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New Farm Organic News
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| Suit seeks to prevent GM contamination of organic seeds | An Oregon-based organic seedsman is party to a suit to stop the production of Roundup Ready sugar beets. | Nov 20, 2008 |
| Organic dairy group supports grazing aspects of USDA proposal | A leading organic dairy farmer group—the Northeast Organic Dairy Producer Association—has given support to many aspects of the long-awaited USDA clarification on access to pasture requirements. | Nov 06, 2008 |
| Fertilizer prices soar, but makers cite oversupply | In the eyes of many farmers and agricultural experts, fertilizer prices have seemed to defy the normal laws of economics. | Nov 06, 2008 |
| Farmer-centric organic middlemen pioneer sustainable, bio-regional and fair-trade commerce | What do you get when you have “a bunch of social activists who are running a business,” and that business is about distributing regionally grown organic food in sustainable ways as directly as possible to retailers? | Nov 06, 2008 |
| From the frontlines of the battle for sustainability and justice | The New York Times Magazine’s Food Fighter slideshow is a series of seven portraits of farmers and activists fighting to advance all aspects of sustainability. | Nov 06, 2008 |
| Organic farm wins $1 million in damages against neighboring farm for pesticide contamination | Jacobs Farm in Santa Cruz, CA won a suit filed in May 2007 against nearby Western Farm Service for pesticide damage to the farm. | Oct 20, 2008 |
| Urban organic farming center opens on Guelph campus | The University of Guelph, home to the first organic agriculture major in North America, officially opened the Guelph Centre for Urban Organic Farming in September. | Oct 20, 2008 |
| Call to arms: Young farmers assert their needs, hopes and vision | "Arms strong and hands calloused, eyes open to the beauty of every morning, spirits prepared for the long row still to hoe, hearts full with the support of family and community…" begins the lyrical manifesto posted by Severine von Tscharner Fleming, 27, director of The Greenhorns and farmer/activist in the Hudson Valley of New York, and Zoë Ida Bradbury, 29, Oregon farmer and Food & Society Policy Fellow. | Oct 20, 2008 |
| Federal law offers cash for organic conversion | Federal law offers cash for organic conversion
The new farm bill could help feed America's appetite for
organic food by enticing more farmers to switch from conventional
agriculture. | Sep 26, 2008 |
| Crumbling barns signal tumultuous change in Iowa | Barns collapsing from disrepair reveal that the social and agricultural landscape of Iowa has changed drastically over the past half century. | Sep 26, 2008 |
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