Genetically Modified Organisms: Safe To Eat, Safe For The Environment? Still No Consensus On Health, Environmental Dangers of GMOs
The jury is still out regarding whether genetically modified organisms (GMOs) can hurt people or the environment.
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A Hot Read: The New American Farmer Exploring Latino/a farmers' transition from workers to owners
Exploring Latino/a farmers’ transition from workers to owners
Is Grass-Fed Beef Actually Better for the Environment?
Allan Savory points to the carbon sequestration benefits of grazing cattle on grasslands as an environmental justification for raising livestock…
What’s Killing All the Bees?
Activists would like the U.S. government to ban a class of insecticides called neonics that they blame for wiping out the bees that pollinate a majority of our food crops.
Plastic Ocean Debris Spikes in Past 40 Years
A new analysis finds that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch has 100 times more plastic than it did in the 1970s.
Blowin’ in the Wind: Genetically Modified Seeds As Environmental Contaminant? Organic Farmers Seek an Answer to the Problem of GM Contamination
Blowin’ in the Wind: Organic Farmers Seek an Answer to the Problem of Contamination by Genetically Modified Seeds and Crops…
Meet the Fakers With the Popularity in Farmers’ Markets Have Come Unscrupulous Sellers Big and Small
Emily Achenbaum Harris arrived at the local farmers’ market in Charlotte, North Carolina, just as vendors were opening their stands. As she walked from stall to stall, she noticed Dole boxes tucked under tables and watched as a farmer dumped blueberries out of plastic supermarket containers into the blue felted containers ubiquitous at local farm […]
Tax Relief for Organic Growers
Woodbury County, Iowa became the first government in the U.S. to financially support organics when the board of supervisors voted last year to give a property tax rebate to farmers transitioning to organic. Since then, Woodbury officials have also passed a law that requires the county’s food service contractor to purchase organic food grown and processed within 100 miles of the county courthouse whenever available.
Growing Farmers Young Professionals Go Back to the Land
A growing number of smart, ambitious people are rejecting the lure of lucrative careers for the promise of a simpler agrarian lifestyle. Many of those in the new crop of young farmers boast the kinds of diplomas typically found in Silicon Valley cubicles, Wall Street suites or Hollywood editing rooms. But instead of pursuing fast-paced careers, these members of the so-called "best and the brightest" class are choosing to spend their days weeding carrots and building compost.