December 18, 2012
News
Don't fancy the thought of your spinach and carrots being grown in sewage sludge?... Read more
August 30, 2012
News
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
November 21, 2011
News
State officials are plowing ahead with new rules on how and when farmers can fertilize their fields, despite last-minute objections from environmentalists that the proposed limits have been weakened in an apparent bid to mollify agricultural... Read more
November 9, 2011
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A new puppet's in town! His name is Karden, and according to his PR, he shows kids how much fun gardening can be. What parents and teachers aren't told is that he is actually a marketing tool for sewage sludge merchant Kellogg Garden Products. Read more
October 14, 2011
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This week, CMD's new Food Rights Network sent letters to thirteen schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) that have "organic" school gardens adopted by Hollywood's Environmental Media Association (EMA). As we reported in May,... Read more
October 14, 2011
News
When wastewater treatment plants discharge treated water into rivers and lakes, they can also pass along antibiotic-resistant bacteria and their resistance genes, according to a new study Read more
August 4, 2011
News
In the past few decades, intensive corporatization of farming has threatened both the future of family farming and the ability of neighbors to regulate the development of industrial agricultural operations that have transmogrified many farms into... Read more
July 7, 2011
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The Food Rights Network asked people to join in calling on the Environmental Media Association (EMA) to stop greenwashing sewage sludge, and Joan Dye Gussow, best-selling author of This Organic Life: Confessions of a Suburban Homesteader, signed... Read more
June 15, 2011
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People have used human waste for thousands of years to fertilize cropland and gardens. In comparison, federal regulations for using such "biosolids" on land are young: They have been in effect for about 30 years. Read more
