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- Tighten The Grass-fed Label...again
A while back, I wrote a post on Growers and Grocers about the USDA's efforts to tighten the definition for "grass-fed." Their new definition would require a 99% grass diet before the label could be used (up from 80%). Now the USDA is considering...
- My Final Gng Recap, 07/13/06
Monday will be my last day as the editor of Growers & Grocers. I wish I could cite some press-generating motive, but in truth, my other projects don't leave me the time to give GnG the attention it deserves. I will continue to write for the site...
- Gng Recap 06/09/06
Here are some of the topics we covered on Growers & Grocers this week: Is your food carbon neutral? Does it bother you if it isn't? Should it? The government approved titanium dioxide-coated mica-based pearlescent pigments The USDA came...
- Gng Recap, 06/02
What's the what on Growers and Grocers? Here's a guide to some of the stories we've covered this week: You can tell the USDA what you think about "organic" milk from cows crammed into feedlots. A Quebec university will allow the first...
- Gng Recap May 26, 2006
Here are some of the tidbits we've covered on Growers & Grocers this week. Whole Foods worries about the plight of live soft-shell crabs but ignores the factory farm conditions at Horizon Organics. A stand of old American...
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GnG Recap, 07/07/06
Here are some of the topics we've covered this week on Growers & Grocers
- I'm a big fan of the Ethicurean blog, after learning about it when I met one of the contributors
- Add Maryland to the list of states requesting disaster relief because of odd weather. Massive rains decimated commercial chicken farms.
- Did you know there was an article about high-fructose corn syrup in last week's New York Times? Find out what the blogosphere is saying about it, if you've missed the conversation.
- A new sticker will tell apple farmers when their fruit is ripe. But won't they pick it early anyway so they can ship it around the country?
- It'd be nice if the USDA told consumers which chicken plants failed the generous allowances for salmonella, but fortunately Food and Water Watch decided to do the job in their place.
- Tighten The Grass-fed Label...again
A while back, I wrote a post on Growers and Grocers about the USDA's efforts to tighten the definition for "grass-fed." Their new definition would require a 99% grass diet before the label could be used (up from 80%). Now the USDA is considering...
- My Final Gng Recap, 07/13/06
Monday will be my last day as the editor of Growers & Grocers. I wish I could cite some press-generating motive, but in truth, my other projects don't leave me the time to give GnG the attention it deserves. I will continue to write for the site...
- Gng Recap 06/09/06
Here are some of the topics we covered on Growers & Grocers this week: Is your food carbon neutral? Does it bother you if it isn't? Should it? The government approved titanium dioxide-coated mica-based pearlescent pigments The USDA came...
- Gng Recap, 06/02
What's the what on Growers and Grocers? Here's a guide to some of the stories we've covered this week: You can tell the USDA what you think about "organic" milk from cows crammed into feedlots. A Quebec university will allow the first...
- Gng Recap May 26, 2006
Here are some of the tidbits we've covered on Growers & Grocers this week. Whole Foods worries about the plight of live soft-shell crabs but ignores the factory farm conditions at Horizon Organics. A stand of old American...