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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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 […]
Time Writes About Organic Farming and the Non-GMO Label
Published by March 19th, 2007 in Farming, Consumer, Regulation, Food, Animals, Products, Agriculture and Organic. 0 CommentsThe March 14 article in Time Magazine, When Organic Isn’t Really Organic by Jyoti Thottam begins “When you buy a gallon of organic milk, you expect to get tasty milk from happy cows who haven’t been subjected to antibiotics, hormones or pesticides. But you might also unknowingly be getting genetically modified cattle feed.” Read the […]
LocalHarvest.org links to family farms
Published by September 6th, 2006 in Farming, Family, Food, Animals, Products, Agriculture and Organic. 0 CommentsLocalHarvest.org is an extensive web site that includes a directory of family farms all over the U.S. — with an emphasis on the Northeast and California — that sell their produce directly to the public. Listings can be searched by state, zip code or browsed alphabetically.
A great feature is a localized listing created by entering […]
