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Biodynamic Agriculture

• Biodynamic farming at Patrick’s Ha‘ikū Biodynamic Farm (Maui Weekly, 08/19)
• Finland: Biodynamic farming by the rhythms of nature (Helsinki Times, 08/12)
• An Agricultural Primer and a Biodynamic Lesson (Malibu Grange, 08/07)
• Biodynamic Farming at DeLoach Vineyards in Northern California (Hippie Magazine, 08/06)
• Biodynamics — Balancing Act (G Magazine, June 2010)
• A Taste of Biodynamics (WSJ, 07/30)
• Romancing the Pollinators (Biodynamics Blog, 07/27)
• Farming with draft horses on a Biodynamic farm (Biodynamics Blog, 07/16)
• What Is Biodynamic Farming? (Sustainable Food, 06/21)
• Biodynamic CSA Mendocino Organics: Farming's future — New breed of agri-curious entrepreneurs emphasizes 'growing food responsibly' (Press Democrat, 06/18)
• Biodynamic Farming in Nepal (Biodynamics Blog, 06/15)
• Zinnikers: Raw milk case moving to Dane County (Janesville Gazette, 06/11)
• Zinniker Farm: Farm at center of raw-milk debate returns to court (Walworth County Today, 06/08)
• Marching for Raw Milk? (Biodynamics Blog, 06/07)
• John Jeavons and Jake Blehm on Building a Truly Sustainable Agriculture (Ground Report, 05/28)
• Queen of the Sun - Bees in Crisis (Biodynamics Blog, 05/27)
• Alex Podolinsky: Expert's dynamic secret to rich soil (Weekly Times, 05/19)
• First Biodynamic Spray (Vine Views, 05/02)
• Interview with ‘Growing Green’ water steward Mike Benziger (Grist, 04/26)
• Benziger Winery wins national green award (San Francisco Chronicle, 04/22)
• She'd call herself dirt rich — vision of rescued dairy cows producing manure for Biodynamic compost (The Olympian, 04/21)
• Biodynamics for wild and weedy lawns (Vine Views, 04/21)
• Mike Benziger of Biodynamic ® Benziger Winery receives NRDC's "Water Steward" Growing Green award for 2010 (NRDC, 04/14)
• Farmers go 'organic plus' with biodynamic approach that connects plants to earth's rhythms (AP, 04/06)
• Australia: Teaching biodynamics at the Mulloon Institute (The Land, 03/19)
• Biodynamics workshop at South Kona Green Market (March 14) (Hawaii 24/7, 03/12)
• Italy: Alto Adige growers turn to biodynamics and head for the hills (Decanter, 03/10)
• The Young Biodynamicists — a call to action (Colyn Cameron, 03/05)
• Back to the land with biodynamic farming (Honeybloom, 03/03)
• Biodynamic Agriculture — Not only a new agriculture! (WeStrive, 02/20)
• Green Winegrowing Handbook: biodynamic, organic, and sustainable (Fort Worth Business Press, 02/18)
• Biodynamic winemaking uncorks cosmic forces (Patriot Ledger, 01/20)
• Biodynamic Composting Class (Farm Apartment, 01/18)
• Biodynamic composting at Phoenix, AZ farm (Phoenix New Times, 01/13)
• Australia: biodynamic farming specialists seen as area of job growth as part of organic industry's expansion (Smart Company, 01/13)
• Biodynamic Vineyards — Inviting Nature Back In (Subaru Drive Magazine, 01/11)

Biodynamic Food, Wine, and Products (Note: Products described in these news stories do not necessarily meet the standards of Demeter certified Biodynamic products. "Biodynamic" is a registered certification mark of the Demeter Association, Inc.)

