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October
October 13: Organic
community split over synthetics—and who holds the power
October 13: Ag
cuts imminent
October 13: Conservation
programs cut even as subsidy programs offered to world trade
October 13: Cotton
yields hold priority over worker health in Turkmenistan
October 13: The
potato finds its home in Peru
September
SEPT
15: UK organic community waging war on excess packaging
SEPT
13: South African farmers the new sustainable face of sugar
SEPT
13: Farmers beware--global warming getting to India
SEPT
12: Proposed sustainable label would represent farmers in
the gray
SEPT
12: Citrus disease scares Florida growers
SEPT
12: Britain's NFU will have wool in the rafters of their new
HQ
SEPT
9: EPA proposes new rules for human pesticide studies
SEPT
7: Grass hailed as potential cource of clean energy
SEPT 1:
Johanns announces key component of animal I.D. system
SEPT
1: New report: GM-crop trials grow despite warnings
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August
AUG
30: Brazil's rise as farming giant has a price tag
AUG
29: Massachusetts grocers pledge to boost recycling
AUG
26: Appellate court rules for Tyson; Ranchers must pay
AUG
26: Endangered salamander focuses risks of common pesticide
AUG
26: National Organic Program holds off on pasture decision
AUG 26:
USDA reverses withdrawal of organic certification for cosmetics
AUG
26: Xtreme eating
AUG
26: Switchgrass could be the Midwest's next big energy source
AUG
25: Europe tightens avian flu security on farms, at borders
AUG
24: Italy's State Audit Court reports on funds for organic
farming
AUG
24: Johanns continues USDA farm bill listening tour
AUG
23: Aquaculture central to African Fish for All Summit
AUG
23: Organic consolidation continues as Hain buys Spectrum
AUG
19: French organic wheat threatened by lack of consumer interest
AUG
19: Bad food flooding Iraqi markets
AUG
19: Country of origin labeling on the table in the South Pacific
AUG
19: Report: New Zealand needs livestock identification system
AUG
19: Uruguay to contest U.S. rice subsidies
AUG 18: EPA
takes away inspection privileges after Idaho lets feedlots
slide
AUG
16: Syngenta bid to monopolize rice patents
AUG
15: USDA finds 1,000 violations of mad cow rules
AUG
15: Drought draining Midwest farmers
AUG
15: Even in small doses Roundup fatal to frogs
AUG
15: EU-U.S. ag subsidy dispute could threaten WTO trade talks
AUG
15: Manure spill clears out Black River
AUG 15:
Flax fiber has new international standards
AUG
12: Rice becomes the first crop to have its genes mapped
AUG 8:
Iowa city offers what may be the first organic tax break
AUG
5: Herbicide-resistant horseweed confirmed in California
AUG
5: Roundup Ready alfalfa worries growers
AUG
5: The supermarket turns 75
AUG
5: Minnesota fair features organic crop competition
AUG
5: Food provider's new policy: pass on antibiotic raised pigs
AUG
4: Suspect mad cow tests negative
AUG
4: Philippines lifts ban on U.S. beef
AUG
3: USDA announces latest round of farm bill forums
AUG
3: Hawaii residents sue for environmental review of biopharm
algae
AUG
3: Cali. course a submersive dip in organic pool
AUG
2: UK blood donors told they may carry human mad cow disease
AUG
2: Organic produce, research take root on University of Idaho
experimental farm
AUG
2: U.S. rice high in arsenic
AUG
1: Franco-Ontarian college goes organic
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July
JULY
29: Energy bill passes
JULY
29: Anaerobic digestion options exist for average dairy farm
JULY
29: Doctoral student changing soil's dirty perceptions
JULY
29: Baytril is out of the poultry diets, FDA says
JULY
29: Iowa family farm leaders challenge USDA agenda
JULY
28: Mad cow missteps shake confidence in U.S. beef
JULY
28: CAFTA becomes a reality amid ongoing concerns
JULY
28: Pregnant cow suspected of having mad cow disease
JULY
25: USDA announces preliminaries on 2005 CSP sign-up
JULY
25: College dining halls turning to organic food
JULY
25: California's organic research efforts in sync with state
production levels
JULY
22: Pesticides could be reviewed every 15 years
JULY
