2011 OCA NEWS HEADLINES

A Digest of the Top News Stories on Organics, Food Safety, Fair Trade, Genetic Engineering, Globalization, and Much More.

2011 Headlines:

12/30/11 - Can the 2012 Farm Bill Protect the Ogallala Aquifer?
12/29/11 - Occupy Rigged Elections: A Call for the Second American Revolution in 2012 by Victoria Collier and Ronnie Cummins
12/29/11 - Why Isn't There a More Massive, Activist Climate Movement?
12/29/11 - FDA Draws Criticism After U-turn on Antibiotics in Animal Feed
12/29/11 - Genetically Engineered Bt Corn Losing Effectiveness
12/28/11 - The Bad Food News of 2011
12/28/11 - Burger Chains Ditch "Pink Slime," then Whine
12/28/11 - Fracking Your Water
12/28/11 - Time to Get Out of Afghanistan
12/28/11 - Analysis: Green Groups Find Success Fighting Shale Oil Boom
12/27/11 - The Farmer who Beat Monsanto
12/27/11 - New Consumer Lawsuit Over Not So Natural GMO Food
12/27/11 - Indiana Sheriff Intervenes Against Feds in Raw Milk Case
12/27/11 - Group Wary of New Genetically Modified Insects
12/24/11 - USDA Deregulates Two Monsanto Genetically Engineered Seeds
12/24/11 - Vermont and Massachusetts Organic Farmers 'Feed the Occupy Movement'
12/24/11 - New Agtivist: Kandace Vallejo is Working for Food Access in the Heart of Texas
12/24/11 - The Good Food News of 2011
12/24/11 - The Nasty Truth About the Online Retailers You Probably Used for Your Holiday Shopping
12/24/11 - Goodbye 'Shop Til You Drop' Mentality: Renegade Band of Economists Call for 'Degrowth' Economy
12/24/11 - Six Billion Dollar Subsidy for Dirty Corn Ethanol Defeated
12/23/11 - JAPAN: Mothers Rise Against Nuclear Power
12/22/11 - Stop Elections from Being Stolen: Election Integrity's Victoria Collier Speaks Up
12/22/11 - Frito-Lay Sued for Labeling its GMO-Filled Snacks as "All Natural"
12/22/11 - Green PolkaDot Box Launches, Begins Shipping Selection of Organic and Non-GMO Groceries Directly to Consumers
12/22/11 - New National Organic Food Buying Club: The Green Polka Dot Box is Open for Organic Business
12/22/11 - Organic Trade Association's Organic Newsroom: Six Myths Busted by Organic in 2011
12/21/11 - Oh, SNAP! Grow Gardens with Food Stamps
12/21/11 - Richard Grossman, Consummate Corporate Personhood Slayer, 1943-2011
12/21/11 - Labels Matter! What's in Your Compost & Your Food?
12/21/11 - Your Laundry Detergent May Contain Toxic Ingredients
12/20/11 - FBI Says Activists Who Investigate Factory Farms Can Be Prosecuted as Terrorists
12/20/11 - Willie Nelson: Occupy the Food System
12/20/11 - Is GMO Labeling A He-Said, She-Said Debate?
12/20/11 - How Ron Paul Could Win Iowa Caucuses -- and Screw Up Everything
12/20/11 - Exposed: Genetically-Modified Salmon Found to Be Contaminated with Infectious Salmon Anemia
12/20/11 - Occupy Des Moines Protesters Take Over Obama and Iowa Democratic Party Headquarters
12/19/11 - FDA Escalates War Against Amish Dairy Farmers
12/19/11 - Monsanto Spent $2 Million Lobbying Government in 3rd Quarter
12/18/11 - The Dirty Little Secret Hidden in Some Health Foods - Soy Products
12/18/11 - Is Journalism the Drug Industry's New Lackey?
