| NEWS |
Study
shows Canadian organic beef sales surge, BSE credited |
| NEWS |
Swiss
promote organic cotton production in Kyrgyzstan |
| NEWS |
The mad cow
that stole Christmas |
| NEWS |
Oakhurst
to alter its label |
| NEWS |
Mendocino
County: Judge OKs GM-crop ban vote |
| NEWS |
Imported
soybeans bring Asian Rust worries |
| NEWS |
U.S.
losing war against invasive species |
| NEWS |
Mad cow
meat sent to 42 additional locales |
| NEWS |
Dietary
supplements for calves may spread BSE |
| NEWS |
Mad Cow
fears lead growing list of nations to halt beef imports |
column |
Letter
from Ontario: 2003: A Year of Big Changes for Farming |
| column |
Letter
from Saskatchewan: Saying it does not make it so |
| column |
Letter
from Ontario: In the shadow of a new deal for cities |
| feature |
Groups
clash over soybean boom |
| NEWS |
Europe
adopts strong stance on GM coexistence, seeds and liability |
| NEWS |
China
tightens food safety regulations in response to epidemic poisonings |
| NEWS |
The
true price of prawns |
| NEWS |
Italy
to set up tighter barriers against GMO imports |
| NEWS |
India announces its first organic state |
| feature |
Iowa ag
economist makes convincing case against GM crops before a hostile
crowd |
feature |
Shumei
Natural Agriculture: Hyogo, Nobuaki Nakayasu |
feature |
The Meatrix
casts an eat sustainable message across the internet |
column |
Letter
from NY: Can we match Europe's small grain yields? |
column |
Letter
from NY: At What Cost? |
column |
Specialty
Cut Flower Corner: Winter Harvest: Making up for a rough summer |
column |
The
Final Word: CAFTA is not a victory; A farm belt recovery?; A
black-&-white Christmas |
column |
Letter
from Ontario: Consumer reports indicate time is right to move
beyond cheap food |
| NEWS |
Farmer-owned
pork processor files for bankruptcy
|
| NEWS |
Monsanto
lawsuit against Oakhurst attracts criticism |
| NEWS |
Poultry
processors face class action suit |
| NEWS |
Colorado
courts French biotech company |
| feature |
Expanding
farm-to-school programs create opportunities for farmers …
and children |
| feature |
GOOD
NEWS! For the new year--new tools that will help farmers transition
to organic |
| column |
From one
Farmer to Another: Jeff's making his lists and checking them
twice... |
| NEWS |
Antibiotic resistant bacteria in store-bought meats |
| feature |
National
Organic Program updates and clarifications |
| NEWS |
World
Trade talks to restart, peasants want WTO off the farm |
| NEWS |
England's
protected sites overgrazed, polluted |
| feature |
Making
sure rotation and cover crops carry their load |
| NEWS |
Europe
shelters bees from invasive parasites |
| NEWS |
Congress
sets conditions for aerial fumigation in Colombia |
| NEWS |
EU again rejects end to biotech ban |
| NEWS |
Italians
choosing organic more when dining out |
| op/ed |
Canada's
Approval process for GM wheat needs to remain beyond questions
of integrity |
| column |
Letter
from Saskatchewan: Canada's farmers bid joyous adieu to ousted
ag head |
| column |
The
Final Word: Budget busts ag; World Bank’s on free trade;
Sen. Simon, 1928-2003 |
| NEWS |
Federal grants
fund wines, foods, energy, forest products |
| NEWS |
Citizens'
right to sue upheld in pesticide case |
| NEWS |
U.S.
