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2007 News Stories
- 12/31/07 - 'In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto' by Michael Pollan
- 12/31/07 - Putting Heat on School Menus
- 12/29/07 - Michael Pollan Calls for a Return to Traditional Eating in New Book: Review
- 12/28/07 - California Dairies Sue to Stop Enforcement of Standard on Raw Milk
- 12/26/07 - Big Box Chain Target Sued for Selling Aurora's Factory Farm Milk as 'Organic'
- 12/25/07 - Brazil Will Revoke U.S. Patents in Retaliation for U.S. Illegal Subsidies of Big Cotton Producers
- 12/22/07 - China Supplying U.S. Organic Farmers with Feed: What's Wrong with This Picture?
- 12/20/07 - Drink This and You May Feel Pleasantly Green
- 12/20/07 - Job Announcement for Common Ground Country Fair Director
- 12/20/07 - Sleep of Faith: On Organic Mattresses
- 12/19/07 - WTO Cotton Compliance Report: Brazil Can Seek Financial Sanctions Against U.S.
- 12/18/07 - The Organic Center Newsletter, December 2007
- 12/18/07 - How Safe Is Your Salad?
- 12/17/07 - Canadian Organic Product Regulations to Take Effect December of 2008
- 12/17/07 - Why We Need a New Movement for a New Farm Bill
- 12/17/07 - Cracking the Code: Inside Story on Dog Food
- 12/17/07 - House of Representatives Cafeteria in D.C. Going Organic & Local
- 12/17/07 - Why "Organic" Farmed Salmon is Causing a Nasty Smell
- 12/16/07 - Small Gains for Organic & Transition to Organic Farming in Senate Version of Farm Bill
- 12/14/07 - Mercury in Mascara? New Ban Coming for Beauty Products in Minnesota
- 12/14/07 - Nation's Largest Retailers Accused of Organic Fraud
- 12/13/07 - Wal-Mart, Costco, Target, Safeway, and Wild Oats Sued for Defrauding Consumers with 'Organic' Milk from Factory Feedlots
- 12/13/07 - Farm Bill: Subsidies' Harvest of Misery
- 12/13/07 - Danger: What In The World Are You Putting On Your Skin?
- 12/11/07 - Greens Call for Organic Food at 2012 Olympics
- 12/09/07 - New York Times Covers the Locavore, Buy Local Movement
- 12/09/07 - Organic Farmers Oppose Big Brother NAIS Animal Identification System
- 12/07/07 - New Organic Dairy Fraud Lawsuit Filed - This Time Against Target Corporation
- 12/05/07 - A Fishy Definition of Organic
- 12/05/07 - The Ugly Side of Beauty Products
- 12/03/07 - Consumer Warning: Are Your Products Safe? You Can't Tell
- 12/02/07 - Anna Lappe: We Are What China Eats
- 12/01/07 - Buzzing About Clorox Buying Out Burt's Bees
- 11/30/07 - Natural Cosmetics Lobby Group Formed in Europe
- 11/30/07 - USDA Gives Update on Organic Pasture Rule
- 11/30/07 - California's Life-Giving Raw Milk Will Become Illegal March 2008
- 11/30/07 - Another Reason to Buy Organic - High Fructose Corn Syrup
- 11/29/07 - Certified Organic Skin Care: No Seal No Deal?
- 11/28/07 - Pennsylvania Dairy Label Rule Shelved
- 11/28/07 - ALERT: USDA Proposes Rule Undermining Organics and Small Farms
- 11/28/07 - USDA Proposes Standards for "Naturally Raised" Meat but Leaves Out All-Important Pasture Requirements
- 11/28/07 - Fish Farms Try To Hook 'Organic' Label
- 11/27/07 - Ten Percent of All Food Sold in Copenhagen is Now Organic
- 11/27/07 - Update on Raw Almond Controversy by Cornucopia Institute
- 11/27/07 - USDA 'One-Size-Fits-All' Regulations for Leafy Greens Would Harm Organic & Sustainable Farmers
- 11/26/07 - Can Consumers Trust the 'USDA Organic' Label on Food Products from China?
- 11/25/07 - Personal Care Products Take On Organic Challenge
- 11/24/07 - How 'Natural' is Your 'Natural' Toothpaste?
- 11/24/07 - 'Agritourism'--A New Strategy to Strengthen Small, Organic, and Sustainable Farms
- 11/23/07 - Why Organic Salmon is Causing a Nasty Smell
- 11/21/07 - The Greening of Thanksgiving
- 11/21/07 - What Price Thanksgiving? In Which We Attempt to Calculate How Much an Organic Feast Would Cost
- 11/20/07 - USDA Orders Tyson Foods to Stop Using Antibiotic-Free Labels on Poultry
- 11/20/07 - "The Six Sins of Greenwashing" - New Study Finds Misleading Green Claims in 99% of Products Surveyed
- 11/19/07 - Organic Consumers Respond To House Agriculture Chairperson Collin Peterson on the Wisdom of Organics (first 1300 comments posted)
- 11/19/07 - Hearing Focuses on Health, Safety of Nail Salon Workers
- 11/19/07 - 32% of Consumers Says They Buy Organic 'As Often As Possible'
- 11/18/07 - Organic Foods More Nutritious Than Conventional Foods
- 11/17/07 - Is Organic Food Really Better for You?
- 11/15/07 - After Calling Organic Consumers 'Dumb' for Paying More for Organic & Local Foods, Congress Ag Head Forced to Eat His Words
- 11/15/07 - Help Get Toxic Chemicals Out of Your Home! Sign the Petition for Safe Cleaning Products
- 11/15/07 - Will Raw Milk Soon Be Banned in California?
