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Organic Strawberries Have Better Taste & Nutrition Than Conventional & Better For Soil Too: New Study - TreeHugger

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Organic Strawberries Have Better Taste & Nutrition Than Conventional & Better For Soil Too: New Study

Former egg farm workers say complaints ignored - Star Tribune: Latest

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

U.S. Agriculture Department employees worked full-time at two Iowa egg farms at the center of a salmonella outbreak and massive recall, but two former workers said they ignored complaints about conditions at one site.

Japanese Hunt Dolphins into the Cove, Once More - Newsweek Top Stories

Ravi Somaiya — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Japanese hunters, whose annual dolphin hunt was made famous in the Oscar-winning documentary The Cove, reportedly herded 20 of the mammals together on Friday as protests against the practice were ramped up.

Ex-egg farm workers say complaints ignored - MSNBC

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

U.S. Agriculture Department employees worked full-time at two Iowa egg farms at the center of a salmonella outbreak, but two former workers said they ignored complaints about conditions at one site. ...

Organic Food Is Healthier, Tastier, Better For Environment: WSU Study - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Grist — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Does growing food organically really matter? Supporters of conventional agriculture say that organic farming is little more than a fad -- and that organic produce...

8 Farmside Restaurants (PHOTOS) - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Huffington Post — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

As summer comes to a close, what better way to celebrate its end than to dine at a farm. Honor summer's bounty by eating a...

NZ tycoon unwraps packaging ambitions with US deal - SFGate: Business & Technology

By RAY LILLEY, Associated Press Writer — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

NZ tycoon unwraps packaging ambitions with US deal

Former egg farm workers say complaints ignored by USDA employees working at the site - Chicago Tribune: Nation

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Former egg farm workers say complaints ignored by USDA employees working at the site

Former egg farm workers say complaints ignored (AP) - Yahoo: US National

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

AP - U.S. Agriculture Department employees worked full-time at two Iowa egg farms at the center of a salmonella outbreak and massive recall, but two former workers said they ignored complaints about conditions at one site. ...

Former egg farm workers say complaints ignored - Seattle Times: Business & Technology

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

China orders action to cool food prices - Seattle Times: Business & Technology

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

China has ordered local leaders to cool a surge in politically sensitive food prices by raising vegetable production amid rising tensions in poor countries over surging food costs.

China orders action to cool food prices - AP Business

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

By 2010-09-03T07:34:14Z

BEIJING (AP) -- China has ordered local leaders to cool a surge in politically sensitive food prices by raising vegetable production amid rising tensions in poor countries over surging food costs....

Former egg farm workers say complaints ignored - AP Top News

By MICHAEL J. CRUMB — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

By MICHAEL J. CRUMB 2010-09-03T07:22:24Z

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- U.S. Agriculture Department employees worked full-time at two Iowa egg farms at the center of a salmonella outbreak and massive recall, but two former workers said they ignored complaints about conditions at one site....

NZ tycoon unwraps packaging ambitions with US deal - Seattle Times: Business & Technology

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The reclusive New Zealand billionaire buying the U.S. maker of Hefty brand trash bags to create the world's second-biggest packaging business started out as a tow truck driver and bounced back from the brink of bankruptcy more than a decade ago to become his country's richest person.

Montrose author 'baffled' by Md. gunman inspired by book - Houston Chronicle: Texas

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Topping an 11-item Internet manifesto posted by James Lee was a demand that the Discovery Channel air programs based on a six-page passage in Daniel Quinn's 1997 novel, My Ishmael.

Merit Homes cuts prices on Libertyville homes - Chicago Tribune: Real Estate

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Merit Homes cuts prices on Libertyville homes

NZ tycoon unwraps packaging ambitions with US deal - AP Business

By RAY LILLEY — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

By RAY LILLEY 2010-09-03T05:50:24Z

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- The reclusive New Zealand billionaire buying the U.S. maker of Hefty brand trash bags to create the world's second-biggest packaging business started out as a tow truck driver and bounced back from the brink of bankruptcy more than a decade ago to become his country's richest person....

Cargill ground beef is tied to rare E. coli strain - Star Tribune: Latest

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Cargill Meat Solutions, a division of Minnetonka-based Cargill, recalled 8,500 pounds of hamburger after investigators determined that it was the likely source of a bacterial strain which had sickened three people in Maine and New York.

Cargill ground beef tied to rare E. coli strain - Star Tribune: Business

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The discovery could alter the debate over widening rules concerning the bacteria.

Beef Recall Heats Up Fight to Tighten Rules - NY Times: Business

By WILLIAM NEUMAN — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Beef Recall Heats Up Fight to Tighten Rules

It (almost) can’t get more local than growing at the grocery store - Grist Magazine

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

by Ashley Braun. Are farmers markets not fresh enough for you? Is the urban farm down the street too full of dirt? Do you love the experience of walking up and down aisles of artificially lit food which the grocery store can offer but cringe at the miles and minutes it took for your dinner to reach you? Then Agropolis may be for you!  It’s the soil-free, pesticide-free, and travel-free concept grocery store, urban farm, and restaurant , all rolled into one. Peruse the produce growing up the walls and pick what you like, while you have visions of tilapia dinners dancing in your head—and swimming in the aquaponic floor tanks under your feet. The high-tech team behind Agropolis envisions “a world where your food is not ...

Dolphin Slaughter Resumes in Japan - AlterNet

Jaymi Heimbuch, TreeHugger — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Activist Ric O'Barry delivered a petition to the US Embassy in Tokyo signed by 1.7 million people from 155 countries demanding an end to the hunt.

Taiji Opens Season on Dolphins Today - TreeHugger

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Taiji Opens Season on Dolphins Today

New study weighs in on organic vs. conventional debate - Grist Magazine

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

by Michelle Venetucci Harvey. Does growing food organically really matter?  Supporters of conventional agriculture say that organic farming is little more than a fad—and that organic produce lightens consumers’ wallets for no tangible benefits. And unfortunately, since agro-ecosystems are so complex, scientists have had a hard time cutting through the haze of claims and counter-claims. Until now: “ Fruit and Soil Quality of Organic and Conventional Strawberry Agroecosystems ,” a study led by Washington State University Regents professor of soil science John Reganold, is one of the most comprehensive, persuasive studies yet to show the nutritional and environmental benefits of organic farming.  Its findings ...

Gates Foundation Pushing GE Soy Industry in Southern Africa - Organic Consumers Association News Headlines

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

TechnoServe is helping to grow the incomes (and debt) of tens of thousands of small-scale farmers in southern Africa by promoting the development of a local (genetically engineered) soy industry, through a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (which is in bed with Monsanto).

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