• Australia: Biodynamic Wines from Tamburlaine (Food Magazine, 08/23)
• First Sustainable, Organic, Biodynamic Flowers in Philippines (Sustainable Living Hawaii, 08/21)
• New Zealand: biodynamic winemaking at James Millton (NZH, 08/08)
• Biodynamic Wines Demystified (Wine Magazine SA, 07/27)
• The Real Deal Behind Organic, Biodynamic, and Natural Wine (Eat Drink Better, 07/15)
• New Zealand: Wines that sing a song of "somewhereness" (Southland Times, 07/14)
• Wine: Biodynamic Taste (New Zealand Herald, 07/13)
• Why I Created a Biodynamic Wine List (Organic Wine Journal, 07/08)
• UK Vineyard Adopts Biodynamic Method In Wine Making Process (Drink Business Review, 07/08)
• First English Vineyard Using Biodynamic Principles (PR Newswire, 07/08)
• Chåteau Pontet-Canet to be first grand cru classé certified Biodynamic (Drinks Business, 07/08)
• The Best Wine Tours – Organic & Biodynamic Vineyards (The Daily Basics, 07/07)
• Raise a Glass to Biodynamic Wines (Sustainable Food, 06/22)
• Biodynamic Taste of Place Event (Biodynamics Blog, 05/25)
• Quivira branches out from attention to vines (San Francisco Chronicle, 05/23)
• Great Wines for Beyond Earth Day (Huffington Post, 04/27)
• Simple recycling isn't good enough at Biodynamic Cowhorn winery (Mail Tribune, 03/25)
• DeLoach Vineyards certified Biodynamic by Demeter USA (Healthy, Green, and Sane, 03/24)
• Wine with a hint of moonshine: How does the lunar cycle affect what's inside the bottle? (C-Ville, 03/16)
• Organic, Biodynamic, Vegan, Natural wines… What It All Means (French Wine Explorers, 03/08)
• Biodynamic winery: Domaine Chandon de Briailles (Travel Eco, 03/04)
• He's a believer in biodynamic wine: Italy's Alois Lageder talks about his latest project (Chicago Tribune, 02/17)
• Araujos' Eisele vineyard, lineage of luminaries (San Francisco Chronicle, 02/14)
• Sustaining organics, biodynamics and fair trade in wine (On Milwaukee, 02/06)
• DeLoach Vineyards Estate and Garden Certified Biodynamic® by Demeter USA (PRLog, 02/03)
• Organic vs. biodynamic wine (MNN, 02/03)
• Ontario's Southbrook Winery (Toronto Star, 01/30)
• Vancouver restaurant sources certified Biodynamic meats (Straight, 01/28)
• Biodynamic winery upcycles used wine bottles, corks and caps (Food Magazine, 01/22)
• Grgich: Biodynamic wine dinner a hit at Varanese (Louisville Mojo, 01/20)
• Zhena's Gypsy Tea and Tully's Coffee Shops Partner to Bring a Fresher Cup of Tea to Growing Consumer Base (PRNewswire, 01/19)
• Trends toward organic and biodynamic wines (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 01/16)
• Zhena's green tea: A Fragrant biodynamic brew (MNN, 01/15)
• Red, White or Green? Calif. Wine Choices Expand: Calif. wine industry's new system defining `sustainable' aims to aid Earth-conscious drinkers (ABC, 01/13)
• Trends in wine for 2010 (Napa Valley Register, 01/02)

Community and Agriculture

• Sustainable Food, Sustainable Faith (Huffington Post, 07/28)
• From swords to plowshares: Introducing military veterans to farming (LA Times, 07/08)
• Scholarship and Activism Help Cultivate Community Farming Movement (Diverse, 07/06)
• Reviving Rural America: Sustainable Agriculture Can Help Heal Community (Just Means, 06/26)
• Sustainable Food in Action: Community Supported Kitchens (Just Means, 06/13)
• Community Supported Agriculture (Community Impact, 05/21)
• As locavores clamor for fresh food, it's a time of growth for community-supported agriculture (Nashville Scene, 04/29)
• Organic farm produce to show up in unlikely spots this summer: expanding CSA movement (Chicago Tribune, 04/24)
• Reclaiming a derelict site to create a community garden (The Ecologist, 03/23)
• Jewish groups work to fight 'food deserts' (Los Angeles Times, 03/22)
• Local slaughterhouses come back to life (Washington Post, 03/17)
• Human Culture, an Evolutionary Force (NYT, 03/01)
Place, Price, and Associative Economic Practice (RSF, 02/16)
• Community Supported Agriculture keeps food local (KUNC, 02/05)
• 10 Local Causes to Work for Where You Live in 2010 (OCA, 01/04)
• Sharing harvests: Community members support area farmers (Longmont Times-Call, 01/04)

