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2004
December
2004:
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November
2004:
| feature |
Flowers
and fine olive oil in California’s Central Valley |
feature |
Planting
soybeans into rye, round two |
column |
Vine
and fig tree: Rising from nothing in the desert, idealists now
work amid water.. |
column |
Organics
in the news: Researchers responding to discovery of soybean
rust in the U.S. |
NEWS |
Largest
farms and firms get subsidies |
NEWS |
Australian
farmers brand GM canola a failure |
| NEWS |
Germany
legislates protection from transgenic crops |
NEWS |
An
EU nation's right to ban GMOs moves to Council |
NEWS |
Organic
farming is a winner for sustainability |
| NEWS |
La
cultivación orgánica ofrece buena sostenibilidad |
NEWS |
Last
year's mad cow costing Canadian producers big |
| NEWS |
Farm
survey – 86 percent favor online marketplace |
NEWS |
Use
of ozone destroying methyl bromide will continue |
NEWS |
Consumers
go out of their way to spend more on meat |
| NEWS |
Organic
foods market booming |
NEWS |
New
York City sales of community gardens halted |
| NEWS |
New
FDA policy allows GM contamination of food supply |
NEWS |
New
EU animal transport regulations stress animal welfare |
| NEWS |
Asian
foods all the rage in Australia |
NEWS |
IUCN
urges time out for genetically modified organisms |
NEWS |
GM-firms
extinguish dreams of British fields |
| feature |
Learning
to create abundance in the rough shadow of the Rockies |
feature |
Farming
for health and well-being |
feature |
Reader
Mail: Biodiversity in Bali |
feature |
Reader
Mail: From poison to paradise |
feature |
Reader
Mail: Resisting antibiotic resistance |
feature |
Reader
Mail: Interested in an article on new farmer advice? |
feature |
Reader
Mail: Do you have a class on weed control? |
feature |
Ask
Jeff: Another no-till volunteer and an update on the selection
process |
column |
Intern
Journal: Good-bye. Hello. |
column |
Specialty Cut Flower Corner: Tools of the trade |
column |
CSA
Journal: The value--and the limits--of fantasy in any farming
operation |
NEWS |
Half
the American harvest goes to waste |
| NEWS |
Winner
Minnesota ag award a first—first organic, first woman |
NEWS |
Farmers'
Guide to navigating the legal minefield of GMOs |
NEWS |
Soybean
rust found in five states |
| NEWS |
Supreme
Court requests administration's view on seed patent controversy |
NEWS |
Second
U.S. cow may have mad disease |
| NEWS |
One
more California county bans genetically engineered organisms |
NEWS |
Genetically
modified wheat still a market risk |
NEWS |
Rat
study reveals potential dangers with GM-corn |
| NEWS |
Feds
ignore evidence that biotech corn could cause allergies |
NEWS |
With
fair trade coffee a success--growers ask, who's next? |
NEWS |
Special
OFRF grants target organic management of pests |
| NEWS |
Organic
milk boasts higher vitamin E and carotenoid levels |
NEWS |
An
apple a day keeps Alzheimer's away |
| NEWS |
New
lures to doom crop-damaging caterpillars |
column |
Letter
from Ontario: Keeping farmland, farmland—a mission in
grays |
column |
Inspector's
Notebook: Get paid for getting certified |
column |
Research
Perspectives: Organic farming systems soil fertility over the
long haul |
NEWS |
UK:
Farmer connections push organic sales up 10% this year |
| NEWS |
U.S.
mad cow boosts Aussie beef exports to near record |
NEWS |
China
offers loans to help support cotton prices |
NEWS |
Canada's
first GM free zone honored |
feature |
Newly
organic, an old New England dairy thrives |
feature |
Creating
local food options in an urban setting |
column |
Research
Perspectives: Water, antibiotics and Animal Farm |
column |
Pan-Am
Adventures: A counter-intuitive research method that will blow
your mind |
NEWS |
Ag
Secretary decides one term enough |
| NEWS |
Pennsylvania
Governor seeks funding for farmland preservation |
NEWS |
Creativity,
diversification key to survival for local farmers |
NEWS |
Strong
profits reaffirm Whole Foods place in today's grocery landscape |
| NEWS |
Farmers
beat Atkins in popularity contest |
NEWS |
EPA
pesticide baby study to undergo internal ethical review |
NEWS |
USDA confirms
soybean rust in U.S. |
| NEWS |
America's
appetite for imported food is creating problems for the U.S.
economy |
NEWS |
World
disease outbreaks lead Russia to issue beef bans |
| NEWS |
Rice
price hike alarms scientists at World Rice Conference |
NEWS |
EU/US
back before WTO — this time at EU's call |
NEWS |
Leading
the way to sustainable ag |
| NEWS |
Dioxin
contamination of animal feed closes European farms |
NEWS |
Asian
development bank prepares Afghanistan for new dam |
NEWS |
Fungus
found to fight coffee berry bugs |
| NEWS |
Walnuts'
secret powers discovered |
NEWS |
Conservation
Security Program expands reach more than ten-fold |
| NEWS |
FDA
approves new use for popular cattle drug |
NEWS |
Rabobank's
FCS buyout bid terminated |
feature |
Farmers'
markets & beyond: Expanding the market for local foods,
Part 2 |
| feature |
Reader
Mail: A provider of turf grass seed for use in organic orchard
blocks? |
| feature |
Reader
Mail: Formula for an organic herbicide that can be made at on
the farm? |
feature |
Reader
Mail: Research tips on organic soil fertility versus synthetic
fertilizers |
feature |
Reader
Mail: Darts and laurels for New Farm |
feature |
Ask
Jeff: I've never farmed but would like to begin planting on
my 2-acre lot |
feature |
Ask
Jeff: Transitioning and buried under Canadian thistle--advice? |
column |
Intern
Journal: Fall colors |
column |
Real
Tales of High Value Farming: Blueberry Blues |
column |
Specialty
Cut Flower Corner: Good Karma--"Karma" dahlias, that
is |
column |
CSA
Notebook: Serving CSA members better |
column |
CSA Journal: Farm wife meets mother earth |
column |
Inspector's Notebook: Complying with noncompliances |
column |
Letter
from Ontario: Stand up to the shrug |
feature |
The
link between patenting life forms, genetic engineering and food
security |
NEWS |
Humans
cause more soil erosion than rivers, glaciers |
| NEWS |
Organic
farming better for wildlife |
NEWS |
Wanted
organic flax farmers: premiums offered |
| NEWS |
French
goat may have died from BSE |
NEWS |
Olive
oil included among FDA's heart healthy |
| NEWS |
Experts
warn: Avain flu could break big |
NEWS |
Florida
growers get half a billion in hurricane assistance |
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October
2004:
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September
2004:
NEWS |
Legality
of hemp food, cosmetic products affirmed |
| NEWS |
Spray
away: vine leaves not subject to presticide rules |
| NEWS |
Asian
bird flu flare up kills mother and daughter |
NEWS |
Fresh
Coffee Team: USAID, Starbucks, Conservation International |
| NEWS |
Report
could put a crimp in U.S. corn exports |
| NEWS |
NEWS
ANALYSIS: A U.S. study of GM crops spells trouble for Europe |
NEWS |
USDA
awards $4.5 million in grants for organic research |
NEWS |
Hog
farmer cleared to build methane-fueled power plant |
| NEWS |
Study
finds eating almonds ups other nutrient levels |
column |
Letter
from Ontario: As if cities can do It all by themselves |
column |
Pan-Am
Adventure: Pulque: Mexico’s unique and vanishing
drink |
column |
Vine
and fig tree: Seeking life in the desert, on the desert’s
terms |
column |
Susanna's
Organic Sojourn: Filling a niche |
column |
Organics
in the News: Too many good ideas |
column |
Inspector's
Notebook: Because there's a lot riding on your numbers |
feature |
Community
Seed Network builds international model to preserve biodiversity |
feature |
OP/ED Change
is in the air |
feature |
The
Leafless Season |
feature |
What
can towns and counties do to support small and mid-sized farms? |
feature |
Jerzy Boys
Farm grows award winning fruit in North Central Washington |
feature |
Perfecting
organic no-till systems nationwide |
NEWS |
Genetic
modification targeted as possible cause for flat yields |
feature |
My
name is Joel Huesby, and I’m a recovering farmer … |
feature |
The
laws of farming |
feature |
Portrait
of a pioneering California organic wine family |
feature |
Reader
Mail: Do you have any recommended reading on farmer-to-farmer
learning? |
feature |
Reader
Mail: Did you know you can buy tapes from the Eco-Farm conference? |
column |
The
New Ranch: All in the family |
column |
Letter
from NY: Smoothing the path to a profitable harvest home
|
feature |
Ask
Jeff: Any suggestions on fall hay seeding in weed-infested fields? |
feature |
Ask
Jeff: Can you create an organic cropping system without animal
manure? |
column |
Intern
Journal: Harvest parties, homespun handiwork and Hare Krisnas
|
column |
CSA
Journal: Giving a voice to small farmers … in 90 seconds
or less |
feature |
Ask
Jeff: How can I get my weedy fields ready for grazing without
herbicides? |
feature |
"Good
farming, clear thinking, right living" |
feature |
In
praise of country life |
feature |
Cultivating
long-term relationships |
feature |
Renewing
the Countryside, Washington: Closing the loop |
feature |
Selected
readings from the Book of Soil |
feature |
Reader
Mail: How can I become a WWOOFer like Susanna? |
feature |
Reader
Mail: How warm do the high tunnels at the MSU farm get in the
winter? |
column |
Intern
Journal: Apprentice in the Rye |
column |
CSA
Journal: Pardon my Padróns … |
NEWS |
NCR-SARE
announces producer grant recipients |
| NEWS |
In
court: Bush rule on pesticide harm to endangered species |
| NEWS |
Wind
energy Production Tax Credit extended through 2005 |
NEWS |
Midwest
farmers share experiences of how GMOs alter market |
| NEWS |
Poor children
vulnerable to pesticide poisoning |
| NEWS |
Over
two billion in CAP funds missing |
NEWS |
Rapid
detection tests for BSE could save cows' lives |
NEWS |
Japan
confirms unlucky number thirteen |
| NEWS |
E.U.