- 11/12/07 - Some Nail Salons Go Green With Non-Toxic Products
- 11/12/07 - Organic Labeling Confuses Farmers
- 11/12/07 - Ethical Consumerism: Erosion of Fair Trade & Organic Standards by Some Certifiers Including QAI, Rainforest Alliance & FSC
- 11/11/07 - News & Latest Research on Organic Food from the Organic Center
- 11/11/07 - Farmers Hit with Felony Charges for Selling Local, Organic Meat to Local Consumers
- 11/11/07 - New Standard For Environmentally Friendly Carpet Developed
- 11/11/07 - Capitalism Collapse Disorder: 'Burt's Bees' Disappears into Clorox's Balance Sheet
- 11/11/07 - Organic Dry Cleaning Joins a Growing Trend
- 11/09/07 - FEED - Food & Environment Electronic Digest - November 2007
- 11/08/07 - Global Sales of Organic Cotton Top $1 Billion
- 11/02/07 - Cosmetics & Household Cleaning Products: 'Endocrine Disruptor' Won't Be On Label
- 11/01/07 - Natural, Organic Beauty
- 11/01/07 - Food a Popular Cause at Schools
- 10/31/07 - Halloween Trick: USDA lets Dean Foods/Horizon "Organic" Factory Farms off the Hook
- 10/31/07 - Alert: House Chair of Agriculture Committee Says Organic Consumers are 'Dumb'
- 10/31/07 - E. Coli Conservatism in the Makeup Kit
- 10/31/07 - Forest Activists Admit Some 'Forest Stewardship Council' Certified Green Corporations Are Cheating
- 10/31/07 - USDA Should Demand Retroactive Payment From Faux Organic Milk Producers Like Aurora Organic
- 10/31/07 - Eco-Homes: Green is the New Gold
- 10/31/07 - Why Organic Food is Healthier for You and the Planet
- 10/31/07 - Multinationals Flex Naturals' Muscle in Body Care & Cosmetics Sector
- 10/30/07 - Antibacterial Soaps, Body Care & Other Home Products Containing Triclosan Pose Public Health Hazard
- 10/29/07 - Indian 'Slave' Children Found Making Low-Cost Clothes Destined For Gap
- 10/29/07 - FTC Files Appeal of Whole Foods' Wild Oats Buyout
- 10/29/07 - Farmers & Rural Residents Call for Shutting Down Aurora's 4,000 Head Factory Dairy Farm Feedlot in Gill, Colorado
- 10/28/07 - Guess What? Scientific Research Shows That Organic Food Really is Better
- 10/26/07 - Organic Fish Producers Must Prove Airfreight Benefits to Community
- 10/26/07 - Class Action Lawsuits Filed Against Aurora Organic Dairy; Deceptive Practices Alleged
- 10/25/07 - Lessons Learned in a Mature Organic Sector
- 10/25/07 - Important Change to Organic Standards in the UK
- 10/25/07 - More Pets Are Finding Organic Food In Their Dishes
- 10/25/07 - Pediatrician Identifies Five Foods for Parents to Buy Organic
- 10/25/07 - IFOAM Condemns Violent Actions Against Brazilian Farmers
- 10/24/07 - Congress Ag Chief Collin Peterson: Paying More for Organic or Local Food is "Dumb"
- 10/24/07 - Organic Valley's Success is a Lifeline for Family Farms
- 10/24/07 - Healthy Soil, Nutrients the Keys to Organic Farming: Producer
- 10/23/07 - New Article to Help Organic Farmers Understand Laws Prohibiting Use of GMOs
- 10/23/07 - The Organic Labeling Debate
- 10/23/07 - Sales of Organic Food to U.S. Colleges Rapidly Increasing
- 10/23/07 - Greening Up Baby For the Eco-Conscious Parent
- 10/22/07 - Natural and Organic Beauty Products Going Mainstream
- 10/22/07 - Aurora: Huge Dairy Doesn't Fit Organic Image
- 10/22/07 - Tom Philpott Wrapping up Grist Magazine's Food Series
- 10/21/07 - Aurora Dairy Sued by Organic Advocates
- 10/21/07 - Congress Agriculture Committee Head, Colin Peterson, Says U.S. Consumers Who Buy Organic Food Are 'Dumb'
- 10/21/07 - Is Our Food Any Safer Since the Last E. Coli Outbreak?
- 10/21/07 - Organic Food Moving into Mainstream on Campuses Like UCLA
- 10/21/07 - Woodbury County, Iowa Wins National Award for Promoting Organic Agriculture
- 10/19/07 - Dairies Unite to Set Safety Standards for Raw-Milk Cheese
- 10/18/07 - Public Interest Group Files Complaint against Mushroom Company for Organic Standards Violations
- 10/18/07 - Aurora Organic Dairy Corporation Hit by Class Action Lawsuits Over 'Organic' Milk Labels
- 10/18/07 - U.S. Likely to Appeal WTO Cotton Decision
- 10/17/07 - U.S. Farmers Can Barely Keep Up With Demand for Organic Produce
- 10/17/07 - Organic Consumers Launch Nationwide Lawsuit in 27 States Against Aurora Organic Dairy for Violating Organic Standards
- 10/16/07 - WTO Ruling: U.S. Action on Cotton Subsidies Insufficient
- 10/15/07 - Many Barriers Keep Organic Food Out of School Lunches
- 10/15/07 - FEED - Food & Environment Electronic Digest - October 2007
- 10/15/07 - What's Your Edible IQ?
