Fedco Seeds, a fantastic cooperative seed company from Maine that specializes in fresh market varieties for the Northeast, has reported GMO …
You Are What You Read
Excellent article in the upcoming Sunday Book Review, and it even blends food and story: You Are What You Read …
New Book – Good Crop/Bad Crop
Two links for you to check out. The first is GRAIN, a fantastic international organization "which promotes the sustainable management and …
The Boondoggle of the “Biotech Yield Endorsement Program”
Warning – this is not objective reporting and contains cynicism and sarcasm. But then again, who needs objectivity, not our Federal …
Consolidation continues
Bayer-Crop Science's vegetable seed division is known as Nunhems. Nunhems announced today that they have aquired what is likely the world's …
Dr. Stephen Jones on Perennial Wheat
Here's a broadcast from KPLU radio that reports on research being conducted by Dr. Stephen Jones of Washington State University (Pullman). …
I knew bird brain was a compliment
Purple barley is a favorite of mine. Grow it in my garden - it has wonderful flavor as well as great beauty, and I guessed it might be good …
Assessment of 2007 Farm Bill – Oh no, not again!?!
I'd like to have the time to write a larger opinion piece on this, but am relieved to see others doing a fine job of it. In particular I …
Canadian Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Saskatchewan Farmer’s Appeal on GMOs
Organic canola farmers in Canada have been involved in a longstanding suit against Monsanto asking for compensation for the loss of their …
Wild Garden Seed
It's seed catalog time. A catalog that I wait for (and wait and wait and wait at times, as breeding and producing seed seems to be their …