Food Issues

• GMOs: In Italy, a Conflict Over Corn (NYT, 08/23)
• Crossing State Lines — The FDA and Raw Milk (Biodynamics Blog, 08/23)
• Monsanto's Genetically Modified Sugar Beets Subject to Review (Long Island Press, 08/15)
• The War over Raw Milk Heats Up (Food Consumer, 08/14)
• GreenPeace Beheads GMO Corn in Italy (All Voices, 08/02)
• What's Healthier: Raw Milk or Regulation? (NPR, 08/01)
• Raw Milk: Why Mess with Udder Perfection? (The Jew and the Carrot, 07/31)
• New Zealand opens doors to European raw milk products (Dairy Reporter, 07/30)
• Speaking Freely about Food (Spectre Footnotes, 07/29)
• Fresh fruits and vegetables travel from small farms to corporate cafeterias (Mercury News, 07/14)
• Raw Milk Consumers: 'Don't Turn Us Into Criminals' (Food Safety News, 07/02)
• Fair Trade and the Food Movement (NYT, 06/30)
• MN: Caution, yes, but no ban on raw milk sales (Post-Bulletin, 06/29)
• Hospital Food Gets a Check-Up (Triple Pundit, 06/28)
• Kellogg's Cereal Recall Highlights a New Concern: Chemicals Leaching from Food Packaging (Daily Green, 06/28)
• Demand for raw milk grows with local food movement (Austin Post-Bulletin, 06/26)
• Dairy antitrust workshop might be most complex, emotional yet (Minnesota Independent, 06/24)
• Supreme Court Rules on GMO Alfalfa (Food Safety News, 06/22)
• Local food movement is growing, but much produce comes from afar (Journal Star, 06/22)
• Michael Pollan: The Food Movement, Rising (NYT, 06/10)
• A New Era of Activism (FTCLDF, 06/07)
• The Girl Next Door Is the Future of Food (Rodale, 06/07)
• Research Links Genetically Modified Food To Long Term Sterility (PSFK, 06/03)
• Striking a Balance: Food Safety Regulations for Small-Scale Sustainable Agriculture (Just Means, 05/29)
• Organic Valley Bans Farmers From Selling Raw Milk on the Side (Sustainable Food, 05/28)
• New food-safety rules threaten small, organic farms (Mercury News, 05/24)
• Raw milk, raw food popularity surges: Is the FDA fighting against our health? (Examiner, 05/07)
• Dairy industry pushing hard to outlaw raw milk (Natural News, 05/05)
• Fight Over Raw Milk Moves East, Amid Charges of Collusion with Big Dairy (Huffington Post, 05/03)
• Raw Milk Crackdown (Daily Caller, 04/26)
• Genetically Modified Soy Linked to Sterility, Infant Mortality (Huffington Post, 04/20)
• Russia says genetically modified foods are harmful (Voice of Russia, 04/16)
• Wisconsin: Senate OKs limited raw milk sales (AP, 04/16)
• 'Raw milk' advocates, health officials step up dispute (USA Today, 04/15)
• Farmers Gain in Senate Food Safety Battle (Food Safety News, 04/15)
• Got raw?: Debate rages between raw milk advocates, food safety experts (ABC Action News, 04/14)
• The Raw Milk Debate: Don't Have a Cow (The Atlantic, 04/12)
• Symposium Shows Raw Milk Debate Rages On (Channel 3000, 04/11)
• Concern raised over GMO flax from Canada (Farm and Ranch, 04/09)
• The Truth About Grass-Fed Beef (NPR, 04/09)
• Is Raw Milk Becoming Too Popular for Its Own Good? (Grist, 04/08)
• Mid-size dairies win consumers with less-processed milk (Washington Post, 04/07)
• BC: The battle over raw milk will spill into the future (Updated News, 04/04)
• Everyday Organic: Saying no to GMOs (Salt Lake Tribune, 04/02)
• Raw milk fans undeterred (eTruth, 04/02)
• Editorial: Give consumers, farmers choice on raw milk (Wausau Daily Herald, 03/23)
• Idaho raw milk bill would allow cow share arrangements (Capital Press, 03/19)
• Judge Clears Way for GMO Sugarbeet Planting This Year (NASDAQ, 03/19)
• Bill allowing raw milk sales in Wis. advances (Business Week, 03/17)
• Hundreds turn out for raw milk bill hearing in Eau Claire (WQOW, 03/11)
• CA: Local debate about raw milk runs deep (Visalia Times-Delta, 03/10)
• USDA Vet Blows Whistle on Food Safety Agency (Food Safety News, 03/10)
• GMO-Free is Fastest Growing Retail Brand (Natural News, 03/08)
• WI: Legislation reconsiders 1950s law on milk pasteurization (Wausau Daily Herald, 03/07)
• Got 'Real Milk'? Some Are Demanding It (AOL News, 03/03)
• Public Hearing to be Held in Eau Claire Over Raw Milk Bill (Wisconsin Ag Connection, 02/26)
• Farmer-consumer group challenges FDA authority to ban interstate raw-milk sales (Grist, 02/22)
• What’s the Price of Safe Food? — risks of food safety requirements? (Nature Conservancy, 02/19)
• Ontario farmer Michael Schmidt to develop volunteer guidelines for raw-milk production (Montreal Gazette, 02/16)
• NYC: Food Deserts Could Bloom if City Hall Helps (Gotham Gazette, 01/28)
• Canada: raw milk cow shares ruled legal (Better Farming, 01/21)
• Alliance for Raw Milk Launched in U.S. and Canada ally Scheduled for Date of Schmidt Verdict (Canada Free Press, 01/16)
• Supreme Court to Hear First Genetically Engineered Crop Case (CFS, 01/15)
• U.S. and Canadian Alliances for Raw Milk (ARMs) Formed for Farm Food Freedom (Journal of Natural Food and Healing, 01/10)
• Turning the Tables: Tracing the Slow Food Movement Back to Its Roots (GOOD, 01/07)
• The Year in Food and Drink (San Antonio Current, 01/06)
• 2010 Food Forecast: real, local and fresh are the hot words (Springfield Business Daily, 01/05)

