RECENT ORGANIC BYTES:

• Quote of the Week: Will Obama Walk His Talk on Organics?
• Alert Updates of the Week: Organic Standards Board Votes, Organic Cosmetics Fraud, GMO Vaccines in Organic, Organic Animal Welfare, Nanotechnology in Organic
• Victory of the Week: New York Times Echoes OCA's Charges Against Siddiqui
• Art Project of the Week: The Organic Answer to Climate Change
• Video of the Week: Stop Gambling on Hunger
• Book of the Week: Poisoned Profits. The Toxic Assault on Our Children
• Little Bytes: BPA, Silk, GE Corn, Climate Change and the Nitrogen Fix
• Grassroots Netroots News: Planting Peace, Justice, Democracy, Health and Sustainability

• Quote of the Week: Cancer Expert Says, "Go Organic"
• Alert of the Week: Boycott Genetically Engineered Bovine Growth Hormone
• Series of the Week: The Danger of Livestock Waste
• Upcoming Campaign of the Week: Organic Fertilizer or Toxic Sludge?
• Little Bytes: Food Industry's Ties to Policy, Feces Feed Ban, Soil Carbon
• Grassroots Netroots News: Planting Peace, Justice, Democracy, Health and Sustainability

• Quote of the Week: Obama, Which Side Are You On?
• Alert of the Week: GMOs & Toxic Sludge in Organic? Stop Siddiqui!
• Organic Photo of the Week: That's Some Carrot!
• Organic News of the Week: Sweden Labels Food's Carbon Footprint
• Videos of the Week: Hungry in America, Dangerous GM Foods
• National Swine Flu Emergency Update
• OHIO ALERT: Stop the Corporate Power Grab! Vote No on Issue 2!
• Little Bytes: OCA's Director on Radio Tonight, Michael Pollan Documentary, and More
• Grassroots Netroots News: Planting Peace, Justice, Democracy, Health and Sustainability

• Quote of the Week: The Organic Revolution - How We Can Stop Global Warming
• Video Alert of the Week: Ripe for Revolution, The Organic Solution
• Climate Resources: The Science of Agriculture and Climate Change
• Climate Actions of the Week: #1 Write to Congress - #2 350.org - #3 The Compost, Your Own Carbon Piggy Bank
• Guerilla Theatre of the Week: The Yes Men
• Little Bytes: Stop Organic Fraud, Abuse of Farm Workers & CA Fumigation
• Planting Peace and Grassroots Netroots News
• Organic Consumers Association on the Radio
• Travel to Mexico on OCA's "Via Organica" Tour November 15-22

• Quote of the Week: World Food Day - Organic Is the Answer to Food Security
• Alert of the Week: Get Genetically Engineered Vaccines Out of Organic!
• Victory of the Week: Kucinich Secures Funding for Organic Farming Research
• Alert Update of the Week: Obama's Biotech & Chemically Dependent Friends
• Movie of the Week: Meet the Farmer TV
• Book of the Week: The Raw Milk Revolution
• Organic News of the Week: MOOMilk Is Local and Organic
• Little Bytes: Go Locavore and Cool the World
• Planting Peace and Grassroots Netroots News

• Quote of the Week: Agriculture and Climate Change
• Alert of the Week (and Video): "Organic Is the Answer to Climate Change!"
• Alert Updates of the Week: Safeguard Animal Welfare! Stop Labeling Fraud! Ban Nanotech! And a New Chance to Stop Toxic Pesticide Methyl Iodide
• Movie of the Week: Vanishing of the Bees
• Book of the Week: Uncertain Peril - Genetic Engineering and the Future of Seeds
• Little Bytes: Global Warming, Factory Farms and Mandatory Swine Flu Vaccines
• Planting Peace and Grassroots Netroots News

• Quote of the Week: Organic Can Save the World
• Victories of the Week: GMO Sugar & NOSB Appointments
• OCA Takes on Organic Fraud at Expo East
• Online Calculator Measures Benefits of Organic Food
• BPA Lies
• Little Bytes: Mandatory Vaccines, Garbage Becomes Compost, Saving the Bees
• Planting Peace and Grassroots Netroots News

