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Don't Have a Cow About 20 percent of farm-animal breeds* are endangered, says FAO		18 Dec 2006	Daily Grist
Don't Have a Cow About 20 percent of farm-animal breeds* are endangered, says FAO Word association time: What comes to mind when you think "endangered animals"? Odd-looking tropical frogs and obscure birds with funny names? Time to adjust your thinking: The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that one in five breeds of farm animal are in danger of extinction. Of more than 7,600 b ...
Topics: food and agriculture, news, United Nations, wildlife (all these topics)

Situation Normal, All Ducked Up Feds won't make livestock-identification plan mandatory		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 ...
Topics: Department of Agriculture, food and agriculture, news (all these topics)

Till There Was You Researchers hope new crops, methods will help farmers fight climate effects		04 Dec 2006	Daily Grist
Till There Was You Researchers hope new crops, methods will help farmers fight climate effects Agricultural researchers are joining the legions who are working to help the world respond to climate change. A coalition called the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (which goes by the just-shy-of-delicious acronym CGIAR) is launching an initiative today that will pour money into developing crops that can ...
Topics: food and agriculture, GMOs, news (all these topics)

Do Not Giggle Livestock sector spews a fifth of human-caused greenhouse-gas emissions, says U.N.		01 Dec 2006	Daily Grist
Do Not Giggle Livestock sector spews a fifth of human-caused greenhouse-gas emissions, says U.N. The U.N. has issued fresh content on a vital cause of global warming: cow farts. It seems that 18 percent of human-caused greenhouse gases stem from farm animals and the livestock industry, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization. Besides poots, agriculture-related deforestation and energy us ...
Topics: climate, food and agriculture, news, United Nations (all these topics)

Wake Up, Little Sushi On sustainable sushi	Umbra Fisk	29 Nov 2006	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, My wife and I love sushi, but we're increasingly concerned about sustainable harvesting. Although we treat ourselves to sushi only once or twice a month, it adds up, and we can't help but wonder about the impact. There's no sensation in the world like letting a slab of sashimi salmon dissolve in your mouth, but can my wife and I continue to enjoy sushi without feeling guilty? What can people like us -- environmental ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, fishing, food and agriculture, oceans, toxics (all these topics)

Eat Free or Die On eating locally in winter	Umbra Fisk	20 Nov 2006	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I live in New Hampshire, and I am getting ready for the long, cold winter. I try to eat locally, but with no year-round growing season here and such a dense population, most of the food comes from elsewhere. I was wondering what I could do to reduce my impact during the winter and how I can eat as locally as possible. Do you have any ideas? Diana Durham, N.H. Dearest Diana, Mmm, just in time for Thanksgiving. The ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, food and agriculture (all these topics)

Eat Free or Die Umbra on eating locally in winter		20 Nov 2006	Daily Grist

Topics: food and agriculture, Northeast (all these topics)

A Loom with a View The U.S. organic cotton industry has a tough row to hoe		20 Nov 2006	Daily Grist

Topics: food and agriculture, United States (all these topics)

Fast Food Damnation Eric Schlosser on America's food industry and his delicious new film	Sarah van Schagen	17 Nov 2006	Main Dish
Eric Schlosser on the set of Fast Food Nation. Photo: Matt Lankes/ � Fox Searchlight Eric Schlosser sat unassumingly -- and almost out of place -- in a floral armchair in a spacious, elegantly decorated suite on the 10th floor of Seattle's Fairmont Olympic Hotel. Behind him, a poster rested on an easel. It featured a juicy burger, bigger than Schlosser's head, adorned with an ...
Topics: food and agriculture (all these topics)

Fry Away Home A former McDonald's cook explains his return to the family farm	Shepherd Bliss	17 Nov 2006	Soapbox
Working at McDonald's got me to college, for which I thank the world's largest restaurant chain. I worked there for three years, beginning at about $1 an hour, during the middle of the 20th century. Back then, a buck bought something. I consumed tons of hamburgers and fries and gallons of milkshakes for free -- unconscious consumption. Bliss on the farm. Photo: metroactive.com I have not t ...
Topics: food and agriculture (all these topics)

