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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. ...

February 14, 2012

Monsanto Guilty of Chemical Poisoning

RT.com A French court ruled that a controversial US biotech company Monsanto is guilty of unintentional chemical poisoning of a French farmer. The verdict sets ...

February 14, 2012

Antibiotic-Resistant MRSA Bacteria Widely Present in Retail Pork, New Study Says

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy By Andrew Ranallo MINNEAPOLIS – New peer-reviewed research published January 19 found methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in pork samples ...

February 10, 2012

How Did 1 Million Hard-Boiled Eggs Get Listeria Contamination?

The Atlantic By Marion Nestle Eggs are boiled and sterile, but contamination must have occurred after they were peeled or while they were sitting in ...

February 10, 2012

Eight Ways Monsanto Fails at Sustainable Agriculture

Union of Concerned Scientists Monsanto Company is the dominant player in commercial genetically engineered (GE) crops, the biggest seed company in the world, and—to hear ...

February 9, 2012

Obama Urged to Cut FDA Ties With Monsanto

Chem World by Rebecca Trager An online movement has erupted urging President Obama to cease ties between the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and ...

February 8, 2012

Report Reveals Huge Benefits of Community Farming Schemes

by ClickGreen staff (UK) An impact assessment of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) in England has found the pioneering farming schemes are providing huge benefits not ...

February 8, 2012

Modified Crops Tap a Wellspring of Protest

The New York Times By JULIA MOSKIN SILENT in flannel shirts and ponytails, farmers from Saskatchewan and South Dakota, Mississippi and Massachusetts lined the walls ...

February 7, 2012

CMD Unveils Documents Detailing Insidious PR Campaign to “Greenwash” Weed-Killer Polluting Drinking Water Across the Country

Syngenta’s PR Team Investigated the Press and Paid “Experts” to Shape the News and Counter Scientific Claims of Potential Endocrine Disruption Center for Media and ...

February 6, 2012

OSGATA v. Monsanto

Will Farmers Receive Justice? New York, New York – It was standing room only as family farmers from around North America filled Federal Court Judge ...