caterer asks poultry suppliers to hold the antibiotics |
| NEWS |
Organic
Valley achieves record growth in 2003 |
| NEWS |
U.S. panel
orders small producer added to grid |
| NEWS |
Farm
organizations sign letter to President Bush regarding labeling
law |
| NEWS |
'Locally-grown'
beats organic in consumer survey |
| NEWS |
USDA
proposes exempting organic producers from promotion assessments |
| feature |
ANALYSIS:
World Bank study |
| feature |
Biotech
boom linked to development dollars, critics say |
column |
Letter
from Ontario: Canadian farm income withered in 2002
|
column |
Letter
from Saskatchewan: Keep supply management, despite the detractors |
| column |
The
Final Word: The new pork powerhouse: Washington, D.C.; 2004's
big issues |
NEWS |
Australian
company's GM-claims ruffle feathers |
NEWS |
Split
decision leaves Europe's GM future in the air |
NEWS |
Pesticide
endosulfan delays male sexual maturation |
NEWS |
CSP receives
41 million from Congress |
NEWS |
Brazil
government studies ways to segregate GM, non-GM soybeans |
NEWS |
European
attitudes toward GM foods negative and rooted, studies show |
| feature |
Angelic
Organics' 1,000-member CSA explained at the Biodynamic conference |
| feature |
Smart
tools for small farms and more from the Washington Tilth conference |
column |
Letter
from Saskatchewan: Farmer efficiency benefits everyone but the
farmer |
| column |
Letter
from Ontario: The Canadian Agricultural Income Stabilization
program |
column |
Susanna's
Costa Rican Sojourn: San Isidro del General |
| column |
The
Final Word: Ethanol mandate, COOL sink in Senate; "A 'right
smart' Thanksgiving" |
|
Agriculture
Canada could get GM wheat royalty |
NEWS |
Informed
consent treaty for hazardous chemicals to become law |
NEWS |
Organic
Rice Festival highlights grain's rich history |
NEWS |
NFU
mails "relaxation" CDs to help calm tense turkeys |
NEWS |
Sustainable
pork producers benefit from 'Walmart' effect |
NEWS |
Taiwanese
company adds organic delivery option |
NEWS |
NFU continues
fight for COOL amid threats |
NEWS |
Vietnam's
Organic Grapes™ |
feature |
Shumei
Natural Agriculture: Kyushu Island, Yasuo Tarumi |
feature |
Heritage
turkeys: a fast-growing and profitable niche for adventuresome
farmers |
feature |
New
Farm Research: A cover crop roller without all the drawbacks
of a stalk chopper |
column |
Letter
from NY: Evaluating the 2003 season, and harvesting lessons
for 2004 and beyond |
| column |
From
One Farm to Another: Capital purchases |
column |
Nuts
& Bolts & Dreams: The season’s over, or nearly
so: Here’s what paid, what didn’t |
column |
Specialty
Cut Flower Corner: Planning for next season |
NEWS |
Nitrogen
mineralization in monoculture and diverse crop systems |
NEWS |
Energy
bill stalled until 2004 |
NEWS |
GM-crops
increasing pesticide use in the US; Iowa farmers log GM complaints |
NEWS |
Tyson
Foods to start monitoring animal's well-being |
NEWS |
EPA files
clean air complaint against Ohio farm |
NEWS |
Conservationists
blast timber industry's Sustainable Forestry |
NEWS |
Researchers
aim to heat homes with soybeans |
| column |
Letter
from Ontario: Linking farmers, retailers and consumers is organization
priority |
| column |
Letter
from Saskatchewan: Problems of supply management a welcome improvement |
column |
The
Final Word: Energy Bill baggage; Confusing week for US ag trade
policy; Short takes |
NEWS |
Free trade
framework gets approval in Miami |
NEWS |
EU
delays implementation of new egg marketing laws |
NEWS |
Senators
from both parties criticize energy legislation |
NEWS |
Organic
tropical fruit production economic opportunity for developing
nations |
NEWS |
Report
finds few benefits for Mexico in NAFTA |
NEWS |
U.S. demand for methyl bromide blocks ozone accord |