- 10/15/07 - Table Talk: A Conversation with Michael Pollan
- 10/15/07 - Even Wall Street Opposes Big Cotton Subsidies in the USA
- 10/15/07 - Homegrown Harvest Could Be Our Salvation
- 10/15/07 - Consumer Reports on Green Cleaning Products : It's Not Easy Buying Green
- 10/13/07 - Aurora Dairy Threatens Suit Against Critics
- 10/11/07 - Wal-Mart Dominant In Organic Market
- 10/11/07 - Lead Tests Raise Red Flag for Lipsticks
- 10/11/07 - Parabens In Cosmetics: Friends or Foes?
- 10/11/07 - The Savory Challenges of Being a Sustainable Chef in Big Ag Country
- 10/11/07 - Your Food Doesn't Come From the Store: A Journey Into the Heart of Industrial Agriculture
- 10/11/07 - Sow What? A Grist Magazine Special Series on Food and Farming
- 10/11/07 - What's Really in Your Food?
- 10/11/07 - U.S. Organic Coffee Market Surpasses $110 Million--24% Increase in 2006
- 10/10/07 - National Mall Goes Green
- 10/09/07 - Organic Farming Grips China
- 10/09/07 - Organic Vegetables Find Place on Urban Tables
- 10/09/07 - Barbara Kingsolver: The Blessings of Dirty Work
- 10/08/07 - Letter to the Editor: Mark Kastel on Small Farms
- 10/08/07 - A Budding Market for Food Less Traveled
- 10/07/07 - UN Backs Organic Farming to Address Global Hunger, Environmental Sustainability, and Food Security
- 10/07/07 - Green Party Activists Resist British Columbia Law Making it a Crime for Farmers to Sell Meat Directly to Consumers
- 10/07/07 - Knitting Green: Organic Revolution Spreads to Knitters
- 10/04/07 - U.S. Consumers Confused About Organic Labels
- 10/04/07 - Irish Government to Help Organic Farmers
- 10/04/07 - Legislation Would Help US Farmers Switch to Organic
- 10/04/07 - Should Organics be Tested for GMOs?
- 10/03/07 - Something Fishy: Can You Trust Fish Certified as 'Sustainable' by the Marine Stewardship Council?
- 10/03/07 - Web Video: Daily Show Interviews Bolivian President on His Country's Current Radical Shift Towards Sustainability
- 10/02/07 - Pet Owners Drool Over Green Products
- 10/01/07 - Has Target's Cheap Brand Name Organic Milk, Archer Farms, Produced by Aurora Organic's Factory Feedlots, Been Falsely Labeled as 'Organic' ?
- 10/01/07 - Can a Dairy Be Big and Organic?
- 09/29/07 - Incompatible Standards May Keep African Organics Out of Europe
- 09/29/07 - From an Organic Dairy Farmer's Perspective: What Makes a Cow Organic?
- 09/29/07 - The High Price of Beauty
- 09/28/07 - Demand for Organic Clothing Doubling Every Year
- 09/27/07 - Coffee Is the Next Target for Sustainable Agriculture Crusaders
- 09/27/07 - U.S. Organic Dairy Farmers Blast USDA & Aurora Over Undermining Organic Standards
- 09/25/07 - Aurora Dairy Threatens to Sue OCA & Cornucopia to Intimidate Organic Watchdogs
- 09/25/07 - An Important New Book: Exposed--The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's At Stake for American Power
- 09/25/07 - Pesticide Exposure Tied to Asthma in Farmers
- 09/24/07 - Major 'Organic' Dairy Private Label Supplier, Aurora, Threatens to Sue Cornucopia, OCA, & Center for Food Safety for Exposing Their Blatant Violations of Organic Dairy Standards
- 09/24/07 - Contain Yourself: Seek Out Body Care Products From Companies That Use Green Packaging
- 09/24/07 - Green Speak: Language and Definitions for Green Cosmetics
- 09/24/07 - Face Off: A Comparison of Organic and Conventional Beauty Products
- 09/24/07 - Farm Subsidies: $164 Billion for Industrial Agriculture & Nickels & Dimes for Organics
- 09/23/07 - Organic Dairy Scandal Widens as "Sweetheart Deal" Between USDA, Aurora Organic, QAI & Colorado State Dept. of Agriculture is Exposed
- 09/23/07 - Green Light Specials
- 09/20/07 - OCA Files Open Letter to the NOSB on Organic Fish Standards
- 09/19/07 - Lunch With Alice Waters, Food Revolutionary
- 09/19/07 - You Are What You Buy: Grist Magazine On the Impact of Food Purchases
- 09/19/07 - Global Natural Cosmetic Sales Approaching US $7 billion
- 09/19/07 - USDA Madness: The Day the Raw Almonds Died in North America
- 09/19/07 - Corporate Organics Circles the Wagons: Lies, Damn Lies, and Public Relations
- 09/17/07 - World's First USDA Certified Organic Body Care Introduces New Products
- 09/17/07 - Green and Organic Winemaking Becoming More and More Common
