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Softpedia - August 26, 2010.
Organic Farming Views Prevail Over 'Modern' Ones
The debate between proponents of organic farming and those of modern agriculture appears to have been settled in favor of the former, a 10-year-long study on the issue reveals.
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30th Annual Guelph Organic Conference - August 11, 2010.
First Organic Dairy in Eastern Canada
The new dairy is a joint venture between Organic Meadow and Steen's Dairy along with the Ontario government's Rural Economic Development Program.
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Simon Pitman, CosmeticsDesign.com - August 9, 2010.
Organic Monitor to host first Masterclass on naturals certification
The first ever Organic Monitor Masterclass in the US is to be held between September 29 – 30 in New York, with the aim of clarifying organic and natural certification.
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Katie Davis, Turnto10.com - August 9, 2010.
Mosquito spraying concerns organic farmers
The state says the pesticide has no significant effect on local farms, but organic farmers say they have to be extra careful.
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John Stark, The Bellingham Herald - August 1, 2010.
Herbicide-tainted manure wilts organic crops across Whatcom County
Whatcom County organic farmers and gardeners are reporting severe crop damage that appears to be linked to herbicide contamination in the manure and compost they obtain from non-organic farms and dairies for use as natural fertilizer.
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Calgary Herald - July 25, 2010.
B.C. horse lovers save thoroughbreds destined for Alberta slaughterhouse
By early Saturday, 27 of the 30 horses had been sold for $500 each and placed in new homes.
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Karen Seidman, The Montreal Gazette - July 24, 2010.
Quebec commits to local organic agriculture
Province putting $5 million toward public education, helping farmers convert.
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BusinessWire, Press Release - July 20, 2010.
Agriculture 2.0: The First Sustainable Agriculture Investment Conference Comes to Canada
Agriculture 2.0 Canada will bring together hundreds of investors and industry professionals united by the common goal of capitalizing sustainable agriculture innovations in Canada and beyond.
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Monica Eng, Chicago Tribune - July 20, 2010.
Meat with antibiotics off the menu at some hospitals
Concerned about drug-resistant pathogens, medical professionals push to limit antibiotic use in animal farming.
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Supermarket & Retailer (S. Africa) - July 19, 2010.
European organic logo becomes compulsory
As of 1 July 2010, the new EU organic logo - the so-called Euro-leaf' - will be obligatory on pre-packaged organic food products that have been produced in any of the EU member states and meet the necessary standards.
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Charles Dunmore, Reuters - July 19, 2010.
EU imports of organic products to rise fast, report says
Imports of organic food products into the European Union are likely to increase sharply as demand outstrips domestic supply, a report published by the bloc's executive on Friday said.
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Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review, Bloomberg - July 18, 2010.
EU organic farming gains ‘critical mass’
The area under organic farming in the EU climbed an average 7.4 percent a year from 2000 to 2008, expanding to 7.6 million hectares (18.8 million acres) from 4.3 million hectares, according to the report.
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BBC - July 13, 2010.
EU to let states rule on GM crops
EU officials plan to give the 27 member states the freedom to grow, restrict or ban genetically modified (GM) crops.
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Daniel Cressey, Nature News - June 30, 2010.
Organic farms win at potato pest control
'Organic agriculture promotes more balanced communities of predators,' says David Crowder, author of the new study published today in Nature.
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The Gourmet Retailer - June 18, 2010.
Whole Foods Demands Certification From ‘Organic’ Body Care Brands
The Organic Consumers Association (OCA), a consumer group dedicated to organic integrity, applauded the Austin, Texas-based natural grocer’s standard for organic body care items.
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James Kanter, New York Times - May 5, 2010.
E.U. Signals Big Shift on Genetically Modified Crops
Last week, the commission quietly let the deadline pass for opposing Portugal’s request, allowing Madeira, which is one of Portugal’s autonomous regions, to become the first E.U. territory to get formal permission from Brussels to remain entirely free of genetically modified organisms.
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David Jurist, Denver Nanotechnology Examiner - May 9, 2010.
Canada bans nano-particles from organic food production
According to Dag Falck, organic program manager at Nature’s Path Foods, reasons for the ban on nanotechnology are that consumers are very concerned about the technology, that it is incompatible with organic principles, and that safety aspects of the technology are unknown.
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David Jurist, Denver Nanotechnology Examiner - May 5, 2010.
Canada bans nano-particles from organic food production
According to Dag Falck, organic program manager at Nature’s Path Foods, reasons for the ban on nanotechnology are that consumers are very concerned about the technology, that it is incompatible with organic principles, and that safety aspects of the technology are unknown.