The Case of the Mislabeled Case Wal-Mart accused of incorrectly labeling organic products		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 ...
Topics: Department of Agriculture, food and agriculture, news, Wal-Mart (all these topics)

Adventures in Agriculture U.S. gets approval for ozone-depleting pesticide, despite international objections		06 Nov 2006	Daily Grist
Adventures in Agriculture U.S. gets approval for ozone-depleting pesticide, despite international objections Pursuing its goal of world destruction (mwahaha!), the U.S. won approval to continue using and making a pesticide banned under an international ozone treaty. The decision, which countered the recommendation of the treaty's technical committee, allows a 5,900-ton methyl bromide exemption in 2008 -- ...
Topics: food and agriculture, news, toxics, United States (all these topics)

Boo-ty Call On Halloween	Umbra Fisk	30 Oct 2006	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, What do you recommend handing out to the trick-or-treaters this Halloween? I would like to avoid the wasteful packaging and additives found in store-bought goodies. I'd bake my own treats, but I doubt parents would let their kids eat anything that's not individually sealed. How can I have an environmentally friendly Halloween? Robin Walla Walla, Wash. Dearest Robin, We are on the cusp of a most intriguing holiday, so I'm happy to ta ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, food and agriculture, holiday (all these topics)

A Healthy App�tit Maisie Ganzler of an eco-friendly catering company answers readers' questions		27 Oct 2006	InterActivist
I know about local-food initiatives in different places throughout the country and I am skeptical. In the summer it is great, but the culinary arts are so focused on taste. Do you think that people will ever have the opinion that eating locally is more important than eating the things that taste amazing? If not, what do you think could inspire them? ��-- John Pepper, Middlebury, Vt. Mais ...
Topics: food and agriculture, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Beyond the Whopper Fast food goes organic and natural	Kate Galbraith	26 Oct 2006	Main Dish
The succulent wares of Whole Foods' enormous flagship store in Austin are always tempting, but especially so during a harried lunch hour. Everything in the vast prepared-food section looks irresistible. The salad bar features a mountain of fresh, organic toppings. Pricing is mostly by weight, so one can escape with a cup of splendid, coconutty split-pea soup and a small salad for less than $6. For those who have ...
Topics: food and agriculture (all these topics)

C'est Bon Maisie Ganzler of an eco-friendly catering company answers Grist's questions		23 Oct 2006	InterActivist
Maisie Ganzler. What work do you do? I'm director of communications and strategic initiatives for Bon App�tit Management Company. How does it relate to the environment? Bon App�tit is an onsite restaurant company committed to socially responsible practices. Our caf� and catering services feed about 200,000 people every day in corporations, colleges and universities, and museums. What sets us apart ...
Topics: food and agriculture, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Filet of the Land New studies give conflicting advice about the benefits and risks of eating fish		18 Oct 2006	Daily Grist
Filet of the Land New studies give conflicting advice about the benefits and risks of eating fish Two studies released yesterday are likely to confuse you even further about the benefits and risks of eating fish. A report from the Harvard School of Public Health claims that fish consumption can reduce the risk of coronary death by 36 percent, and total mortality by 17 percent -- benefits that far o ...
Topics: food and agriculture, health, marine life, news, toxics (all these topics)

The Sweet Lowdown On chocolate	Umbra Fisk	16 Oct 2006	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, Although I buy most of my chocolate as fair trade or organic, I was wondering if you might enlighten me on the politics and economics of the chocolate (cocoa) industry. Where is most of it grown? What are the working conditions of those who are employed there? How effective is fair trade in getting to the growers? Just another ethical choco guy Whistler, B.C. Dearest JAECG, What with Halloween coming up, this is a frightfully ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, food and agriculture, green living (all these topics)

