ABC News by Maria Cheng Source: Chafer Machinery One of the world’s most popular weed-killers — and the most widely used kind in the U.S. — has been labeled a probable carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. The decision was made by IARC, the France-based cancer...
The New York Times by Douglas W. Tallamy In Your Garden, Choose Plants That Help the Environment Source: Julie Falk OXFORD, Pa. — I grew up thinking little of plants. I was interested in snakes and turtles, then insects and, eventually, birds. Now I like plants. But I still...
Soil Association by Tom Hunt Source: Roman Petruniak With a little shopping knowhow we can all buy more organic produce – here are 10 ways to eat organic on a budget. 1. Grow your own You don’t need a garden and it takes little effort to grow a few pots of...
Beyond Pesticides Contact: Jay Feldman [email protected] 202-543-5450 www.beyondpesticides.org Marijuana Dispensary in Denver, CO Source: Jeffrey Beall Marijuana may be legal in your state for medicinal and recreational use, but are toxic pesticides used in its production? A study released today of the 23 states and the District of Columbia that...
Source: Environmental Illness Network The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistical Service (NASS) is completing its USDA Organic Survey. Although farmers don’t often appreciate surveys, this one has some critical questions about GMO presence in Section 10. NASS is trying to collect information on problems farmers have had with GMO contamination...
HuffPost by Kathleen Frith Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden Source: USDA, Jennifer Shike Ten years ago, when I was working at an environmental center at Harvard Medical School, I had coffee with a woman who was working for one of the large, national environmental NGOs. The conversation turned into...
This email notice from the National Organic Program is a bit of damage control (it is unknown whether their email could supersede the legal notice published in the Federal Register). The Federal Register notice suggested that the only Task Force nominees that would qualify for this new panel are...
The New York Times by Kim Severson Will Harris Source: Southern Foodways Alliance BLUFFTON, Ga. — Here in the cab of a muddy pickup truck, with a stubby Ranch Hand rifle on the console and windows so fogged it’s hard to see the ruts in the pasture, you tend...
Bloomberg Business by Nguyen Dieu Tu Uyen Source: Sheila At Ngoc Sinh Seafoods Trading & Processing Export Enterprise, a seafood exporter on Vietnam’s southern coast, workers stand on a dirty floor sorting shrimp one hot September day. There’s trash on the floor, and flies crawl over baskets of processed...
National Family Farm Coalition by Jim Goodman Source: Capricorn78 The “organic industry” represented by the Organic Trade Association (OTA) wants to make some money, supposedly for promoting organic food in the marketplace and for more research related to...
YouTube Thierry Vrain is a retired biologist and genetic engineer. This video comes from a lecture tour across Canada in 2013-2014, to raise public awareness about the link between engineered food and poor health. In particular, Vrain focuses on the history, use and unique properties of Monsanto’s glyphosate, and...
Join The Cornucopia Institute’s Co-director Mark Kastel at the Good Food Festival in Chicago, March 19-21. Mark will be speaking on a panel discussing Grassroots Food Activism and also introducing the screening of the film, GMO OMG. The 11th annual Good Food Festival & Conference will be held at...
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