This week's dose of organic headlines, updates, resources, goodies, and recipes courtesy of Doug Snodgrass... It is a bizarre concept to me - and I'm speaking only from my experience as an American - that eating organic foods is considered by many to be radical behavior. Have you been to ... keep reading
Written by D. Snodgrass in September, about Agriculture & Food, Food, Organic
This week's dose of organic headlines, updates, resources, goodies, and recipes courtesy of Doug Snodgrass... My mom used to scare the bejeezus out of me. No, she wasn't a strict disciplinarian nor was there any Mommy Dearest situation. The woman never had a malicious bone in her body ... keep reading
Written by D. Snodgrass in September, about Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Food, Organic
This week's dose of organic headlines, updates, resources, goodies, and recipes courtesy of Doug Snodgrass... The White House website, which under the Obama administration has shown borderline-compulsive tendencies toward the au courant, has released a new video documenting the on-site organic garden. Since ground-breaking and initial tilling in March ... keep reading
Written by D. Snodgrass in September, about Agriculture & Food, Food, Organic
Japan is on the cusp of an election result which will represent a seismic shift in the political balance of power. The incumbent ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), is expected to be replaced after a half-century in power by the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), pending today's ... keep reading
Written by D. Snodgrass in August, about Organic, Politics & Government, Recycling
For the first time, researchers from the EPA have found potentially fatal chemical contaminants in drinking water wells near natural gas drilling sites in Pavillion, Wyoming. This brings into question an extraction technique know as "fracking", which is commonly used by companies like EnCana Corp, Halliburton Co, and others. According ... keep reading
Written by D. Snodgrass in August, about Climate Change, Environmental Disasters, Water, Weather
The U.S. Justice Department has filed a complaint on behalf of the state of Illinois and the EPA against energy giant Edison for "illegally emitting massive amounts of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and particulate matter". Specifically at issue are six of Edison's coal-fired plants which had been modified ... keep reading
Written by D. Snodgrass in August, about Air Quality, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Climate Change, Politics & Government, Pollution
This week's dose of organic headlines, updates, resources, goodies, and recipes courtesy of Doug Snodgrass... Raine Saunders at Agricultural Society blows the whistle on the steady flow of bogus info coming from the American Dietetic Association. If you visit their web site, you will find a definitive statement claiming ... keep reading
Written by D. Snodgrass in August, about Agriculture & Food, Consumerism, Organic (2 comments)
Senator Edward Kennedy has died at the age of 77. In addition to being the last remaining brother in an incredibly influential American political dynasty, he was one of theenvironment's staunchest defenders in Washington. May he rest in peace. The German ministry has proposed creation of an independent ... keep reading
Written by D. Snodgrass in August, about Clean Technologies, Environment & Wildlife, Politics & Government
A former dumping ground for pesticides in rural Nevada which was supposed to be cleaned up in 1993 remains untouched and littered with rusted steel pesticide drums. State and federal officials are admitting that the required action never occurred but have offered up the head-scratching excuse that they were too ... keep reading
Written by D. Snodgrass in August, about Agriculture & Food, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Environment & Wildlife, Health, Politics & Government
Bruce Bisset recently brought to our attention an incident in China's Hunan province in which more than 1,300 children who live in close proximity to a manganese processing plant fell ill with lead poisoning. It is now being reported that the plant had originally opened in May 2008 ... keep reading
Written by D. Snodgrass in August, about Climate Change, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Water
