This is truly disappointing, but the bill that would require any GE fish in CA to be clearly labeled has failed. It is now possible that farmed salmon will be genetically modified and you’ll never know you’re eating it. Even more alarming is that there are genetically modified fish at all! It is only a matter of time before these laboratory-altered genes get passed on to wild populations.
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Satsumas rule dessert
We’re fully into citrus season and we’re making the most of it. Blood oranges just came on and all of our schools are biting into their deep burgundy flesh with delight. Cocktail grapefruit are white-fleshed and the sweetest of the grapefruit varieties available to us right now – the sugar content is through the roof! However, we all agree that the all-around favorite is the satsuma mandarin. They are small, easy to peel and oh-so-sweet. Kids from preschool to 12th grade and all staff are gobbling them up and it makes us smile. Enjoy!
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Organic Farmers gain legal rights
Organic farmers have long been the victim of conventional contamination. This is especially true for many wind-pollinated crops such as canola and corn. Many farmers have lost an entire year’s income by having their crop (and land) contaminated by neighbors. Furthermore, they have also been sued for growing crops they didn’t pay for as Genetically Modified crops come with a tightly-held patent.
Now there is some legal relief for these distressed farmers. They are allowed to sue for contamination of their crops and recover losses.
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Food Security in England
A small town in England is taking their need for food security seriously… and it is heart-warming. This just seems to ideal to not catch on. Read about it here
Residents are able to harvest as they would like and/or need
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Quote from Adam Gopnik’s new book, “The Table Comes First”
Exert from Adam Gopnik’s, The Table Comes First as seen in Newsweek’s article, Paris on the Plate by Tracy McNicoll, October 31, 2011.
“We’re at a moment when more people talk about food in America than ever before. But too much of the conversation is, in the American manner, too puritanical, too narrowly focused on the rights and wrongs of what’s on the plate and not conceived in terms of the beautiful continuities of the table. We have to think about place and history and pleasure in order to talk well about our eggplant.”