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Strawberry Yields Forever U.S. Could Endanger Ozone Layer with Push for Pesticide Use		10 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Strawberry Yields Forever U.S. Could Endanger Ozone Layer with Push for Pesticide Use In pushing for continued use of a controversial pesticide, the Bush administration could undermine international efforts to protect the ozone layer. The Montreal Protocol, a 1987 treaty ratified by the U.S. and other industrialized nations, calls for phasing out the ozone-depleting pesticide ...
Topics: European Union, food and agriculture, ozone, politics, toxics, United States (all these topics)

Baby, We Use Corn to Run House and Senate Reach Agreement Over Ethanol in Energy Bill		06 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Baby, We Use Corn to Run House and Senate Reach Agreement Over Ethanol in Energy Bill Clearing one of the last major hurdles on the way to a final energy bill, negotiators from the House and Senate agreed yesterday on most parts of a plan to almost double the use of ethanol by 2012 and provide a new tax credit for diesel fuels that are blended with soybeans or other farm p ...
Topics: business, food and agriculture, Midwest, placemaking, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

The Meatrix Step into the Meatrix, and help take down factory farms	Free Range Graphics	05 Nov 2003	Soapbox
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Topics: food and agriculture (all these topics)

Unsafe at Any Seed? A new consumer revolution could change the way we label food		30 Oct 2003	The Gist
There's a tongue-in-cheek ad campaign going on in New York City right now regarding smoking in public places. The ads feature slogans like, "If they ban smoking in airports, people will never fly again," and "If they ban smoking in bathrooms, people will never gossip again." I thought of this campaign when I stumbled across a Reuters article on Tuesday describing opposition to a new l ...
Topics: Department of Agriculture, food and agriculture, GMOs, green living, politics, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics)

It's Not the Size of the Carrot... Advice on choosing carrots	Umbra Fisk	28 Oct 2003	Ask Umbra
Dearest Umbra, I'm curious how they make those mystical little carrots that are just the right size for snacking. Are baby carrots actually harvested that small, or are they carved out of bigger carrots? If they're carved out of bigger carrots, where do all the shavings go? Bottom line: Am I supporting a wasteful production process when I buy baby-cut carrots or is my green consciousness just a tad bit hypera ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, food, food and agriculture, green living (all these topics)

The Whole Shebang Fix Whole Ecosystem, Not Bits and Pieces, Klamath Water Report Says		22 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
The Whole Shebang Fix Whole Ecosystem, Not Bits and Pieces, Klamath Water Report Says Both environmentalists and farmers were vindicated by a report released yesterday by the National Research Council on the contested waters of Oregon's Klamath Basin. The report, the final and most comprehensive one in an ongoing battle over the region's water sources, recommended sweeping repairs to a damaged landsc ...
Topics: fishing, food and agriculture, Oregon, water conflicts (all these topics)

Sludge Not Lest Ye Be Sludged Bush Administration Won't Regulate Farm Dioxins		20 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Sludge Not Lest Ye Be Sludged Bush Administration Won't Regulate Farm Dioxins Nothing will get in the way of farmers using dioxin-tainted sewage sludge as fertilizer on their crops, thanks to a Bush administration decision announced on Friday. The U.S. EPA declared that it sees no need to regulate dioxins in sewage sludge that is applied to land in the U.S., say ...
Topics: food and agriculture, health, politics, pollution and waste, toxics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

The Bees' Knees Are Knocking Major British Study Pans GM Crops as Harmful to Wildlife		17 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
The Bees' Knees Are Knocking Major British Study Pans GM Crops as Harmful to Wildlife Bad news just keeps on coming for British backers of genetically modified foods, a group whose most high-profile member is Prime Minister Tony Blair. The latest: A three-year government investigation billed as the world's largest study of the environmen ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, European Union, food and agriculture, GMOs, toxics, United Kingdom, wildlife (all these topics)

Can't Get a Piece of the Rock British Insurance Companies Would Not Cover Farmers Growing GM Crops		08 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Can't Get a Piece of the Rock British Insurance Companies Would Not Cover Farmers Growing GM Crops The general public in the U.K. is deeply opposed to genetically modified crops, and now British farmers have yet another reason not to grow them: No one will insure them. A study by the agricultural organization Farm found that none of Britain's five major insurance underwriters would be willing to insure farms that ...
Topics: food and agriculture, GMOs, United Kingdom (all these topics)

Caveat Farmer Bush Insulates Pesticide Makers from Lawsuits		06 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Caveat Farmer Bush Insulates Pesticide Makers from Lawsuits The Bush administration is doing a big favor for pesticide manufacturers by instituting a new policy that will curb farmers' ability to sue the companies if their products don't work as promised. In a significant policy reversal, the U.S. EPA has reinterpreted a federal law and now claims that it bars ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, food and agriculture, health, politics, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Nettling Question Nettle Fabric Could Be Eco-Friendly Replacement for Cotton		01 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Nettling Question Nettle Fabric Could Be Eco-Friendly Replacement for Cotton Fabric made from stinging nettles could be the next big thing in eco-friendly fashion. The process of growing nettles is much gentler on the Earth than growing cotton, which generally entails high use of water and pesticides. (Almost a quarter of the world's pesticides are sprayed on cotton plants.) In contrast, nettles don't ...
Topics: food and agriculture, green living, toxics, wildlife (all these topics)

Say It Ain't Soy Brazil Will Allow Planting of GM Soybeans		29 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Say It Ain't Soy Brazil Will Allow Planting of GM Soybeans In a big blow to opponents of biotechnology, Brazil announced last week that it will allow farmers to plant genetically modified soybeans, ending its role as one of the leading nations opposed to GM crops. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government had previously promised to oppose GM plantings, bu ...
Topics: Amazon, Brazil, business, deforestation, food and agriculture, GMOs, rainforests (all these topics)