postpones vote on latest GM-corn application |
| NEWS |
Secret
wheat trials in Canada maybe not so secret |
column |
The
Final Word: Who is Tom Hofeller?; Now quickly, the other news
of the week: |
column |
The
Final Word: Bush widens rural lead among; Other news; It's just
a game |
NEWS |
Ecological
forecasting soon to join weather forecasting |
| NEWS |
Genes from
engineered grass spread for miles, study finds |
| NEWS |
Some
sugar beet growers not sweet on Central American trade deal |
NEWS |
Soil
retention of pharmaceuticals accurately predicted |
| NEWS |
Willie
Nelson headlines Farm Aid to benefit family farms |
| NEWS |
Ag Department
splashes out $80 million for rural water |
NEWS |
Appetite
for farmers markets grows |
column |
Letter
from Saskatchewan: Seed legislation could spell end to farmers
keeping seed |
NEWS |
Without
key federal tax incentive, demand for wind turbines falls |
NEWS |
Rose gardens
make fruit orchards more inviting to friendly wasps |
column |
The
Final Word: That crazy federal deficit; Other news; Sept. 10,
2001: Trust your future |
NEWS |
Genetic
traits spread to non-engineered papayas in Hawaii |
| NEWS |
Café
Revive first UK coffee chain to serve 100% fair-trade |
| NEWS |
EU
approves biotech seed for planting; labeling issue side-lined |
NEWS |
Fiber-enriched
next big thing in nutrition lingo |
| NEWS |
Sainsbury's reveals eco-friendly labels for organic produce |
| NEWS |
Some
farmers question YieldGuard's quality |
NEWS |
Mulch
changes tomato gene activity |
NEWS |
Anti-GMO measure draws concern over constitutional rights |
| NEWS |
College
cafe goes local and gets lesson in grass-fed beef |
| NEWS |
New
Farm featured farmer recieves sustainability award |
NEWS |
Flame
retardant levels in fatty foods higher than thought |
| NEWS |
U.S.
likely to see smallest farm surplus in 30 years |
| NEWS |
Russia
agrees to uninterupted veterninary trade with EU |
NEWS |
Brits
shift away from traditional to take out meals |
column |
The
Final Word: Farmers, November and party platforms; News.; Letter
of the week |
column |
Letter
from Saskatchewan: Of the color of peach fuzz and places to
grow |
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August
2004:
feature |
Making
a case for common sense |
feature |
Thoughtful
reflections on the significance of Aurora's mega organic dairy
in Colorado |
feature |
Reader
Mail: How can I source local artisan cheese for the Continental
Airlines arena? |
feature |
Reader
Mail: Why would our kiwis drop off after only growing to 1/2
inch in diameter? |
column |
The
New Ranch: Conservation measures improve profits |
column |
Letter
from NY: Farming is definitely shades of gray |
feature |
Ask
Jeff: About that compost turner of yours... |
column |
One
Farm to Another: The calendar says summer, but buyers are saying
fall |
column |
Intern
Journal: To everything, turn, turn, turn |
column |
Real
Tales of High Value Farming: Farming under cover -- BIG TIME! |
column |
Specialty
Cut Flower Corner: Secrets of selling to florists |
column |
CSA
Journal: The social challenges of running a farmers' market
stall |
feature |
The
Apprentice |
feature |
From table
to farm |
feature |
OP/ED: Minnesota
"livestock" plan focused on CAFO needs |
column |
Vine and fig tree: Restoring agriculture in the Holy Land |
column |
Vine
and fig tree: Introducing Israeli agriculture—dry climate,
charged politics and all |
column |
Pan
Am Adventure: GM-contamination of Mexican corn
adds insult to NAFTA injury |
column |
Susanna’s
Costa Rican Sojourn: Punta Mona |
NEWS |
Cornell
organic dairy transition study begins |
| NEWS |
Pieces
of metal trigger chicken recall |
feature |
On
the verge of a water crisis in Asia |
NEWS |
Thai
cabinet overturns GMO approval |
| NEWS |
Aussie
organic okays acid to fight Canker in citrus |
| NEWS |
For
now Japanese border will remain closed to U.S. beef |
NEWS |
Pesticide
labeling rules to be globally harmonized |
| NEWS |
World
Trade Organization rejects U.S. appeal on Canadian wheat |
| NEWS |
World
Trade Organization delays ruling on EU-US biotech dispute |
NEWS |
Deciphering
decline in grape vineyards |
| NEWS |
Three
more weeds refuse to obey the new chemical order |
column |
THE
FINAL WORD: The "conservation" President; Other news;
Crowing rooster... again |
NEWS |
Cafeteria
chain opts for sustainable agriculture |
| NEWS |
Clemson's
homegrown corn plastic |
| NEWS |
EFSA
report determines U.S. BSE risk is high |
NEWS |
French
agency questions its own report on GM crops |
| NEWS |
UC
Riverside gets $1.5M to examine how GMOs spread |
| NEWS |
Rabobank
offers to buy part of U.S. Farm Credit System |
NEWS |
Soybean
rust found north of equator in South America |
| NEWS |
Thai
PM gives nod to biotech crops |
feature |
Road
to ruin |
column |
Letter
from Saskatchewan: Alberta cattlemen mount risky NAFTA challenge |
column |
Letter
from Ontario: Restructuring Canada's electricity: going beyond
good intentions |
NEWS |
Organic
juices for lunch—no thermos required |
| NEWS |
Many
cattle farms injured by Charley but no deaths reported |
| NEWS |
Chiles
picantes orgánica mejoran las ganancias de los cultivadores
de la Florida norteña |
NEWS |
Organic
hot peppers pep up north Florida growers' bottom lines |
column |
The
Final Word: Need marketing advice? Call me in November; The
week’s absurd |
feature |
Worm-bin
construction made simple |
feature |
SLIDESHOW:
Building your own A compost windrow-turner made to order |
feature |
Making
and using compost at The Rodale Institute farm |
feature |
Can
organic and GM coexist? |
feature |
Ranching
series gets raves from HM fans |
feature |
Reader
Mail: Do you know anyone familiar with the process of certifying
organic wheat? |
feature |
Reader
Mail: What are the rules regarding homemade salsa at farmers'
markets? |
column |
Greenhouse
101: Summer No "forcing" summer lettuce this year |
column |
One
Farm to Another: Keeping blight at bay |
feature |
Ask
Jeff: Is it a good idea to grow hay to pasture my rabbits? |
feature |
Ask
Jeff: Should we be worried about herbicides in our compost? |
column |
Intern
Journal: Mysteries solved, sort of |
column |
Real
Tales of High Value Farming: Blueberry Bonanza! |
column |
CSA
Notebook: Finding the support in Community Supported Agriculture |
column |
CSA
Journal: You can keep your lemonade … Life gave me elderberries |
feature |
COMMENTARY:
Organic farming: production gloom replaces consumer boom |
NEWS |
Monsanto
Canada continuing trials on GM wheat |
| NEWS |
Critics
allege, farmer not fit for farm commissioner |
| NEWS |
West
Africa reels under invasion of the locusts |
NEWS |
Tasty
as it is, your lunch may be killing the planet |
| NEWS |
With
bird flu near, Africa turns to Europe for poultry imports |
| NEWS |
New
plastic disolves in compost—just add water |
NEWS |
Non-enforcement
of pasture rules opens the door to industrial organic dairies |
| NEWS |
Organic
dairy sector takes another big step toward big business |
feature |
Conversations
with folks in the first US county to ban GM crops |
feature |
Dairy
pasture research program seeks recommendations for Carolina