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Carolyn Lochhead, San Francisco Chronicle - April 27, 2010.
Organic, small farmers fret over FDA regulation
They are fighting to carve out a sanctuary in legislation that would bring farmers under the strict purview of the Food and Drug Administration, an agency more familiar with pharmaceuticals than food and local farms.
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Sustainable Business.com - April 27, 2010.
US Supreme Court Hears First-Ever Case on Genetically Engineered Crops
The Center’s case has brought out a large range of interests - from farmers’ unions and food companies to scientific experts and legal scholars - which have filed briefs in support of CFS and opposed to Monsanto.
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Los Angeles Times - April 20, 2010.
GMO food labeling fight
The bone of contention: The FDA and USDA have written a draft for an upcoming international meeting in which they say that requiring labels indicating that a food has genetically modified ingredients would be 'false, misleading or deceptive' as it is 'likely to create the impression that the labeled food is in some way different.'
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Associated Press - April 19, 2010.
Cuba's 'seed man' wins global environmental prize
Humberto Rios Labrada's campaign to let Cuban farmers choose the crops and seed varieties best for their lands helped him win one of the 2010 Goldman Environmental Prizes — known as the "green Nobels" — on Monday.
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Carolyn Lochhead, San Francisco Chronicle - April 15, 2010.
Organic, local farms get a boost from USDA
Obama administration officials Wednesday outlined a broad array of efforts to elevate organic and local farming to a prominence never seen before at the sprawling U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Meat Trade News Daily - April 11, 2010.
USA - Rescue Local/Organic Farming in the Food Safety Bill!
The recently-created institute implemented its first course to roughly 20 students in the past year, making refinements to the program and developing a second course behind the scenes.
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Randy Shore, Vancouver Sun - April 10, 2010.
Cracks are showing in the egg market
The public wants cage-free eggs, so why is the industry so slow to respond?
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Herb Weisbaum, MSNBC - April 7, 2010.
Dirty secret about organic cosmetics
At Consumers Union, Urvashi Rangan, director of technical policy, describes the marketplace as a “free for all” where cosmetics that 'contain loads of synthetic ingredients' are called organic.
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Steve Arstad, Keremeos Review - March 30, 2010.
Fledgling organic institute holds AGM
The recently-created institute implemented its first course to roughly 20 students in the past year, making refinements to the program and developing a second course behind the scenes.
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New York Times - March 19, 2010.
U.S. Plans Spot Tests of Organic Products
The Department of Agriculture said on Friday that it would begin enforcing rules requiring the spot testing of organically grown foods for traces of pesticides, after an auditor exposed major gaps in federal oversight of the organic food industry.
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All Headline News - March 19, 2010.
British Columbia Supreme Court Orders Chilliwack Dairy To Stop Selling Raw Milk
The British Columbia Supreme Court ordered on Thursday The Home on the Range dairy in Chilliwack to stop selling unpasteurized milk. The court's decision, in effect, includes a ban on selling raw milk outside the province through a cooperative.
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David Gutierrez, Natural News - March 18, 2010.
Fresh produce often contaminated with pesticides
A number of recent tests have revealed the astonishing degree to which the non-organic fruits and vegetables on grocery store shelves are contaminated with dangerous pesticides.
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PEI Guardian - March 17, 2010.
Book Sheds Light on Organic Farming, Foods
Rodale, Inc. announced the release of 'Organic Manifesto: How Organic Farming Can Heal Our Planet, Feed the World, and Keep Us Safe,' a new book that examines why chemical-free farming holds the key to better health for people and for the planet.
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PEI Guardian - March 11, 2010.
Entire province must move to organic farming, NDP leader says
The ongoing crisis in Prince Edward Island’s agricultural sector has prompted Island New Democrat Leader James Rodd to call for a wholescale conversion to organic farming.
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Al MacLeod, PEI Guardian - March 8, 2010.
New certification for organic produce coming to Canada
It is a non-profit social justice labelling initiative, which develops social standards for farms and food businesses in organic and sustainable agriculture.
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Brian McInnis, PEI Guardian - March 6, 2010.
Canadian organic farming sector receives $170,000
Matthew Holmes, OTA managing director, Canada, said his organization is 'excited about what this federal funding means in terms of building new markets for Canadian organic products.'
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Naomi Starkman, Huffington Post - March 2, 2010.
Stop GE Alfalfa: Consumers Care About GE Contamination
Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, today released new poll data showing that two-thirds of organic food consumers are concerned about GE ingredients contaminating organic food.
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Jeff Barnard, AP - March 1, 2010.
