Food
2004

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• Cosmetics: USDA Reverses Itself on Organic Seals -  AP 24aug2005
• Bayer Baytril: FDA Bans Bayer Antibiotic for Poultry Use - Reuters 29jul2005
• Monsanto: "America's Heartland" Television Show Criticized Over Its Sponsors - Sacramento Bee 26jul2005
• Industry Aims to Strip Local Control of Food Supply - San Francisco Chronicle 20jul2005
• India: The Business of Hunger: ICT and Millennium Development Goals  - Devinder Sharma (India) 17jun2005
• Mad-Cow: Tyson, McDonald's Shares Fall on U.S. Mad-Cow Concern -  Bloomberg 13jun2005
• Organic Certification: Arthur Harvey, Plaintiff v. Mike Johanns, Secretary of Agriculture, Defendant - Consent & Final Judgement by US District Court, Maine 9jun2005
• Dr. Bronner's & Sun Dog's Magic To Continue Displaying USDA NOP Organic Seal - Press Release 2jun2005
• horizontal gene transfer: University of Newcastle Research on the Transfer of DNA from GM Food Into Bacteria in the Human Gut - Soil Association (UK) 1jun2005
• Organic Milk Supply Falls Short - Washington Post 1jun2005
• Personal-Care Products To Lose 'Organic' Stamp - AP 1jun2005
• More Fights Over Food Labeling -  UPI 31may2005
• The Evolution of My Sauer Kraut Project and How I Learned About Plastic - Carolyn Rogers / Mindfully.org 18may2005
• Oil and Food: A Rising Security Challenge - Earth Policy Institute 9may2005
• Biopharming: Anheuser-Busch to Boycott State's Rice If Genetic Alterations Allowed - Kansas City Star 12apr2005
• Organic Rules: Arthur Harvey writes to Congress Regarding Harvey v. Veneman 7apr2005
• Flavorings That Can Mimic Sugar, Salt or MSG -  New York Times 6apr2005
• Berkeley: Pilot Program Serves Gourmet Breakfasts in Elementary School - SF Chronicle 7apr2005
• Organic Rules: Court clarifies Synthetics Ban -  Natural Foods Merchandiser 6apr2005
• Organic Rules: Harvey and Goliath: A Maine Farmer Rocks the NOP - Sustainable Times 1apr2005
• Biopharming: Can Pharmaceutical Rice be Contained? - Delta Farm Press 31mar2005
• Monsanto Chalks Up Crop of Global Biotech Victories - AP 19mar2005
• Whole Foods Shareholder Resolution to be voted on April 4, 2005: Labeling - 20mar2005
• Organic Rules: Plot Thickens in NOP Challenge -  Natural Foods Merchandiser 15mar2005
• Schwarzenegger Wants to Ban Junk Food Sales in California Schools, Replace With Fruit  -  AP 6mar2005
• Bushmeat on the Menu: Untangling the Influences of Hunger, Wealth, and International Commerce - Science News 26feb2005
• Tillamook Bans Monsanto Growth Hormone - AP 19feb2005
• Your Food Transformed: GMOs - Listen to Dr. Ignacio Chapela on KPOO 89.5 FM San Francisco, CA 17feb2005
• Dean/Horizon Feedlot Dairy Accused of Masquerading as an Organic Farm -  The Cornucopia Institute 16feb2005
• Inventory of Effective Premarket Notifications for Food Contact Substances  -  FDA 15feb2005
• Organic Rules: NOP Violates Organic Rule, Court Says -  Natural Foods Merchandiser 2feb2005
  • Arthur Harvey v. Ann Veneman, Secretary of Agriculture - United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit / Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine no. 04-1379  26jan2005
• Return to Eden: Lands Ravaged by Years of War Can be Returned to Plenty, But it Takes More Than Cash and Fertiliser - New Scientist 22jan2005
• E coli: Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infections Associated with Ground Beef from a U.S. Military Installation --- Okinawa, Japan, February 2004 - MMWR 21jan2005
• Kristie and Rick Knoll Rebel Against Corporate-Controlled USDA Regulation of Organic Farming -  East Bay Express 5jan04 
• Seven Palestinian Children Killed in Strawberry Fields by Israeli Anti-Personnel Shells - PNGO 5jan05
• "Fuel for Nought" The adoption of biofuels would be a humanitarian and environmental disaster -  The Guardian Weekly (UK) 8dec04
• The Corporate Attack on Organic Agriculture -  Cornucopia Institute 24nov04
• World Food Day in Iraq: Iraqi Farmers Aren't Celebrating - Press Release / GRAIN 15oct04
• Mercury Warning on Eating Reservoir Fish  - SF Chronicle 15oct04
• Iraq's New Patent Law: A Declaration of War Against Farmers - Press Release / Focus on the Global South and GRAIN 15oct04
  • Iraq: Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 81: Patent, Industrial Design, Undisclosed Information, Integrated Circuits and Plant Variety Law  - CPA (Iraq) 26apr04
• Bee Decline May Spell End of Some Fruits, Vegetables - National Geographic News 5oct04
• The Green Machine: Corporate Monoculture Farming - The Monthly (Emeryville, CA) 1oct04
• Wonder Bread: Half a Loaf At Giant Baker, Freshness Project Takes Sour Turn: Extended Shelf Life Has Problems - Wall Street Journal 23sep04
• GMOs: Whole Foods' Employees, Customers Need Better Information, Critics Say -  Citizen's Environmental Commission (CEC) 22sep04
• The Meat You Eat: How Corporate Farming Has Endangered America’s Food Supply By Ken Midkiff / Book Review / SF Chronicle 8aug04
• India: Alternative Strategies for India’s Development: Agriculture, Food Security and Hunger - Devinder Sharma (India) 1aug2004
• US Food Aid Gift Refused: Why Countries are Saying No Thanks to U.S. Food Aid: Helping Hand or Big Fat Fist? - Orion 1jul04
• Indian Paradox: Bumper Harvests And Rising Hunger: The World Has Enough Food, But Poor Can't Afford It - Wall Street Journal 25jun04
• Study Confirms Safety of Organic Food But Agrochemical Front Group Attempts to Twist Findings - Press Release / Cornucopia Institute 15jun04
  • Preharvest Evaluation of Coliforms, Escherichia coli, Salmonella, and Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Organic and Conventional Produce Grown by Minnesota Farmers - J. of Food Protection 1may04
• The Organic Foods Movement - Led by Heinz Corporation or We the People? The Time to Choose is Now  - Paul Cienfuegos 28may04
• National Organic Standards: USDA Secretary Veneman Pulls Organic Food Directives But Major Program Reform Still Needed - Press Release / Cornucopia Institute 26may04
• Gene Revolution: Great Potential for the Poor, but No Panacea - FAO Press Release (with commentary by Devinder Sharma) 17may04
• Corn Syrup Linked to Diabetes: Epidemic Reflects Rise in Refined Sugars -  Nature 12may04
• Help Pass the Vermont Farmer Protection Act - Call to Action / Rural Vermont 7may04
• McDonald's: 'Plan' Winner, New Chief Says Customer Count Shows Big Jump at McDonald's -  Chicago Tribune 29apr04
• Agricultural Research: CGIAR Turns to Outsourcing - Devinder Sharma  (India) 26apr04
• Feeding World's Hungry More About Politics Than Food -  Kansas City Star 23apr04
• Super Size Me: Love those trips to McDonald's? What if that was all you could eat for a month? -  SF Chronicle 21apr04
• Coca Kick in Drinks Spurs Export Fears - AP 19apr04
• Mad Cow: U.S. Won't Let Company Test All Its Cattle for Mad Cow -  NY Times 10apr04
• Microwave Popcorn: Snack Food Hurting the Workers Who Make It - St. Louis Post-Dispatch 3apr04
• Palestine: Sweden Comments on Suspension of Palestinian Food Aid by UN - Press Release / Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs 2apr04
• Growth Hormones in Veal Spark Debate -  USA Today 1apr04
• Thought for Food:  Interview with Devinder Sharma - Times Of India 1apr04
• Antibiotics: Judge Upholds Ban On Chicken Antibiotic -  Washington Post 17mar04
• Big Firms Dig in to Asian Rice Bowl - Asia Times 13mar04
• USAID Refuses to ship Non-GMO Food to Starving People in Sudan - U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) 11mar04
• USAID Ceased All Further Food Aid Shipments to Port Sudan Due Insistence that it be on free of GMOs - USAID Testimony 11mar04
• Alice Waters: Food Fighter -  NY Times 7mar04

