Sewage Sludge in the News
Updated on Thursday, January 26, to add a late-breaking research article: “Measurement of Flame Retardants and Triclosan in Municipal Sewage Sludge and Biosolids” (Environment International, April 2012...
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Raw Milk Rally and Court Hearing for Wisconsin Dairy Farmer Vernon Hershberger Friday, January 27 at 12:00 pm in Baraboo: Vernon Hershberger has a court appearance scheduled tomorrow, Friday, January...
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“More Damning Evidence Points to Pesticide as Cause of Mass Bee Deaths: Bayer-produced imidacloprid harmful to bees even at very low levels” (Common Dreams, 1/30) “Dishonest Fox Chart: Food Stamps...
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King County, Washington Brands Sludge Product and Pushes it at Northwest Flower and Garden Show: According to a press release reprinted in the West Seattle Herald (2/8), “King County’s clean-water...
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Wisconsin Raw Milk Association Lobbies Wisconsin Legislature Today, February 22 (Wisconsin Ag Connection, 1/31) Raw Milk Freedom Riders Plan Workshop and Rally to Support Vernon Herschberger March 1-2...
View ArticleResources to Find Out More About the Farm Bill
The Family Farm Defenders today posted a couple of good resources for understanding the Farm Bill: The Farm Bill Primer website is full of statistics and graphics about the distribution of funds in the...
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(Amherst County, Virginia) According to the Amherst New Era-Progress (June 13, 2012): The county’s planning director, Jeremy Bryant, told supervisors that a company plans to spread sludge, also known...
View ArticleGlencolton Farm in Ontario Raided Again
Ontario, Canada raw milk farmer Michael Schmidt, who was recently granted leave to appeal another court case related to raw milk production, is in the news again. Yesterday his farm, Glencolton, was...
View ArticleChicago’s Brilliant Plan: Sludge Soccer Fields
According to a local publication in Hinsdale, Illinois, the Chicago metropolitan area has opted to replace a soccer field’s soil with “biosolids” — dried sewage sludge — in several batches and re-sod....
View ArticleRaw Milk Dairy Organic Pastures Sues FDA Over Interstate Raw Milk Sales Ban
According to the Dairy Reporter, the country’s largest raw milk dairy, California-based Organic Pastures Dairy, has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) “alleging that...
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