How the Wal-Marting of organics hurts us all By Cliff Bostock Creative Loafing I was lucky to do my two years of training as a psychotherapist in Sonoma County, arguably the birthplace of the nation’s growing taste for organic and local food. Indeed, the facility where I worked had...
What do you call a phony blog that’s actually a front for a huge corporation? A “flog”? by Tom Siebert MediaPost Publications, New York A pro-Wal-Mart blog called “Wal-Marting Across America,” ostensibly launched by a pair of average Americans chronicling their cross-country travels in an RV and lodging in...
Partners with Agribusiness for Corporate Takeover CORNUCOPIA, WISCONSIN: A report released today by The Cornucopia Institute, the nation’s most aggressive organic farming watchdog, accuses Wal-Mart of cheapening the value of the organic label by sourcing products from industrial-scale factory farms and Third World countries, such as China. (Click here...
Plan Protects Big Business, Leaves out Poultry Farmers, Workers, Contract Growers and the Public Washington, DC — A broad coalition of stakeholder groups issued a statement today criticizing the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s plan for responding to a U.S. outbreak of bird flu and called for revisions to adequately...
Op-Ed Contributor The New York Times By Nina Planck FARMERS and food safety officials still have much to figure out about the recent spate of E. coli infections linked to raw spinach. So far, no particular stomachache has been traced to any particular farm irrigated by any particular river....
Media Talking Points FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mark Kastel, 608-625-2000 The following information is a counter to the attempt by right-wing think tanks (the Hudson Institute, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, etc.) who are already trying to exploit the spinach E. coli contamination crisis to discredit organic farming practices. Think...
The New York Times By MELANIE WARNER Many organic foods have been popping up on the shelves of Wal-Mart in recent years, but none have been as popular as organic milk. For many shoppers, particularly mothers with small children, it is the first organic product they try. Now organic...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns announced today USDA is awarding more than $4.5 million in research grants to address organic agricultural issues and priorities, including global competitiveness. “To succeed in organic agriculture, producers must be creative and willing to take certain risks – attributes that American farmers have...
The Nation Liza Featherstone A laughing baby is covered in baby food. He’s making a gushy mess, as babies do, but having a grand time. A magic word reassures us–before we’ve had a chance to worry–that the food itself is wholesome. That word, of course, is “organic.” More surprising,...
telegraph.co.uk Britain’s once fertile soil has been systematically stripped of its crucial minerals by industrial farming, leaving our fruit and vegetables tasteless and a nation in chronic ill health. Graham Harvey calls for a return to nutritious food. It started with a bunch of organic carrots. I bought them...
Nutra Ingredients By Chris Mercer Scientists have called on Britain’s food safety authorities to recognise the superior health qualities of organic milk, after a new study showed it contained higher levels of omega-3 than conventional milk. The three-year study, sponsored by the Organic Milk Suppliers’ Co-operative (OMSCo), found organic...
Friends – Here’s a heads-up. The National Institute for Animal Agriculture (Big Ag) is at it again. A key policy resolution that they are pushing for this year calls on the USDA to eliminate access to the outdoors for poultry due to the avian influenza scare. The country’s largest...
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