State of the Farm and Water Report for California; “It’s Just Not There.”
Jamie Lee Activist Post For What It’s Worth… (I live in the North Counties of Northern California and manage a small Biodynamic farm forgoing a…
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Roundup Weedkiller Found In 75% of Air and Rain Samples, Gov’t Study Finds
The GM farming system has made exposure to Roundup herbicide a daily fact of our existence, and according to the latest US Geological Survey study…
Worldwide Study: Fertilizer Destabilizing Grasslands
Activist Post Fertilizer could be too much of a good thing for the world’s grasslands, according to study findings to be published online Feb. 16…
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New Research Supports Many Benefits of Local Farming
Policy makers should value environmental, health benefits of small-scale local farming, researcher argues. Jeffrey Green Activist Post While the biotech industry continues to assert that…
Farmer Threatened With Ruby Ridge Like Raid
Bob Tuskin Mark received an email from a friend on January 17. This friend has a co-worker that had a conversation with a USDA official…
How Obama-Monsanto’s Food Act Destroys Small Farms
Rady Ananda Activist Post On par with Stalin’s farm collectivization program of the 1930s, Monsanto’s push (to the tune of $8.8 million in lobby bribes…
Due To Extreme Drought, The Number Of Cattle In The U.S. Is The Smallest It Has Been Since 1951
Michael Snyder Activist Post The last time the number of cattle in the United States was this low was 63 years ago. But back in…
20 Places to Find Local Food and Family Farms Near You
Heather Callaghan Activist Post As demand for local and raw goods continue to rise, more people are asking – where do I find local organic?…
I Am Steve Marsh: Global organic protection campaign faces trial
Rady Ananda Activist Post Steve Marsh’s organic canola fields in Western Australia suffered 70% genetic contamination from a neighboring biotech farm that sowed Monsanto seeds….
Scientists Condemn Retraction of GMO Rat Tumor Study
Activist Post Scientists from around the world have united to condemn the retraction[1,2] by the editor of the Elsevier journal Food and Chemical Toxicology (FCT)…
All-Time Low Monarch Butterfly Migration to Mexico
‘GMO, Herbicide-Tolerant Crops’ identified as one of likely causes of butterfly declines. Activist Post Monarch butterfly experts including the University of Minnesota’s Karen Oberhauser are…
Industrial Hemp Amendment Makes It Into Farm Bill
Activist Post Vote Hemp, the nation’s leading hemp grassroots advocacy organization working to revitalize industrial hemp production in the U.S., is excited to report that…
Common Crop Pesticides Kill Honeybee Larvae in the Hive
Image: Penn State Activist Post Four pesticides commonly used on crops to kill insects and fungi also kill honeybee larvae within their hives, according to…