February 8, 2011

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has made a decision to continue to allow planting of Roundup Ready sugar beets despite a court order to complete a final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) before making any decision. The sugar beet announcement comes one week after USDA announced that Roundup Ready alfalfa could be planted without restriction.  […]

FoodCorps, a  new national service program, is accepting applications for its first class of service members.  Those selected will dedicate one year of full-time public service in school food systems – sourcing healthful local food for school cafeterias, expanding nutrition education programs, and building and tending school gardens. FoodCorps is a scalable solution to the national