| Change we can believe in? It starts with farm policy reform | Op-ed columnist Nicholas Kristof makes the case for a radical reform in the politics of agriculture in his poignant editorial. | Dec 18, 2008 |
| Former Iowa state representative advocates using the White House lawn to sow a “new food culture” | Ed Fallon, former state Representative of Iowa, sent a letter to Obama applying for the position of “White House farmer.” | Dec 18, 2008 |
| The pleasures of local food and new friends….underground | Steve Ettinger, author of Twinkie, Deconstructed, describes his forays into the rural underground of the local food movement, making uncanny connections with “strangers” and discovering the gastronomic pleasures of cuisine rooted uniquely in southeastern Pennsylvania. | Dec 04, 2008 |
| Conventional beans may surpass GMOs as costs tighten | GMO soybeans may be well on their way to becoming prohibitively expensive to grow. | Dec 04, 2008 |
| Organic dairy groups seek producer input on detailed national grazing proposal | The Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Association (NODPA), working with other organic dairy groups, this week issued a comprehensive response to proposed new detailed regulations on the “access to pasture” requirement and other items. | Dec 04, 2008 |
| Group launches Organic Transitions | The Organic Consumer Association’s newest campaign is “designed to mobilize communities and consumers to develop transition strategies in the new era of Peak Oil and climate change, with organic food & farming providing the healthy cornerstone for a new green economy.” | Dec 04, 2008 |
| Rodale Institute Farm Director Jeff Moyer to chair National Organic Standards Board | The USDA's National Organic Standards Board is an advisory group that helps oversee the National Organic Program. | Nov 21, 2008 |
| Organic dairy producers mull proposed grazing rule | The proposed livestock grazing rule published by USDA’s National Organic Program (NOP) staff in late October contained many provisions long-sought by organic community leaders, but also has items and provisions that are seen as problematic. | Nov 20, 2008 |
| Online tool estimates demand at county level for 204 food products | A simple on-line tool can help farmers, agricultural organizations, public agencies and local food and economic development groups get a "first look" at potential markets at the county level. | Nov 20, 2008 |
| Goats munch acres of invasive plants in the Washington’s Skagit Valley | The Nature Conservancy is using a herd of 30 goats – mothers and kids – to gobble their way through 5 acres of blackberries, brambles and thorns to help restore the lower Skagit River landscape. | Nov 20, 2008 |