feature |
Microbes: THE hot topic at the Washington Tilth Producers' annual
conference |
NEWS |
Green
groups sue USDA to stop bio-pharm planting |
NEWS |
Pesticides
pervade homes of farm workers' children |
NEWS |
California
cars prepare to cruise on manure |
NEWS |
Maryland
counties might see less money for farm preservation |
NEWS |
USDA
rules rule: organic certifiers denied option of appeal |
NEWS |
Ag futures:
China to remain largest soybean buyer, Brazil largest exporter |
NEWS |
White
House sued for atrazine documents |
NEWS |
U.S.,
Mexico sign pact to cooperate on agricultural research |
NEWS |
FDA
has approved new addition to GM-arsenal |
NEWS |
Lawmakers
visit Monsanto plant |
NEWS |
Vegetables,
fruits keep the doctors away |
NEWS |
Vetiver
grass reigns supreme in erosion control, trapping bugs |
column |
Letter
from Ontario: We need to market uniqueness not a level playing
field |
column |
The
Final Word: The pot-holed road to a FTAA; 'illegal' tariffs
to clip ag exports; Views |
NEWS |
Land fragmentation breaks environmental bonds |
column |
Letter
from Saskatchewan: US cotton: subsidy farmers get billions to
produce crop |
feature |
Vegetables,
fruits keep the doctors away |
feature |
Youth
in Japan shun the farm |
NEWS |
UK
to fight European embargo on GM corn |
NEWS |
Congo
president faults U.S. farm subsidies |
NEWS |
In
Australia, GM crop resists poison, breaks fence |
NEWS |
Study
commissioned on biotech cotton crop failure in India |
NEWS |
Rapid
industry growth leads New Zealand to develop national organic
standards |
NEWS |
Sustainable
cocoa for West Africa goal of development groups |
NEWS |
Canadian
growers warn UK farmers of GMO crop risks |
feature |
Opportunity:
The FSA answers FAQs on New York CREP participation |
op/ed |
CSP: The best
disaster insurance tax money can buy |
feature |
The
good life of a small-scale Ontario dairy farmer depends on being
part of a coop |
column |
Susanna's
Costa Rican Sojourn: Part 1, Beginnings |
feature |
Northern
California’s Full Belly Farm redefines what it means to
be a family farmer |
feature |
British
ecologist lays out blueprint for influencing public policy to
favor sustainable ag |
feature |
Organic
crops perform up to 100 percent better in drought and flood
years |
column |
Letter
from Ontario: Distinctive Local Communities |
| column |
The
Final Word: Ethanol and the Energy Bill; COOL, cattle import
idea pass Senate; news |
NEWS |
(Part
3 in series) Plant community assembly theory, a framework for
weed management |
NEWS |
Government
policy major barrier to sustainable practices |
NEWS |
In
Australia, organic contamination or old information? |
NEWS |
No new
restrictions for Atrazine |
NEWS |
Two
Oklahoma towns blown away by wind farm benefits |
| NEWS |
More mums choosing only organic for their babies |
| NEWS |
Organic
food grows in popularity in Czech Republic |
| NEWS |
Research
shows corn pollen drifts farther than thought |
| NEWS |
Senate
seeks to clear grazing from environmental review |
| NEWS |
Draft
EPA deal gives factory farms a pass on air pollution |
| NEWS |
NAFTA commission
may ban Lindane in North America |
| NEWS |
In
California, budget cuts leave sustainable ag groups fending
off the ax |
| NEWS |
Organic
Valley butter wins first place at World Dairy Expo |
| NEWS |
US
National Organic Standards Board to mee |
| NEWS |
Colorado
Department of Ag donates certification to Boulder youth program |
| NEWS |
Top
GM food company abandons British crop trials |
| NEWS |
British
public uneasy about transgenic crops |
| NEWS |
Carbon
stewardship, wind power can help US farmers slow global warming,
earn a profit |
| NEWS |
New manure
management regulations will make manure more available to crop
farmers |
| feature |
The first
