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The Price Is Wrong On the cost of organics	Umbra Fisk	22 May 2006	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, How come it's so expensive to go organic? I could swing it by myself by eating a bare minimum of food, but I'm charged with feeding consume-mass-quantity types who favor the traditional American diet, and they eat meat. I would be in debt buying just half the monthly food consumption. One would have to be rich to go organic. MonikkaMarie Jackson Queen Village, N.Y. Dearest MonikkaMarie, The usual answer to your qu ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, food and agriculture, green living, organic food (all these topics)

Chews Wisely Local or organic? It's a false choice	Samuel Fromartz	18 May 2006	Arts and Minds
This essay was adapted from the book Organic, Inc.: Natural Foods and How They Grew. A couple of years ago, I visited an organic vegetable farm in southeast Minnesota, not far from the Mississippi River. Nestled in a valley that sloped down from rolling pasture and cropland sat Featherstone Fruits and Vegetables, a 40-acre farm. Do your stem sell research. Photo: iStockphoto. Featherstone was part of a local fo ...
Topics: food and agriculture (all these topics)

The Labor of the Land Organic farming creates more jobs, U.K. study finds		17 May 2006	Daily Grist
The Labor of the Land Organic farming creates more jobs, U.K. study finds Organic agriculture has traditionally been linked to health and environmental benefits. Now it can add job creation to its portfolio: A study of nearly 1,200 farms in the United Kingdom and Ireland found that organic farming creates on average 32 percent more jobs than conventional agriculture. The U.K.'s agricultural workforce has declined ...
Topics: food and agriculture, news, United Kingdom (all these topics)

He Who Pays the Piper Calls the Tuna California loses suit to make tuna companies issue mercury warnings		15 May 2006	Daily Grist
He Who Pays the Piper Calls the Tuna California loses suit to make tuna companies issue mercury warnings California law requires products containing chemicals that could cause reproductive harm or cancer to have warning labels, but a state Superior Court judge has ruled that the law does not apply to mercury-licious canned tuna. Mercury has been shown to slow neurological development, thus the ...
Topics: California, food and agriculture, marine life, news, toxics (all these topics)

In a Nutshell On organic cashews	Umbra Fisk	08 May 2006	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I work in a grocery store. Recently a customer refused to purchase our cashews because they weren't organic. Does it really matter if nuts are organic? Are they sprayed with chemicals during production? Did the customer have a point, or should she have sucked it up and bought our cashews? Brianna Farmington Hills, Mich. Dearest Brianna, I am shocked, shocked to find that the bland, chewy cashew is the most popular nut in th ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, food and agriculture, green living (all these topics)

Green-Up on Aisle Six Supermarket chains now offering store-brand organic foods		05 May 2006	Daily Grist
Green-Up on Aisle Six Supermarket chains now offering store-brand organic foods The hippies-and-yuppies stereotype that's long stuck to organic food may soon fade, as mainstream supermarket chains in the U.S. introduce hundreds of store-brand organic products. Supermarket organics can cost 10 to 15 percent less than national-brand organics, while still adhering to the same federal standards. Consumer demand is driving ...
Topics: business, food and agriculture, news (all these topics)

The Fume, the Crowd, the Berries EPA withdraws plan to approve toxic fumigant methyl iodide		27 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
The Fume, the Crowd, the Berries EPA withdraws plan to approve toxic fumigant methyl iodide After contriving to approve toxic fumigant methyl iodide for use in strawberry fields forever, the U.S. EPA has withdrawn the plan in the face of fierce opposition from California officials, labor unions, and enviros. The approval of methyl iodide was to be the culmination of a nearly 15-year search for a sub ...
Topics: California, food and agriculture, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Up the Arsenic Chicken with arsenic a daily part of American diet		05 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
Up the Arsenic Chicken with arsenic a daily part of American diet You may be getting a significant dose of poison with your Chick'n Stix. Arsenic is a U.S. government-sanctioned supplement to chicken feed -- it's used to kill parasites and promote growth -- despite being a known carcinogen and being implicated in other illnesses. Although the average American's chicken consumption has incre ...
Topics: food and agriculture, Food and Drug Administration, news, toxics (all these topics)

