History of Organic Agriculture series- Part 7 Mar 24, 2010. My previous post outlined the improbable circumstances under which …
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History of Organic Agriculture series- Part 7 Mar 24, 2010. My previous post outlined the improbable circumstances under which …
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Despite the successful outcome in September 2009 of a Federal lawsuit brought by The Center For Food Safety, Earth Justice, and …
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March 16, 2010 Once again rural America stands on the Edge of Hope. Ankeny, Iowa. There are moments in a nation’s history that …
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On Friday, February 12, the USDA issued its final ruling for Access to Pasture organic certification requirements for all organic …
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From February 15 through March 15, 2010, the Blog For Food Campaign, a coordinated effort of participating Oregon bloggers, seeks …
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[Editor's Note: This is part six of Mark Keating's 11-part series of the origins and evolution of organic agriculture; how the …
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Good news for the Wallace Center in Little Rock, AR. They have been awarded a $900,000 grant by the USDA's National Institute of …
From the Obama Foodorama blog: "President Obama today announced his intent to nominate Dr. Elisabeth Hagen as the U.S. Department …
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"Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the selection of fourteen Recovery Act Broadband Infrastructure projects that …
In 1961, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., wrote a letter to the newly elected president, John F. Kennedy, asking for changes in the …
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