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	<title>We Want Organic Food &#187; Politics &amp; Industry</title>
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		<title>USDA review may approve Monsanto’s GMO alfalfa &#8212; Vote Today!</title>
		<link>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2010/03/03/usda-review-may-approve-monsanto%e2%80%99s-gmo-alfalfa-vote-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Vigil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We're more than a little late on this (today's the last day), but here's the word from Food Democracy Now!: After years of bureaucratic wrangling, a recent USDA environmental review may finally approve Monsanto’s GMO alfalfa. If approved, GMO alfalfa will fundamentally undermine the entire organic industry overnight. In addition, the USDA says Americans consumers [...]


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<li><a href='http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/05/15/usda-in-business-promoting-us-agricultural-products/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: USDA in Business Promoting U.S. Agricultural Products'>USDA in Business Promoting U.S. Agricultural Products</a></li>
<li><a href='http://wewantorganicfood.com/2007/09/24/cutco-knives-review/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Cutco Knives Review'>Cutco Knives Review</a></li>
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		<title>Farm-to-Consumer sues FDA re raw milk</title>
		<link>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2010/02/24/farm-to-consumer-sues-fda-re-raw-milk/</link>
		<comments>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2010/02/24/farm-to-consumer-sues-fda-re-raw-milk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Vigil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is something. A tip of the hat to Lynn, who emailed a link to Grist.org's coverage &#8212; written by journalist David Gumpert of TheCompletePatient.com fame. This is more than timely &#8212; for years, raw dairy farmers in certain states have been shamefully set upon for producing raw milk for sale to the public. As [...]


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<li><a href='http://wewantorganicfood.com/2010/01/24/south-carolinas-milky-way-farm-sells-the-greatest-raw-milk-and-cream/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: South Carolina's Milky Way Farm sells the greatest raw milk and cream'>South Carolina's Milky Way Farm sells the greatest raw milk and cream</a></li>
<li><a href='http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/01/30/how-to-transport-and-store-farm-fresh-raw-milk/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: How to transport and store farm-fresh raw milk'>How to transport and store farm-fresh raw milk</a></li>
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		<title>HR 875 not so healthy for food supply?</title>
		<link>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2009/04/14/hr-875-not-so-healthy-for-food-supply/</link>
		<comments>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2009/04/14/hr-875-not-so-healthy-for-food-supply/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Vigil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As covered in our Food Safety Still High Risk to Economy, in February 2009, Congresswoman Rose L. DeLauro of Connecticut introduced the Food Safety Modernization Act which would establish a new, separate Food Safety Administration within the USDA, this legislation would provide the regulatory tools to access important records, recall products and penalize companies for [...]


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<li><a href='http://wewantorganicfood.com/2007/10/31/healthy-raw-milk-outlawed-in-california/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Healthy raw milk outlawed in California'>Healthy raw milk outlawed in California</a></li>
<li><a href='http://wewantorganicfood.com/2009/03/25/food-safety-still-high-risk-to-economy/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Food Safety Still High Risk to Economy'>Food Safety Still High Risk to Economy</a></li>
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		<title>Food Safety Still High Risk to Economy</title>
		<link>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2009/03/25/food-safety-still-high-risk-to-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2009/03/25/food-safety-still-high-risk-to-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn Cameron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The regulatory activities governing food safety continue to pose a &#8220;high risk&#8221; to the economy and public health, declared the Government Accountability Office in January of this year (link) &#8212; the consequence of a fragmented legal and organizational structure with insufficient authority and too few resources to protect the American people. For years now, the [...]


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<li><a href='http://wewantorganicfood.com/2009/04/14/hr-875-not-so-healthy-for-food-supply/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: HR 875 not so healthy for food supply?'>HR 875 not so healthy for food supply?</a></li>
<li><a href='http://wewantorganicfood.com/2007/10/12/food-additives-and-our-governments/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Food Additives and our Governments'>Food Additives and our Governments</a></li>
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		<title>China firms &#039;to pay milk victims&#039; &#8211; but where?</title>
		<link>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/12/27/china-firms-to-pay-milk-victims-but-where/</link>
		<comments>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/12/27/china-firms-to-pay-milk-victims-but-where/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Vigil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following the news published by the Associated Press last September (432 babes sick from Chinese tainted milk product which stated that "A Chinese state news agency has reported that more than 430 babies have suffered from kidney stones from contaminated milk powder" and also stated that "A New Zealand dairy cooperative that owns part of [...]


