Big Ag

Three Ideas for the Food Movement (Small, Medium and Large)

Jedediah Purdy | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Organic Farming, Farming, Big Ag, Factory Farms, Sustainability, Ag Gag Bill, Ag-Gag Bill, Sustainable Farming, Big Agriculture, Green News
Jedediah Purdy

Around the country, farming states are passing "ag-gag" laws that punish activists who record and share horrific scenes from inside confined feeding operations and slaughterhouses. The reason is clear: when people get a good look at these scenes, they don't like them.

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Protecting Water at the Source

Donald Carr | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Farm Bill, Water Pollution, Water, Big Ag, Conservation, Farm Subsidies, Ethanol, Pollution, Run-Off, Clean Water, Green News
Donald Carr

Water is running off poorly managed fields that have been treated with chemical fertilizers and manure is loaded with nitrogen and phosphorus, two potent pollutants that set off a cascade of harmful consequences.

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Dave Jamieson

Ag-Friendly Dems Join GOP In Opposing Child Labor Rules

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Montana, Farming, Child Labor, Children, Agriculture, Denny Rehberg, Elections 2012, Max Baucus, Big Ag, Jeanne Shaheen, Jon Tester, Claire McCaskill, Child Labor Laws, Family Farms, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Republicans have stepped up their efforts to block new rules from the Obama administration that would limit the work kids can do on farm...

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'Green News Report' - January 10, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Fracking, Epa, Renewable Energy, Nigeria, Regulation, Power Plants, Iran, Innovation, Green News Report, Dioxin, Pollution, Coal, Oil Spill, Oil Drilling, Insurance, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Food Politics, Africa, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Maple Syrup, Environmentalism, State Department, New York, Toxic Chemicals, BRAD BLOG, Keystone XL Pipeline, Green News, Food, Hydraulic Fracturing, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, BP Oil Spill, Extreme Weather, Video, Grand Canyon, Conservation, Colorado, Tar Sands, Drought, Ken Salazar, Overfishing, Ohio, Rick Santorum, Big Ag, New Hampshire Primary, Mining, Fish, Uranium, Alaska, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Rick Sant...

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Occupy Your Kitchen!

Kurt Michael Friese | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Slow Food, Farming, Farms, Cooking, Agriculture, Food Democracy Now!, Food, Big Ag, Food and Water Watch, Chefs Collaborative, Occupy, Adm, Monsanto, Tyson, Food News
Kurt Michael Friese

What we have is not just a food problem in this country, but a cooking problem. Food marketers have been working for decades to convince people that cooking is a chore.

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Big Ag Tries To Rebrand Itself

NYTimes.com | JULIA MOSKIN | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Social Media, Farm Bill, Farmers and Ranchers Alliance, Agriculture, Farmers, Big Ag, Ranchers, Big Agriculture, Food News

Last week, a new public-relations campaign about agriculture got off to a splashy start. With full-page ads in newspapers and panel discussions live-s...

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Rotten Eggs: HSUS and United Egg Producers Enter Agreement That Bird Cages Are Here to Stay

Andrew Gunther | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Humane Society of the United States, Laying Hens, Hsus, Big Ag, Cage Free Eggs, Battery Cages, Cage-Free-Animals, Industrial Farming, United Egg Producers, Food News
Andrew Gunther

The latest agreement between HSUS and UEP appears to offer little in terms of animal welfare, yet much in terms of positive PR.

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Is Big Agriculture Contributing to Antibiotics Resistance in Humans?

Dr. Jeffrey H. Toney | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Personal Health, Resistance to Antibiotics, Healthy Living Body, Antibiotics Resistance, Big Ag, Op-Ed, Public Health, Big Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Healthy Living News
Dr. Jeffrey H. Toney

Does the agricultural use of antibiotics contribute to their diminishing effectiveness in people? The debate over Big Agriculture's use of antibiotics is becoming a culture war of facts.

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Still No Regulation to Keep Poisons Off Our Plate

Andrew Gunther | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Arsenic, Fda, Perdue Farms, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, Big Ag, Chicken Feed, Pfizer, Antibiotics in Meat, Alpharma, Food News
Andrew Gunther

Most of the rest of the world recognizes that adding a known poison to something you are going to eat is not a great idea. For example arsenic is prohibited from being added to any animal feed in Europe.

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Prince Charles Champions Organic Farming, Criticizes Ag Subsidies In DC Speech

AP | By MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Prince Charles Speech, Organic Farming, Prince Charles DC, Prince Charles, Prince Charles Organic Farming, Agriculture, Big Ag, Sustainable Agriculture, Prince Charles Climate Change, Farm Subsidies, Prince Charles Food, Food News

WASHINGTON -- Prince Charles is in Washington talking about environmentally friendly farming, and he says it's a change from giving royal wedding toas...

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Eric Schlosser: Why Being A Foodie Isn't Elitist

Eric Schlosser in the Washington Post | Posted 07.02.2011

Read More: American Farm Bureau, Michael Pollan, Food Inc., Foodie Backlash, Food Elitists, Food Politics, Fast Food Nation, Big Ag, Foodies, Eric Schlosser, Food News

At the American Farm Bureau Federation's annual meeting this year, Bob Stallman, the group's president, lashed out at "self-appointed food elitists" w...

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A Dubious Alliance Of Food Giants

Slashfood | Nanette Maxim, Posted Mar 18th 2011 @ 3:00PM | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Snack Food Association, Gmos, Council for Biotechnology Information, Basf, Big Ag, American National Standards Institute, CropLife America, Dupont, Alliance to Feed the Future, Food News

We guess alliances like the Snack Food Association and the Council for Biotechnology Information (whose megacompany members include BASF, DuPont, Dow,...

