Archive for September, 2007

What’s Organic Milk?

Maybe not what it purports to be when it’s from Aurora: the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that from 2003 through 2006 Aurora Organic Dairy willfully violated the federal requirements for organic milk production by illegally failing to provide pasture, and by selling milk from cows that were not fully under organic management. The […]

Start Small (or, Mad in China)

“…maybe am finally beginning to win the battle against my inner evil-american (actually less of a battle than huddled in a corner with hands protecting my head)…”
Though I live in a house that costs less than $500 a month and drive a soon-to-be fourteen year-old car — I am still a consumer. And so do […]



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