Republicans have repeatedly pushed a provision — drafted with Bayer’s help — that critics say would undo some nationwide pesticide protections.
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Republicans have repeatedly pushed a provision — drafted with Bayer’s help — that critics say would undo some nationwide pesticide protections.
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Just like Tablas Creek, many other wineries — and organic brands — will be seeking the Regenerative Organic Certified label.
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As borders harden during the pandemic, some countries look to hold on to their own food.
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Famous farmer and activist Joel Salatin gets blowback for declaring that he wants Covid-19.
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As part of their public housing component of the Green New Deal, the bill would upgrade housing units into carbon-neutral communities with organic grocery stores and community gardens.
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“We may be approaching a threshold beyond which the agriculture that we’ve always known cannot support human civilization as we know it,” said Al Gore at a presentation in Tennessee.
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A devastating look at what is happening at the USDA, where the damage is incalculable.
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Secretary Sonny Perdue’s plan to relocate two Agriculture Department agencies out of the District of Columbia has delayed the publication of dozens of research reports, squelched early-stage studies and halted the release of millions of dollars in funding, USDA employees say.
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With CBD facing many legal, regulatory and business hurdles, Scott Gottlieb offers his opinion as to a way forward.
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A sobering look at how both Democrats and Republicans have put the interests of chemical companies ahead of American citizens.
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It is bad enough that unproven, risky gene-edited food are already growing in the ground, but they are also being labeled as Non-GMO.
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Rice, a staple food for billions of people around the world, could become much less nutritious if the amount of carbon dioxide in the environment continues to surge.
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Just as I wrote about in last week’s Organic Insider, The Washington Post takes a look at how gas stations and convenience stores, including 7-Eleven, are moving towards organic and healthier options.
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Whole Foods has announced that all brands must use a company-appointed firm to oversee all in-store merchandising, thereby giving smaller brands less freedom and making life more difficult for brokers.
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Mitch Daniels, the president of Purdue University, makes the incredibly weak and pathetic case that people who are against GMOs are immoral.
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With 33 backers and bipartisan support, a bill introduced by Rep. John J. Faso (R-NY) aims to double the budget for the USDA’s oversight of the organic industry.
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The USDA’s lack of transparency into the complaints about Aurora operating as an “organic factory dairy farm” is very concerning.
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Online grocery is an uncharted realm, and Amazon’s dominance is by no means assured.
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The Inspector General at the USDA said that lax enforcement at U.S. ports helps explain the millions of pounds of fraudulent organic corn and soybeans.
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Monsanto’s weedkiller is creating the biggest problem in U.S. agriculture and is even pitting farmer against farmer.
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As Congress prepares for the Farm Bill, Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) told a subcommittee that “uncertainty and dysfunction have overtaken the National Organic Standards Board and the regulations associated with the National Organic Program.”
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As this story discusses, small family farmers do not have an equal playing field when competing against major organic dairies. The USDA must change the way it is doing business.
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Move over GMOs. The next big thing organic advocates have to worry about is gene-editing technology, such as CRISPR-Cas9.
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The Washington Post exposes how algal oil came to be allowed in organic and why it remains in the industry today.
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