Posted by Barry on April 26, 2010
I never thought I’d see the day when the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) would be singing the praises of Alice Waters.
Since its inception a little over three decades ago, the conservative pseudoscience group has been on the wrong side of virtually every imaginable environmental and health issue. It is all in favor [...]
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Posted by Barry on January 27, 2010
On some bureaucrat’s desk in President Obama’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB), sits a document that has the power to either destroy the nation’s 1,800 family-operated organic dairy farms or come to their rescue.
In the early 2000s, virtually all of the nation’s organic dairy farmers—not to mention the millions of consumers willing to pay [...]
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Posted by Barry on November 30, 2009
Some offers are simply too good to be true. In late September, San Francisco’s Public Utilities Commission once again offered “high-quality, nutrient-rich, organic” compost to any citizen who wanted it absolutely free. It’s a popular program. Bay-area residents sprinkle about 80 tons a year of the fertilizer on their lawns and gardens—even schoolyards.
But Washington, D. [...]
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