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Language For A Sustainable Agriculture
This article takes a step toward bringing together through language the disparate groups of North and Latin American farmers.
Who Owns What? - Download Charts Documenting the Corporate Takeover of Organics (PDFs):
- Organic Industry 2002 vs 2007
- Chart of Investment Firms with Ties to Organics
- Chart Showing Distributer Acquisitions and Mergers
- Chart of Major Independent Organic Companies
- Chart of Private Label Organic Brands
US Government Fact Sheet: Children's Pesticide Exposure via Food Products
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FYI on Organics
Basic info and statistics on a booming industry
Find Organic Food Stores
Which Brands of Organic Milk Are Actually Ethical?
Beyond organics: Learn about Biodynamics
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Sharing the Harvest
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A Citizens Guide to Community Supported Agriculture
Hope's Edge
by Frances Moore Lappe
Hope's Edge looks for pathways we each can walk to create more meaningful
lives--contributing to a more just world and one in harmony with nature.
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Sustainable Agriculture and Resistance
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32 of Cuba's leading agriculture researchers, plus three American
experts on Cuba agriculture, including Dr. Peter Rosset, the co-director
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Good Growing: Why Organic Farming Works - University of Nebraska Press, 2005
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Latest Organic News
- 05/15/08 - Why Organic Food Culture Will Keep Growing: Understanding Consumer Behavior in Tough Times
- 05/14/08 - Organic Cotton Project in India Saves Farmers from Suicide
- 05/13/08 - Organic Coffee Market in USA Reaches One Billion in Annual Sales
- 05/13/08 - Restaurants Downgrade Ingredients as Food Costs Increase
- 05/13/08 - How Green Are Consumers & Why Don't They Trust Big Corporations?
- 05/13/08 - Toxic, Unlabeled Chemicals in Cosmetics
- 05/13/08 - Clout-Heavy Dean Foods Kills USDA Investigation of Their Horizon Label
- 05/12/08 - Solving the Energy, Climate & Food Crisis: Why We Should Support the Revitalization of Small Farms in the Global South
- 05/12/08 - Behind the Food Riots: A Debate on How Best to Farm
- 05/12/08 - Ugandan Organic Exporters in DDT Scare
- 05/12/08 - Seeking Sustainability
- 05/12/08 - How Should Sustainable-Food Advocates Respond to the Latest Farm Bill Proposal?
- 05/11/08 - The Perfect Food Shortage
- 05/11/08 - Solving the Food, Health, & Energy Crisis: Local & Organic Production on Smaller Farms
- 05/10/08 - Survey: Consumers Like to Buy Local: Organics a Significant Portion of Purchases
- 05/10/08 - Timothy LaSalle of Rodale on the Surprising Climate Benefits of Organic Farming
- 05/09/08 - Organics May Soon Be Out of Reach for Many Consumers
- 05/09/08 - World's Worst: US Consumers Rank Last in Eco-Consciousness
- 05/09/08 - FEED - Food & Environment Electronic Digest - May 2008
- 05/08/08 - North Carolina: Students Occupy Chancellor's Office, Demand No Sweatshops, No Union Busting
- 05/08/08 - Consumers Cut Back on Spending for Clothing as Economic Recession Deepens
- 05/08/08 - Controversy Growing Over Supermarkets Importing Organic Food from China
- 05/08/08 - New Food Safety Rules May Do More Harm Than Good
- 05/08/08 - Just How 'Green' is That Shirt?
- 05/07/08 - The Scoop - May 2008
- 05/07/08 - New Generation of Farmers and Farmers Markets in California
- 05/05/08 - Farm Bill: Billions for Corporate Agribusiness with Nickles & Dimes for Organics
- 05/05/08 - Organic Food Goes Global but at What Cost?
- 05/05/08 - Grist on Lead and Gardens
- 05/04/08 - Organic Trade Association is More Than Satisfied with Farm Bill Conference Deal
- 05/04/08 - More Gardeners Give Organic Products a Try
- 05/03/08 - Rising Food Prices Hit Organics
- 05/03/08 - Forbes Magazine Covers the Organic Body Care Controversy
- 05/02/08 - An Interview with Stacy Malkan, Co-Founder of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
- 05/02/08 - Consumers Still Buying Organic and Living Green Despite Economy
- 05/01/08 - 'Small Wind' Power Plants Are Blowing Strong
- 05/01/08 - Taking the Fire Out of Farming in Africa
- 05/01/08 - Vermont Becomes 7th State to go "Sweat Free"
- 04/30/08 - Household Cleaners, Air Fresheners Linked to Asthma in Adults
- 04/30/08 - Bronner's Files Lawsuit to Stop Organic Labeling Fraud in Body Care Sector
- 04/30/08 - How Safe Are Green Cleaning Products?
- 04/29/08 - Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps Files Lawsuit Against Major 'Organic' Cheater Brands
- 04/29/08 - The Criminalization of Raw Milk: A Mennonite Farmer is Hauled Away
- 04/29/08 - CALL-OUT TO OCA MEMBERS: National News Magazine Seeks Interview with Customers of Whole Foods Market - deadline in 24 hours
- 04/29/08 - Dr. Bronner's Soap Company Files Lawsuit Against Bogus Organic Labels on Body Care Products
- 04/25/08 - Saving the Honeybee Through Organic Farming
- 04/25/08 - Overhaul of Agriculture Systems Needed
- 04/25/08 - The High Price of Going 'Organic'
- 04/25/08 - UNC Chapel Hill Students Tackle Sweatshops
- 04/24/08 - Look Beautiful Naturally
- 04/24/08 - Energy Use in Organic Food Systems
- 04/23/08 - Food for Thought on Earth Day
- 04/22/08 - Sit-in at Administration Building Demands End to UNC Sweatshop Clothing
- 04/22/08 - University of Maryland Baltimore County Students Pushing "Sweatfree"
- 04/21/08 - The Scoop, April 2008