archive for June 2nd, 2007

Digest: Meat the opponents, Germany allows GM crops, on the Dole plan

by Ethicurean @ Saturday, June 2nd, 2007.

NEWSFEATURES & COMMENTARYON THE BLOGS, ETC.An update on organic farming issues in the 2007 Food and Farm Bill in PDF format (Organic Farming Research Foundation)Americans clueless about nutrition (MSNBC via Reuters)Exports vs. clean air: The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are among the largest sources of air pollution in Southern California, causing uncounted ailments among residents (asthma, respiratory and cardiac problems)…. (Los Angeles Times)House Oversight Committee to investigate federal crop insurance program (Committee on Oversight and Government Reform)Challenges of always saying yes: The executive director of the Northwest Louisiana Food Bank explains some of the challenges faced by food banks that vow to accept any food donation, no matter how junky it is…. (http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070527/OPINION0106/705250349/1058/OPINION03 “>Shreveport Times)Show us the number: In the famous http://www.ethicurean.com/2007/02/28/mackey-report/ “>Mackey-Pollan conversation, John Mackey complained that simply sticking a label that says “organic” on a package of meat wasn’t good enough…. But if no one is testing, how do we know it is BSE free?), pushing for permanent repeal of the Estate Tax ( a.k.a. the “Paris Hilton tax”, which applies to approximately the richest 2% of estates each year each valued at many millions of dollars, with extra exemptions for family farms. See this article for info on the myth of the estate tax and family farms), seeking to keep livestock manure out of the Superfund program (even when in quantities large enough to drown a small village).

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