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July 10, 2014

Why Monsanto Will Never Rule the Food World

The Three-Prong Movement That’s Stopping the Beast in Its Tracks Nutiva by John W. Roulac [Originally published in Green Money Journal] John Roulac, Nutiva The ...

July 9, 2014

Confused by the Oregonian’s GMO Confusion

Blue Oregon by Rick North That didn’t take long. Three days after GMO labeling supporters turned in over 155,000 signatures to put their initiative on ...

June 6, 2014

Hypocrisy and Choice

In this morning’s headlines several prominent agriculture groups spoke out against a state-initiated food labeling plan (without specifically referencing GMO’s). They claimed that “only FDA” ...

May 30, 2014

Kids and …

The New York Times By Mark Bittman 1. Lunch Credit: Beau Wade Allow me this generalization: Healthy food initiatives threaten profits and are therefore fought ...

May 28, 2014

Why Does the Food Industry Carry Monsanto’s Dirty Water?

Prevention by Robyn O’Brien Monsanto just might be the most contentious company on the planet. If you read their PR, you’d think they were here ...

May 27, 2014

Should Cities Be Banning Herbicides & Pesticides & Going Organic?

Sustainable Cities Collective by David Thorpe Parks and city green spaces and school grounds are safe, pleasant and healthy places, right? Perhaps not, if they ...

May 23, 2014

A Response to The Wall Street Journal article: “Organic Farming Is Not Sustainable”

Linley Dixon, PhD Cornucopia Farm Policy Analyst The Wall Street Journal opinion piece “Organic Farming Is Not Sustainable” published May 15, 2014 by Dr. Henry ...

May 22, 2014

Mr. Orwell Would Be Proud: Animal Farm Becomes Certified Organic

Update: We want to be clear about the discussion in the commentary below regarding the certifier OCIA and the letter sent to the USDA by ...

May 19, 2014

Another Reason to Eat Organic – Decrease Pesticide Exposure by 90%

LivingMaxwell by Max Goldberg Credit: USDA Here are a few things that we know. 1) In its pioneering testing several years ago, the Environmental Working ...

May 14, 2014

An Inconvenient Truth About Our Food

New York Times by Mark Bittman “Fed Up” is probably the most important movie to be made since “An Inconvenient Truth,” to which it’s related ...

April 14, 2014

‘Made In Rural America’ But Not For Americans

Honey Colony by Brett Barth, Buzzworthy Blogs Credit: NRCS The steady creep of prices at your grocery checkout might have you wondering about frosts and ...

April 8, 2014

Why Congress Should Care About the Beepocalypse

Roll Call by Rep. John Conyers Jr. and Michael Shank Credit: Devcore This year, food security is set to suffer another big setback, and the ...