organic consumers association ocamaildemocracyinactionorg hello andrew organic bytes 140 health justice sustainability news tidbits edge 852008 issue breaking news new usda report says organic labeling fraud rise alert week senator says stop brainwashing children eat junk food quote week vandana shiva video week anthrax attacks may inside job plunder week six times fish fed livestock humans sustainability tips week microgeneration microfarming top articles week posted newsletters websites like health tip week safest sunscreens website helps consumers understand ecolabels web video newsflash illegal pesticide toxin found organic ginger stop fast food taking city state news alerts ak hi ia mn ak wy written edited craig minowa ronnie cummins breaking news alert usda report indicates organic labeling fraud increasing us department agriculture national organic program nop announced week 15 30 accredited organic certifiers recently inspected failed usda audit 12 months make corrections lose 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federal trade commission ftc report revealed food beverage corporations spent 16 billion dollars food advertising 2006 parents public health officials understand nations alarming surge childhood obesity diabetes directly related increased consumption junk food senator tom harkin dia urged industry government regulators redirect massive funds spent every year junk food advertising toward education programs focused healthy eating take action httpsalsademocracyinactionorgo642campaignjspcampaign_key25289 ___________________________________ quote week globalized industrialized food cheap costly earth farmers health earth longer carry burden groundwater mining pesticide pollution disappearance species destabilization climate farmers longer carry burden debt inevitable industrial farming high costs production incapable producing safe culturally appropriate tasty quality food incapable producing enough food wasteful land water energy industrial agriculture uses ten times energy produces thus 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microgeneration microfarming boom next years new trends urban farming like vertical gardening backyard chickens help feed households economical earth friendly way new technologies microgeneration powering home wind turbine solar paneling example making offthegrid living financially feasible ever fact priorities silicon valley already shifting developing better microchips towards focusing thinfilm solar cells meanwhile programs like solar city offering 20 savings solar paneling installations neighborhoods buy bulk learn httpwwworganicconsumersorgarticlesarticle_13636cfm ________________________________ top articles week posted newsletters websites like let oca sift media smog bring top new analysis day oca website 20 news articles posted day covering issues including health justice food farming politics environment thirty thousand visitors per day organicconsumersorg valuable resource consumers activists journalists please bookmark organicconsumersorg daily source news analysis 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