Organics in the News
Is Organic Food Really Healthier?
Don't ask the US federal government whether there are any health benefits to eating organic food. It won't tell. No mere coincidence, then, that no pictures of farmers or farms (or fertilizers or pesticides) appear in the USDA foo...
WSU offers first online organic ag certificate
Washington State University is offering people who want to enter the booming organic foods industry the nation's first online certificate in organic agriculture, the school said Monday.
Washington State is already the first uni...
Hightower rallies crowd against corporate agriculture
Progressive author and columnist Jim Hightower energized a gathering of 160 people at a conference about the impacts of large livestock operations in Wisconsin with homespun humor and sharp wit.
Praising the group of farmers...
Some Good News on Food Prices
..As the price of fossil fuels and commodities like grain climb, nutritionally questionable, high-profit ingredients like high-fructose corn syrup will, too...And if American staples like soda, fast-food hamburgers and frozen dinn...
Study links Parkinson's disease to long-term pesticide exposure
Scientists have found further evidence of a link between Parkinson's disease and long-term exposure to pesticides.
A study of more than 300 people with the neurological disease — which can affect movements such as walking, talk...
