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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 ...

February 16, 2012

Organic Milk Low as Demand Up and Farmers Struggle

By MICHAEL HILL, Associated Press WESTVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — “Got milk?” is getting to be a difficult question when it comes to organic. Because even ...

February 15, 2012

The Way Food Should Be

The Wire (this link no longer available) by Matt Kanner Mainers are leading a national push to restore family farming It was 20 degrees below ...

February 15, 2012

Organic Farming Improves Pollination Success in Strawberries

Science Codex Organic farms produce strawberries with fewer malformations and a higher proportion of fully pollinated berries relative to conventional forms, according to a Feb. ...