Here is what we are reading as we mourn Argentina’s loss to Germany:
Washington Post: Heavy rains and flood deliver terrible blow to Eastern Shore farmers’ livelihoods, including drowning tens of thousands of chickens in closed coops. (DQ editorializing: Why didn’t they open the doors, I wonder? They would have floated….I find this unbearably sad.)
People magazine: Ethicurean heroine Daryl Hannah tells why she was arrested protesting the destruction of South Central Farm.
KATC TV: Louisiana native plans to bring State from “25 years behind” the organic movement with a 330 acre co-op organic farm.
Henry Daily Herald: A profile of the only all-organic farm in Henry County, outside of Atlanta.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Former Whole Foods employee launches a virtual farmer’s market.
Chicago Tribune (free registration required): The USDA announced that it is weighing a “grass fed” label for beef. To get it, cattle would have to be fed a diet of 99 percent grass or other forages.
San Luis Obispo Tribune: Central Coast cattle ranchers are seeing the appeal of switching to grass fed.
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