12/18/11 - GMO Farmers Organize at Eleventh Hour to Fight GMO Ban in Boulder, Colorado
12/17/11 - 'Brutal logic' and Climate Communications: Time to Get Serious About Stopping Climate Catastrophe
12/17/11 - U.S. Withdrawal from Iraq: "In Terms of Destroying Iraq, It's 'Mission Accomplished'"
12/17/11 - Post 9/11: FBI Manufacturing Terrorist Threats in the USA
12/17/11 - Local Bookstores Ask Customers To Boycott Amazon Over New Price Check App Offer
12/17/11 - 'Absolutely No Progress Being Made' at Fukushima Nuke Plant, Undercover Reporter Says
12/17/11 - Evangelicals, Catholics Back Mercury Limits
12/17/11 - Greens Call Out Keystone XL Deal
12/17/11 - Warming Arctic Permafrost Fuels Climate Change Worries
12/16/11 - The Bugs That Ate Monsanto
12/16/11 - Video: Farmers March with Occupy Wall Street, Sowing the Seeds of Hope and Democracy
12/16/11 - Methane Time Bomb in Arctic Seas
12/16/11 - Enforcement Hammer Falls on Giant Arizona Organic Factory Farm Dairy
12/15/11 - Whippersnappers Unite: Young Farmers Work to Change 2012 Farm Bill
12/15/11 - Congressional Tyranny, White House Surrender
12/15/11 - How to Win a GMO Debate: 10 Facts Why GM Food Is Bad
12/15/11 - Are You Eating, Drinking and Breathing Monsanto's New Agent Orange?
12/15/11 - New Report: Who Will Control the Green Economy?
12/14/11 - Nanotechnology in Food: In the Absence of Regulations, Nonprofit Releases New Framework for Companies to Evaluate Safety
12/14/11 - Might and Maine: One State Brings Renewable Power Back to the People
12/14/11 - Time for a Food and Farm Bill that Helps Farmers and Consumers
12/13/11 - Dr. James Hansen, Father of Climate Change: 2C Limit is not Enough
12/13/11 - Africa: Gangsters Swap Guns for Greenhouses
12/13/11 - Who Are the Young Farmers of 'Generation Organic'? NPR
12/12/11 - French Farmer Sues Monsanto after Inhaling Weedkiller
12/12/11 - Under Industry Pressure, USDA Works to Speed Approval of Monsanto's Genetically Engineered Crops
12/12/11 - Seeds of Destruction: It's not Just about Food
12/12/11 - Occupy Your Food Supply: Radical Farmer's March Aims to Bridge Urban-Rural Divide, Focus in on "Food Justice"
12/12/11 - Food Giants Fight Proposed Nutrition Guidelines
12/12/11 - Deal Reached in Durban But Scientists Say It Won't Avert Catastrophic Climate Change
12/12/11 - Global Warming and Acidic Oceans Threaten Fish
12/12/11 - Raw Milk Fight Is on From Amish Farms to Co-ops
12/12/11 - There Is Only One Issue in America
12/11/11 - Has Obama Just Launched a Dangerous New Cold War in Asia Driven By Energy Concerns?
12/11/11 - City of L.A. and Occupy L.A. Working to End Corporate Personhood
12/11/11 - Sen. Bernie Sanders: Corporations Are Not People and They Shouldn't Be Allowed to Buy Our Elections
12/11/11 - Climate Conference Approves Compromise Deal to Address Global Warming
12/10/11 - The Enemy Speaks--Labeling of Biotech Foods Is Unnecessary and Unconstitutional
12/10/11 - Dr. Don Huber Talks about Hazards of Genetically-Engineered Foods
12/10/11 - The Most Important News Story of the Day/Millennium
12/09/11 - Kucinich: Protect Our Food Supply from Manufactured Crises
12/09/11 - Maine Farmer the Face of Organic Growers' Fight Against Monsanto
12/09/11 - As Coal Use Declines in U.S., Coal Companies Focus on China
12/09/11 - Eating at Fast Food Restaurants May Lead to Food Poisoning
12/09/11 - Hundreds Pack Meeting to Both Decry, Defend GMOs on Boulder County Open Space
12/09/11 - Fair Trade USA Certifier Severely Dilutes Standards to Include Non-Fair Trade Products
12/09/11 - Beware! USDA Organic Baby Foods Contain GMO DHA and ARA
12/08/11 - Capitalism vs. the Climate by Naomi Klein
12/08/11 - Bernie Sanders Files Saving American Democracy Amendment in U.S. Senate
12/08/11 - Walmart Spends Big to Help Anti-Environment Candidates
12/08/11 - Guilty as Charged: Six Pesticide and Biotechnology Corporations
12/08/11 - Some Eco-label Farmed Fish 'Not Better for Environment'
12/08/11 - The Real History of 'Corporate Personhood': Meet the Man to Blame for Corporations Having More Rights Than You
12/08/11 - Cereal Offenders: How Do We Get the Sugar Out of Breakfast?
