Fake Italian organic food sold around Europe: police

2011-12-06T16:30:46Z

Fake organic products from Italy have been sold around Europe, Italian police said on Tuesday as they announced the results of an inquiry that has led to seven arrests and the seizure of 2,500 tons of food.

The police said 700,000 tons of illegal organic products valued at 220 million euros ($295 million) had been sold over several years across Italy and to Reuters) - Larry Schultz Organic Farm of Owatonna, Minnesota, is recalling organic eggs after at least six people became ill from salmonella, state officials said.

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Polish president vetoes bill allowing GMO seeds

2011-08-24T09:30:31Z

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's President Bronislaw Komorowski on Wednesday vetoed a new legislation that would allow some genetically modified seeds in the country, saying it ran against Germany is creating demand for flour ground the old way, but the country only has one person left with the skills needed to carve and maintain millstones.

According to the German organic food industry body, the BOeLW, sales of organic food in Europe's biggest economy have tripled since 2000 and are on course to exceed six billion euros ($8.4 billion) this y...

Australia farmer sues neighbours over GM crops

2011-07-28T13:30:32Z

An Australian farmer on Thursday launched legal action against his neighbour after genetically modified canola blew onto his farm, prompting authorities to strip him of his organic licence.

Believed to be Australia's first lawsuit over GM crops, organic farmer Steve Marsh is suing his neighbour Michael Baxter.

Marsh wants compensation for the loss of his lucrative organics title and subsequent busines...

Nevada's molybdenum milestone

2011-07-18T19:30:12Z

The union between China and General Moly was inevitable as GMO sits on top of a massive mountain of high grade molybdenum in Nevada.

I introduced General Moly Inc. (AMEX: GMO, Stock ...

Germany finds E.coli on farm's bean sprout packet

2011-06-10T10:00:32Z

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany said on Friday that deadly E.coli bacteria that have killed 31 people and hit farmers across Europe almost certainly came from contaminated bean sprouts grown at an organic farm in northern Germany.

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Analysis: E.coli outbreak poses questions for organic farming

2011-06-06T11:00:10Z

LONDON (Reuters) - The warm, watery, organic growing environment suspected as the source of a deadly E.coli outbreak in Germany may produce delicious, nutritious bean sprouts, but is also an ideal breeding ground for the dangerous bacteria.

Bean sprouts are often prime suspects in E.coli outbreaks around the world, and health experts...

U.S. lifts sanctions in EU beef hormone row

2011-05-27T12:30:22Z

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States lifted import duties on European luxury foods on Friday in return for a promise of bigger hormone-free beef sales to the European Union, signaling an end to one of the trading powers' oldest disputes.

The United States said in...

Facebook co-founder killing his own food: Fortune

2011-05-26T18:30:21Z

Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly taken to eating only meat from animals he has killed in order to appreciate that a creature died so that he could live.

The 27-year-old billionaire took on the dietary regimen as the latest in a series of "personal challenges" that he pursues in what little time he spends not working on Facebook, a

Greeks mobilise to protect endangered seeds

2011-05-15T03:30:18Z

The remote valley of Mesohori in northeastern Greece seems an unusual choice for a stand against genetically modified crop conglomerates who are knocking on Europe's door.

Yet thousands of organic farming advocates seeking to bar so-called "Frankenstein" foods from the continent made the journey here to help raise awareness about dangers to seed diversity.

The event was an annual seed exch...

Clinton says action needed to blunt food price rises

2011-05-06T02:31:09Z

ROME (Reuters) - The world has to take swift action to halt the steady rise in food prices and step up its commitment to sustainable agriculture, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday.

"We must act now, effectively and cooperatively to blunt the negative effect of rising food prices," she said in a speech ...

BASF buys rights to another GMO potato

2011-04-18T12:30:23Z

HAMBURG (Reuters) - German chemicals group BASF said on Friday it had acquired ownership rights to another type of potato containing genetically-modified organisms (GMOs).

The non-food starch potato Modena has been acquired from unlisted Dutch company AVEBE by BASF Plant Science, BASF sai...

Family farm's Rent-A-Chick program helps it survive

2011-04-10T15:30:39Z

CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - A small South Carolina sea island family farm that has tapped the growing agriculture tourism market in order to survive has launched its "Rent-A-Chick" program just in time for Easter.

The Legare family, of Johns Island, President Rafael Correa, are trying to secure their niche in a market dominated by multi-national giants.

The organic farmers' cooperative El Guabo was founded in 1998 in the agricultural region of El Oro iby farmers who wanted to be independent from big companies.

And they are p...

Germans go organic in dioxin scare

2011-01-12T14:30:47Z

At the popular Bio Company store in Berlin's Kreuzberg district, the shelves are virtually bare, as demand for organic meat and eggs spikes amid a dioxin crisis that has shaken Germans' faith in food.