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		<title>2007 Settlement between the CDFA and Organic Pastures</title>
		<link>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/12/13/2007-settlement-between-the-cdfa-and-organic-pastures/</link>
		<comments>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/12/13/2007-settlement-between-the-cdfa-and-organic-pastures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:40:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Vigil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We'd heard that the California Department of Food and Agriculture had settled with Organic Pastures over the CDFA's recall of OP products in 2007. It's my understanding that settled generally means (as Answers.com puts it): To come to an agreement, especially to resolve a lawsuit out of court. And it may involve payment by one [...]


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<li><a href='http://wewantorganicfood.com/2007/11/01/mark-mcafeeorganic-pastures-commentary-on-california-ab1735/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Mark McAfee/Organic Pastures commentary on California AB1735'>Mark McAfee/Organic Pastures commentary on California AB1735</a></li>
<li><a href='http://wewantorganicfood.com/2007/11/06/on-our-impending-loss-of-organic-pastures-dairy-and-organic-raw-milk-in-california/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: On our impending loss of Organic Pastures Dairy and organic raw milk in California'>On our impending loss of Organic Pastures Dairy and organic raw milk in California</a></li>
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		<title>California Raw Milk and the attack against SB 201</title>
		<link>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/09/05/california-raw-milk-and-the-attack-against-sb-201/</link>
		<comments>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/09/05/california-raw-milk-and-the-attack-against-sb-201/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Vigil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've been feeling that we're doing a little too much ranting against what's happening with raw milk in California, and wanting to write about anything else &#8212; there I was, sitting on my porch and wondering what had happened with SB 201 when a fellow called. Seems he'd seen my name on a forum somewhere, [...]


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<li><a href='http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/04/04/california-raw-milk-hearing-set-for-april-15-2008/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: California Raw Milk Hearing set for April 15, 2008'>California Raw Milk Hearing set for April 15, 2008</a></li>
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		<title>California State Senate Bill #201 passes the next hurdle</title>
		<link>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/07/29/california-state-senate-bill-201-passes-the-next-hurdle/</link>
		<comments>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/07/29/california-state-senate-bill-201-passes-the-next-hurdle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Vigil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Passing the Assembly Appropriations Committee, SB 201 &#8212; the Fresh Milk Act of 2008 &#8212; travels next to the Assembly floor and then tothe Senate. And if it passes, it is sent on to the Governor to sign into law. This proposed law effectively sets up a sane relationship between organic dairies and the CDFA, [...]


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<li><a href='http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/01/20/raw-milk-ab-1604-passes-unanimously-in-the-california-agriculture-committee/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Raw Milk: AB 1604 passes unanimously in the California Agriculture Committee'>Raw Milk: AB 1604 passes unanimously in the California Agriculture Committee</a></li>
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		<title>SB 201 Fresh Raw Milk Act passes first hurdle</title>
		<link>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/07/04/sb-201-fresh-raw-milk-act-passes-first-hurdle/</link>
		<comments>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/07/04/sb-201-fresh-raw-milk-act-passes-first-hurdle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Vigil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A law is taking shape in the State of California, which brings raw, organic and fresh milk to the people of California who wish to drink it. It's unanimously passed two committees and heading for the next step toward becoming a law. It's called SB 201. Not only is this good for the people of [...]


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<li><a href='http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/01/20/raw-milk-ab-1604-passes-unanimously-in-the-california-agriculture-committee/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Raw Milk: AB 1604 passes unanimously in the California Agriculture Committee'>Raw Milk: AB 1604 passes unanimously in the California Agriculture Committee</a></li>
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		<title>Raw Milk versus Pasteurized Milk</title>
		<link>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/06/14/raw-milk-versus-pasteurized-milk/</link>
		<comments>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/06/14/raw-milk-versus-pasteurized-milk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Vigil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talk to almost anyone about raw milk, and you'll probably be told that raw milk is "dangerous" &#8212; followed tentatively by &#8230; "Isn't it?" Thing is, people don't know. We're not all chemists or food-ologists. The presumption is that we consumers have been protected from various health hazards by the safety measures provided by pasteurized [...]


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<li><a href='http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/01/26/key-to-safe-raw-milk-from-cows/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Key to Safe Raw Milk from Cows'>Key to Safe Raw Milk from Cows</a></li>
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