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Big Livestock Producer Might Lose Its Organic Certification
OrganicAuthority.com - Organic Blog —
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Word to the wise, if you want to be called “organic” and gain a good reputation for doing so, don’t deny USDA inspectors access to your records. That’s why the U.S. Department of Agriculture has filed a formal complaint against Promiseland Livestock. This action could cause Promiseland to lose its organic ...7 hours ago -
Ground Beef Recall due to Salmonella from Beef Packers Inc.
HULIQ - Citizen News Review —
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Beef Packers, Inc. of Fresno, California is recalling approximately 22,723 pounds of ground beef products that may be linked to an outbreak of salmonellosis, the U.S. Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.10 hours ago -
Homeowner Question About Mortgage? | FHA Mortgage Blog
Mortgage online —
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Does anyone know if you have an FHA or another low cost mortgage plan, is it true that you cannot have a home based business because the loan is given for the.1 day ago -
Cool New Recall App
Refresh —
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Apps have been great for the natural foods industry . Long-time wellness consumers are used to creative thinking. I mean, back in the days before online shopping, if there was a natural/organic lifestyler who needed something special, they either did it themselves or tapped into the word-of-mouth network, shopped ...1 day ago -
USDA classifies PETA as a terrorist threat
Politics in the Zeros —
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USDA suspects this could be a terrorist weapon. Be scared. Be very scared Has PETA blown anything up, killed anyone? No. Have they threatened anyone. Gosh, no. They haven’t done that either. Yet USDA now calls them terrorist. While I do understand that advocating eating tofu could be seen as terrorist by some, ...1 day ago -
Do You Know How to Handle Meat Properly?
FitSugar —
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I was alarmed to read the results of a Consumer Reports study that said two-thirds of store-bought chickens were contaminated with harmful bacteria. The study tested 382 birds from 100 stores from 22 states around the country. Tyson and Foster Farms chickens scored the poorest - salmonella was found in 80 percent of ...1 day ago -
Heres a novel idea
Featured States News —
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Original Author: desmoinesdem "Stop USDA loans to factory farms" : The U.S. Department of Agriculture is using our tax dollars to make loans to hog and poultry factory farms at a time when we have too many factory farms, too much pork and poultry on the market, and record-low ...2 days ago -
AL Forage Conference Next Week
Southeast AgNET —
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Eddie Jolley, with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama, wants to remind livestock producers about the 2009 Alabama Forage Conference coming up next Thursday, December 10th at the University of West Alabama in Livingston. To learn more about the 2009 Alabama Forage Conference log on to ...2 days ago -
FL Producers Reminded of GLCI Event
Southeast AgNET —
Authority: 149
While Patricia Pfiel, who serves on both the Florida Grazing Lands Coalition Board and National Grazing Lands Coalition Board wants to remind producers about the Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative’s 4th national conference in Reno, Nevada December 13-16th, she also encourages more landowners in Florida to become ...2 days ago -
Giant Organic Livestock Operation Decertified By USDA, More Legacy Of the Shameful Bush Administration
The Sietch Blog —
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First off let me say, I have long been dubious of so called factory farms, going organic. It just seems silly to think that you can have massive meat production (and lets not mince words thats what they do, produce meat, not cows), without harming the environment. I mean cows got to eat, and they crap, and they ...2 days ago -
Do You Know What Your Underwriter is Looking For When You Apply for a USDA Rural Loan..
FHA Mortgage Blog —
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What The USDA Rural Loans Underwriter Looks For When You Apply… Part 1 This is a three part series where we will look at the 3 factors that a USDA Rural Development underwriter will look at when reviewing your file for loan approval. If you have questions that are not addressed here specific to USDA Rural ...2 days ago -
Food agencies at work (or not): USDA
Food Politics —
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USDA is the agency supposedly responsible for the safety of meat and poultry. Unlike FDA, which is responsible for the safety of just about all other foods, USDA gets to impose HACCP (science-based food safety regulations) on meat and poultry. It just doesn’t bother to enforce its own rules. Hence recent ...2 days ago -
USDA Classifies PETA as a Terrorist Threat
drew3ooo —
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TreeHugger reports that the USDA has added PETA to its list of terrorist threats. So, have we seen the last of nude fashion models in cages or slightly offensive billboards? It’s sort of akin to labeling a Koala a dangerous animal. Call PETA several things: innacurate, trite, innefective, for example, and you might ...2 days ago -
Creme de la Crop is Now USDA Certified Organic
Going Local —
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Congratulations to Leann Landgrebe Stephens whose farm, Crème de la Crop , is now USDA Certified Organic . I met Leann two years ago and toured her farm in Porter County. The self-taught farmer who left her interior design career to follow her passion for gardening says that she loves the land and takes ...2 days ago -
Are You Being Misled By the USDA’s Certified Organic Label?
Natural Bias by Vin Miller —
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Organic food is an important part of a healthy diet, but because of its growing popularity, large corporations are taking advantage of the opportunity and are deteriorating the reliability of the USDA’s organic certification requirements in the process. The USDA’s organic seal is the most widely recognized and ...2 days ago -
USDA “CTE 4 LIFE” Mixtape hosted by Bigga Rankin
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An improving economy? Ask people on Food Stamps!
Food Politics —
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I keep reading that the economy is getting better but I think anyone who says this must be talking about fat cats on Wall Street. As for everyone else, take a look at the shocking piece about the Food Stamp program that the New York Times ran on its front page on Sunday . More than 36 million Americans qualify ...3 days ago -
The 2nd Factor the Lender Looks For When You Apply For A USDA Rural Development Loan
Arizona USDA Rural Home Loans —
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What The USDA Rural Development Underwriter Looks For When You Apply… Part 2This is part 2 of a 3 part series where we will look at the 3 most important factors that a USDA Rural Development underwriter will look at when reviewing your file for loan approval. If you have questions that are not [...]3 days ago -
Organic Wines Revisited
CT Green Scene —
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by James Simpkins and Eileen Weber Earlier this year, this site posted two articles about organic wine. Let’s just say the review was less than thrilling. We tried a variety of wines, more than a few from Bonterra Vineyards. This...3 days ago -
US school lunch program needs more food safety accountability
BarfBlog —
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Today’s USA Today has a feature story today about meat served in the U.S. school lunch program and asks why certain batches of meat were excluded from a Salmonella-related recall and outbreak last year. What stands out is that the U.S. Department of Agriculture initially refused to match suppliers with positive ...3 days ago
