Havana harvest: Organic agriculture in Cuba’s capital (San Francisco Bay View)

On a recent visit we learned that Cuba has been raising its fruits and vegetables organically for more than 15 years, using worm and vegetable compost and integrated and natural pest management to raise crops for its people. In the process they have decentralized agricultural production, tripled farmers’ average income, built stronger communities and shown the way to living well after the end of ...

Sara Lee’s claims on Eco-Grain raise ire of critics (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

Sara Lee's EarthGrains brand has launched an "environmentally friendly" line of bread with a marketing blitz that describes itself as a "plot to save the earth, one field at a time."

Farmers: Be ‘face’ of ag (Kearney Hub)

KEARNEY — In a video made from a tractor and uploaded to the Internet from a cell phone, an Alabama farmer sings a snappy, self-composed song that describes the process of collecting dairy waste and spreading it as fertilizer on fields.

Carleton MPIRG plants seeds of community sustainability (The Carletonian)

With a campaign to transform Rice County's agriculture underway, MPIRG is taking on the local food system. Last spring a couple of members of MPIRG asked themselves "what policies a local government could enact?"

Sara Lee accused of ‘misleading’ marketing (Nutraingredients.com)

Sara Lee sources Eco-Grain, which accounts for 20 percent of the grain in each of its EarthGrain loaves, from Cargill affiliate Horizon Milling.

Provincial projects continue (Sun Star)

PEACE-KEEPING efforts are not limited to the work of the military and police, Pampanga Peace and Order Council (PPOC) announced during its meeting. read more

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Greening Deserts for Carbon Credits (Renewable Energy World)

Poor farming practices have degraded the world's soils causing them to release carbon that should have stayed in the soil. In the past 150 years soils have released twice as much carbon as fuel burning. Improved farming methods could quickly rebuild degraded land and store enough carbon to offset the damage already done by fuel burning. Dr Rattan Lal of Ohio State University, a leading expert on ...

Legislators unveil plans to balance deficit (Tri-City Herald)

OLYMPIA -- House and Senate Democrats each unveiled supplemental budgets on Tuesday that show how th

Food watchdog slams Sara Lee over ads for eco-friendly bread (Crain’s Chicago Business)

(Crain's) — An organic-food watchdog group is attacking Sara Lee Corp. for a promotion that touts the environmental benefits of a new EarthGrains wheat bread. The Cornucopia Institute, a non-profit in Wisconsin, is calling on Sara Lee to suspend marketing for the bread because the Downers ...

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