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Junk Food Crackdown: Feds Draw Up Strict Standards For Marketing To Kids

Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Cdc, Lobbying, Ftc, General Mills, Fat, Fda, Obesity, Childhood Obesity, Junk Food, Kraft, Fruits, Food Lobby, Calories, Health, Food Politics, Vegetables, Usda, Kellogg's, Rice Krispies, Food Industry, Video, Home News

Is the federal government preparing to impose strict new standards on the food industry and how it markets junk food to kids? On Wednesday, BNET po...

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Dairy Farmers Ask Feds to Fix a Broken System

Regina Weiss | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Usda, Department of Justice, Dairy, Family Farms, Farmers, Green News
Regina Weiss

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) held another joint public hearing on anti-trust issues in farming. This hearing focused on dairy farmers, who, it's fair to say, are in a state of overwhelming crisis.

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The Price of Cheap Meat: A Lake Dies in Ohio

David Kirby | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Epa, Gov Ted Strickland, Animal Factory, Usda, Maumee River, Manure Runoff, Dead Zone, Grand Lake St Marys, Ohio, Factory Farms, David Kirby, Lake Erie, Healthy Living News
David Kirby

Grand Lake St. Marys -- Ohio's largest inland body of water and a treasured recreational area -- is dying. And if you barbecued some supermarket pork over the holiday weekend, you helped contribute to this disaster.

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Meatless Monday: Going to (GMO) Seed

Ellen Kanner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Supreme Court, Usda, Roundup, Monsanto, Monoculture, Gmo, Alfalfa, Recipes, Green News
Ellen Kanner

Why make such a fuss about the Supreme Court's vote to lift the ban on Monsanto's genetically modified alfalfa? Because more than alfalfa is at stake: Monsanto's GMOs are in almost every processed thing we eat. Details (and recipes!) inside.

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Will Farm Subsidies Be the Tea Partiers' Achilles' Heel?

Donald Carr | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Farm Subsidy, Wealthy, Patriots, Limited Government, Agriculture, Obama, Environmental Working Group, Monsanto, Commodity Crop, Farm, Party, Spending, Farmers, Ewg, Usda, Farm Subsidies, Pork, Tea Party, Tea, Fincher, Politics News
Donald Carr

It's odd that Tea Party candidates have had so little to say about one area of wasteful spending that all limited government advocates should be able to agree on -- the USDA's farm subsidy programs.

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Greensburg, Kansas: From Green-town to Clean-town

Michael DeJong | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Project Explore, Baking Soda, Eco-Environment, Donor Fatigue, Twilight Theatre, U.S. Department of Energy, Eco-Innovation, Green Economy, Usda, National Renewable Energy Lab, Country Music, PF Waterworks, Dorothy Gale, Twister, Vegetable Gardens, Fema, Leed, TADgreen Inc, Green Cleaners, Spirit of Greensburg Committee, Clorox Company, Man-Made-Disasters, White Vinegar, Clorox, Green Economies, Survivors, Ralph Appelbaum, Green Cleaning, Cooling, Small Business, Caroma USA, Clorox-Company, Bauer Power, Sichuan Provence, Kansas Housing Resources Corporation, Fund-Raising, Salt, Small Businesses, Leed-Certified-Home, Eco-Toxins, General Motors, Discovery Channel, Greensburg/GreenTown, Ground-Source Cooling, Sustainable German Technology, Borax, Meadowlark House, Global-Economy, OCW Foundation, AT&T, Rebuilding, Samoa Tsunami, China Earthquake, Education and Outreach, Clean Infrastructure, Outdoor Eco-Environments, Environmentally Conscious, Pollutants, Greensburg Kansas, Volcanic Ash, The Green Economy, Usde, Natural Home Magazine, Global Economy, German Technology, Discovery Communications, The Wizard of Oz, 9/11, Outreach, Eco-Friendly, Silo Eco-Home, Pollutant, Kansas, USDA-Rural Development, Office Depot, Sustainable Technology, Eco Friendly, EF Scale, OneCleanWorld Foundation, Big Well Museum, Environmental Sustainability, Sun Chips, Enhanced Fujita, Advocacy, Big Green Box, Fund Raising, One Clean World Foundation, Sterling-Publishing, Green-Economy, Sears, Outdoor Eco-Environment, Mother Earth News, EF5 Tornado, Natural-Home-Magazine, 24-Hour News Cycle, Environmental-Sustainability, Commercial Cleanser, Education, Green Infrastructure, Tsunami, Green Dwellings, Kiowa County Commons, Solar Hot Water, Wind Turbines, Tornado, Greensburg-Kansas, Conscious Living, Vinegar, Kiowa County, Kansas Tornado, Toxins, Disaster-Victims, Schmidt/Manlier Family, Green Buildings, Richard Haymes, Leed-Certified Home, Public Health, Greensburg 2020, Tropical Cyclone, Eco-Home, Commercial Cleaners, Sterling Publishing, Kiowa County United, Clean: The Humble Art of Zen-Cleansing, George Jones, Green Industry, Rooftop Gardens, Fundraising, Cleaning, Viega, ef5, Ocwf, Bnim, Green News
Michael DeJong

After a tornado destroyed 95% of the town, Greensburg, Kansas reinvented itself by striving to become the greenest community imaginable.