farmers |
feature |
Pasture
proves superior for North Carolina dairyman |
feature |
Turning
crops to ethanol fuel: on the road to energy independence |
| column |
Pan
Am Adventure: Growing corn in Mexico, post NAFTA |
column |
Inspector's
Notebook: Protecting the integrity of organic grains during
harvest |
NEWS |
Amplifying
every drop the focus of World Water Week |
| NEWS |
One-third
of corn acres planted in 2004 in GMOs, survery finds |
| NEWS |
Black
farmers find profit in trucking southern produce to Midwest
buyers |
NEWS |
Wind
farm projects languish without federal tax incentive |
| NEWS |
Ultragrain,
the look, the taste of white bread, the nutrients of wheat |
| NEWS |
Food
safety projects funded for 19 universities, colleges |
NEWS |
Beckerink
family wins New York 2004 conservation award |
| NEWS |
Demand
for organic food soars, but competition growing |
| NEWS |
Kerry,
Edwards talk with Missouri farmers |
NEWS |
Whole-farm
nutrient budgets to assess pollution |
| NEWS |
Extending
the growing season. . . and the storage life of your harvested
produce |
| column |
Letter
from Saskatchewan: Canadian farmers concerned about WTO impact |
column |
Letter
from Ontario: The farmland preservation toolkit |
NEWS |
Chemical
flame retardants found in farmed salmon |
| NEWS |
Organic
certification 75 percent off |
| NEWS |
Kerry
promotes energy independence plan |
NEWS |
South
African ostrich ranchers suffer from avian flu |
| NEWS |
Biotech
request alarms food industry |
| NEWS |
China may approve biotech rice in 1-2 yrs, says analyst |
NEWS |
Qualifications
of organic food certifiers questioned |
| NEWS |
Bioenergy
producers compete for $150 million in subsidies |
| NEWS |
Factory
farms to get sweet deal from EPA: No air pollution obligation |
NEWS |
USDA
gives school fruit and veggie campaign $9m boost |
| NEWS |
Green
weapon slays termites |
| NEWS |
California
dairies cited for air pollution |
NEWS |
U.S.
District Judge orders USDA to disclose 'biopharm' locations
in Hawaii |
| NEWS |
GMO
crop vote off in North Dakota, on in California |
feature |
Romania's
polluted water and other tales of environmental neglect |
| NEWS |
Asian
bird flu breaks out again, threatens human health |
| NEWS |
Coffee
farm enriched by forest ecosystem services |
NEWS |
Greens
call EC's GMO approval procedure 'undemocratic' |
| NEWS |
Bioengineered
potatoes head to China |
| NEWS |
UK
acreage under organic productions grows, DEFRA reports |
column |
Letter
from Ontario: MBM-Free Pork |
feature |
California
conference features pest control and organic production |
feature |
Fertile Minds |
feature |
Striving
for Social Sustainability in Agriculture |
feature |
Living
the good life on Australia’s Gold Coast |
| column |
Pan-Am
Adventure: In Agave country … and no one can
afford to grow it! |
column |
Inspector's
Notebook: 9 tips to shorten your inspection time |
column |
Susanna's
Costa Rican Sojourn: Finca la Bella |
feature |
STORIES:
How farmers can help people connect food with memory |
column |
The
New Ranch: Big things on a little place |
feature |
Reader
Mail: Reader tips for weed-free strawberry production |
feature |
Reader
Mail: What is required for organic greenhouse production? |
feature |
Reader
Mail: Nix the politics on The New Farm web site? |
column |
Letter
from NY: What can I use to boost my soil fertility? |
column |
Letter
from NY: "Farms R Us?" Part 2 |
feature |
Ask
Jeff: Where can I buy hairy vetch seed? |
feature |
Ask
Jeff: Could an organic producer use Kaolin clay on cherries? |
column |
Intern
Journal: Discovery zone |
column |
Specialty
Cut Flower Corner: Summer madness, and mistakes |
column |
CSA
Notebook: UPDATE: A legal immigrant odyssey |
column |
CSA
Journal: Garlic Snakes |
NEWS |
Biodiesel
popularity on the rise |
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July 2004:
NEWS |
Survey
shows GM ingredients rare fare in Europe's supermarkets |
feature |
Meat
Goat Marketplace |
| feature |
Niche
opportunity gets Iowa farmer's goat--in a good way |
feature |
In
search of the real tough cowboy |
feature |
Reader
Mail: KUDOS for low-pol organics (and Parker Bosley) |
| feature |
Reader
Mail: Technique to keep weeds from taking over our strawberry
plants? |
feature |
Reader
Mail: Looking for homeopathic remedies for small ruminants? |
column |
Letter
from NY: "Farms R Us?" Part 1 |
feature |
Ask
Jeff: Have you calculated the down-pressure on your cover crop
roller? |
feature |
Ask
Jeff: What methods and equipment do you use to spread hay seed? |
feature |
Ask
Jeff: How can I prevent squirrels and birds from eating my cherries? |
feature |
Ask
Jeff: Can you advise me about baling wheat just as it is about
to head out? |
column |
One
Farm to Another: Great weather. Good yields? We’ve got
our fingers crossed |
column |
Intern
Journal: Lessons in the field |
column |
CSA
Journal: Keep Rollin' |
| NEWS |
WTO
approves plan to end farm export subsidies |
| NEWS |
Biotech
giants duel |
NEWS |
Federal
panel urges fresh scrutiny of altered foods |
| NEWS |
FDA
says Monsanto biotech wheat safe for consumers |
| NEWS |
EPA
faces lawsuit over impact of pesticides on salmon |
| NEWS |
Americans
not eating enough fruits, vegetables, USDA reports |
| NEWS |
Report
says USDA overrun by corporate interests |
NEWS |
Loopholes
in mad cow testing favor meat processors |
| NEWS |
Farmer
survey gives insite into the U.S. organic market |
| NEWS |
USDA-Black
Farmers Civil Rights Settlement fails |
NEWS |
Researchers
reveal benefits of photorespiration |
column |
The
Final Word: Doha,'conflicting trade' and wages; Unintended consequences |
| NEWS |
West
Bank and Gaza farm rehabilitation funded |
| NEWS |
EC
may challenge Austrian and Grecian bans on GM foods |
NEWS |
Russia
bans Finnish/Swedish poultry after disease outbreak |
| NEWS |
Asian
poultry not welcome in Europe for another 5 months |
| NEWS |
In Japan, point, shoot to be an informed consumer |
| NEWS |
Changing
the EU sugar regime gets sticky |
| NEWS |
Research
shows microbiological contamination of organic produce is low |
column |
Letter
from Saskatchewan: Trade talks will never be the same after
Cancun |
column |
Letter
from Ontario: A wave of government intrusion |
column |
Letter
from Ontario: I don't have to worry - I'll be out of farming
before I have to do all that |
column |
The
Final Word: USDA Inc. |
| NEWS |
Weather
forcasts signal drier times ahead |
| NEWS |
Peanuts
have new pesticide to protect them from deadly fungus |
NEWS |
Chicken
processor fires 11 based on animal abuse video |
| NEWS |
Genetics underscore mites' promise as climbing fern foe |
| NEWS |
Studies
show: Healthy diets, healthy brains |
| NEWS |
Deadly
Afghan floods, earthquake, destroy harvest |
| NEWS |
EC
report: Ireland not testing for chemical residue on food |
NEWS |
Bird
flu's back in Indonesia |
| NEWS |
Critical
deadline looms in WTO talks |
| NEWS |
Europe
approves Monsanto Roundup Ready corn for animal feed |
NEWS |
EU
Trade Commissioner travels to Turkey to talk beef |
NEWS |
Sri
Lankan produce growers eye European market |
| NEWS |
New markets for UK farmers—schools |
