Food News

The best of all worlds equates to local foods, grown organically.  But when that is not a possibility, there is an ongoing debate whether local foods, not grown organically, are a superior source of food to organic food grown hundreds, if not thousands of miles away.  … [Read more...] about USDA Bans Inspector of Chinese Organic Foods

The 2010 Goldman Environmental Prize, known as the Green Nobel Prize, has been awarded to Lynn Henning, a farmer from Clayton, Michigan, a small town in south-central Michigan.  Ms Henning has led a campaign in her hometown to challenge the environmental degradation created by … [Read more...] about Prestigious Environmental Prize Awarded to Michigan Family Farmer

The 2010 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting was awarded to Michael Moss and members of the New York Times staff, in the words of the Pulitzer Prize committee, for "relentless reporting on contaminated hamburger and other food safety issues that, in print and online, … [Read more...] about Reporting On Contaminated Hamburger Wins 2010 Pulitzer Prize

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (Department) has amended the National Organic Program (NOP) regulations to clarify the use of pasture in raising organic ruminants including dairy cows.  After receiving over 26,000 comments from producers, retailers, consumers, organic … [Read more...] about Setting standards for “organic” milking cows