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Take That Biotech: Organic Farms See Record Growth

Take That Biotech: Organic Farms See Record Growth

Despite the biotech industry’s apparent dominance on the food market, the organic food and farm industry grew at a record place in 2013 – and the pace shows no signs of slowing. According to new data, the industry encompassed a ...

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California Sparks ‘Free-Range Chicken War’

California Sparks ‘Free-Range Chicken War’

A new California egg law is impacting farmers, and ultimately consumers, from other states. In fact, lawmakers in multiple states are claiming that the egg law is interfering with interstate commerce. Opponents of the new law feel that California’s animal ...

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Scrooge Lives: Congress Revives Christmas Tree Tax

Scrooge appears to be alive and well in Washington, DC, this Christmas season, with Congress again considering what is effectively a tax on Christmas trees. The most outrageous part of this tax is that it packaged as an effort to ...

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Congressional Farm Bill Would Harm Organic Farmers

Congressional Farm Bill Would Harm Organic Farmers

The farm bill is back, and many feel this version protects biotech giants like Monsanto and harms organic and family farmers Members of the House and Senate met recently to begin the process of reconciling their respective versions of the ...

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Farm Bill Goes Down In Defeat

Farm Bill Goes Down In Defeat

Bipartisan cooperation is alive and well in Washington these days, and Speaker of the House John Boehner doesn’t like it very much. An unlikely alliance of conservative Republicans and liberal Democrats came together and defeated the bloated welfare measure known ...

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