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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 in the News

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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Food News You Can Use

“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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Sewage Sludge in the News

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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Raw Milk in the News

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...

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Resources 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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Sewage Sludge in the News

(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...

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Glencolton 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...

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Chicago’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....

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Raw 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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