WEBINAR: China's Meat Revolution and its Need for Feed

Industrial meat production is showing serious signs of stress around the world. Bird flu cases are surging in China's poultry. Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDv) is spreading in the U.S. At the same time the meat industry grows more and more concentrated.

Mark Ritchie A.C.E. Conference - Black Lake 11/09/1989

Mark Ritchie A.C.E. Conference - Black Lake 11/09/1989

Climate hubs: A step forward

It’s a big week in the agriculture world. Just days before Obama signed the new Farm Bill into law, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the locations of seven regional hubs for climate change adaptation and mitigation.

We deserve more than this bad Farm Bill

Was it just exhaustion from two-plus years of negotiations that finally produced the Farm Bill that is expected to be signed by the President this week? Or, was it the sense that “it could have been a lot worse” when compared with a mean-spirited, destructive Farm Bill passed by the House of Representatives last year.

Life Cycle Assessment & Third-Party Certification

Topics Covered: Cradle to Cradle Third Party Certification  

Agriculture in TPP: Repeating NAFTA’s mistakes

Farmers, union, environmental and women’s activists gathered in Mexico City last week to take stock of the lessons from NAFTA and plan strategies to confront the next big threat: the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). One of the earliest lessons from the NAFTA experience was that people and environments in all three countries were affected. The stories from Mexico, Canada and the U.S.

Hazard Assessment Tools

Topics Covered: GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals Outdoor Industry Assn. Chemical Management   Speakers: Lauren Heine, Clean Production Action Tommy Thompson, Hanes Brands