Organic Link Love – April 20th

Written by Max Goldberg on April 20, 2013. Follow Max on Twitter: @livingmaxwell.

After a brief hiatus, Organic Link Love is back!

Here are links to some of the most interesting and relevant organic food news stories over the past few weeks.

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Without a doubt, the biggest story in the organic world has been the approval of the Monsanto Protection Act by Congress, which was later signed by the President.

For the next six months, ag-biotech companies will have blanket approval when growing and commercializing very risky GMO-crops. Here are the 5 Terrifying Things about the Monsanto Protection Act.

Despite what President Obama said on the campaign trail in 2007, that he would label GMOs, he continues to betray the organic food industry one day after the next.

The Center for Food Safety has started a petition to help kill the Monsanto Protection Act (please e-sign it HERE), and the Organic Consumers Association has called for the resignation of Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) for writing this despicable piece of legislation.

If you want to know why our Senators refuse to implement food policy that accurately reflects the views, needs, and wants of the people that they are supposed to represent, read this excellent piece in the New York Times about why gun legislation failed. It is the exact same situation with GMOs. Read More »

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Organic Link Love – January 30th

Written by Max Goldberg on January 30, 2013. Follow Max on Twitter: @livingmaxwell.

I’m trying out a new Organic Link Love format this week. Please let me know in the comments below if you like this one or the old format.

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The Top 5 Organic Food Policy Stories that caught my eye this week were:

1) The EU asks its citizens for feedback as it relates to GMOs and organic food.

With 25,000 people in Berlin recently protesting against industrial agriculture, the government in Europe is taking food concerns very seriously.

2) There are now 13 states considering laws that would make it an Act of Terrorism to report on abuses at factory farms. An act of terrorism???

This just shows you how much power that Big Ag has in our country and how they will use any tactic possible to keep hidden from the American consumer as to how conventional food is produced.

If you are not familiar with the ridiculously inhumane treatment of animals that takes place on these factory farms, here is a YouTube video that shows you how just how abhorrent the situation is. (Warning: this video is very graphic and very disturbing). Read More »

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Organic Link Love – January 6th

Written by Max Goldberg on January 6, 2013. Follow Max on Twitter: @livingmaxwell.

In terms of organic food news over the past few weeks, the two major stories headlines have been (1) the release by the FDA of its genetically-engineered salmon Environmental Assessment and (2) the Monsanto Rider in the Farm Bill, both of which I recently wrote about.

Here are the other stories that caught my eye. Enjoy!!!

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QAI, a major organic certification agency, gives its organic forecast for 2023  -  Sustainable Food News

Hain Celestial closes its acquisition of BluePrint, a NYC-based pressed organic juice brand  -  Just Drinks

Washington State may be voting on GMO labeling this fall  -  The Spokesman Review

Whole Foods launches plant-based line of Engine2 Diet products from author and fireman Rip Esselstyn  -  Private Label Buyer

Major organic distributor UNFI acquires Pacific Organic Produce and its Purity Organic brand  -  The Packer

Money Manager: Big upside for those looking to invest in organic food stocks  -  The Motley Fool Read More »

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Organic Link Love – December 9th

Written by Max Goldberg on December 9, 2012. Follow Max on Twitter: @livingmaxwell.

Here are some of the most interesting and important organic food news stories from the past few weeks. Enjoy!!

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Good piece about how Dr. Oz got it wrong on organics – Mother Jones

Kenya bans the importation of GMO foods – Nation of Change

Students in Los Angeles help bring organic food into Inglewood’s food desert – NBC

Organic food distributor UNFI to open up a $32 million facility in Wisconsin – The Journal Times

Latinos in California start organic farms with help of new programs – The Huffington Post

Great food pictures from Matthew Kenney’s new raw vegan restaurant in Santa Monica, CA – LA Weekly

Walmart starts a monthly food subscription service/box, which includes organic food – The Journal Gazette Read More »

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