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September 21, 2017

Sugar Maples, a Proverbial Canary in the Changing Climate

Cornucopia’s Take: As our climate changes, many species are disappearing from their native habitat, and sugar maples are one that is in danger. Sap farmers ...

July 1, 2015

Down on the Farm with Tom Willey

July 3, 2015 at 5 p.m. KFCF, 88.1 FM: Listen live here We must consider it a scientific fact that you are what you eat. ...

May 4, 2015

Study Puts a Price on the Help that Nature Provides Agriculture

Washington State University News by Sylvia Kantor, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences Source: Fair Share Farm in Kearney, MO PULLMAN, Wash. – ...

March 31, 2014

How “Extreme Levels” of Roundup in Food Became the Industry Norm

Independent Science News by Thomas Bøhn and Marek Cuhra Soybeans Credit: USDA NRCS Food and feed quality are crucial to human and animal health. Quality ...

January 15, 2014

Pollution Rising, Chinese Fear for Soil and Food

The New York Times by Edward Wong CHENJIAWAN, China — The farm-to-table process in China starts in villages like this one in the agricultural heartland. ...

January 13, 2014

Daunting Calculus for Maine Shrimpers as Entire Season Is Lost

The New York Times by Jess Bidgood Northern Shrimp Catch in 2008 Credit: NOAA FishWatch PORT CLYDE, Me. — Shrimping in the Gulf of Maine ...

December 18, 2013

Big Organic Cries “Foul!” in Wake of Weekly Story on Earthbound Sale to WhiteWave.

Monterey County Weekly By Mark C. Anderson First born-in-Carmel Valley mom-and-pop Earthbound Farm sold to WhiteWave for $600 million. That was last Monday. I promptly ...

November 14, 2013

Gene-Altered Food Fight Rages On as Oregon Takes Lead

Bloomberg.com By Alison Vekshin The battle over genetically modified food labeling that’s drawn almost $85 million in campaign donations in little more than a year ...

October 25, 2013

Los Angeles May Become Largest GMO-Free Area in the US

RT.com Los Angeles is considering a ban on the cultivation, sale and distribution of genetically modified organisms, which would make the city the largest GMO-free ...

July 19, 2013

Combining Education and Agriculture

The Westerly Sun (RI) By Leslie Rovetti/ Sun Staff Writer CHARLESTOWN — On West Beach Road, a local organic farmer, Maxson Hence of Westerly, has ...

February 23, 2013

NOTICE: USDA Keeps Organic Stakeholders in the Dark — Incompetence or Corruption?

Dear organic advocates, The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), the governing board created by Congress that serves as a protective buffer and reviews all synthetic ...

January 18, 2013

As Drought Persists, Many Scramble to Save Every Drop of Water

Reuters By Carey Gillam (Reuters) – The drought that crippled many communities across the nation last year shows little sign of retreating, and the threat ...