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New Farm Organic News
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| Who owns the dead zone? | Agricultural pollution in Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" dramatizes need for different crop-management, chemical use incentives in Midwest | Nov 17, 2009 |
| McEvoy vows to strengthen brand organic in NOP role | Enforcing organic integrity is top job for new USDA program leader | Nov 04, 2009 |
| Consumers want organic, but structural barriers slow growth | GMO prevalence, threat of crushing regs loom over consumer-friendly organics | Oct 29, 2009 |
| UK organic group leader confident organic farming best option to sustainably feed world | UK’s organic ag leadershapred by "Greening of America," gardening in California in 1970 | Oct 12, 2009 |
| Three-fourths of UK chicken sampled contains campylobacter | Bacteria prevalent on poultry sold in UK, but risk lower on organic birds | Oct 07, 2009 |
| Herbicide-resistant pigweeds stop combines, make national TV | Network news highlights failure of herbicides to control problem weed | Oct 07, 2009 |
| New book brings pasture-poultry revolution to the masses | Leaders in backyard chicken and local foods movement write how-to book for home-grown poultry. | Aug 28, 2009 |
| Businesses, Extension join to fund new four sustainable ag courses | A public-private partnership in Marin County, California, will train a new crop of students with deeper experience and knowledge about organic and sustainable agriculture | Aug 28, 2009 |
| “Organic Heroes" speak their minds in video report | National organic leaders speaking at the Kickapoo Country (Wisconsin) Fair this summer explain that "Change for Good: Why Organic is More Important Now Than Ever" in a new video report. | Aug 10, 2009 |
| Workshops by USDA, DoJ to explore competition in U.S. agriculture, including vertical integration | Working together for the first time at this level, the USDA and the Department of Justice will hold joint public workshops this year to explore competition issues affecting the U.S. agriculture industry in the 21st century | Aug 10, 2009 |
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