Agency Accused of Refusing to Enforce Law CORNUCOPIA, WI: In a letter sent today, the Cornucopia Institute informed the USDA of their intention to file a complaint in federal district court accusing the agency of ignoring the organic regulations, and the intent of Congress, by their failure to enforce...
Horizon Organic radio spots disparage conventional milk, leaders say Capital Press Cookson Beecher Radio ads for Horizon Organic milk that recently ran in Washington state, Oregon and California have dairy industry representatives dismayed over what they describe as “over the top” disparagement of conventional milk. And while they say...
Precedent-setting Decision May Block Planting, Sales of Monsanto Alfalfa Washington, DC— In a decision handed down yesterday, a Federal Court has ruled, for the first time ever, that the U.S. Department of Agriculture failed to abide by federal environmental laws when it approved a genetically engineered crop without conducting...
Brownfield Network (link no longer available) by Bob Meyer Bills have been introduced in Congress that would phase-out the non-therapeutic use in animal agriculture of antibiotics that are deemed important to human medicine. The Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act was introduced in the Senate by Edward Kennedy (D-MA),...
The Guardian by Peter Melchett All through the main bird migratory season last autumn, and during this winter, the U.K. government has been testing wild birds for avian flu. They found evidence of the low pathogenic variety of bird flu, which seems to have been present in wild bird...
Wisconsin Ag Connection Two U.S. Senators say that since cloning isn’t a natural process, it shouldn’t be marketed that way. This week, Senators Herb Kohl of Wisconsin and Patrick Leahy from Vermont introduced legislation to bar products that are produced from cloned livestock from receiving an organic food label...
KANSAS CITY (Dow Jones)–Disease resistance to antibiotics among humans and animals continues to rise, despite declines in their use as a feed-ration additive to prevent illness and to promote growth in livestock and poultry, according to scientists and livestock industry members. In addition, worldwide use of antibiotics to treat...
Attention shoppers: it’s going to take more than consciousness at the checkout line to fix our broken food system Whole Life Times By Christopher D. Cook Bacterial scares aside, these are propitious days for good food. Burgeoning interest in organic, nontransfatty, local, slow, GMO-free foods suggests a ripening of...
By Mark Alan Kastel Now that annual sales of organic food products have reached $16 to $17 billion, and increased marketplace demand is causing ramped-up offerings by major supermarket chains, can the organic industry retain the meaning behind the organic label? After all, no other product or market sector...
Will the term organic still mean anything when it’s adopted whole hog by behemoths such as Wal-Mart? The San Francisco Chronicle Jake Whitney Marin Sun Farms, in Point Reyes, is a collection of ranches on more than 2,000 acres of rolling, certified organic pasture. All year long, cattle and...
Retail sales of grocery products making ethical claim reach $33 billion NEW YORK: “Conscientious Consumerism,” the trend towards products with an ethical bent, has taken root across America as consumers increasingly preach their social concerns through their pocketbooks. Sales of organic, hormone-free, eco-friendly, locally- grown, cruelty-free, and other ethical...
Between Christmas 2006 and New Year’s day, the Food and Drug Administration released a long-awaited set of documents on animal cloning for food. Now the Organic Center has released a new report, Is the FDA’s Cloning Proposal Ready for Prime Time? The report provides key facts and insightful analysis...
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