Cissy Bowman
Author's Articles
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Farm Aid's 25th anniversary concert was held on Oct. 2 in Milwaukee, Wis. It was a celebration of music and of the devotion of the organization to family farmers. |
151 November - December 2010 | December 8, 2010 |
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Recent Farm Bills have established programs that provide financial assistance for organic folks, and there also are helpful services that are partly funded by United States Department of Agricultur |
147 March - April - 2010 | March 22, 2010 |
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Organic has received a lot of bad press lately, from the Senate investigation on liquid nitrogen fertilizers to a Washington Post article questioning the “purity” of the organic label, published on |
144 September - October - 2009 | September 22, 2009 |
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Eric Kindberg, 66, a longtime advocate of cooperative development, organic farming, and integrity in organic regulations, died Dec. 11, 2008. |
141 March - April - 2009 | March 1, 2009 |
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The “Harvey lawsuit” is first legal test of the National Organic Program (NOP). This article is intended as an editorial. |
118 May - June - 2005 | January 21, 2009 |
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The world continues to watch developments in the Arthur Harvey lawsuit, while the organic community, plaintiff Arthur Harvey, and the USDA work to find common ground on solutions. |
119 July - August - 2005 | January 21, 2009 |
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In May 2003, the National Organic Program announced a broadening of the scope of organic certification. |
120 September - October - 2005 | January 21, 2009 |
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On Sept. 17, with Farm Aid 2005 ready to go the next day, the Chicago Tribune ran a story claiming that Farm Aid does not apply significant funds to really help family farmers. |
121 November - December - 2005 | January 21, 2009 |
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Democracy and the high price of organic food |
121 November - December - 2005 | January 21, 2009 |
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Are there organic mushrooms? |
124 May - June - 2006 | January 20, 2009 |
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In 1996 I attended the Organic Crop Improvement Association international annual general membership meeting in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It was a meeting I will never forget. |
126 September - October - 2006 | January 20, 2009 |
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The big news this fall is spinach, salad mixes and E. coli. Retailers of organic products will need to be able to address this issue. |
127 November - December - 2006 | January 20, 2009 |
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Back in 2004, USDA began to implement the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). |
128 January - February - 2007 | January 20, 2009 |
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When I first heard that Farm Aid was going to New York I was less than thrilled. The “Big Apple” seemed to be an unlikely setting for a family-farmer-awareness event. |
133 November - December - 2007 | January 19, 2009 |
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April 16 |
137 July - August - 2008 | January 19, 2009 |
| 138 September - October - 2008 | December 27, 2008 | |
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The aftermath of the Aurora Organic Dairy investigation has left many supporters of organics feeling confused and betrayed. |
135 March - April - 2008 | April 22, 2008 |
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People are still reacting to the “directives” from the National Organic Program (including columns in CG for July-August and September-October). |
115 November - December - 2004 | February 11, 2005 |
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As worldwide availability of organic products hits new heights, there also is a strong consumer trend toward supporting local food systems. |
112 May - June - 2004 | June 8, 2004 |
By Cissy BowmanAs we await the implementation of the Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA), the question in the minds of most of this magazine's readers may be: |
091 November - December - 2000 | January 8, 2004 |