22: Inventor of the TV dinner dies at age 83
JULY
22: French aid to fruit and vegetable growers under investigation
JULY
21: Bird flu deaths change Indonesia's culling policy
JULY
17: Soybean farmers could reap benefits from biodiesel industry's
rapid growth
JULY
15: Seniors’ market program in jeopardy
JULY
15: Malawi explores biodiesel as a cash crop
JULY
14: Mad Cow Case: Court unblocks cattle imports from Canada
JULY
14: Japan finds more Bt10 corn
JULY
14: Tests confirm GM material in Aussie canola
JULY
14: Older Europeans choose ease of ready made meals
JULY
14: Toxic chemicals by the hundred found in blood of newborns
JULY
13: Corn ethanol takes more energy than it makes
JULY
13: Lawsuit challenges animal testing to avoid child pesticide
limits
JULY
13: Indiana farmers paid to adopt conservation practices
JULY
13: UK encourages food producers to embrace regional distinctions
JULY
12: U.S., China sign food safety cooperation agreement
JULY
11: Organic beef hits the big leagues
JULY
11: 20th anniversary Farm Aid back to its Illinois roots
JULY
8: Sustainable agriculture chair endowed at University of
California
JULY
8: China grain needs overstated
JULY
7: $100m bird flu plan cheap beside cost of human pandemic
JULY
6: Cargill to build nation's largest biodiesel plant in Iowa
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June
JUNE
30: Senate approves ban on human pesticide testing
JUNE
29: Senate panel narrowly endorses CAFTA
JUNE
27: EU environment ministers let five states keep GM crop
bans
JUNE
27: Many countries cling to ozone-destroying pesticide
JUNE
27: Norway plans seed bank to safeguard food biodiversity
JUNE
24: U.S. mad cow suspect tests positive for the disease
JUNE
24: Philadelphia policeman dies guarding biotech conference
JUNE
23: WHO: Transgenic foods safe so far, but testing essential
JUNE
21: New grazing rules for public lands cut non-ranchers out
JUNE
20: Indonesian farm worker tests positive for bird flu
JUNE
20: Farmers accuse couch-dwellers of giving potatoes a bad
rap
JUNE
20: Coffee crisis calls for sustainable solutions
JUNE
17: USDA handing out CAFTA propaganda in a news package
JUNE
17: Fast food with a mission
JUNE
17: Judge issues order in Harvey v. Veneman
JUNE
14: Feds sued for shutting cosmetics out of organic program
JUNE
13: Illegal rice found again in China's food supply
JUNE
13: Mad cow suspect found in the United States
JUNE
13: Country-of-origin labeling program faces possible delay
JUNE
10: If consumers follow USDA guidelines: A wheat case study
JUNE
10: Endangered Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep face culling
JUNE
10: Freshwater mussel decline linked to ancient corn growing
JUNE
9: Great plains farmers are diversifying
JUNE
8: Bush bill would open federal waters to aquaculture
JUNE
8: EPA sued over million farm kids exposed to pesticides
JUNE
7: New booklet speaks volumes about soybean rust
JUNE
7: House budget proposal hurts conservation programs
JUNE
6: Fresh basil source of Florida's cyclospora infection
JUNE
6: House to vote on slaughtering American horses for meat
JUNE
3: Wild Oats will sell only eggs from cage-free chickens
JUNE
3: South Carolina eyes game fowl extermination
JUNE
2: In Scotland, quiet processors hint at fear of the supermarket
JUNE
2: Nutrition labels have negative effect on small companies,
study shows
JUNE
1: EPA factory farm deal faces challenge from citizen groups
JUNE
1: Worldwide register of genetic contamination introduced
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May
MAY
31: Afghanistan harvests another bumper opium crop
MAY
31: Obsolete pesticides piling up in Latin America
MAY
31: Biosafety talks center on trade in GM-foods
MAY 27:
New, winter-hardy pea variety now available
MAY
25: Biotech corn intercepted in Ireland
MAY
25: Oregon State club hopes to grow student garden into full-fledge
degree program
MAY
25: Clemson student farm now "Certified Organic"
MAY
25: Middlebury College receives $22,500 grant for wind turbine
MAY 24:
Canada's organic task force on target for summer deadline
MAY
24: Organic farmers worry about their neighbors' chemicals
MAY
20: US beef markets move closer to normal
