BBC: British researchers have studied over 3 centuries of temperature data from the Central England Temperature record — the longest continous series of temperature measurements in the world — and concluded that recent temperature changes are not part of a natural cycle.
San Francisco Chronicle: The trickle-down effect of tainted spinach: The farm workers who work hard getting spinach from the fields to our table are now being laid off.
Reuters/Excite.com: California is suing six major auto manufacturers, part of an ongoing fight between California and automakers over greenhouse gases and global warming.
Farmers Guardian: A profile of Charlotte and Ben Hollins, the UK siblings who led the initiative to save their father’s organic farm. The pair recently — today in fact — were guests on BBC’s Ready Steady Cook. Any UK readers see the show?
Spinach Update:
AP and L. A. Times/Seattle Times: This isn’t the first outbreak of E. Coli related to spinach. Since 1995, the FDA has tracked 19 other outbreaks traced to spinach and lettuce, including greens from the Salinas Valley.
Food and Drug Administration: Spinach has been added to the FDA’s Lettuce Safety Initiative, which focuses on reducing public health risks by documenting and alerting consumers to infectious outbreaks related to leafy greens.
L.A. Times: The financial impacts of the E. Coli outbreak may drive some Salinas Valley growers out of business.
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