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October 28, 2011

Green City Growers Breaks Ground for Cleveland Greenhouse

Business in Central neighborhood is latest from Evergreen Cooperatives Green City Growers CLEVELAND, OH – Green City Growers today will welcome community members, partners, and ...

October 26, 2011

From a Farm Stand, New and Old Insights

New York Times By CRAIG LEISHER Living in a cabin in the woods with three boys, two cats and a flexible schedule means every day ...

October 21, 2011

FDA Cites Dirty Equipment in Deadly Cantaloupe Outbreak

USA TODAY By Elizabeth Weise Federal health officials say they found listeria throughout the packing facility of the Colorado farm whose cantaloupe have so far ...

October 21, 2011

Appalachian Harvest Looking for More Growers

The Kingsport Times-News Kingsport, TN Appalachian Harvest, a project of Appalachian Sustainable Development (ASD), needs growers for organically-grown fruits, vegetables and herbs. According to ASD ...

October 20, 2011

State Department: Biotech Labeling Would Scare Consumers

The Des Moines Register by Philip Brasher The Obama administration shows no sign of changing the government’s position on labeling of biotech foods despite a ...

October 19, 2011

Jim Gerritsen: Organic Food Champion

by Staff, Utne Reader Jim Gerritsen was chosen as an Utne Reader visionary in 2011. Each year Utne Reader puts forward its selection of world ...

October 11, 2011

Genetically Modified Canola Goes Wild

‘Feral’ plants found growing along roads from North Dakota to Manitoba The Vancouver Sun By Margaret Munro, Postmedia News Genetically modified canola has escaped from ...

October 5, 2011

NOFA Celebrates Four Decades of Organic Farming and Advocacy

Brattleboro Reformer – Brattleboro, VT By HOWARD WEISS-TISMAN WESTMINSTER — About 40 years ago a group of farmers got together, high in a field in ...

September 30, 2011

Rule Change Could Prompt Increase In Organic Hops

CBS News (link no longer available) (AP) TOPPENISH, Wash. — Call it a hops revolution. Northwest farmers have begun planting new varieties of the key ...

September 30, 2011

Market Watch: In Ojai, Hot Chiles and a Warm Story

The chair of Cornucopia’s board Steve Sprinkel is profiled in this story, along with his wife Olivia Chase. Los Angeles Times By David Karp Reporting ...

September 30, 2011

Monsanto Spent $1.7 Million Lobbying Gov’t in 2Q

CNBC WASHINGTON – Monsanto Co. spent $1.71 million in the second quarter to lobby the federal government, according to a disclosure report. That’s much less ...

September 28, 2011

Study Debunks Myths on Organic Farms

The results are in from a 30-year side-by-side trial of conventional and organic farming methods at Pennsylvania’s Rodale Institute. Contrary to conventional wisdom, organic farming ...