Bug Me Not On organic pesticides	Umbra Fisk	29 Mar 2006	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, Recently, an article in my newspaper stated that federal and state guidelines allow the spraying of "organic pesticides" on organic crops. I thought organic crops were pesticide-free. I am very disappointed to find out that there are sanctioned "organic pesticides" which, with probably little to no independently researched information, may or may not pose a risk to my health. Tell me the paper got it wrong ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, food and agriculture, toxics (all these topics)

Rambled Eggs On free-range chickens and eggs	Umbra Fisk	22 Mar 2006	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I just read your column on organic syrup, and you made a comment about the futileness of the phrase "free range." I always try to buy free-range eggs and, whenever possible, the same with chicken. Am I wasting my money? Jeff Pritts St. Louis, Mo. Dearest Jeff, Yes, basically. There is a chance that your egg purveyor uses "free range" in the way that you understand it, but the only way to tell ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, food and agriculture (all these topics)

Chain, Chain, Chain ... Chain of Food An oil crunch will upend our food system, not just our transportation		21 Mar 2006	Daily Grist

Topics: energy, food and agriculture, oil (all these topics)

The Sweets Hereafter On dorm snacks	Umbra Fisk	13 Mar 2006	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, As a hall adviser at a college where social activism is valued, I find myself stuck when it comes to entertaining en masse. Sure, I buy from local farms when buying snacks for myself, but when leaving goodies for my hall, putting the ever-enticing winter squash outside a resident's door does not say "midnight snack." Basically, I want to have my candy and eat it too. How can I appeal to the green in me while appe ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, education, food and agriculture, local food, organic food (all these topics)

Can We Sue Them for Label? House passes industry-beloved food-labeling bill		09 Mar 2006	Daily Grist
Can We Sue Them for Label? House passes industry-beloved food-labeling bill Yesterday, the House of Representatives stood up to a powerful business lobby to protect public health and safety. Ha ha! Just yanking your chain. Actually, the House approved by 283 to 139 an industry-backed bill that would wipe out over 200 state laws requiring safety and warning labels on foods -- noting the presence of cancer-causing ingred ...
Topics: food and agriculture, news, politics (all these topics)

Tray's Anatomy Hospital menus getting green overhaul		08 Mar 2006	Daily Grist
Tray's Anatomy Hospital menus getting green overhaul Soon "hospital food" may no longer mean the worst American factory-farmed cuisine has to offer. A handful of hospitals around the country are starting to put hormone-free meats, rBGH-free milk, and organic veggies on their menus. For years, the best advice of health-care professionals hasn't been reflected in the typical hospital menu. But now, hospitals "are inc ...
Topics: food and agriculture, news (all these topics)

Nobody Undoes It Like Sara Lee Industry-backed bill would overthrow state food-labeling laws		03 Mar 2006	Daily Grist
Nobody Undoes It Like Sara Lee Industry-backed bill would overthrow state food-labeling laws Two hundred or more state laws requiring warning labels on foods -- labels indicating the presence of, say, cancer- or birth-defect-causing ingredients -- would get nixed under a bill debated yesterday in the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation would preempt state food-labeling rules in favor of a national standard, ...
Topics: food and agriculture, news, politics (all these topics)

Save the Life of My Child Organic diet causes pesticide levels to plummet in children, study finds		24 Feb 2006	Daily Grist
Save the Life of My Child Organic diet causes pesticide levels to plummet in children, study finds If you needed that extra nudge to start feeding your kids organic grub, here it is: In a recent U.S. EPA-funded study, 23 Seattle-area youngsters were switched to an all-organic diet, and the levels of pesticides in their bodies declined to essentially zero after only five days. When the kids started eating conventionally g ...
Topics: food and agriculture, news, toxics (all these topics)