- 09/17/07 - UK Government Moving Towards Outright Ban on Chemical Additives in Food
- 09/15/07 - Paul Hawken Says Sustainability is 'Within Reach'
- 09/15/07 - Bena Burda of Maggie's Organics Puts an Organic Spin on Cotton
- 09/14/07 - Cornucopia Files More Legal Complaints Against Aurora Dairy & its Certifiers, QAI & Colorado Dept. of Agriculture, for Violating Organic Standards
- 09/14/07 - Farm Aid Raises a Vision
- 09/14/07 - Truly Green Grass: Lawn Lovers are Edging Toward Organic
- 09/12/07 - The Passing of Anita Roddick: There Was Nothing Like This Dame
- 09/12/07 - New Study: Industrial Agriculture Crops Are Far Less Nutritious Than Organic Crops
- 09/11/07 - Factory Farm Aurora Organic Has Deliberately Defrauded Organic Dairy Consumers Since 2003
- 09/11/07 - Organic and Green All Over
- 09/07/07 - Green & Justice-Minded Consumers Increasingly Looking for 'Made in the USA' Labels
- 09/07/07 - Senator Proposes Bill to Fund Farmers Transitioning to Organic
- 09/05/07 - Organic Farming is Gaining Traction
- 09/05/07 - Concern Rises Over Effects of Parabens
- 09/04/07 - Cornucopia Update on USDA Crack Down on Aurora Organic Dairy's Factory Feedlots & Certifier Complicity
- 09/03/07 - The Raw Milk Debate Reaches the New York Times and the Washington Post
- 08/30/07 - Open Letter to USDA to Stop Mandatory Raw Almond Pasteurization
- 08/30/07 - Pet Products Go Green
- 08/30/07 - USDA Threatens to Revoke Organic Certification for Aurora Organic, Dairy Feedlot Supplier to Wal-Mart, Trader Joe's & Other Chains
- 08/29/07 - Grist Magazine on Singles and CSAs
- 08/29/07 - Parents Serving More Organic Baby Food
- 08/29/07 - Whole Foods CEO Sows Wild Oats
- 08/27/07 - Associated Press Quotes OCA on How We Need a 'Transition to Organic' Label & Set of Subsidies in the USA to Meet Booming Organic Demand
- 08/27/07 - The Eco Fashion Revolution: Getting Consumers to Care About What They Wear
- 08/27/07 - Ronnie Cummins: Back to the Future of Eco-Friendly, Local Farms
- 08/26/07 - New Crop of Farmers: Young, Educated, and Seeking Organic Certification
- 08/26/07 - Britain Going Organic at a Rapid Pace
- 08/24/07 - Looking for a Miracle: On Summer's End and Salad Dressing
- 08/24/07 - Under Pressure from Congress, New "Truth in Labeling" Rules for Sunscreen Proposed
- 08/23/07 - Organic Almond Supporters Roast Pasteurization Plan
- 08/23/07 - Consumers, Tell USDA to Protect Organic Food Standards
- 08/23/07 - Ricekeepers: A Struggle to Protect Biodiversity and a Native American Way of Life
- 08/21/07 - Grocery Wars: Wal-Mart and the Food Industry
- 08/21/07 - Organic-Lunch Project Pulled Out of Chicago Elementary School
- 08/21/07 - Grist Magazine on Community Supported Agriculture
- 08/20/07 - New York Times Exposes USDA for Shortchanging Organic Programs & Undermining Organic Standards
- 08/17/07 - Cornucopia Institute Exposes Aurora's PR Claims that Their Factory Farm Dairies Are Not Violating Organic Standards
- 08/17/07 - Whole Foods Close to Obtaining Wild Oats, But FTC Might Appeal
- 08/16/07 - Responding to OCA Boycott & Cornucopia Institute Complaints, USDA May Be Cracking Down on Aurora's 'Organic' Factory Farm Dairy
- 08/16/07 - Aurora Organic Denies 'Impending' Loss of Certification
- 08/16/07 - Who Controls Livestock Genetics?
- 08/16/07 - Organic Farming Could Feed the World
- 08/16/07 - Natural Body Care Companies Come Together to Create Safe & Credible Standards
- 08/16/07 - Consumers Clear on What Ingredients They Want to Avoid
- 08/16/07 - Under Pressure from Organic Community, U.S. Department of Agriculture Organic Auditors Will Inspect Chinese Farms
- 08/16/07 - Federal Trade Commission Reveals 'Confidential' Whole Foods Plans to Dominate Market
- 08/16/07 - Grist Magazine On Organic Pork
- 08/16/07 - Grocery Wars: Whole Foods Has No Love for Wal-Mart
- 08/14/07 - Organic Soybean Market Booming--But Why Aren't US Soybean Farmers Converting to Organic?
- 08/13/07 - Burlington, Vermont--America's Greenest., Most Organic City
- 08/13/07 - US Double Standards on Food Safety & Toxins in Consumer Products
- 08/13/07 - OCA Boycott of Factory Farmed Horizon Organic Milk Having a Major Impact
- 08/10/07 - ALERT - Chemically Grown Hops Allowed in Organic Beers?