Suit seeks to bar genetically modified sugar beets
Organic farmers, food safety advocates and conservation groups already have won a lawsuit forcing federal authorities to reconsider their 2005 approval of the Roundup Ready beets for unrestricted use, saying the government failed to take a hard look at cross-pollination risks.
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Barry Schlachter, Fort Worth Star-Telegram - February 27, 2010.
Sara Lee's claims on Eco-Grain raise ire of critics
While the nation's second-biggest baker is busy clarifying its position, an organic watchdog group named the Cornucopia Institute blasted Sara Lee for 'advertising malpractice' and 'greenwashing' - using questionable environmental claims to promote products.
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Josette Dunn, Australian Food News - February 26, 2010.
Global GM Crop Slowdown
The annual GM industry-funded survey of global GM crops, by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agro-biotech Applications (ISAAA), shows 7 of the 25 GM countries grew less genetically manipulated (GM) crops in 2009.
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Radio Prague - February 24, 2010.
Almost 10 percent of Czech agricultural land now given over to organic farming
The number of organic farms in the country at the end of 2009 was just under 2,700, an increase of 50 percent on the previous year that is due at least in part to government subsidies.
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Henry C Jackson, AP - February 17, 2010.
Organic advocates optimistic about new USDA rules
New federal rules that define what makes milk and meat organic have natural food advocates optimistic that the government is committed to ensuring the label means something.
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Ari LeVaux, AlterNet - February 17, 2010.
New Rule Crushes Organic Mega-Dairies and Is Good News for Small Farms
A new ruling closes several loopholes that mega-dairies have been using to exploit the organic market with milk from farms that hardly resemble real organic farms.
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BBC - February 11, 2010.
Bad taste: Food, Inc. exposes the secrets of the modern food industry
Artificially-enhanced chicken breasts, patented soya beans – a new film exposes the secrets of the modern food industry.
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BBC - February 9, 2010.
EU gets 'Euro-leaf' logo for organic food
A new EU-wide "Euro-leaf" logo will be compulsory from 1 July for all pre-packaged organic food produced in any of the 27 EU member states.
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William Surman, Farmers Guardian (UK) - February 3, 2010.
Farming is on the threshold of crisis - Soil Association
Sixty years of farm intensification has put the UK food system on the threshold of crisis, the UK’s leading organic lobby has warned at its annual conference today.
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Scott Kilman, Wall Street Journal - February 3, 2010.
Fewer Than 1% of U.S. Farms Are Organic, USDA Says
The USDA conducted the organic farming survey in part to establish a baseline for tracking the health of the sector, which doesn't yet produce enough to satisfy all domestic needs.
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Cornucopia Institute, Press Release - January 25, 2010.
Organic Family Dairies Being Crushed by Rogue Factory Farms
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 claim are violating both the spirit and letter of the federal organic law.
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The Star - January 22, 2010.
The ethics of organic farming
Jan. 28-31, at the 29th annual Guelph Organics Conference, one of the largest such gatherings in North America, CEOs of multi-million-dollar organic food companies will share food and reflection with small-scale local organic farmers in a harvesting of concerns and ideas, as the organic food business . . . has grown into a burgeoning multi-billion-dollar industry.
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CBC - January 21, 2010.
Ontario farmer not guilty of selling raw milk
Michael Schmidt, from Durham, Ont., defended himself in 2009 against the charges for dispensing milk straight from the cow.
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Shan Ross, The Scotsman - January 19, 2010.
Sales of organic baby food up 175%
The report in the trade magazine the Grocer found that while the organic market as a whole saw an 11 per cent decline in sales last year, organic baby food brands, particularly the smaller players, had raced ahead.
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World Poultry - January 8, 2010.
Canadians on paper in favour of free range eggs
A recent poll commissioned by the Vancouver Humane Society showed that 63% of Canadians indicated they would support a legislative ban on battery cages in their province, an increase from a similar poll in 2007.
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Rady Ananda, Countercurrents - January 3, 2010.
Three Approved GMOs Linked to Organ Damage
The data 'clearly underlines adverse impacts on kidneys and liver, the dietary detoxifying organs, as well as different levels of damages to heart, adrenal glands, spleen and haematopoietic system,' reported Gilles-Eric Séralini, a molecular biologist at the University of Caen.