| NEWS |
Organic
sprouts contaminated with salmonella |
NEWS |
Demand
for organic milk will meet supply by 2006, analysts say |
| NEWS |
Argentina
approves GM-corn for planting |
| NEWS |
Slovakia
faces butter shortages after joining EU |
NEWS |
South
Africa may test first 'pharming' crop |
feature |
The
Del Cabo Cooperative—300 farm families growing organic
for export |
feature |
In the progressive
revival tent, Paul Hawken rocks |
| feature |
An
eye in the sky |
feature |
The public's
right to grow |
| feature |
A
different kind of community-supported farm |
| NEWS |
Europe
approves Monsanto Roundup Ready corn for animal feed |
| NEWS |
National
animal ID system starts with premises registration |
NEWS |
Hidden
camera reveals abuse in poultry factory |
| NEWS |
USDA
audit reveals meat recalls may not be effective |
| NEWS |
Ag
department releases dry milk as cattle feed |
NEWS |
House
clears U.S. - Australia free trade agreement |
NEWS |
University
research: Mini melons |
| column |
The
Final Word: US-Aussie free trade deal; Mad cow in the House;
Mysteries |
NEWS |
Computer
models help guide ethanol production research |
| NEWS |
Mad
cow animal feed protections postponed |
| NEWS |
Texas
ranch infested with weed from hell |
NEWS |
Idaho's
first wind farmer showcases its possiblities |
| NEWS |
Biotech firm finds Midwest
fields are friendlier |
| NEWS |
Syngenta
to move labs to U.S. |
feature |
Pennsylvania
wine-grape grower pioneers sustainable vineyard management |
feature |
One
set of guiding principles, a wealth of different practices |
| feature |
Reader
Mail: Canadian sustainable ag professor takes issue with Percy
detractors |
feature |
Reader
Mail: Keep your politics off my food |
| feature |
Reader
Mail: Can you refer me to some information on wind pumps? |
feature |
Reader
Mail: Is there an OMRI approved control for Harlequin bug? |
feature |
Study
confirms safety of organic food, agrochemical group twists findings
|
feature |
Beating
weeds |
feature |
Ask
Jeff: What kind of down-pressure is necessary to crush the stems
of rye? |
feature |
Ask
Jeff: What methods and equipment do you use to spread hay seed? |
column |
Intern
Journal: The highs and lows of a job well done |
column |
CSA
Journal: Keep Truckin' |
| NEWS |
Global
trade talks show signs of faltering |
| NEWS |
India
reiterates stance on agriculture at pre-WTO meeting |
NEWS |
Bird
flu resurfaces in Asia, threatens human health |
| NEWS |
Japan
moves to block false organic claims |
| NEWS |
Cadbury
Nigeria hopes cocoa gift will yield better chocolate |
NEWS |
German
insurance industry refuses to cover biotech crops |
| column |
The
Final Word: Bush and the rural "Bubba" vote; NCBA
threatens R-CALF; News |
column |
The
Final Word: Maddening handelling; the week; Of fireworks, family
and fish |
column |
Letter
from Ontario: Are they serious about farming in the park? |
| column |
Letter
from Saskatchewan: Canadian farmers need a BSE/beef strategy |
| NEWS |
WTO
ag talks moving forward, chair reports |
| NEWS |
Second
cow not mad after all |
Back to top >
June 2004:
feature |
FACT
SHEET: AM FUNGI |
feature |
Balancing
farmland preservation and development |
feature |
You'll
not see nothing like the mighty Quinn |
feature |
Exploiting
clean energy for profit |
| NEWS |
Seed-saving
legislation in under consideration at federal, state levels |
| NEWS |
Yeast
plus agricultural wastes equals ethanol |
NEWS |
National
hotline unveiled for the Conservation Security Program |
| NEWS |
New
bird-flu outbreak reported in Vietnam |
| NEWS |
Europe's
soyfoods market grows to $1.8 bn |
NEWS |
EU
deadlocked on GMO's |
NEWS |
One
for, One against: Kenya's elite way in on GM crops |
| NEWS |
European
beef to keep individual nationalities |
NEWS |
Could
UK beef be back? Producers begin to hope again |
NEWS |
Spain's
2004 olive oil harvest tramples 03's numbers |
| NEWS |
Second
U.S. mad cow suspected |
column |
Letter
from Ontario: Portrait of an ideal candidate |
| column |
Letter
from Saskatchewan: Factory farm controls need to balance |
| NEWS |
Drought:
Conservation reserves opened for emergency grazing |
| NEWS |
More
California counties move to ban biotech crops |
NEWS |
Farm
to School lobby gets beneficial move from Congress |
NEWS |
Spain
questions scientific advice on GMO crops |
| NEWS |
Economic
agency predicts long-term decline for ag prices |
NEWS |
FAO
director general defends the groups' pro-GM views |
NEWS |
While
U.S. slips, Russia regains its foothold in the global wheat
market |
| NEWS |
Famine
to Feast: China's attempt to feed itself roils wheat trade |
| NEWS |
Monsanto
pulls applications for GM wheat except in U.S. |
NEWS |
Human
form of mad cow disease claims first U.S. victim |
NEWS |
Questionable
levels of perchlorate found in California milk |
NEWS |
Facilitating global trade in organics |
NEWS |
West
African leaders embrace U.S. biotechnology |
feature |
Shumei
Natural Agriculture: Morioka Town, Yoshinori Takahashi |
feature |
SLIDESHOW:
Farming to create heaven on earth |
feature |
Grass
farmers: Seeing the big picture |
feature |
Reader
Mail: Cody vs. Schmeiser |
feature |
Reader
Mail: How do I find an organic certifier in my area? |
feature |
Reader
Mail: Restrictions on landscaping with chemicals in community
spaces? |
feature |
Ask
Jeff: What are the main ways organic soybean farmers get their
seed? |
column |
One
Farm to Another: The crops are poppin' this spring |
| column |
Specialty
Cut Flower Corner: A flowering of questions |
column |
Specialty
Cut Flower Corner: Five time savers for flowers growers |
column |
CSA
Journal: Kinky Carrots |
column |
PAN-AMERICAN
ADVENTURE: Wine, olives, and nopales in Baja California |
feature |
New
Farm Classic: National Organic Standards: Kiss of Death? |
feature |
Wind in
the silos |
| feature |
VIDEO: Pennsylvania
sustainable farmers tell their stories |
feature |
CROPP
contracts brings profitability to Ohio grass-based, organic
dairies |
| column |
The
Final Word: A closer look at USDA conservation programs; ADM
chapter closes |
| column |
Letter
from Saskatchewan Candidates fail to campaign for meaningful
ag future |
column |
Letter
from Ontario: Stewards of the status quo no more |
| NEWS |
Easing
of pesticide rules draws congressional protest |
| NEWS |
World
bamboo diversity falling to deforestation |
NEWS |
EU:
Monsanto's GM canola fails to move scientific panel |
NEWS |
USDA
calls French fries fresh vegetable |
| NEWS |
Taiwan
prepared to bring back U.S. beef |
NEWS |
From
an Indian village: Greening the grassroots |
NEWS |
EU
takes action to stregthen organic farming |
| NEWS |
Prepacked
fruit lacking in vitamins - report |
| NEWS |
Local,
organic not important in food, Norwegians say |
NEWS |
Oversight
of transgenic plants, animals sought in new bill |
NEWS |
Creeping
desertification: the cause and consequence of poverty |
NEWS |
MU first
in Midwest to offer sustainable agriculture degree |
NEWS |
Sorghum—the
next new wave in grains? |
NEWS |
Sorgo
-- ¿el próximo favorito entre los granos? |
NEWS |
GMO testing brings bio-terrorism charges against Buffalo artist |
NEWS |
U.S.