The Fairest of Them All Fair-Trade Food Starts to Catch on in the U.S.		29 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
The Fairest of Them All Fair-Trade Food Starts to Catch on in the U.S. Hey, you -- sipping the fair-trade, shade-grown, organic coffee. How would you like a fair-trade banana with that? Or a fair-trade chocolate bar? A small but growing number of products in U.S. grocery stores carry a fair-trade label issued by TransFair USA, based in Oakland, Calif., which guarantees that the workers in developing countries w ...
Topics: business, food and agriculture, green living (all these topics)

Something Stinks EPA, Livestock Farms Seek to Cut Deal on Air Pollution		25 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Something Stinks EPA, Livestock Farms Seek to Cut Deal on Air Pollution Large livestock farms could gain immunity from air-pollution lawsuits by agreeing to monitor their emissions, under a new plan proposed by the U.S. EPA. The agency says the plan would benefit environmental regulators by generating data on how much air pollution is emitted by pork, poultry, dairy, and cattle farms; that ...
Topics: air pollution, food and agriculture, pollution and waste, US EPA (all these topics)

Twisting Their Farms California Bills Would Crack Down on Air Pollution from Farms		16 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Twisting Their Farms California Bills Would Crack Down on Air Pollution from Farms For the first time, California farmers would have to do their part to curb air pollution, under a series of controversial bills approved last week by the state legislature. The state's agriculture industry has long enjoyed an exemption from the federal Clean Air Act, even though many of its act ...
Topics: air pollution, California, food and agriculture, politics, pollution and waste (all these topics)

A Boy Named 'Sue' Four States Sue EPA for Failing to Protect Kids from Pesticides		16 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
A Boy Named "Sue" Four States Sue EPA for Failing to Protect Kids from Pesticides Four state attorneys general filed suit against the U.S. EPA yesterday, charging that the agency is endangering kids by failing to carry out a 1996 law intended to protect children from the risks of eating pesticide-laden food. "Parents reasonably expect that every effort has been made by the federal government to ...
Topics: food and agriculture, health, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Better Biosafe than Sorry A new GMO treaty is about to get tangled up in trade tussles	Lissa Harris	11 Sep 2003	Main Dish
All but eclipsed by the somber anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety will become international law today with little fanfare. Nonetheless, its entry into force could mark the beginning of a new era in international trade -- with potentially sweeping consequences for the environment. Fields of grain -- GMO barley, to be precise. P ...
Topics: food and agriculture, globalization, GMOs, World Trade Organization (all these topics)

Rove V. Waders White House Political Maneuvering Could Hurt Northwest Salmon		10 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Rove V. Waders White House Political Maneuvering Could Hurt Northwest Salmon President Bush lost in Oregon and Washington in the 2000 election, but his team is working to ensure that he fares better in the Pacific Northwest in 2004 -- and that may mean trouble for salmon. Bush's top strategy honcho, Karl Rove, has been making quiet trips to t ...
Topics: Department of Interior, fishing, food and agriculture, Northwest, Pacific Northwest, politics, water conflicts (all these topics)

Going Bananas Philippine Journalists Arrested for Reporting on Illegal Pesticide Use		10 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Going Bananas Philippine Journalists Arrested for Reporting on Illegal Pesticide Use Four journalists working in the Philippines, including a New York Times correspondent, have been arrested on libel charges because of articles and columns they wrote in 2000 about the use of illegal pesticides at a banana plantation. Also arrested was Romeo Quijano, a professor of medicine at the University of the Philip ...
Topics: food and agriculture, green living, health, toxics (all these topics)

Home, Home on the Free Range	Suzy Becker	08 Sep 2003	Ha.

Topics: food and agriculture (all these topics)

Getting Her Goat Goats are the hip new thing in eco-friendly weed management	Hillary Rosner	02 Sep 2003	Main Dish
The lawnmower was broken. Not that I knew how to use it, anyway, as I'd spent my whole life until a year ago in lawn-less New York City. Now, though, I was in Boulder, Colo., with waist-high weeds in my yard. I refused to even consider herbicides, but my attempt to pull the weeds by hand proved futile: After several hours, all I had to show was one small patch of bare turf and an aching bac ...
Topics: food and agriculture, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Getting Her Goat Goats Are the Hip New Thing in Eco-Friendly Weed Management		02 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
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The Grazy Days of Summer	Suzy Becker	25 Aug 2003	Ha.

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Choke-a-cola? Coke and Pepsi in India Reported to Contain High Pesticide Residues		05 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Choke-a-cola? Coke and Pepsi in India Reported to Contain High Pesticide Residues A dozen varieties of soft drinks sold by Coca-Cola and Pepsi in Delhi, India, contain "dangerously high" levels of pesticide residues, according to tests conducted by the Center for Science and Environment, a Delhi-based nonprofit. CSE accused the companies of drawing their so ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, food and agriculture, health, India, toxics (all these topics)

Coming Soon: Organic Cheez Whiz		28 Jul 2003	Daily Grist
Read more about: food and agriculture Coming Soon: Organic Cheez Whiz Mainstream food producers are diving into the organic market, which accounts for less than 2 percent of U.S. food sales but has been expanding by more than 20 percent per year. Salivating at this impressive growth rate, many large companies are gobbling up smaller organic producers. In just the latest example, Dean Foods Co., the largest milk producer in the U.S., earlier this month bought up Horizon Organic, one the biggest o ...
Topics: food and agriculture (all these topics)

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