The Atlantic By Gene Logsdon I half-jokingly suggested about a year ago that animal manure—used livestock, horse, and chicken bedding—was going to be the hottest ...
Daily Monitor By RICHARD MUGISHA It is alarming that the biotechnology industry and the governments that support them are pushing for Genetically Modified (GM) crops ...
Citizen-Times, Asheville Dena Hoff Most Americans view cheap meat as a good thing, but they generally don’t understand who pays the high cost of the ...
Food & Water Watch Analysis Finds Livestock on Factory Farms Grew by 20 Percent in 5 Years Food and Water Watch Washington, D.C. – Food ...
UPDATE! Blomberg Businessweek Mary Clare Jalonick A procedural snafu may hold up action on food safety legislation that passed the Senate Tuesday. The Senate bill ...
Reuters Africa By Gerard Wynn ATHENS (Reuters) – Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore said support for corn-based ethanol in the United States was “not a ...
National Cooperative Grocers Association (link no longer available) Iowa City, Iowa — It may be our last chance to say “beet it” to genetically engineered ...
Conventional, organic farmers both see increasing emphasis on ‘local’ Capital Press (this link no longer available) By STEVE BROWN MARYSVILLE, Wash. — It’s not easy ...
The Wall Street Journal By Bill Tomson WASHINGTON—The Senate failed to vote as planned Thursday on passage of a bill to overhaul the nation’s food-safety ...
Senators came to an agreement to include the Tester-Hagan amendment as part of the food safety bill WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last night, U.S. Senator Kay ...
The Organic Center (this link no longer available) Reproductive health problems on high-production, grain-based dairies lead to fewer and longer lactations, increasing costs and cutting ...
OPB News Guy Hand A just released Zagat survey found that 68 percent of restaurant goers say they prefer locally grown food. Sixty percent of ...
