- The Sunday New York Times story The Brain — Our Food Traffic Controller should not be missed
- In a story that should be getting wider circulation, author Hannah Wallace details how to feed a family of three all-organic foods on a food-stamp budget, published in all places Bon Apetit Blog. Take a look at Wallace’ blog for the ground rules of her experiment and for other great posts too.
- Labor Relations Board orders new union elections at NYC Target store in a victory for labor activists.
- Organic farms are flourishing in Russia where consumers are willing to pay more and demand is rising high.
- How Cargill is looking to transform the production of stevia from farming to the lab using transgenic science. We never heard of transgenic science before either.
- Britain’s ASA (Advertising Standards Authority) gets tough on conventional versus organic dairy claims The Advertising Standards Authority has slapped down an organic milk company for making unfavourable comparisons between organic and conventional dairy production – without having the necessary evidence to back them up.
- The Sacramento Bee looks at long term organic vintner Bonterra , founded by the famed Fetzer family and developed as a stand alone brand in 1993, two years after the first Bonterra wine was sold.
- McNab Ranch south of Ukiah in Mendocino County. McNab Ranch is a 378- acre spread tucked into a box canyon not far off Highway 101, yet so isolated that cellphone service is but a dream. It’s at the heart of the more than 900 acres of vines from which Bonterra Organic Vineyards draws its grapes, yet the winery has no tasting room.
- Jim Hightower on Agricultural Gag Laws writes that, “Factory farms are not farms at all. They are corporate-run, concentration camps for pigs, cows, chickens, turkeys, and other food animals.
- “Food Navigator discusses how bigger CPG companies are no longer better even to those who care about nothing more than the profit margin.
- Supermarket News reports that Wal-Mart, which to no surprise is already far ahead of all other retailers in developing e-commerce sales and marketing solutions, announced that it would be keeping development of its online programs in-house and not use any consultants. Wal-Mart’s reason of course is to gain competitive advantage.
- Government reports show that young men are the largest consumers of foods with added sugar. Pass me another Mountain Dew and those Doritos, please.