12/08/11 - Monsanto (Still) Denies Superinsect Problem, Despite Evidence
12/08/11 - Getting Ready for Genetically Modified Label Law Campaign in California
12/08/11 - L.A. and Occupy L.A. Agree: It's Time to End Corporate Personhood
12/07/11 - Sow Seeds, Not Greed: Farmers Gather on Wall Street
12/07/11 - New Study Shows That Rice May Be Contaminated With Arsenic
12/07/11 - Anonymous Strikes and 'Ends' Monsanto PR Firm Bivings Group
12/07/11 - Monsanto Declared Worst Company of 2011 by NaturalSociety
12/07/11 - Farmer Makes Plea Deal over Fake Organic Crop
12/06/11 - Outing the Oligarchy - Billionaires Who Benefit from the Climate Crisis
12/06/11 - Family Farmers Join Occupy Wall Street Farmers March in Solidarity
12/06/11 - Insects Find Crack In Biotech Corn's Armor
12/06/11 - Small Farmers Crave Horse Power
12/06/11 - Six Largest Pesticide Manufacturers Stand Trial at International People's Court
12/06/11 - A Maine Farmer Speaks to Wall Street
12/06/11 - Maria Rodale: Who Is Your Farmer?
12/06/11 - Occupy Our Homes: From the Streets to Foreclosed Homes, OWS Finds a New Frontier
12/06/11 - Marching for 100% Change at the Global Climate Summit in South Africa
12/05/11 - Farmers Join Occupy Wall Street, Calling for Food Justice
12/05/11 - Food Studies: The Invisibility of Modern Hunger
12/05/11 - Fair Trade Lite: Fair Trade USA Moves Away from Worker Co-ops
12/05/11 - Vermont's Push to End Corporate Personhood
12/05/11 - US Drug Agents Launder Profits of Mexican Cartels
12/05/11 - Movement-Building and 2012
12/05/11 - "Occupy" Goes South for the Winter
12/05/11 - The Greatest Water Crisis in the History of Civilization: Coming to the American West?
12/05/11 - 2010 Carbon Dioxide Output Shows Biggest Jump Ever
12/03/11 - The Organic 1%: Sustainable Farming in a Broken System
12/02/11 - Arsenic-It's in Animal Feed Too
12/02/11 - With GMO Labels Still Missing, Look for the Opposite
12/02/11 - U.N. Climate Conference: Geoengineering Could Save Earth -- Or Destroy It
12/02/11 - Organic Grain Production Results in Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions
12/02/11 - Monsanto Corn May Be Failing to Kill Bugs, EPA Says
12/02/11 - Naomi Wolf: Was There a Coordinated Federal Crackdown on Occupy Wall Street?
12/01/11 - Occupy Demands: Let's Radicalize Our Analysis of Empire, Economics, Ecology
12/01/11 - Arundhati Roy: "The People Who Created the Crisis Will Not Be the Ones That Come Up With a Solution"
12/01/11 - Don't Drink the Weed Killer: Atrazine Taints Rural Groundwater
12/01/11 - Monsanto to Stand Trial for Child's Death and Effects of Controversial Weed Killer
12/01/11 - Thanks to Nurses Union and Occupy Wall Street, Pressure for Wall Street Speculation Tax Grows
12/01/11 - Coal Study Names Top 20 'Climate Killer' Banks
11/30/11 - It Takes People Power to Make Clear That Corporations Are NOT People
11/30/11 - Film Review: The Crisis of Civilization
11/30/11 - Will Occupy Wall Street Upend Obama's Presidential Election?
11/30/11 - Avalon, Under Pressure from OCA and Organic Community, Reformulates Its Products
11/30/11 - French GMO Crops Unlikely in 2012 Despite End of Ban
11/30/11 - High Levels of Arsenic Found in Fruit Juice
11/30/11 - Thanskgiving Eve Food Recalls Raise Questions about Timing
11/30/11 - BASF Tries (again) to Push 'Frankenpotatoes' on Europe
11/30/11 - 15 Benefits Of Shopping At A Local Farmer's Market
11/30/11 - Urban Farming in Africa: The Constant Gardeners
11/30/11 - World on Track for Nearly 11 Degree Temperature Rise, Energy Expert Says
11/30/11 - After the Deficit Committee, There's a New Propaganda Push From the War Profiteers
11/30/11 - The 10 Healthiest College Dining Halls in America
11/29/11 - Monsanto's Caribbean Experiment
11/29/11 - Crop Insurance: This Year's Farm Bill Frontier
11/28/11 - Are Cosmetics Companies Lying to My Face?