Health Issues

• Non-stick pans can affect our hormones, new research suggests (Ecologist, 08/23)
• New Alarm Bells About Chemicals and Cancer (NYT, 05/05)
• Many public health associations speak up about antibiotics (US Food Policy, 04/10)
• Farm pesticides linked to deadly skin cancer (Environmental Health News, 03/31)
• Human health linked directly to forest health (WWF, 03/19)
• Drugged and Dosed: Do Americans Take Too Many Mind-Altering Meds? (Daily Finance, 03/03)
• GM Foods Are More Dangerous For Children Than Adults (Food Consumer, 03/01)
• Local food, exercise, and natural remedies could lower healthcare costs (CAIVN, 02/06)
• The Vita Myth: Do vitamin supplements really do any good? (Slate, 01/06)
• Three Approved GMOs Linked to Organ Damage (Dissident Voice, 01/03)

International News

• EU Clears the Way to Fast Track GMOs (Daily Mail, 07/14)
• GMOs Divide Europe (EuroNews, 07/13)
• Debate Over Genetically Modified Grapes in France (Eat Drink Better, 07/08)
• Europe's New Approach to Biotech Food (NYT, 07/07)
• EU Member States May Decide on GMOs (Food Safety News, 06/09)
• EU to overhaul GM crop system (Reuters, 06/05)
• Haitian Farmers Refuse Monsanto's Seeds and Instead Commit to Burning Them (TreeHugger, 05/30)
• French Farmers Turn Champs-Elysees Into Huge Farm (BBC, 05/24)
• Haitian Farmers Refuse Monsanto Hybrid Seeds (OEN, 05/21)
• Blockade of Monsanto's Bergschenhoek Location in The Netherlands (GMWatch, 05/17)
• New initiative on sustainable agriculture in Eastern Europe (Sofia Echo, 04/13)
• India: Ancient medical practices on livestock still prove effective (The Hindu, 04/01)
• China: GM-tech running agriculture to seed (China Daily, 03/19)
• Agriculture Minister: No GM Crops Will Be Grown in Bulgaria (Novinite, 03/09)
• A first in 12 years: EU clears GMO crop (World Poultry, 03/04)
• Genetically modified potato wins EU approval (Financial Times, 03/02)
• Global spread of GM crops saw setback last year (Business Standard, 03/01)
• Overuse of fertilizer in China leads to soil acidification (The Ecologist, 02/18)
• Norway says 'no' to genetically modified seeds (The Hindhu, 02/16)
• Farming furor: World Bank launches new agriculture fund (Bretton Woods Project, 02/15)
• 35 Million Hectares of Organic Agricultural Land World-wide (IFOAM, 02/15)
• Smallholders Can Feed the World (IFOAM, 02/15)
• India Says No to Cultivation of Genetically Modified Eggplant (Salem-News, 02/11)
• UK: National Trust is setting up 'super allotments' to allow ordinary families to become part-time farmers (Telegraph, 02/10)
• GM Wheat rejected by 233 Consumer, Farmer Groups in 26 Countries (Newswire, 02/09)
• India: Reports of Bt contamination stain premium organic cotton exports (Business Standard, 02/08)
• Philippines: Greenpeace scores RP for promoting GM crops, calls for ecological farming instead (Business Mirror, 02/04)
• UN Convention to tackle desertification and drought (PIB, 01/27)
• Australia: volunteering through Woofing (Sydney Morning Herald, 01/26)
• EU: The Agriculture Council studies ways to improve the functioning of the food supply chain (Penki News, 01/19)
• UK planning to reintroduce insects (Mongabay, 01/17)
• Pakistan: water availability drops substantially (The International News, 01/10)
• Sri Lanka: an agenda for regenerative agriculture (Sri Lanka Guardian, 01/08)