• Quote of the Week: Fiddling as the Earth Burns
• OCA Prepares for Boycott of Personal Care Products Mislabeled as Organic
• Whole Foods and UNFI Update: Protest at Expo East in Boston
• Video of the Week: Got a Farming Fantasy?
• Little Bytes: Noteworthy News of the Week
• Grassroots Netroots News: Health, Sustainability, Justice, Peace, Democracy

• Quote: Alice Waters on Edible Education
• Eliminating Labeling Fraud in Organic Personal Care Products
• OCA Confronts Whole Foods & UNFI in Boston
• Help Pass The California Transition To Organics Act
• Organic Sales Growth Down to Seven Percent; "Natural" Claims Compete
• Organic Milk Reduces Allergies
• Obamas Launch a White House Farmers Market
• Via Organica: Visit Mexico with the OCA October 4-11

• Quote of the Week: Progressives Deserve a Seat at the Table
• Alert : Whole Foods Threatens to Sue OCA
• Alert Update: The "Terminator" Vetoes Farm Workers' Rights
• Study Says Organic Is Healthier
• Swine Flu Online Forum Discussion - And Free DVD!
• Little Bytes: Economics of Local Food, No Impact Man, News from the GNA

• Quotes of the Week: Obama and USDA Finally Speak Out for Local Food
• Victory of the Week: USDA Disowns "Organic-Biotech" Report
• Alert of the Week: Farm Workers' Rights Now!
• Alert Update of the Week: Forced Vaccinations Bill Passes MA Senate
• Web Video of the Week: Money-Driven Medicine
• Planting Peace News of the Week: Monsanto Profits in Iraq and Afghanistan
• Little Bytes: Vermicomposting, Your Garden and More

• Quote of the Week: Roundup Researcher - "I will not shut my mouth"
• Alert of the Week: Tell the USDA GE Frankenfoods & Nanotechnology Aren't Organic
• Alert Update of the Week: Swine Flu and Vaccine Nation
• Gardening News of the Week: Vegetable Gardens Grow Employee Morale
• Local Food News of the Week: Obama's White House Farmers Market
• Video of the Week: The Organic Vegetable Gardeners of Havana
• Via Organica News of the Week: Lower Cholesterol on Mexican Eco-Tour
• Web Forum Discussion of the Week: Do You Support Universal Health Care?
• Headlines and Articles of the Week

• Quote: Jim Hightower: "USDA: Irresponsible, Dangerous, and Stupid"
• USDA Wants Genetic Engineering Allowed in Organic
• Vacation with the OCA and Savor Mexico's Growing Organic Movement
• Alert: Factory Pig Farms & Big Pharma Vaccines
• Vaccine Nation
• Whole Foods CEO Ignites Boycott
• Meat-Eating and Soy Products
• Headlines and Articles of the Week

• -Quote of the Week: Whole Foods Boss: We Sell a 'Bunch of Junk'
  
• Alert Update of the Week: Whole Foods Market Bows to OCA Pressure--Promises to Sell Significantly More Organics in 2010
  
• Climate Change News of the Week: Washington Post Reports Meat Eating is 'Huge Contributor' to Climate Change
  
• Sustainability News of the Week: Urine Luck! Pee May Be the Fuel of the Future
  
• Web Forum Posting of the Week: How Can You NOT Afford Organic Foods?
  
• Headlines and Articles of the Week

• Quote of the Week
  
• Alert of the Week: Send a Letter to the Editor: Organic Food IS More Nutritious
  
• Alert Update of the Week: Food Safety Act Passes House
  
• Related Web Forum Topic of the Week: Food Safety Enhancement Act Debate Heats Up
  
• Health News of the Week: New FDA Report Says Mercury Fillings Are Safe -- But Are They?
  
• Web Video of the Week: Why Organic is More Important Now Than Ever
  
• Sustainability News of the Week: Navajo Nation Approves Green Jobs, Rejects Fossil Fuel Economy
  
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• Quote of the Week: Everything I Really Need to Know, I Learned Growing Up on a Farm
  
• Alert of the Week: The Food Safety Enhancement Act Hurts Small Farmers and Organics
  
• Campaign Update of the Week: What's Going on With OCA's Coming Clean Campaign?
  