- 08/10/07 - Dry Cleaning: Coming Clean on 'Organic' Solution
- 08/10/07 - Farm Aid Aims for 100% Local, Organic Foods at NYC Event
- 08/08/07 - Grist Magazine On Prioritizing Organic Purchases
- 08/08/07 - Current Science & News on Organic Agriculture (August 7, 2007)
- 08/08/07 - Community-supported Agriculture Serves As Counterexample To Market Demands Of Globalization
- 08/07/07 - USDA Demand that Raw Almonds Be Pasteurized Drives Consumers Nuts
- 08/06/07 - Monsanto's Behind-the-Scenes Influence on University Research - and the Consequences
- 08/06/07 - Demand for Raw Milk Growing
- 08/03/07 - Contamination Incident Shows How GMOs Can Damage Organic Industry
- 08/03/07 - Organic Farmers in Africa Fear for Their Livelihoods as U.K. Frets Over Food Miles
- 08/03/07 - Organic Foods Profit from Industrial Agriculture's Continuing Food Safety Crisis
- 08/02/07 - Whole Foods But Not Whole Truth
- 08/02/07 - In Mega-Billion Dollar Farm Bill, Nickles & Dimes for Organics
- 08/01/07 - Wal-Mart Deceiving Consumers with "All Natural" Label on Chicken Injected with Salt & Water
- 07/31/07 - Buying Local: If It's Local and Out of Season, There May be Better Options
- 07/31/07 - China Organic Imports Are Not So Organic
- 07/31/07 - Double Standard on Contaminated Chinese and U.S. Consumer Products -- by Samuel S. Epstein and Ronnie Cummins
- 07/31/07 - Care What You Wear: Facts on Cotton & Clothing Production
- 07/30/07 - Farm Bill - 1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back
- 07/30/07 - Whole Foods Takes Merger Fight To Courtroom
- 07/30/07 - A Shorter Link Between the Farm And Dinner Plate
- 07/27/07 - OCA Forces Anheuser-Busch to Back Down -- MSNBC Covers Organic Standards Controversy
- 07/25/07 - Study: Organic Dairy and Meat Improves Quality of Mothers' Breast Milk
- 07/24/07 - Is Whole Foods Taking Over?
- 07/24/07 - Demand for Dairy Goods from Farms that Avoid Antibiotics and Growth Hormones is Soaring
- 07/23/07 - Scotts Miracle-Gro Sues Small Organic Fertilizer Company
- 07/23/07 - Sales of Locally Produced, Organic Food in Iowa Reflects Strong National Trend
- 07/23/07 - Analysis of 700 Sunscreen Products Finds Major Problems
- 07/23/07 - China Exporting More And More Cheap, Often Bogus Organic Food
- 07/23/07 - Peru's Ancient Inca Capital Bans Transgenic Potatoes
- 07/20/07 - Organic Labels Come In Different Shapes and Sizes
- 07/20/07 - The Reasons for Buying Organic Foods Keep Growing, and Include Some You've Probably Never Thought of.
- 07/20/07 - World's First 'USDA Certified Organic' Full-line Brand of Body Care Products Hits Market
- 07/20/07 - When 'Organic' Doesn't Quite Mean Organic
- 07/20/07 - Who Owns Organic?--Latest Chart Shows Creeping Dominance of Large Corporations
- 07/20/07 - Scientists Find More Proof That Organic Foods Are Healthier
- 07/20/07 - Organic Food Boom Continues
- 07/19/07 - A Closer Look at the 38 New Non-Organic Ingredients Proposed for Organic Processed Foods
- 07/19/07 - Battle Over Mammoth Farm Bill Yields Increases in Subsidies for Organics & Fruits & Vegetables
- 07/19/07 - Why Buy Organic?: Don't be Fooled by "All Natural" Claims on Foods and Grocery Products
- 07/18/07 - Ten Year Comparison Shows Organic Tomato Flavanoid Levels Twice as High
- 07/18/07 - Call Congress & Tell Them Organics Deserve a Fair Share (3% or More) of Farm Bill Program Monies
- 07/18/07 - 'Food Miles' Debate Heats Up in UK
- 07/18/07 - China Quietly Muscles In On the Organic Food Market
- 07/17/07 - Horizon Organic Parent Corporation, Dean Foods, Sued for Alleged Price Fixing
- 07/17/07 - Internet as 'Hot Line' to Pressure Feds on Organic Standards & Food Labeling Policies
- 07/16/07 - Cosmetic Makers Want In On the Organic Craze, But Sorting Out Labels' Claims Isn't Easy
- 07/16/07 - Biotech Bullies Seek to Discredit Organic Agriculture
- 07/13/07 - Reducing Greenhouse Gas Pollution: Why Go Vegetarian & Locally Organic
- 07/13/07 - Whole Foods Boss Investigated over Blogs
- 07/13/07 - Manufacturer Promotes Organic-Based Supplements and Foods as 'China-Free'
- 07/12/07 - Groups Seek to Halt Use of Word 'Organic' on Seafood
- 07/12/07 - USDA Study Shows Organic Farming Builds Soil and Organic Matter Better than Conventional No-Till Farming
- 07/12/07 - Shareholders Tell Bed Bath & Beyond Company to Replace Toxic Chemicals in Consumer Products
- 07/12/07 - Natural, Organic & Fairly-Traded: The Next Stage of Organics
- 07/12/07 - Consumers Want Locally Produced, as Well as Organic Food
- 07/12/07 - If You Wear Make-Up, Your Body Could be Absorbing Up to 5 Lbs of Chemicals Per Year
- 07/11/07 - Wall Street Journal Shows How to Make a Healthy Organic Lawn
- 07/11/07 - It's Too Easy Being Green: How Food Greenwashing Feeds Profits not Preservation
- 07/10/07 - Eco-Kosher Movement Aims To Heed Tradition, Conscience
- 07/10/07 - Study: Organic Farming Can Feed the World
- 07/10/07 - Scientists Estimate That Pesticides are Reducing Crop Yields by ONE-THIRD
- 07/10/07 - Citizen's Guide to Organic Lawn Care
- 07/10/07 - WTO About to Rule That Billions of Dollars in Cotton Subsidies Are Illegal
- 07/09/07 - FEED - Food & Environment Electronic Digest - July 2007
- 07/09/07 - Grass Warfare: Using Pesticides Affects the Whole Neighborhood
- 07/06/07 - Organic Chocolate Sales Booming
- 07/06/07 - Organic Fruit and Vegetables are Better for Your Heart
- 07/05/07 - Hemp Food--Much of it Organic--Growing in Popularity
- 07/05/07 - Can Eco-Chic Save the World?
