San Francisco Chronicle Olivia Wu, Chronicle Staff Writer Seafood – the must-have omega-3 source – that we buy and eat can make a difference in the health of the oceans. Exactly what fish we take from the oceans, how much and how it is caught impacts the interconnected chain of ocean life. “We absolutely know… Read more »
American Grassfed Association Rejects New USDA Grassfed Label
Partners with Food Alliance for More Rigorous Standard and Certification Program Denver, CO – The American Grassfed Association (AGA), representing more than 300 grassfed livestock producers, today rejected standards for grassfed claims announced by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), protesting rules that allow confinement of animals and the use of hormones and antibiotics…. Read more »
Food Inspectors Overwhelmed by Workload
Chicago Tribune By Stephen J. Hedges | Washington Bureau WASHINGTON – As alarm bells sounded for the second-largest hamburger recall in history, the nation’s top food safety officials were in Miami setting the “course for the next 100 years of food safety.” The fact that so many U.S. Department of Agriculture executives were in Florida… Read more »
Aurora Dairy Threatens Suit Against Critics
Boulder County Business Report (link no longer available) by Barbara Hey BOULDER – Despite threats of legal action, the vitriol continues between Boulder-based Aurora Organic Dairy and the company’s critics in the organic community – chief among them the Cornucopia Institute, a Wisconsin-based advocacy group. The current conflagration concerns a consent agreement between the U.S. Department… Read more »
Still No Free Lunch
Crops are getting less nutritious and farming methods are partly to blame Boulder, CO – Today’s farmers raise more bushels of corn, pecks of apples, and pounds of broccoli from a given piece of land than they did decades ago. But those crops are often less nutritious, according to a new report released by The… Read more »
This Is Your Brain on Advertising
Neuromarketers use sophisticated brain-imaging technology to test consumer response and help clients fine-tune their strategies BusinessWeek.com by Amber Haq Do you ever get the creepy feeling that advertisers know how to put a lump in your throat, inspire subconscious brand loyalty, or make your mouth water? Just wait: It could get worse. An emerging technique… Read more »
The Wedge Co-op Purchases Gardens of Eagan Organic Farm
Wedge to expand Garden’s community and education outreach, ensure preservation of the Minnesota farm MINNEAPOLIS – The Wedge Co-op, a Minneapolis-based natural and organic food cooperative with more than 13,000 member-owners, today announced its intent to purchase Gardens of Eagan, a celebrated certified organic farm in Farmington, Minn. As part of this purchase, The Wedge… Read more »
Embracing Organics
TRENDS| City of Big Shoulders shows signs of becoming a national player in food movement Chicago Sun Times By Kevin Nance, Critic-at-Large Chicago may be the City of Big Shoulders, but it’s also the City of the Cast-Iron Stomach. The stockyards are gone, but their legacy lingers as a key part of the city’s identity…. Read more »
An Organic Milk War Turns Sour
Now that his dairy company has settled charges that it violated organic food standards, Aurora president Mark Retzloff wants to muzzle foes. Fortune’s Marc Gunther reports. Fortune (this link no longer available) By Marc Gunther, Fortune senior writer (Fortune) — Mark Retzloff, a pioneer of the $16.7 billion organic food industry and president of Aurora Organic… Read more »
Was Target’s Organic Milk Just Regular?
Claims that “organic” milk sold to Target and Wal-Mart was conventional highlight a dispute over dairy-farm practices. Minneapolis Star Tribune By Matt McKinney Ever wonder how Target Corp. could sell its organic milk for dollars less than other stores? Turns out the milk might not have been truly organic after all. Last month, the U.S…. Read more »
