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December 15, 2014

The Wheels of Local Government Get Very Slippery, Especially with Manure Spills

[Editor’s Note: Massive manure spills and their impact, such as described below, are happening all over the country. This particular account comes from Wisconsin.] By ...

November 13, 2014

How a National Food Policy Could Save Millions of American Lives

Washington Post by Mark Bittman, Michael Pollan, Ricardo Salvador and Olivier De Schutter Source: Charlie Barker Mark Bittman, an opinion columnist and food writer for ...

October 24, 2014

EPA Approves Enlist Duo®, Opens Gate to New Wave of GE Woes

Beyond Pesticides Despite a massive outpouring of public opposition, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced yesterday that it has registered Enlist Duo®, officially putting ...

October 22, 2014

Why I’m Voting Yes on 105 to Label GMO Foods

Dining Out by Bradford Heap | Chef and Owner, Colterra, Niwot, CO; and SALT, Boulder, CO Source: Martin Cathrae As a Coloradan, chef, and restaurateur ...

October 16, 2014

No No Nano: Macro-Objections to Micro-Machinations of Industrial Processed Food

The Call of the Land by Steven McFadden “To be interested in food but not in food production is clearly absurd.” – Wendell Berry Steven ...

October 15, 2014

Beef Checkoff ‘Bridge to Nowhere’ Is Better Left Behind

NOTE: The organic farming community is facing a full-court-press by the powerful industry lobby group, the Organic Trade Association. They want to pass a “checkoff” ...

October 1, 2014

The Biggest Manure Spill in Door County History

When Something Fails, Try More of the Same! by John Bobbe My wife and I have lived on the Door Peninsula in the same neighborhood ...

August 4, 2014

Demise of the National Organic Standards Board?

Montana Organic Association by Barry Flamm, Former Chair of the National Organic Standards Board, Board Member of The Cornucopia Institute and MOA Lifetime Member The ...

August 1, 2014

The F.D.A.’s Blatant Failure on Food

New York Times By Ruth Reichl EVERY year, antibiotic-resistant infections kill at least 23,000 Americans and make another two million sick, according to the Centers ...

July 18, 2014

Don’t Repeat Mistakes That Led to Superweeds

The Des Moines Register by Neil D. Hamilton Palmer Amaranth Credit: USDA The Des Moines Register deserves a hearty thank you for Donnelle Eller’s eye-opening ...

July 18, 2014

The Future of Farming Is A Gift From Our Past: Celebrating 90 Years of Biodynamic® Agriculture

Demeter Association, Inc. by Erin Sojourner Agostinelli Ninety years ago this year, Rudolf Steiner addressed a group of farmers at a European farmhouse located in ...

July 10, 2014

California Stung by Lawsuit to Protect Bees

Pesticide Action Network North America by Paul Towers Blue Orchard Bee Credit: USDA They’re in our garden plants, sprayed on orchards throughout the state, and ...