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FINLAND, Minnesota - Health-minded consumers are increasingly vocal about their basic right to know what's in their food - and with good reason.
Case in point: synthetic hormones in milk. Fourteen years after a highly contentious FDA decision allowing milk and dairy products from cows injected with Monsanto's genetically engineered Bovine Growth Hormone - often called rBGH-- on the market, the controversy continues.
As scientists and consumer advocates warned at the start, revving up cows with a powerful synthetic hormone for no other reason than to force them to Read More
Web Note - May 29, 2007: This Op Ed also ran in several other papers, including the Modesto Sunday Bee (CA), Charleston Sunday Gazette (WV) , San Diego Union (CA), Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ), the Billings Gazette (MT), the Duluth News Tribune (MN), the Daily Herald (Provo, UT), the Miami Herald (FL), the Anniston Sunday Star (AL), the Fresno Sunday Bee (CA), the Pueblo Chieftain-Star Journal (CO), the Rochester Post-Bulletin (MN), and the Bloomington Sunday Pantagraph (IL). Read More
Organic farmers and consumers, both U.S. and worldwide, share the same lofty ideal and daunting responsibility of making sure that everyone, as soon as possible, has access to healthy and nutritious organic food, and that the land, water, and climate are nurtured and protected so that we can feed and nourish the future generations. The good news is that 50 million Americans are turning away from energy and chemical-intensive industrial agriculture and starting to buy organic food and products. The bad news is that the White House and Congress are rapidly bankrupting the economy, destroying Read More
OCA is saddened and concerned about the nationwide outbreak of E. coli food poisoning, which, according to he press, has caused one death and serious illness among more than 100 people, apparently coming from California bagged spinach, affecting several dozen brand names, possibly both organic and non-organic. A Sept. 18 Associated Press story indicates that all contaminated lettuce detected so far has come from non-organic lettuce, though a major company involved in recalling its spinach, Natural Selection Foods, distributes both organic and non-organic brands.
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Ronnie Cummins, National Director of www.OrganicConsumers.org http://www.OrganicConsumers.org joins me for the first of our monthly shows dedicated to the work of his group.
Why organic? Why get political?
Is your organic food really organic?
At what cost to the environment?;
the latest fear tactic; spychips, the lies of 9/11; Casting votes for healthier products and voting with your fork; turning your "green self" into a political force; more demand than supply for Read More
Demand for natural and organic foods is booming‹23% of US consumers are now buying organic products every week. In a recent poll conducted by the Hartman Group, 75% of Americans say they have begun shopping for healthier foods. Ten cents of every grocery store dollar are currently being spent on products labeled as natural or organic.
The nation's industrial, export-driven model of food Read More
GAIA NOT GUNS: A DECLARATION OF PEACE & INTER-DEPENDENCE
Gaia: Named after an ancient Greek Goddess of the Earth, Gaia is the belief and scientific hypothesis that our entire planet is a living organism with Humankind as an integral part.
Farmers and consumers, both U.S. and worldwide, share the unique privilege and daunting responsibility of making sure that everyone is fed, and that the land, water, and climate are nurtured and protected so that we can feed and nourish the future generations.
War and the enormous Read More
"In summary, the risk to Monsanto's shareholders from the company's genetic engineering business are substantial. the company faces business constraints in the form of market rejection by consumers, producers, and farmers; significant legislative hurdles to commercialization; uncertainty in the face of human health and environmental impacts stemming from the company's products; and finally, significant risk exposure from potential contamination of the human food chain by unapproved genetically engineered traits." Monsanto & Genetic Engineering: Risks for Investors A report prepared by Read More
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