Going organic: Demand for dairy goods from farms that avoid antibiotics and growth hormones is soaring, and consumers are willing to pay the price. San Francisco Chronicle George Raine, Staff Writer Surrounded by cows in one of organic dairyman Tony Azevedo’s pastures, visitors from the city are struck by...
San Jose, CA — The global organic foods and beverages market is delivering strong double-digit annual growth as health and well-being moves up high on the consumer’s priority list. Outbreak of recent food scares, rising awareness of the long-term health impact of pesticidal residues in food, unhealthy ingredients such...
The New York Sun Josh Gerstein Consumers turning to organic food in the wake of warnings about antifreeze-laden toothpaste, poisoned pet food, and antibiotic-laced fish may be in for a surprise. The same country blamed for those scares, China, is quietly muscling in on the organic market. Upscale grocery...
Southeast dairy farmers claim Dean is ‘unreasonably restraining trade’ Sustainable Food News A group of small dairy farmers in the southeast U.S. have filed a lawsuit against Dean Foods Co., the largest milk distributor in the country, accusing the company of price fixing. Dean, based in Dallas, owns Nashville-based...
America’s rice farmers didn’t want to grow a genetically engineered crop. Their customers in Europe did not want to buy it. So how did it end up in our food? Fortune Marc Gunther, Fortune senior writer (Fortune Magazine) — Back in the spring of 2001, a 64-year-old Texas rice...
Reuters By Christopher Doering WASHINGTON – U.S. consumers overwhelmingly support stricter food labeling laws, with 92 percent of Americans wanting to know which country produced the food they are buying, a consumer magazine said on Tuesday. Consumer Reports said recent food scares, including worries about peanut butter and lettuce,...
Reuters WASHINGTON – Organic farming can yield up to three times as much food as conventional farming in developing countries, and holds its own against standard methods in rich countries, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. They said their findings contradict arguments that organic farming — which excludes the use...
The Huffington Post Anna Lappe Like hundreds of others across the country, my neighborhood in Brooklyn got a farmers market a few years ago. Now, with summer in full swing, I can spend any Saturday morning wandering in fresh-food bliss. But I am certainly not taking a single Bing...
The New York Times Editorial \ Opinion With imports of agricultural products rising sharply and sporadic scares about their safety, Americans surely have a right to know what country their food has come from. Unfortunately, they have little chance of finding out, due to the intransigence of meat importers...
Organic fruit and vegetables may be better for you than conventionally grown crops, US research suggests BBC NEWS A ten-year study comparing organic tomatoes with standard produce found almost double the level of flavonoids – a type of antioxidant. Flavonoids have been shown to reduce high blood pressure, lowering...
Studies Warn of Produce Grown in ‘Hot Spot’ Soil; Pingyang’s Ill Farmers Wall Street Journal By Nicholas Zamiska and Jane Spencer NANNING, China — For nearly two decades, Lai Mandai regularly ate and sold beans, cabbage and watermelons grown on a plot of land a short walk from a...
Rest in Peace Vander Eyk Organic Dairy Amanda G. Rose, Ph.D. I live in the dairy capital of the world, Tulare County, California. I have become obsessed with all things dairy as you can see from my Milk Shenanigans posts. In my obsession, I have spent many hours this...
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