What isn’t being discussed in Congress, during the ongoing debate on the broken federal food safety system, is the root cause of the most serious pathogenic outbreaks in our food-the elephant (poop) in the room.
The relatively new phenomena of nationwide pathogenic outbreaks, be they from salmonella or E. coli variants, are intimately tied to the [...]
Booths offering information on organic gardening, small-scale agriculture, real food, renewable energy, green building, green transportation and natural health. Exhibits and demonstrations with heritage livestock and equipment are also planned, and attendees will enjoy an eco-friendly marketplace and local, organic food and beverages. September 24-26, Seven Springs Resort outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. http://www.motherearthnews.com/Nature-Community/Mothers-Having-A-Party-And-Youre-Invited.aspx
Instead of collecting thousands of pounds of cow manure in open holding ponds, Joseph Gallo Farms uses it in a renewable energy technology known as a methane digester. However, because both Gallo Farms and another dairy with a digester, Fiscalini Farms, are located in the San Joaquin Valley, an area with some of the worst [...]
A decade-old Cal Poly program that provides organic produce to about 170 households will end at the end of this month, according to a letter sent this week by the university’s Horticulture and Crop Science Department.
The letter to subscribers — who pay between $20 and $26.50 per week for boxes of produce, depending on size [...]
A federal district court judge revoked the government’s approval of genetically engineered sugar beets Friday, saying that the Agriculture Department had not adequately assessed the environmental consequences before approving them for commercial cultivation.
The decision, by Judge Jeffrey S. White of Federal District Court in San Francisco, appears to effectively ban the planting of [...]
Taught by Stefanie Samara Hamblen, owner of Hogtown HomeGrown, participants will take a tour of the market, learn to cook at least two meals from seasonal produce and taste everything! In addition to all the hot weather veggies, there will be at least one kind of pesto!
Saturday, [...]
Kristin Treat, public relations manager for Gardein, an up-and-coming plant-based meat-alternative found in grocery stores across the nation attributes the increase in vegetarians to what she referred to as “conscious eating.”
“There is a trend sweeping across the United States — it’s called conscious eating,” Treat said. “Whether it’s for health or environmental reasons, or compassion [...]
You have to wonder why this takes anyone by surprise. They’ve been denying this sort of thing for years, in spite of increasing evidence. Then there is the common sense factor. Of COURSE whatever is in the soil or water will feed the plant along with the nutrients it’s there to [...]
The State of California will end the sale of eggs from out-of-state battery cage facilities beginning January 1, 2015.
On Tuesday, July 6, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law Assembly Bill No. 1437, which requires all sales in California of shell (whole) eggs for human consumption to comply with the state’s Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty [...]
Nice work, Alexandra!
“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 second season, her Garden to Go C.S.A. (community-supported agriculture) grows for 14 members, who pay $100 [...]
Arsenic in irrigation water or soil congregates in the top layers of soil where rice roots grow, allowing the plants to incorporate the toxic metal into the grain.
People are exposed to arsenic primarily through diet and drinking water… rising arsenic contamination in water and food supplies threatens food security, food safety and quality, and long-term [...]
WASHINGTON – Beef containing harmful pesticides, veterinary antibiotics and heavy metals is being sold to the public because federal agencies have failed to set limits for the contaminants or adequately test for them, a federal audit finds.
Overuse of the antibiotics helps create antibiotic-resistant strains of diseases.
The audit “shows clearly the need for quick action [...]
Cargill, with the help of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), will begin a review of its palm oil suppliers later this year to see how they are progressing toward more sustainable practices.
Groups like WWF and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) have pushed companies to be more aware of their palm oil supply chains [...]
Alachua County, in partnership with Florida Organic Growers, Abundant Edible Landscapes, UF Young Entrepreneurs in Leadership and Sustainability, and the Downtown Rotary Club, will plant an organic demonstration garden Saturday, July 10, 2010, beginning 10 a.m., at the County Administration Building on the corner of University Ave. and Main St. in Downtown Gainesville. The public [...]
VOTE EVERYDAY IN JUNE to help Harvest of Hope, a Gainesville Foundation operated by Phil and Ed Kellerman, win a grant to help support migrant workers!
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A University of South Florida Ph.D. candidate has discovered that a commonly used fungicide is lethal to three species of Florida’s frogs, even at concentrations previously assumed to be safe.
US Solicitor General Elena Kagan, President Obama's pick for the Supreme Court, is the most recent in a long line of pro-biotech Obama appointees, including USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, National Institute of Food and Agriculture director Roger Beachy, FDA senior food safety adviser Michael Taylor, USTR Agricultural Negotiator Islam Siddiqui, and USAID director Rajiv Shah.
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Surov and his colleagues set out to discover if Monsanto’s genetically modified (GM) soy, grown on 91% of US soybean fields, leads to problems in growth or reproduction. What he discovered may uproot a multi-billion dollar industry.
After feeding hamsters for two years over three generations, those on the GM diet, and especially the group on [...]
Organic farms are identified in green! See our guide to local fruit and vegetable festivals!. Make your own applesauce, apple butter, salsa, spaghetti sauce and save money on food bills and eat better.
via Where to find pick your own farms and orchards in north Florida for fruit, vegetables, pumpkins and Christmas trees..
“A new earthquake” is what peasant farmer leader Chavannes Jean-Baptiste of the Peasant Movement of Papay (MPP) called the news that Monsanto will be donating 60,000 seed sacks (475 tons) of hybrid corn seeds and vegetable seeds, some of them treated with highly toxic pesticides. The MPP has committed to burning Monsanto’s seeds…”
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