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Grinding to a Halt
Changes in USDA policy could hit organic coffee hard |
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09 Apr 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Grinding to a Halt Changes in USDA policy could hit organic coffee hard Hold onto your latte: News is seeping out about a change at the U.S. Department of Agriculture that could affect the cost and availability of organic products from developing countries, including bananas, spices, sugar, and coffee. Normally, a farm must undergo an annual inspection to get certified. But for years, co ... |
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| Topics: Department of Agriculture, food and agriculture, news, organic food (all these topics) |
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Was It the Cowlick?
U.S. federal judge bans sales, planting of genetically modified alfalfa |
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13 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Was It the Cowlick? U.S. federal judge bans sales, planting of genetically modified alfalfa A first-of-its-kind ruling in the U.S. will stop Monsanto's genetically modified alfalfa in its tracks -- for now. Citing the USDA's failure to conduct an environmental impact statement before approving the crop in 2005 and its "cavalier" response to concerns that the franken-falfa could contami ... |
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| Topics: Department of Agriculture, food and agriculture, GMOs, news (all these topics) |
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Carry On My Wayward Gene
Kansas could see first commercial crop of human-gene-containing rice |
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02 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Carry On My Wayward Gene Kansas could see first commercial crop of human-gene-containing rice A California company is one step closer to growing rice that contains human genes on a commercial scale. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has given a preliminary OK to a plan to sow 450 Kansas acres with the stuff this spring, with 2,750 more acres to come. Ventria Bioscience's three Frankenr ... |
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| Topics: Department of Agriculture, food and agriculture, GMOs, Kansas, news (all these topics) |
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Situation Normal, All Ducked Up
Feds won't make livestock-identification plan mandatory |
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13 Dec 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Situation Normal, All Ducked Up Feds won't make livestock-identification plan mandatory Surprising exactly no one, a federal plan to track all U.S. livestock with ID tags remains controversial with farmers. Surprising some, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has given up on making it mandatory. Intended to trace disease and to combat -- wait for it -- agroterrorism, the National Animal Identification S ... |
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| Topics: Department of Agriculture, food and agriculture, news (all these topics) |
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The Case of the Mislabeled Case
Wal-Mart accused of incorrectly labeling organic products |
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16 Nov 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| The Case of the Mislabeled Case Wal-Mart accused of incorrectly labeling organic products Ah, Wal-Mart -- always reliable for some good old-fashioned eco-drama. This week, the Cornucopia Institute, an activist group representing small farmers, filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Agriculture that accuses Wal-Mart of incorrectly labeling or otherwise misrepresenting various products ... |
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| Topics: Department of Agriculture, food and agriculture, news, Wal-Mart (all these topics) |
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You Picked a Bovine Time to Peeve Me
USDA loophole lets penned cows get certified organic |
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20 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| You Picked a Bovine Time to Peeve Me USDA loophole lets penned cows get certified organic The U.S. Department of Agriculture may be caving to owners of factory dairy farms by failing to revise some rules on organic milk. At issue is how the agency defines an organic bovine. One requirement is that the cows have "access to pasture," but another provision allows them to be raised in confined pe ... |
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| Topics: Department of Agriculture, food and agriculture, news (all these topics) |
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