The Nation by Susan Freinkel The pathbreaking CHAMACOS study has detected developmental problems in children born to mothers who toiled in California’s treated fields—but will anything change? This story was produced by the Food & Environment Reporting Network, an independent nonprofit news organization. Driving along Highway 101 through California’s Salinas...
Usually the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meets twice a year. Last year, though, the fall meeting was canceled due to the partial government shutdown in October. This year, the spring meeting includes many agenda items from the fall meeting, plus several new items. There are three areas that...
by Will Fantle, Codirector Credit: Capricorn78 The recent passage of the Farm Bill contains a provision allowing the USDA Secretary to propose establishment of an organic check-off program that, in a first, would be spread across all organic commodities. The scheme has long been a darling of the Organic...
World Poultry As a result of the widespread use of antibiotics in large-scale US poultry production, a significant proportion of Salmonella strains, recovered from conventional poultry farms and retail poultry products, express antibiotic resistance. Researchers from five different US universities, evaluated whether large-scale poultry farms that transitioned from conventional...
Practices including in-house compost use under fire Photo courtesy of USDA NRCS Los Angeles Times by Evan Halper Local growers are discovering that proposed FDA regulations would curtail many common techniques, such as using house-made fertilizers and irrigating from creeks. HUSTONTOWN, Pa. — Jim Crawford was rushing to load...
The New York Times by Jennifer Steinhauer WASHINGTON — The farm bill signed by President Obama last month was at first glance the usual boon for soybean growers, catfish farmers and their ilk. But closer examination reveals that the nation’s agriculture policy is increasingly more whole grain than white bread. Within the...
This video from Storyhunter shows how a group of indigenous women are challenging ancient social norms in order to preserve an endangered species: the stingless bee known as Melipona Beecheii.
Farming is obscure and cooking has become a spectator sport for many, but restoring lost traditions is possible Image courtesy of Liz Keyser, Harmony Farm, Tipp City, OH The Guardian by Danielle Nierenberg For most of the past half century, many of us didn’t know – and didn’t care...
Reuters By Tom Polansek Syngenta AG said on Monday it had halted commercial sales in Canada of corn seed containing a new and controversial genetically modified trait because major importers had not approved the product. Syngenta pulled from the Canadian market seed containing the Agrisure Duracade trait, which was...
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The Guardian by Kim Willsher in Paris Credit: Pz.IStP Emmanuel Giboulot to appear before judge in Dijon for refusing to treat vines against insect that spreads devastating disease A French organic winemaker could face a prison sentence and a hefty fine after refusing to spray his vines with pesticide....
Mark Kastel of The Cornucopia Institute and Jodi Koberinski of Organic Council of Ontario discuss organic eggs and whether they are all created equal on Deconstructing Dinner.
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