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ARCHIVED NEWS STORIES (More than four months old)
| With sales up 500%, John Dromgoole's "The Natural Gardener" organic nursery is having a very good year
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| A Farm for the Future
Wildlife film maker Rebecca Hosking investigates how to transform her family's farm in Devon into a low energy farm for the future, and discovers that nature holds the key. With her father close to retirement, Rebecca returns to her family's wildlife-friendly farm in Devon, to become the next generation to farm the land. But last year's high fuel prices were a wake-up call for Rebecca. Realising that all food production in the UK is completely dependent on abundant cheap fossil fuel, particularly oil, she sets out to discover just how secure this oil supply is. Alarmed by the answers, she explores ways of farming without using fossil fuel. With the help of pioneering farmers and growers, Rebecca learns that it is actually nature that holds the key to farming in a low-energy future. |
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FOOD, INC. In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that's been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, insecticide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of e coli - the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults. Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma) along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield Farm's Gary Hirshberg and Polyface Farms' Joel Salatin, Food, Inc. reveals surprising - and often shocking - truths about what we eat, how it's produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here.
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Soil: The Secret Solution to Global Warming. Research by the Rodale Institute reveals that sustainably-farmed soil holds up to 30% more carbon than conventional agriculture. Converting all of Canada's farmland to organic would reduce CO2 emissions by 20%. The extra carbon in the soil also increases food nutrients, which could greatly reduce health care costs. |
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Vandana Shiva: The Future of Food. This 3-part series of interviews with Dr. Vandana Shiva about the future of food is one of the most contentious, revolutionary, profound, and important discussions of any, we have had to date on Food News. This is more than about the safety of biotechnology; it's about the ability of all of us to have a choice of the foods that we eat, and for our farmers to be able to freely use their own seeds, and grow food in the manner that they choose. In Part 2, Dr. Vandana Shiva expresses her strong views about the problems of hunger in the developing world; the struggle of farmers in India; biotechnology, and her prescription for the type of farming model she believes the world needs. In Part 3, Dr. Vandana Shiva takes us back to the role of organic farming, and to the organic farmer who she believes embodies the best scientists of our time. For Dr. Shiva, as a scientist herself, and a longtime environmental activist, it's understanding nature and working within its laws that produces peace, prosperity, and a sustainable future.
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| New Film Takes on Organic Food Critics and Kicks Ass Surely you've heard the arguments: "organic isn't any healthier," "organic food is too expensive," "organic doesn't mean anything," or maybe you've seen Penn and Teller's take-down of the "Organic tastes better argument." During the last 12 months, a slew of anti-organic messages have been promulgated in the media. Good thing filmmaker Shelley Rogers has spent the past five years of her life putting together a movie that not only refutes most of these bogus talking points, but gives us an up-close look at what organic agriculture really is (as well as addressing some of the criticisms brought against it). Rogers' conclusion, after years of work and research, is that organic isn't just a question of personal health, and that standards really do make a difference. But rather than telling us this, she lets the experts - farmers, scientists, activists, doctors, and ecopreneurs - explain from their knowledgeable and frontline perspectives. |
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Solutions for Urban Living #2: Turn warehouse roofs into city farms and grow local, sustainably produced food. Annie Novak and Ben Flanner have been farming the rooftop of a Brooklyn warehouse since May 2009 and the 6,000 square-foot farm has over 30 different varieties of vegetables. Nearby restaurants have caught on to the idea and the urban farmers have been making deliveries on their bikes - now that's local. - VIDEO What You Sow. New Yorker, Interview with John Seabrook about the world's first global seed bank, in Svalbard, Norway. Seabrook talked with Blake Eskin about the history of seed saving and the importance of biological diversity.. The Meatrix II: Revolting. A follow-up to the original animated expose of factory-farming. - VIDEO Farming Today This Week Magazine from the BBC - AUDIO Rural News Australian Broadcasting Corporation - AUDIO Grocery Store Wars U.S Organic Trade Association Flash movie adapts Star Wars characters and plot to promote the organic cause. - VIDEO What's Happening to the Family Farm? Bill Mollison, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. AUDIO
Bill Mollison has been called the genius of permaculture, a guru, a living legend, a crank, and even a bombastic old bastard. But whatever you think of him, you'd have to be impressed that Bill's ideas have influenced the lives of millions of people all over the world.
PERSPECTIVE: BACKGROUND ARTICLES RELATED TO ORGANIC FARMING
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Why food is costing us the earth
The fight is on over how to solve our food crisis, but if we choose the wrong food policy at this juncture there could be no going back.
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Complex interactions keep pests under control on organic farms
Ecologists John Vandermeer and Ivette Perfecto of the University of Michigan and Stacy Philpott of the University of Toledo have uncovered a web of intricate interactions that buffers the farm against extreme outbreaks of pests and diseases, making magic bullets unnecessary.
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Make Mine Organic - Maria Rodale
The local food movement has been very important in revitalizing small farms and communities and bringing fresh, seasonal foods to many more people. However, as a means of saving the planet and improving our health, it only goes so far.
