Farm and Dairy by Wendee Zadanski Recently, at the farmers market, a woman rushed over to me excitedly, seeking out the vendor with the fresh ...
Oregonlive.com By Amy Goodman What do a half-billion eggs have to do with democracy? The massive recall of salmonella-infected eggs, the largest egg recall in ...
By Tom Willey T & D Willey Farms Those docile black and white Holstein “milk machines” on today’s industrial dairies hardly evoke an image of ...
Alternet Michael Pollan Until very recently, food was invisible as a political issue. Something is stirring. Pollan reviews five books that address the heart of ...
Natural Foods Merchandiser Unsavory practices in meat processing have captured the public spotlight in recent months. The Oscar-nominated documentary Food Inc. stunned audiences across the ...
Editorial Source: Capital Press (link no longer available) In the fabled balcony scene, Juliet asks Romeo to reject his name. “What’s in a name? That ...
By John Kinsman What is the latest taxpayer-subsidized economic stimulus scheme? Why, manure digesters on factory farms, of course! At the U.N. Climate Change Conference ...
The Hill (link no longer available) By Dr. Hans Herren and Dr. Marcia Ishii-Eiteman The Senate is considering a bill that would overhaul the way ...
Rodale Institute By Jim Riddle Despite fundamental differences in what they represent, there are occasional calls to allow the use of genetic engineering (which produces ...
(Sewage sludge is specifically, by federal law, prohibited in certified organic production. In today’s marketplace labeling fertilizer as “ORGANIC,” when it would be banned from ...
John Kinsman What is the latest taxpayer-subsidized economic stimulus scheme? Why, manure digesters on factory farms, of course! At the U.N. Climate Change Conference in ...
The American Meat Institute says zapping meat is the answer for addressing safety concerns. Dave Carter, exectuive director of the National Bison Association isn’t so ...