- 07/05/07 - Open Letter from an Organic Consumer to the USDA re: Allowing 38 New Non-Organic Ingredients in Foods Labeled "USDA Organic"
- 07/03/07 - How Organic Farming & Reforestation Can Save the World
- 07/02/07 - "Certified Organic Retailers" Must Follow Strict Food Handling Guidelines to Keep Organics Separate from Conventional Products
- 06/29/07 - U.K. McDonald's Restaurants Switching to Organic Milk
- 06/29/07 - NOP's 38 Ingredients Culled from Over 600 - Federal Register Publishes Interim Final Rule
- 06/28/07 - Beer Activists Unite: How to File Comments Opposing the USDA Organic Hops Rule
- 06/28/07 - Organic Catering, Take-Out, & Food Service Sector Starting to Take Off
- 06/28/07 - OCA Slams Aurora for Mislabeling its Factory Farm Milk as 'USDA Organic'
- 06/27/07 - Healthy Organic Eating on a Limited Budget: Is It Possible?
- 06/26/07 - Four Steps to Organic Motherhood
- 06/25/07 - USDA Ignores Organic Consumers & Lowers Standards by Allowing 38 New Non-Organic Ingredients
- 06/25/07 - Study Shows Major Demand for Locally Grown, Fairly Traded, Organic Products
- 06/23/07 - ALERT - USDA Announcement: Foods Carrying the USDA '95% Organic' Seal Are Now Allowed to Contain Factory Farmed Intestines, PCBs, and Mercury
- 06/22/07 - Big Decertified California Dairy Feedlot Pulls Out of Organic
- 06/22/07 - Organic Summit Tackles Long-Term Strategies, Industry Infighting
- 06/21/07 - Suspended Factory Farm Organic Dairy Supplier to Horizon to Reapply for Certification
- 06/21/07 - Cornucopia, OCA, & Organic Community Speak out on the State of Organics
- 06/20/07 - Action Alert: Organics in the Farm Bill--Call Congress Today
- 06/19/07 - Consumer Confusion Grows as Organic Fish Sales Rise
- 06/18/07 - Listen to National Public Radio Interview with OCA Regarding USDA Allowing More Conventional Ingredients in Organics
- 06/18/07 - Open Letter from OCA to International Organic Movement--Don't Lower Organic Standards
- 06/18/07 - Organic Lifestyle Expands into Home Furnishings
- 06/18/07 - Organic Trade Association Supports Controversial 'Sneak Attack' on Organic Standards
- 06/18/07 - 10,000-Cow Dairy Producing 'Organic' Milk Loses Certification
- 06/18/07 - Farm Bill Provisions Boost Organic Ag Infrastructure
- 06/15/07 - Grassroots Backlash Forces Anheuser-Busch to Promise to Use Organic Hops
- 06/15/07 - Tastes Like Summer: Berries, Brewpubs, and a Blitz Torte Recipe
- 06/15/07 - GMOs Threaten Organic Standards
- 06/13/07 - Promoting Organics & Sustainability: A Food Bill for San Francisco
- 06/12/07 - Horizon Profits Plummet for Second Time This Year
- 06/12/07 - Organic Wines Growing in Popularity in the USA
- 06/11/07 - United Natural Foods May be Beneficiary of Blocked Whole Foods, Wild Oats Deal
- 06/11/07 - Canadian Organic Farmers Demand Protection from Pollution from GMO Crops
- 06/11/07 - Organic Dairies Test Organic Feed Supply
- 06/11/07 - Mainstreaming Organics: How Far Should You Go?
- 06/11/07 - New Rules Needed to Protect Organic Farms from Pesticide Drift
- 06/11/07 - New York Times on Controversy over 38 Nonorganic Ingredients in Organic Foods
- 06/10/07 - Factory Farm Producing "Organic" Milk Shut Down
- 06/10/07 - OCA Slams Anheuser-Busch & USDA for Undermining Organic Standards
- 06/08/07 - FEED - Food & Environment Electronic Digest - June 2007
- 06/08/07 - FTC to Block Whole Foods, Wild Oats Merger
- 06/08/07 - U.S. Sales of Natural, Organic Products Top $56.7 billion
- 06/07/07 - OCA's SOS Campaign Success: Organic Certification Yanked from "Organic" Dairy Factory Farm
- 06/07/07 - Shopping for Political Values
- 06/07/07 - OCA & Allies Campaign for Organic Integrity, Fair Trade, & Relocalizing the Economy
- 06/06/07 - FTC Says Merger Between Whole Foods and Wild Oats is Unfair to Consumers
- 06/06/07 - Buy Local: Organic Food Miles Offset Benefits, Canadian Study
- 06/05/07 - Consumers Are Being Misled by Many 'Natural' or 'Organic' Labels on Cosmetics & Body Care Products
- 06/04/07 - Corporate Organics: Yuppie Chow for the Elite
- 05/31/07 - Ten Percent of America's Backyard Gardeners Are Now Organic
- 05/31/07 - Watch a Video of Barbara Kingsolver on Buying Local & Organic
- 05/31/07 - The Skinny on Fair-Trade Fashion
- 05/30/07 - Industry Concerned that Wal-Martization Could Damage Image of Booming Organic Milk Market
- 05/29/07 - Food Scares Boost Organic Food Sales in China
- 05/29/07 - The Eco-Capitalist Bringing Ultra-Natural Skincare to the Masses
- 05/29/07 - UK Organic Movement Faces Split over Air-Freighted Food
- 05/25/07 - Three Percent of U.S. Grocery Food & Beverages Now Organic
- 05/25/07 - Wal-Mart Redesigns "Organic" Shelf Tags With USDA Seal
- 05/25/07 - New York Creates Food Policy Emphasizing Organic & Local
- 05/25/07 - Dean Foods & Horizon Organic Feeling the Heat from OCA's Boycott : Stock Market Price Falls 11%
- 05/24/07 - Summary of First Ever Congressional Hearing on Organic Agriculture
- 05/23/07 - Alert Update: Another Sneak Attack on Organic Standards: USDA to Allow More Conventional Ingredients in Organics
- 05/23/07 - China's Growing Exports: Food (Organic & Conventional) & Fear
- 05/23/07 - What Does Green Mean?: Know Your Labels
- 05/23/07 - Soy's New Competition: Hemp
- 05/23/07 - Wal-Mart, China, and Product Labeling
- 05/22/07 - Organic Foods Continue to Grow
- 05/21/07 - Why 100% Organic is Better: A Look into the Murky World of Flavoring Definitions, Label Claims, and FDA Statutes
- 05/21/07 - More on Sneak Attack to Allow 38 New Non-Organic Ingredients in Foods Labeled "USDA Organic"
- 05/21/07 - Organic Clothes Take Off
- 05/21/07 - Organic Lite
- 05/18/07 - Eating Organic on a Food Stamp Budget
- 05/18/07 - When is Organic Not Organic?
