Consumer buying pressure will likely force the entire food chain in North America to swear off GE within the next two years. Such a tipping point was achieved in Europe in April 1999. Australia should be taking notice of the response to GE foods throughout the world. It is certainly not the time to let the state bans expire.
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Help Grow Organics — A Campaign to Level the Playing Field
Published by June 19th, 2007 in Action, Government, Consumer, Industry, Agriculture, Farming and Organic. 0 CommentsAccording the the Environmental Working Group, in this year’s $76 billion U.S. Farm Bill, organic farmers are getting less than 1%. The EWG Action Fund is an attempt to level the playing field by getting organic farmers the funding they need, including increased government support for thousands of farmers who are transitioning to organic agriculture.
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It’s all about the soil
Published by May 30th, 2007 in Marketing, Resources, Government, Industry, Agriculture, Farming and Organic. 0 CommentsOver ten years ago, Bill Duesing of Solar Farm Education asked the question in his article Living on the Earth, June 7, 1996: What’s Organic? His answer was: the soil. With the battles over genetically modified crops, questions related to legislation and labeling, and all of the marketing of organic products and the obfuscation […]