Take Me to Your Weeder Solar-powered robot could pick weeds and reduce herbicide use		13 Oct 2006	Daily Grist
Take Me to Your Weeder Solar-powered robot could pick weeds and reduce herbicide use Here's an innovative idea for limiting herbicide use: A solar-powered robot with 20/20 vision and depth perception that uses GPS navigation to search out and destroy weeds. As it moves along at three miles per hour, the two-foot-tall, five-foot-long robot, designed by engineers at the University of Illinois, can tel ...
Topics: food and agriculture, news, solar voltaic power, toxics (all these topics)

The Killing Fields Study links breast cancer to farm work		13 Oct 2006	Daily Grist
The Killing Fields Study links breast cancer to farm work October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Think that has nothing to do with the environment? Guess again. A new study of women in Windsor, Ontario, found that those who have worked on a farm are 2.8 times more likely to develop breast cancer than those who haven't. The research was published yesterday in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. "If you ...
Topics: food and agriculture, news, toxics (all these topics)

Ok�-Dokey Jonathan Rosenthal, fair-trade fruit purveyor, answers readers' questions		13 Oct 2006	InterActivist
Don't you think it is strange that people will cheer your environmental efforts when you transport fruit a thousand miles?�� -- Brandon Fedor, Plano, Texas Jonathan Rosenthal, top banana at fair-trade fruit company Ok� USA. Yes, I do. One of the interesting things about fair trade is that for many it becomes the solution. For me, fair trade is an opening -- a window into reassessing choices we make a ...
Topics: business, food and agriculture, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Tricks of the Fair Trade Jonathan Rosenthal, fair-trade fruit purveyor, answers Grist's questions		09 Oct 2006	InterActivist
Jonathan Rosenthal. What work do you do? I am the top banana at Ok� USA, a new fair-trade fruit company owned by farmers, fair-trade organizations, and nonprofits. What does your organization do? Ok� USA is a new model of fair trade that links farmers, fair-trade organizations, and eaters. Farmers get a fair price, a fair share, and a fair say; eaters get a delicious banana at a fair pri ...
Topics: business, food and agriculture, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

To Catch a Leaf FBI raids companies linked to E. coli-tainted spinach		05 Oct 2006	Daily Grist
To Catch a Leaf FBI raids companies linked to E. coli-tainted spinach Federal agents raided two produce plants in Salinas Valley, Calif., yesterday, as part of a criminal investigation into whether they violated food-safety and environmental laws in distributing E. coli-tainted spinach. The FBI and the Food and Drug Administration executed search warran ...
Topics: California, Federal Bureau of Investigation, food and agriculture, Food and Drug Administration, news (all these topics)

Don't Cry to Them, Argentina Is Monsanto playing fast and loose with Roundup Ready Soybeans in Argentina?	Kelly Hearn	22 Sep 2006	Main Dish
Crying not for Argentina but for lost patent fees, Monsanto's legal hacks are in European courts suing to block millions of tons of Argentine soybean meal from docking on the continent. Bean there, sprayed that. Photo: iStockphoto Monsanto says that much of the meal crossing the Atlantic to feed Europe's cows and pigs contains traces of its genetically modified Rou ...
Topics: Argentina, food and agriculture, GMOs (all these topics)

Invasion of the Foody Snatchers Some farmers' markets aren't as local as you think	Suzi Parker	21 Sep 2006	Main Dish
Kathy Webb stands in front of a group of 20 people in the dining room of her Asian restaurant, talking about locally grown food. As she describes how nearly all the ingredients in the five-course dinner she's about to serve -- from the tomatoes and herbs in the salad to the berries in the dessert -- are from Arkansas, she educates her listeners while whetting their appetites. Webb, a ...
Topics: Arkansas, food and agriculture (all these topics)

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