CBC News by Andre Mayer, Eric Foss and Manmeet Ahluwalia ‘We’ve become very disconnected from nature,’ says one expert, and urban farming offers a solution Rooftop gardens have become an increasingly common feature in North American cities, as urban planners extol the benefits of more greenery in the concrete jungle....
Business Insider by Aalana Mann Source: UGA College of Ag & Environmental Sciences Calls for food democracy, which date back to the sustainable agriculture movement of the 1980s, have become more common with the increasing concentration of power in the global industrial food regime. The current regime is inherently undemocratic....
The New York Times by The Editorial Board Source: Orin Zebest While most Americans enjoy eating meat, it is hard to stomach the often sadistic treatment of factory-farmed cows, pigs and chickens. Farm operators know this, and they go to great lengths to hide these gruesome images from the...
NPR – The Salt by Dan Charles Source: Don Harder In the coming months, a few shoppers will encounter a new and unfamiliar phrase when looking at packages of pork: “Produced without the use of ractopamine.” It’s the brainchild of David Maren, founder of Tendergrass Farms, which sells pork...
Between the Lines Source: Brookhaven National Laboratory MP3 Interview with Jaydee Hanson, policy director with the International Center for Technology Assessment, conducted by Scott Harris The International Center for Technology Assessment and the Center for Food Safety filed a joint lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on July...
The Community Word by Clare Howard Source: Chauncey Davis After 40 years of farming in rural Princeton, Dan Schafer is between a rock and a hard place, grappling with a problem that could threaten his livelihood and the safety of the public food supply. He told his long-time buyer...
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy Source: Glenn Simmons Farmers are no different from any buyer – they want to know what they’re buying, how much it costs and its expected performance. But in the brave new world of agricultural seeds, where multiple traits and technology are stacked like Microsoft’s...
Reuters by Sruthi Ramakrishnan Source: Tom Hill Kellogg Co’s Corn Flakes and Rice Krispies are set to turn all-natural soon. The 109-year old company, whose cereals have been a popular breakfast choice for decades, said on Tuesday it was aiming to stop using artificial colors and flavors in its...
The Salt – NPR by Dan Charles Source: Martin LaBar Nearly every plant that we now depend on for food — from wheat to beans to tomatoes — comes from ancestors that once grew wild on hills and in forests. In most cases, we don’t know who, exactly, tamed...
The Scottish Government Contact: Catherine Brown Scotland to protect clean, green status and prohibit GM crops. Growing genetically modified (GM) crops will not be permitted in Scotland, Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead has announced as he moved to protect Scotland’s clean, green status. Mr Lochhead has confirmed that the...
The Washington Post by Roberto A. Ferdman Source: t-mizo Pursuing the unsettling question of how many cows are actually in a hamburger. The last time I ate a hamburger, the meat didn’t taste as good. That’s because rattling around in my head was a fact that should have been obvious...
MPR News by Dan Gunderson Source: Brian Robert Marshall A new study says insect diversity in farm fields in our region can reduce the need for pesticides. Pesticides are widely used on corn and bean fields in the region and are often blamed for declines in valuable insects. The...
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