• Related News: USDA Seeks Comments on Organic Certification of Soaps
  
• Organic Bytes Readers Talk Back: Food Toxins 101 -- An Intro to Hexane
  
• Web Video of the Week: How Monsanto & Fox News Prevented Americans from Learning About Bovine Growth Hormone
  
• More Headlines of the Week...

• Alert of the Week: Don't Let Obama Put Monsanto Cheerleaders in Charge of Food Safety
  
• Alert Update of the Week: Why OCA and Fair Trade Advocates Are Pressuring Whole Foods and UNFI
  
• Organic News of the Week: Organic Dairy Farmers Tell Vilsack to Crack Down on Aurora & Horizon's Factory Farm Dairy Feedlots
  
• Related Quote of the Week: Senator Calls for Investigation of Dean Foods/Horizon Monopoly Practices
  
• Consumer Tip of the Week: Food Toxins 101: An Intro to Hexane
  
• Headlines and Articles of the Week

• Quote of the Week: New Study Reveals Major Health Problems Linked to Genetically Engineered Foods
  
• Alert of the Week: Support the OCA's National Organic Standards Board Endorsements
  
• Alert Update of the Week: Tell Whole Foods and UNFI: Organic Means Respecting Workers' Rights
  
• Survey of the Week: Consumers Think 'Natural' is Greener Than 'Organic'
  
• Related Web Forum Posting of the Week: The Debate Over 'Natural' Versus Organic Products - Where Do You Stand On This Issue?
• Good News of the Week: Administration Seeks to Restrict Antibiotics in Livestock
  
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• Alert Update of the Week: Natural Food Inc. Responds to OCA's Criticisms
  
• Quote of the Week: On Factory Farming
  
• Alert of the Week: Tell USDA Deputy Secretary the Difference Between Factory and Family Farms
  
• Food Safety News of the Week: OCA on New Food Safety Bill-HR 2749
  
• Web Forum Posting of the Week: Why I'm Ditching Peace Cereal
  
• In Memoriam - Craig Winters (1951-2009)
  
• Web Video of the Week: Living a Nightmare: 24 Minute Factory Farm Film
  
• Consumer Tip of the Week: 2009 Sunscreen Consumer Guide
• -Other Headlines of the Week

• Breaking News of the Week: Horizon Sells Out Organic Farmers With New "Natural" Milk
  
• Alert of the Week: Whole Foods Market Undermining Our Organic Future
  
• Related News of the Week: Dr. Bronner's Ups Ante in Lawsuit Against 'Organic' Personal Care Cheaters
  
• Alert Update of the Week: Stop Big Brother's NAIS
• -Political Plunder of the Week: Who is Spending What on Lobbying?
  
• Sustainability News of the Week: Some Resources for Getting Started with a Backyard Chicken Coop
  
• Web Video of the Week: Bill McKibben on U.S. Climate Politics
  
• Other Headlines of the Week

• Alert of the Week: Tell Hershey's to Stop Abusive Child Labor in Cocoa Production
  
• Consumer Tip of the Week: Fair Expectations: Rainforest Alliance v. Fairtrade
  
• Alert Update of the Week: A Critique of Some Recent Articles on Genetically Engineered Wheat
• Food Safety Tip of the Week: New Web Search Tool Shows What Pesticides are on Your Food
  
• Mad Cow News of the Week: Scientist Warns that Farmed Fish Could be a Source of Mad Cow Disease
  
• Other Headlines and Articles of the Week

• Alert of the Week: A Quarter Million Experimental "Frankentrees" to Be Grown in U.S.
  
• Web Program of the Week: NPR Reports on Controversy Surrounding Genetically Engineered Trees
  
• Another Alert of the Week: Tell Obama & Vilsack to Drop Bush's Pro-GMO Rules
• Join OCA Tours in Central Highlands of Mexico
  
• Web Forum Posting of the Week: Who Should Sit on the National Organic Standards Board?
  
