January 15, 2014
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The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) broke the story that the $12.9 billion-a-year natural and organic foods retailer Whole Foods Market had a policy of "don't ask, don't tell" when it comes to "conventional" -- or non-organic -- produce being... Read more
August 8, 2013
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A move by New York City to begin collecting food scraps and other organic waste is just the latest example of expanding efforts by municipalities worldwide to recycle large quantities of unused food and slash the amount of material sent to landfills. Read more
June 17, 2013
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If you are what you eat, residents of the Big Apple might want get themselves in order. No, there's not a new obesity epidemic in New York: Mayor Bloomberg wants to fine residents who don't sort their leftover food from the rest of the trash. Read more
May 9, 2013
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Beautiful spring weather has gardeners outside seeding lettuce and transplanting tomatoes. Community gardens are ramping up for a growing season full of hot peppers and trailing squash vines. The sewage sludge "composting" industry wants in on the... Read more
March 11, 2013
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Treated municipal sewage sludge - that is, the solids from sewage treatment - may be causing illness in people up to a mile from where the sludge is spread on land. Read more
January 14, 2013
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Terry Perry bent over and picked up a moist, thick, and black-as-coal handful of muck. "It's just like mud," said Mr. Perry, who for years has made a living selling the substance that looks like mud but is more than dirt and water. Read more
January 13, 2013
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KETTLEMAN CITY -- Maria Saucedo cried as she spoke of the two babies she has lost in Kettleman City -- one to birth defects and the other in a miscarriage. Read more
December 18, 2012
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Don't fancy the thought of your spinach and carrots being grown in sewage sludge?... Read more
August 30, 2012
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St. Louis Composting's Patrick Geraty hooks up with a national syndicate that peddles sewage. Read more
December 20, 2011
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On January 1, 2012 labeling of organic fertilizers also known as Organic Input Materials (OIMs), as defined under AB 856, takes effect in California. What does that mean to home gardeners and family farmers who worship the worm and its band of... Read more
