archive for May 2nd, 2007

Montreal Community Gardens Contaminated

by @ Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007.

By this time last year, I had already cleaned up my community garden plot and sowed my seeds, after laying down a few bags of organic manure bought from a farmer in the Eastern Townships.
Here is what my plot looked like the first week of May, 2006. You can see Noshette and my garden partner […]

Digest: FDA gets food safety czar, rural broadband $ misused, honeybee update

by @ Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007.

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Sales vs. safety in the USDA’s strategic plan

by @ Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007.

The FDA is taking a lot of heat for food safety problems in recent days, but the USDA is not without its problems. Perhaps the most fundamental issue with USDA is a built-in conflict of interest: the department’s mission includes both ensuring the safety of meat, poultry and eggs and increasing domestic and international sales […]

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