• Good News of the Week: Organic Advocate Appointed to High Level USDA Position
  
• Organic Transition News of the Week: U.S. Department of Energy's Report Indicates the Era of Cheap Oil is Over
  
• Tip of the Week: How to Withdraw from the NAIS Database - A Step By Step Guide
  
• Food Safety News of the Week: More Problems With BPA and How to Avoid It
  
• Other Headlines of the Week...

• Quote of the Week: Doctors Call for Ban on Genetically Modified Foods
  
• Alert of the Week: The American Dietetic Association Buries Organic Nutrition Facts
  
• Organic Nutrition News of the Week: Why Government Nutrition Programs Shouldn't Ban Organic
  
• OCA Web Forum Posting of the Week: Silk Soymilk Packaging Scam
  
• Plunder of the Week: Judge's Ruling Fuels Meltdown in Organic Dairy Industry
  
• Health News of the Week: Study Raises Fresh Questions about the Safety of Water Fluoridation
  
• Other Headlines and Articles of the Week

• Alert of the Week: Stop Monsanto's Genetically Engineered Wheat
• Related Quote of the Week: The Hazards of Genetic Engineering
• Related Sustainability News of the Week: How to Grow Your Own Wheat and Make Your Own Flour
• Alert Update of the Week: Organic Dairy Family Farmers Need Support
• Web Video of the Week: The Genetic Conspiracy - Are Genetically Engineered Foods Dangerous?
• Study of the Week: New EPA Study Shows 1,4 Dioxane is 17 Times More Toxic Than Originally Thought
• Consumer Tip of the Week: How to Avoid Genetically Engineered Sugar
• Other Headlines and Articles of the Week

• Alert of the Week: Tell American Public Media to Stop Letting Monsanto Leverage Its Reputation
• Graduation Quote of the Week: You Are Brilliant, and the Earth is Hiring
• Web Video of the Week: Understanding Peak Oil
• Sustainability Tool of the Week: Downloadable Curriculum Teaches Food Sovereignty
• Clarification of the Week: Silk Brand Soymilk's Importation of Soybeans from China
• Headlines and Articles of the Week--
• Consumer Tip of the Week: Good Methods for Finding Local Food
• Environment News of the Week: Pollution Can Change Your DNA in 3 Days, Study Suggests

• -Alert of the Week: Healthy, Local & Organic School Food Now
• Alert Update of the Week: Former Monsanto Lawyer Michael Taylor & the White House Food Safety Working Group
• Quote and Consumer Tip of the Week: New Survey Finds a Number of 'Organic' Soy Food Brands Importing Beans from China
• Sustainability Tip of the Week: When Local Goes Industrial
• Web Video of the Week: Food Inc
• -Health Tip of the Week: Fructose Truly is Worse Than Glucose
• Labor Unions in America: Pro or Con?
• Headlines and Articles of the Week
• Victory of the Week: EPA Has Revoked Approval of Two Moth Pesticides Used for Aerial Spraying in California
• Community Solution of the Week: Smart Jitney Transportation in the Coming Era of Peak Oil & Fuel Scarcity
• Organic Transitions News of the Week: 'Farm in a Barrel': Raise Fish and Grow Your Own Organic Vegetables

• Alert of the Week: Secretary Vilsack: Support Organics, Not Genetic Engineering
• OCA Web Forum Topic of the Week: Does Homeopathy Work or is it Quackery?
• Victory and Newsflash of the Week: Federal Assistance Available for Farmers Making Transition to Organic
• Web Video of the Week: How to Start Your Organic Veggie & Herb Garden
• Essay of the Week: We Need Food and Farming Regulation Now
  
• Headlines and Articles of the Week

• Quotes of the Week: On the Contemporary Crisis
• Alert Update of the Week: Swine Flu: Reprieve or Lull Before the Storm?
• Health Tip: Swine Flu and the Pandemic of 1918 -- How Homeopathy Cured Flu Victims
• Alert of the Week: Safeguard Organic Standards
• Consumer Tip of the Week: Organic & Sustainable on a Food Stamp Budget
• Web Video of the Week: Pete Seeger at 90
• Headlines and Articles of the Week

