Publication Items

Nearly 900 Farmers Markets Open in Winter [1]

The US Dept. of Agriculture says that 898 of these markets are open during some or all of the winter, even in many northern states. The USDA inventory is searchable by state and city, and considerable detail is provided for each market.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Food [3]
Agriculture [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Study: Fish Are Getting Whipsawed by People, Climate Change [6]

Arizona State University researchers find a major shift in top fish predators in 36 North American waterways, resulting in reduced availability of fish caught for food or sport, and long-term changes in riparian ecology that affect both people and the rest of the environment, sometimes in unpredictable ways.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [7]
Food [3]
Climate Change [8]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Reporters' Resources: Farm & Food — A Local Story [9]

Journalism about farm and food is often a key part of the environment beat. To help reporters quickly find sources and resources that can help them cover farm and food, SEJ has compiled on its website a list of some of the best.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [4]
Food [3]
Journalism & Media [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Reporters' Resources: Farm & Food — A Local Story [9]
Supreme Court Case Could Affect Many GE Foods [12]

The case, Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms, focuses on genetically engineered alfalfa. One of the concerns is that GE alfalfa can cross-contaminate, rendering organic alfalfa noncompliant with federal standards, and precluding export.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [4]
Food [3]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Government [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Supreme Court Case Could Affect Many GE Foods [12]
"Food Fray: Inside the Controversy over Genetically Modified Food" [15]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Food [3]
Region:
International [17]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about "Food Fray: Inside the Controversy over Genetically Modified Food" [15]
'Thousand Cankers' Rapidly Kills Walnuts [18]

Yet another deadly tree disease is spreading in North America. This one, documented in 8 states so far, affects black walnuts. Early hints indicate it could also affect other, agriculturally significant walnut tree species.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Food [3]
Forests [19]
Biodiversity [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about 'Thousand Cankers' Rapidly Kills Walnuts [18]
Toolbox: Website Offers Profusion of Government Science Links [21]

In one handy spot, you'll find hundreds of rarely visited Web pages published by a vast variety of federal offices and programs doing science on environmental and other topics.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [4]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Food [3]
Natural Resources [24]
Water & Oceans [7]
Government [14]
Science [25]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Book Shelf, Book 2- The Winds Of Change: Climate, Weather, And The Destruction Of Civilization [26]

Climate change scientist paints a stark and vivid picture

THE WINDS OF CHANGE: CLIMATE, WEATHER AND THE DESTRUCTION OF CIVILIZATIONS By Eugene Linden
Simon & Schuster, $26
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [8]
Fish & Fisheries [27]
Economy & Business [28]
Consumer [29]
Disasters [30]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Studies [31]
Food [3]
Forests [19]
Health [32]
Government [14]
Environmental Politics [33]
Journalism & Media [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Bird Flu: The Coming Pandemic Or Much Less? [34]

Highly Pathogenic A (H5N1) Avian Influenza (AI) is killing birds and occasionally infecting and killing humans. This story continues to develop as both breaking news and a continuing story involving commercial poultry industry, ethnic differences, rural life, Third World poverty, and global and domestic preparedness for a disease pandemic.

Topics on the Beat:
Food [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Local Food? Tasty And A Good Source Of Stories [35]

By CHERYL DORSCHNER
Attendees at SEJ's 16th Annual Conference in Burlington, Vt., Oct. 25-29, will have a chance to witness a basic, but littleexplored issue for most environment writers: food.

A number of other issues will be explored, of course. But in Vermont, SEJ conference attendees will be able to grapple with the environmental issues of food.

SEJers will address "Eating as an Environmental Act" in a panel discussion Friday, Oct. 27 from 11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Topics on the Beat:
Food [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Local Food? Tasty And A Good Source Of Stories [35]

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