• Look Behind the Label -  Prairie Writers Circle 5mar04

• Wax Coatings on Organic Produce Items - Mindfully.org 2mar2004

• GM Will Not Solve World Hunger - Catholic Institute for International Relations (CIIR) 2mar04
• Food as Political Weapon: International Activist Battles the Tyranny of WTO / Interview of Devinder Sharma - Acres U.S.A. 1mar04
• Bt Corn Causes Fevers, Respiratory Illnesses and Skin Reactions: Scientists Suspect Health Threat from GM Maize -  The Guardian (UK) 27feb04
• FDA: U.S. Scientist Tells of Pressure to Lift Bans on Food Imports -  NY Times 25feb04
• Mad Cow: USDA Accused of Misleading Public on Mad Cow - Washington Post 18feb04
• India Hits Back At US, EU With Stringent Laws On Food Imports -  Financial Express (India) 16feb04
• Oil We Eat: Following the Food Chain Back to Iraq - Harper's Magazine 1feb04
• Monsanto's Chapati Patent Raises Indian Ire -  The Guardian (UK) 31jan04
• Stop the Rot - Devinder Sharma / Hindustan Times (India) 30jan04
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• 19 Tons of of U.S. Chicken Seized by Ukrainian Customs - AP 26jan04
• Junk Food: Washington State Bill Seeks to Counteract Junk Food in School Vending Machines -  Seattle Times 26jan04
• The Sweet and Lowdown on Sugar - Kelly D Brownell & Marion Nestle / NY Times 23jan04
• Farmed Salmon: A Gamble on a Plate -  Philadelphia Inquirer 19jan04
• US Meat Producers Move to Head Off Push for Mandatory Labelling -  Financial Times (UK) 17jan04
• Irradiation: Accounting Dispute Led to Demise of SureBeam - San Diego Union-Tribune 14jan04
• Irradiation: Titan Sees Limited Impairment Charges Following Bankruptcy Of SureBeam Corp -  Dow Jones Newswires 13jan04
• Farm-Raised Salmon Linked to Contaminants -  NY Times 8jan04
  • Global Assessment of Organic Contaminants in Farmed Salmon - Science 9jan04
• Dean Foods Company Completes Acquisition of Horizon Organic Holding Corporation - Press Release / Dean Foods Company 5jan04
• Arsenic: Chicken Feed Effects Questioned: Researchers study health, environmental impact from use of arsenic -  Daily Times (Maryland) 4jan04
• Mad-Cow Testing on Trial: Should U.S. Start to Screen Every Last Cow, as in Japan? 'A Negligible Cost Increase' -  Wall Street Journal 2jan04
• Bull Market for Organic Beef: Mad Cow Scare Raises Awareness -  Washington Post 1jan03