• -Alert of the Week: Ban Factory Farms Spreading Deadly Flu
• Related Web Video of the Week: Bird and Swine Flu - Viruses of Our Own Hatching
• Tips of the Week: How To Avoid Swine Flu
• Grassroots Victory of the Week: rBGH Labeling Bill Vetoed
• Web Forum Posting of the Week: Clarification on How to Avoid MSG
• Headlines and Articles of the Week

• Sustainability News of the Week: OCA Announces Summer Study Tours in the Central Highlands of Mexico
  
• Alert Update of the Week: OCA Submits Comments on Organic Fraud to the NOSB
  
• Good News of the Week: EPA Will Mandate Tests on Suspected Endocrine Disruptors
  
• Food Safety Tip of the Week: How to Avoid MSG
  
• Quote of the Week: Surviving the Economic Crisis by Leaving Behind the Rat-Race
  
• Headlines and Articles of the Week

• Breaking News of the Week: OCA Under Attack
• Alert of the Week: Safeguard Organic Standards
  Tell the NOSB to Strengthen Organic Standards
• Grassroots Victory of the Week: Mars Takes a Step Forward Towards Sustainability -- Urge Them to Go Further
• Political Plunder of the Week: Tell Obama Not to Appoint Former Monsanto Lawyer on White House Food Safety Panel
• Web Video of the Week: The Psychological Benefits of Gardening
• Quote of the Week
• Headlines and Articles of the Week

• Breaking News: Urge Governor Sebelius to Veto rBGH Bill
• Alert of the Week: Save Organic Standards: Tell the USDA and the NOSB to Protect Organic Standards
• Alert Update of the Week: HR 875 Update: Will the Real "Monsanto Bill" Please Stand Up?
• Climate News of the Week: USDA Revises Plant Hardiness Map
• Sustainability Tip of the Week: Eight Ways to Join the Local Food Movement
• Food Safety News of the Week: New Study Finds Infant Formula Contaminated With Rocket Fuel Chemical
• Web Video of the Week: Shoveling Water on Vimeo
• Headlines and Articles of the Week

• Victory of the Week: Organic 'Victory' Garden Planted at White House
• Alert of the Week: Make the Polluters Pay -Tax Greenhouse Gas Emissions Now
• Rumor Update of the Week: Hr 875
• Alert Update of the Week: Employee Free Choice Act Update
• Web Video of the Week: What's in Your Body Care Products?
• Sustainability Quote of the Week: Consumer Products Will Soon Be Labeled With 'Water Stewardship' Certification
• Headlines and Articles of the Week

• Alert of the Week: Join OCA's Delegation to Cuba & Lift the Travel Ban
• Related Web Video of the Week: Urban Food Growing in Cuba
  
• Organic Consumers Weekly Report from the US Capitol: NAIS & USDA Secretary Vilsack
  
• Web Forum Posting of the Week: Will the New HR875 Bill in Congress Outlaw Organic Farming?
• Food Safety News of the Week: Baby Formula Testing Project
• Sustainability News of the Week: Salt Water Elixir May Be New 'Miracle Liquid'
• Web Forum Posting of the Week: Will the New HR875 Bill in Congress Outlaw Organic Farming?
• Headlines and Articles of the Week
  

• Alert of the Week: Domestic Fair Trade Means Supporting Workers' Rights
  
• Internet Myth of the Week: Congress To Pass Bill That Will Outlaw Organic Farming?
  
• Consumer Tool of the Week: Pocket Guide for Carcinogens in Personal Care Products
  
• Web Video of the Week: Faulty Drug Tests Trigger Arrests of Organic Consumers & Producers
  
• Frankenstein Experiment of the Week: Avian Flu Virus Contamination in Lab Nearly Sets Off Pandemic
  
• Web Forum Posting of the Week: OCA Supporter Who Lived Through the Great Depression Offers Sustainability Advice
  
• Headlines and Articles of the Week
  

• OCA Campaign Success Story of the Week: OCA's New Study Finds Greatly Reduced Carcinogens in Personal Care Products
• Alert Update of the Week: OCA & Grassroots Pressure on Obama and Vilsack Show Results
• More Good News: Campaigning of OCA & Allies Shifts USDA and Helps Hilda Solis Get Confirmed
• Nutrition News of the Week: Taking a Bite Out of Childhood Obesity
• Alert of the Week: Sign the Health Revolution Petition
• Sustainability News of the Week: OCA at Power Shift '09, Artists for the Climate
  
