The Ecologist by Arya Tajdin Used clothing imported in bales harms the local cotton and textile industry. Image source: Judy and Ed The idea that GMO cotton offers hope to Africa’s impoverished cotton farmers is facile and fraudulent, writes Arya Tajdin. In fact it only adds to their vulnerability. Their...
National Organic Coalition Source: Pictures of Money Certified Farmers And Handlers in the United States and some Territories are eligible for 75% of direct certification costs (maximum $750) for each scope. This program is available for certified entities EACH YEAR. You must apply for a refund every year. There is...
FDA Facilities Rule Contains Significant Improvements, but Concerns Remain Regarding Impacts on Farmers National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition Source: Elliot Gilfix Washington, DC, September 11, 2015 – On September 10, 2015, FDA released the much-anticipated final rule detailing preventive control standards for facilities producing food for human consumption. Once officially...
The Organic Trade Association (OTA), the industry’s lobby group, has launched a campaign they call “Organic Myth-Busting Month.” The majority of what they are communicating seems pretty accurate in portraying the advantages of choosing an organic diet. However, two of their social media subjects are a direct damage control...
EarthJustice Victory: 9th Circuit rejects approval of Dow Chemical’s sulfoxaflor Source: Julie Falk On September 10, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected US EPA’s approval of the neonicotinoid insecticide “sulfoxaflor.” The Court concluded that EPA violated federal law when it approved sulfoxaflor without reliable studies regarding the impact that...
Independent Journal by Hunter Schwarz Reps. Jared Polis, CO & Thomas Massie, KY Two members of Congress ate illegal food Friday and got away with it. Reps. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) ate their meal Friday at Jezebel’s, a Denver restaurant. The reason they aren’t under criminal...
NOTE: The water in the video below is being used to irrigate conventional and organic crops. Heavy metals and other contaminants can be taken up and accumulated in many plants. Cornucopia is petitioning the USDA to disallow this practice in organics. YouTube by Scott Smith, Water Defense Scott Smith, Chief Scientist...
NOTE: The article below is in response to this New York Times article. The Ecologist by Dr. Jonathan Latham This one goes all the way to the top: Prof. Nina Fedoroff of Penn State, President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, shown with President G W Bush. Source:...
Maria’s Farm Country Kitchen by Lisa Bunin, PhD, Organic Policy Director, Center for Food Safety Lisa Bunin, PhD Sure, I eat organic food because I think it’s healthier for me than food grown with synthetic, toxic agrochemicals or food that’s been genetically engineered or injected with growth hormones. But equally...
The Guardian by Christopher Pala Source: Alexis Baden-Mayer Local doctors are in the eye of a storm swirling for the past three years over whether corn that’s been genetically modified to resist pesticides is a source of prosperity, as companies claim, or of birth defects and illnesses Pediatrician Carla...
FoodTank by Timothy Wise Source: BASF As the vitriol intensifies in what passes for debate over the safety of genetically modified foods, scientific inquiry, thankfully, continues. A Tufts researcher, Sheldon Krimsky, recently published his assessment of the last seven years of peer-reviewed evidence, finding 26 studies that “reported adverse effects or uncertainties...
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