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Agriculture Industry Pushes To Make Undercover Filming Of Farm Animal Abuse Illegal

AP | By ANDREW DUFFELMEYER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Animal Cruelty, Farm Animal Cruelty, Farm Animal Abuse Videos, Animal Abuse, Big Ag, Animals, Business, Agriculture Videos, Politics, Iowa Agriculture, Animal Abuse Videos, Activism, Farm Animal Abuse, Food, US News, Green News

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Angered by repeated releases of secretly filmed videos claiming to show the mistreatment of farm animals, Iowa's agriculture indus...

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What's The Problem with Processed Foods?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dr. Marion Nestle, Processed Food, Big Ag, McDonald's, Michael Moss, Mark Bittman, Processed Foods, Food News
Kerry Trueman

McDonald's seems congenitally incapable of shifting from its default formula of highly processed sweeteners, fats, and, for good measure "11 weird ingredients you would never keep in your kitchen."

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Money Talks; Hunger Doesn't

Donald Carr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hunger, Snap, Food Stamps, Budget, Agriculture, Agribusiness, Big Ag, Farm Subsidies, Usda, Politics News
Donald Carr

The tenuous economy has increased pressure on the government to reduce spending and rein in the mounting federal deficit. But not everyone is feeling the pain.

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Farm Groups Form New Alliance To Fight Bad Publicity

AP | MICHAEL J. CRUMB | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Big Ag, Farmers Alliance, Animal Welfare, Farmers, Food News

DES MOINES, Iowa — Two dozen of the nation's largest and best-funded farm groups have formed a coalition to counter poor publicity that they say...

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USDA Officially Approves Genetifically Modified Alfalfa

Barry Estabrook at The Atlantic | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Genetically Modified Food, Usda, Big Ag, Gmos, GMO Alfalfa, Tom Vilsack, Big Agriculture, Monsanto, Alfalfa, Food News

On Thursday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the United State Department of Agriculture (USDA) had approved the unrestricted planting...

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Money Where Our Mouths Are

Ken Cook | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Farm Bill, Farm Subsidies, Food, Nutrition, Childhood Nutrition, School Lunches, Organic Food, Conservation, Sustainable Agriculture, Big Ag, Corn, Food News
Ken Cook

Food and agriculture policy always comes down to money: how federal dollars will be prioritized and spent. If anyone needed reminders of this dynamic, the last year provided at least two.

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Big Ag Attacks! Why Is The Government-Sponsoring Pesticide Propaganda?

The Atlantic | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ewg, Big Ag, Dirty Dozen Pesticides, Environmental Working Group, safefruitsandveggies.com, Big Agriculture, Food Politics, Green News

he White House garden may be green and unsullied by agricultural chemicals, but Obama's United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) just forked ove...

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Wealthy Ag Lobbies Cry Poor

Donald Carr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Farm Bill, Rice, Wheat, Lobbying, Corn, Lobbyists, Cotton, Factory Farms, Big Ag, Agribusiness, Soybeans, Farm Subsidies, Industrial Agriculture, K Street, Food News
Donald Carr

The idea that agribusiness lobbyists don't have the funds to properly "defend" their continuing cornucopia of taxpayer dollars does not even come close to passing the smell test.

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In Farm Country, Democrats' Bitter Harvest

Donald Carr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Farm Bill, Earl Pomeroy, Nancy Pelosi, Agriculture, Agribusiness, Big Ag, Farm Subsidies, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, Healthy Food, John Boehner, Corn, Cotton, Rice, Wheat, Frank Lucas, Usda, 2010 Elections, Politics News
Donald Carr

Just two years ago, Democratic political strategists defended passage of a status-quo farm subsidy bill by claiming it was essential to the survival o...

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The Most Important Race You Never Heard Of

Kurt Michael Friese | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iowa, Politics, Agriculture, Food, Sustainable Agriculture, Big Ag, Election, Monsanto, Food News
Kurt Michael Friese

One of the most important races is getting very little coverage, even though it affects every single person in my home state and indeed the US in very personal ways.

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Taxpayers Funding Pro-Pesticide PR Campaign

Donald Carr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fruits and Vegetables, Alliance for Food and Farming, Farming, Organic Farming, Pesticides, Clean Fifiteen, Farm, Big Ag, Agriculture, Residue, Shoppers Guide to Pesticides, Farm Subsidies, Environmental Working Group, Dirty Dozen, Organic, Organics, Green News
Donald Carr

The Alliance for Food and Farming (AFF), a California trade association, wants you to have less information about pesticide residues on the fruits and...

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We Can Feed the World Sustainably, Humanely

Andrew Gunther | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sustainable Agriculture, Agroecology; Right to Food;, World Hunger, Food Crisis, Big Ag, Agroecology, Sustainability, Sustainable Farming, Agroecological Farming, Green News
Andrew Gunther

Agroecological farming, which improves food production and farmers' incomes while at the same time protecting the soil, water and climate, could feed an estimated nine billion people by 2050.

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Food, Inc.'s Carole Morison to Speak at DOJ Poultry Antitrust Workshop

Paula Crossfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Farmer Contracts, Poultry, Antitrust, Big Ag, Department of Justice, Livestock, Sustainable Food, Agriculture, Food News
Paula Crossfield

Originally published on Civil Eats Last week, the Department of Justice announced the panel for the second public workshop on regulation and competit...

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