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New Farm Organic News
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| Federal court bars tests for mad cow disease | Some companies request the ability to test all their cows, while others hope to avoid too many expensive tests. | Sep 12, 2008 |
| United States farmers get a taste of migrant life | As the demographics of the heartland change – populations decline and dairy farms expand – farmers who increasingly rely on a migrant Mexican labor force feel the culture shock endemic to Texas and California decades ago. | Aug 29, 2008 |
| Desire for a “new aesthetic” lures consumers back to the land and to the tasty heirloom tomato | Heirloom tomato grower and expert Tim Mountz speculates on the growing national passion for food and interest in food politics. | Aug 28, 2008 |
| DeVault to head Seed Savers Exchange | Longtime New Farm editor George DeVault has accepted the position as president and executive director of the nonprofit Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah, Iowa, an organization dedicated to the preservation of heirloom varieties of vegetables, fruits, flowers and herbs and agricultural biodiversity in general. | Aug 14, 2008 |
| California court to enforce new pesticide regulation | California court has decided that the Department of Pesticide Regulation must “consider health risks to farmworkers and residents when issuing fumigation regulations for methyl bromide.” | Aug 04, 2008 |
| Organic ag group, Ohio State author organic transition manual | Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association, in collaboration with university researchers in Ohio, have created a manual to ease farmers' transition to organic production. | Aug 04, 2008 |
| Soil under strain | A full-page feature in the Financial Times looks at soil degradation. | Aug 04, 2008 |
| Bad news for butterflies | Sir David Attenborough warned that butterflies could die out unless something is done to help them as he launched a rescue plan to boost their numbers. | Jul 17, 2008 |
| New pesticide regulations from the EPA | The EPA has just proposed new regulations for pesticide use. | Jul 17, 2008 |
| Blogging and documenting the food revolution | Young creative types everywhere are forwarding the “good food” movement through the clever application of both new and tried-and-true media technologies. | Jul 11, 2008 |
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