- 05/18/07 - Alert: Another Sneak Attack on Organic Standards: USDA to Allow More Conventional Ingredients in Organics
- 05/18/07 - Dean Foods Stock Drops 12% Because of Concerns About Organic Brands
- 05/18/07 - Eric Henry, Sustainable T-shirt Maker Extraordinaire, Answers Grist Magazine's Questions
- 05/17/07 - Earth Voice Food Choice Project Releases Manual and DVD on Benefits of Organic
- 05/17/07 - Organic Farming Booming in Canada
- 05/17/07 - Award Winning Novelist Barbara Kingsolver: Why Buy Local & Organic
- 05/16/07 - Lady, Bugged: On Fighting Pests with Pests
- 05/16/07 - Seeing Red: Eating Locally and Debunking the Red-Blue Divide
- 05/16/07 - USDA to Allow More Conventional Ingredients in Organics?
- 05/15/07 - Organic Bees Are Thriving While Pesticide Intensive Conventional Bee Hive Colonies Are Collapsing
- 05/15/07 - Farmers and Global Warming
- 05/14/07 - Organic Milk Seen Flooding Market
- 05/13/07 - Op-Ed: Should Congress Require the U.S. Food Industry to List the Country of Origin of Products?
- 05/13/07 - USDA: Wal-Mart Still Needs to Fix Organic Labeling Guidelines
- 05/13/07 - Black Farmers Call for Boycott of Monsanto Products
- 05/12/07 - Monsanto's Gene-Altered Alfalfa Poses a Threat to Organic Farming & Dairies
- 05/11/07 - The Hippies Were Right!
- 05/11/07 - Green Cleaning Products - Can You Trust the Label?
- 05/10/07 - California Organic Farm Sues Neighboring Farms for Pesticide Pollution
- 05/10/07 - Improving Organic Standards at Wal-Mart
- 05/10/07 - U.S. Organic Food Sales up 22%, Hit $17 billion in 2006
- 05/09/07 - Wal-Mart Responds to Wisconsin Organic Labeling Complaint
- 05/09/07 - Organic Gardener Out to Change the Face of Lawn Care
- 05/08/07 - Soaps, Drugs, And Rock 'n Roll: Drug Test Kit Ideal for Testing Soap but Not Drugs
- 05/08/07 - Organic Beekeepers Report No Losses While Conventional Operations Report Massive Colony Losses
- 05/08/07 - Organic Bouquet Predicts Green Tipping Point for $6.2 Billion US Floral Market
- 05/08/07 - Regulators Slap Wal-Mart for Misleading Organic Consumers
- 05/07/07 - Organic Consumers Association Responds to United Natural Foods CEO Michael Funk, Vows to Continue Boycott on Horizon
- 05/07/07 - Researchers: Organic Agriculture Can Help Fight Hunger
- 05/07/07 - U.K. Organic Farmers See Prince Charles as Role Model
- 05/07/07 - U.S. Certified Organic Food Market $17 Billion in 2006 - Safeway & Other Chains Increasing Sales
- 05/05/07 - USDA Backs Down on Curtailing Group Certification for Coops & Grower Groups
- 05/04/07 - UNFI Chief Urges Industry to 'Pressure' Organic Consumer Association Over Horizon Boycott
- 05/03/07 - Tom Philpott's Fork it Over: Ways of Bee-ing
- 05/02/07 - Cheap So-Called 'Organic' Food from China: A Bad Idea
- 05/01/07 - Michael Funk & UNFI Attack OCA for Demanding that Horizon Submit to Outside Certification of Its Factory Feedlots
- 05/01/07 - Patagonia: Blueprint for Green Business
- 05/01/07 - New Certification System Seeks to Integrate Fair Trade and Organic Practices
- 04/30/07 - Inconvenient Truth: Marketers' Environmental Claims Need Substance
- 04/26/07 - Pet Food Problems Shake Industry
- 04/25/07 - USDA Must Increase Support for Organics by at Least 1000% to Keep Up with Consumer Demand
- 04/25/07 - As Organic Goes Mainstream, Small Farmers are Muscled Out
- 04/25/07 - China Food Fears Go From Pets To People
- 04/24/07 - African Americans are More Likely to be Dedicated Buyers of Organic Foods than Their White Counterparts
- 04/24/07 - Organic Food Industry Leaders Tell Congress to Boost Funding
- 04/23/07 - NY Post Covers the Surge in Demand for Organic Clothing
- 04/21/07 - GMO Alfalfa Will Devastate Organic Dairy Industry
- 04/21/07 - Michael Pollan: The 2007 Farm Bill 'You Are What You Grow'
- 04/20/07 - ALERT: New Proposed USDA Organic Regulations Could Drive Thousands of Small Organic Farmers Out of Business
- 04/20/07 - Small-Scale Farmers Need 2 Minutes of Your Time to Help them Stay Organic
