The combination of farming and forests, known as agroforestry, represents a new farming niche — one that’s especially vital and vibrant in Missouri. ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH By Georgina Gustin When most people think of farmland, they think of open fields lined with long, neat crop rows. But some farmers and researchers picture something else: trees…. Read more »
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Dangerous Hype: Infant Formula Companies Claim They Can Make Babies ‘Smarter’
By Ari LeVaux, AlterNet If you believed a certain baby formula would make your child smarter, would you buy it? Infant formula manufacturers are banking that you would. That’s why, since 2002, several companies have fortified their products with synthetic versions of DHA and ARA, long-chain fatty acids that occur naturally in breast milk and… Read more »
Pesticides in your peaches: Tribune and USDA studies find pesticides, some in excess of EPA rules, in the fragrant fruit
Latest government report shows more than 50 pesticides on the fruit. How can you avoid the risks? Chicago Tribune By Monica Eng As we munch into the fragrant core of peach season, shoppers face an array of choices for the same fuzzy fruit but little guidance on which type to pick. Expensive organic? Pricey farmers… Read more »
Economic Strife in Farming Communities Leads Some to Tragic Ends
Bangor Daily News By Sharon Kiley Mack AUGUSTA, Maine — It’s the one topic a lot of farmers are keenly aware of but won’t talk about. They’ll discuss weather, milk prices, the cost of equipment, cow genetics and bull semen, but they never talk to each other about suicide. Increased suicide among farmers is a… Read more »
Market For Organic Milk Goes Sour
By Georgina Gustin ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH When a group of organic dairy farmers in Missouri and neighboring states banded together to sell their milk through a cooperative a few years ago, they thought they had stumbled onto a dairying gold mine. The industry had been a bumpy ride for a decade. Prices fluctuated wildly. But… Read more »
Closing the Farm to Plate Knowledge Gap
Civil Eats By Rob Smart In the battle for the hearts and minds (and pocket books) of everyday Americans, the large corporate players in today’s industrial food system must be pleased. Consumer advocates for sustainable, healthy food are fighting with farmers, not because either picked a fight with the other, but because the knowledge gap… Read more »
After 37 Years, Alice Waters Still Searches For a “Slow Food” Life
The Sacramento Bee By Stuart Leavenworth Along with local farmers and foodies of all stripes, I spent part of an afternoon Tuesday in a Yolo County walnut grove with Alice Waters, the chef of Chez Panisse. It was an emotional gathering for Waters and many in the crowd. More than three decades ago, Waters’ drive… Read more »
Message to Obama: Please Fix the USDA’s Organic Mess
Overhaul of Management and Culture Needed Appointment of Kathleen Merrigan as Deputy Secretary: First Sign of “Change” Cornucopia, WI – President Obama and new USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack are being urged to take immediate action to repair the USDA’s increasingly dysfunctional National Organic Program (NOP). Suspect imports of grains, nuts, and vegetables from China and… Read more »
Letter From Langdon: Talking Seeds and Freedom at Mark Twain State Park
“We gave them a monopoly and they are making billions,” said a retired ag professor from the University of Missouri. Daily Yonder By Richard Oswald Mark Twain State Park was the location of a “Taking It Back” meeting held on July 12th, sponsored by Organization for Competitive Markets, American Corn Growers, and Missouri Farmers Union…. Read more »
Ohio Governor Urged Not to Implement Ban on Milk Hormone Labeling
More Than 70 Consumer Groups, Dairies and Environmental Organizations Contact Governor Contacts: Naomi Starkman, CU, 917.539.3924 John Bianchi, Goodman Media, 212.576.2700 More than 70 dairy farmers, food processors and retailers, and consumer, farm and agricultural, public health, animal protection and environmental organizations, today wrote to Ohio Governor Ted Strickland urging the state not to prohibit… Read more »