MAY
20: WTO appeals court rules against EU sugar subsidies
MAY
19: Roundup Ready soy yields tank during Brazil drought
MAY 18:
Pennsylvania voters back $625 Growing Greener II
MAY
18: Minnesota aims to be Saudi Arabia of renewable fuels
MAY
17: New vegetable option for fussy kids
MAY
17: Bird flu talk dominates World Health Assembly
MAY
13: One in five British wild plants threatened with extinction
MAY
12: Cadbury Schweppes buys Green and Black's
MAY
12: EU's new attitude could budge trade talks
MAY
12: Norwegian fish farm escapees place wild salmon at risk
MAY
12: Harvard scientists call for keeping half the state as
forest
MAY
10: Mayor of 'America's fattest city' proposes 'fastfood'
tax
MAY
9: Japanese food panel eases mad cow testing rule
MAY
9: Sanitation keeps Brazilian beef from U.S. markets
MAY
9: Climate change already affecting plants, farms and habitats
MAY
9: EPA comment period closes for chemical tests on humans
MAY
6: Cranberries protect pigs against heart attacks, strokes
MAY
6: Clean diesel campaign offers nonroad technology grants
MAY
6: National animal identification system inches forward
MAY
6: Demand for organic grain on the rise
MAY
5: Farmers face elevated retirement risk
MAY
5: California Rangeland Trust founder wins stewardship award
MAY 4:
OCIA proposal aids small international certifiers
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April
APR
29: Dean foods donates to organic education
APR
27: Supreme Court says farmers may sue in state courts
APR
26: Biotech rice firm looks at backup plans
APR
25: GM battle sprouts in the states
APR
20: Monsanto's plans for a GM-India on hold
APR
19: Buffer quells beer giant's GM-contamination fears, ends
boycott
APR
15: Packer Ban back on legislative table
APR
15: Climate agreement promises farmers perks beyond clean
air
APR
15: The trouble with mad cow disease
APR
15: EU nations agree to ban suspect U.S. corn gluten imports
APR
14: China grows transgenic rice despite GM-ban
APR
14: From farm to trash--UK pitches one-third of its food
APR
13: Genetically engineered crop trials double since 2003
APR
13: Listeria forces turkey, pork, sausage, salmon recall
APR
11: Wyoming offers solar, wind powered water pumps for livestock
APR
11: Indonesian pigs sick with bird flu
APR
8: In Japan, two weeks finds two more BSE confirmations
APR
8: Missouri ethanol firm signs $2 million Clean Air settlement
APR
6: Plant closure foretells rough times for Welsh dairy industry
APR
6: Contract farmers trapped by debt
APR 5:
Organic farmers called to arms
APR
5: Whole Foods to label GMO-free products
APR
5: Vermont senate passes Farmer Protection Act
APR
5: Lethal sea lice spread from farmed to fresh salmon supplies
APR
4: Finnish dairy wins rare environmental honor from China
APR
4: Retail food prices rise slightly in first quarter
APR
4: Corn mix-up sends antibiotic resistant GM-maize to Europe
APR
4: Eco-friendly dishcloths unite Japanese community
APR
4: Laos dam promises fiscal aid at the expense of ag lands
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March
MAR
31: Monsanto seeks Brazil soy royalties
MAR
31: US officials fret over South Korea's response to GM corn
mix-up
MAR
30: Hunger grows for locally grown food
MAR
29: Riceland stands against Ventria's GM rice
MAR
28: Ag department offers $22 million for rural renewables
MAR
28: In Washington, rainy days not enough to lift drought status
MAR
25: The (re)definition of pasture continues
MAR
25: Monsanto new U. of Nebraska donor and research partner
MAR
25: Windmills and organic beef help revitalize a struggling
prairie town
MAR
25: $2.8 billion in ag cuts stand firm
MAR
25: UK school lunch crusade catches Blair's attention
MAR
24: EC proposes simplifying origin rules
MAR
23: Monsanto cleared for roundup ready flex cotton
MAR
23: Poland seeks ban on GM-corn
MAR
23: Biotech crops invade Latin America
MAR
22: US launches probe into sales of unapproved GM corn
MAR
21: Agriculture Dept. redirects $7 million to mad cow research
MAR
20: Monsanto on a biotech tear
MAR
18: New fact sheets introduce farmers to organic processing
MAR
16: Could next pandemic be stemmed by spicy cabbage?
