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Biodynamic Agriculture

• Back to the land with biodynamic farming (Honeybloom, 03/03)
• Biodynamic Agriculture — Not only a new agriculture! (WeStrive, 02/20)
• Green Winegrowing Handbook: biodynamic, organic, and sustainable (Fort Worth Business Press, 02/18)
• Biodynamic winemaking uncorks cosmic forces (Patriot Ledger, 01/20)
• Biodynamic Composting Class (Farm Apartment, 01/18)
• Biodynamic composting at Phoenix, AZ farm (Phoenix New Times, 01/13)
• Australia: biodynamic farming specialists seen as area of job growth as part of organic industry's expansion (Smart Company, 01/13)
• Biodynamic Vineyards — Inviting Nature Back In (Subaru Drive Magazine, 01/11)
• Biodynamics at Cowhorn Vineyard & Garden in Oregon (Organic Wine Journal, 12/10)
• Biodynamic coffee farming in Brazil (The Guardian, 12/06)
• Two Dutch Farmers in NY, including Biodynamic Roxbury Farm (Expatica, 11/29)
• Philippines: using biodynamic compost on a golf course (Inquirer, 11/14)
• Camphill Village Kimberton: A vibrant farming and handcrafting community (The Phoenix, 11/04)
• Manure makes fine bouquet: Biodynamic farming is kinder to Earth (Times Live, 10/28)
• Old-world greening, including biodynamic viticulture at Southbrook (Financial Post, 10/21)
• Case study of Benziger's biodynamic viticulture (Think Wine Marketing, 10/20)
• Flack Family Farm in VT (Burlington Free Press, 10/16)
• UK: "Is biodynamic the new organic?" (Telegraph, 9/28)
• "New biodynamic book shows best days for tasting wine" (Decanter, 9/25)
• Egypt: new university in heart of biodynamic farm (ANSAmed, 9/18)
• UK: "Why biodynamic gardening makes sense" (Telegraph, 9/17)
• Biodynamic Winter Green Farm honored with award for excellence from Oregon Organic Coalition (Reuters, 9/10)
• "Winemakers disappointed by organic methods have turned to biodynamics as the purest route to wine that's true to soil, grape, and climate" (Technology Review, Sept./Oct.)
• Nova Scotia: "Farming the biodynamic way: Valley couple’s venture follows age-old German movement" (Chronicle Herald, 9/3)

Biodynamic Food, Wine, and Products (Note: Products described in these news stories do not necessarily meet the standards of Demeter certified Biodynamic products. "Biodynamic" is a registered certification mark of the Demeter Association, Inc.)

