Horizon Organic radio spots disparage conventional milk, leaders say
Capital Press
Cookson Beecher
Radio ads for Horizon Organic milk that recently ran in Washington state, Oregon and California have dairy industry representatives dismayed over what they describe as “over the top” disparagement of conventional milk.
And while they say they’re happy that the ads were pulled, Horizon […]
Precedent-setting Decision May Block Planting, Sales of Monsanto Alfalfa
Washington, DC—In a decision handed down yesterday, a Federal Court has ruled, for the first time ever, that the U.S. Department of Agriculture failed to abide by federal environmental laws when it approved a genetically engineered crop without conducting a full Environment Impact Statement (EIS).
In what will […]
Brownfield Network
by Bob Meyer
Bills have been introduced in Congress that would phase-out the non-therapeutic use in animal agriculture of antibiotics that are deemed important to human medicine. The Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act was introduced in the Senate by Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee along […]
The Guardian
by Peter Melchett
All through the main bird migratory season last autumn, and during this winter, the U.K. government has been testing wild birds for avian flu. They found evidence of the low pathogenic variety of bird flu, which seems to have been present in wild bird populations for a long time, without causing any […]