Consumer Reports by Eric Schlosser Source: USDA During our 80th-anniversary year, Consumer Reports is introducing a series of provocative opinion essays by leading thinkers on urgent consumer issues. We hope you’ll join the conversation with us. Severely obese schoolchildren, E. coli outbreaks, salmonella in ground beef, arsenic in apple juice and rice, poultry sickened by… Read more »
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Farmed Fish Could Bring Us Cheaper Food, but Is It Ethical?
The Guardian by Tom Levitt Source: Alex_Ewing9311 US food company Cargill wants to use expertise from the farmed salmon sector to help it produce more efficient and sustainable fish and chicken It is difficult to know which is moving faster: the debate around the ethics of farmed fish, or the growth in how much of… Read more »
Whole Foods Markets: Throwing Organic Farmers Under the Bus?
Veteran Growers Shaken Down to Fund Grocer’s Marketing Program Incensed and insulted, five of the most respected and influential, veteran Certified Organic farmers in the nation have sent the CEO of Whole Foods Market a letter [Updated 6-23 with more signatures] calling the company’s new “Responsibly Grown” produce marketing scheme “onerous and expensive” and stating… Read more »
When Enough Is Enough and We Stand for Our Rights
A voice from Benton County, OR by Harry MacCormack Harry MacCormack There is a disturbance on the Land, in our intestinal tracts, and in our cells and genes. It is not a new terror. It has been deteriorating life quality for over four generations. Wreaking havoc daily at subtle, mostly unseen levels, the devastation is… Read more »
Only Agroecology Can Tackle the Global Food and Health Crisis
Ecologist by Dr. Julia Wright Source: WESSA The recently published Global Nutrition Report shows almost all countries face high levels of malnutrition and diet-based ill-health, writes Julia Wright. This reveals deep problems with the dominant industrial model of food production, and the need for new agroecological approaches to feeding the world. The current global food crisis… Read more »
Monarch Butterflies Dying — and Roundup Is a Suspect
The Des Moines Register by Mike Klein Credit: Susannah Rogers, USDA Forest Service The monarch butterfly weighs a fourth of a gram, yet migrates thousands of miles every September through Iowa to overwintering grounds in Mexico. The iconic orange-and-black butterfly marks changing seasons. Chasing it is a rite of Iowa early childhood and watching its… Read more »
Why Organic Is the Right Choice for Parents
Time by Dr. Alan Greene and Anna Lappé Just in case you’re undecided, we will make the case on why your kids should be eating organic Credit: theloushe A poll out last week from the Organic Trade Association found a sharp decrease in parents who say price is a key factor limiting their organic purchases. “Parents in charge of… Read more »
Organic Activists Charge USDA Regulators Capitulating to Corporate Interests
“Undermining Congressional Protections” Results in Threats of Lawsuits and Protests SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS: When the organic industry gathers in this central Texas city next week sparks are predicted to fly when farmers and consumer activists face off with government regulators who they have accused of a “power grab,” significantly eroding a unique public and private… Read more »
Scientists Frustrated by Factory Farms: Scientific Evidence of their Non-Sustainability Mounts
Pulse by Jim Lundstrom A factory dairy near Phoenix, AZ Professor Robert Lawrence is in a select company of researchers. “I think the only other group of scientists who probably are more frustrated than we are are the climate scientists,” Lawrence said in a recent telephone call. Lawrence is director of the Johns Hopkins Center… Read more »
NO GOOD FARMS—NO GOOD FOOD: Tell the FDA to Back Off — New Regs Could Crush Organic/Local Farmers
(This Action Alert is Over) The FDA’s new food safety rules have the real potential to force some of the safest local and organic farms out of business! There is a critical need for the good food community to come together right now. Please sign and mail back the linked proxy-letter today! (Mail your proxy to… Read more »
