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- Farm to School Efforts Double in Minnesota -
The number of Minnesota school districts purchasing fresh food from local farms has more than doubled in the last 15 months, according to a survey released today by the Minnesota School Nutrition Association (MSNA) and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP).
- OCA and Labor Activists at Shareholder Meeting Say Whole Foods' Business Practices Are Bad for the Planet -
At the Whole Foods Market shareholder meeting in Vancouver, BC, the Sustainable Supply Chain Coalition, an alliance of environmental groups, food activist organizations and labor unions, rallied today in support of four shareholder resolutions and called for a change in Whole Foods Market, Inc. and its supplier United Natural Foods Inc.'s unsustainable business practices.
- Over 130,000 Cases of Diabetes Linked to Soda Consumption and High Fructose Corn Syrup -
For years, advocates of natural health have been hammering away at the message that soda causes diabetes and obesity. The soda industry, meanwhile, has remained in denial mode, mirroring the ridiculous position of the tobacco industry that "nicotine is not addictive." Soda doesn't cause diabetes, the industry claims, and it's perfectly safe to consume in essentially unlimited quantities.
- Calling All Rebels -
There are no constraints left to halt America's slide into a totalitarian capitalism. Electoral politics are a sham. The media have been debased and defanged by corporate owners. The working class has been impoverished and is now being plunged into profound despair.
- South Korea Does What the US Refuses to Do: Restrict Junk Food Advertising to Children -
The health ministry of South Korea has announced that advertisements for foods that are high in fat, sugar, and salt, will be limited during the prime time television hours of 5 and 7 p.m. and during any children's programming. In support of national efforts to curb childhood obesity, the limitations will include foods such as hamburgers, instant noodles, and pizza as well as desserts like chocolate, candy, and ice cream.
- Vote in the Ideas For Change In America Contest -
The idea "Good Food For All Kids: A Garden at Every School" has a great chance to win the 2010 "Ideas for Change in America" contest! OCA would like to see School Gardens Across America's idea become reality! Let's vote now and help them out!
- Government Hearings on Agribusiness Concentration Should Consider Role of NAFTA -
On Friday March 12, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Justice will host the first ever workshops on competition issues in agriculture in Ankeny, Iowa. A new IATP fact sheet, NAFTA: Fueling Market Concentration in Agriculture, looks at the role of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in accelerating agribusiness concentration. It includes short testimonies from farm groups in Mexico, Canada and the U.S.
- Media Coverage of the OCA Sludge Dump in San Francisco -
Media Coverage of the OCA Toxic Sludge Dump
- Consumer Groups File FTC Complaint Over Organic Label Fraud -
A complaint to be filed today with the Federal Trade Commission calls for companies that label products "organic" to follow the same strict U.S. Department of Agriculture standards set for food products.
- Solidarity through Community Supported Agriculture -
This article provides an argument for the support of small, local farmers and sustainable, organic food in the form of community supported agriculture.
Syndicated from Reuters
- EU to exceed 2020 green energy target: forecasts - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - New forecasts suggest the European Union will exceed its target of getting 20 percent of its energy from renewable sources in 2020, the European Commission said Thursday.
- Arctic seed vault sets record, over 500,000 samples - OSLO (Reuters) - A "doomsday" vault storing crop seeds in an Arctic deep freeze is surpassing 500,000 samples to become the most diverse collection of food seeds in history, managers said on Thursday.
- Sun won't stop global warming if dims as in 1600s - OSLO (Reuters) - A dimming of the sun to match conditions in the "Little Ice Age" of the 17th century would only slightly slow global warming, a study indicated on Wednesday.
- More Americans say global warming exaggerated: poll - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A growing number of Americans, nearly half the country, think global warming worries are exaggerated and more people doubt that scientific warnings of severe environmental fallout will ever occur, according to a new Gallup poll.
- U.S. judge rules for Chevron in Ecuador case - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chevron Corp may pursue an international arbitration claim over environmental pollution allegations in Ecuador, a judge ruled on Thursday, part of a long-running case that carries a potential $27 billion liability for the second-largest U.S. oil company.
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