well as the egg. ...

April 3, 2012

Why Monsanto Thought Weeds Would Never Defeat Roundup

NPR by Dan Charles Since it seems to be Pest Resistance Week here at The Salt, with stories on weeds and insects, we might as ...

April 2, 2012

Take Steps to Prevent GMO Contamination

Agri-View By Christine McFarland, Editorial Intern Genetically modified crops were introduced to U.S. farmers in 1996 and have been readily accepted by farmers to wide ...

April 2, 2012

10 Things the Food Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know

U.S.News & World Report by Adam Voiland and Angela Haupt Bigger, juicier, saltier, sweeter, crunchier. Most of all, more. The food industry and its nonstop ...