[Note:  The use of antibiotics in the production of organic food from organic livestock is expressly prohibited in the U.S.] Daily Mail (UK) By Christine Show The roughly eight million women developing bladder infections in the United States every year may be getting a form of the illness resistant to antibiotics from the chicken they… Read more »

National Farmers Organization Ray Scheesley Nestled in the rolling foothills of Allegany County on the outskirts of the two-college town of Alfred, NY, lays a small but quaint 50 cow Certified Organic dairy farm named Sunny Cove. Jerry and Dottie Snyder, along with their 8 children, operate a not so typical “raw milk permitted” Organic… Read more »

Examiner.com Seattle Pet Laws Examiner: Jean-Pierre Ruiz In testimony before the US House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Dr. Dean Wyatt testified as to how the agency supports unhealthy practices at the national slaughterhouses and endangers the nation’s meat food supply. Dr. Wyatt, a public health supervisory veterinarian with the USDA’s Food and Safety Inspection… Read more »

Los Angeles Times By Nicole Winfield Associated Press Writer ROME — Organic food has long been considered a niche market, a luxury for wealthy consumers. But researchers told a U.N. conference Saturday that a large-scale shift to organic agriculture could help fight world hunger while improving the environment. Crop yields initially can drop as much… Read more »

Nautilus by Anne Biklé and David R. Montgomery Source: Anna Fox How a steady diet of fertilizers has turned crops into couch potatoes. Most of us are familiar with the much-maligned Western diet and its mainstay of processed food products found in the middle aisles of the grocery store. Some of us beeline for the salty chips… Read more »

How Big Food keeps us eating through a combination of science and marketing CBC News by Kelly Crowe Credit: National Cancer Institute Standing in her kitchen in downtown Toronto chopping vegetables for dinner, Pat Guillet is aware she has entered the battleground. “Whenever you go grocery shopping, or into your kitchen, you’re in a war… Read more »

Cornucopia’s Take: Our cheap food relies heavily on cheap labor, much of it provided by immigrants and migrant workers. Both conventional and organic farmers talk about how they make far below minimum wage. Supporting local, certified organic CSAs and cooking with unprocessed ingredients like fresh vegetables and bulk grains can make an organic diet more… Read more »

Cornucopia’s Take: Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), as their name implies, are feedlots where livestock are kept in large numbers and stressful tight confinement, causing less-than-ideal health in the animals. In close quarters illness spreads quickly, and CAFO animals are increasingly likely to carry antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria, including resistance to some antibiotics doctors… Read more »

GreenMedInfo by Sayer Ji The mystery of what is causing thousands to die each year from a fatal kidney disease may now be solved, with evidence pointing to the world’s most heavily used herbicide Roundup (glyphosate) as the primary culprit. A new study published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Healthproposes a link… Read more »

Cornucopia’s Take: The story below highlights the possibilities for curbing food waste when consumers have access to less-than-perfect food that typically never makes it to the grocery store. Likewise this can benefit farmers who may have some “uglies” in their produce by providing another marketing outlet. Seattle’s love affair with ugly fruits and veggies The… Read more »