• Biodynamic winery: Domaine Chandon de Briailles (Travel Eco, 03/04)
• He's a believer in biodynamic wine: Italy's Alois Lageder talks about his latest project (Chicago Tribune, 02/17)
• Araujos' Eisele vineyard, lineage of luminaries (San Francisco Chronicle, 02/14)
• Sustaining organics, biodynamics and fair trade in wine (On Milwaukee, 02/06)
• DeLoach Vineyards Estate and Garden Certified Biodynamic® by Demeter USA (PRLog, 02/03)
• Organic vs. biodynamic wine (MNN, 02/03)
• Ontario's Southbrook Winery (Toronto Star, 01/30)
• Vancouver restaurant sources certified Biodynamic meats (Straight, 01/28)
• Biodynamic winery upcycles used wine bottles, corks and caps (Food Magazine, 01/22)
• Grgich: Biodynamic wine dinner a hit at Varanese (Louisville Mojo, 01/20)
• Zhena's Gypsy Tea and Tully's Coffee Shops Partner to Bring a Fresher Cup of Tea to Growing Consumer Base (PRNewswire, 01/19)
• Trends toward organic and biodynamic wines (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 01/16)
• Zhena's green tea: A Fragrant biodynamic brew (MNN, 01/15)
• Red, White or Green? Calif. Wine Choices Expand: Calif. wine industry's new system defining `sustainable' aims to aid Earth-conscious drinkers (ABC, 01/13)
• Jody Scheckter announces plans for biodynamic winery in Hampshire (Decanter, 12/14)
• Organic? Biodynamic? Hypoallergenic? Making sense of labels and their standards (Live Green Twin Cities, 12/02)
• Potential for "greenwashing" with "green" wines (Press Democrat, 12/02)
• Biodynamic wine: Querciaballa from Tuscany (Sommelier India, 12/01)
• Biodynamic Grgich Hills Estate (Vinography, 11/21)
• CIA to Induct Randall Graham (Biodynamic Bonny Doon Vineyard) into 2010 Vinters Hall of Fame (Earth Times, 11/20)
• Best wine may be a green one — Demeter certification (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 11/19)
• Green revolution is coming to wineries (Press Democrat, 11/08)
• New Zealand Biodynamic winemakers (Examiner, 11/06)
• Northern California wineries going bio dynamic (WFIE, 11/05)
• From mountain biking to biodynamics: Wilridge Vineyard, Yakima, WA (Seattle Times, 11/01)
• Dynamic, indeed: Philippe Drouhin (Star Tribune, 11/01)
• Bonny Doon winemaker gets serious (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10/31)
• Australia: Biodynamic Runnymede wine production (Weekly Times, 10/28)
• Biodynamic practices in Australia: Philip Jones' "Burgundian" wines (The Age, 10/27)
• Biodynamic viticulture at Chapoutier winery in southern France (New Straits Times, 10/23)
• Bonny Doon Goes Biodynamic (OWJ, 10/15)
• Benziger Winery: "Bio-dynomite!" (Caveman Wines, 10/13)
• Biodynamic wine and food at Quivira Winery (Examiner 10/5)
• NZ: Viticulture at Serecin Estate (Otago Daily Times, 10/2)
• BD in Canada: "Guided by (lunar) voices" (Kelowna.com, 9/30)
• Wild Harvest in Oregon transitions to Biodynamic ® (Sandy Post, 9/29)
• BD in UK: "Bertie Eden's aims to produce the world's most environmentally friendly wine but will it taste better for it?" (The Independent, 9/27)
• Tasting notes on Nicolas Joly's biodynamic 2002 Les Clos Sacre (NYT, 9/24)
• Canada: "Andre Kok talks about organic and biodynamic wine" (CHQR, 9/9)
• UK biodynamic meat: "Shoppers turning to primals" (Meat Info, 9/1)

Community and Agriculture

• Human Culture, an Evolutionary Force (NYT, 03/01)
Place, Price, and Associative Economic Practice (RSF, 02/16)
• Community Supported Agriculture keeps food local (KUNC, 02/05)
• 10 Local Causes to Work for Where You Live in 2010 (OCA, 01/04)
• Sharing harvests: Community members support area farmers (Longmont Times-Call, 01/04)
• The "Slow Money" Movement May Revolutionize the Way You Think About Food (AlterNet, 12/22)
• Winter CSA Shares Offer Less Variety, But More Help to Farmers (Village Voice, 12/15)
• Inter-generational dancing to build community (Worldchanging, 12/09)
• Wendell Berry Urges Need for Local Economies of Farming and Forestry (UVA Today, 12/07)
• Unusual rural development project in Iowa aims for local, organic food production (NYT, 11/25)
• Beefing Up the Menu with Meat Sharing (Tonic, 11/22)
• Developing concept of community-supported restaurants (Mother Nature Network, 11/19)
• CSA is great for farms, environment, and locavores (Christian Science Monitor, 11/03)
• Agricultural Justice Project seeking comment on AJP social justice standards (AJP, 11/02)
• "Instead of Traffic, Fresh Tomatoes: First Lady Helps Celebrate Opening of Vermont Avenue Farmers Market" (Washington Post, 9/18)
• "Cultivating a New Generation of Farmers" (American Progress, 9/18)
• "USDA Launches Local Food Blitz" (Chews Wise, 9/15)
• "USDA Launches 'Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food' Initiative to Connect Consumers with Local Producers to Create New Economic Opportunities for Communities " (USDA, 9/15)
• "Farmers sell produce directly to consumers in growing movement" (Sun Sentinel, 9/10)
• "Slow Money, Local Business, and Social Capital" (Business Week, 9/10)
• "The Economics of Local Food" (Washington Post, 9/8)

