Taking aim at GMOs
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080226/LIFE/8022...
By JOHN DARLING
for the Mail Tribune
February 26, 2008
Urged by customers who feel that genetically modified organisms have negative effects on food, some local grocers are taking items containing them off their shelves
Modified sweet beet seeds leave many sour
SOURCE: The Oregon City News, USA
AUTHOR: Toby van Fleet
URL: http://www.oregoncitynewsonline.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=12024...
DATE: 02. 12.2008
Groups sue USDA over environmental impact of variey that is resistant to herbicide
Even sugar starts with a seed.
And like most agricultural activities, the long process that turns a seed into sugar goes on quietly, without most of us taking much notice until we taste something sweet.
Half of the sugar consumed in the United States comes from sugar beets.
Tilth celebrates 30 years with a look to the future
The following story originally appeared in the December 2004 issue of The Portland Alliance:
Tilth \\ tilth\\ n [fr. OE tillian to til] 1: the structure and quality of cultivated soil; 2: the cultivation of wisdom and the spirit.
Tilth celebrates 30 years with a look to the future
By Jennifer Polis
