Farm, Ranch Runoff Blamed for Freakish Frogs (Reuters ) Creepy photo warning. The runoff spurs the growth of more algae, which increases the number of snails, which leads to more parasitic worms, which attach to tadpoles and voila! Mutants. Says ecologist and evolutionary biologist Pieter Johnson, “You can get five [...]

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Not So Fast: Court Puts a Kibosh on GM Rice’s Phillipines Debut (Environmental News Network) Greenpeace is leading the campaign against the first genetically modified rice to be considered for consumption in the Philippines.
The COOL thing to do (Food Production Daily) A study shows that seventy percent of consumers are [...]

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Con Agra Joins Pop Weaver in Dropping “Popcorn Lung” Chemical (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) After the first reported case of consumer sickness attributed to toxic synthetic flavoring chemical diacetyl, which you may know as the flavor that tastes and smells more like butter than, well, butter, industry heavy hitters are backing away from the substance. [...]

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As you may already know, our Eat Well Guided Tour of America crew has been making some videos to document their journey. (On a personal note, tour filmmaker Steve Clack is not only a great cameraman and editor, but he’s also a great guy! Check out some of his other work at [...]

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Calling all foodies and farmers!
The Eat Well Guided Tour of America’s Summer Harvest Barbeque
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Friday September 7, 2007, 6:30-9:30p.m. Red Hook, NY
Farm Aid is joining Sustainable Table for the Eat Well Guided Tour of America’s grand finale event at Greig Farm in the Hudson Valley. Join us for an unforgettable night under [...]

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Today’s stories are entirely from our hometown newspaper, the New York Times. I swear it’s not because they mentioned our tour–it just happened that way.
Sorry, Monsanto–FTC Refuses to Investigate “Misleading Ads” (NY Times) In spite of campaigns like this one (via Ethicurean), the FTC says milk ads for dairies that boast a [...]

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Woohoo! Starbucks has finally committed to ridding its milk supply of rBGH. Word came down today from our friends at Food & Water Watch, whose “Hold the Hormones” Campaign has helped convince the java giant to clean up the supplies to all of their US stores, that Starbucks will be artificial hormone-free as [...]

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N.D. Expecting Near Record Bean Crop (New York Times) As many farms are turning to growing corn for use in ethanol, North Dakota is making out well with its choice to continually plant and harvest bean crops.

Court clears way for Whole Foods merger (New York Times) The FTC attempted to block Whole Foods purchase [...]

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The Chicago Tribune reports that folks in the Windy City (where the Eat Well Guided Tour of America will stop for pizza next Wednesday) are challenging each other to “The Localvore Challenge” September 10-16. Good luck guys, but if you really want to get into it, try doing it in April, on a budget, [...]

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USDA to Push Through Almond Pasteurization Legislation (Washington Post) The USDA ruling that US almonds must be pasteurized will go into effect September 1, in spite of farmers’ requests to postpone the legislation.
Brits Ease Cattle Restrictions (New York Times) Concerns over cases of foot and mouth disease have been alleviated and ceased. [...]

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