streets, parking lots, buildings would cover Ohio |
NEWS |
Corn
farmer survey shows strong support for wind energy |
| NEWS |
Natural, organic food retailer sets green mission for itself |
| NEWS |
New partnership brings sustainable forest and farm products
to market |
column |
The
Final Word: 2002 Ag Census; weekly review; Cargill's DNA selected
cows; 101 |
NEWS |
Biotechnology
industry showcases money, political clout |
NEWS |
Organic
product sales show strong growth in 2003 |
NEWS |
Cargill
pinpoints desirability in cow genome |
| NEWS |
Are
chemicals hiding in your makeup? |
| NEWS |
Poll:
Voters want fuel economy, ethanol, hydrogen |
NEWS |
New
land use standards offset global warming with sensitivity |
NEWS |
Tennessee farmer appeals ruling in Monsanto lawsuit |
| NEWS |
Continual
fertilizing, not cows, is the problem on sensitive pastures
|
| NEWS |
Fertilizar
continuamente, no las vacas, es el problema en los pastos sensibles |
NEWS |
New
USDA lab to study stress indicators in livestock |
NEWS |
JUNE
2, 2004: California Assembly backs 'Safe School Lunch Act' |
feature |
OPINION: Do
we hafta have CAFTA? |
NEWS |
BSE
testing oversights lead to full FSA investigation |
NEWS |
Salsa's
super spice shows promise easing food posioning |
| NEWS |
The age of renewables has arrived |
| NEWS |
EU
continues toward tariff-only import system for bananas |
NEWS |
Bayer
backs out; GM canola's leaving New South Wales |
NEWS |
Food
additives linked to hyperactivity in children |
feature |
OPINION:
Steering nature by the seat of our pants |
column |
Letter
from Ontario: On the way to becoming socially reprehensible |
NEWS |
Research
scientists spin feathers into gold |
NEWS |
Biodiesel
business booms |
NEWS |
Ag
department keeps secrets of biopharm crops |
| NEWS |
U.S.
to disclose more information about pharm crops |
| NEWS |
Crop
productivity products don’t always work – but need
more evaluation |
column |
Letter
from Saskatchewan: Who do subsidies really benefit? |
NEWS |
Sainsbury's
will stock GM-free milk |
NEWS |
Eco-tourism
comes to Portugal |
| NEWS |
New
DNA test promises accurate labeling of Basmati rice |
feature |
OPINION:
Who’s getting fat off the fat of the land? |
| NEWS |
Russia
lowers label threshold for GM material in food |
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May 2004:
| feature |
Cracking
the organic nut |
column |
The
Final Word: USDA back on organic rules; Cuts; Export numbers;
Memorial Day |
NEWS |
Raw
almond recall |
NEWS |
Pilgrim’s
Pride chicken farm gets the flu |
| NEWS |
Asian
food safety standards need overhaul, say FAO, WHO |
| NEWS |
McDonald's
New Zealand agrees to GM-free chicken |
NEWS |
Belgium
free-range eggs recalled |
NEWS |
NOP
Guidance Statements overturned by Ag secretary |
| NEWS |
Organics
program weakened under Bush administration changes, activists
say |
| column |
Letter
from Ontario: Time to deconstruct our plant patent law to limit
scope |
feature |
Voluntary food
labeling is not COOL |
NEWS |
Livestock
lobby wields its influence to soften air quality regulations |
column |
Letter
from Saskatchewan: Schmeiser loss leaves Monsanto empty handed |
NEWS |
Iowa’s packer ban will get its day in court |
NEWS |
USDA
to talk poultry with Russia—hopefully this week |
| NEWS |
Irradiated food barred from DC school lunches |
| NEWS |
Injunction
banning pesticides near salmon streams upheld |
NEWS |
Epicyte
Pharmaceutical joins failing-biotech row |
NEWS |
U.S.
cattle brains to be burned as fuel |
| NEWS |
Ag
secretary funds bird flu control and prevention |
NEWS |
Chronic
wasting disease transmitted via environment |
NEWS |
Chicken
is the big winner in the war on carbs |
| NEWS |
USDA
plans cut most farmers from CSP; watersheds selected |
| NEWS |
In seed saving case Canada's top court finds for Monsanto |
NEWS |
Black cherry tree farming in Allegheny forest appealed |
NEWS |
US,
Japan hopeful the beef will be back by end of summer |
| NEWS |
Bacterial proteins combat Campylobacte |
NEWS |
Helping
beneficial fungi work |
NEWS |
Ayudando
a los hongos beneficiosos a trabajar |
| NEWS |
A
little creek that could help repair waterways |
| column |
The
Final Word: US "Do what I say, not what I do"A; News;
Sen. Paul Muegge |
column |
Letter
from Saskatchewan: Factory farm controls need balance |
NEWS |
Nepal
authorizes wildlife farming for conservation |
NEWS |
EU
capitulates on biotech corn |
| NEWS |
China's
ag trade: 10 years $20bn dollars |
| NEWS |
Monsanto
abandons transgenic Australian canola |
NEWS |
Intensive
farming could harm EU's eastern birds |
NEWS |
In
Italy, transgenic soy uncovered in planned GE-free zone |
| NEWS |
Canadian
company starts production of ethanol from cellulose |
feature |
Reader
Mail: Where is the Rodale Institute located? |
feature |
Reader
Mail: When did the OPX begin? |
feature |
Farming
& Faith: Sufi vision inspires southern Illinois farm |
feature |
Crossing
Canada: Small-scale vertical integration at BC fruit stand farm |
feature |
Pan-Am
Adventure: Final reflections on U.S. agriculture before bowling
into Baja |
feature |
Exporting
cheap corn and ruin |
feature |
Some
thoughts on selling at farmers' markets |
feature |
Reshaping
Kentucky’s cattle industry |
feature |
Farming the Wind,
part 2 in a 3-part series |
feature |
Looking
for the post-tobacco king of Kentucky agriculture |
feature |
Understanding
the dairy industry – It’s way more than cows and
plows! |
column |
Letter
from Ontario: When it comes to food trade, consumers trump sound
science |
| column |
The
Final Word: EU-US WTO two-step; News briefs: All your ag news
just $18,000/yr |
feature |
Beyond
organics: Envisioning a sustaining food system |
feature |
SLIDESHOW:
Fields and field days: Organic in Idaho |
feature |
Rotating
cattle provide whole-farm fertility at Ernie's Organics |
feature |
Pennsylvania's
organic apple research initiative |
feature |
A
future for organic apple growing in the Northeast |
column |
On
Farm to Another: Researchers and universities have discovered
organic? |
feature |
Ask
Jeff: Fertilizing neglected land for best productivity and organic
certification? |
feature |
Reader
Mail: Can you clarify the NOP rules for pasture and identity
preservation? |
feature |
Reader
Mail: How can a find past New Farm articles? |
feature |
OP/ED:
The down side of commercial wind power |
column |
CSA
Journal: Ain't I smart? |
NEWS |
Americans
carry toxic pesticide cocktail in their blood |
NEWS |
Tough
non-road diesel rule cuts sulfur 99 percent |
| NEWS |
Monsanto
chops GM wheat plans |
| NEWS |
Bayer
urged to heed chicken antibiotic ban |
NEWS |
Asian
beetle pesters U.S. ornamental tree industry |
column |
The
Final Word: More mad cow; Letter of the week; Chapter 11 for
NE pork power |
NEWS |
Farmers,
ranchers can apply for renewable energy grants |
NEWS |
Mad cow may have slipped through crack in testing |
| NEWS |
A relaxed
relationship with Cuba has dairy's eyes on a new market |
| NEWS |
Illinois'
first wind farm opens |
NEWS |
Milk
prices to soar just as ice cream cravings hit |
NEWS |
UC
Davis to help promote biotech crops |
| NEWS |
Researchers
find clues to pesticide resistance |
column |
Letter
from Ontario: Our cities are what we eat |
column |
Letter
from Saskatchewan: Farmers' rights versus biotech's desires |
Back to top >
April
2004:
NEWS |
Bacterial proteins combat Campylobacte |
column |
The
Final Word: Brazil pops cotton's can of worms; debating subsidies
with bad math
|
NEWS |
Valuable
Afghani farmlands washed away |
NEWS |
EU
readies new members with GMO testing facilities |
| NEWS |
Norwegian
grower's fountain of youth for vegetables |
| NEWS |
EU
halts trade with countries using unsustainable fishing practicing |