Food Issues

• Got 'Real Milk'? Some Are Demanding It (AOL News, 03/03)
• Public Hearing to be Held in Eau Claire Over Raw Milk Bill (Wisconsin Ag Connection, 02/26)
• Farmer-consumer group challenges FDA authority to ban interstate raw-milk sales (Grist, 02/22)
• What’s the Price of Safe Food? — risks of food safety requirements? (Nature Conservancy, 02/19)
• Ontario farmer Michael Schmidt to develop volunteer guidelines for raw-milk production (Montreal Gazette, 02/16)
• NYC: Food Deserts Could Bloom if City Hall Helps (Gotham Gazette, 01/28)
• Canada: raw milk cow shares ruled legal (Better Farming, 01/21)
• Alliance for Raw Milk Launched in U.S. and Canada ally Scheduled for Date of Schmidt Verdict (Canada Free Press, 01/16)
• Supreme Court to Hear First Genetically Engineered Crop Case (CFS, 01/15)
• U.S. and Canadian Alliances for Raw Milk (ARMs) Formed for Farm Food Freedom (Journal of Natural Food and Healing, 01/10)
• Turning the Tables: Tracing the Slow Food Movement Back to Its Roots (GOOD, 01/07)
• The Year in Food and Drink (San Antonio Current, 01/06)
• 2010 Food Forecast: real, local and fresh are the hot words (Springfield Business Daily, 01/05)
• Yield loss eyed as snow covers U.S. corn crop (Reuters, 12/29)
• The Decade in Food (GOOD, 12/28)
• New Jewish food movement steps up focus on social justice (JTA, 12/28)
• Local farms help community appreciate winter crops (Ithaca Journal, 12/18)
• Back-to-Basics Leads 2010 Food Trends (Marketing Daily, 12/11)
• Tennessee Town Passes Nation's First Green Food Resolution (TreeHugger, 12/03)
• Family farmers fear feds: Food-safety bills may cater to agribusiness at the expense of small farms (News Review, 11/17)
• Raw Milk Sales Could Invigorate U.S. Dairy Farms (NYT, 11/16)
• The fight over the future of food (Reuters, 11/10)
• "Eating local morphs into buying direct movement" (Seattle Times, 10/8)
• Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food website launched by USDA
• "The Local Grain Revolution" (Rossland Telegraph, 9/25)
• "Organic foods are now 'mainstream,' says USDA" (Food Navigator, 9/14)
• "Can 'Slow Investing' Remake America's Food Industry?" (TIME, 9/11)
• "Heat is on to improve school nutrition efforts: (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 9/7)
• "An American Right to Food" (The Nation, 9/2)

Health Issues

• Drugged and Dosed: Do Americans Take Too Many Mind-Altering Meds? (Daily Finance, 03/03)
• GM Foods Are More Dangerous For Children Than Adults (Food Consumer, 03/01)
• Local food, exercise, and natural remedies could lower healthcare costs (CAIVN, 02/06)
• The Vita Myth: Do vitamin supplements really do any good? (Slate, 01/06)
• Three Approved GMOs Linked to Organ Damage (Dissident Voice, 01/03)
• MIT researchers think America's obesity epidemic can be reversed via ‘foodsheds' (MITNews, 11/10)
• Tiny pesticide exposure during pregnancy can have long-term impact on female offspring (Rodale Institute, 11/10)
• Study Raises Red Flag over Home Insecticides, Autoimmune Diseases (ENN, 10/26)
• Pesticides can increase suicidal thoughts (Discover, 10/22)
• Drinking From Plastic Raises BPA Levels 70 percent (Natural News, 10/14)
• "The Main Source of Bisphenol-A Exposure: Sales Receipts? (Chelsea Green, 10/14)
• "Health Ills Abound as Farm Runoff Fouls Wells" (NYT, 9/17)