"Dioxin: Bio products are not affected," screams a notice in capital letters by the empty meat shelves, the firm differentiating its food from mass-produced goods at t...

Organic farming blooms in Serbia

2011-01-03T05:30:13Z

Standing in her greenhouse in gumboots, Zorana Gajic jokes that she used to think "food grew in supermarkets" but now experiments on how to mix crops to ensure optimum use of her "organic" soil.

A path next to the greenhouse leads to an orchard with plum and cherry trees, melon patches in between and a flock of sheep grazing peacefully throughout.

"I came to this via my husband, otherwise I would still think food was gro...

Wash. organic apple acreage falls in 2010

2010-12-08T15:01:46Z

WSU expert encourages organic growers to better track organic sales, even as acreage falls

Washington's organic apple growers need to gain a better understanding of how much of their crop is sold without an organic label, costing them higher prices in the retail market, a Washington State University expert said Wednesday.

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Davey Connor on Jane Black and Brent Cunningham Tackle the Notion That Local and Organic Foods Are Only for the Rich

2010-11-29T15:01:40Z

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Jane Black and Brent Cunningham Tackle the Notion That Local and Organic Foods Are Only for the Rich

2010-11-29T15:01:40Z

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Killing Crabgrass Weeds in the Organic Lawn and Garden

2010-11-29T14:54:22Z

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Why is Organic Food Good for You?

2010-11-29T14:33:21Z

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Report Says Organic Innovations Lagging

2010-11-29T14:40:01Z

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R-U-VED Updates Logo, Packaging

2010-11-29T14:46:54Z

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Straus Family Creamery ~ Organic Eggnog and Organic Eggnog Ice Cream

2010-11-29T14:46:54Z

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Designing Rocks, Water and Plants: What Fish Need in a Pond

2010-11-29T14:53:31Z

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Green Grocery Shopping on a Budget

2010-11-29T14:46:03Z

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How Much Fertilizer to Add to My Garden

2010-11-29T14:37:11Z

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Laurie David's Green Routine

2010-11-29T14:46:01Z

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Comparison Between Rubber Mulch & Wood Chips

2010-11-29T14:36:46Z

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To Spray or Not To Spray?

2010-11-29T14:52:33Z

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How to Use Organic Mulch in the Vegetable Garden

2010-11-29T14:52:28Z

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Honey Stinger Exhibiting at The Running Event

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How to Make Potassium Carbonate

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Organic Food

2010-11-30T13:48:29Z

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Top 5 Retail Markups

2010-11-29T14:42:44Z

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What Is a GMO Statement?

2010-11-29T14:36:09Z

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Helen's Kitchen ~ Vegetarian Burrito Bowls

2010-11-29T14:46:52Z

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Biologic carbon cycle

2010-11-29T14:57:33Z

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Organics can continue to grow

2010-11-29T14:57:12Z

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WRAP offers resource maps to help firms calculate waste

2010-11-29T14:57:12Z

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The importance of local food

2010-11-29T14:57:06Z

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Organic brands plot 2m bid to revive shoppers interest

2010-11-29T14:56:58Z

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Protein sources found in nature

2010-11-29T15:48:37Z

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The importance of organically grown food

2010-11-29T15:48:53Z

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Food and Farm Egg Sales

2010-12-08T09:01:58Z

In this Dec. 6, 2010, photo a shopper picks up a box of brown eggs at a grocery store in Urbana, Ill. In the weeks that followed the August recall of hundreds of millions of eggs potentially contaminated with salmonella, sales around the country declined sharply. Eggs sales have bounced back since then but some consumers say they've started buying organic eggs and eggs from cage-free chickens because of it. (AP Photo/David Mercer)

Mideast Israel Palestinians Jewish Settlers

2010-09-25T04:45:20Z

In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, settlers pause from work in an organic farm in the West Bank outpost of Givot Olam, next the Jewish settlement of Itamar. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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Food and Farm California Organics

2010-10-22T10:06:37Z

In this photo taken Wednesday July 7,2010, Tiare Harrison smells an galia mellon at the organic food stand of Luis Miranda at a farmer's market in Sacramento, Calif. State agriculture officials plan to boost enforcement against farmers who are not certified organic growers bu...

Food and Farm Tomato Blight

2010-05-12T00:45:29Z

Organic farmer Chris Cashen poses with potato seeds in a cooler at his farm in Claverack, N.Y., on Friday, April 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

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Food And Farm Whats Organic

2010-10-22T09:53:44Z

In a May 31, 2006 file photo, cows are shown grazing on an organic dairy farm in Jordan, Minn. New federal rules that define what makes milk and meat organic has advocates for natural food optimistic that the government is committed to ensuring that the label means something. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

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