NY Times By Jim Robbins HELENA, Mont. THE world’s worrisome decline in biodiversity is well known. Some experts say we are well on our way toward the sixth great extinction and that by 2100 half of all the world’s plant and animal species may disappear. Yet one of the most important threats to biodiversity has… Read more »
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Field Report: A Michigan Teen Farms Her Backyard
New York Times By CHRISTINE MUHLKE Lawn mowing and baby-sitting are standard summer jobs for the enterprising teenager. Alexandra Reau, who is 14, combines a little bit of each: last year, she asked her dad to dig up a half acre of their lawn in rural Petersburg, Mich., so she could farm. Now in its… Read more »
Organic Family Dairies Being Crushed by Rogue Factory Farms
Farmers Appeal to OMB, President Obama for Justice WASHINGTON, DC: Family farmers from around the country, who produce organic milk, are petitioning president Obama, and the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB), for the swift adoption of new strict rulemaking that will rein in the abuses of a handful of factory farms they… Read more »
Gene That Allows Bacteria to Fight Off Last Resort Drug Found in U.S. for First Time, Underscoring the Need to Stop Antibiotic Misuse in Livestock
NRDC by Carmen Cordova Source: Twm Yesterday, news emerged that a gene which allows disease-causing bacteria to withstand colistin—an antibiotic used as a last-resort when all other antibiotics fail—was found in the United States for the first time. The problem gene was found both in E. coli from a patient in Pennsylvania and in a… Read more »
Elmwood Stock Farm
Find this farm’s food at farmers markets in Lexington and Cincinnati or on the farm in Georgetown, KY. They also offer home delivery throughout Central Kentucky, Louisville, Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati. Organic meat bundles and pasture-raised turkeys are available for shipping, in addition to pickup and delivery. This brand did not participate in Cornucopia’s survey…. Read more »
Chefs Collaborative on a Sustainable Mission
Connecting to Southern Agriculture in Charleston [Previously printed in Acres USA] By Julie Ann Fineman Co-authored by J. Lee Glenn Photography courtesy of Julie Ann Fineman Around the world people are waking up to the negative impacts of our industrialized food system as alarming stories continue to flood the news: a loss of biodiversity, degraded… Read more »
Autopsy or Message of Hope?
Withdrawn animal welfare rule still under USDA analysis An unusual action by the USDA has left us scratching our heads. In April of this year, the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) requested public comments on the economic analysis of the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices (OLPP) Rule—despite the fact that the USDA withdrew the… Read more »
Years In the Making: Organic Welfare Rule (Way) Too Little / (Way) Too Late
New Rulemaking Capitulates to Industrial Livestock Interests On January 18 the USDA announced the publication of new regulations purportedly improving the welfare of livestock on certified organic farms. The law, years in the making, was sparked after wide outcry from family-scale organic farmers, and their consumers, concerning “factory farms” producing organic milk, meat, and eggs…. Read more »
A Model for Reconciliation Over Raw Milk?
Got raw milk? Probably not, and if you do, chances are you’re breaking the law. Modern Farmer By David Gumpert Unpasteurized or “raw” milk (milk that hasn’t gone through a process of heating that kills pathogens) is becoming more popular with people who believe the milk is healthier and tastes better. It’s also largely illegal… Read more »
USDA Organic Audit: Procedures for Approving Synthetics Followed, Allegations of Corruption Unexamined
WASHINGTON, DC: The Office of the Inspector General (OIG), at the USDA, released a brief report yesterday outlining their review of serious allegations of collusion with corporate agribusiness, conflicts of interest, illegal appointments and false information tainting the decision-making on the part of the National Organic Standards Board, the expert panel created by Congress to… Read more »