NEWS |
Mississippi
farmer gets break in Monsanto biotech seed case |
NEWS |
San
Francisco school board bans irradiated food from school lunch
program |
| NEWS |
Kraft's
investors voice concern over use of GM ingredients |
| NEWS |
Judge
clears Tyson of cattle price fixing |
| NEWS |
Vermont
governor signs GMO bill into law |
NEWS |
National animal identification system started |
NEWS |
US
seeks $1.8bn for losses caused by EU GM ban |
| NEWS |
Canada's
bird flu woes closes in on U.S. border |
| NEWS |
Ag
exports reach record high despite on-going restrictions |
| NEWS |
Stalled
ag-trade talks up and running again, report WTO delegates |
feature |
The
pesticide residue question |
NEWS |
U.S
loses subsidy battle over cotton |
NEWS |
Bird
flu continues to beat up western Canada |
| NEWS |
Venezuelan
President bans cultivation of GM crops |
| NEWS |
Israeli consumers buck big-food trend, return to smaller stores |
| NEWS |
Farm
group highlights organic imports by UK supermarkets; seek local
supply |
| NEWS |
Nepal
police nab former ministers in food sovereignty sit-in |
column |
The
Final Word: Far from the maddening cow; No Bush Farm and Ranch
Team for me |
feature |
A
visit to the home of Teikei |
feature |
Generating
electricity is a breeze |
feature |
Farming
the fungi kingdom--organically |
| feature |
Compost
tea research enters its second year |
column |
Susanna’s
Costa Rican Sojourn: Siete Estrellas de Jicotea |
column |
Organics
in the News: Current NOP livestock rules reduce BSE risk but
tighter better |
column |
Letter
from Ontario: Water policy being billed to Ontario's farmers |
column |
Letter
from Saskatchewan: Farmers need market power, not higher tech
solutions |
NEWS |
Biotechnology
produces auto fuel from wheat straw |
NEWS |
Weed
expert warns of increasing occurrences of super-weeds |
| NEWS |
Squeezing
the maximum food from each drop of water |
| NEWS |
Years
of research produce bigger, heavier bagel peach |
| NEWS |
Kraft's
profits drop 34% |
| NEWS |
USDA
announces $4.7 m for organic research, education and extension |
| NEWS |
Compost
Tea Task Force releases long-awaited recommendation |
| NEWS |
Food industry dreads European labeling rules |
| NEWS |
The
sad saga of Ignacio Chapela |
feature |
The
Gandhi of greenhouses, Part II |
feature |
Carrots
to the core |
feature |
CSA
Grower’s School |
| feature |
Lessons
learned in the Land of Enchantment |
| feature |
Reader
Mail: Help us announce our organic and locally-sourced food-service
facility? |
feature |
Reader
Mail: When will the online classes be available? What will the
cost be? |
column |
Specialty
Cut Flower Corner: Fall Harvest: More than just mums |
column |
CSA
Notebook: The worth of good work: An H2-A odyssey |
column |
CSA
Journal: Hats off to the many sombreros of a farmer |
NEWS |
Intercropping
corn/legumes increases economic yield in tropical small-scale
ag |
NEWS |
New
tests for detecting livestock growth promoter |
| NEWS |
Ensayos
nuevos para detectar un promotor de crecimiento en el ganado |
| NEWS |
Iowa
seminar explores goat meat production for niche markets |
| NEWS |
USDA contributes
8.8m to livestock disease research |
| NEWS |
Syngenta
gets fifth Bt gene patent |
| NEWS |
Beef
producer's bid to test all its cattle for BSE denied |
| NEWS |
Vermont
House gives nod to labeling of GM seeds |
| NEWS |
California
regulators derail biotech company's rice plans |
column |
The Final Word: It's a long day in India, Part 3 |
NEWS |
World
health agencies back global rules regulating antibiotics in
feed |
| NEWS |
Chinese farmers pay price in drive to build golf centers |
| NEWS |
British
Columbia's poultry farms officially under state of emergency |
| NEWS |
Japan
v. U.S. beef is benefiting Aussie, NZ ranchers |
| NEWS |
Things
in whey: biodegradable plastic from cheese-making waste |
| NEWS |
New
study suggests love of chocolate starts in the womb |
column |
The
Final Word: It's a long day in India, part 2 |
NEWS |
Hoosier
farmers show resistance to biotech corn |
| NEWS |
Possibility
of pharmaceutical rice in California draws mixed reactions from
farmers |
| NEWS |
U.S.
doesn't want to see spread of Europe-style GMO labeling laws |
| NEWS |
All
agree GM-regulations should be adopted and uniform |
| NEWS |
Experts:
Columbia basin irrigation must balance salmon needs |
| NEWS |
Soybean
prices up and so are grocery bills |
| NEWS |
Walnuts
get the backing of the FDA |
| NEWS |
Puzzle
of corn's origins coming together |
| NEWS |
A cheese from any other region is not Parmesan |
| NEWS |
Demand
for Brazilian beef blamed for Amazon deforestation |
| NEWS |
Canada
hopes massive cull will stop bird flu spread |
| NEWS |
UN
human rights expert criticizes WTO on agricultural trade |
| NEWS |
Italy
speaks out against genetically engineered wheat |
| NEWS |
Japanese
farmer arrested over bird flu |
| NEWS |
Monsanto
denied request for large GM crop trial in Australia |
| NEWS |
One more time, BSE risks from older cattle slight |
column |
Letter
from Ontario: Recognizing the new normal |
| column |
Letter
from Saskatchewan: Over-expansion of patent law fails "public
good" test |
| feature |
Biodynamic
farming pioneers revolutionize banana production in Dominican
Republic |
feature |
Shumei
Natural Agriculture: Tsumagoi Town, Toki Kuroiwa |
feature |
The
Gandhi of greenhouses |
feature |
Paradigms
and plain hard work |
feature |
Main
who shot the mad cow takes aim at the USDA |
feature |
Reader
Mail: Any ideas for locating a market for organic grapes, seeds
and oil? |
feature |
Reader
Mail: Can leased land immediately qualify for feed as I'm certifying
my dairy? |
| column |
Letter
from NY: Thinking upstream: Looking for root causes and real
solutions |
feature |
Ask
Jeff: No-spray hay? |
feature |
Ask
Jeff: How late in the spring can I under-seed red clover into
spring barley? |
column |
One
Farm to Another: Spring has sprung |
column |
News
from Mariquita: The watermelon radish: Conspiracy from the left
or the right |
feature |
Shooting
star |
feature |
Stress
down |
| feature |
Using
the ordinary to cultivate beneficial indigenous microorganisms |
feature |
The Davis
Farmers' Market, thirty years on |
| feature |
Growing
our own |
feature |
Thomas
Harttung's humongous CSA: Growing by 10,000 households per year |
column |
Organics
in the News: With BSE at issue, why eat organic beef? |
column |
The
Final Word: It's a long day in India |
NEWS |
New
on-farm organic matter test is a superior measure of soil quality |
| NEWS |
USDA
calls for comments on BSE safety methods |
| NEWS |
Biotech
regulation falls short, says Pew report |
| NEWS |
Dean
Foods eyes two bottling plants and 85-90% of New York's milk
money |
Back to top >
March 2004:
NEWS |
Bayer
gives up on GM maize in the UK |
feature |
Mendocino
County shouts a collective "no" to GMOs |
feature |
Reader
Mail: Can get permission to reproduce some of your articles? |
feature |
Reader
Mail: Are there any books that cover the ups and downs of organic
farming? |
| NEWS |
USDA
mulls private sector BSE testing as answer to Japan trade demands |
| NEWS |
Efforts
to ban genetically engineered crops spreading in California
|
| NEWS |
ARS
announces 4 new plants to consider for the 2004 planting season |
| NEWS |
Tyson
execs under investigation by the SEC |
| NEWS |
Rich
nations gobbling resources at an unsustainable rate |
| NEWS |
California
Rice Commission approves genetically engineered rice |
| NEWS |
2003 record year for fair trade coffee |
| NEWS |
Newborns
benefit from bans on two insecticides |
| NEWS |
Global
methyl bromide exemptions over 13,000 tons |
| NEWS |
Canada
confirms human case of bird flu |
| NEWS |
Ag department issues animal disease response CD |
| NEWS |
