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Issue #158 1/14/09 - HTML Version
- Alert Update of the Week:Vilsack and Riddle Sustainability
- Alert: How Much Change Will There Be Inauguration Day?
- Encouraging Statistics of the Week: Farmers Markets Go 'Boom'
- Essay of the Week:The Urban Homestead
- Fair Trade Alert of the Week:...Tell Millstone Coffee: Unfair Trade is Rotten!
- Web Video of the Week: "I'm Broke! Why Buy Organic?"
- Health News of the Week: Medicinal Plants Face Extinction
- Headlines and Articles of the Week
Issue #157 1/7/09 - HTML Version - PDF Version
- Organic Newsflash: Draft Jim Riddle to USDA
- Alert Update of the Week:Stop Vilsack
- Studies of the Week: Studies Confirm Genetically Modified Crops Damage Human Health and the Environment
- Consumer Tip of the Week: How to Avoid Genetically Modified Ingredients
- Top Web Videos of 2008
- Top OCA Web Forum Topic of 2008
- Top Organic & Green Tips of 2008
- Headlines and Articles of the Week
Issue #156 12/17/08 - HTML Version - PDF Version
- January: Starbucks Goes rBGH-free and Doubles Fair Trade Purchase
- February: Mars and Nestle Agree to Source Ethical Chocolate & Commercial Flowers
- March: OCA Study: Cancer-Causing Ingredient Found in Leading "Organic" and "Natural" Personal Care Products
- May: OCA Pressures USDA to Stop Massive Feedlots from Labeling Products "Organic"
- June: Organic Consumers Fund Launches Grassroots Netroots Alliance
- July: Aerial Pesticide Spraying in California Suspended
- August: Monsanto Finally Forced to Dump rBGH
- September: OCA Plants Peace at the Republican National Convention
- October: OCA Labor Rights Victory
- November: OCA Launches 'Organic Transitions' Campaign
- December: FDA Admits Mercury Fillings May Be Dangerous to Children
Issue #155 12/11/08 - HTML Version - PDF Version
- Obama Prepares to Appoint New Head of USDA:
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, and the Probable
- Perfect Holiday Gift Idea of the Week
- Alert of the Week: Tell USDA to Close All Loopholes Allowing Organic
Dairy CAFOs
- Victory of the Week: FDA Finally Admits Mercury Fillings May Damage
Your Health
- OCA Web Forum Topic of the Week: Choosing a Truly Green Christmas
Tree
- Web Video of the Week:
How to Cook Local and Organic Foods Despite Life's Interruptions
- Tip of the Week: How to Avoid Genetically Engineered Sugar This
Holiday Season
- Social Justice News of the Week: Recent Workers' Stand-off Not
Seen Since 1930s
- Quote of the Week:
Obama's Cabinet and Grassroots Organizing Under the Next Administration
- Headlines and Articles of the Week
Issue #154 12/4/08 - HTML Version - PDF Version
- Alert of the Week: USDA To Deregulate Genetically Engineered Crops
- Washington Update of the Week: Who Will Be the Next Secretary of Agriculture?
- Web Forum Posting of the Week: What's the Scoop on Organic Pet Food?
- Sustainability Tip of the Week: Green Ideas for Holiday Gifts
- Help OCA raise $75,000 by the end of December!
- Quote of the Week:Comparing Grocery Stores to Lab Rat Mazes
- Web Video of the Week: Bill Moyers Interviews Michael Pollan
- Headlines and Articles of the Week
Issue #153 11/25/08 - HTML Version - PDF Version
- Alert: Don't Cut Short the Debate on Organic Standards
- OCA Pressure Eliminates Vilsack as USDA Secretary of Agriculture
- The Great Thanksgiving Turkey Debate
- An Organic Thanksgiving on a Limited Budget
- November 2008 National Organic Standards Board Recommendations
- Join BreakTheBailout.com
- Brita Announces Recycling Program For Used Water Filters
- Equal Exchange 48 Hour Video Contest Winners
- Headlines and Articles of the Week
Issue #152 11/19/08 - HTML Version - PDF Version
- Alert:Tell President-Elect Obama: Sack Vilsack for Secretary of Agriculture
- Pesticide Cocktails Cause 99% Mortality Rate in Frogs
- Organic Transitions:New Revolutionary Ride-Sharing Service
- Join the Heated Debate Over Thanksgiving Fare
- New Study Confirms GE Food Damages Fertility
- OCA Brings Consumer Comments to NOSB Meeting
- Who Owns Nature?
- Headlines and Articles of the Week
Issue #151 11/13/08 - HTML Version - PDF Version
- Justice for Beef Northwest Workers and Fair Food!
- President Obama: Please Stand Up for Organic Food & Farming
- An Overview at Obama's Agriculture Policies
- UN Says Africa Could Grow More Food With Organic Farming
- Speak Out at the National Organic Standards Board Meeting
- Quote of the Week
- Web Video: Richard Heinberg: Why Are Things Falling Apart
- Headlines and Articles of the Week
Issue #150 11/6/08 - HTML Version - PDF Version
- Happy Regime Change
- OCA Launches Organic Transitions" Campaign
- Beyond the Gloom & Doom of Economic Depression, Climate Change
- Starbucks Doubles Fair Trade Coffee Purchases
- Organic Bytes Readers Talk Back
- Gardening Makes You Fit
- Quote of the Week: Global Food Crisis
- Web Video: Jared Diamond on Why Societies Collapse
- Headlines of the Week
- Alerts From Our Allies