Cosmo Catalano
Say No to Sludge
Advocacy groups hope to get the EPA to reverse a five-year-old decision allowing the use of sewage sludge as fertilizer.»
Voices That Matter 
Andrea Nocito
Guidelines Released For Healthy Landscape Design
A new report details how to integrate vegetation into in sustainable land use designs.»
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Cosmo Catalano
EU Pesticides May Harm More Than Bugs |
A new study suggest a link between certain pesticides and impaired brain development in fetuses and young children.» | |
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Cosmo Catalano
Debate Rages Between Organic and GM Agricultural |
Controversy continues over the roles of genetically modified foods and organic agriculture in addressing world hunger.» | |
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Thursday Bram
Sustainable Agriculture Sets Standards |
Reps from food production, retail, manufacturing, environmental and labor groups meet to develop standards for sustainable agriculture.» | |
Cosmo Catalano
South African Impacts Study Redefines Sustainability
Increasing the use and accuracy of carbon labeling could change how consumers perceive sustainability.»
Andrea Nocito
Farming Sustainable Community Businesses
Environmental justice meets sustainable agriculture in AnewAmerica Community Corporation's Green Market project.»
Thursday Bram
Green Industry Gets Greener
The horticultural business -- the true "green" industry -- faces unique sustainability issues.»
Cosmo Catalano
Bush Administration Eyes Undeveloped Farmland
CLD lands could offer additional crop-growing capacity, but will it come with too high an ecological price?»
News That Matters
CleanTech.com
Hybrid Rice Developed for Salty Land
Research could boost crop production on 75 percent of China's arable land to help meet demand for food security.»
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Triple Pundit
NYC Ice Cream Truck Redefines Ice Cream |
Taking inspiration from both the biodynamic and slow food movements, an ice cream entrepreneur in New York sources ingredients organically and sustainably.» | |
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New Energy News
"Carbon Farming" Practices Prove Lucrative |
Farmers who practice no-till farming, thus sequestering greenhouse gases in the soil, can earn credits through the National Farmers Union Carbon Credit Program.» | |
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Sustainable Industries
Consumers Fish for Sustainable Seafood |
While the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) continues to struggle to define the parameters of organic seafood labeling, global sales of sustainably harvested fish is increasing.» | |
Triple Pundit
Unsustainable Farming: The Death of Chocolate?
According to the Nature Conservation Research Council, in 20 years time, chocolate could be as rare as caviar is today due to unsustainable farming practices.»
Sustainable Industries
A Business Case for Backyard Farms
Some West Coast businesses, such as Portland's City Garden Farms and San Francisco's My Farm, are poised to turn a passion for vegetable patches into profits.»
CleanTech.com
Disinfecting with Radio Frequencies
RF Biocidics is developing a novel system to clean up food and agriculture products, eliminating pathogens and insects without the use of chemicals or radiation.»
Sustainable Industries
Agribusiness Invests in Water
Many agribusiness giants allotting financial and staff resources to investigating new technologies and processes that improve the efficient use of water.»
Guardian Environment
British Government Takes Fresh Look at GM Crops
Genetically modified crops could be grown in Britain on a wider scale as a means of dealing with the global food crisis.»
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