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Weekly Mulch: When will America be free from BP?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: David Corn, Organic Farming, Boots & Coots, Sea Turtles, Hurricanes, Bp, Louisiana, Solutions, July 4th, Halliburton, Blow-Out, Filibuster, Walruses, Climate Change Legislation, Alternet, Recovery Plan, Usda, Ips, Independence Day, Oil Spill, Fossil Fuels, Mother Jones, Washington, g20, Energy Independence, Deepwater Horizon, Sen John Kerry, Octopus Metaphors, Green News
The Media Consortium

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger On July 4th, Americans are supposed to celebrate their independence. We may no longer have to worry about a ...

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The Audacity of Hope Springs Eternal

Kurt Michael Friese | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Iowa, Food, Kathleen Merrigan, Usda, Organic Food, President Obama, Food Politics, Home News
Kurt Michael Friese

After roughly six decades of being the US Dept. of Agribusiness, Kathleen Merrigan is trying to put the culture back in agriculture.

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Black Farmers: Still Waiting for Justice

Cynthia Gordy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Black Farmers, Discrimination, Usda, African Americans, President Obama, Politics News
Cynthia Gordy

On April 11, a man named John M. Bonner, of the small town Dinwiddie, Virginia, passed away. He was 87 years old. A pioneer of the Black Farmers' Move...

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Biotech Alfalfa: Supreme Court Isn't Convinced It Should Be Banned

AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Supreme Court, Biotech Alfalfa, Biotech Alfalfa Ban, Supreme Court Biotech Alfalfa, Genetically Engineered Foods, Food Politics, Usda, GM Food, Monsanto, Gmo, Genetically Modified Crops, Monsanto Alfalfa, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court justices on Tuesday sharply questioned a lower court's decision that has prohibited biotech giant Monsanto Co. from sellin...

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Whale of a Problem: Captive Marine Mammals

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Killer Whales, Dolphins, Theme Parks, The Cove, House Natural Resources Committee, Marine Mammal Protection Act, Louie Psihoyos, Seaworld, Dawn Brancheau, Tilikum, National Marine Fisheries Service, Orcas, Usda, Whales, Politics News
Wayne Pacelle

Tomorrow morning my colleague Naomi Rose, Ph.D., and a number of other experts will testify before a House subcommittee about the ethical and legal is...

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From Bush Legs to Bad Business Practices - It's Been a Busy Week for Poultry

Regina Weiss | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Department of Justice, National Chicken Council, Packers and Stockyards, Russian, Poultry, Bush Legs, Usda, Trade With Russia, Vilsack, Medvedev, Home News
Regina Weiss

It's been quite a week for US poultry. On Tuesday the USDA issued proposed rules to clarify the meaning of "unfair business practices" under the almos...

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Responding to Uninformed Opinions About Hunger

Vicki B. Escarra | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Usda, Hunger, Feeding America, Child Hunger, Vicki Escarra, Hunger in America, Food Insecurity, Food Bank, Impact News
Vicki B. Escarra

The ever-growing ranks of families turning to America's food banks is a reality that should not be met with ridicule. Instead, we must respond with the compassion, steadfast resolve, and solidarity that have always fueled our great nation.

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Green News Report -- June 22, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Floods, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Meet the Press, Agriculture, Malaria, Factory Farms, Green News Report, Whales, Coal, Offshore Drilling, Louisiana, Big Oil, Antitrust, Climate Change, Usda, Deforestation, Global Warming, Bp, Edward Markey, Haley Barbour, Brazil, Energy Security, International Whaling Commission, BRAD BLOG, Green News, Oil, Electric Grid, Wildfires, Sustainable Seafood, BP Oil Spill, Chamber of Commerce, Extreme Weather, China, 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: Breaking: Mor...

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Supreme Court Rules Monsanto Is "Innocent Until Proven Guilty" As Children Bear Witness

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Food Allergies, Gm-Alfalfa, Genetically Engineered Foods, Supreme Court, Environment, Usda, Gmo, Genetically Modified Foods, Monsanto, Allergies, Home News
Robyn O'Brien

Those who stand to gain or lose the most from this decision, given the environmental and health implications of genetically engineered alfalfa, are our children.

