March 16, 2010. Despite the successful outcome in September 2009 of a Federal lawsuit brought by The Center For Food Safety, Earth Justice, and other environmental groups against the USDA to require an environmental statement before allowing GM sugar beets to be grown, U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey White ruled yesterday to allow the 2009 [...]
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Attorney General Eric Holder Calls for Historic Era of Antitrust Enforcement
March 16, 2010
Once again rural America stands on the Edge of Hope.
Ankeny, Iowa. There are moments in a nation’s history that define it. For America’s remaining 2 million farmers (less than 1% of the population) and the more than 300 million eaters, the recent joint Department of Justice and Department of Agriculture workshop on lack [...]
Posted in Food News Also tagged agribusiness, anti competition, antitrust, cargill, doj, monopolies, monsanto, national beef packing industry, patents, small farmers, smithfield, swift, tyson Post a comment
Seeds of Life: The Organic Seed Breeder
CUpS: Food News
“Seed breeding is basically taking the process of evolution and turning it into a more controlled process” —Frank Morton
As the Seeds of Life series continues, embattled farmer, Frank Morton, a Willamette Valley organic seed breeder shares his expert knowledge of how plant breeding techniques have evolved, and the importance of [...]
Organic Livestock Recieve Emancipation Proclamation from USDA
February 15, 2010 On Friday, February 12, the USDA issued its final ruling for Access to Pasture organic certification requirements for all organic livestock producers. The National Organic Program (NOP) began in October of 2002, and up until the present was designed to ensure that pasture and ruminant animals received adequate access to pasture grass, [...]
Posted in CUpS Food News Wire Also tagged cows, john bansen, national organic program, organic certification, organic milk, pasture fed animals, ruminant animals Post a comment
Oregon Food Bank Needs Your Help: Blog For Food 2010 Campaign Begins
From February 15 through March 15, 2010, the Blog For Food Campaign, a coordinated effort of participating Oregon bloggers, seeks to help Oregon Food Bank (OFB) raise funds to address the rising (and alarming) levels of hunger and food insecurity in the state.
Sadly, Oregon has joined the ranks of four other states (Mississippi, Maine, Oklahoma [...]
U.S. Adopts National Organic Standards: Victory for All, but…
[Editor's Note: This is part six of Mark Keating's ongoing history of the origins and evolution of organic agriculture; how the organic community and the USDA eventually came together to create the national organic standards; their subsequent implementation; and the fallout felt through to the present day.]
“Democracy is the worst form of government [...]
