Becoming Soil Conscious This fall I will be completing my new feature length documentary, Symphony of the Soil. Along with this exploration of soil, I am creating several short films, Sonatas of the Soil, each of which goes deeply into one soil-related topic like dry farming grapes, as is depicted in Portrait of a Winemaker: [...]
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Becoming Soil Conscious by Deborah Koons Garcia
Posted in Articles, Environment, Farm Issues, Sustainable Agriculture on June 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Conference Asks What the Future of Food Should Look Like
Posted in Articles, Climate Change, Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Organic Foods, Sustainable Agriculture on May 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Article on the Future of Food conference
Researcher: Roundup or Roundup-Ready Crops May Be Causing Animal Miscarriages and Infertility
Posted in Articles, Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Health Issues, Sustainable Agriculture on February 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
One of the nation’s senior soil scientists alerted the federal government to a newly discovered organism that may have the potential to cause infertility and spontaneous abortion in farm animals, raising significant concerns about human health. Dr. Don Huber, professor emeritus at Purdue University, believes the appearance and prevalence of the unnamed organism may be related [...]
Urge Congress To Take A Stand Against GE Fish! Support the bipartisan legislation to ban GE fish, require labeling
Posted in Articles, Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Health Issues, Petitions on February 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Despite nearly 400,000 comments in opposition, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to announce its approval of genetically engineered (GE) salmon any day now. To make matters worse, FDA argues that these GE salmon don’t even need to be labeled! In response to FDA’s imminent approval, Congress is taking action. Senator Mark Begich (D-Alaska) and [...]
Over 9,900 Upset Consumers Tell Fair Trade Certifier ‘No Thanks’ on Name Change
Posted in Agroecology, Articles, Environment, Farm Issues, Petitions, Sustainable Agriculture on February 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
WASHINGTON, DC – North America’s largest consumer advocacy organization, the Organic Consumers Association (OCA), which represents over 850,000 consumers, announced last month a new campaign to oppose the name change of the fair trade certifier TransFair USA to “Fair Trade USA”. TransFair has applied for the new name to be trademarked, along with the term [...]
Tell President Obama not to cave to Monsanto!
Posted in Articles, Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Herbicides, Organic Foods, Petitions, Sustainable Agriculture on February 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Unbelievably, over the past 12 days the Obama administration has approved not one, but two of Monsanto’s Round Up Ready genetically modified (GMO) crops. On Thursday January 27th, the USDA made the decision, under the directive of the White House, to fully deregulate Roundup Ready alfalfa, followed by the partial deregulation of Roundup Ready sugar [...]
Sugar Beet Industry’s Opinion on Roundup Ready Sugar Beets and Frank Morton’s Response
Posted in Articles, Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Organic Foods, Sustainable Agriculture on February 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The pro-biotech web site “Truth About Trade & Technology” published an article written by a farmer named Noel Kjesbo, who is a sugar beet producer in the Red River Valley (North Dakota and Minnesota – he doesn’t say specifically which state he farms). Noel was responding to the lawsuit brought by OSA and others against USDA-APHIS [...]
USDA DECISION ON GE ALFALFA LEAVES DOOR OPEN FOR CONTAMINATION, RISE OF SUPERWEEDS
Posted in Articles, Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Herbicides on February 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
ROGUE AGENCY CHOOSES “BUSINESS AS USUAL” OVER SOUND SCIENCE CENTER ANNOUNCES IMMEDIATE LEGAL CHALLENGE TO USDA’S FLAWED ASSESSMENT The Center for Food Safety criticized the announcement today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that it will once again allow unlimited, nation-wide commercial planting of Monsanto’s genetically-engineered (GE) Roundup Ready alfalfa, despite the many risks [...]
Stand up for Farmer and Citizen Rights – Tell Obama to Ban Monsanto’s GMO Alfalfa!
Posted in Agroecology, Articles, Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Health Issues, Organic Foods, Petitions, Sustainable Agriculture on January 31, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Last week President Obama and Secretary Vilsack approved Monsanto’s GMO alfalfa despite overwhelming public protest. This move fundamentally undermines the organic industry, especially organic meat and dairy. In approving GMO alfalfa the Obama administration has caved to Monsanto and made it harder for family farmers to make a living and for consumers wanting to eat [...]
The Organic Elite Surrenders to Monsanto: What Now?
Posted in Articles, Climate Change, Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Health Issues, Organic Foods, Sustainable Agriculture on January 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The policy set for GE alfalfa will most likely guide policies for other GE crops as well. True coexistence is a must.” - Whole Foods Market, Jan. 21, 2011 In the wake of a 12-year battle to keep Monsanto’s Genetically Engineered (GE) crops from contaminating the nation’s 25,000 organic farms and ranches, America’s organic consumers [...]
