The Avalon Organic Gardens, Farm, and Ranch Report

Writing from Avalon Organic Gardens, Farm, and Ranch in Tumacacori, Arizona, winter is the time for introspection, a time for settling in and processing the past year, to prepare for the spring. The New Year brings opportunity for growth, sowing new seeds, trying fresh experiments.  Here in ...

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According to an Associate Press article by Joann Loviglio, there is a new breed of farmers cropping up—more and more college graduates are taking to the fields "Agriculture has been so subsidized, corporatized and globalized," said Tom Murtha who studied English at Penn State. "There's definitely an interest and desire ...

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The Associated Press recently reported Grass that was genetically engineered for golf courses is growing in the wild. Creeping bentgrass was engineered to resist the popular herbicide Roundup to allow more efficient weed control on golf courses. But the modified grass could spread that resistance to the wild, becoming a ...

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The Earth Policy Institute reports that the massive diversion of U.S. grain from food to fuel for cars is raising world food prices. The article notes that corn prices have doubled over the last year, wheat futures are trading at their highest level in 10 years, and rice prices are ...

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An online German publication, Spiegel online, recently questioned a possible connection between the mysterious decimation of bee populations in the U.S. and Germany and the spread of genetically-modified (GM) crops. In some cases, bee populations are down 70-80 percent. The article noted that politicians in ...

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Organic Consumers Associataion "Breaking the Chains Campaign"

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A new report from GRAIN* reveals the new lobbying offensive from the global seed industry to make it a crime for farmers to save seeds for the next year's planting. At least two-thirds of the global crop area is currently planted with farm-saved seed every ...

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Canadian farmer Percy Schmeiser continues to fight Monsanto claiming their genetically modified food is destroying human health, the environment, and the social fabric of rural Canada. Schmeiser, the international spokesperson for farmers' rights, spoke about the control Monsanto wields over Saskatchewan farmers, who, he said, are coerced into signing contracts saying they ...

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