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What's So Great About Organic Food?
Organic foods of all kinds currently represent only about 3% of the total American market, according to the most recent numbers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), but it's a sector we all should be supporting more.
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Organic vs. Conventional
The treatment of the birds seals the deal. An industrial hen in a battery cage is not a pretty sight.
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The Organic Alternative - Dr. Mehmet Oz
The cost of going organic can be high — and it can be more than merely financial.
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Going organic: The siege on Gaza
The plan, as The Economist recently described it, is to "turn Gaza into one big organic farm".
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How Far Has Greenwashing Gone? The Conflicts of Natural and Organic Food
Sally Worley, PFI communications director and horticulture program director, said that a high tunnel is a passive solar greenhouse that allows farmers to expand their growing season and improve profitability.
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Organic Farmer Challenges Food Production Systems
Mr Leu claims nearly all the world’s agricultural emissions could be sequestered if our five billion hectares of agricultural land were converted to organic systems.
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Failure to Yield: Evaluating the Performance of Genetically Engineered Crops
Despite 20 years of research and 13 years of commercialization, genetic engineering has failed to significantly increase U.S. crop yields.
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Critics of GM crops vindicated over time
Although farmers have wholeheartedly embraced them, some of the downsides predicted by early critics - which were pooh-poohed by the experts - have also turned out to be true.
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Organic farming: what’s next?
As more people are buying organic products and the industry matures, organic farmers face new pressures
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Book Review: A call to make all food organic
In September, at 47, she took over the Rodale publishing empire. And she's cochair of the Rodale Institute, a Kutztown nonprofit that in 1981 started a farm systems trial to compare organic and conventional farming techniques. She bases a lot of her conclusions on the institute's research.
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New research: synthetic nitrogen destroys soil carbon, undermines soil health
In two recent papers the trio argues that the net effect of synthetic nitrogen use is to reduce soil's organic matter content. Why? Because, they posit, nitrogen fertilizer stimulates soil microbes, which feast on organic matter. Over time, the impact of this enhanced microbial appetite outweighs the benefits of more crop residues.
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Nonsanto: A Month Without Monsanto
How did we get to the frightening point where one company is controlling most of what we eat? April says it’s one word: convenience. “We are a nation addicted to convenience.
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Book review: Why We All Need to Demand Organic and . . . Worship the Worm
In her powerful and informative new book, Organic Manifesto: How Organic Farming Can Heal Our Planet, Feed the World, and Keep Us Safe, Maria Rodale has done all of the thinking and the research about organic farming for us.
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Health is the Tipping Point to Identify and Eliminate GMOs
In his second book, Genetic Roulette (2007), Smith presents irrefutable evidence of 65 health dangers linked to GMOs including allergens, carcinogens, new diseases, antibiotic resistant diseases and nutritional problems.
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To market, to market
Sarah Elton goes in search of Canada’s sustainable food industry.
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How certified is certified organic?
That's what CTV News found out when we had several organic potatoes and organic snow peas tested - there were no pesticides at detectable levels.
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The Organic Revolution
Joel Salatin, a leading light in the local food movement, met with several dozen local farmers and ranchers on a warm February day that made him wonder aloud about returning to snowbound Virginia..
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Why We Poison Our Food
Allen grew up on a farm, then studied war chemicals in the Marines, and was surprised when he returned to the farm to find out that farm chemicals were "modified versions of the nerve poisons and antipersonnel weapons that [he] learned about when studying chemical warfare in the Marine Corps."
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Why I Still Oppose Genetically Modified Crops
Like many people, I feel, as I did a decade ago, that genetically modified crops were introduced with bland assurances of safety based on studies from small test plots, a far different thing from the uncontrolled global experiment we now find ourselves in the midst of.
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Rebuilding Small-Scale Meat Processing Infrastructure
A rebirth of small slaughterhouses would breathe new life into small communities everywhere, give farmers and ranchers more options for processing their sustainably raised livestock and satisfy growing consumer demand for healthy meatproducts.
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Consumers may be coming round to the idea of higher food quality
A recent rise in academic criticism of the local food movement argues that it's less efficient than the dominant global/industrial system. But efficiency and lowest cost production may not be what all consumers want primarily.
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An organic education
The project, known as MyFarm, is located on 76 acres of land some forty kilometres east of Kingston. Project planners hope the land will serve as both a practical farm and teaching environment.
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Raw milk: magic elixir or health hazard?
Canada made the sale of raw milk illegal in 1991, saying that heat treatment, or pasteurization, is the only way to destroy potential pathogens in milk that could cause potentially deadly outbreaks of E. coli.
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