USDA: Vermont slaughterhouse closed for inhumane treatment cited 3 times earlier this year
Vt. slaughterhouse closed for inhumane treatment Farmers growing electricity still rare, but grants and tax credits building numbers
Farmers growing electricity along with their crops Wis. group asks USDA to investigate Target’s organic soy milk advertisementWAUSAU, Wis. — A farm policy group Tuesday asked the U.S. Agriculture Department to investigate whether giant retailer Target Corp. misled consumers by claiming some soy milk it sold was organic. Wisconsin farm policy group asks USDA to investigate Target’s organic soy milk claimCORNUCOPIA, Wis. — A Wisconsin-based farm policy group has asked the U.S. Agriculture Department to investigate whether giant retailer Target Corp. misled consumers by claiming some soy milk it sells is organic. Sugar beet debate leaves farmers waiting as Colo.’s Boulder County reconsiders biotech cropsBOULDER, Colo. — Famuer Rasmussen Jr. and five other farmers filed what they thought was a routine request to grow genetically modified sugar beets on public land in Colorado’s Boulder County. The county already had allowed genetically altered corn. Hundreds of organic farmers meeting in Mass. for annual conference to talk tips, trendsBOSTON —Barbara Wefing has been growing fruits and vegetables organically for nearly 60 years, ever since she kept most of the seed packets she was supposed to sell for her elementary school’s fundraiser. Campus cuisine: More dorm cooking and individualized dining hall takeoutOnce upon a time, eating in a college dorm meant soup in a hotpot or getting pizza delivered. The most interesting thing about the campus dining hall was often the salad bar. Farmers worry as once-booming organic industry expects 1st sales drop in years; some want outThe organic dairy industry was thriving when Allen and Jean Moody bought a 200-acre Wisconsin dairy farm in 2006 and joined the ranks of farmers churning out milk raised without growth hormones, pesticides or other chemicals. Washington state grower Stemilt has all its peaches, nectarines certified organicYAKIMA, Wash. — One of the Pacific Northwest’s largest fruit growers has had 100 percent of its peach and nectarine crops certified as organic, following a three-year transition period. |
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