Soybean
prices hit 15-year high |
| NEWS |
New
York spends $6 million on farm runoff management |
| NEWS |
Judge
says $1.28bn too much in Tyson case; Verdict sparks legislation
change |
| NEWS |
EU extends ban on U.S. poultry through April |
| column |
Letter
from Saskatchewan: Canadian cattle producers point fingers at
packers |
| NEWS |
Two
Australian states saying not yet to GM crops |
| NEWS |
Bulgarian
GMO protesters: Third world war comes in your plate |
| NEWS |
365,000
birds culled as bird flu spread in Canada |
| NEWS |
Iowa Senator wants USDA to block Brazil soy imports |
| NEWS |
Expanded
EU brings new markets to banana producers |
| NEWS |
Canada
announces $995 million in transition assistance for farmers |
| NEWS |
EU
extends ban on U.S. poultry through April |
| NEWS |
Widening
probe of Monsanto's Indonesia practices |
| NEWS |
Opposition
to GE wheat growing, says Canadian Wheat Board |
| NEWS |
Pizza
sales soar in Thailand |
| NEWS |
New
brief: Beef from cloned cattle enters Japanese market |
| NEWS |
In
Asia, bird flu claims another life, four more farms |
| NEWS |
EU food and animal feed controls under scrutiny as food health
scares persist |
| NEWS |
Canadian
government buys greenhouse gas emission cuts |
| column |
Letter
from Ontario: Ontario's Nutrient Management Act |
column |
Letter
from Ontatio: To test or not to test- that is the BSE question |
feature |
A
one-time lawyer trades in his legal practice to nurture and
harvest wild medicinals |
| feature |
Wildcrafting:
A "simple" life fraught with complex ethical, practical
considerations |
feature |
Market
makers |
| feature |
The organic
octopus? Consolidation within the organic industry |
feature |
State
and regional certifiers weigh in on National Organic Program |
| feature |
OPPORTUNITY:
USDA requests National Organic Standards Board nominations
|
feature |
OPINION:
The tale of two farm programs |
| NEWS |
Report
accuses USDA of censoring climate facts |
| NEWS |
Canada
announces $995 million in transition assistance for farmers |
| NEWS |
EU
extends ban on U.S. poultry through April |
column |
Only
mad cows and Americans; News; Letter of the week: Leaving the
herd behind |
| NEWS |
Judge
upholds FDA decision to ban poultry antibiotic |
| NEWS |
Monsanto
raises idea of U.S.-only GMO wheat release |
| NEWS |
USDA
will expand BSE testing for one year |
| NEWS |
Many
countries would rather not import GM wheat, USDA survey finds |
| NEWS |
Cargill,
one other processor to pay $24 million settlement in price fixing
lawsuit |
| NEWS |
Court
orders Florida to rein in dairy farm pollution |
| NEWS |
Poultry
ban updates: Russia expands; Mexico restricts |
| NEWS |
Senate
passes food allergen labelling act |
| NEWS |
Texas
rancher praised for protection of rare toad |
| NEWS |
The
bird flu's back in Thailand |
| NEWS |
Vermont
Senate votes to hold biotech firms liable |
| NEWS |
Mexico,
cradle of corn, at risk from U.S. biotech varieties |
| NEWS |
Study
shows reduced neurobehavioral performance from pesticide exposure |
column |
The
Final Word: Cargill settles price fixing suit; News; Meaty memo
of the week |
NEWS |
Research show organic milk rich in good fat |
feature |
Sustainable
bio-intensive farming system: An innovation for sustainable
livelihoods |
column |
Farmer
asserts GMO research is done thoroughly, justifying "safe"
claim |
column |
Letter
from Saskatchn: Cooperation lead to a great wheat; Where will
patents lead? |
| NEWS |
UK
grocer to introduce multi-benefit black tomato |
| NEWS |
FSA calls for greater responsibility in food advertising to
children |
| NEWS |
Canadian birds sicker than first thought |
| NEWS |
Report:
One-sixth of UK food budgets go toward packaging |
| NEWS |
UK: GM crops get go ahead |
| NEWS |
U.S.
BSE causes a rise then fall for Australian beef exports |
| NEWS |
Afghani
farmers try to stop the rot |
| NEWS |
Filipino
islanders blame GM crop for illness; Monsanto denies claim |
column |
Letter
from Ontario: Grown locally by family farmers - a powerful marketing
message |
feature |
Ask
Jeff: When do I over-sow my winter grains? |
| feature |
Ask
Jeff: How do I manage the velvet leaf in my corn? |
feature |
Reader
Mail: Looking for apprentices. Can you help? |
feature |
Reader
Mail: Am I nuts, at 40, to start a goat dairy farm? |
feature |
SLIDESHOW:
Hawaii's open-door farms |
feature |
Exploring
agritourism in Hawaii |
column |
Letter
from NY: Seed: The Achilles’ heel of organic |
column |
One
Farm to Another: Hungry for spring |
column |
Specialty
Cut Flower Corner: Your problems, possible solutions |
| column |
Specialty
Cut Flower Corner: Summer Harvest |
column |
News
from Mariquita: Guerilla garlic |
| feature |
Bus
ride yields cornucopia of innovative farming ideas in action |
| feature |
Southern
SAWG conference offers practical tools for sustaining family
farms |
| feature |
Food
safety, business planning, and local food advocacy take center
stage |
feature |
A day in the
life of the country's original organic produce distributor |
| feature |
SLIDESHOW
Hand roasted: The story of small-scale coffee production |
| column |
Susanna's
Costa Rican Sojourn: Finca la Puebla |
| column |
The
Final Word: News from Lake Farmbegone; Looking for Wall Street?;
Letter |
| NEWS |
New
approach to controlling E. coli in pigs |
| NEWS |
Scientists
study benefits of pasture plant diversity on dairy production |
| NEWS |
Dairy
farmers win back their freedom of speech |
| NEWS |
Survey:
Many areas still need addressed in organic livestock research |
| NEWS |
Bee
shortage buzzes up price of hive rental in almond orchards |
| NEWS |
Supreme
Court urged to reconsider family-farm-friendly "Amendment
E" |
| NEWS |
Mendocino
County voters give nod to biotech ban |
| NEWS |
Dakota
Beef signs deal for organic baby food |
| NEWS |
Mendocino
measure focuses debate over biotech crops |
| column |
Letter
from Saskatchewan: The war about drugs: Coming to a corn patch
near you |
| column |
Letter
from Saskatchewan: Would a Schmeiser win hurt plant breeding? |
| column |
Letter
from Ontario: Contracts under captive |
| feature |
OP/ED
To Britain: Follow the Argentine plan to a GE world |
| feature |
A
soya republic: A look at Argentina's embrace of GM soy |
| NEWS |
Some
U.S. beef allowed back into Mexico |
| NEWS |
Disease
outbreaks halting a third of global meat exports-FAO |
| NEWS |
Herbicide
paraquat lands in European court |
| NEWS |
European
panel okays GMO rapeseed for human consumption |
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February
2004:
| NEWS |
California
farm pollution waiver challenged in court |
| NEWS |
U.S.
dumping of five major export commodities continues to be widespread |
| NEWS |
Supreme
Court urged to reconsider family-farm-friendly "Amendment
E" |
| NEWS |
Biosafety
Protocol: Transgenic shipments must be identified |
| NEWS |
GM
industry should fund cost of contamination says UK government |
| NEWS |
CAP
support payment reform could disadvantage organic farmers |
| NEWS |
Welsh
organic lands, challenges keeps growing |
| column |
The
Final Word: Milk's mustache wiped off; News, views; A reader
writes |
| NEWS |
With
just a sprinkle, plants soak up more selenium |
| NEWS |
Research
update: Agronomy organizations meeting presentations reviewed |
| NEWS |
Senate
panel wrestles with impact of mad cow disease |
| NEWS |
Ohio
egg producer settles Clean Air violations |
| NEWS |
World
animal welfare standards under negotiation |
| NEWS |
Genetically
engineered DNA found in traditional U.S. crops |
| NEWS |
Texas
chickens infected with bird flu |
| NEWS |
Mad
cow animal testing program to be expanded |
| NEWS |
Jury
finds Tyson guilty of cattle price-fixing |
| NEWS |
U.S.