MAR
15: Weaknesses found in U.S. mad cow feed ban
MAR
15: Vietnam struggles to hold bird flu at bay
MAR
11: Mexico agrees to discharge water debt to Texas
MAR
10: Wind power goes global
MAR
10: Local beats organic for title of 'Greenest Ag Movement'
MAR
10: Bolivia to test the GMO-life
MAR
10: China seen opening door soon to biotech rice
MAR
10: Hong Kong unprepared for potential food crises
MAR
10: Event: Soil Association Organic Trade Conference
MAR
9: California qualifies for $6.9 million for storm recovery
MAR
8: Judge upholds Canadian border closing in mad cow case
MAR
8: Local knowledge prevails in world's first biopiracy case
MAR
8: Mugabe government admits Zimbabwe food crisis
MAR 3:
Agriculture export dumping booms over the last 10 years
MAR
3: San Francisco restaurant gives heirloom fowl a taste-test
MAR
2: Local economy loses millions to rice dumping
MAR
2: Complaint requires clarification of the organic pasture
rule
MAR 2:
USDA awards $15 million for farmers' market program
MAR
1: Court rejects Bush factory farm rule
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February
FEB
28: Hundreds of millions of dollars needed to control bird
flu
FEB
27: Farmers ready for rust battle
FEB
26: Farmer group announces more organic farmers needed
FEB
25: Agriculture issues divide U.S. and Europe
FEB
24: Perchlorate in breast milk found nationwide
FEB
24: Bush judicial nominee not blamed for improper grazing
deal
FEB
24: California rains kill cows
FEB
22: 100 turbine windfarm planned for North Dakota
FEB
22: New movie showcases the successful side of farming
FEB
21: EPA sued for backroom deals with pesticide makers
FEB
17: Tillamook Creamery bans use of artificial growth hormones
FEB
16: Banned as human food, StarLink corn found in food aid
FEB
16: Arizona rancher wins libel suit against environmental
watch dog group
FEB
15: Agriculture commodity prices continue long-term decline
FEB
15: Biotech wheat liability measure defeated
FEB
14: China looking to make-over the world dairy markets
FEB
14: Mad cow slipped through feed rule crack
FEB
11: Terminator technology stopped, for now
FEB
10: Nutrition takes the lead in a plan to improve school lunches
FEB
10: Court rules USDA exceeded authority over organic program
FEB 10:
Sustainable task force backs global approach to farm policy
FEB
9: PCBs, fungicide pave the way for Parkinson's disease
FEB
9: Famine fears rooted in Zimbabwe crop failures
FEB
9: Testing after French mad goat turns up Scottish suspect
FEB
8: Canada to unleash Terminator bombshell at UN meeting
FEB
8: Signs of recovery for Israel's food markets
FEB
8: EPA avoids regulation of chemical experiments on humans
FEB
8: USDA, EPA budgets face among largest federal cuts
FEB
8: USDA forced to reveal Hawaii biopharm crop locations
FEB
7: Afghanistan pins its hopes on pistachios
FEB
7: UN, U.S. officials try to calm mad cow fears
FEB
4: Lawmakers lash Bush's Canada beef plan
FEB
2: Farmers push for shield from biotech crop liability
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January
JAN
31: Water for food, water for ecosystems both essential
JAN
31: First person-to-person avian flu transmission confirmed
JAN
31: Massachusetts cranberry growers ordered to restore 25
acres
JAN 28: The
"Make Mine Organic!" conference
JAN 27:
Top ten agricultural law cases of 2004
JAN
27: Students find interest in locally grown food
JAN 25:
EPA deal allows factory farms to avoid air laws
JAN 21,
2005: Last year's hurricanes hit today's vegetable industry
JAN
20, 2005: New Zealand growers using four pesticides banned
by U.S.
