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 […]
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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.
This […]
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 […]
Organic Coffee Emergency Highlights Need to Buy Fair Trade
Published by April 17th, 2007 in Consumer, Regulation, Government, News, Industry, Farming, Products, Labels, Agriculture, Food and Organic. 0 CommentsChanges to US Department of Agriculture requirements for organic certification will freeze out many organic coffee growers who relied on growers groups to bring down the cost of certification.
Who’s in charge — FDA puts science loophole in organic labeling standards
Published by March 25th, 2007 in Consumer, Regulation, Government, Biotech, Industry, Animals, Products, Labels, Agriculture and Organic. 0 CommentsThe cloning issue leads a February 2 AP article to shed light on the relationship of USDA Organic label and GM foods.
The article Organic seal may soon mean ‘clone-free,’ too - Meat, milk from cloned animals won’t get their own warning label addresses labeling standards and public acceptance of cloned animal products in the […]