victim of ag subsidies is crop diversity |
| feature |
Gujarat
hosts organic revival meeting for joyful and committed farmers |
| feature |
Opportunity:
Value-added producer grant program |
| feature |
EQIP-ing your
farm with government money |
| feature |
Not just
a farm, but a creative community |
| feature |
Ups and
downs of worm growing keep Georgia farmer on his toes |
| column |
Letter
from New York: Regarding the unseen life of sand and soil |
| feature |
New
Farm Field Trials: Farming Systems Trial |
| feature |
FACT
SHEET: Mycorrhizae |
| feature |
New
Farm Field Trials: Cultivating diversity underground for better
yields above |
| feature |
Shumei
Natural Agriculture: Kishima Island, Part I, Reiji Murota |
| feature |
Transatlantic
Farm Tour: Organized support for CSAs at D-Trois-Pierres in
Canada |
| column |
The
Final Word: Cancun reactions continue; This farm life; GM foods
lose at polls again |
| column |
Letter
from Ontario: The capital of the countryside |
| NEWS |
In the
dairy industry it pays to label |
| NEWS |
Study
suggests in-season nitrogen monitoring can reduce overall fertilizer
use |
| NEWS |
Upland,
coastal forested areas play important food roles, FAO says |
| NEWS |
Economists
warn U.S. could become agricultural importer |
| NEWS |
Judge
allows antitrust case against seed producers |
| NEWS |
Fake meat
raises allergy concern, advocacy group says |
| NEWS |
Midwestern
soils at risk of extinction |
| column |
Letter
from Saskatchewan: Free trade and the case of the missing profits |
| NEWS |
Study
finds organic foods may beat conventional in natural antioxidants
tests |
| NEWS |
Brazil approves planting of GM soybeans |
| NEWS |
Iraqi
harvest up but half the people still hungry |
| NEWS |
Law
regulating groundwater pollutants proposed for Europe |
| NEWS |
GM
food battle moves to Russia |
| NEWS |
Japanese
make nutritional fashion statement |
| NEWS |
Polluted
fruit leads Thailand to winnow pesticide use |
| NEWS |
Danish
water contaminated by round-up, ban imposed |
| NEWS |
Longterm
trials find lower inputs offset lower yeilds in organic fields |
| NEWS |
FDA
rules milk can not be labeled hormone-free |
| NEWS |
Fair
trade coffee perks up with Procter & Gamble decision |
| NEWS |
New
lawsuits filed to tighten pesticide regulation |
| NEWS |
E. coli
contamination on the decline |
| NEWS |
Cargill
shows interest in Farmland Foods, $385m worth |
| NEWS |
Zoellick
shares the US's take on the Cancun Ministerial |
| feature |
WTO
success |
| feature |
Cancun
marked end of "old WTO"; Beginning of true global
negotiations |
| NEWS |
Family
farmers applaud the collapse of WTO talks |
| feature |
Cancun
collapse should be a wake-up call for the WTO |
| column |
The
Final Word: What led to the collapse of WTO talks in Cancun
and its consequences... |
| column |
Letter
from Ontario: World needs more common sense in mad cow guidelines |
| column |
Letter
from Saskatchewan: Truth suffers, in US v. Canadian wheat board
exports |
| NEWS |
Spanish
protesters invade GM maize fields |
| NEWS |
Results
of UK gm farm-trials expected next month |
| NEWS |
Asia
greets WTO failure with hope, fear |
| feature |
Opinion:
Time for transformation |
| NEWS |
Cotton
proposal ignores supply management |
| NEWS |
Public
interests groups to US: Start pursing responsible trade talks |
| feature |
Draft
text continues promotion of agriculture dumping |
| NEWS |
World
trade talks end in failure, delegates say |
| feature |
OPINION:
Walk out should be a wake-up call for real reform |
| feature |
Opinion:
The Cancún delusion |
| feature |
Grassroots
Journal: Day three: Brother Dave gets stuck in traffic but we
get our update |
| feature |
Opinion:
Linking poor farmers to a global economy |
| feature |
Developing
