Archive for January, 2006

New 2000-Cow Industrial Dairy Farm to Ship Milk to Dean/Horizon

Monday, January 30th, 2006

Watts Brothers Farms and Frozen Foods is planning to build a $10 million, 2,000-cow organic dairy in the Horse Heaven Hills, a move that could catapult the Paterson-based company into a lead role in the rapidly growing organic milk industry in Washington.

USDA Secretary Challenged for Kowtowing to Corporate Organic Interests

Monday, January 30th, 2006

The memo below signed by eight consumer/public interest groups criticizes the Secretary for appointing two individuals to represent the interests of consumers on the NOSB. These individuals apparently have no background or credentials to fill those slots (a determination that is part of the law).

A Columnist Backed by Monsanto

Monday, January 23rd, 2006

Business Week
by Eamon Javers

Michael Fumento’s failure to disclose payments to him in 1999 from the agribusiness giant has now caused Scripps Howard to sever its ties to him

Scripps Howard News Service announced Jan. 13 that it’s severing its business relationship with columnist Michael Fumento, who’s also a senior fellow at the conservative Hudson Institute. […]

Pregnant Women Who Eat Genetically Modified Foods Risk Endangering Their Unborn Babies

Thursday, January 12th, 2006

Mortality rate for new-born rats six times higher when mother was fed
on a diet of modified soya