Organic and Sustainable Agriculture News

8 steps Obama could take to save food Alternet - 11/20/2009. By Robyn O'Brien – The landscape of health has changed. No longer are our families guaranteed a healthy livelihood, not in the face of the current rates of cancer, diabetes, obesity, Alzheimers and allergies. In the words of Elizabeth Warren, Harvard University law professor who is head of the Congressional Oversight Panel, "We need a new model," and we need a new food system. It's our health on the line. Here’s eight steps Obama could take to save food. MaineGeneral partnering with MOFGA on food purchases Kennebec Journal - 11/19/2009. Staff Report – More locally grown produce will be served to MaineGeneral patients, visitors and employees under a partnership with the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association. The association received a two-year $68,450 federal grant to work with MaineGeneral and increase the foods the hospital buys from growers in Kennebec and Somerset counties. Old school could become biodiesel site Kennebec Journal - 11/19/2009. By Betty Jespersen – Wilton: A local family with deep roots in the fiddleheads market is interested in expanding into biodiesel fuel production. The family that has owned the W.S. Wells & Son cannery since 1896 is eyeing a town-owned building to expand its operation. 6 ways agriculture impacts global warming TreeHugger - 11/19/2009. By Collin Dunn – Sure, agriculture provides us with the food we all eat every day. But do you know how those agricultural practices impact global warming? Turns out there's some pretty big impacts, on both the sustainable and industrial sides of the equation; employing sustainable practices, like organic agriculture, has huge potential to help in the fight against global warming, and maintaining the status quo with widespread industrial agricultural practices will continue to be terribly detrimental for the climate. 4 possibly sickened in Maine by recalled beef Bangor Daily News - 11/18/2009. Augusta (AP) – Maine officials are reminding consumers to check their freezers for recalled ground beef after four people were hospitalized for E. coli poisoning. Tidbits for November 18 Bangor Daily News - 11/18/2009. By Emily Burnham: Keeping it local – Farmers markets tend to wind down around October, but there are still a healthy handful of them that continue throughout the winter. Hungering for a True Thanksgiving Common Dreams - 11/18/2009. By Amy Goodman – The U.S. Department of Agriculture released a report Monday stating that in 2008 one in six households in the U.S. was "food insecure," the highest number since the figures were first gathered in 1995. Current  Archive     Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7