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March 10, 2012

Farmers Face Tough Choice On Ways To Fight New Strains Of Weeds

NPR by Dan Charles Listen to the audio story. OK, so this story is about weeds and weedkillers, neither of which is ever the hero ...

March 8, 2012

New Mexico State University Corn Researcher Developing Improved Varieties for Organic Farmers

Soyatech Jay Rodman Targeted News Service — LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Richard Pratt is standing in a field at New Mexico State University’s Leyendecker Plant ...

March 5, 2012

Monsanto Is a Lobbying Powerhouse

Food Safety News by Dan Flynn Monsanto was not on mailing list used by U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter to ask food businesses about their policies ...

March 4, 2012

USDA Reports Shifts in Land Use

Nation’s cropland is becoming more concentrated in five Midwestern states. Farm Futures Compiled by staff A report from USDA’s Agriculture Economic Research Service confirms that ...

March 2, 2012

Vegetables As a Way of Life

The Esalen Institute is known for personal growth and social change. Its Farm and Garden advances those goals through connection to food and the soil. ...

March 2, 2012

Iowa Approves Nation’s First ‘Ag-Gag’ Law

Food Safety News by Dan Flynn Four years ago, undercover video recorded workers on forklifts forcing “downer” cows into slaughter at the Hallmark and Westland ...

February 29, 2012

‘Pig MRSA’ Came From Humans, Evolved Via Farm Drugs

Wired By Maryn McKenna In the summer of 2004, a 6-month-old girl who lived in the southeastern part of the Netherlands — prime, intensive hog-farming ...

February 21, 2012

Great EGGspectations

Flavor Magazine (this link no longer available) by Adrienne Wichard-Edds Nine years ago, after the birth of my first son meant that I was responsible ...

February 20, 2012

Would You Eat a Burger Grown in a Laboratory?

A Dutch scientist has created ‘meat’ from stem cells – and wants Heston Blumenthal to cook the first batch. Steve Connor reports on the ultimate ...

February 17, 2012

Genetically Engineered Maize: New Indication of Health Risks

Test Biotech Caen/ Munich Insecticidal Bt toxins such as those produced in genetically engineered plants can be detrimental to human cells. This is a result ...

February 17, 2012

John Vollmer Farms in Big Way on Small Acreage

Southeast Farm Press by Roy Roberson Coming over from the dark side may be a bit of a dramatization as to how North Carolina grower ...

February 17, 2012

With No Labeling, Few Realize They Are Eating Genetically Modified Foods

Some consumers are concerned that such foods may pose health risks and say manufacturers should be required to identify them for consumers The Chicago Tribune ...