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Tenn.’s ‘Barefoot Farmer’ Shutting Down Organic Farm
USA Today By Duane Marsteller and Josh Brown, The Tennessean Owner, Jeff Poppen, widely known from dozens of appearances on public television, is concerned over possible contamination from a neighboring corporate chicken farm. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — One of the state’s oldest and largest organic farms — operated by Tennessee’s famed “Barefoot Farmer” — is shutting… Read more »
Resistance to Important Antibiotic May Develop in Soil, Study Shows
Food Safety News By Gretchen Goetz Over the past two decades, scientists have been tracking a concerning rise in bacterial resistance to cephalosporins – a class of antibiotics used to treat a variety of human infections. Now, a study out of Washington state reveals that the solution to this problem might lie in the way… Read more »
RPT – Consumers, Farmers Squeezed as Grain Giants Tighten Grip
* Importers fear grain market consolidation will raise prices * Farmers face less choice as grain majors bulk up * Some operational efficiency gains anticipated Reuters By Nigel Hunt LONDON (Reuters) – A global race for grain trading power is putting more of the world’s vital cereals in the hands of fewer companies, with a… Read more »
Organic Industry Watchdog Challenges USDA’s Lack of Transparency
Flawed Appointments Have Led to Corrupt Oversight System WASHINGTON DC: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) today formally announced it is seeking nominations for an opening on the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), a 15-member panel set up by Congress responsible for approving all non-organic/synthetic materials in organics and recommending regulatory policy. Past appointments… Read more »
Take Steps to Prevent GMO Contamination
Agri-View By Christine McFarland, Editorial Intern Genetically modified crops were introduced to U.S. farmers in 1996 and have been readily accepted by farmers to wide levels of usage today. In 2011, GMO (genetically modified organism) varieties accounted for 94 percent of soybeans, 90 percent of cotton and 88 percent of corn according to the U.S…. Read more »
Iowa Approves Nation’s First ‘Ag-Gag’ Law
Food Safety News by Dan Flynn Four years ago, undercover video recorded workers on forklifts forcing “downer” cows into slaughter at the Hallmark and Westland meat plant in Chino, CA, which at the time was a top supplier to the National School Lunch program. The sting, by the Humane Society of the United States, put… Read more »
Scientist Jeopardizes Career by Publishing Paper Criticizing GM Foods
The Organic & Non-GMO Report “The Genetic Engineering of Food and the Failure of Science” Agro-ecologist Don Lotter published a paper titled “The Genetic Engineering of Food and the Failure of Science” in the 2009 edition of the peer-reviewed International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food. The paper makes a damning case against genetically… Read more »
Victory! Court Finds USDA Violated Federal Law by Allowing Genetically Engineered Sugar Beets on the Market
The Center For Food Safety Posted by Heather Government Failed To Evaluate Environmental and Economic Risks of Monsanto Product In a case brought by Center for Food Safety and Earthjustice representing a coalition of farmers and consumers, a Federal Court ruled yesterday that the Bush USDA’s approval of genetically engineered (GE) “RoundUp Ready” sugar beets… Read more »
Organic Vs. Natural A Source of Confusion in Food Labeling
Labeling of food a growing source of confusion, critics say Chicago Tribune By Monica Eng At first it may seem only right for Dean Foods, the nation’s largest organic dairy producer, to roll out a line of yogurts and milk marketed as “natural.” But Dean’s announcement last week alarmed advocates of organic food, who say… Read more »