International News

• Genetically modified potato wins EU approval (Financial Times, 03/02)
• Global spread of GM crops saw setback last year (Business Standard, 03/01)
• Overuse of fertilizer in China leads to soil acidification (The Ecologist, 02/18)
• Norway says 'no' to genetically modified seeds (The Hindhu, 02/16)
• Farming furor: World Bank launches new agriculture fund (Bretton Woods Project, 02/15)
• 35 Million Hectares of Organic Agricultural Land World-wide (IFOAM, 02/15)
• Smallholders Can Feed the World (IFOAM, 02/15)
• India Says No to Cultivation of Genetically Modified Eggplant (Salem-News, 02/11)
• UK: National Trust is setting up 'super allotments' to allow ordinary families to become part-time farmers (Telegraph, 02/10)
• GM Wheat rejected by 233 Consumer, Farmer Groups in 26 Countries (Newswire, 02/09)
• India: Reports of Bt contamination stain premium organic cotton exports (Business Standard, 02/08)
• Philippines: Greenpeace scores RP for promoting GM crops, calls for ecological farming instead (Business Mirror, 02/04)
• UN Convention to tackle desertification and drought (PIB, 01/27)
• Australia: volunteering through Woofing (Sydney Morning Herald, 01/26)
• EU: The Agriculture Council studies ways to improve the functioning of the food supply chain (Penki News, 01/19)
• UK planning to reintroduce insects (Mongabay, 01/17)
• Pakistan: water availability drops substantially (The International News, 01/10)
• Sri Lanka: an agenda for regenerative agriculture (Sri Lanka Guardian, 01/08)
• Climate Agreement Must Support Shift Toward Sustainable Agriculture (Common Dreams, 12/01)
• Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Host a Conference Call To Discuss Food Security on World Food Day (US Dept of State, 10/16)
• "Ireland Adopts GMO-Free Policy" (OCA, 10/13)
• Global: "Back to traditional farming to beat climate change" (IPS, 10/9)
• Australia: "Strict new rules set the standard for organic goods" (Sydney Morning Herald, 10/9)
• In Europe, A Cow Over Hormone-Treated U.S. Beef" (NPR, 9/29)
• US Dept. of State: proposal on partnering for food security (Dept. of State, 9/26)
• India: "Green revolution turned soil infertile" (The Hindu, 9/26)

