archive for the 'CAFOs' Category

Digest - Commentary: Farm Bill compromise derided, vets and neighbors hate CAFOs, Kleckner op-ed

by Ethicurean @ Wednesday, October 17th, 2007.

Editorials and op-eds about sustainable agriculture (or its opposite) from newspapers and websites big and small.

Digest - Commentary: On leafy-greens laws, unfair crop insurance rates, and the coming poo-storm

by Ethicurean @ Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007.

Editorials and op-eds about sustainable agriculture (or its opposite) from newspapers and websites big and small.

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.

Digest - Features: Berry vs. Dyson, California overachievers, young farmers needed

by Ethicurean @ Tuesday, September 25th, 2007.

Insightful and informative features we think Ethicurean readers will enjoy.

Digest - Commentary & Blogsnacks: Aurora talks back, Johanns departure analyzed, Alice Waters blogs

by Ethicurean @ Tuesday, September 25th, 2007.

The most important commentary regarding SOLE-food issues (and their opposites), farming, policy, etc. that we think Ethicurean readers will want to know about.

Digest - Commentary: Flesh plantations, intangible benefits of eating local

by Ethicurean @ Sunday, September 16th, 2007.

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

Digest - News: Biofuel savior, Organic Pastures cream recalled, organic food more nutritious

by Ethicurean @ Tuesday, September 11th, 2007.

A roundup of breaking news & commentary about SOLE food that we think will be of interest to Ethicurean readers.

Not so NAIS: Animal-tracking program is solution to wrong problem

by Elanor @ Thursday, August 16th, 2007.

Thanks to Marc R. for calling my attention to the Government Accountability Office’s recent report on the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). NAIS, which first saw the light of corner offices at the USDA in 2002, flaunts a meaty goal: to identify and track the movement of all livestock animals and poultry in the United […]

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.

North Carolina legislature says “no new manure lagoons”

by Marc R. aka Mental Masala @ Monday, August 6th, 2007.

Here are a few related items following up on a recent Digest item about the EPA’s agreements with CAFO operators that shield them from lawsuits.
North Carolina says "No new lagoons"
Via The Rural Blog, I learned about an attempt in North Carolina to extend a moratorium on new hog manure lagoons. The original moratorium was […]

Digest - Commentary: Cellulosic beef, Farm Bill snit

by Ethicurean @ Thursday, August 2nd, 2007.

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

Digest - News and Commentary: animal welfare, recalls, CAFO map

by Marc R. aka Mental Masala @ Sunday, July 29th, 2007.

Although the House passed its version of the Food and Farm Bill on Friday, this news digest will be Farm Bill-free news digest (to which many will breathe a sigh of relief). We’ll have a special Food and Farm Bill digest in the next few days that will be full of wonky goodness. […]

Digest - News and Commentary: canned food recall, Farm Bill happenings, soda sagas

by Ethicurean @ Tuesday, July 24th, 2007.

Botulism alert boosted: The recall of canned meat products made by Castleberry’s Food Co. (under many, many labels) has expanded to cover almost 100 products. The article has a list of brand names and a contact number. (San Francisco Chronicle (AP)) (More information: the official FDA press release and some background on the case […]

Digest - Features: CAFOs on the march, cooking with the sun, bioplastics

by Ethicurean @ Friday, July 13th, 2007.

Hog CAFOs marching north: After fouling parts of Iowa with the spoils of hog farming (stench, contaminated water), the hog industry is looking north to Wisconsin. Proximity to packing plants is one reason; a Wisconsin law that permits CAFOs of up to 2,499 animals with almost no state monitoring is another. The main […]

Digest - News & Commentary: plants take antibiotics, USDA plans GMO overhaul

by Ethicurean @ Friday, July 13th, 2007.

Unintentional "pharming" : University of Minnesota researchers have found that food crops grown in soil nourished with antibiotic-laced animal manure (such as waste from a hog CAFO) will store the antibiotics throughout the plant. Ironically, organic farmers are most dependent on animal manure as a source of crop nutrition. (Science Daily)
123 not for me: OCA […]

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