Iowa Farmer Today by Gene Lucht ODEBOLT — Roger Lansink has no illusions about organic agriculture saving the world. However, he knows the money he makes growing organic crops is no illusion. He also knows when he manned the Iowa Organic Association’s booth at the Iowa State Fair, he couldn’t keep enough brochures on the… Read more »
US Grocers Embrace Local, Organic to Try to Drive Growth in Tough Times
Reports find retailers are feeding customer demand for locally sourced food but remain concerned over energy costs Business Green By Charles Redell, GreenBiz.com As the nation continues to list through the economic doldrums of an all-too-slow recovery, people still need to eat. What they’re choosing to eat and which grocery retailers they’re turning to is… Read more »
Cleveland, Other Cities Could Produce Most of Their Food: Ohio State Study
OHIO AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER by Mauricio Espinoza Ohio State scientist Parwinder Grewal said his study could be applied to other North American cities to assess their potential food self-reliance. * Increased urban food production would add $29-$115 million to Cleveland’s economy annually. WOOSTER, Ohio — Cleveland and other post-industrial North American cities have… Read more »
Economic Analysis Reveals Organic Farming Profitable Long-Term
ScienceDaily Organic farming is known to be environmentally sustainable, but can it be economically sustainable, as well? The answer is yes, according to new research in the Sept.-Oct. issue of Agronomy Journal. In an analysis of 18 years of crop yield and farm management data from a long-term University of Minnesota trial, an organic crop… Read more »
EU Bans GM-Contaminated Honey From General Sale
Bavarian beekeepers forced to declare their honey as genetically modified because of contamination from nearby Monsanto crops The Guardian Leigh Phillips The European Union’s highest court on Tuesday ruled that honey which contains trace amounts of pollen from genetically modified (GM) corn must be labeled as GM produce and undergo full safety authorization before it… Read more »
Monsanto Biotech Corn Not Killing Pests, Research Finds
St. Louis Today BY GEORGINA GUSTIN Scientists sounded the alarm years ago, but now their predictions appear to be an encroaching reality: Monsanto’s biotech corn is showing signs, they say, that it no longer repels the pests it is engineered to kill. Last month, researchers from Iowa State University published a study showing that the… Read more »
Top 4 Farmers’ Markets Chosen
Progressive Grocer The results are in, and the four most popular farmers’ markets in the United States have been identified. “More than 90,000 people from across the country voted for their favorite farmers markets this summer,” said Jane Kirchner, senior director of marketing and communications for American Farmland Trust (AFT), a Washington-based conservation organization dedicated… Read more »
Rochester Post Bulletin ST. PAUL — Things are looking up for Minnesota’s organic farmers, a new report says. The annual report on organic farm performance from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and University of Minnesota said 2010 was “a good year but not a stellar year for these farms. Profits improved but were not outstanding.”… Read more »
Nick’s Organic Farm, Civic Groups, 400 Individuals Pave Way for Lawsuits on Brickyard Rd School Site
Separate Notices of Monetary Claims Filed Nick Maravell www.savenicksorganicfarm.org Potomac, MD—Nick’s Organic Farm, Nick Maravell and his wife Victoria Cowles filed legal notice with Montgomery County this week that the County’s actions pertaining to the Brickyard Road school site caused them injury, a legal step necessary ahead of filing a lawsuit. Citizens groups made a… Read more »
U.S. Researchers Find Roundup Chemical in Water, Air
Reuters By Carey Gillam KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – Significant levels of the world’s most-used herbicide have been detected in air and water samples from two U.S. farm states, government scientists said on Wednesday, in groundbreaking research on the active ingredient in Monsanto Co’s Roundup. “It is out there in significant levels. It is out… Read more »
