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"Government Tightening Food Safety Standards" [1]

"The White House is trying to make Americans' food safer after recent recalls of popular products like peanut butter and cookie dough."
Food [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: AP [5], 07/08/2009

"Purity of Federal 'Organic' Label Is Questioned" [6]

Heavy lobbying by companies eager to get a slice of the $23 billion-a-year organic food business is watering down USDA "organic" standards to the point where consumers "are not always getting what they expect: foods without pesticides and other chemicals, produced in a way that is gentle to the environment."
Food [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Wash Post [7], 07/03/2009

"Food, Inc. Exposes Industry's Secrets" [8]

"A new film documentary that's hitting theaters now looks at the underbelly of the food industry."
Food [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Environment Report [9], 07/01/2009
November 1, 2009 to November 5, 2009

American Society of Agronomy - Crop Science Society of America - Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting [10]

2009 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Nov. 1-5 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Professional Meetings [11]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [12]
Agriculture [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Studies [15]
Food [2]
Forests [16]
Health [17]
Natural Resources [18]
Pollution [19]
Waste [20]
Biodiversity [21]
Policy [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Science [24]
Technology [25]
Region: 
International [26]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [27]

Book Shelf, Book 2- The Winds Of Change: Climate, Weather, And The Destruction Of Civilization [28]

 

 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 [12]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Economy & Business [30]
Consumer [31]
Disasters [32]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Studies [15]
Food [2]
Forests [16]
Health [17]
Government [33]
Environmental Politics [23]
Journalism & Media [34]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

Bird Flu: The Coming Pandemic Or Much Less? [35]

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 [2]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

Local Food? Tasty And A Good Source Of Stories [36]

 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 [2]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

Food Deserts: Where The Food Isn't [37]

Areas lacking easy access to affordable staple foods can signal larger long-term problems, including environmental ones. Simple interactive maps can play a key role in engaging your community.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [38]
Topics on the Beat: 
Consumer [31]
Food [2]
People & Population [39]
Technology [25]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

EPA Mulls Loosening Limits on Atrazine in Drinking Water [40]

Atrazine, one of the most commonly used pesticides on crops ranging from corn to trees, may not be as dangerous to humans as previously thought.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [38]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [13]
Chemicals [41]
Food [2]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

Food Terror: Indigestion For Security Experts [42]

Although the US food supply remains among the safest in the world, it also remains a point of vulnerability to terrorist attack.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [38]
Topics on the Beat: 
Consumer [31]
Food [2]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

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