Why GMOs won’t save the world (despite what you read in The New York Times)
grist.org - August 22, 2011
With all due respect, Nina Federoff’s New York Times op-ed reads like it was written two decades ago, when the jury was still out about the potential of the biotech industry to reduce hunger, increase nutritional quality in foods,...
Read moreMore evidence links pesticides, diabetes
reuters.com - August 18, 2011
People with relatively high levels of certain pesticides in their blood may have an increased risk of type 2 diabetes -- particularly if they are overweight, a new study suggests. The study, reported in the journal Diabetes Care,...
Read moreCollege organic, sustainability programs growing
abcnews.go.com - August 15, 2011
Washington State University, which already offered an organic agriculture degree, recently became the first school in the country to offer an organic agriculture certificate online. At the University of California-Davis, students ...
Read moreOrganic farming reduces resistance of bacteria to antibiotics, study finds
www.washingtonpost.com - August 10, 2011
Poultry farmers who adopt organic practices and stop giving their birds antibiotics significantly reduce the resistance of bacteria to antibiotics in their flocks, according to a study released Wednesday. Public health experts ha...
Read moreOrganic farming systems yield energy savings of 20% or more
www.atlanticfarmfocus.ca - August 08, 2011
After a review of 130 studies, researchers have concluded that organic farming systems use significantly less nonrenewable energy than conventional farming. The farm energy savings for organic are often 20 per cent or more. "We ...
Read moreWomen farmers taking root
www.startribune.com - August 08, 2011
Men still own and operate the vast majority of large farms with commodity crops such as wheat or soybeans that require heavy equipment, capital and labor. But woman-run farms cover the gamut, USDA figures show, reflecting everythi...
Read moreWafting poison makes fertile ground for suit in Stearns County
www.startribune.com - August 03, 2011
Letting damaging chemicals cross property lines is trespassing, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled on Monday. Moreover, since those pesticides made his crop unsalable in the organic market, Johnson is entitled to damages from th...
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