FDA Calls off Ban on Animal Antibiotics, by Alicia Mundy and Jared Favole
Wall Street Journal, Dec 9, 2008
The FDA has reversed its July decision to restrict the widespread use of powerful antibiotics in food-producing animals.
National Stories Nov 30 - Dec 6
How Green Can a Christmas Tree be? by Anne Raver
New York Times, Dec 3, 2008
Locally grown, pesticide-free food is gaining sway these days because it is fresh, healthy and supports area farmers. But how many of us give the same kind of thought to the Christmas trees we bring home? Can you decorate your Fraser fir without getting pesticide residue in your lungs and on your skin?
National Stories Nov 23 - 29
Obama and Farm Policy by Howard Berkes
National Public Radio, Nov 23, 2008
The Center for Rural Affairs hopes Obama will limit government subsidies to farms.
National Stories Nov 16 - 23
City Chickens and Urban Eggs, by Shawn Allee
The Environment Report, November 17, 2008
Maybe it's easy to imagine chickens cooing and clucking on American farms, but how about in big-city backyards? Well, keeping chickens is legal in the nation's three largest cities, but in one of them, chicken-lovers nearly lost that right.
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