11/28/11 - Raw Milk Freedom Riders To Defy FDA Warning
11/28/11 - French Court Cancels Ban on Monsanto GMO Corn
11/28/11 - Police State USA: Paranoia or Immanent Crackdown?
11/28/11 - Can an Occupation Movement Survive if it No Longer Occupies a Space? Lessons from Across the Land
11/28/11 - To Conservatives, Climate Change is Trojan Horse to Abolish Capitalism
11/28/11 - Richard Grossman 1943-2011: A Long Fight Against Minority-Rule Governance
11/28/11 - Atrazine in Water Tied to Menstrual Irregularities, Low Hormones
11/28/11 - For Healthy People, Build a Healthy City
11/23/11 - Court Demands Health Canada Re-Examine Toxicity of Monsanto's Roundup Herbicide
11/23/11 - Is EPA Rule Coal in Utilities' Stockings?
11/23/11 - BPA Lurks in Canned Soups and Drinks
11/23/11 - State Fertilizer Rules Moving ahead over Objections
11/22/11 - The Empire Strikes Back in Futility: Reflections on the Occupy Movement and the Repression it has Sparked
11/22/11 - No Secret Farm Bill and Other Things to Be Thankful For
11/22/11 - Mic Checking Big Food
11/22/11 - OWS: To Change the Country, We Just Might Have to Change Ourselves
11/21/11 - Labor Must Choose Between Occupy and the Democrats
11/21/11 - School Lunches Get a Healthy Organic Overhaul in Illinois
11/21/11 - Label GMOs Initiative Filed, Will You Sign?
11/21/11 - Beware of "Big Soda's" Misleading Marketing Tricks!
11/21/11 - What Drugs Was Your Thanksgiving Turkey On?
11/21/11 - Shelters Go Organic for Holiday
11/21/11 - Beware of These Organic Brands
11/21/11 - 'Use-By' Dates: A Myth That Needs Busting
11/18/11 - Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps Leads Charge on GE Foods Labeling in California
11/18/11 - Walmart's Progress on Renewables Has Been Way Slow
11/18/11 - Simple Tips for a Green Thanksgiving
11/18/11 - Occupy Wall Street Regroups, as Union Allies Mobilize
11/18/11 - Organic, Urban, Backyard Farmers Can Turn 'Big Ag' around
11/18/11 - Common Infections Will Be 'Untreatable' if Antibiotic Misuse Continues
11/18/11 - At Senate Hearing, Industry Split over Efforts to Revamp Chemical Safety Law
11/17/11 - Growing Apples Without Pesticides
11/17/11 - Future of Organic Food and Agriculture at Risk
11/17/11 - Monsanto, Bayer and Dow Face Trial for 'Systematic Human Rights Abuses'
11/17/11 - Is Global Warming an Election Issue after All?
11/17/11 - FDA Concedes Raw Milk Across State Lines OK for Personal Consumption
11/17/11 - Theft in Progress: Big Ag Raids the Treasury - With Help from Congress
11/17/11 - Boulder Citizens Say No to GMOs, Will the Commissioners Listen?
11/17/11 - Yet Again, Organic Ag Proves Just as Productive as Chemical Ag
11/17/11 - Court Rules Organic Farmers Can Sue Conventional, GMO Farmers Whose Pesticides 'Trespass' and Contaminate their Fields
11/17/11 - A Local Food Blueprint
11/16/11 - Campaign in Davis, California: Stop Whole Foods
11/16/11 - Europe Bans X-Ray Body Scanners Used at U.S. Airports
11/16/11 - Excessive Vaccine Doses Cause High Infant Mortality Rates
11/16/11 - Congress Fights Obama Administration Attempts to Make School Lunches Healthier
11/15/11 - Lessons from Iceland: The People Can Have the Power
11/15/11 - New Campaign Seeks to Make Big Changes at the American Dietetic Association - RDs Speak Out!

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2011 OCA NEWS HEADLINES

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