Sustainable Agriculture and Gardening

• Glyphosate Resistance in Weeds: The Transgenic Treadmill (ISIS, 03/03)
• Sugar industry awaits decision that could ban planting of GMO crop (In-Forum, 03/02)
• Pesticide Atrazine Can Turn Male Frogs Into Females (Science Daily, 03/01)
• National animal ID system scrapped (for now) (Wellsboro Gazette, 02/24)
• Farmers Fighting for Their Health: Taking on Chemical Companies and Transitioning to Sustainable Agriculture (Huffington Post, 02/24)
• GM crops failing to tackle climate change: 10% drop in genetically modified crops grown in Europe (FoE Europe, 02/23)
• Madison, WI: Sustainable agriculture proposals to hit city committees (Badger Herald, 02/21)
• OH: Urban farm movement is taking root in Akron (Ohio.com, 02/20)
• NAIS Decision Greeted With Rejoicing, Some Concern (Lancaster Farming, 02/12)
• Dramatic Changes in Agriculture Needed as World Warms and Grows (Science Daily, 02/12)
• U.S. organic producers harvesting 1.6 million acres; expenses higher than conventional farmers (Farm and Dairy, 02/03)
• UK: Farming is on the threshold of crisis (Farmers Guardian, 02/03)
• Why We Poison Our Food (The Seminal, 01/31)
• EU: campaign against tolerating "accidental or technically unavoidable" GMO contamination (OCA, 01/29)
• Welcome new breed of humane farmers (Des Moines Register, 01/27)
• Utah: Farms are back (Salt Lake Tribune, 01/25)
• Is a Gardening Revolution Possible? (AlterNet, 01/25)
• Conservation Groups and Scientists ask the USDA to protect wild bumble bees from Disease (Xerces Society, 01/12)
• TN organic produce growers wait out the bitter cold (Tennessean, 01/11)
• Organic Feed Shown to Affect Genes in Chickens (Popular Science, 01/08)
• Grass — the future of sustainable agriculture (Farmers Guardian, 01/07)
• Healthier soil equals healthier island (Big Island Weekly, 01/06)
• An Amish Entrepreneur's Old-Fashioned Approach (Business Week, 01/04)
• Year in Food: Gardeners growing their own (Online Athens, 12/30
• Corporate agribusiness helps scuttle climate justice (Capital Times, 12/29)
• NYC Moves to Life Ban on Beekeeping (NYT, 12/18)
• NASA Study Shows Major Groundwater Loss in California Since 2003 (ENN, 12/17)
• AP investigation: Monsanto's anti-competitive behavior (Yahoo, 12/13)
• Small free-range chicken operations hoped to provide opportunities for new immigrants (Edible Twin Cities, 12/08)
• Produce industry faces many challenges (Southeast Farm Press, 12/04)
• Mass.: obstacles to growth in local farming (Cape Cod Times, 11/29)
• 6 Ways Agriculture Impacts Global Warming (TreeHugger, 11/19)
• Genetically Engineered Agriculture Results in Increased Herbicide Usage; Weed Resistance, Farming Costs and Health Concerns on the Rise (TreeHugger, 11/17)
• Report: GE crops have increased pesticide use (Organic Center, 11/16)
• Small farms fear food safety bill will further industrialize farms (SF Chronicle, 11/16)
• US DOJ and USDA announce workshops on antitrust in the agriculture industry (DOJ, 11/13)
• Greenpeace alternative to GMO: Marker Assisted Selection breeding (Inquirer, 11/13)
• Is Obama Ready to Take on Factory Farming? (Huffington Post, 11/11)
• History of Monsanto (Reuters, 11/10)
• Washington's Other Organic Garden: USDA (Atlantic, 11/09)
• Chickens come home to roost in backyards around the USA (USA Today, 11/09)
• Sustainable Agriculture: The Unrecognized Key to Reversing Climate Change (Huffington Post, 11/05)
• The Obama Administration and Food, Year One (Huffington Post, 11/02)
• FDA urged to ban feeding of chicken feces to cattle (LA Times, 10/31)
• Galvanized by the local food movement, 20-somethings are turning to small farms to make a fresh start (Washington Post, 10/25)
• The Farmer-Veteran Coalition: A Modern Swords to Ploughshares (Treehugger, 10/20)
• Who Killed All Those Honeybees? We Did (Discover, 10/19)
• Cosmic pattern to UK tree growth (BBC, 10/19)
• Educational value of farm field trips for Harlem children (NYT, 10/19)
• Fred Kirschenmann: Do Increased Energy Costs Offer Opportunities for a New Agriculture? (Monthly Review, 10/19)
• Cattle Company Forces Change in Michael Pollan University Lecture" (3P, 10/16)
• "Agri-chemical companies are both breeding and killing bees" (The Ecologist, 10/13)
• "Sustainable agriculture expert wins Nobel in Economics" (Green Planet, 10/13)
• "Colony Collapse: Are Potent Pesticides Killing Honeybees?" (Mother Earth News, Oct./Nov)
• "Wisdom of helping small farmers begins to take root throughout U.S." (Kennebec Journal, 10/9)
• "GM flax contamination from Canadian exports soars to 28 countries" (Current, 10/5)
• "The Other Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis in Global Land Use" (Yale e360, 10/5)
• "Judge overturns USDA's approval of biotech beets" (Daily Camera, 9/22)
• "Colleges expand focus on organics" (Capital Press, 9/19)
• "Universal 'Death Stench' Repels Bugs of All Types" (Wired, Sept.)
• "Farmers use radishes to soften, fertilize fields" (AP, 9/18)
• "Why I Still Oppose Genetically Modified Crops" (Yale e360, 9/17)
• "Genome of Irish potato famine pathogen decoded: Findings yield deep insights into the pathogen’s remarkable adaptability, suggest a “two-speed” genomic strategy that enables it to outwit plant hosts" (Broad Institute, 9/9)
• "Radical collaboration" in the sustainability movement (Worldchanging, 9/9)