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"House Approves Food-Safety Bill" [1]

"The House approved the first major changes to food-safety laws in 70 years Thursday, giving sweeping new authority to the Food and Drug Administration to regulate the way food is grown, harvested and processed."
Food [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Wash Post [5], 07/31/2009

Toolbox: Website Offers Profusion of Government Science Links [6]

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 [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [8]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Food [2]
Natural Resources [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Government [12]
Science [13]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

"Food-Safety Bill Meets Objections From Groups" [14]

"An effort to improve the safety of fruits, vegetables and processed foods is running into objections from a broad collection of farm interests, including livestock producers, organic farmers and small-scale growers."
Food [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Des Moines Register [15], 07/27/2009

"Government Tightening Food Safety Standards" [16]

"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 [17], 07/08/2009

"Purity of Federal 'Organic' Label Is Questioned" [18]

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 [19], 07/03/2009

"Food, Inc. Exposes Industry's Secrets" [20]

"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 [21], 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 [22]

2009 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Nov. 1-5 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Professional Meetings [23]
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Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [24]
Agriculture [8]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Environmental Studies [25]
Food [2]
Forests [26]
Health [27]
Natural Resources [10]
Pollution [28]
Waste [29]
Biodiversity [30]
Policy [31]
Environmental Politics [32]
Science [13]
Technology [33]
Region: 
International [34]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [35]

Book Shelf, Book 2- The Winds Of Change: Climate, Weather, And The Destruction Of Civilization [36]

 

 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 [24]
Fish & Fisheries [37]
Economy & Business [38]
Consumer [39]
Disasters [40]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Environmental Studies [25]
Food [2]
Forests [26]
Health [27]
Government [12]
Environmental Politics [32]
Journalism & Media [41]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

Bird Flu: The Coming Pandemic Or Much Less? [42]

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]
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Public [3]

Local Food? Tasty And A Good Source Of Stories [43]

 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]
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Public [3]

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