What Goes Sup Wenonah Hauter, director of Food and Water Watch, answers readers' questions		03 Feb 2006	InterActivist
Wenonah Hauter, director of Food and Water Watch. If city tap water is full of chemicals and bottling spring water damages ecosystems, what on earth is a health-conscious environmentalist supposed to drink?�� -- Molly Miller, Denver, Colo. In many places, healthy people can drink the water out of the tap. You can request testing results from your utility. If you are concerned and don't want to ...
Topics: food and agriculture, InterActivist, interview, water pollution (all these topics)

Crops and Robbers Archer Daniels Midland blossoms with lots of government help		02 Feb 2006	Daily Grist

Topics: commercial and industry organizations, food and agriculture (all these topics)

Some Like It Hauter Wenonah Hauter, director of Food and Water Watch, answers Grist's questions		30 Jan 2006	InterActivist
Wenonah Hauter. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I am the executive director of Food and Water Watch, a brand-new consumer advocacy organization in Washington, D.C. What does your organization do? We're focused on protecting two critical essentials: food and water. Our mission is to challenge the economic and political forces that are promoting industrialized food p ...
Topics: food and agriculture, InterActivist, interview, water pollution (all these topics)

Kernel Ganders Ethanol decent on efficiency but not on greenhouse gases, study finds		27 Jan 2006	Daily Grist
Kernel Ganders Ethanol decent on efficiency but not on greenhouse gases, study finds The heated debate over biofuels took another sharp turn this week: New research in the journal Science claims that replacing fossil fuels with corn-based ethanol is energy-efficient (contrary to some previous studies), but doesn't do much to cut greenhouse-gas pollution. Researchers from UC-Berkeley determined that ethanol resul ...
Topics: food and agriculture, news, water pollution (all these topics)

Plop, Plop, Biz, Biz Dairy farmer earns bucks from herd's manure		17 Jan 2006	Daily Grist
Plop, Plop, Biz, Biz Dairy farmer earns bucks from herd's manure Alert readers will note that we never pass up a chance to talk about cow poop. But cow poop that generates power? Pinch us! Minnesota dairy farmer Dennis Haubenschild uses an anaerobic digester to convert the methane-generating dookie of his 900-cow herd into electricity for a local utility, earning thousands of dollars a year while cutt ...
Topics: climate, food and agriculture, news, renewable energy (all these topics)

You Can Grow Your Own Way GM crops advance on the world's arable acreage		13 Jan 2006	Daily Grist
You Can Grow Your Own Way GM crops advance on the world's arable acreage Genetically modified crops are taking over the world. [Evil laugh here.] The acreage devoted to biotech crops jumped 11 percent last year. Biotech varieties of rice -- the world's most important food crop -- are poised to take off in China, a development that would put GM crops into the hands of tens of millions of small farmers who grow nearly half t ...
Topics: food and agriculture, GMOs, news (all these topics)

Buzz Alterin' On coffee	Umbra Fisk	09 Nov 2005	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I am a seriously indulgent coffee drinker. Lately, there have been a ton of "green" coffee shops popping up. I like to support local coffee shops, and I want to believe that they are "shade-grown, fair-trade, organic," but I've wondered if they are being honest. How do I know if they are legit? Claudia Gutierrez San Diego, Calif. Dearest Claudia, Shade-grown, fair-trade, and organic are certifications, not just bu ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, food and agriculture, green living, organic food (all these topics)

You Taint Seen Nothing Yet Fans and foes of gene-modified crops square off over biotech pollution		08 Nov 2005	Daily Grist
You Taint Seen Nothing Yet Fans and foes of gene-modified crops square off over biotech pollution Folks who want their vittles straight up with no freaky-gene twist may find it increasingly tough to get the good stuff. Genetically modified (GM) crops are gaining popularity worldwide, leading to more accidental biotech pollution, wherein ordinary crops are tainted by their GM cousins. Organic farmers in the U.S. say "l ...
Topics: food and agriculture, GMOs, news (all these topics)

Seedy Business A sustainable-ag champion gets plowed under at Iowa State		03 Nov 2005	Daily Grist

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

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