By Linley Dixon, PhD, The Cornucopia Institute The Wall Street Journal opinion piece “Organic Farming Is Not Sustainable” published May 15, 2014 by Dr. Henry Miller misrepresents the industry and is riddled with factual inaccuracies. Dr. Miller attempts to discredit organic agriculture’s environmental benefits on…
By Heather Callaghan Aside from getting away with food creations for a bake sale, charity event and sometimes farmers markets – selling home baked goods is just now starting to come back in legal style. Federal code practically banished the idea, but with the recession…
By Lily Dane Roundup is Monsanto’s best-selling herbicide product, and it contains a toxic ingredient known as glyphosate. It is widely known that glyphosate is profoundly damaging to human health. Two major peer-reviewed studies showed links to breast cancer cell proliferation and intestinal and gut…
By Heather Callaghan Just on the heels of France banning all GMO cultivation, big biotech companies like Monsanto and Syngenta have been working to permeate and rise above EU government with what sounds like a corporate tribunal. DuPont and Dow Chemical are poised to crash…
By Jeffrey Green Food prices are getting out of control. As meats, dairy, and eggs climb to record high prices and over 50 million Americans are now on public food assistance, family budgets are being stretched like never before just to survive. Yet official statistics say Americans…
Genetically modified crops and foods are neither safe nor necessary to feed the world, a new report by genetic engineers shows. The second edition of GMO Myths and Truths, co-authored by genetic engineers Dr John Fagan and Dr Michael Antoniou and researcher Claire Robinson, was…
by Daisy Luther Back in the beginning of your relationship, it seemed like the supermarket had so much to offer. The produce sparkled under the fluorescent lights. The colorful packages were inviting and said all of the right things. The meat was all tidily wrapped…
You are what you eat– it’s a saying that’s always reminded us to be conscious about what we consume. But as more genetically engineered foods hit grocery store shelves and a dearth of research into the effects of GMOs are published — consumers and environmentalists…
By Heather Callaghan The Philippines is still fighting to stave off genetically modified golden rice trials in their country. Last year, I reported on a group of 400 Filipino protesters trampling and uprooting a genetically modified golden rice trial. The trial was run by the…
by Catherine J. Frompovich Finally, the SHTF with regard to maintaining integrity of the “organic” food label. At least that’s apparently what happened April 30th, 2014 when Organic Consumers Association’s political director Alexis Baden-Mayer stood firm against the illegally made changes to the USDA National…
by Brian Berletic Underutilized rooftops and roadways are catching the attention of creative communities around the world turning wasted space into gardens and power plants. ProgressTH looks at a few examples of how people are turning wasted space into productive sanctuaries and localized powerhouses. The…
by Tess Pennington Composting is by far the best way to condition your soil. Whether you have a small patio garden or a robust vegetable garden in your backyard, your soil needs to be cared for. When I began gardening, my grandfather pulled me aside…
By Heather Callaghan This might not be a common scenario in your household, but it could be if you live near a state border and travel to a farm for fresh food and dairy. You go to your farm source and pick up your rich-tasting…
by Aaron Dykes One way to fight the power of Big Agra and, in turn, fight for issues you care about – like, perhaps, promoting Organic food, avoiding pesticides and GMOs, or promoting the local economy – is to support your local farmer. Just who…
by Jeffrey Green The U.S. Agency for International Development is a government body in charge of distributing taxpayer dollars to foreign projects that will theoretically bring humanitarian aid to struggling regions. No matter what one might think about the nobility of such a mission, the…
By Ronnie Cummins, Organic Consumers Association After 20 years of battling Monsanto and corporate agribusiness, food and farm activists in Vermont, backed by a growing Movement across the country, are on the verge of a monumental victory—mandatory labels on genetically engineered foods and a ban on…
EMILY McMANAMY/FREE PRESS By Heather Callaghan Could Vermont be the first state to enact a genetically modified food labeling law? Senate President Pro Tempore John Campbell, D-Windsor said: We are saying people have a right to know what’s in their food. On Tuesday, the Vermont…
By Heather Callaghan Under current Illinois law, farmers can sell an unlimited amount of raw milk on the farm without a permit. Legislators and health officials were working hard to completely banish farm-to-consumer agreements in some sneaky ways. This was not lost on Illinois’ thriving…
by Tess Pennington Not everyone is lucky enough to live in a temperate climate where they can create a year-round garden. Sometimes, we have to make do with what we have. Using a cold frame is a great way to get a head start on…
by Tony Cartalucci “The Spark“(Facebook / Vimeo) is an interesting and ongoing grassroots project that fits in well with an older article featured on LocalOrg titled, “Decentralizing Big-Retail.” The article illustrated the waste, disparity, and exploitation promoted by the current “big-retail” monopolies and the consumerist…