Sustainable Agriculture and Gardening

• The Campaign to Bring Goats to Your Backyard...And to the White House (Huffington Post, 08/17)
• Genetically Modified Crops Pop up in the Wild (LA Times, 08/13)
• The Economy of the Garden — Part One (Huffington Post, 08/10)
• Sustainable Agriculture: Urban Conservation of Water (Just Means, 08/07)
• Organic almond growers OK to proceed with suit (Fresno Bee, 08/03)
• New Hampshire Farm Closes After 378 Years (3P, 08/03)
• Healing Honey And The New Queen Bee(keepers) (NPR, 08/03)
• Why Grass Could Save America's Dairies (Sustainable Food, 07/18)
• Going to (GMO) Seed (Huffington Post, 07/05)
• Agriculture's Next Revolution - Perennial Grain - Within Sight (Seed Daily, 06/29)
• Consumers are buying into organic farms: They believe in the health benefits of organic food but also see the ventures as investments (Chicago Tribune, 06/28)
• Farmers turn to milk for fields: Studies show richer soil after dousings (Columbia Daily Tribune, 06/27)
• As demand grows for locally raised meat, farmers turn to mobile slaughterhouses (Washington Post, 06/20)
• Crop Mobs Sweeping Across the Country in the Name of Sustainable Farming (SEO, 06/16)
• Natural Winemaking Stirs Debate (NYT, 06/14)
• US Lawns Getting an Eco-Makeover (IPS, 06/13)
• Methyl Iodide Controversy: Warning About Strawberry Field Chemical Ignored (Huffington Post, 06/07)
• Using Primeval Methods to Fight Modern Abuses of Agricultural Lands (NYT, 06/07)
• Study: ADHD linked to pesticide exposure (CNN, 05/17)
• The Rise of Company Gardens (NYT, 05/12)
• Law Allowing Chickens in City Neighborhoods Producing Good Results (Indiana Public Media, 05/07)
• Study: Growing more veggies could profit Midwest (AP, 05/06)
• Scientists warn of dire consequences with widespread use of glyphosate (Non-GMO Report, 05/05)
• The urban-garden revolution is under your feet (San Antonio Current, 05/05)
• New Studies Expose Potential Risks of GMO Trees (Common Dreams, 05/04)
• Farmers Cope With Roundup-Resistant Weeds (NYT, 05/04)
• What exactly is a family farmer? (Farm Aid, 04/29)
• Supreme Court hears arguments on GM seeds (Los Angeles Times, 04/28)
• EPA Confirms Climate Is Changing (ENN, 04/28)
• Organic, small farmers fret over FDA regulation (San Francisco Chronicle, 04/27)
• New Administration at USDA Steps Up to End Organic Corruption (Cornucopia Institute, 04/27)
• Alfalfa, from Monsanto's Lab to the Supreme Court (American Prospect, 04/26)
• GMOs and Why Weeds Matter (Food Safety News, 04/26)
• Monsanto Under Investigation by Seven U.S. States (Food Consumer, 04/22)
• Seattle takes to urban farming and then some (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 04/21)
• Special Report: Are regulators dropping the ball on biocrops? (Reuters, 04/13)
• Agriculture Department seeds the way for 'people's gardens' (Washington Post, 04/13)
• Silicon Valley investors place bets on sustainable ag (Grist, 03/26)
