A U.S. court ordered Monsanto to pay $80 million in damages because due to hiding cancer risks – a small consolation for victims. Bayer’s share price had plunged 25 percent over the past two weeks. In organic news, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf calls for the state to become the “nation’s leading organic state.” Pennsylvania is already ranked second in the country in sales value of organic products. Data from the USDA shows 2016’s sales exceeded $659 million. Almost half of Americans buy organic food at least some of the time, according to a recent poll by organic produce company Earthbound Farm. The poll also found that millennials are particularly enthusiastic, with one in five saying they purchase organic products all the time. Organic farms are home to a greater diversity of soil microbes and insects, that could fight off the threat of deadly food-borne pathogens, a new study shows.
Gov. Wolf wants Pa. to lead the country in organic. What would that take?
In his recent PA Farm Bill proposal, Governor Tom Wolf calls for Pennsylvania to become the “nation’s leading organic state.” Pennsylvania is already ranked second in the country in sales value of organic products. Data from the USDA shows 2016’s sales exceeded $659 million.
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A US court ordered Monsanto to pay $80m in damages because it hid cancer risks. That’s a small consolation for victims
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Almost half of Americans buy organic food at least some of the time, according to a recent poll by organic produce company Earthbound Farm. And millennials are particularly enthusiastic, with one in five saying they purchase organic products all the time, the poll finds.
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Bayer’s share price has plunged 25 percent over the past two weeks.
Organic agriculture could reduce the spread of food pathogens
Organic farms are home to a greater diversity of soil microbes and insects, that could fight off the threat of deadly food-borne pathogens, a new study shows.
