by Joe Fassler | March 8th, 2018 It’s an all-too-familiar story, with no easy villain. It’s never easy losing a business. But the painful thing about AtlantaFresh Artisan Creamery’s story is how far it fell, and how fast. When I call Ron Marks, who founded the line of grass-based dairy products almost a decade ago,…
As mega-retailers like Amazon-Whole Foods and Costco go after their customer base, community grocery stores are being forced to reinvent to stay relevant. By Stephanie Parker | 02.28.18 The Good Earth Market food cooperative in Billings, Montana, which opened its doors 23 years ago, closed in October 2017. Over the last few years, the long-loved…
Contacts: Patrick Davis, Friends of the Earth, (202) 222-0744, pdavis Angela Huffman, Organization for Competitive Markets, (614) 390-7552, ahuffman Poll: Farmers Overwhelmingly Oppose Bayer-Monsanto Merger Farmers’ concerns illustrate why merger should be blocked; milder remedies unlikely to work WASHINGTON, D.C. – An overwhelming majority of surveyed farmers are concerned about the proposed Bayer-Monsanto merger and…
R-CALF USA For Immediate Release: March 6, 2018 Media Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa www.r-calfusa.com Group Calls for New Tariffs on Imported Cattle, Beef, Sheep and Lamb in Wake of Shrinking U.S. Livestock Sectors Billings, Mont. – On Monday, the R-CALF USA Board of Directors voted unanimously to call upon President…
The stinky, disgusting downside of the world’s demand for pork By Associated Press March 5, 2018 | 1:04pm WILLARD, NC — Terry “Pap” Adams says he was out in the backyard, tinkering on one of his car projects, when another cloud of noxious pinkish-brown mist drifted overhead. The droplets hit his wife’s black car, leaving…
By Nick Miroff | March 4 CACTUS, Tex. — The DJs at the Spanish-language radio stations gave warnings whenever Immigration and Customs Enforcement came around. “Be careful out there,” they’d say. “The relatives are in town.” Not on the day of the Big Raid. Nothing leaked out. State police sealed off the highways in and…
by Carey Gillam | March 5, 2018 This week’s events will mark the first time that the science used to justify certain pesticides will be analyzed under oath for all to see On Monday, a federal court hearing in San Francisco will turn a public spotlight on to the science surrounding the safety of one…
By Dan Nosowitz on March 5, 2018 The certified organic label is, easily, the most important label in the U.S. food regulation system. Worth billions of dollars, the organic label is the only federally regulated food label that conveys any information about how that food was produced. Certified organic is the fastest-growing food segment—and the…
The Oklahoman Opinion / You are viewing an editorial opinion from The Oklahoman. Cafeteria pricing suit provides cautionary tale by The Oklahoman Editorial Board Published: March 4, 2018 5:00 AM CDT Updated: March 4, 2018 5:00 AM CDT CONSIDERING what happened in recent years at Yukon, school districts across Oklahoma would be wise to thoroughly…
R-CALF USA For Immediate Release: March 5, 2018 Media Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa www.r-calfusa.com Group Defends Checkoff Injunction Before Appeals Court Billings, Mont. – In oral arguments before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today, R-CALF USA’s attorney, David Muraskin of Public Justice, defended the group’s preliminary injunction awarded by…