Responsible Agriculture in the News

The latest news media coverage of socially responsible agriculture and related issues!

Waterkeeper Alliance Announces Endorsements for USDA Agricultural Air Quality Task Force

This September, Waterkeeper Alliance (Waterkeepter) and a group of environmental, animal welfare, and family farm organizations officially announced their nominations to serve as advisers to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) on the Agricultural Air Quality Task Force (AAQTF). Included in this list of nominees are two of our very own SRAP Consultants, Terry Spence and Chris Peterson, both of whom are family farmers. Formed in 1996, the AAQTF advises the Secretary of the USDA on agriculturally-related air quality issues, and works to promote and strengthen research efforts dealing with the negative economic and environmental effects of factory farming operations. (Letter of Endorsement to Mr. Jeff Smith, USDA Acting Designated Federal Official, September 16, 2010.)

The Amazing Benefits of Grass-Fed Meat

Want a rib eye steak without all of the environmental, animal handling, carbon footprint, pesticide and hormone issues? Mother Earth News looks to grass-finished beef as a scalable solution to all of these problems. (Mother Jones News, May 2009.)