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September 19, 2006
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BHADUMARI, India Here in the center of India, on a gray Wednesday morning, a cotton farmer swallowed a bottle of pesticide and fell dead at the threshold of his small mud house.
The farmer, Anil Kondba Shende, 31, left behind a wife and two small sons, debts that his family knew about only vaguely and a soggy, ruined 3.5-acre patch of cotton plants that had been his only source of income.
The farmer, Anil Kondba Shende, 31, left behind a wife and two small sons, debts that his family knew about only vaguely and a soggy, ruined 3.5-acre patch of cotton plants that had been his only source of income.
September 20, 2006
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September 19, 2006
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PORTLAND, Maine, Sept. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumer demand for artificial hormone-free milk led Maine's Oakhurst Dairy to take a leadership stance against artificial growth hormone (rBST) a decade ago. "It was the right thing to do then," says Stan Bennett, President of Oakhurst, "and it continues to be even more important to our customers today. Oakhurst has always been rBST-free. We haven't wavered on this issue." Others are following the Oakhurst lead. Two of the nation's largest milk companies, Dean Foods and H.P.
September 19, 2006
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London – Sales of natural & organic cosmetics are projected to surpass the EUR 1 billion mark for the first time this year.
New research by Organic Monitor (www.organicmonitor.com) finds that European revenues have been increasing by over 20% a year. Widening availability and strengthening consumer demand are the major drivers of market growth. Availability of natural & organic cosmetics is increasing in European retailers with some launching private label products.
September 19, 2006
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BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wild Oats Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: OATS), a leading national natural and organic foods retailer, today announced it will add Certified Biodynamic wines and wines made with Biodynamic grapes to its current selection of high-quality domestic, international and organic wines available at Wild Oats stores. Biodynamic is characterized by a connection with the soil, sunlight and rhythms of nature that are unique to each vineyard.
September 19, 2006
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CONSUMER ALERT
AMAZON.COM DRUG-PUSHING OUTRAGE! This week, Amazon.com began pushing ADHD drugs on its front page through an "Amazon survey" that promotes ADHD drugs with known dangerous side effects. The ad is not visible to everyone, as Amazon seems to be "test marketing" the reaction. You can view a cached copy of the ad here:
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AMAZON HAS GONE TOO FAR
Why is Amazon.com, a bookseller, lending its name to a
AMAZON.COM DRUG-PUSHING OUTRAGE! This week, Amazon.com began pushing ADHD drugs on its front page through an "Amazon survey" that promotes ADHD drugs with known dangerous side effects. The ad is not visible to everyone, as Amazon seems to be "test marketing" the reaction. You can view a cached copy of the ad here:
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AMAZON HAS GONE TOO FAR
Why is Amazon.com, a bookseller, lending its name to a
September 18, 2006
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An oil pipeline slated for construction next year would help quench the state's thirst for petroleum, but critics say it would be at the expense of farmers who would shoulder the environmental risks.
Stoking fears: the rupture this summer of a pipeline owned by the same firm -- Minnesota Pipe Line Co. -- that saw 134,400 gallons of crude oil spread across a field near Little Falls, Minn.
Stoking fears: the rupture this summer of a pipeline owned by the same firm -- Minnesota Pipe Line Co. -- that saw 134,400 gallons of crude oil spread across a field near Little Falls, Minn.
October 1, 2006
News
<strong>Modern chemistry keeps insects from ravaging crops, lifts stains from carpets, and saves lives. But the ubiquity of chemicals is taking a toll. Many of the compounds absorbed by the body stay there for years—and fears about their health effects are growing.</strong>
September 14, 2006
News
Today, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a
legal petition with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that
seeks to prevent the post hoc approval of an illegal genetically
engineered rice recently found in the world's food supply. On August
22nd, Bayer CropScience sought an after-the-fact USDA rubber stamp for
the illegal rice, known as LLRICE601. The contamination episode has
triggered major disruptions to U.S. rice exports, caused substantial
losses to farmers as rice prices plummet, and exposed consumers to an
September 16, 2006
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A genetically engineered stone fruit tree, the 'HoneySweet' plum could be the first such stone fruit to be released for commerical use.
The patented 'HoneySweet' plum (Prunus domestica), developed by the USDA Agricultural Research Service in collaboration with the Institute National de la Recherche Agronomique in Paris and Cornell University, resists the plum pox virus, a plant virus not harmful to humans but deadly to stone fruit yields.
The patented 'HoneySweet' plum (Prunus domestica), developed by the USDA Agricultural Research Service in collaboration with the Institute National de la Recherche Agronomique in Paris and Cornell University, resists the plum pox virus, a plant virus not harmful to humans but deadly to stone fruit yields.
