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June 3, 2011

Young Organic Farmer Fighting Rebuke of Chatham Twp. Law

Green Village neighbors polarized on right of family to grow, sell local produce Daily Record by Aaron Morrison CHATHAM TWP. — Twenty-four-year-old organic farmer Mike ...

June 3, 2011

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION EMBRACES GE CROPS ON WILDLIFE REFUGES — Plans Issued to Green-Light Genetically Engineered Agriculture on Scores of Refuges

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility February 14, 2011 – Washington, DC — The Obama administration has endorsed genetically engineered agriculture on more than 50 National ...

June 2, 2011

Guatemala Pays High Price for Global Food System Failings

Despite being a leading agroexporter, half the country’s population of 14 million live in extreme poverty Guardian.co.uk by Felicity Lawrence Domingo Tamupsis works as a ...

June 2, 2011

Organic Farming More Popular In Ore., NW Schools

Organic Food News Today By STEVE BROWN, The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. – Organic studies haven’t traditionally been offered at land-grant universities, but these aren’t ...

May 31, 2011

Putting Dairy Cows Out to Pasture: An Environmental Plus

USDA, Agricultural Research Service Every year, a hefty dairy cow tucked away in a snug barn produces more than 20,000 pounds of milk, along with ...

May 27, 2011

Cans Bring BPA to Dinner, FDA Confirms

The vast majority of tested U.S. canned goods were tainted Science News By Janet Raloff Federal chemists have confirmed what everyone had expected: that if ...

May 26, 2011

Cash Crops Under Glass and Up on the Roof

The New York Times Guy Calaf When Lufa Farms began selling produce to customers in Montreal in late April, it signaled what could be the ...

May 21, 2011

Meat Glue Turns Scraps into Prime Cuts of Meat

International Business Times by Kelsey Murray When I go to the grocery store and buy steak, I assume that what I’m buying is a prime ...

May 21, 2011

Henning Combines Political Savvy With Her Love of the Land

Des Moines Register (link no longer available) Written by DAN PILLER Cooper, Ia. – When Chris Henning left Des Moines and a 17-year career with ...

May 20, 2011

The New Geopolitics of Food

From the Middle East to Madagascar, high prices are spawning land grabs and ousting dictators. Welcome to the 21st-century food wars. Foreign Policy BY LESTER ...

May 17, 2011

Fields of Watermelon Burst in China Farm Fiasco

Associated Press By ALEXA OLESEN BEIJING (AP) — Watermelons have been bursting by the score in eastern China after farmers gave them overdoses of growth ...

May 14, 2011

Genetically Modified Crops in the Food Supply: The Threat to Your Health

Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund by Judith McGeary, Esq. The case against genetically modified (GM) crops has been growing for years. While there are no long-term ...