Young Farmers Find Huge Obstacles to Getting Started
www.nytimes.com - November 14, 2011
Similar stories prompted the National Young Farmers’ Coalition, a new group that has grown out of the Hudson Valley in New York, to survey more than 1,000 young farmers nationwide in an effort to identify the pitfalls that are kee...
Read moreA Real-Life Horror Story: GMO Sweet Corn Coming to Your Grocery Store
rodale.com - November 09, 2011
It seems like a simple but critical mantra to follow: always know what you’re eating. Unless, of course, some sneaky biotech company decides that we no longer have the right to know whether or not they slip something potentially d...
Read moreDespite economy, more buying organics
www.upi.com - November 07, 2011
Seventy-eight percent of U.S. families say they are choosing organic foods, an increase from last year despite hard economic times, a survey indicates. Christine Bushway, executive director of the Organic Trade Association, fou...
Read moreConsumers win the right to know about their food
www.organicnewsroom.com - November 03, 2011
he State of Ohio today agreed that it will no longer pursue regulations limiting labeling on organic dairy products. Ohio had attempted to prohibit statements on labels which informed consumers that organic dairy products are prod...
Read moreOrganic farming: Going against the grains
www.DesMoinesRegister.com - October 27, 2011
Soper, 63, has returned to his native Iowa after a three-decade career in the music business in California. He’s midway through the three-year process of converting most of his family’s 100-year-old, 1,000-acre farm to production ...
Read moreExperts link food security to greener farming
dw-world.de - October 17, 2011
Agricultural experts warn against genetic engineering Industrial agriculture will not suffice to provide food for a growing world population, say experts. Instead, sustainable and eco-friendly practices should be promoted. This r...
Read moreGene-Altered Foods Need Mandatory Labels, Coalition Tells FDA
www.businessweek.com - October 13, 2011
Genetically engineered corn, soy and plant oil should be disclosed on mandatory food labels, a coalition of more than 350 producers, trade groups and consumers said in a petition to U.S. regulators. The U.S. should require adde...
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