• Genetically engineered corn causes new plant pest (TestBiotech, 03/25)
• Green Agriculture—The Next Hot Investment Sector? (Green Tech Media, 03/25)
• GMOs: Resistance Bites Again (Huffington Post, 03/23)
• Urban homesteading brings farm to city (Ag Journal, 03/19)
• Horses Never Forget Human Friends (Discovery News, 03/17)
• Organic Farming Has Sold Out and Lost Its Way (The Ecologist, 03/17)
• Bees in the City? New York May Let the Hives Come Out of Hiding (NYT, 03/15)
• No way to treat a bee (Oregon Live, 03/13)
• Family-farm advocates call for U.S. to ‘bust up big ag’ (Iowa Independent, 03/12)
• Rapid Rise in Seed Prices Draws U.S. Scrutiny (NYT, 03/12)
• Canadian Groups Urge U.S. to Stop New GE Alfalfa (Epoch Times, 03/11)
• Monsanto 7-State Probe Threatens Profit From 93% Soybean Share (Business Week, 03/10)
• Vancouver: Island beekeepers warn of crisis: 90 per cent of colonies wiped out (Vancouver Sun, 03/08)
• More Farmers Showing Increased Interest in Cover Crops (Wallaces Farmer, 03/08)
• Locally grown foods' appeal offers would-be farmers hope (Des Moines Register, 03/05)
• Glyphosate Resistance in Weeds: The Transgenic Treadmill (ISIS, 03/03)
• Sugar industry awaits decision that could ban planting of GMO crop (In-Forum, 03/02)
• Pesticide Atrazine Can Turn Male Frogs Into Females (Science Daily, 03/01)
• National animal ID system scrapped (for now) (Wellsboro Gazette, 02/24)
• Farmers Fighting for Their Health: Taking on Chemical Companies and Transitioning to Sustainable Agriculture (Huffington Post, 02/24)
• GM crops failing to tackle climate change: 10% drop in genetically modified crops grown in Europe (FoE Europe, 02/23)
• Madison, WI: Sustainable agriculture proposals to hit city committees (Badger Herald, 02/21)
• OH: Urban farm movement is taking root in Akron (Ohio.com, 02/20)
• NAIS Decision Greeted With Rejoicing, Some Concern (Lancaster Farming, 02/12)
• Dramatic Changes in Agriculture Needed as World Warms and Grows (Science Daily, 02/12)
• U.S. organic producers harvesting 1.6 million acres; expenses higher than conventional farmers (Farm and Dairy, 02/03)
• UK: Farming is on the threshold of crisis (Farmers Guardian, 02/03)
• Why We Poison Our Food (The Seminal, 01/31)
• EU: campaign against tolerating "accidental or technically unavoidable" GMO contamination (OCA, 01/29)
• Welcome new breed of humane farmers (Des Moines Register, 01/27)
• Utah: Farms are back (Salt Lake Tribune, 01/25)
• Is a Gardening Revolution Possible? (AlterNet, 01/25)
• Conservation Groups and Scientists ask the USDA to protect wild bumble bees from Disease (Xerces Society, 01/12)
• TN organic produce growers wait out the bitter cold (Tennessean, 01/11)
• Organic Feed Shown to Affect Genes in Chickens (Popular Science, 01/08)
• Grass — the future of sustainable agriculture (Farmers Guardian, 01/07)
• Healthier soil equals healthier island (Big Island Weekly, 01/06)
• An Amish Entrepreneur's Old-Fashioned Approach (Business Week, 01/04)