The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change urges changes in how food is produced and distributed, including better soil management, crop diversification and fewer restrictions on trade.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change urges changes in how food is produced and distributed, including better soil management, crop diversification and fewer restrictions on trade.
Instead of Whole Foods being the answer to Amazon’s grocery ambitions, it seems to have only whetted executives’ appetite.
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In every region of the country, farmers and scientists are trying to adapt an array of crops to warmer temperatures, invasive pests, erratic weather and earlier growing seasons.
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A great photo essay on how U.S. ranches are increasingly being led by women, who are implementing animal agriculture practices that are more humane and regenerative.
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With locations in Los Angeles and New York City, The Goods Mart not only offers organic and Non-GMO products but places a real emphasis on initiatives that support the local community.
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A Defense Department-funded “food security project” could also be used as a biological weapon, something that should frighten us to no end.
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Increasingly, Amazon’s competition is looking to start-ups to help them fend off the retailing behemoth.
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Important read. With the support of Big Ag, the Trump administration is trying to curb the use of human health studies in the regulation of toxic pesticides.
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Bees, a key player in California’s $7.6 billion almond industry, are dying at a rapid rate — and, not surprisingly, many people are blaming pesticides for this.
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Because the USDA’s National Organic Program has no guidelines when it comes to the use of the word ‘organic’ at restaurants, consumers are left holding the bag.
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An encouraging and excellent piece in the NYT about how agroecology is gaining momentum around the globe, much to the chagrin of the major chemical companies.
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In an incredibly disappointing and flawed op-ed, Jane Brody makes the case for GMOs yet fails to mention, among many other things, the millions of acres of superweeds that we now have because of GE-crops.
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Having lost credibility in the battle over GMO-labeling, the Grocery Manufacturers Association is now fighting to limit junk food warning labels, despite the fact that global obesity has become a serious epidemic.
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In a surprise and controversial twist, Germany served as a key vote in extending the license for the controversial weedkiller for five more years.
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Rodale, whose titles include Men’s Health, Prevention and Organic Life, has been sold to Hearst, ending the family’s 75-year control over a very influential health and wellness media property. Rodale Institute is a non-profit entity and has nothing to do with the sale of Rodale.
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Monsanto’s dicamba is so problematic that even Trump’s EPA is contemplating taking action.
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Alice Waters, who launched the farm-to-table movement in 1971 with Chez Panisse, has just written a memoir, which includes stories about sex, drugs and sustainable farming.
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It appears that Monsanto will stop at nothing to influence the media and scientific research, all with the goal of protecting profits for its multi-billion dollar RoundUp herbicide.
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An Amazon-Whole Foods combination may not be an unstoppable force after all. German supermarket chain Lidl has been slowing Amazon’s growth in Britain and is transforming people’s standard of living there.
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A fascinating look at the challenges of growing organic coffee in California and why more farmers in the state are switching to this crop.
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CEO John Mackey recently named five new members to the board as a way to stave off pressure from activist hedge fund Jana Partners. Yet, with seven straight quarters of declining same-store sales, no one should expect Jana Partners to stay quiet for long.
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While Laura Bush and Michelle Obama were known to stock the White House full of organic food, we shouldn’t expect the same from the current first lady. The New York Times takes a look at the White House kitchen under President Trump.
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The person who may end up leading the USDA and overseeing the National Organic Program has some very questionable ethics dealings in his past. Not exactly encouraging news.
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Children in New York City schools now have much healthier breakfast options, as Back to the Roots landed a major contract with the city and replaced the long-time incumbent Kellogg’s. A huge win for the company, the industry and the kids.
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