In the Media

The following is from Farm Folk City Folk

The Future of Organics
BC's Organic Egg Market Struggles for Autonomy
By J. Dara Bloom

Scene 1: Fresh hand rolled pici pasta; well-dressed folks cycling to the outdoor markets to fill their baskets with spring artichokes, rapini greens and long fat fava beans; buffalo milk mozzarella so fresh it was made only hours before lunch; old olive groves and vineyards around every picturesque corner of countryside.

Lately, it seems to me that when I read or write about organic food issues, the stories are almost always focused on the negative things happening to our planet; pesticides causing disease, genetically modified foods entering the marketplace, small family farms going out of business, etc. I agree these are very important subjects to talk and think about, but there are plenty of positive stories within the worlds of food and agriculture.

The latest issue of Westender magazine has a short article on home delivery companies:
Picky about produce? Mod-con companies step up with freshness by Robin Mines.

Supreme Court rules for Monsanto in battle with Sask. farmer

The following artical was pulled from the web today. After this decition we must fight even harder to stop the distruction of our organic farms. Write your MP and let them hear your anger over this decision.

Saskatchewan farmer Percy Schmeiser speaks during a news conference on Parlament Hill in Ottawa in January. (CP/Jonathan Hayward)