Scrooged: FDA gives up on antibiotic restrictions in livestock
grist.org - December 28, 2011
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pulled a Scrooge move just before Christmas. The agency published an entry in the Federal Register declaring that it will end its attempt at mandatory restrictions on the use of antibiotics i...
Read moreMonsanto Corn May Be Failing to Kill Bugs in 4 States, EPA Says
www.businessweek.com - December 05, 2011
Rootworms in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota and Nebraska are suspected of developing tolerance to the plants’ insecticide, based on documented cases of severe crop damage and reports from entomologists, the EPA said in a memo dated Nov...
Read moreDon’t drink the weed killer: Atrazine taints rural groundwater
grist.org - December 05, 2011
Mother Jones noted, an independent panel convened by the agency to examine the herbicide's cancer risk provided "a list of cancers for which there is ‘suggestive evidence of carcinogenic potential': ovarian cancer, non-Hodgkin's l...
Read moreOrganic Can Feed the World
www.theatlantic.com - December 05, 2011
Too bad solid, scientific research hasn't been enough to drive that nail home. A 2010 United Nations study (PDF) concluded that organic and other sustainable farming methods that come under the umbrella of what the study's authors...
Read moreYet Again, Organic Ag Proves Just as Productive as Chemical Ag
motherjones.com - November 17, 2011
At the LTAR fields in Adair County, the (LTAR) runs four fields: one managed with the Midwest-standard two-year corn-soy rotation featuring the full range of agrochemicals; and the other ones organically managed with three differe...
Read moreThe Farm Bill: The view from the grassroots
www.grist.og - November 17, 2011
The odds that most of us laypeople will have any opportunity to influence this year's Farm Bill process are looking awfully slim. Sure, there's still a chance the current, nearly opaque supercommittee process, and the piece of it ...
Read moreJunk food can hijack brain like drugs do, experts say
www.bloomberg.com - November 16, 2011
A growing body of medical research at leading universities and government laboratories suggests that processed foods and sugary drinks made by the likes of PepsiCo Inc. and Kraft Foods Inc. (KFT) aren’t simply unhealthy. They can ...
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