JAN
20, 2005: Produce gets cheaper at major UK grocer
JAN
20, 2005: Organic company expands into conventional territory
JAN
20, 2005: New EFSA safety advice: freezing meat kills tapeworms
JAN 19,
2005: Iowa wind farm starts generating power
JAN 18, 2005:
Some pesticides pose uncalculated risks
JAN
17, 2005: UK group hopes education will keep biofuels clean
JAN 14,
2005: Organic program's accreditation process audited
JAN 14, 2005:
Grapegrowers meet to weigh the pros and cons of GMOs
JAN
14, 2005: Organic research funding on par with 2004
JAN
13, 2005: Monsanto assault on U.S. farmers detailed in new
report
JAN
13, 2005: Fighting a GM take-over one community at a time
JAN
12, 2005: USDA feels heat in response to organic pasture controversy
JAN
12, 2005: Third Canadian mad cow rouses calls to retain import
ban
JAN
12, 2005: EU lifts foot and mouth ban for parts of Argentina
JAN
12, 2005: Asian poultry trade status reviewed and largely
rejected
JAN
12, 2005: Worldwide biotech crops experience near record growth
JAN
11, 2005: EC ban lifted for most Bulgarian poultry
JAN
11, 2005: Federal agencies must prefer bio, not petroleum,
products
JAN 10,
2005: Canada organic—Can you define that, please?
JAN 10,
2005: In Israel, fat geese are a thing of the past
JAN
6, 2005: Monsanto fined $1.5m over Indonesia bribes
JAN 6,
2005: Bt corn "stumbles" on its way to total pest
resistance
JAN
5, 2005: U.S. livestock community splits over mad cow ban
JAN
5, 2005: Florida station challenged for not airing complete
BGH story
JAN 5,
2005: States petition EPA to protect children from pesticides
JAN
4, 2005: Baltic fish less contaminated than 25 years ago
JAN
4, 2005: Another Canadian mad cow raises cross-border fear
again
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Research Updates
SEPT
15: Breeding a more sustainable potato
SEPT
1: Horticulture meetings feature record number of organic
presentations
AUG 11:
Shade trees can protect forage plants
AUG
1: Fresh-cut fruit moves into the fast lane
JULY 29:
Rotation grazing boosts cropland fertility
29
de julio: Aumentando el almacenaje del carbono en el suelo
JULY 19:
Snappy new pear is long-storing, blight-resistant
JUNE 22:
Horticultural crops benefit from a good compost soak
JUNE 22:
Researchers find resistance to soybean fungus
JUNE
22: Investigadores descubren resistencia al hongo de soya
JUNE
22: A sugar that's not so sweet for insect pests
JUNE
22: Un azúcar que no es tan dulce para las plagas
JUNE
16: "Show me the numbers"
JUNE
2: Manicured lawns lend green hand to Washington farmland
MAY
12, 2005: New pesticide relies on bacterium to fight root-damaging
fungi
APR 26:
Natural plant extracts seem deadly to formosan termites
26
de abril: Extracciones de una planta natural parecen ser mortal
para las termitas Formosan
APR 13:
Capturing carbon a key benefit of no-till soil management
13
de abril: Capturar el carbono es un beneficio clave de la
labranza de conservación
MAR
31: It pays to know (and protect) your pollinators
MAR
23: ARS presents two new varieties of southernpea
23
de marzo: Dos nuevas variedades del guisante sureño
MAR
11: Using composts for disease suppression
MAR
8: Back to the future with AFSIC
FEB
7: A non-chemical strategy for getting rid of Canada thistle
JAN 27:
Expanding organic pig feeding options
JAN
27: Organic farming and biodiversity
JAN
13: Research shows machines keep weed manageable
JAN
7: E. coli-free tea
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