San Francisco Chronicle Carolyn Lochhead, Chronicle Washington Bureau Washington – — While the BP oil spill has been labeled the worst environmental catastrophe in recent ...
Gardening should be added to the curriculum because it can improve children’s literacy, numeracy and problem-solving skills, it is claimed. Telegraph.co.uk By Graeme Paton, Education ...
Over the last century, the intensive use of chemical fertilizers has saturated the Earth’s soils and waters with nitrogen. Now scientists are warning that we ...
Sacramento Bee By KIM PALMER, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) MINNEAPOLIS — It was a rainy Saturday – a perfect day for sleeping late or lingering over ...
Why ecological evenness is as important as relative richness. Nature News Daniel Cressey A study suggesting that organic agriculture gives better pest control and larger ...
Des Moines Register Blog post by Philip Brasher Six Democratic senators and 50 House member are urging Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack not to approve the ...
TriCities.com By Mac McLean -Bristol Herald Courier Saltville, VA. — About 250 head of cattle followed Will Clark as he drove an old white pickup ...
Report documents on-the-ground dangers of methyl iodide-type fumigant pesticides Pesticide Action Network SISQUOC, CA — Pesticide Action Network and local community members today released a ...
The Center for Food Safety (The Cornucopia Institute was one of the plaintiffs in the alfalfa legal case brought by the Center for Food Safety. ...
Bloomburg Businessweek By Greg Stohr (Updates with reaction starting in eighth paragraph.) (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Supreme Court, ruling in favor of Monsanto Co., overturned ...
When banks call in farm loans at the first opportunity, it destroys families, communities, and regional economies. Other Words By Lisa Griffith Bruce Drinkman is ...
The Seattle Times By KEVIN MCCULLEN, Tri-City Herald CONNELL, Franklin County — Organic farmer Brad Bailie is a believer in bugs. Strips of blooming plants ...