• Related Web Videos of the Week: Wendell Berry speaks about Climate Change
• Web Forum Posting of the Week: We only have the next 10 days to stop MANDATORY NAIS
  
• Genetic Engineering News of the Week: Study Shows Monsanto's GE Cotton is Killing the Soil

• Alert of the Week: The Obama Administration's Stance on Frankenfoods
  
• Another OCA rBGH Victory - Dannon Will Dump Bovine Growth Hormone
  
• Utilizing the Stimulus Package: How to Retrofit Your Home and Receive Big Tax Credits
  
• Web Videos of the Week: "Meet the Farmer" TV
  
• OCA at BioFach -- The World Organic Trade Fair
  
• Share Your Organic Vision for a U.S. National Organic Action Plan
  
• Featured OCA Blog of the Week: Thinking Globally
  
• Headlines and Articles of the Week

• Alert Update of the Week: National Animal Identification System
• Related Web Video of the Week
• Good News of the Week: European Countries Continue Ban on Genetically Engineered Crops
• Related Facts of the Week: Genetically Engineered Crops Creating More Pesticide Addiction in U.S
• Organic Transitions Essay of the Week: Getting Prepared for the Great Collapse
• Organic Bytes Readers Talk Back: Yoplait Dumps Monsanto?
• Web Forum Posting of the Week:...If It's Certified Organic, is It Organically Shipped?
• Headlines and Articles of the Week
  

• Alert of the Week: Stop NAIS - Protect your right to farm and to eat local food!
  
• GNA Alert of the Week: Good Jobs, Green Jobs
  
• Consumer Victory of the Week: Yoplait Goes rBGH-Free
  
• Valentines Tips of the Week: Turn Your Heart Green
• Web Video of the Week:The OCA Presents "Slammed" - A Valentines Video
• Headlines and Articles of the Week
  

• Quote of the Week: Why the Farming Crisis Has Everything to Do With the Economic Crisis
• Alert of the Week:...Tell Your Senators: 'Yes' to a Green Stimulus
• OCF Alert of the Week: Localizing School Food
• Sustainability News of the Week
• Web Video and Book of the Week: Agenda for a New Economy
• News of the Week: The Health Care Revolution Begins
• Headlines and Articles of the Week
• Sustainability Tip of the Week: A Consumer's Guide to Sustainable Sushi
• Organic Geek News of the Week: Do You Twitter?

• Alert of the Week: Tell Sec. of Agriculture Vilsack: The Time for an Organic Future is Now
• Quote of the Week: Secrets of a Lunatic Farmer
• OCA Polar Bears Deliver Our Message at the Inauguration
• Health News of the Week: Mercury Found In Nearly Half of All Corn Syrup
• Web Forum Health Posting of the Week: Is Infant Formula Safe?
• Web Video of the Week: Growing Organic Food on the White House Lawn
• Headlines and Articles of the Week OCA at Good Jobs Green Jobs Conference

• Alert Update of the Week:Vilsack and Riddle Sustainability
• Alert: How Much Change Will There Be Inauguration Day?
  
• Encouraging Statistics of the Week: Farmers Markets Go 'Boom'
  
• Essay of the Week:The Urban Homestead
  
• Fair Trade Alert of the Week:...Tell Millstone Coffee: Unfair Trade is Rotten!
  
• Web Video of the Week: "I'm Broke! Why Buy Organic?"
  
• Health News of the Week: Medicinal Plants Face Extinction
• Headlines and Articles of the Week
  

• Organic Newsflash: Draft Jim Riddle to USDA
• Alert Update of the Week:Stop Vilsack
• Studies of the Week: Studies Confirm Genetically Modified Crops Damage Human Health and the Environment
• Consumer Tip of the Week: How to Avoid Genetically Modified Ingredients
• Top Web Videos of 2008
• Top OCA Web Forum Topic of 2008
• Top Organic & Green Tips of 2008
• Headlines and Articles of the Week