Environmental News Network Ken Roseboro, The Organic and Non-GMO Report Baltimore, MD – A draft standard for verifying the non-GMO status of natural and organic foods was introduced at a meeting held at Natural Products Expo East in Baltimore in September. The Board members of the Non-GMO Project, an...
For obvious reasons, baby food manufacturers prefer it when birthrates are increasing but in North America, as in so many developed markets, the population is not obliging them. However, the increasing popularity of organic baby food has provided opportunities for growth. Just-Food Alan Osborn and Monica Dobie By definition...
The New York Times by Michael Pollan Berkeley, Calif. – FOR Americans who have been looking to Congress to reform the food system, these past few weeks have been, well, the best of times and the worst of times. A new politics has sprouted up around the farm bill,...
Agency Fails to Take Enforcement Action against Industry Giants Cornucopia, WI – The Cornucopia Institute sharply criticized the conclusion by USDA that an 8000-head factory dairy in Idaho was operating within the federal organic standards. Cornucopia had requested an investigation based on its site visit to the giant industrial-scale...
USDA should demand retroactive payment from faux organic milk producers Cornucopia, WI “The Cornucopia Institute has sent a formal request to the Chief of the USDA’s Dairy Promotion and Research Program, requesting that the program collect almost three years’ worth of unpaid dairy promotion “check-off” assessments from the Colorado-based...
Just which attorneys will handle the lead case, and where it will be heard, could take weeks to decide by Sustainable Food News A judicial panel will consider a motion to consolidate six class action lawsuits filed this month against the nation’s largest producer of private label organic milk....
Are Alice Waters’ gastronomic principles — shop locally, eat organically — too hard to live by? A frank talk with the renowned guru of fresh food. Salon.com By Farhad Manjoo I had been prepared to skewer Alice Waters. Though I have eaten some of the best food I’ve ever...
BBC News Organic produce is better for you than ordinary food, a major European Union-funded study says. The $12m four-year project, led by Newcastle University, found a general trend showing organic food contained more antioxidants and less fatty acids. But researchers did admit the study showed some variations. The...
The founder of organic food supplier Abel & Cole has sold a big stake in the company to private equity investors. He claims the deal will not change the firm’s values. But how have other independents fared when big business takes over? The Guardian by David Teather For the...
The Greeley Tribune Andrew Villegas Aurora Organic Dairy near Gill will be allowed to continue operations despite a substantial fly problem bothering neighbors. The Board of Weld County Commissioners decided on a split vote Wednesday to continue a hearing until August 2008 that could revoke the dairy’s special permit...
Aurora operation foes say farm pays lip service to ideal Rocky Mountain News By Joyzelle Davis PLATTEVILLE, CO – Not far from the truck stops that mark the I-25 turnoff to Longmont, Colorado’s largest organic dairy spreads across 500 acres. Some of the farm’s 1,075 black-and- white Holsteins amble...
San Francisco Chronicle Olivia Wu, Chronicle Staff Writer Seafood – the must-have omega-3 source – that we buy and eat can make a difference in the health of the oceans. Exactly what fish we take from the oceans, how much and how it is caught impacts the interconnected chain...
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