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Green News Report -- April 22, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Cash for Appliances, Eyjafjallajokull, Avatar, Lobbying, Earth Day, Brazil, Move Your Money, James Cameron Avatar, Green News Report, Climategate, Whales, Iceland, Indigenous People, Monsanto, Mount Everest, People's World Conference for Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, Offshore Drilling, Senate, BRAD BLOG, Earth Day 2010, Walter Cronkite, Oil, Green News, Climate Legislation, Climate Change, Usda, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Oceans, Iceland Volcano, 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: Oil rigs expl...

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Monsanto Wins Supreme Court Case: Genetically Modified Alfalfa Ban Lifted

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Supreme Court, California, Roundup, Agriculture, Biotech, Gm Alfalfa, Monsanto, Genetically Modified Alfalfa, Cross Pollination, John Paul Stevens, Ban, Alfalfa, Farmers, Genetically Modified Food, Usda, Oregon, Video, Green News

WASHINGTON (AP)-- The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a nationwide ban on the planting of genetically engineered alfalfa seeds, despite claims they mig...

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80-Plus Groups Urge FDA, USDA to Change U.S. Position on Food Labeling

Naomi Starkman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Genetically Modified Food, Kathleen Merrigan, Consumers, Usda, Fda, Consumers Union, Genetically Modified Foods, Michael R. Taylor, Green News
Naomi Starkman

A proposed U.S. policy on food labeling would create major problems for American producers who want to label their products as free of genetically modified or engineered ingredients.

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Green News Report -- April 20, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Energy, Energy Star, Massey Energy, Food Poisoning, US Military, Eyjafjallajokull, Epa, West Virginia, Green News Report, Iceland, China Earthquake, Coal, LED Lights, Tea Party Movement, Energy Efficiency, West Virginia Mine Explosion, BRAD BLOG, Peak Oil, Saudi Arabia, Green News, Climate Change, Usda, Seattle, Iceland Volcano, Industrial Agriculture, Coal Mining, 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: Rescue & reco...

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We Still Need a Food Supply for Dummies!

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Guidance, Healthy, Obesigenic, Guidelines, Fda, Obesity, Weight, Diet, Katz, Iom, Health, Nutrition, Food Supply, Dietary, Marketing, Usda, Recommendations, Pack, News, Conditions, Nutrients, Healthy Living News
David Katz, M.D.

Advice to eat more plant foods simply states the destination; it does not provide the step-by-step, GPS-like guidance people need to move in that direction. Besides, alas, it doesn't work.

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USDA Proposes Tougher Meat Industry Antitrust Rules

AP | CHRISTOPHER LEONARD | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Department of Agriculture, USDA Antitrust, Usda, Agriculture Antitrust, USDA Meat Industry Antitrust, Meat Antitrust, Meat Industry, USDA Meat, Business News

ST. LOUIS — The Obama administration on Friday proposed new antitrust rules for meat companies that reflect a willingness by the USDA to shift t...

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UhOh: SpaghettiOs Recall

Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Recalls, Spaghettios Recall, Cambell Soup, Usda, Spaghettio, Spaghettio Recall, Agriculture Department, Spaghettios, Campbell's Spaghettios Recall, Campbell's Recall, Campbell's Recall 2010, Home News

*Scroll down for a CBS news video on the 15 million-pound Spaghettios recall. (Update: 6/18/10, 12:50pm) (AP) WASHINGTON — Campbell Soup Co. is...

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"Humanewashing" Industrial Agribusiness

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Eggs, Humane Society of the United States, Rose Acre Farms, Chickens, Animal Welfare, Perdue Farms, Humanely Raised, Greenwashing, Slaughter, Temple Grandin, Humane Label, Usda, Federal Trade Commission, Food Labels, Home News
Wayne Pacelle

Contrary to the Rose Acre's cheerful claims, our investigator found birds with broken bones and untreated, prolapsed uteruses; mummified corpses in cages with live hens; and abandoned hens who had fallen into manure pits.

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The Lifetime Costs Of Raising A Child (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Nathaniel Cahners Hindman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Children, Education Costs, Raising a Child, Raising Children, College Tuition, Low Income Families, High-Income Families, Usda, Slidepollajax, Childcare Costs, Family, Business News

Pregnant mothers and expecting fathers, you may want to sit down for this. Raising a child is 22 percent more costly than it was back in 1960, acco...

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What Does 'Organic' Actually Mean?

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Usda, Det Tips, Organic Food, Organic Products, Natural Food, Diet and Nutrition, Healkth Nutrition, Benefits of Organic, Organic Benefits, Health Diet, Health Food, Healthy Living News
Robyn O'Brien

Because the U.S. lags behind other developed countries when it comes to food safety, understanding label claims can often be a challenge for even the savviest shopper!

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