"Rebellion on the Range Over a Cattle ID Plan"
Ranchers and farmers are rebelling against a federal plan to tag livestock with microchips and track them birth to slaughterhouse for disease control and food safety.
Source: NYTimes, 06/29/2009
Agriculture
"Killing Fields: Field Burning'S Deadly Legacy"
The 1988 highway death of a family in Oregon, blinded by smoke from fields being burned for weed control, was a story so moving that it spawned a novel. Field burning is so common in Oregon that it threatens people's lungs and health. A legislative struggle to ban it remains unresolved.
Source: Eugene Weekly, 06/19/2009
"House Panel Begins Work on Food Safety Overhaul"
"A House committee began work Wednesday on a comprehensive overhaul of food safety rules that includes more inspections and new fees on producers to pay for them."
Source: CQ, 06/04/2009
"House Leaders Call for Closer Watch on Food Supply"
Two key House leaders have introduced a bill that would drastically overhaul and tighten the nation's food safety system.
Source: WashPost, 05/28/2009
States Go It Alone on Food Safety
"When it comes to food safety, state lawmakers around the country seem to believe in the adage, if you want something done, you have to do it yourself."
Source: Wall Street Journal, 05/12/2009
Jews Go 'Eco-Kosher' Print | Forward |
With Sabbath candles burning, 14 guests eat a "sustainable" Sabbath dinner with "food that was locally grown, mostly organic and intended to elevate their practice of Judaism."
Source: Los Angeles Times, 05/08/2009
Judge Rules That Feedlot Phone-Book Can Be Secret
As of March 31, 2009, the Agriculture Department may keep secret the locations and phone numbers of feedlots — however much the public may complain about their smell and the pollution emanating from them.
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"Federal Judge Says No to Modified Crops on U.S. Refuge Land"
WASHINGTON -- In a court case with potential impact in Missouri and across the country, a federal judge in Delaware ruled today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife should not have permitted farming with genetically modified crops on a national wildlife refuge. U.S. District Judge Gregory Sleet wrote that the Fish and Wildlife agency erred by failing to conduct environmental studies to determine whether farming with genetically modified crops at the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge in Delaware was compatible with conservation and habitat preservation. Bill Lambrecht reports for the St.
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 03/25/2009
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