Documentary presents young Georgia growers as food’s new ‘rock stars’ Connect Savannah By Jessica Leigh Lebos If sun–kissed cuties in overalls driving tractors through sun–dappled fields sounds like your kind of fantasy, this one’s for you. A paean to those who make the sustainable food movement possible, the documentary GROW! profiles 20 young organic farmers… Read more »
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Eco-Farming Can Double Food Production in 10 Years, Says New UN Report
SRFood.org GENEVA – Small-scale farmers can double food production within 10 years in critical regions by using ecological methods, a new UN report* shows. Based on an extensive review of the recent scientific literature, the study calls for a fundamental shift towards agroecology as a way to boost food production and improve the situation of the poorest. “To… Read more »
Calif. Aims to Boost Enforcement of Organic Rules
Capital Press (link no longer available) ROBIN HINDERY, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — It’s been barely a year since Luis Miranda began selling organic produce at farmers markets near his home in California’s Central Valley, but he’s already seen every trick in the book. Scanning the stands recently at a market in downtown Sacramento, Miranda… Read more »
D.C. Lawmakers Feel Pressure to Strengthen Food Safety Rules
Des Moines Register (link not available) By PHILIP BRASHER, [email protected] Washington, D.C. – A near-death experience after eating E. coli-tainted lettuce turned Karen Hibben-Levi into an activist for changing the way the government regulates food safety. This week, the retired court administrator from Waterloo made her second trip to Washington this year to join others affected… Read more »
Fertilized by Growing Power, veggie tales become the latest story at businesses
By Karen Herzog of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Vegetable stands lush with asparagus and salad greens are sprouting in corporate parking lots. Kohl’s Corp. is planting vegetable gardens to help the less fortunate. And City Hall next week will get its own version of the White House kitchen garden. Nonprofit urban farm Growing Power is… Read more »
Infant Formula Warning Labels Needed: Take Action
Infant Formula Warning Labels Needed “How traumatic for my child to have to experience a time that should be of comfort and closeness to me, to be so disturbing and painful,” a mother wrote to the FDA. Her 4-month old infant daughter experienced severe gastrointestinal distress and stomach cramping from infant formula supplemented with DHA… Read more »
Critics Fear USDA Will Be Cowed By Large Dairies
Loophole remains in `organic’ definition By Andrew Martin Chicago Tribune Washington Bureau (link no longer available) Published October 19, 2005 WASHINGTON — Seven months after a federal advisory board sought to close loopholes to ensure that organic dairy cows are raised in pastures, rather than in confined pens, the Department of Agriculture has yet to… Read more »
Egg Labels Explained
Cornucopia’s Take: Egg cartons have an increasingly dizzying number of claims stamped across them, and we regularly receive questions on their meanings. This article decodes them well. Cornucopia’s scorecard for organic eggs helps consumers decide which organic brands are produced with the highest integrity and best management practices. What All of the “Cage-Free” Stuff on… Read more »
Ordering Baby Chicks? Avoid These 16 Rookie Mistakes
Rodale Wellness by Lissa Lucas & Traci Torres of My Pet Chicken Source: Alex Starr How to plan for baby chicks like a pro when you’re starting your backyard flock. You may have read everything you can get your hands on, but most how-to books don’t adequately explain how the baby chick ordering process works,… Read more »
Rebuttal of The Country Hen
The Real Chicken Poop On May 19, 2014 The Country Hen, a vertically integrated egg producer based in Hubbardston, Massachusetts, wrote a letter to a customer explaining their animal husbandry and egg production practices while also attempting to discredit The Cornucopia Institute’s Egg research and Scorecard project. Here we share with you what The Country… Read more »
