NEWS and READS

• Conventional Chemical Soil Testing in Organic Farming Systems by eXtension
• An Introduction to Cover Crop Species for Organic Farming Systems by eXtension
• Composting to Reduce Weed Seeds and Plant Pathogens by eXtension
• FARMING FOR BEES - Guidelines for providing bee habitat on farms (The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation). More (pdf)
• Exposition Paths of Neonicotinoids - in bees. More (pdf, large!)
• Diversity in organic agriculture (by Vivian Vilich). More (pdf)
• Fate of transgenic DNA and evaluation of metabolic effects in goats fed genetically modified soybean and in their offsprings. More (pdf)
• Three Major GMOs Approved for Food and Feed Found Unsafe.  More (pdf)
• The Canadian industry sees a wealth of opportunity in the growing demand for organic, but there are challenges. Even though more Canadian producers are moving to organic, Canadians’ demand for organic food is far outpacing the Canadian supply. Read the Globe and Mail Special Supplement (pdf)   Learn more at www.organicbiologique.ca
• Union Of Concerned Scientists
• GMO-Compass
• Roots from the chicory plant reduce boar taint and can make castration of male pigs redundant. More (pdf)
• The University of Georgia compared multiple varieties of commercially available cotton, including non-GE cotton and GE cotton in regards to yields and profits. More (pdf)
• Who benefits from GM crops? The rise in pesticide use, January 2008. (pdf) Friends of Earth International
• The Case For A GM-Free Sustainable World, Independent Science Panel (read the report, pdf)
• KIVA: Kiva lets you connect with and loan money to unique small businesses in the developing world. By choosing a business on Kiva.org, you can "sponsor a business" and help the world's working poor make great strides towards economic independence.
• Plant Uptake of Antibiotics: Routine feeding of antibiotics to livestock may be contaminating the environment (pdf)
• The Tyee, British Columbia's online source for News, Views, and Culture, published weekdays
• The Non-GMO Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to enabling the public to make informed choices with regard to the consumption of genetically modified food products.
• No Patents on Seeds: For several years, patents on genetically modified seeds and animals have been granted worldwide. The damaging impacts on farmers, who are deprived of their rights to save their seeds, and on breeders who can no longer use the patented seeds freely for further breeding, are well known.