"SANTA CRUZ, California, September 29, 2008 (ENS) - A Santa Cruz County jury has awarded $1 million to an organic farm in Santa Cruz whose edible herbs were contaminated by pesticides applied to vegetables on nearby farms.

Lawyers for Jacobs Farm / Del Cabo said today that organophosphate pesticides evaporating after application and then blowing onto the organic herbs made it impossible for Jacobs Farm to sell significant portions of its 2006 and 2007 harvests of sage, rosemary and dill.

March 11, 2008 (Vancouver) – Gordon Campbell is a biohazard to British Columbia for his continual refusal to label genetically engineered products, says Greenpeace, which today organized the province’s first annual GE Free Day

Bring your Valentine(s) to the Seventh Annual Chicken and Egg Family Dance and Fund Raiser!

Saturday, February 9, 2008 from 6:00-11:00 pm at the Subhud Centre/Capri Hall
(3925 Fraser St. at King Edward) in Vancouver.

This year's funds are dedicated to establishing a
B. C. Community Organics program
and supporting the Terra Nova Schoolyard Project.

Half a dozen more reasons to circle your calendar and get your tickets now:

Chefs to the Field, a free event which runs from 11am-4pm on August 19th, will include live entertainment, children’s activities, a silent auction, food samples from some of Vancouver’s top restaurants and culinary institutions ($3 each), and a chefs’ competition.

New research shows that putting organic produce in storage with low levels of oxygen can extend its shelf life.