Saturday, April 30, 2011

Organic News 4-30-11

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Salon
More: Felisa Rogers By Felisa Rogers 3-year-old Zoie helps out in the kitchen at McKenzie River Organic Farm. With all the folderol around eating local, very few of us know what eating local really entails, or tastes like, for that matter. ...

Salon
For a life beyond cages
The Hindu
Unfortunately, most eco-feminists in India, while taking up cudgels for organic farming and rural livelihoods, remain silent on the issue of animal exploitation. In the face of such a genocide, abolition is but a plaintive ideal. ...


The Hindu
Documentary envisions future of sustainable local food systems
West Central Tribune
WILLMAR — In one of the scenes in Chris Bedford's new documentary about sustainable food, residents of the Jackson Hill neighborhood in Muskegon, Mich., reflect on the bounty of an organic community garden they established together. ...

Street fair offers a taste of the future
The National
Organic food was on sale at Market@Masdar, a family day and farmers market promoting green living at Masdar City. Crowds of youngsters gathered at the fair for a chance to hold a rabbit in the kids' corner. A face-painting station and a crafts area, ...

The National
Organic skincare and hair products can trigger allergies
The Seattle Times
Online message boards like the Allergic Living Talking Allergies Forum (www.allergicliving.com/forum) offer commiseration and the latest news on companies that have reformulated products with no warning (the newish fragrance-free version of Burt's Bees ...
A bug's life
BBC News
The rain-fed streams are brown from organic matter, while spring-fed ones are clear. "These five types of fly larvae can only live in this type of glacier-fed streams," he explains. "'The streams have a particular combination of low levels of minerals, ...


BBC News
Mitzi Dulan: The Hidden Truth About Food Labels
Opposing Views
The term “Organic” is a generic term used by manufacturers who meet organic standards determined by the USDA. Some general meanings of organic include “of living things” and “derived naturally” although for some organic products those meanings can be ...

Opposing Views
Easter celebration, observances didn't end last Sunday
Pueblo Chieftain
The whole of the paschal celebration unfolding in our lives is an organic process that includes five moments. First, Good Friday, includes the loss of life, coping with change and naming our losses. Second, Easter Sunday, is the reception of new life, ...

Spring brings plant sales galore to Asheville area
Asheville Citizen-Times
HERB FESTIVAL: Products, experts, cookbooks, organic gardening information and Master Gardeners to answer questions. 9 am-5 pm today and 10 am-3 pm Sunday, WNC Farmers' Market, Brevard Road, Asheville. Free admission. www.ashevilleherb FRENCH BROAD ...