opens biotech regulation website and plant database |
| column |
Letter
from Ontario: CAIS is a good program - plan to participate |
| NEWS |
Milk,
it's not just for the bones, it's also for the waistline |
| NEWS |
Spanish
research finds organic cereal more profitable |
| NEWS |
Latest
BSE-positive cow makes ten for Japan |
| NEWS |
Price
no longer top factor in food purchases |
| NEWS |
Bird
flu lands in Canada |
| NEWS |
China
to allow imports of some Monsanto biotech food, cotton imports |
| NEWS |
Leaked
report indicates GM-crops a go in UK |
| NEWS |
WHO
warns, battle against avian flu is not over yet |
| NEWS |
EU
races to thwart influx of GM food from east |
| NEWS |
EU
vote on biotech cultivation yields no decision, again |
| NEWS |
More
than 24 million organic hectares worldwide |
| NEWS |
Ireland to establish 7 organic demonstration farms |
| NEWS |
Germany's
new GMO law fails to appease either side of the argument |
| column |
Final
Word: Cowboys over packers; Now what?; USDA miracle: Downer
cow walking |
| column |
Letter
from Ontario: Out of an abundance of caution |
| feature |
A consortium
of partners seeks to stem the flow of farming's “disappearing
middle” |
| feature |
Endless
experimentation and a restless search for new and better cheeses |
| feature |
CSA’s
World of Possibilities |
| feature |
Ecological
Farming Conference: Getting small |
| feature |
Magic
bus ride yields sustainable farms of many scales |
| feature |
New
connections are the focus of Montana's first organic conference |
| column |
News
from Mariquita: New riders of the purple goosefoot |
| feature |
Shumei
Natural Agriculture: Yamada town, Osamu Yoshino |
| feature |
Future
Harvest-CASA conference: Stars of the Chesapeake |
| feature |
Future
Harvest-CASA conference: Nothing middling about the Mid-Atlantic |
| feature |
Faye Jones
grows with MOSES |
| NEWS |
Life
cycle analysis of a crop system, Part 2 |
| NEWS |
U.S.
looks for a food-friendly free-trade agreement with Thailand |
| NEWS |
Farmers
nervous over avian flu outbreak; Complete list of bans on US
poultry |
| NEWS |
Pennsylvania
reports the avian flu |
| NEWS |
Rust
threatens the ornamental plant industry |
| NEWS |
Bird flu found in two Delaware poultry flocks |
| NEWS |
U.S.
Australia trade pact may have environmental costs |
| NEWS |
Ag
department doles out emergency conservation funds |
| NEWS |
U.S.
calls off search for mad cows |
| NEWS |
Fruit
thinners face elevated pesticide risk |
| NEWS |
Serious
concern about farm community's 'disappearing middle' |
| NEWS |
Obesity
costing America a hefty $75bn a year |
| column |
The
Final Word: Silence of the mules: the trade deal no one wanted |
| column |
The
Final Word: USDA takes hit big in 2005 Bush budget; Behind the
headlines |
| column |
Letter
from Ontario: The Purpose of Research: Understanding or Winning? |
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January
2004:
feature |
Converted
to organic cotton, for health and profit |
feature |
Consumer
Education |
column |
Specialty
Cut Flower Corner: Planning now for next years early bloomers |
column |
CSA
Notebook: Reflections on the 2003 CSA season |
feature |
The
Key to Successful Direct Marketing: Use Your Head! |
| feature |
Book
review, The Pathological Protein: More than just mad
cows |
| feature |
Book
review, Organic Field Crop Handbook: A Pickup Cab Companion |
| feature |
A
directory of student farms |
| feature |
FARMING
FOR CREDIT: A look at student farms at colleges and U's around
the country |
feature |
Choosing
the best cover crops for your organic no-till vegetable system |
| feature |
Organic
no-till for vegetable production? |
| feature |
Respecting
the individual ... goat, that is |
| feature |
Community
Farms in the 21st Century: Poised for Another Wave of Growth? |
feature |
Getting
started in commercial seed growing |
| feature |
Iowa
Organic Conference: Building on past success |
feature |
Slow
Food - Honoring quality and diversity |
feature |
SLIDE
SHOW: Visit to the Slow Food Presidium in Agerola, Italy |
| feature |
Marketing
Success Stories: Organic Farmers Share Their Successes and Challenge |
feature |
Making
the Transition to Organic Farming |
feature |
E-COMMERCE
FOR FARMERS—Yes you can! |
| column |
The
Final Word: Farming 101: The trouble with stats, political science
& ag economics |
| column |
Letter
from Ontario: One sick cow is a food story |
| NEWS |
EU
farm commissioner warns: GM-contamination inevitable |
| NEWS |
U.S.
struggles to assure Japan over mad cow disease |
| NEWS |
Human
deaths from bird flu raise fear of global outbreak |
| NEWS |
Monsanto
wants grower backing before it continues with transgenic wheat
research |
| NEWS |
Market
analysts predict BSE will cost U.S. $5.5bn |
| NEWS |
Starbucks
loan supports environmentally friendly coffee |
| NEWS |
USDA
orders environmental evaluation of transgenic plants, animals |
| NEWS |
Public
support for current trade policy modest and declining |
| NEWS |
High
levels of arsenic found in chicken |
| NEWS |
U.S.,
Canada, Mexico agree to jointly eradicate mad cow |
| NEWS |
Country-of-origin
label opponents volunteer a compromise |
| NEWS |
Eggplants
earn new respect for high antioxidant levels |
| NEWS |
Life
cycle analysis of a crop system, Part 1 |
| NEWS |
Letter
from Ontario: Loopholes the size of houses and subdivisions |
| column |
Final
Word: On the road: Denver; On the road, again: Denver II; News
from the road |
| column |
Letter
from Saskatchewan: Let's talk sheep, madam secretary |
| column |
The
Final Word: Cowboys in the courtroom ; News, views, reviews;
On the road: Iowa |
| column |
Letter
from Ontario: What a difference one cow makes. |
| NEWS |
Milk
shows promise on wheat mildew |
| NEWS |
East
Asian poultry economy suffering from flu |
| NEWS |
UK
deems LibertyLink rice safe for processing, animal feed |
| NEWS |
Monsanto,
Agriculture Canada still working on RR wheat |
| NEWS |
McDonald's
hopes to lure back Japanese consumers with free burgers |
| NEWS |
European
Commission to hold hearing on organic food, farming |
| op/ed |
We have
seen the mad cow, and it is us |
| feature |
Hemp
heaven… and hell |
| column |
Susanna's
Costa Rican Sojourn: Fina Pura Suerte |
| column |
Certification
Q&A: January 2004, quelling mad cow fears |
| column |
Letter
from Saskatchewan: Mad cow troubles resurface with a vengeance |
| column |
Letter
from Ontario: Resolutions to remember in the new year |
| NEWS |
Mad
Cow puts one in five Americans off their beef |
| NEWS |
Mad
cow risk global due to animal products trade |
| NEWS |
Feds
slaughter herd to quell mad cow fear |
| NEWS |
ATTRA
announces new resource for mad cow information |
| feature |
An
organic regulation for Canada? |
| column |
One
Farm to Another: Planning for success on your farm |
| feature |
Beating
weeds naturally |
| feature |
A conventional
farmer rescued by cover crops and a diverse rotation |
| column |
Letter
from NY: New Year Reflection: Reducing risk and improving income
in 2004 |
| column |
Nuts
& Bolts & Dreams: Greenhouse 101: Winter Survival Guide |
| column |
The
Final Word: The USDA's busy week; So, it's clearly Canadian;
the NCBA plan |
| NEWS |
Cloning
a cow impervious to mad cow disease |
| NEWS |
Michigan
Dairy settles manure case with EPA, Sierra Club |
| NEWS |
Company
urges farmers to try growing field peas |
| NEWS |
New
turbine farm puffed as future of wind energy |
| NEWS |
Tests
confirm mad cow came from Canada |
| NEWS |
Brazil,
US should resolve ag subsidy problem, says official |
| NEWS |
EPA denies petition to ban sewage sludge on farmland |
| NEWS |
Mad
cow leads to renewed push for country-of-origin labeling
|
feature |
Butchered |
feature |
The
secret life of cheese |
NEWS |
The
costs of more humane pork production |
NEWS |
Grazing
rules may cause short term harm to public lands |
NEWS |
U.S.
bans downer cattle for human consumption |
column |
The
Final Word: A maddening New Year; Other “mad” facts |
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