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 »
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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 »
Pandora’s Lunchbox: How Processed Foods Took Over the American Meal
Pandora’s Lunchbox, by former New York Times business reporter Melanie Warner, offers a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the processed foods industry. – Charlotte Vallaeys, Director, Farm and Food Policy By exploring exactly how the edible concoctions sold to us as “food” are made, the book sheds light on why we would all be better… Read more »
UN Says ‘Radical’ Changes Needed to Meet Rising Food Demands
Alaska Dispatch Patrick Wall | The Christian Science Monitor The global food system is environmentally destructive and requires “radical” changes if it is to meet rising food demands, says a new United Nations report. Current farming practices degrade the environment and contribute to global warming, which in turn reduces food production, according to the report…. Read more »
USDA Feels the Heat in Response to Organic Pasture Controversy
CORNUCOPIA, WISCONSIN:The USDA’s National Organic Program immediately responded to sharp criticism from the organic community alleging that, through complacency, they were allowing large factory farms to produce organic milk while skirting the legal requirement that the cows have access to pasture as a fundamental part of their feed source.The NOP late Monday, January 10, issued… Read more »
A Change in the Air
Organic farmers fear spread of genetically altered alfalfa Milwaukee Journal Sentinel By Rick Barrett [email protected] Wisconsin is a long way from the Pacific Northwest, but Coon Valley farmer Jim Munsch worries that genetically engineered alfalfa grown there could contaminate his farm and harm his organic beef business. Alfalfa is used for livestock feed. Almost all… Read more »
CAFO Pork Contaminates Wells and Shuts Out Independent Farmers in Iowa
Cornucopia’s Take: Twenty-three million conventional hogs are currently kept in confinement in Iowa. Massive lagoons of manure and chemicals on those operations leech into the groundwater, contaminating wells and forcing people off their land. This is not only a problem in Iowa. Hog CAFOs have polluted North Carolina and Minnesota and are being proposed in… Read more »
Election Day Rundown on Pesticide Restrictions and GE Labeling: Victories and Setbacks
Beyond Pesticides Blog Source: Howard Lebowitz A mixed day for environmental and public health advocates everywhere, election day, November 4, 2014, brought victories and setbacks. While campaigns to advance public health and environmental protections faltered, as did supportive candidates, bright spots did poke through, leading the way forward for future grassroots efforts. Ogunquit, Maine Pesticide Ban Small but… Read more »
The GMO Fight Ripples Down the Food Chain
Facing Consumer Pressure, More Firms Are Jettisoning GMOs From Their Foods The Wall Street Journal by Annie Gasparro Two years ago, Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc. initiated a plan to eliminate genetically modified ingredients from its ice cream, an effort to address a nascent consumer backlash and to fulfill its own environmental goals. This fall, nearly a… Read more »
A Farmer’s Thoughts on 100% Grass Fed Dairying
by Jack Lazor Butterworks Farm in Westfield, Vermont Source: Butterworks Farm One hundred per cent grass fed dairy products (aka “grass milk”) has been a relatively recent arrival to the dairy section of most natural foods outlets. The health benefits of 100% grass fed dairy have long been espoused by The Weston A. Price Foundation and… Read more »
