archive for the 'Big Ag' Category

Sugar policy makes my head buzz

by Marc R. aka Mental Masala @ Friday, October 26th, 2007.

Not the sugar buzz I was hoping for
Sometimes the twists and turns of farm and trade policy makes me dizzy. Today’s example: sugar.
To explain this properly, I’d probably need the creators of the Meatrix to make a short animation, but I’ll give it a try, with my information coming from a New York […]

Digest - News: Grassless beef, Monsanto’s rBST pep rallies, sugar wants in on ethanol

by Ethicurean @ Wednesday, October 17th, 2007.

Breaking news and developments, such as contaminated-food outbreaks, Farm Bill milestones, and how the farming community is faring around the world.

Digest - Commentary: Aurora Dairy vs. the world, Pollan talks to food manufacturer, most beef drug-free

by Ethicurean @ Thursday, September 27th, 2007.

Thought-provoking commentary regarding SOLE- and anti-SOLE food issues, farming, policy, etc.

Beltway pundit takes on the Food and Farm Bill

by Marc R. aka Mental Masala @ Wednesday, September 12th, 2007.

Robert Samuelson, writing in the Washington Post, takes a look at the Food and Farm Bill and doesn’t like what he sees:

The farm legislation proceeding through Congress symbolizes much of what’s wrong with Washington. It’s government by inertia. We do today what we did yesterday, because politicians draw their power from distributing benefits and various […]

Digest - Farm & rural: Farm Bill battle to re-commence, the future of rural America

by Guest @ Sunday, September 9th, 2007.

A round-up of the most important news regarding farm and rural America. Contributed by our friends at the Center for Rural Affairs.

Why I love labor

by Elanor @ Monday, September 3rd, 2007.

It’s Labor Day, the day we pay homage to the folks who brought us the weekend (among many other things). It’s a fitting moment to show some love for the labor movement, which has seen union membership decline from a high of nearly 33% of the U.S. workforce in the 1950s to a mere 12.5% […]

Digest - News & blogs: A dairy good week, spinach recall, CO2 kills grass

by Ethicurean @ Thursday, August 30th, 2007.

A roundup of current news and commentary about everything from Farm Bill updates to backyard chickens, transgenic foods, E. coli recalls, and sustainable fish.

Don’t sterilize our nuts: Take action on almonds

by Marc R. aka Mental Masala @ Tuesday, August 28th, 2007.

It’s time for action on almonds.
The above photo shows almonds lying on the ground shortly after being shaken from a tree. The nuts are covered by a hull, which has started to peel back in the above specimens, and a shell. I took the photo during a CUESA-organized tour of Lagier Ranches in […]

Digest - Features: Meatpacking towns, Illinois goes local, Severson’s got soul food

by Ethicurean @ Thursday, August 23rd, 2007.

A roundup of current features and featured blog posts of possible interest to Ethicurean readers.

Digest: NYT eggstrapolation, WA oyster problem, ADM bashing

by Ethicurean @ Sunday, August 12th, 2007.

A round-up of the most important links regarding SOLE- and anti-SOLE food issues, farming, policy, etc. that we think Ethicurean readers will want to know about.

Digest - News: Monsanto patents attacked, Taiwan “leans” against U.S. pork

by Ethicurean @ Thursday, August 2nd, 2007.

A round-up of the most important news & commentary regarding SOLE- and anti-SOLE food issues, farming, policy, etc. that we think Ethicurean readers will want to know about.

Tell the FDA to require labels on irradiated food

by Marc R. aka Mental Masala @ Monday, July 2nd, 2007.

Just two days remain in the comment period on the FDA’s latest proposal to allow the food industry to mislead consumers. This rule change would eliminate the requirement that irradiated food be labeled as such if the irradiation does not cause "a material change in the food" (e.g., different taste, longer shelf life). […]

Digest - News & Commentary: Stress + fast food = obesity; EU to plant GMOs

by Ethicurean @ Sunday, July 1st, 2007.

The Digest trawls the Web for tasty news, features, op-eds and blog posts — from Farm Bill updates to backyard chickens, transgenic foods, E. coli recalls, and sustainable fish. No extra charge for the puns.

Defending their corn: meatpackers, soft drink makers and food companies go after ethanol

by Marc R. aka Mental Masala @ Saturday, June 16th, 2007.

The ethanol boom is inspiring some surprising behavior in the food and farming community. Philip Brasher, the Des Moines Register’s Washington Correspondent, wrote about pushback from the food and drink industry over ethanol in Thursday’s newspaper. The article illustrates how the ethanol boom is leading to some hypocritical demands and Machiavellian strategies.
Let’s start with […]

Digest: EWG database debuts, curbing kid ads, Mississippi polluter ID’d

by Ethicurean @ Wednesday, June 13th, 2007.

NEWStk: The amount of organic farmland in the European Union has doubled since 1998. The EU has agreed to rules for an “EU organic label” for foods that have 95% or more of the ingredients produced using organic methods. One part of the rule is receiving some criticism: an allowance for 0.9% of genetically-modified content when it is “technically unavoidable.” (Houston Chronicle (AP))Ethanol projected to use 30% of U.S. corn crop in 2012 (Reuters)FEATURES & COMMENTARYReduced pesticide use in Britain helps river otter populations rebound.

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