countries use fair trade to address commodity crisis |
| NEWS |
Trade
talks enter crucial phase |
| feature |
New
UN GMO treaty conflicts with U.S. WTO challenge |
| NEWS |
Organic
no-till with cover crop roll-down is viable in Kentucky research |
| feature |
Rye lessons
learned here at The Rodale Institute |
| feature |
On-Farm Research:
Weed FREE! An ode to rye |
| feature |
A city girl
takes the plunge and buys the farm |
| column |
The
Final Word: US, EU sweating in MX; USDA off on COOL; Congress'
payment mess |
| feature |
Shumei
Natural Agriculture: The 20th Century and Mokichi Okada’s
blending of ideals |
| NEWS |
Soil bio-fumigation
using mustard crops for pest control |
| NEWS |
Maine
supports dairy's right to label milk rBST-Free |
| NEWS |
Vatican
backing sparks GM row |
| NEWS |
Indian
farmers target Monsanto |
| NEWS |
More GMO
crops in US fields if Europe drops ban |
| NEWS |
GAO refutes
Bush over meat labeling |
| NEWS |
Canada
to label some genetically modified food |
| NEWS |
Scientists
unveil new mad cow test |
| column |
Letter
from Ontario: Trade libbers have us taking medicine for a disease
we don't have |
| feature |
Food
chain in New Zealand must be protected, scientist says |
| NEWS |
Cartagena
Protocol in effect |
| NEWS |
EU
bans beef from Northern Argentina |
| NEWS |
UK
not ready to make GM decision, report says |
| NEWS |
Brazilian
court reimposes ban on transgenic soy |
| NEWS |
Dioxin
from Agent Orange found in Vietnamese food |
| NEWS |
Biotech
food seen hurting Canada, according to a report |
| NEWS |
Cirio
pasta sauce recall, harmful dye found |
| NEWS |
Opening
session: Cancun talks 'must not fail' |
| NEWS |
Big
farmers feast on most U.S. farm subsidies |
| NEWS |
Bush
works phones in quest of WTO deal |
| feature |
Western
farmers fear third-world challenge to subsidies |
| feature |
Grassroots
Journal: Sustainable farming advocates recount first days at
Cancun |
| NEWS |
Farmers
head to Cancun armed with a declaration and the support of their
peers |
| NEWS |
Farm
Bureau, Ag Groups outline three pillars of ag trade |
| NEWS |
Canadian
farm groups fighting to keep protection |
| NEWS |
Indigenous
and peasant farmers mobilize in Cancun |
| column |
Final
Word: Fixing U.S. ag policy; Willie v. Annie; Canadian beef
and bass |
| column |
One Farm
to Another: A love affair with cover crops |
| feature |
WTO:
Top 15 U.S. farming and food outcomes to preserve, encourage
and resist |
| feature |
WTO:
Its history and role |
| feature |
WTO:
The grassroots agenda at Cancun: 10 recommendations |
| feature |
WTO:
What's at stake? |
| feature |
WTO:
Host Mexico, the WTO and Free Trade: Unrealized economic promises |
| feature |
WTO:
Why cover Cancun on NewFarm.org? |
| NEWS |
Back
to Nature brand latest addition to Kraft family |
| NEWS |
Minnesota
ethanol plant must cut air emissions |
| NEWS |
Opinion:
Pirates of the Caribbean |
| NEWS |
Few
ways to limit farm subsidies, report says |
| NEWS |
New
study suggests ending subsidies not enough |
| NEWS |
Wealth
of nations hangs on WTO Cancun talks |
| NEWS |
California
leads the way in direct marketing: results of a survey |
| NEWS |
WTO:
Trade wonks experience the benefits of fair trade agriculture
at Cancun |
| feature |
WTO:
4 rule changes that would support sustainable farmers worldwide |
| feature |
Shumei
Natural Agriculture: Post-war Japan--industrialization, rapid
change & organics |
| NEWS |
Campaign
to stop the advancing deserts gets a sponsor |
| NEWS |
Austrian
draft ban on transgenic organisms vetoed |
| NEWS |
Venezuela's
land reform hopes to make 500,000 new landowners |
| feature |
Record
droughts raise concerns over future of drylands |
| feature |
Quinoa,
lost crop of the Incas, finds new life |
| column |
Certification
Q&A: September |