Press of Atlantic City By Margaret Mellon and Doug Gurian-Sherman By 2050, the world will have to feed 9 billion people, adapt to climate change, reduce agricultural pollution and protect fresh water supplies – all at the same time. Given that formidable challenge, what are the quickest, most cost-effective ways to develop more productive, drought-,… Read more »
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Organic Crops Succeeding in Ohio
by Kristy Foster Farm and Dairy WOOSTER, Ohio — While many farmers are struggling to make ends meet in this downward spiraling economy, one farming group is hanging on to its niche market. Dave Shively of Bowling Green, Ohio, is an organic farmer who attended a recent field day offered by the Organic Food Farming… Read more »
USDA Releases “Naturally Raised” Claim Standards
Western Livestock Journal Producers hungry for a niche may have gotten a boost last week when USDA published its final standards for a naturally raised marketing claim in the Federal Register. The full text of the document outlines the different areas of public concern, including a broad review of the comments received and how the… Read more »
Working to Save Endangered Northwest Organic Farmland
PCC Farmland Trustis believed to be the only trust in the country dedicated to preserving organic farmland, a resource that’s steadily shrinking even as demand for local and organic foods is on the rise. Seattle Times By Rebekah Denn DAN AND KIM Hulse grow some 60 different vegetables and fruits on their family farm in… Read more »
A Brief History of Wood Pulp in Food
Cornucopia’s Take: Cellulose from wood pulp has no nutritional benefit, but it is used in many foods as a filler or to keep cheese shreds, for example, from sticking together. And, because most cellulose is organic and non-GMO, it can be used in certified organic foods as well. How wood got in our food, then… Read more »
How Genetically Modified Foods Could Affect Our Health in Unexpected Ways
Yet another reason to test GMOs for safety. AlterNet / By Ari LeVaux Chinese researchers have found small pieces of rice ribonucleic acid (RNA) in the blood and organs of humans who eat rice. The Nanjing University-based team showed that this genetic material will bind to receptors in human liver cells and influence the uptake… Read more »
Linux for Lettuce
Revolutionizing American agribusiness from the ground up, one seed at a time. OpenSource.com by Lisa Hamilton Image Courtesy of Rich Marolda From a distance, Jim Myers looks like an ordinary farmer. Most autumn mornings, he stands thigh-deep in a field of wet broccoli, beheading each plant with a single, sure swipe of his harvest knife…. Read more »
Will the Worst Bird Flu Outbreak in US History Finally Make Us Reconsider Factory Farming Chicken?
The Guardian by Laura Entis Source: Regan76 The avian flu outbreak that has more than doubled egg prices across the country has also led to the death of more than 48 million birds in a dozen states, according to the US Department of Agriculture. Iowa, the hardest hit, has euthanized more than 31 million birds,… Read more »
A Tale of Three Farms—in the Shenandoah Valley
by Mark Kastel I admit I’m kind of crazy. I don’t take too many vacations. But I do get out of my office frequently and really enjoy the opportunity to meet our members, and new folks, around the country while visiting their farms. In the middle of August I was invited to speak at the… Read more »
USDA Enforcement Hammer Falls on Nation’s Largest Organic Factory Dairy
USDA Requiring Aurora Organics to Reduce Dairy Herd Size and Remove Organic Label from Some Milk At 7:20 p.m. EST, August 29, the USDA issued an emergency news release announcing that they had sent a Letter of Revocation to the Aurora Organic Dairy. In lieu of revoking Aurora’s organic certification, the Agency has instead entered… Read more »