- 04/20/07 - Iowa's Woodbury County Puts Stock in Organic Farming
- 04/20/07 - U.S. Dairy Farms Rush to Qualify as Organic
- 04/20/07 - Congress Hears From Organic Growers Over Farm Bill
- 04/20/07 - IFOAM Speaks out on USDA's Proposed Restrictions on Organic Grower Groups & Cooperatives
- 04/20/07 - Organic Agriculture Gets its Day on Capitol Hill
- 04/20/07 - International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements Newsletter April 2007
- 04/19/07 - Congress Finally Discusses Organic Agriculture, As Well As the New Farm Bill
- 04/19/07 - Organic Label Will Ban Cloned Meat & Animal Products
- 04/18/07 - Whistle-Blower Protection Group Sets Sights on Organic Food Industry
- 04/18/07 - Tell USDA Not to Allow Companies to Process Almonds with Toxic Chemicals & High Heat & Label Them 'Raw Almonds'
- 04/17/07 - Increasing Number of Europe's Hotels & B&Bs Going Organic
- 04/17/07 - Wal-Mart Rebukes Business Week.com's Claim it's 'Backing Off' Organics
- 04/17/07 - Wal-Mart's Organic Offerings Wilt
- 04/17/07 - Open Letter to USDA--Stop the Assault on Group Certification for Small Farmers in the Developing World
- 04/16/07 - Evidence Suggests that Organic Red Wine Decreases Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
- 04/16/07 - Wal-Mart Struggling with Organics
- 04/14/07 - Is This the End of Organic Coffee?
- 04/13/07 - Wal-Mart's Organic Bust
- 04/13/07 - SafeLawns.org Offers U.S. Lawn Challenge
- 04/10/07 - Organic Apparel Becoming Hip
- 04/10/07 - Cornucopia Institute Reveals Agribusiness Conspiracy to Mislead Consumers over Almonds
- 04/10/07 - Changes in USDA Policy Could Hit Organic Coffee Hard
- 04/09/07 - In Wake of Massive Recall of Tainted Pet Foods, Owners Turn to Organic and Natural Brands
- 04/06/07 - QAI, World's Largest Organic Certifier, Still in Bed with Horizon & Aurora Certifying Factory Farm Practices as 'Organic'
- 04/06/07 - Dr. Bronner's Launches Fair Trade Organic Olive Oil, Reaches Organic Products Milestone
- 04/06/07 - USDA Says "Raw" Almonds, Including Organic, Must Soon be Steam-Heated or Treated with Toxic Chemical
- 04/06/07 - Worried Dog and Cat Owners Pay Extra for Organic and Natural Pet Food
- 04/04/07 - China's Organic Food Disappoints Consumers
Archived Science Articles
2007 Science Articles
- 12/05/07 - A Fishy Definition of Organic
- 11/28/07 - ALERT: USDA Proposes Rule Undermining Organics and Small Farms
- 10/31/07 - Halloween Trick: USDA lets Dean Foods/Horizon "Organic" Factory Farms off the Hook
- 10/28/07 - Guess What? Scientific Research Shows That Organic Food Really is Better
- 10/24/07 - Organic Valley's Success is a Lifeline for Family Farms
- 09/25/07 - Pesticide Exposure Tied to Asthma in Farmers
- 09/12/07 - New Study: Industrial Agriculture Crops Are Far Less Nutritious Than Organic Crops
- 08/16/07 - Organic Farming Could Feed the World
- 07/25/07 - Study: Organic Dairy and Meat Improves Quality of Mothers' Breast Milk
- 07/23/07 - Analysis of 700 Sunscreen Products Finds Major Problems
- 07/20/07 - Scientists Find More Proof That Organic Foods Are Healthier
- 07/18/07 - Ten Year Comparison Shows Organic Tomato Flavanoid Levels Twice as High
- 07/10/07 - Study: Organic Farming Can Feed the World
- 07/10/07 - Scientists Estimate That Pesticides are Reducing Crop Yields by ONE-THIRD
- 06/25/07 - Study Shows Major Demand for Locally Grown, Fairly Traded, Organic Products
- 05/07/07 - Researchers: Organic Agriculture Can Help Fight Hunger
- 04/16/07 - Evidence Suggests that Organic Red Wine Decreases Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
- 03/21/07 - Petroleum-Based Cosmetics and Skin Care Products Found to Contain Cancer-Causing Chemical 1,4-Dioxane
- 03/20/07 - Honey Bee Disappearances: Could Pesticides Play A Role?
- 03/16/07 - Global Organic Report--International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)
- 02/07/07 - Sustainable Farming Boosts World's Poorest Farmers, Study Says
- 01/18/07 - Wall Street Journal "Organic" Rebutted by Environmental Engineer