A Profile of Eden Foods Striving to eat locally can often hit a wall when we yearn to spice things up a bit, but wasabi, tamari, plum paste and sea vegetables, even grains and flours haven’t exactly made their way into our local production system. Fortunately, one Michigan-based company has been bringing us organic and… Read more »
How Now, Organic Cow?
ALEX PULASKI The Oregonian MONMOUTH — Jon Bansen unleashes a long call into a biting wind, his eyes scanning across rolling green hillsides dotted with bare oaks. For long seconds he has no answer. Then they come: curious Jersey heifers by the dozen, trotting toward him over wet spring grass. It’s a pastoral scene common… Read more »
New Surveys Project Drop in Organic Milk Market …
If Federal Agency Fails to Fix Pasture Standards CONTACT: Urvashi Rangan [CU]; Charles Margulis [CFS] Washington DC–As the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) gets ready to hold a hearing on the issue, national surveys from The Center for Food Safety and Consumers Union (CU) project a significant drop in the organic milk market if… Read more »
Dairy Debate
USDA investigation into local company puts spotlight on fight over organic labeling By Ben Ready The Longmont Daily Times-Call PLATTEVILLE — Officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture are formally investigating a local dairy after receiving complaints last year from a Wisconsin farming activist group made up of organic purists. But as much as the… Read more »
Study Finds More Good Fats in Grass-fed Beef and Pastured Dairy Products
Pasture Production Better for the Environment, Higher in Omega-3 Fatty Acids than Conventional Beef and Milk The Union of Concerned Scientists has released the first comprehensive study that confirms that beef and milk from animals raised entirely on pasture have higher levels than conventionally raised beef and dairy cattle of beneficial fats that may prevent… Read more »
New Studies Back Benefits of Organic Diet
Published on Saturday, March 4, 2006 by the Inter Press Service by Stephen Leahy TORONTO, Canada—Organic foods protect children from the toxins in pesticides, while foods grown using modern, intensive agricultural techniques contain fewer nutrients and minerals than they did 60 years ago, according to two new scientific studies. A U.S. research team from Emory… Read more »
Eco-Farming ‘Helps World’s Poor’
Sustainable farming methods can help the poorest farmers in developing nations out of poverty, new research suggests. By Mark Kinver BBC News science and nature reporter Scientists found that techniques such as crop rotation and organic farming increased crop yields by an average of 79%, without risking future harvests. The study, possibly the largest of… Read more »
Large Players Ramp-up Organic Dairy in Europe
Arla signs organic milk deal with Lidl Dairy group Arla Foods has signed an organic dairy supply deal with discount retailer Lidl, as big food firms increasingly move in on rising consumer demand for organic food. Arla will use some of its 347m kg of organic milk it handles in Denmark to supply private label… Read more »
Mineral Levels in Meat and Milk Plummet Over 60 Years
Study blames the decline on intensive farming Food industry contests comparative methods Felicity Lawrence Thursday February 2, 2006 The Guardian The mineral content of milk and popular meats has fallen significantly in the past 60 years, according to a new analysis of government records of the chemical composition of everyday food. The research looked at… Read more »
A Columnist Backed by Monsanto
Business Week by Eamon Javers Michael Fumento’s failure to disclose payments to him in 1999 from the agribusiness giant has now caused Scripps Howard to sever its ties to him Scripps Howard News Service announced Jan. 13 that it’s severing its business relationship with columnist Michael Fumento, who’s also a senior fellow at the conservative… Read more »
