Wild Fish Stocks Depleted by Feeding of Farmed Fish Like Salmon

(NaturalNews) Rather than relieving pressure on wild fish stocks, the explosive growth of aquaculture has actually exacerbated this pressure, according to an international study led by Rosamond L. Naylor of Stanford University and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The researchers surveyed trends in the farming of several different fish species, finding that by the end of 2009, half of all fish consumed in the world will have been raised on an aquaculture farm. This has led to a concurrent increase in demand for wild-caught fish meal and fish oil to feed these fish, including for vegetarian species such as tilapia and carp. "Our assumption about farmed tilapia and carp being environmentally friendly turns out to be wrong in aggregate, because the sheer volume is driving up the demand," Naylor said.. » read more

One quarter of US grain crops fed to cars - not people, new figures show

New analysis of 2009 US Department of Agriculture figures suggests biofuel revolution is impacting on world food supplies Jan. 22, 2010 One-quarter of all the maize and other grain crops grown in the US now ends up as biofuel in cars rather than being used to feed people, according to new analysis which suggests that the biofuel revolution launched by former President George Bush in 2007 is impacting on world food supplies. The 2009 figures from the US Department of Agriculture shows ethanol production rising to record levels driven by farm subsidies and laws which require vehicles to use increasing amounts of biofuels. "The grain grown to produce fuel in the US [in 2009] was enough to feed 330 million people for one year at average world consumption levels," said Lester Brown, the director of the Earth Policy Institute, a Washington thinktank ithat conducted the analysis. A grain elevator in Illinois.. » read more

A Seed Shortage May Come in 2010

Jan. 11, 2010 Will there be a shortage of vegetable seeds for gardeners in 2010? It is possible, says Barbara Melera, owner of the oldest seed house in the country, D. Landreth Seeds, formerly of Baltimore and now of New Freedom, Pa. After back-to-back good years — 2008's salmonella scares and 2009's poor economy send homeowners into the garden to grow their own food — you might expect a backslide in seed sales, Melera said. New gardeners get discouraged or bored.. » read more

New rules planned for fish farming in federal waters

Jan. 18, 2010 WASHINGTON — Americans’ insatiable love of seafood is back on the federal government’s plate. Five years after former President George W. Bush’s administration first proposed allowing fish farming in federal waters, the Obama administration is set to come up with its own set of rules for offshore aquaculture, including deepwater fish farming. The new rules, which are expected to spell out a permitting process for offshore aquaculture operations, could come as early as this summer, said Michael Rubino, manager of the aquaculture program at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.. » read more

"The Antioxidant that Actually Restores All Your Other Antioxidants"

Jan. 16, 2010 You probably know that I normally don't promote many supplements. I believe supplements should complement your healthy diet and never serve as a replacement. There's simply no substitute for eating healthy unprocessed whole foods. However, there are a few supplements I consider highly beneficial for nearly all adults.. » read more

Toxic Sewage Sludge in Your Food

Dec. 17, 2009   The increasing use of sewage sludge as fertilizer for your food is an under-publicized and often hidden threat. Sludge is the toxic mix that is created by our municipal wastewater treatment facilities. Just about anything that is flushed down toilets or that ends up in sewers is in this sludge; the pollutants in sludge come not just from household sewage, but also from every hospital, industrial plant, and stormwater drain. For a long time, sludge was simply dumped in the oceans.. » read more

SHADOW OF THE SWASTIKA: An Open Letter to All Americans

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Giant Organic Livestock Operation Decertified by USDA

Dec. 6, 2009 Giant Organic Livestock Operation Decertified by USDA Federal Organic Enforcement Hammer Falls Hard to Protect Farmers/Consumers WASHINGTON, DC: In an investigation and legal case that dragged on for almost four years, one of the largest organic cattle producers in the United States, Promiseland Livestock, LLC, was suspended from organic commerce, along with its owner and key employees, for four years. The penalty was part of an order issued by administrative law judge Peter Davenport in Washington, DC on November 25. Promiseland, a multimillion dollar operation with facilities in Missouri and Nebraska, including over 13,000 acres of crop land, and managing 22,000 head of beef and dairy cattle, had been accused of multiple improprieties in formal legal complaints, including not feeding organic grain to cattle, selling fraudulent organic feed and “laundering” conventional cattle as organic. “We are pleased that justice has been served in the Promiseland matter,” said Mark A.. » read more

Politics of the Plate: Selling the Farm

For a sixth-generation farming family, the time has finally come to let go. Plus: See a slideshow of the Borland farm throughout its history. Nov. 30, 2009 (8/13/09) Last Friday, for the first time in 144 years, no one at the Borland family farm got out of bed in the pre-dawn hours—rain, shine, searing heat, or blinding blizzard—to milk the cows. A day earlier, all of Ken Borland’s cattle and machinery had been auctioned off.. » read more

ALTERNATIVE FARMING

Nov. 28, 2009 Welcome: New Media Section has all National Advertising - Must Visit! New Website: Bio-Preferred Alternative for Food Processing, Cleaning (Home, Business), Remediation, Human Care, Animal Care New Website: Small Farmers and Home Gardeners The mission of BioBased USA: Safely raising the quality and quantity of world food crops with "nanotechnology" - the quantum-physics energy of liquid micelles which are less than one billionth of a meter. The effect: Plant circulation systems become clean superconductors of nutrients between roots and leaves. Roots grow deeper. Crop sugars rise.. » read more

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