…or the seeds or the plants…because of preemptive legislation stripping local control and regulatory authority over agriculture and the food supply. Some of these laws aren’t limited to plants used in agruculture, but remove local control over all plants, including trees.
These sweeping industry-backed laws are being passed in response to movements by concerned communities and […]
Archive for August, 2006
Going where we can’t see the forest OR the trees…
Published by August 30th, 2006 in Political, Government, Resources, Regulation, Action, Agriculture, Food and Environment. 0 Comments“But the rice could have come from anywhere…”*
Published by August 30th, 2006 in Government, News, Regulation, Industry, Food, Farming and Agriculture. 0 Comments*Quote from AlterNet article: USDA Hides Another Biotech Disaster
Pesticide- and herbicide-resistant genetically engineered rice grown as test crops by Bayer Crop Science between 1998 and 2001 appear in U.S. commercial long-grain rice in 2006.
We’re not just exporting our jobs, we’re exporting our exports.
Here’s one more way agri-business and agri-tech squeezes out family farms: 1) grow […]
Can you say “co-opted?”
Published by August 29th, 2006 in Marketing, Events, Consumer, Industry, Products and Organic. 1 CommentA segment of consumer spending increasing by as much as 20% a year over ten years was bound to turn corporate heads. BIG heads. The arrival of organic products into the marketing mainstream is demonstrated by events such as the “The Business of Organic: Certification, Finance, and Marketing” conference hosted by The Strategic research Institute on October 30 and 31 at the Sheraton Sonoma County in Petaluma, CA.
What do those labels mean?
Published by August 27th, 2006 in Labels, Products and Organic. 0 CommentsWhether it’s food, personal hygiene products, household cleaners or paper products, what do all those labels mean?
You know the ones: small logos placed in a row along the back of a package of herbal tea, or the now ubiquitous black and white circle with the words “USDA Organic” that’s EVERYWHERE.
A great place to find this […]
If we haven’t already, it’s time to starting thinking about it: what is organic? Many would have us believe it’s already a done deal. Some are using use the organic label as just another way to access our wallets. That the Agricultural Marketing Service “governs” the USDA National Organic Program says a lot about […]
