When consumers pay top dollar for organic milk, they know they're getting dairy that's free of synthetic growth hormones, pesticides and antibiotics. Now there's a move to ensure cows are feeding on plenty of fresh grass if producers want to label the milk as organic.
The Daily Press – Ashland, WI By CHAD DALLY Supporting the local agricultural network has always been a priority for the Chequamegon Food Cooperative. But its board of directors recently announced that the co-op is looking to take a bold step and become directly involved in farming through the...
USAgNet Monsanto’s proxy statement, filed last week, credits Chief Executive Hugh Grant with $15.6 million of total compensation in the latest fiscal year, up from $11.0 million in fiscal 2007. Grant’s salary rose 10 percent, to $1.29 million, and his annual bonus rose 12 percent to $3.33 million, which...
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Op-Ed Columnist, New York Times As Barack Obama ponders whom to pick as agriculture secretary, he should reframe the question. What he needs is actually a bold reformer in a position renamed “secretary of food.” A Department of Agriculture made sense 100 years ago when...
The Brownfield Network, providing ag news for America, discusses the USDA’s proposed organic livestock/pasture rule with Mark Kastel from Cornucopia and Aurora Dairy’s Sonja Tuitele.
The Brownfield Network, providing ag news for America, discusses the USDA’s proposed organic livestock/pasture rule with Mark Kastel from Cornucopia and Aurora Dairy’s Sonja Tuitele.
Consumers and Farmers Join Together to Promote Organic Integrity Many media outlets, from the New York Times to the blogosphere, have tracked what has been dubbed the “corporate takeover” of organic farming. One of the hottest controversies in this rapidly growing $20 billion industry has been giant factory farms...
The USDA has scheduled four listening sessions to gather input on its newly proposed organic livestock/pasture rule. The sessions are scheduled for: Tuesday, December 2 1:30-4:30 p.m. Organic Valley Family of Farms Headquarters One Organic Way LaFarge, WI 54639 Thursday, December 4 1:30-4:30 p.m. California State University – Chico...
Western Farm Press The release of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for October proves what too many Americans already have learned the hard way: input costs for food processors are way down but the prices they charge grocery shoppers continue to climb. Prices for virtually everything consumers buy —...
Washington Post Juliet Eilperin and Jane Black, Staff Writers For the first time, a federal advisory board has approved criteria that clear the way for farmed fish to be labeled “organic,” a move that pleased aquaculture producers even as it angered environmentalists and consumer advocates. The question of whether...
By STEVE KARNOWSKI | The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS – A long struggle over what kind of milk counts as organic is coming to a head. The Department of Agriculture has issued draft rules for organic milk that would require that the cows be on pasture at least half the...
Overwhelming majority of consumers want country of origin labeling loopholes closed; GE and cloned animals labeled Consumers Union (Yonkers, NY) — Amid continuing questions as to the safety of both imported and domestically produced food, a new national food safety and labeling poll conducted by Consumer Reports National Research...
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