http://www.organicauthority.com/blog Organic Authority - organic food, organic living, green living, organic thoughts. Sat, 18 May 2013 08:29:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/pigs-fly-in-new-jersey-state-passes-ban-on-cruel-gestation-crates/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/pigs-fly-in-new-jersey-state-passes-ban-on-cruel-gestation-crates/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 07:00:21 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=11743 Big news out of New Jersey, particularly if you're a pregnant pig: The state legislature voted to ban gestation crates by a vote of 60 to 5 in the Assembly and in the Senate by a vote of 29 to 4. It now goes to Governor Christie's desk, where he's expected to sign it into law.]]> http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/pigs-fly-in-new-jersey-state-passes-ban-on-cruel-gestation-crates/feed/ 0 http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-monsantos-right-to-patent-seeds-and-sue-you/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-monsantos-right-to-patent-seeds-and-sue-you/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 07:00:11 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=11741 The Supreme Court announced its ruling yesterday in favor of biotech giant Monsanto in the highly publicized Bowman v. Monsanto case brought about by an Indiana farmer over the company's right to patent seeds. ]]> http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-monsantos-right-to-patent-seeds-and-sue-you/feed/ 0 http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/organic-food/europe-becomes-first-continent-to-ban-a-pesticide/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/organic-food/europe-becomes-first-continent-to-ban-a-pesticide/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 08:52:55 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=11716 The European Union passed a continent-wide ban yesterday on the insecticides believed to be the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder, a mysterious disease affecting millions of bees worldwide and threatening global food supplies.]]> http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/organic-food/europe-becomes-first-continent-to-ban-a-pesticide/feed/ 0 http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/fda-receives-1-5-million-public-comments-opposing-gmo-salmon/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/fda-receives-1-5-million-public-comments-opposing-gmo-salmon/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:33:39 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=11714 Last week's FDA deadline on the pending approval of genetically modified salmon saw nearly 1.5 million comments oppose the approval.]]> http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/fda-receives-1-5-million-public-comments-opposing-gmo-salmon/feed/ 0 http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/no-raw-milk-for-montana-bill-fails-by-one-vote/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/no-raw-milk-for-montana-bill-fails-by-one-vote/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:00:36 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=11699 It came as close as you can get, but the Montana Alliance for Raw Milk (MTARM), which would have legalized raw milk sales throughout the state of Montana, came up one vote short of passing on Thursday, reports Food Safety News.]]> http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/no-raw-milk-for-montana-bill-fails-by-one-vote/feed/ 0 http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/brazilian-cattle-ranchers-fined-for-destroying-rainforest/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/brazilian-cattle-ranchers-fined-for-destroying-rainforest/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:36:40 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=11695 Twenty-six Brazilian beef producers are facing nearly $300 million in fines from Brazilian prosecutors for buying cattle raised illegally on deforested Amazon rainforest land or indigenous reservations, reports Reuters.]]> http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/brazilian-cattle-ranchers-fined-for-destroying-rainforest/feed/ 0 http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/country-music-star-carrie-underwood-stands-up-for-undercover-farm-investigators/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/country-music-star-carrie-underwood-stands-up-for-undercover-farm-investigators/#comments Sat, 20 Apr 2013 08:40:36 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=11689 Award-winning country music superstar Carrie Underwood has voiced her opposition to Tennessee's "ag-gag" bill, which, if approved by Governor Bill Haslam, will make it the seventh state to adopt the measure.]]> http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/country-music-star-carrie-underwood-stands-up-for-undercover-farm-investigators/feed/ 0 http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/got-raw-milk-bill-pending-in-montana-to-make-it-legal/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/got-raw-milk-bill-pending-in-montana-to-make-it-legal/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:46:04 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=11683 Montana's “small herd exemption bill” could allow some farms to sell raw milk to consumers despite the controversy and legal issues that have made it essentially illegal elsewhere.]]> http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/got-raw-milk-bill-pending-in-montana-to-make-it-legal/feed/ 0 http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/growing-hemp-is-legal-in-kentucky/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/growing-hemp-is-legal-in-kentucky/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:08:22 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=11665 After the recent introduction of bill SB 50, which received backing from Senators Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul, Kentucky Governor Beshear has announced he will take no action on the measure, which by default makes Kentucky the ninth U.S. state to allow growing of industrial hemp.]]> http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/growing-hemp-is-legal-in-kentucky/feed/ 0 http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/deceptive-egg-carton-labeling-lands-fda-usda-and-ftc-in-federal-court/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/deceptive-egg-carton-labeling-lands-fda-usda-and-ftc-in-federal-court/#comments Sat, 06 Apr 2013 08:43:46 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=11657 Two national nonprofits, Animal Legal Defense Fund and Compassion Over Killing, have filed a complaint in a federal district court in Oakland, Calif. against the FDA, USDA, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and Agriculture Marketing Service, and the FTC for failing to regulate animal welfare labeling claims common on egg cartons.]]> http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/deceptive-egg-carton-labeling-lands-fda-usda-and-ftc-in-federal-court/feed/ 0