The Access to Pasture rule has left the USDA Building!!!! It has been received by the Executive Office of Management and Budget for their review. The rule is...
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Mark A. Kastel - The ...
kastel@...
Aug 1, 2008 3:58 pm
Dear Ed, I also think we should thank and recognize WhiteWave Foods for their role in making our lives so interesting. For their years of cheating like...
FIELD DAY AND NOFAVORE CELEBRATION 10am-2pm Sat Aug. 2nd Beidler Family Farm, Randolph Center, VT Regina and Brent Beidler will discuss their diverse cropping...
President of the Animal Welfare Institute Cathy Liss and Director of the Animal Welfare Approved program Andrew Gunther are pleased to announce a new ...
Dear Mark I won't comment on what any of the companies do or do not do, as your work continuously highlights discrepancies between what they say and what they ...
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Mark A. Kastel - The ...
kastel@...
Aug 1, 2008 8:18 pm
Dear Ed, I appreciate your conciliatory tone. Our goal is always to get the dairy producers on this list as much of the behind the scenes information as ...
Ed, Who is this Jay Friedman? I've heard that name before. Do we all agree, or are there other secret letters out there undermining the farmers on access to...
Raw milk is being sold in record volume, and the nearly two dozen dairy farms licensed to sell raw milk say its popularity is growing by leaps and bounds,...
William Jay Friedman is the go-to industry lawyer for big players in organics (Dean, the Organic Trade Assoc., Kraft, etc.). He is based in Washington, D.C.,...
Dear Mark I enjoy your flamboyant turn of phrase, perhaps I should start quoting Robin Hood!! As I understand it Jay was the lobbyist for the processor...
Hi Cheyenne Jay Friedman is a DC based long-time lobbyist and lawyer who has a long history with the development of the regulations, served as the vice-chair...
Hi Desiree, I'm not sure if anyone answered your question yet. Probiotics do affect the rumen, but they are only half the equation. The other half are the...
Hugh, I stand corrected if I am wrong..but in the small animal veterinary community thee is still great disagreement about whether probiotics are actually...
HI Lisa, I have seen research where there is probiotic found in the manure of the large animal species. Therefore it does not get simply chopped up by the low...
Whenever I fed probiotics I always noticed the manure get a much smoother texture to it. To me, that would be better digestion so they have to be surviving...
Thanks Cheyenne for your observation and sharing it with us. Hue..What is address of vet botanical list serve? I will also try and research this question on...
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Nick Maravell
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Aug 2, 2008 6:42 pm
Dairy quality baleage and dry hay round bales for sale. Test results available. MDA certified. Located in Frederick, MD. Usual delivery area: MD, Southern...
Lisa, The vbma list serv is a function of the Veterinary Botanical Medical Association. You must be a member (veterinarians only or certified herbalists with a...
European Union Launches Promotional Campaign for Organic Food and Farming The European Commission announced recently that it is launching a new Organic Farming...
Mary-Howell - If we look at the overall % increase in fuel/feed/fertilizer and other inputs and (assuming nothing else changed), plugged in some numbers to get...
As an agricultural economist, my perspective is that The Cost of Production Study from the University of Maine, unfortunately only gives a part of the true...
I have been on both sides, conventional and organic, I agree with what John Bobbe has stated, far too many farmers have used their family members as a slave...
Organic food becomes latest casualty of the credit crunch By Cahal Milmo, Chief Reporter Monday, 4 August 2008 Organic sector is still expected to outperform...
I agree with John and Henry and want to draw particular attention to John's point number 3 - if we don't provide the economic security for future generations...
