Stories Tagged "organic"
Program Trains Farmworkers To Be Organic Farmers
posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:41 AM
By learning crop planning, production, marketing and distribution, farmworkers learn skills that can help them move up the job ladder.
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Market to Market (September 7, 2012)
posted on September 7, 2012 at 8:42 PM
Study Questions Questions The Nutrional Value Of Organic
posted on September 7, 2012 at 2:20 PM
Food Co-ops Brace for Arrival of Giant Rivals
posted on September 7, 2012 at 11:35 AM
The Boise Co-op eliminated thousands of slow-selling items. The Wheatsvile Food Co-op in Texas is opening its second store after 40 years. And the Davis Food Co-op in California is turning to a store designer.
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Vegetable Farmers Feel The Heat
posted on August 10, 2012 at 4:52 PM
U of M earns top grade for organic agriculture
posted on May 4, 2012 at 2:54 PM
The University of Minnesota has earned a top grade for its organic agriculture programs.
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Prince Charles Touts Locally Grown Agriculture
posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:05 PM
Experts: Contamination from GM Alfalfa Certain
posted on February 11, 2011 at 2:02 PM
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Contamination of organic and traditional crops by recently deregulated, genetically modified alfalfa is inevitable, agriculture experts said, despite Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack's recent assurances the federal...
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USDA Will Allow Planting of Modified Alfalfa
posted on January 28, 2011 at 5:01 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Agriculture Department is allowing widespread planting of genetically modified alfalfa, attempting to bring to a close a lengthy legal and regulatory process in which organic producers attempted to curtail the use of the...
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USDA Asked To Decide: Does Organic Mean Outdoor?
posted on January 28, 2011 at 5:01 PM
CHAMPAIGN, Ill (AP) -- When the doors to the hen house open, the 14,000 chickens on Edwin Blosser's organic egg farm make a mad dash for the pasture outside, where they can scratch and peck in the dirt.
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Court Rules Organic Milk Case Can Continue
posted on September 23, 2010 at 2:09 PM
ST. LOUIS — Dairy consumers who sued several national chains and the largest U.S. provider of store-brand organic milk claiming they falsely labeled the milk can continue with their lawsuit under a federal appeals court ruling issued Wednesday.
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California Aims to Boost Enforcement of Organic Rules
posted on July 16, 2010 at 2:07 PM
SACRAMENTO, Calif (AP) - It's been barely a year since Luis Miranda began selling organic produce at farmers markets near his home in California's Central Valley, but he's already seen every trick in the book.
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USDA May Ban Additives from Organic Formula
posted on April 30, 2010 at 9:04 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Agriculture Department says it may ban two synthetic additives from organic baby formula, overturning a Bush administration decision to allow them.
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What Do Biodegradable, Natural and Organic Mean?
posted on April 22, 2010 at 4:04 PM
NEW YORK (AP) -- Does it matter if your makeup is 100 percent vegan?
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Organics Versus Non-Organics
posted on April 19, 2010 at 7:04 AM
USDA's organic certification program requires all organic foods to meet strict government standards, including how such foods are grown, handled and processed.
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