Michael Sligh, farmer, author, founding chair of the National Organics Standards Board and director of the Sustainable Agriculture Program at RAFI-USA, takes the long view. “This is a crisis of success!” he insists, talking about the split in the organic industry caused by last fall’s amendment of the Organic Food Production Act. “We wouldn’t be in this position unless we had been more successful than any of us could have dreamed ten or fifteen years ago!”
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BOULDER CO-OP MARKET BOYCOTTS HORIZON DAIRY PRODUCTS NPR to Provide National Coverage
Boulder, Colo. to join other co-ops across the country in boycotting Horizon dairy products. The market's concern is that Horizon the nation's largest milk bottler under the National Organic Standards Regulations. The Co-op is specifically concerned with regulations governing livestock pasture, feed and confinement.
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That's one big bowl of salad -- way bigger than when Myra and Drew Goodman started Earthbound Farm in their Carmel Valley living room in 1984. They now farm 26,000 organic acres.
This is the yin of the organic food movement as it plunges headlong into the American mainstream.
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No Use of pesticides: 70.3 percent
Freshness: 68.3 percent
Health and nutrition: 67.1 percent
More than half of those surveyed -- 55 percent -- buy organic to avoid genetically modified foods. More than half believe organic foods are better for their personal health and better for the environment.
SOURCE: Organic Trade Association
Demand for organic outruns supply
BY DEVONA WALKER
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castigated the wealthy and technologically advanced countries of the world for failing to live up to their responsibility in tackling poverty and environmental degradation on the planet.
"We are concerned at cutbacks in funding for development," he told a major international conference here on biological diversity, which is being attended by more than 4,000 officials, including scientists and conservationists, from around the world.
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, is seen during a Read more
Tom's of Maine -- a niche brand whose renown as a socially
responsible maker of natural products exceeds its market share -- is
selling itself to Colgate-Palmolive Co. for about $100 million, the
company said yesterday.
Best known for toothpaste, Tom's of Maine got its start in 1970 by
making a phosphate-free laundry detergent. Over the years, cofounder
Tom Chappell, 63, poked fun at major brands like Colgate, saying they
put artificial additives in their toothpastes while Tom's of Maine
used natural ingredients.
Chappell said he will
Read moreConsumers who want to see how their favorite organic brands fared on the Cornucopia's ratings scorecard can click here
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3/22/06
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Organic Dairy Being Corrupted by Factory Farms
New Study Highlights Both Corporate Exploitation and Ethical Brands
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The Cornucopia Institute's national survey of organic products in the dairy case showcases ethical family farm producers and exposes factory farm producers and brands that threaten to take over organic dairying. With this Web-based rating tool, you can see which brands and dairy products found in your region are produced using the best organic farming practices and ethics. Based on a year's research into the organic dairy business, the scorecard rates 68 different organic dairy brands and private-label products.
Maintaining the Integrity of Organic Milk
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