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February 11, 2015

What Nobody Told Me About Small Farming: I Can’t Make a Living

People say we’re “rich in other ways,” but that doesn’t fix the ugly fact that most farms are unsustainable Salon by Jaclyn Moyer Source: Jay ...

February 11, 2015

Our Responsibilities to the Animals We Eat

The Call of the Land by Steven McFadden Source: Socially Responsible Agricultural Project Each year more than nine billion animals go to slaughterhouses in the ...

February 9, 2015

Farming Science, Without the Conscience

The New York Times by the Editorial Board Source: Aurel You don’t have to be a vegan to be repulsed by an account in The ...

February 4, 2015

Take Paradise, Put up an Animal Feedlot

Manure Sprayed on Fields Source: Socially Responsible Agricultural Project CAFOs. Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations. Sometimes people say Confined Animal Feeding Operations. Here in northeastern Wisconsin, ...

January 28, 2015

Chicken Industry Acts More Like Ostriches

Food Safety News by Leah Garces Source: Socially Responsible Agricultural Project Last month, something unprecedented happened that rocked the chicken industry’s world. Perdue contract farmer ...

January 21, 2015

How Regenerative Organic Agriculture Can Save the Planet

EcoWatch by John W. Roulac John W. Roulac [Editor’s note: This article is part two of a two-part series. Read part one.] We now know ...

January 20, 2015

Industrial Poultry and Dairy Operations Slide Under Organic Regulations

Center for Rural Affairs by John Crabtree Aurora Dairy in Dublin, TX Federal organic regulations require that organic poultry and livestock be provided regular access ...

January 13, 2015

U.S Organic Dairy Politics: Animals, Pasture, People and Agribusiness

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan– a division of St. Martin’s Press (in the US) A review by James Goodman Bruce Scholten’s in-depth and thoughtful analysis of U.S. ...

January 9, 2015

Can GMOs Save the World?

Aljazeera America by Anna Lappé Source: Peter Blanchard In October in Istanbul, farmers, agricultural researchers and advocates from around the world gathered for the Organic ...

January 6, 2015

Better Dying Through GMOs

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December 25, 2014

Actually, Raising Beef Is Good for the Planet

Despite environmentalists’ worries, cattle don’t guzzle water or cause hunger—and can help fight climate change Wall Street Journal by Nicolette Hahn Niman Source: AgriLife Today ...

December 23, 2014

Scientists Need to Rethink Their Beliefs About GMOs

Francis Thicke is a Cornucopia member and Policy Advisor. Des Moines Register by John Ikerd, Fred Kirschenmann and Francis Thicke Francis Thicke Belief systems and ...